Transfiguration and the New DADA Teacher
A/N: So here you go another chapter enjoy...and please review I love it when you do Thanks to all of you wonderful reviewers Hope you like it.
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The next morning Hermione awoke to a dark and gloomy day. Something made Hermione feel like something very bad or scary would be happening that day. Rain was pounding the castle and everybody was weary and lazy. Dragging herself out of bed Hermione looked around for her bathroom. She then remembered the door on the other side of the landing. Walking into the next room Hermione entered a gorgeous bathroom.
It had sparkling white floor tiles and white walls with very pale golden swirls. The sink was twice as big as the prefect sink and had solid gold knobs and a faucet. There was a shower stall that was, like everything else in the room, larger than usual. There was also a bathtub that could also serve as a swimming pool. By the looks of it, it was a good six feet deep and twenty feet by thirty feet. There were gold knobs and faucets on the edges that were used for water and bubbles and foam.
Checking her watch Hermione found that she had two hours left before she had to go down to breakfast. Turning the different knobs, Hermione played around for thirty minutes before she was satisfied with all the bubbles and foam. Stripping off her bedclothes Hermione slipped into the pool-sized tub. It was as she expected very deep and she held onto the edge to stop herself from sinking. Instead of being six feet however it seemed it was seven or eight.
Swimming around a bit Hermione got washed up and before she knew it she only had forty-five minutes to get to breakfast. Sighing Hermione pulled herself out of the tub. After she was dry she went back to her bedroom and changed into some muggle clothes that she would wear under her robes. She was wearing a black t-shirt that said Hawaii in a light beige color and had pineapples surrounding it and a pair of light blue pants. Hermione pulled on her robe over top of her clothes and slipped into a pair of white sneakers. Grabbing her bag she left her tower.
Draco was sitting on a couch and seemed to have been waiting for her. When he saw her he jumped up and ran to her. Taking her bag he swung it over his shoulder along with his. He then did something very unexpected. He swooped down and kissed her lips ever so softly.
"Hermione, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have left you up there all by yourself especially since you are pregnant and people have noticed and I'm really, really sorry." Draco said this all quickly in one breath.Hermione smiled and kissed his cheek lightly. "It's okay Draco, don't worry about it."
Draco smiled and took her hand ."So what do you want to do for the next thirty minutes since we don't have to be anywhere."
"Let's just sit down and talk for a bit." Hermione sat on the couch. Draco sat next to her.
"Didn't the new DADA teacher look familiar to you."
"No, why?"
"Remember the day we came back and there was that hooded man on the Knight Bus?" Hermione asked but went on without an answer. "Well I think that's him but I don't know because plenty of people where black hooded cloaks. Well not really but still. They had really weird breathing too and you and Blaise just seemed to hate him."
"Erm..." Draco said.
"Oh come on Draco your not stupid." Hermione rolled her eyes. "Never mind." Hermione gave up.
After a few minutes of silence Draco spoke up. "When is your first check-up?"
"Huh?...Oh um this Sunday, why?" Hermione responded.
"Because every pregnant woman needs an escort." Draco smirked.
Hermione laughed and checked her watch. "Come on let's go find Blaise and Amy."
"Okay." Draco and Hermione left the common room and were walking down the hall. "Me and Blaise are going to convince the Slytherins that you and Amy are to be accepted."
"Oh really and what makes you think that they are going to even want to look at a mudblood like me."
"You are not a mudblood and some of them are just like me and Blaise." He said sternly. Hermione just nodded.
They were close to the Gryffindor common room and Gryffindors were everywhere and almost all of them were giving the two of them dirty looks. Hermione ignored them and kept looking for Amy. Draco, on the other hand, was glaring at everyone who gave them dirty looks and his fists were clenching and unclenching. Hermione gave him a warning look that he shrugged off. Finally they found Amy. She was talking to Ron and seemed annoyed. Hermione almost laughed though. It was obvious Ron was hitting on her. Hermione and Draco moved closer and could hear him trying to sweet talk her but it was getting uglier by the minute.
"You know what, just get away from me," Amy snarled. "I have a boyfriend anyway!"
Ron grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to him. "Oh yeah who?"
"Blaise Zabini, someonewho is actually worth my time!" Amy snarled and pulled out of his grip.
Seeing Hermione and Draco she ran over to them. "Hey guys...sleep good." she added with a slight smirk.
Draco who didn't catch on right away said. "Yes actually it was great."
Amy burst into laughter and Hermione shook her head.
"What, what did I say?"Draco was still confused.
"Oh nothing, Draco, nothing." Hermione sighed. "Come on let's go find Blaise".
Hermione led the way with Amy beside her and Draco behind her. Amy was looking and commenting on everything as they walked past it. In the Entrance Hall a group of Slytherins were coming up from the dungeon and Blaise was right in the middle of it. When he saw them he pushed out of the crowd, who followed him. Blaise swooped down and kissed Amy's cheek, hugged Hermione and said "Morning"to Draco. The other Slytherins were greeting Draco and Hermione shrank back a bit. Draco noticed this and took her hand with a warning glance. The Slytherins looked at her like they had never seen her before. They nodded and said hello but then turned away.
Hermione sighed softly but Draco whispered in her ear. "They already accepted you."
Hermione smiled at him and they followed Blaise and Amy into the Great Hall. Hermione cast a wary glance at the Gryffindor table then at the Slytherin table. Amy and Blaise were both headed to the Slytherin table. Blaise had his arm around her.
"Let's sit at the Slytherin table today." Hermione told him leading him over to the table. Stares followed as they walked hand in hand to the table and sat down together.
"I wish they would stop staring." Hermione said looking around the hall.
"They'll get used to it, just don't look around." Draco was staring at her. Hermione smiled and went back to her food.
Hermione looked up and saw Lavender walking to them. Hermione prepared herself for some insults. Instead of insulting her Lavender smiled and handed her a piece of parchment. Hermione looked down a it and saw it was her schedule. That day she had Transfiguration, lunch, DADA, and Herebology. Eating her food slowly Hermione finished before Draco. When he was done they left the hall and Draco walked to Charms while Hermione walked to Transfiguration with Amy who had caught up with her.
They sat down in the front of the room next to each other and pulled out their books, quills, and parchment. Every time someone entered the room Amy made a comment. Hermione listened and nodded every now and then. "And there's that freak that kept hitting on me in the common room." Amy pointed to Ron. Hermione raised an eyebrow but giggled a little.
"Yeah, I know." she told her. "Me and Draco watched him, it was quite pathetic."
"Yes it was." Amy agreed.
Professor McGonagall came into the room and it went quiet as everyone paid their attention to her.
"Good morning class, Today we will be learning a new spell. It is the Trans-Gender Spell. It will enable you to change the gender of any animal. Use of this spell on another human has the penalty of a six month sentence in Azkaban. It is a difficult spell and I do not expect any of you to accomplish it by the end of the class." She began her speech while getting out a box of pink and blue gerbils "These gerbils are all charmed to change color if their gender is changed. It will be pink when it is changed to a girl and blue when changed to a boy. Ms.Brown if you will." she handed the box to Lavender so she could pass the gerbils out.
When the whole class had their gerbils McGonagall began talking again "When saying the spell you must wave your wand very gracefully with a long sweep and say Riftultic Wefigh." McGonagall made a demonstration and turned her blue gerbil, pink. The process took a few minutes. "Now off you go."
By the end of class Hermione wasn't the only person who successfully changed their gerbil. Amy too seemed quite intelligent and had done the spell. Professor McGonagall had granted Gryffindor house fifty points for their wonderful efforts. To Hermione's delight, Harry and Ron were having a terrible time without her there to whisper instructions in their ears.
When the bell rang for them to leave class the Gryffindors filed out and headed off on their own. They had a free period before they had to go to lunch. Hermione and Amy were going to go back to the Heads common room to meet up with Draco and Blaise. There Amy plopped down on the couch while Hermione pulled out some homework to start on.
When the boys arrived they all went out to the courtyard and were going to take a walk around the lake.
"So how was Charms class?" Hermione asked.
"It was good, we mostly reviewed so there was nothing interesting"Draco informed them.
"Unless you count when Crabbe blew up a feather in his face. It was hilarious." Blaise was grinning, as was Draco.
"Yeah, he always was quite thick." they were now laughing.
"So how was Transfiguration?" Blaise asked when the laughter died down.
"It was cool." Amy said and with Hermione's help they explained the whole class with detail.
"Girls talk too much." Blaise complained. Amy glared at him and jabbed her elbow into his ribs.
"Yeah they do." Draco agreed covering his ribs so Hermione couldn't jab him. Hermione instead kicked his leg.
"Ouch, we were kidding." both boys were in pain. Hermione and Amy smirked to each other.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah stop your blubbering and tell us what you have this afternoon." Hermione teased.
"DADA and then Ancient Runes." Draco straightened up.
"Oh, cool we have DADA together." Amy exclaimed.
"Oh joy." Blaise said with sarcasm. "Ah, don't hit me." he jumped towards Draco so Amy couldn't hit him. Amy just shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"I'm hungry." Blaise said after it went quiet.
"Your always hungry." Draco joked.
"Yeah but I'm really hungry right now." he argued.
Hermione laughed. "Me too, let's go eat." she took Draco's hand and led him back to the castle. Blaise and Amy were in tow.
After they had eaten their lunch they walked together to DADA. Every year the room had been decorated different. From pictures of Gilderoy Lockhart to Dark Detectors from Moody. This year the walls were bare and the room was very dark. The windows were closed to keep the sun from shining in. There was a deep sense of foreboding in the room. Hermione made her way to the front with Draco's hand in hers. Sitting down, they heard Amy and Blaise sit behind them. More students began arriving slowly until the whole class was full. They sat there waiting for the teacher to come.
After the teacher was ten minutes late everybody was out of their seats and talking. Draco and Hermione had turned around and were talking to Amy and Blaise.
"I wonder where professor Aristyle is?"Amy wondered out loud.
"I don't know, but it isn't very professional to be late."Hermione sniffed disapprovingly.
Amy nodded her head in agreement but said nothing. She was turning around in her seat to see what had happened in the back of the room. Ron had tripped and was now lying on the ground. The whole class had burst into laughter, though it was mostly the Slytherins.
"Those feet getting too big for you to handle, Weasley?"Draco called across the room.
"Isn't your head a bit big for the door, Malfoy?" he retorted.
"No actually it isn't, I have a normal sized head and feet unlike you." Draco smirked.
"Well that's the lie of the century." Lavender Brown came to Ron's rescue.
"Aww, look Weasley needs his little girlfriend to come to his rescue." Blaise taunted.
"Shut it Zabini, nobody is including you in this conversation anyway." Harry stepped forward.
"Is that so," Blaise stood up form his chair despite Amy hissing for him to sit down. "Well then I'll have to include my self in it then, won't I?"
The whole class had moved off to the sides of the room to watch. Ron, Harry, Lavender, Parvati Hermione, Draco, Blaise and Amy were left in the middle. Hermione and Amy were in their seats. Draco was standing next to Blaise not far from where Ron and Harry were standing next to each other. Draco whipped out his wand.
"Oh we are so scared of ickle Draco's wand he might hurt." Ron said sarcastically. "But why would he hurt us he can just ask his big, bad daddy to come and hurt us."
Draco's eyes widened as Ron hit a sensitive nerve on him. Raising his wand higher he cried. "Tarantall..."
"Expelliaramus!" a hoarse voice shouted form the door. "Sit down all of you!" Professor Aristyle had arrived and didn't look very happy. Everybody hurried to their seats and sat down.
He walked to the front of the room with a limp and sat at his desk. He pulled out a book and looked up at the class.
After surveying them for a moment he instructed. "Take out your books and turn to page 35. Read up on defensive curses and then you can start your home work. I want two feet on The Proper Times to use Defensive Spells." the class groaned but was quiet when Professor Aristyle gave them all a stern look.
Later that night Hermione was sitting in the Heads Common Room alone working on he mountain of homework. Draco had gone off to the library to get a book for their Herebology homework(twelve inches on the properties of a trayleha). Hermione was now leafing through a book and came across a piece of loose parchment in her book.
"What the?" she muttered pulling it out of the book. It was folded up like a letter and Hermione slowly opened it up. It was a letter that was addressed to her!