Title: Harry Potter and the Ancient God King
Author: Nopporn Wongrassamee aka The Evil Author
Summary: The new DADA teacher is something else. Harry and the gang want to know what.
Disclaimer: The characters and settings belong to whoever owns them. I'm just too lazy to look up who they are.
Part 4 – After Action Review
"Ha!" Draco Malfoy gloated after the test was over and everyone had returned to the classroom. "I knew it was all a big illusion."
"Really?" Harry asked innocently. "Is that why you ran screaming from the dragon, Malfoy?"
Malfoy flushed. He opened his mouth to reply.
"By the way," Harry continued. "How did it feel to get burned alive?"
"Yeah," Dean Thomas chimed in. "I really didn't fancy knowing what being disemboweled felt like."
"Or trampled," someone else added.
"Or speared."
"Or used as a chew toy."
"Malfoy," Ron snarled at the Slytherin prefect, "if you provoke Professor Burkle again, I'm going to curse you into next week."
Growls of agreement and not a few death glares came from the rest of the class, including Malfoy's fellow Slytherins.
"Okay, boys and girls, settle down now," Professor Burkle called out cheerily. By now, the whole class had pretty much figured out that Professor Burkle's friendly face was a mask. "You all did much better than I expected. Why, you almost made it to five minutes!"
No one said a word or so much as cracked a smile. Professor Burkle was entirely unruffled.
"Everyone, take ten points for every bad guy you defeated," she continued. This caused a slight stir. Almost everyone had been able to take down at least one foe before getting swamped by sheer numbers.
At least we got something out of that fiasco, Harry thought.
"Another five points to Mr. Longbottom for innovative use of a repelling charm, dumpster, and brick wall," Professor Burkle continued.
Neville blushed. He had actually been aiming for a troll and the dumpster had been in the way. The end result was three crushed enemies.
"Five points to Mr. Malfoy for drawing the dragon's fire away from his fellow students."
A round of low snickers echoed around the class. Drawing fire had evidently not been Malfoy's intention to anyone who had seen him in action.
"Five points each to Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger, and Mr. Weasely for outlasting everyone else."
"They only lasted so long because they were helping each other," Malfoy said petulantly, drawing several death glares that he resolutely ignored.
"Of course they were helping each other," Professor Burkle said. "They supported each other, one defending the other when the other was otherwise occupied. The rest of you fought as individuals and went down quickly. Perhaps that should tell you something? Yes, Ms. Granger?"
"Professor, are you saying that if we had worked together, we could have stood a chance against that army?" Hermione asked.
"No, Ms. Granger," Professor Burkle replied. "If you had all worked together, you could have beaten that army. Soundly."