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Disclaimer: All characters in or related to the book 'Harry Potter' (except for my own, naturally) by J.K. Rowling are not my property, and belong to J.K. Rowling. Thank you.
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Titania whirled around in her chair to face the voice. There, at the top of the chair, was the most beautiful women Titania had seen in her life. She had beautiful silver hair, and she had this beautiful movement. Titania thought back to her lore and thought, perhaps, just maybe, she was a Veela. She watched as most of the boys were staring at her, as they do with Veelas. It looked quite funny actually. Yet, there was some strange familiarity to her, as if she was from the past far, far away, but Titania couldn't quite pinpoint where.
"Umm....ahh..." she stuttered. "I was in the hospital wing."
"May I ask why you were in the hospital wing?" she said, in a moving voice. She began to slowly walk down the stairs, leaning on what resembled a staff, oddly enough.
"I passed out." Titania replied, getting in fact quite irritated.
"Really? So because of this passing out, you missed Transfiguration, your first class? Tisk, tisk Titania. Now I shall begin class, and not waste my time.
"Now, I understand over the years that this job has been known as 'the cursed job', because of what has happened to it's past teachers. But isn't that the point of Defense Against the Dark Arts? To defend against curses? That's what I'm here to teach you. Now, I'd like everybody to pull out their wands, we are going to do a very basic shield charm today."
The rest of the class went on, with them learning quite a bit for the first class. Though Titania was a little mad at her at first, she got over her grudge quickly when she found out her inner self. The boys had trouble paying attention, but the girls learned much. She was quite a good teacher. But Titania had the feeling she was a bit of a heartbreaker.
After class, they had an hour break until the class she was least looking forward to, due to many of Harry, Ron and Hermione's stories of the wicked Professor Snape. She sighed and decided to go for a walk outside with Tina.
"What really happened to you in the hallway?" Tina asked.
"I..." Titania stopped. She couldn't tell Tina what happened, after the letter warning. She thought up a quick lie in her head. "Do you know the annoying new kid, Beatrice Vector? Well I was running away from her so I didn't have to walk with her to Transfiguration. Then, I just...I tripped on something and fell and blacked out. I guess I hit my head pretty hard."
"Yeah."
Her and Tina walked around outside, and admired the Quidditch pitch momentarily.
"I wish that I could fly on a broom. But I have my stupid legs!" Titania said. "I can't do ANYTHING with them!"
"It must be amazing being a centaur. I'd rather be a centaur and not be able to fly and take Astronomy then be a stupid normal human like everybody else!"
Titania gave her a bright smile. "I guess it's pretty cool being a centaur. Everything has it's benefits and dis-benefits I guess. Well..." Titania stopped. She heard the sound of whispers. Centaurs have a sharp sense of hearing, so Tina didn't hear. Titania put her finger up to her mouth and followed the sounds of the whispers. She walked a little to a empty space by the pond-empty except for...Ron and Hermione.
It was a strange sight. Both were sitting on the ground. Hermione had her head on Ron's shoulder and Ron was stroking her soft hair. They were looking at the water lovingly.
"Ron, we should tell Harry."
"No! You know he'll take it hard. It's hard enough for him already never mind his best friends getting in a relationship!"
"Yeah, but..."
"Yeah but what!"
"He deserves to know!"
Ron and Hermione stared at each other, love in their eyes.
"That's not what matters right now, right? We shouldn't fight, we do that too often." Ron said.
"Yeah."
The Ron bent his head down and kissed Hermione's forehead. "Come on, we're going to be late for class."
The two got up and walked off, hand in hand.
"Wow," Titania said, after a minute. "Never expected that one."
"Yeah," Tina said. "Let's not tell Harry, though. This is our dirty little secret." * * *
Snape was standing at the front of the classroom, reading names off the list. The Gryffindors were having Potions with the Slytherins.
"Lovejoy, Catherine."
"Here!"
Slowly Titania's attention wavered. No wonder Snape was considered awful. He was boring and they hadn't learned anything yet. And the lesson had been going on for 30 minutes and all he's been talking about is how Potions help them in the world. Rough.
Titania felt Tina poke her in the back. She knew that he was going to call her name soon.
"Titania. Our special guest. Welcome to the world of humans. Do you like it?"
The Slytherins broke out in laughter. Titania just grinned.
"With wise mouths like you I don't like it as much."
The room went silent. Nobody had been stupid enough (and brave enough) to mouth off any teacher, especially Snape. But centaurs were quite temperamental, and only those who studied them knew why they were that way.
Snape twisted his face. "In this class," he said, obviously angry, "We don't mouth off to our respected elders. You have detention with me on Friday at 5:00. Don't miss it!
"Now, let's continue on with the lesson, not minding those who think they are better. Today we will learn a simple yet helpful potion..."
Since the class had been wasted a half an hour they didn't do too much; and Titania (though listening) was waiting for the dismissal bell. It finally came, and Titania rushed out of the classroom. On the way, she heard Professor Snape yell back at her; "Don't forget!"
Titania walked miserably out of the classroom to History of Magic. Just the name made her shiver. She decided to take a shortcut, while Tina went with some other 1st years.
Titania cut through the halls quickly. She wouldn't dare brake into a run incase Filch heard her. She was already in trouble with him.
When she was walking throughout the halls, she heard Tina and friends talking on the other side of the wall. She put her ear up to the wall because it sounded like they had stopped to talk.
"I can't believe Titania did that! She was so brave to be like that with Snape! He's so strict! I'm surprised he didn't send her to the Headmaster for mouthing off!" it was Danny Acorn.
"She can be amazing," Tina said. "She's really smart, though she can sometimes be a little weird. It's hard to understand some of the things that go through her head. She must have been in a really bad mood today to be so mouthy."
"I read in a book that centaurs are naturally mouthy." said an unfamiliar voice, whom Titania guessed was a Slytherin.
"I don't know, but all I know is I wouldn't want to get on her bad side. She could probably seriously hurt people. She's so...big, and she's got hooves and everything."
"But you know she wouldn't do that, unless she was really, really mad, and why would she hurt kids anyway? She'd get in so much trouble." Tina.
"She's already in enough trouble. She's like trouble in a box."
"Will you stop! She's great! She just has a bit of a big mouth and that'll get her in trouble, but that's how she is." Titania couldn't believe that Tina was saying this! She was so not a big mouth! "Now come on, we're going to be late for class. Don't tell her ANYTHING that we've just said. We don't want to hurt her."
Titania was stunned to hear this. Her best friend, calling her a big mouth behind her back? She couldn't believe this. All these secrets, all this bad stuff, the only one out of this all was Harry... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: There it is! Finally some relationship action! Hope you like this chapter! Read and review! The next chapter will be REAL special, I promise you!
Disclaimer: All characters in or related to the book 'Harry Potter' (except for my own, naturally) by J.K. Rowling are not my property, and belong to J.K. Rowling. Thank you.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 5~Dirty little secrets...
Titania whirled around in her chair to face the voice. There, at the top of the chair, was the most beautiful women Titania had seen in her life. She had beautiful silver hair, and she had this beautiful movement. Titania thought back to her lore and thought, perhaps, just maybe, she was a Veela. She watched as most of the boys were staring at her, as they do with Veelas. It looked quite funny actually. Yet, there was some strange familiarity to her, as if she was from the past far, far away, but Titania couldn't quite pinpoint where.
"Umm....ahh..." she stuttered. "I was in the hospital wing."
"May I ask why you were in the hospital wing?" she said, in a moving voice. She began to slowly walk down the stairs, leaning on what resembled a staff, oddly enough.
"I passed out." Titania replied, getting in fact quite irritated.
"Really? So because of this passing out, you missed Transfiguration, your first class? Tisk, tisk Titania. Now I shall begin class, and not waste my time.
"Now, I understand over the years that this job has been known as 'the cursed job', because of what has happened to it's past teachers. But isn't that the point of Defense Against the Dark Arts? To defend against curses? That's what I'm here to teach you. Now, I'd like everybody to pull out their wands, we are going to do a very basic shield charm today."
The rest of the class went on, with them learning quite a bit for the first class. Though Titania was a little mad at her at first, she got over her grudge quickly when she found out her inner self. The boys had trouble paying attention, but the girls learned much. She was quite a good teacher. But Titania had the feeling she was a bit of a heartbreaker.
After class, they had an hour break until the class she was least looking forward to, due to many of Harry, Ron and Hermione's stories of the wicked Professor Snape. She sighed and decided to go for a walk outside with Tina.
"What really happened to you in the hallway?" Tina asked.
"I..." Titania stopped. She couldn't tell Tina what happened, after the letter warning. She thought up a quick lie in her head. "Do you know the annoying new kid, Beatrice Vector? Well I was running away from her so I didn't have to walk with her to Transfiguration. Then, I just...I tripped on something and fell and blacked out. I guess I hit my head pretty hard."
"Yeah."
Her and Tina walked around outside, and admired the Quidditch pitch momentarily.
"I wish that I could fly on a broom. But I have my stupid legs!" Titania said. "I can't do ANYTHING with them!"
"It must be amazing being a centaur. I'd rather be a centaur and not be able to fly and take Astronomy then be a stupid normal human like everybody else!"
Titania gave her a bright smile. "I guess it's pretty cool being a centaur. Everything has it's benefits and dis-benefits I guess. Well..." Titania stopped. She heard the sound of whispers. Centaurs have a sharp sense of hearing, so Tina didn't hear. Titania put her finger up to her mouth and followed the sounds of the whispers. She walked a little to a empty space by the pond-empty except for...Ron and Hermione.
It was a strange sight. Both were sitting on the ground. Hermione had her head on Ron's shoulder and Ron was stroking her soft hair. They were looking at the water lovingly.
"Ron, we should tell Harry."
"No! You know he'll take it hard. It's hard enough for him already never mind his best friends getting in a relationship!"
"Yeah, but..."
"Yeah but what!"
"He deserves to know!"
Ron and Hermione stared at each other, love in their eyes.
"That's not what matters right now, right? We shouldn't fight, we do that too often." Ron said.
"Yeah."
The Ron bent his head down and kissed Hermione's forehead. "Come on, we're going to be late for class."
The two got up and walked off, hand in hand.
"Wow," Titania said, after a minute. "Never expected that one."
"Yeah," Tina said. "Let's not tell Harry, though. This is our dirty little secret." * * *
Snape was standing at the front of the classroom, reading names off the list. The Gryffindors were having Potions with the Slytherins.
"Lovejoy, Catherine."
"Here!"
Slowly Titania's attention wavered. No wonder Snape was considered awful. He was boring and they hadn't learned anything yet. And the lesson had been going on for 30 minutes and all he's been talking about is how Potions help them in the world. Rough.
Titania felt Tina poke her in the back. She knew that he was going to call her name soon.
"Titania. Our special guest. Welcome to the world of humans. Do you like it?"
The Slytherins broke out in laughter. Titania just grinned.
"With wise mouths like you I don't like it as much."
The room went silent. Nobody had been stupid enough (and brave enough) to mouth off any teacher, especially Snape. But centaurs were quite temperamental, and only those who studied them knew why they were that way.
Snape twisted his face. "In this class," he said, obviously angry, "We don't mouth off to our respected elders. You have detention with me on Friday at 5:00. Don't miss it!
"Now, let's continue on with the lesson, not minding those who think they are better. Today we will learn a simple yet helpful potion..."
Since the class had been wasted a half an hour they didn't do too much; and Titania (though listening) was waiting for the dismissal bell. It finally came, and Titania rushed out of the classroom. On the way, she heard Professor Snape yell back at her; "Don't forget!"
Titania walked miserably out of the classroom to History of Magic. Just the name made her shiver. She decided to take a shortcut, while Tina went with some other 1st years.
Titania cut through the halls quickly. She wouldn't dare brake into a run incase Filch heard her. She was already in trouble with him.
When she was walking throughout the halls, she heard Tina and friends talking on the other side of the wall. She put her ear up to the wall because it sounded like they had stopped to talk.
"I can't believe Titania did that! She was so brave to be like that with Snape! He's so strict! I'm surprised he didn't send her to the Headmaster for mouthing off!" it was Danny Acorn.
"She can be amazing," Tina said. "She's really smart, though she can sometimes be a little weird. It's hard to understand some of the things that go through her head. She must have been in a really bad mood today to be so mouthy."
"I read in a book that centaurs are naturally mouthy." said an unfamiliar voice, whom Titania guessed was a Slytherin.
"I don't know, but all I know is I wouldn't want to get on her bad side. She could probably seriously hurt people. She's so...big, and she's got hooves and everything."
"But you know she wouldn't do that, unless she was really, really mad, and why would she hurt kids anyway? She'd get in so much trouble." Tina.
"She's already in enough trouble. She's like trouble in a box."
"Will you stop! She's great! She just has a bit of a big mouth and that'll get her in trouble, but that's how she is." Titania couldn't believe that Tina was saying this! She was so not a big mouth! "Now come on, we're going to be late for class. Don't tell her ANYTHING that we've just said. We don't want to hurt her."
Titania was stunned to hear this. Her best friend, calling her a big mouth behind her back? She couldn't believe this. All these secrets, all this bad stuff, the only one out of this all was Harry... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: There it is! Finally some relationship action! Hope you like this chapter! Read and review! The next chapter will be REAL special, I promise you!