Once all the students had entered the main hall, Dumbledore stood up and raised his arms to quiet every one down. "It has been called to my attention that a mysterious figure was seen on the Express Train this afternoon. To take precautions, we have reissued the rules that were in effect when the basilisk was still roaming around throughout the pipes. Which means; no one leaves the castle grounds alone, no one is to be out of their common rooms after 6 o'clock. These will be in effect until word is given otherwise. But, to get on with the lighter side of this feast, I would like to introduce our brand new DADA teacher, Miss Mila T. Evodrom." Dumbledore finished as he outstretched his hand towards the teachers table.
A young Asian woman stood up, with extremely long black hair and almond shaped eyes. Smiling, she waved. "It is such an honor to be here teaching at Hogwarts School. As your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, I will hopefully be the first in the past 5 years to stay more than one year. I cannot wait to meet you and see what kinds of gifted minds we have in this school." She said in a loud and cheerful voice before she sat down. Everyone burst out applauding.
"She seems very nice," Hermione said.
"And, boy, is she sexy," Harry muttered.
"Uh, Harry, you have a girlfriend, you know," Ron said angrily.
Harry began to blush as Ron and Hermione began to laugh uncontrollably. "LET THE FEAST BEGIN," Dumbledore shouted, as generous piles of food appeared on the tables.
Later that night, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Luna, Seamus, and Neville were sitting in the Gryffindor common room alone.
"Do you have any idea what that "thing" was?" Neville said shaken.
"Uh, we aren't sure Neville. If we knew, McGonagall and Dumbledore would know by know. But whatever it was, it was only stopping in certain quarters." Harry said.
"But…why?" Ginny asked suspiciously.
"Well, The Quibbler has seen nothing like this before, so my father will be happy to have a shocking story on his hands now." Luna said cheerfully. But when no one gave pleased looks, the smile disintegrated off her face.
"Anyway, we should all be on high alert, at least until we find out what they want. As for me, I think I'll retire now," Hermione said as she stood up.
"Night," Ginny said before she stood up.
"It has been a great pleasure to ingest large quantities of sustainment in your company," Luna said before getting up.
Harry smiled before he burst out laughing, and then saw Ron smiling goofily at Hermione. Harry, still smiling, whacked Ron over the head. "What-oh thanks man," He said quietly. Harry shook his head. They then headed upstairs to their rooms.
The next morning, the three of hem had just left the common room and were headed to breakfast, when they realized that the staircases were backed up. "What's going on?" Ron asked angrily. "I want to go to breakfast," he whined.
"…The teacher's found something written in the hallway. It's from that creepy shadow creature. I'm Genevieve Alexander, Ravenclaw." She sad, putting out her hand for a shake. She had short brown hair, and wore stylish square glasses over her blue eyes.
"I'm Harry Potter, these are my friends Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger," he said shaking her hand.
She shook Ron and Hermione's hands, then said, "They are really freaking out, especially since this is kind of what happened with the Chamber, but they don't know who the shadow is." She said softly. Harry and Ron turned to Hermione when they heard 'chamber' but they saw she was already pushing her way through the crowds.
"What's wrong?" Genevieve asked.
"Hermione was one of the students who were petrified, but now we don't know where she's going," Harry said. Then the entire crowd dispersed toward the hall. When Harry and Ron walked forward with Genevieve, they saw Hermione staring at the wall. Eyes extremely wide, she turned toward them. She backed up against the staircase to brace herself. Ron went over and made sure she was alright.
"No longer will he be a burden. This school will finally be what it should have been. When the 4 are gone, he shall fall as well." Harry read the sharp black letters. He turned to Genevieve, but she shrugged. Harry shrugged then began walking to breakfast. Ron walked with them, with his hand on Hermione's shoulder. When they got in there, everyone was abuzz with gossip and fear
"The shadow is probably…"
"I think I know who he is!"
"Boy, even for a shadow, that was lame."
They walked to the open seats at the Gryffindor table, after waving to Genevieve.
"Don't you realize who "he" is?" Neville said.
"No, why, do you?" Harry said, cocking one of his eyebrows.
"It's Dumbledore! People don't think he's good enough to run this school. Once he's gone, people will be happy, especially Lucius Malfoy," Neville said quietly.
"You might be right there, Neville," Hermione said. She grabbed a muffin, and broke off a tiny piece.
Ron, who was shoveling eggs and bacon into his mouth as fast as possible, said, "I really don't care, as long I'm not sent home to mother," he said.
"Thanks for the great view Ron," Hermione said laughing.
Ron turned red. "Just kidding," she said softly. Then the bell rang, and they all rushed out.
"Well, we get to go to see Professor Evodrom." Harry said looking at his schedule. They then hurried to the corridor.
Once in the class, Professor Evodrom raised her wand, and all the windows shut, and the children's books flew onto one of the spare tables. "Well, welcome to 6th year Defense Against the Dark Arts. I am hoping all of you are excited about this class as I am. Now, I'm not one of those teachers who assigns seat by names. So, I'll let you pick your own seats two people at a table." She said. Everybody jumped up and began to switch seats. Harry looked over to where Ron was, but saw he was already sitting next to Hermione.
"Mind if I sit here?" someone said behind him. He turned and saw someone he had never seen before. It was a boy, much taller than him. He had messy blond hair, and clear green eyes.
"Sure," Harry said before sitting down.
"You're Harry Potter!" he said amazed.
"Yeah, I thought everyone knew that," he said laughing.
"Well, in the Slytherin house, especially with Malfoy, it's a sin to talk about you. Oh, by the way, I'm Jay, Jay Fredricks," he said shaking Harry's hand.
"Well, I have to say, I've never met a Slytherin as nice as you are," Harry said smiling.
"Okay, now, I will be assigning study partner, because I know how hard it is to study for all your classes. Your study partner will be whoever you're sitting next to," she said smiling. Harry saw Ron pump his fist into the air, and then Hermione blush. "So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other than," Jay said.
"I guess so," Harry said smiling. They class was interrupted by a blood-curdling scream echoing throughout the entire school.