Chapter 6: They're Orange Doo-doo

"A'ight, so everyone's here?" Lupin counted the students and checked them off, "Ravenclaws and Gryffindors, correct?" The class nodded in unison, "Everyone please face forward and Harry, please put your eyes back in your head." Harry was seated next to Cho and was staring at her with rapt adoration, but he abruptly turned around and blushed at Lupin's comment.

"Sorry, sir," Harry blushed again as Cho giggled.

"This is disgusting," Ron said, "We need Malfoy here, instead of those two love-struck goons."

"You want Malfoy here?" Hermione gasped, "Did you two bond last night?" She gave a mock angelic smile.

"No, but his stupid song was stuck in my head all night."

Lupin was standing in front of the classroom, "Since today is my first day teaching you again," He winked, "I think we'll start it with some songs. Harrumph!" He cleared his throat, "They're orange, doo doo," He jumped to the left, "They're black, doo doo," He jumped to the right, "Look for the one with me on the bag, dressed as a vampire!" He pointed at himself with both hands, "TADAH!" The classroom clapped and cheered as he asked, "Anyone else?" Ron raised his hand and Lupin waved him up to the front of the classroom.

"Um… this song is to the tune of 'Head Shoulders Knees and Toes' and Draco Malfoy wrote it last night." Harry was staring at Ron with puzzlement, which made Ron blush even more furiously. Hermione saw Harry's look and she started to laugh quietly. "Green, silver, red and gold; re and gold; green, silver, red and gold; Slytherin and" Hermione joined in, "Gryffin-DORS! Green, silver, red and gold! Red and GOLD!" All the Gryffindors cheered and Harry came up to give Ron a friendly pat on the back.

"Malfoy wrote that?" he asked Ron, "DRACO Malfoy?"

"Yup," Ron grinned as he returned to his seat. Lupin had calmed the class down and pulled out a glass tank covered in black cloth.

"Gee wiz!" Ron said sarcastically, "Harry's talking to me again!"

"Wowee wow wow!" Hermione mockingly gasped.

"Settle down, settle down!" Lupin started taking off the black cloth, "Can someone turn out the lights? Leave the ones in the back on, please." Dean jumped up and turned out he lights. "This," Lupin swept off the black cloth, "is a mooncalf. Everyone, please turn to page twenty-nine in your 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'. Cho, will you read?" There were gasps and "Oh, isn't it cute?"s from all over the classroom.

"Harry, can I borrow your book?" Cho whispered, "I left mine in the Ravenclaw common room."

"Sure," Harry slid his book over to Cho.

"The mooncalf," Cho began, "is an intensely shy creature that emerges from its burrow only at the full moon-" Harry, Hermione, and Ron looked directly at Lupin,"-Its body is smooth and pale grey, it has enormous bulging eyes on top of its head, and four spindly legs with enormous feet-"

Thank you, Cho," Lupin interrupted, "Sorry about interrupting you. For homework, finish reading this article. Next week, we're going to have a student teacher. She'll be staying at Hogwarts for the next three weeks and she's going to teach you next year."

"Hey, Draco!" Hermione waved, "Guess what? We're having a student teacher next week." Draco turned around, but he kept walking until he hit a suit of armor that grabbed him around the waist.

"Help, please," Draco violently wriggled trying to get out of its grip, "Someone?"

"Should we leave him here or help him?" Hermione asked Ron and Harry.

"Leave him," they said simultaneously and pretended to walk away.

"HEY!" Draco yelled wriggling even more violently.

"Just kidding Malfoy. Gosh, keep your pants on," Ron said as they walked back.

"Yes," Hermione added, "Please keep them on."

"Is that a dare?" Draco asked in a mock sexy voice.

"Oh, shut up," Harry said as he and Ron yanked the arms apart and Draco fell to he ground.

"Righty then, about the student teacher," Draco dusted himself off, "I know who it is, it's-"