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"Well I think the best thing to do would be to begin with an introduction as to why we're teaching a class and what they'll be learning in it, ok?" I glanced at Harry over my notes to see him with his quill out hastily scribbling things down.

"Right. Good idea 'Mione." Harry replied distractedly. "So we introduce ourselves (not that we need much introducing eh?) and tell them why we're teaching them and a bit about what they'll be learning with us. Then I'm going to do the same as I did at the DA and start of with disarming. Hopefully this lot will be a lot better and if we have more time we'll do a spot of stunning practice. Sound good?"

"Sounds great. Just as long as you two do all the talking!" Ron grinned cheekily at us and ducked the cushions that came flying at him. "Aww, is that the best you can do?" We all laughed, me and Harry dodging the returning cushions.

"I'm so glad that I don't have to teach anything. Though It's going to be fun with you lot teaching me! Can you give detentions?"

"Yes we can." I replied firmly, "we have all the same powers as the teachers. Of course the house points system isn't running this year. However if it was we would have control over points as well." Ginny looked slightly worried at Ron's evil grin.

"Aww, we'd never give you a detention Gin." Harry said smiling softly down at her where she was sitting on the floor.

"Speak for yourself mate!" Ron was giving Ginny an evil smirk, "just you wait Ginny, just you wait! It's almost a shame there's going to be no Slytherines to teach. Ah… just imagine Crabbe and Goyle's expressions when I set them a 2000 word essay on the many uses of wall to wall carpeting."

We all gave him a funny look, "wall to wall carpeting?" Ginny exclaimed sounding as though she couldn't decide whether to be amused or worried about his sanity.

"What! It was the first thing that came into my head! Ah well, I guess it'll be good enough not having to put up with Slytherines yelling insults and generally being a pain in the arse." We all nodded in agreement.

Tuesday Evening

We're all sitting in Gryffindor common room after our second day of the new timetables. It's the last free lesson of the day. And now I'm going to tell you just what happened in our first lesson as teachers:

We were walking past the entrance of the room of requirement (that's where our lessons are being held, isn't it great!) for the third time when our first student arrived, Ginny! She was smiling brightly and with a cheerful, "hey Professors!" She entered the new classroom. It was really odd to see everyone enter and them calling us Professors; Ron loathed it, I know! Harry wasn't really bothered, he was more interested in hiding from Cho Chang behind a large bookcase. They both flushed so deeply and turned away quicker than I thought was possible when they saw each other. I almost burst out laughing! Rather insensitive I know but it was very amusing. Ron of course didn't hold back and only stopped laughing when he discovered his hair had been changed a very fetching shade of pink by his sister who was sitting quite innocently on her cushion behind him.

At that I really did burst out laughing, after a minute of watching Ron manage to shave all his hair off then grow it into a huge (pink!) afro in his attempts to fix it I flicked him hard on the head with my wand and his hair returned to its original length and bright red colour. With a disappointed cry of "'Mione!" from Ginny I called the class to order.

"I'll get you for that Ginny! Hey, hang on…I can give her a detention, can't I? Right…"

"What for Ron?" I put in with an innocent smile.

"What for! She turned my hair pink then grew it to an afro! That's what!"

"Actually you turned it into an afro yourself and you have no proof that it was Ginny, however, I suggest that you keep an eye on her in future." I replied with a steely glance at Ginny to make sure she understood that I wouldn't get her out of trouble again.

After that every one was silent waiting for us to begin. Harry gave his little introduction speech that, what with all the interruptions (people seemed to see this a 'let's question Harry Potter time') took up almost half the lesson. Once he had finished however, we got onto disarming.

There was a real mix of abilities in this group. Most people were pretty good though we did have to fix Neville who had been turned into a whistling blue and green teapot by his shocked partner who was just standing by staring at him. I walked over and fixed him easily after listening to the stuttered apologies of the 6th year Hufflepuff ("a teapot! …I…I didn't mean…I only…I was trying to disarm him!") Ginny, of course, performed the spell absolutely perfectly as did most of the people who had been in the previous DA.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is our first DA lesson! I actually thought it went quite well, I'm very happy! Hopefully our next one will go even better now we're completely prepared and have an idea of how people are going to react. Also in the next one we won't have Ginny hexing Ron and Harry stuttering and stumbling every time he looks at Cho Chang!

We also had our first two Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons today, they were just brilliant! Lupin is such a great teacher, I'm really glad to have him back, particularly at this crucial stage in the development of the war. We have started to learn some really advanced things from him actually, it's all fascinating, I can't wait to learn more. At the moment we're doing the unforgivables again. This time, however we're really looking at them, their history and the defence side of things. Obviously there is no defence to the killing curse, however Lupin is helping us with our resistance to the 'Imperius' curse.

To resist it effectively you need to focus on yourself, you need to be perfectly calm and just say no. Lupin was getting us to an almost medative stage, apparently if you faced the 'Imperius' curse in that frame of mind then resisting it would be ten times easier. Harry found this all rather confusing though he seemed a lot happier at the end of the lesson.

I love school! I might go to the library later to look up some more hexes and curses for us to teach, this really is going to be a wonderful year, well hopefully anyway.

Later on

"Hmmm, hey Harry, wow! Listen to this." We were all sitting in the library a couple of hours later after my suggestion.

"What is it?" Harry turned to look curiously at me, I grinned at him before continuing.

"It says: 'The Patronus: a defence against dementors. The patronus, a highly complicated and advanced level charm which involves conjuring a bright white creature made entirely of hope and love and happiness. The creature the patronus takes the form of depends on the individual and all recorded animagi (wizards or witches who can change into an animal of their choice at will) will change into the form of their particular patronus. If a very sudden shock or large change affects the individual then the form of their patronus may change.'"

"Like Tonks'?" interjected Harry.

"Yeah, I guess. 'Furthermore magical research has now suggested that the patronus will increase the magical ability and power of the caster if it is near when a second spell is cast. However the patronus will vanish and consequently cause the spell to fail if it is a deliberate, unprovoked attack on another living thing.' Wow! I'm glad we can cast one of those. We have to teach it Harry." I raised my head from the dusty old tome to meet Harry's startlingly green eyes. He seemed lost in thought, gazing at me.

"So it can be used in self-defence?" Ron inquired. "It did say unprovoked, didn't it?" I smiled at him then turned my head back to the book.

"Wait! There's more. And yes Ron, it did say unprovoked. 'To cast the patronus the witch or wizard must first concentrate fully and wholly on the happiest, most powerful memory he or she poses, for this is what the patronus consists of. The caster must then speak the words, 'Expecto Patronum!' If done correctly the patronus should form out of a white light erupted from the end of the casters wand. The caster must be able to feel the memory throughout themselves and the spell will not work if the caster is split in any way.' Split in any way! Harry Voldemort can't cast a patronus, he is split!" Both Harry and Ron gaped at me.

Ron was the first to recover, closing his mouth he asked "yes, but how is that going to help us?"

"Oh Ron, don't you see? Voldemort couldn't posses Harry without incredible pain, and that was because of the love inside of him. Imagine a creature made entirely of love and light and happiness and everything that the Dark lord despises! He wouldn't be able to go near it!"

Harry grinned, "that is brilliant Hermione! And I will definitely remember it next time I see him (hopefully that won't be too soon) however you do seem to have forgotten the task at hand; find spells for the lesson?"

Oops. I guess I was getting a little over excited. Back on task Hermione…back on task…

"Anyway, I reckon we've got enough to be getting on with, we know a lot of the spells by heart anyway." Harry said in a matter of fact way. "Come on let's get back to the common room, we wouldn't want to be out after hours now would we?" Harry grinned mischievously at my glare.

I shoved my books, parchment, quill and ink irritably back into my book bag and fastened it up. Standing up I lifted the heavy book I had been reading from and made to put it back on the shelf, after a quick moment of indecision however I walked over to the library desk behind which stood the hawk-like librarian just getting ready to go on one of her 'the library is closing in ten minutes, leave now' prowls.

After glaring at me for a second she stamped the book then, muttering something under breath that sounded like threats she stalked away. I turned to find Harry and Ron staring at me in an amused sort of way.

"What?" I raised my eyebrows in a 'and what is so funny' sort of a way. "Spot of light bedtime reading."

I turned and strolled out of the library just in time to hear Ron splutter "Light…! Bedtime…! That girl's really lost it!"

Barley concealing my laughter I turned to look at him, "did you say something Ron? I'm so sorry I didn't quite catch it." Ron gaped at me, his mouth dropped in a comical 'O' shape. Harry was, by now laughing at us both. Knowing, as he did, that I probably would use the book as a spot of bedtime reading and also that I was deliberately teasing Ron, something which no-one else seemed to understand.

"Aww, 'Mione what did you do to Ron?"

I stand corrected, almost no-one, Ginny, however, did understand. In fact she positively relished Ron's suddenly furious glares that were coming her way. He had, unfortunately, managed to snap out of his shocked mood the moment she spoke.

Ginny smirked at us all then slipping her arm through Harry's she marched us all back to the common room. I honestly don't know what I would do without her, she is the one who kept me sane throughout everything, particularly Sirius' death. And now Dumbledore's death too.

When will it stop! All the people we care most about, they die! Well, at least we've still got each other. I smiled determinedly at that. Though inside I was desperately fighting the small voice that said 'but for how long?'

A/N Yey! That was definitely the longest chapter yet, almost 1000 words and two pages more than it usually is (not counting the A/N)! I really hope you enjoyed it.

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