By Loralee
A/N Yes i know it's short but it's what i have, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Not mine
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Luna joined the Gryffindors at lunch on Wednesday. She and Ginny had DADA just prior to lunch, while the 6th year students had NEWT DADA just after lunch.
"Harry there is something very strange about Fields." Said Ginny. Next to her Luna and Colin Creevey nodded.
"Is he a Death Eater you think?" Asked Ron through his food.
Ginny grimaced at him. "No I don't think he's a DE but there something…" she trailed off.
"What do you think, Luna?" Asked Harry. Hermione frowned at him.
"He doesn't believe." Was Luna's airy comment.
Harry nodded thoughtfully. While Hermione snorted.
"He doesn't believe what Luna?" She demanded.
Harry eyed Hermione while Colin spoke up.
"He doesn't believe that we are in danger."
Harry nodded again. That might be a problem thought Harry. Umbridge wouldn't believe. Could this new professor be the same? If so then the DSG would have to work very hard.
Harry led the 6th year Gryffindors into the DADA classroom. This was yet again a combined class of all houses. Every 6th year who had been a member of the DA the previous year was there along with Daphne Greengrass of Slytherin.
Oscar Fields was a young man with sandy hair and freckles. He was smiling when he entered the classroom.
"Good afternoon I'm Professor Fields and this is NEWT Defense against the Dark Arts. All of you, I have been told, scored Outstandings on you Defense OWL's. This is a remarkable result and you should be very proud of yourselves."
"Now I won't bother going over the first 5 years of material in this class your results show that you have learned what you needed to."
"You should have purchase a book called A Comprehensive Guide to the Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWT's this will be your text book for the next two years. It covers exactly what is on the NEWT test."
"We will be working directly from this text in the theory portions of this course.
Here are the assignments you will be expect to complete and turn in for grading for the next year." He handed out parchments to everyone.
"As you know there are three terms to the school year. There will be three essays and one term paper due each term. Topics are listed on you parchments along with a list of supplemental reading."
"This class will cover advanced dark creatures, curses and curse breaking, hexes and counters, shields, warding, healing and dueling etiquette. Are there any questions?"
Oscar Fields glazed around the classroom. He fully expected that half of these students would drop the class when they realized how hard it would be. After all the only reason to take NEWT level DADA was to become an Auror, join the professional dueling circuit or teach DADA. He pointed to a bushy haired witch with her hand up.
"Yes, your name and question?"
"Hermione Granger, Professor. What kind of practicals can we except in this class?"
He smiled, "Excellent question. We will be practicing on conjured targets," he waved his wand and a standard bullseye target appeared on the far wall, "and later on each other for the minor hexes and counters and to test our shields."
He pointed to another student this one with red hair.
Ron Weasley, will we be studying Death Eater tactics and the counters to the dark curses they use?"
Fields began shaking his head. "No Mr. Weasley as I understand it most of the Death Eaters have been apprehended and it is only a matter of time now until the Aurors round up You Know Who as well. We won't waste our time studying the tactics of a few terrorists."
There was a stir in the room and many people began to look to Harry Potter. Fields was well aware that the famous troublemaker was in this class he'd had warnings from some of the other teachers already.
"So we won't be learning to defend ourselves from lethal curses in a firefight or how to take down an opponent so they stay down." Spoke another boy from next to Potter.
"And you are?" snapped Fields.
"Neville Longbottom"
"The chances, Mr. Longbottom, that any of the students in this class will ever come face to face with a death eater or dark wizard intending to kill them are slim. If you wish to fight dark wizards then you will stay in this class and then continue on to Auror training. They will teach you to fight dark wizards. This class is made up of children not Aurors intending to fight dark wizards."
Harry sighed deeply, Neville snorted, Ron grinned widely and over half of the class began to snicker.
Fields who was beginning to lose his composure said angrily, "You have something to say, Mr. Potter."
"Yes Sir, I'm sorry but I must disagree with you. You are wrong. We," he waved his hand at the students around him, "are very likely to end up facing dark wizards wanting to kill us. Specifically Death Eaters and possibly Voldemort himself."
Fields couldn't help but flinch at the blatant use of the name.
"He is a danger, you've just confirmed it by flinching, sir. Some of my friends and I were involved in the altercation that caught almost a dozen Death Eaters in the Ministry. If you think for a moment that was all the supporters he had you are dead wrong. And if you can't or won't teach us the things we need to know to defeat Death Eaters in battle then you and most probably a lot of others will just be dead. Voldemort is not playing, he is not targeting Aurors, and he is targeting me and those that stand with me. He is targeting muggles and muggleborns, halfbloods, and what he calls pureblood blood traitors, he is targeting anyone who won't bow down to him. He has two goals, immortality and the domination of the Wizarding world and he will try to kill anyone who stands against him."
Oscar Fields was a very bright man. He could see what this boy was saying but the possibility of him being right was one that Fields just could not accept.
"No, Mr. Potter you are the one who is wrong, You Know Who will not be a threat for much longer. I cannot allow you to disrupt this class." He glanced around the room.
"Any student who doesn't want to learn what I have to teach, with out complaint may be excused. There will be no discussion of Death Eaters in this class, this is a NEWT prep class and we will be learning the required elements to prepare you for taking your NEWT's."
Fields watched as every student in the class looked at Harry Potter. When Potter nodded and settled into his seat the rest of the class sat back with sighs and turned their attention to him. In that moment of triumph at the Potter boy's acquiescence Oscar Fields lost any chance at reaching any of these students, he became at that moment just another teacher that had to be endured.
Harry knew that they needed to learn what Fields could teach them. They just needed more. He would use Fields classes as a stepping-stone to the other things they needed to learn. After the class Hermione brought the bonus portion of the NEWT study guide to Harry's attention. The things that could get you extra points on the NEWT's were some of the thing they needed to learn. They would just have to get Fields to teach them those things as 'bonus' points.