Ilya Mavchesky and Dmitri Mavchesky (homestuck12)
Also, shoutouts to kokomo! They managed to guess the identity of the Grouchindor prefect first try! You can feel free to check the reviews and see who it is, or wait for me to reveal them in the story.
Now, let's get this chapter started!
Zola's POV
Our first class was something called Offense Against the Dark Arts, which sounded interesting. But when we arrived, there was no teacher there.
"Well, that's annoying.", grumbled Nicholas after we'd sat in the classroom for fifteen minutes.
Hunter said, "Maybe we could practice our moves while we wait? That could be counted as offense against the dark arts, right?"
"You practiced your moves through all of last night.", complained Barry, "The only one who got any sleep was your cat!"
Lucky, the cat in question, was grooming himself and not paying them any attention.
Hunter replied, "Well, of course! After fighting those guys, we need to figure out how to use our moves to the fullest, and what better way to do that than by constantly practicing? Besides, it's just really, really cool."
I said, "I suppose it is cool, but you shouldn't practice your moves while people are trying to sleep."
Hunter's brother, Will, said, "I did try to get him to stop, you know."
I replied, "And then you joined him."
Just then, there was a poof of smoke, and suddenly there was a huge man standing in front of us. He had thick messy brown hair and a stern expression, as well as many scars. He studied us carefully, then said, "Greetings. I am Professor Ursin, your teacher for today. I would've arrived here earlier, but there was an unfortunate delay regarding a bunch of weasels and a certain cat, not to mention the giant cuttlefish and our beloved mascot."
"What on earth is a cuttlefish?", muttered Steven.
Markus answered timidly, "It's, uh, kind of like a squid. I'm not sure how to describe it, maybe you can Google it?"
Professor Ursin smiled slightly. "Ah, so you've figured out how to use a knowledge spell? Impressive, but that is not what we teach in this class."
He slipped out a wand and tapped his desk, causing a wardrobe to appear next to him. It rattled noisily, causing everyone to jump.
"Today we will be having a most interesting lesson.", Ursin declared, "Inside this wardrobe is a remarkable creature called a woggart. It turns into the most ridiculous things it can come up with, and feasts on people's emotions. It likes happy ones, which is why it doesn't turn into people's worst fear instead."
The wardrobe started doing a little jig, causing people to snicker. Professor Ursin slammed his fist on the table, causing everyone to fall quiet.
"Of course, this is very disruptive, and it is wise to get rid of it as fast as possible. The way to do that is to wave your wand and shout, 'Seerius!' The trick is, you must avoid showing any emotion at all, or else nothing will happen. You'll know you have succeeded when the woggart turns into an ugly yellow sock.", continued the professor.
He pointed his wand at Markus. "Now, for the blue frog in the back! You're up first!"
"Wait, m-me?!", exclaimed Markus.
"Yes, you heard me, right? Although you don't have visible ears...", replied the professor.
Markus timidly grabbed the wand that was inside the school-given bag, and made his way to the front of the class. The professor declared, "Now, remember to keep your mind clear. Just point your wand at it and shout Seerius, ignoring whatever form it decides to take. You got that?"
Markus gulped and adjusted his scarf, nodding slightly.
"Good.", replied the professor, and he opened the wardrobe.
Sitting inside of it was a weird pink slime creature, which promptly started doing the macarena.
Several people chuckled, but Markus simply averted his eyes and shouted, "Seerius!"
The slime glared at him before promptly turning into an ugly yellow sock.
"Excellent! Most students don't get it on the first go.", applauded the professor, "Now then, I will shut the wardrobe, which will cause the woggart to resume its natural state. Then I will call forth the next student."
He closed the wardrobe, which then started shaking again.
"Now, I choose the brown fox thing! The one with cute little flowers on its head.", declared the professor.
Laura quietly made her way to the wardrobe, her wand between her teeth. The professor opened the wardrobe, which revealed an angry chicken.
It immediately went berserk, racing all over the classroom, pecking people in the head, tearing up school books, and licking people's noses. It kissed a person who resembled a giant turkey, and when it spotted me it started yelling and waving little fists. I wondered if it was because I resembled a wolf.
"Seerius.", whispered Laura, and somehow it still affected the chicken. With a terrified squawk, it turned into a sock again...which was sitting on top of a golden egg.
"Dibs!", shouted Steven, lunging for the egg. He captured it, grinning triumphantly.
The professor grabbed the sock and dropped it back into the wardrobe, closing it once again. He then said, "Alright, now for the other brown fox thing!"
Sara calmly strode up there, without her wand. I wondered why, then remembered that no one's wands had done anything when they cast the spell. Maybe that meant it was unnecessary, at least if you were a magical creature such as a Pokemon.
When the wardrobe opened this time, there was a creepy puppet strangling itself.
Sara growled, "You're doing that wrong. Here, let me show you how you strangle a creepy puppet."
She leaped at it, pulling an impressive wrestling hold around its neck and spinning around with it, before finally throwing it against the back wall and shouting, "Seerius!"
The puppet turned into a sock, and Sara grinned triumphantly. "That's how you strangle a creepy puppet, folks!" Then she frowned, muttering, "Shoot, now it's on the opposite side of the room."
Thankfully, Barry had been sitting near where it landed, and carefully picked it up with one of his pincers. Shouting "Fetch!", he tossed it back across the room. With an excited bark, Ace the German Shepherd leaped up and snatched it out of the air, then ran over and dropped it back into the wardrobe.
"Good boy!", applauded Hunter.
The professor closed the wardrobe, then called, "Come forth, six-tailed fox creature!"
Mia eagerly raced forwards, cheering, "Ooh, ooh, it's my turn! What is it going to be?"
The door was opened, revealing nothing.
"Wait, what? Where is it?", asked Mia, surprised.
Suddenly there was a loud boom, and a miniature spaceship appeared, firing off a barrage of spitwads. Mia yelped and leaped back, shouting, "Aaah, um, Seerius! Seerius!"
The spaceship continued zooming around unaffected.
"Right, right, clear mind, clear mind...", muttered Mia. I dodged and knocked over several desks as the spaceship zoomed towards me.
Mia shouted, "Alright, Seeri-"
Suddenly the spaceship turned into a sparkly green dragon and snarled, causing Mia to yelp and lose her concentration.
I decided I did not want to deal with this. Glaring at the dragon, I shouted, "Seerius!"
The dragon looked startled before it turned into a tiny yellow sock.
I stared, surprised. It had not been that small when other people did it.
Mia looked a little disappointed that she'd messed up, but the professor simply escorted her back to her seat, and picked up the sock.
He stared at it for a few long minutes, then shrugged and dropped it back into the wardrobe.
But when he closed the wardrobe, nothing happened. He frowned, and opened the wardrobe again.
The sock was still a sock.
"Well, um..due to some technical difficulties, class is adjourned.", he said, "Somehow the woggart was dispelled, so we're going to need to get a new one. Now, feel free to go, though make sure not to attract attention from Mrs. Norris."
As everybody stood up, Will leaned over and asked, "Um, how did you do that?"
"No idea.", I replied, "No idea at all." (-o-)
AN: That's another chapter wrapped up! By the way, homestuck12, if you're reading this, please let me know how you want me to introduce your characters. I think I could fit them in either the Dark Three or the Genesis Project, but I want to know what you think.
As for everybody else, stay tuned for Knowitclaw next chapter!
Happy Pokemon hunting, because I always need to say that!