Well, what's going to happen in the first 7th year lesson? Well read on and you'll find out. Dur! And thanks to my reveiwers!
Chapter 7: Lessons In Summoning Ghosts
Defence Against The Dark Arts Classroom…
Piper had requested to see the Kinetic Charmed Ones to ask their permission of using them as examples in their lessons, not using their names but them as a whole. After a few minutes talking, they agreed as long as no one would ever find out their identity. And soon enough, the time came for their first Defence Against The Dark Arts lesson with their new professors.
The 7th year Gryffindors walked in to find only a few Slytherins already seated. The noticed they took up the seat on the right hand of the room, so naturally, the Gryffindors took the left hand side. They got their textbooks out and the remaining Slytherins entered, which just so happened to be Malfoy and his group of friends. But unusually, he merely sneered in the direction of the Gryffindors instead of making a snide comment and sat down at the back of the classroom. It was only another minute or so before Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo entered from the office at the front of the classroom.
"Hi everyone. Welcome. I'm Professor Halliwell-Wyatt, this is Professor Wyatt, my husband, and my sisters, Professors Halliwell and Matthews." Piper indicated to each person as she said their name, and they smiled and gave a little wave. "Yes we are American, before anyone asks that question. We'll use the first 10 minutes to answer any other questions that you may have, then we are going to be telling you about Wiccan magic." Harry, Ron and Hermione smiled to each other. Of course they would choose something like that for their first lesson, they had been doing it for 9 years. Neville raised his hand. Piper indicated for him to speak.
"You said that you were sisters, but why does she have a different last name to you?" He pointed at Paige.
"Well, we had another sister called Prue but 5 years ago, she was murdered. After her funeral, she found out that we had a half sister put up for adoption. And through a spell Piper cast, Paige was drawn to us. And that's how we all met and reconstit…" Piper put a hand over Phoebe's mouth.
"I thought we weren't going through the Charmed Ones until later?" She whispered.
"Well we might as well get it over with." Phoebe pushed Piper away. "As I was saying, When we met Paige, it helped us reconstitute the Charmed Ones." Over half the class gasped. Hands went up everywhere. "Ok, if you have a question about the Charmed Ones, put your hand down." Every hand went down.
"Well, you want to learn about the Charmed Ones?" Paige asked. A few nods and 'yes's went around. "Let's start right at the beginning. Our ancestor, Melinda Warren, was a witch and was discovered to be one in the Salem Witch Trials. She was burnt at the stake. But as she burned, she made a prophesy. Leo knows more about this part so, Leo…" Paige offered the front to him.
"Well, the prophesy said that the Warren line would continue down the years until it resulted in sisters known as the Charmed Ones. These sisters would be the most powerful witches the world has ever seen and would have the powers of Melinda. Telekinesis, Freezing Time and Premonitions. But there was also another part to it. Another group of four who would be as powerful as the Charmed Ones, called the Kinetic Charmed Ones. These Kinetics would have the power of Biokinesis, Electrokinesis, Psychokinesis and Thermokinesis."
What the hell are those?" A voice came from the back.
Biokinesis to change one's appearance into anything, Electrokinesis to shoot electricity, Psychokinesis to control other's minds and Thermokinesis to control heat."
"But they sound like they could be bad powers. What if someone would use them for evil?" Malfoy asked. A thought suddenly hit Harry while Leo explained about warlocks. 'Ron, Malfoy saw Ginny use her power.' Harry quickly thought to him. Ron seemed to pale slightly. He quickly scrawled a note to Hermione, who gasped at it in her mind.
'But, would Malfoy actually say anything about it?' Hermione thought to her boyfriend. Ron shrugged. "Maybe." He whispered.
"We'll talk to Piper about it after class. Can you quickly get into Ginny's mind to tell her to get down here. She has double Auror Studies now." Harry whispered back. Ron nodded and his eyes glazed over for about 10 seconds before going back to normal. Ron had learnt to go into someone's mind but have no control over the body, which was easier for getting messages across. He nodded again to show he had delivered the message. They all started listening to the lesson again.
"-And a spell we use to talk to them is a simple summoning spell, which we will be doing for you today." Phoebe explained.
The class watched as five candles were placed in a circle and lit them. Then in union, Piper, Phoebe and Paige recited the summoning spell.
"Hear these words, Hear my cry, Spirit from the other side, I call to thee, I summon thee, Cross now the great divide." In a swirl of white lights, the ghostly affirmation of Penny 'Grams' Halliwell appeared in the circle. Most of the class gasped. Piper smirked inwardly. She was just glad that they had the sense to tell Grams beforehand, rather than just summoning her in front of a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds.
"As you can see, Wiccan magic doesn't need to use Latin words like wand magic." Phoebe explained. "When you summon a ghost, they will appear semi-transparent while they are in the circle but if they have powers, they can be used." Grams demonstrated by making a quill from some one in the first row float around with just a wave of her hand. "But when they step out, they become corporeal." Grams stepped out and solidified. The class 'ooh'ed and 'ahh'ed. "Does anyone have any questions about this?" Over half the class put their hands up.
"Ok, you first." Piper pointed to Dean Thomas.
"How come Wiccan magic can summon ghosts, but Wizards can't?"
"Because Wizards choose to either come back or stay in the afterlife. Wiccans don't have a choice, they have to stay in the afterlife and can only return when summoned." Piper explained. She indicated for another question.
The lesson progressed like this, with questions about Wicca, the Charmed Ones and the Kinetic Charmed Ones, with Grams contributing too. When the lesson was finished, Grams whispered something to Paige before she disappeared. The students filed out of the classroom while Harry, Ron and Hermione hung back, waiting for Ginny to join them.
"Can we help you with something guys?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, we need to ask you something about the lesson, but we need Ginny here too." Harry said.
"Well, we needed you to stay behind anyway. Grams just told me that we need to summon her again when everybody had gone." Paige said. Piper furrowed her brow.
"She did? What was it about?" She asked her half sister.
"I don't know. She just asked to be re-summoned." Paige told her. Ginny suddenly came running around the corner.
"Sorry, I would have been here earlier, but I ran into Cho Chang." Harry scowled.
"What happened?"
"Nothing much, I'll tell you later. So why did you want me here?"
"Today we had a lesson which involved the Kinetic Charmed Ones, or their powers at least. And Malfoy, the foul git he is, actually listened and we think he might know that you are part of the Kinetics, with your show on the train and all." Harry told his girlfriend, who paled slightly.
"But, he wouldn't… yes he would. What if he tells his friends? Then it gets around the school? What am I gonna do?" She asked quickly, worried.
"Gin, don't worry. We need a plan though." Hermione said. She turned to the Defence teachers. "Have you got any ideas?"
"Well, he saw you use your power, but saw who use the power? Was anyone half covered by the others?" Hermione nodded. "Well then, you shot out a bolt of electricity from your wand that hit them, clearing Ginny of anything." Phoebe said.
"Didn't think of that. Thanks for that." Ginny grinned and kissed Harry. "I have to run. Promised Luna I'd meet her in the library to work on our Potions homework. See you later." And she ran out of the classroom again.
"Are you guys ready?" Paige poked her head out of the office, where she had just summoned Grams. "Only Grams keeps going on about receiving new powers."
"Huh? Who receiving new powers?" Piper asked with a confused look on her face, Phoebe and Leo replicating her face.
"Those three." She motioned towards Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Ok, that did you think? Well, as I always say, please review! Don't make me get on my hands and knees (the floor is dirty lol). Well a little two part chapter for you, hope you like the next one, I'll update by the end of the week, Wiccan Word (yes I am Wiccan so it counts like scouts honour!) Yay, another long chapter, Yayness (again, that is my word!).