If you think you know silence, you should have been there. It was suddenly so quiet your ears would have popped. The all the students moved quickly to the open seats.
"My name is Bill Weasley, and to settle your row, Professor Granger was supposed to teach, but she had other things she wanted to do. She may or may not be back, but either way, I'm your professor and you must learn potions. Now, I'm hoping you all have your books."
Paige slowly raised her hand.
"Yes, Ms. Lupin, Remus Lupin's daughter if I'm not mistaken?" reacted Bill.
"Yes, I was wondering if Professor Granger's absence has anything to do with the absence of Professor McGonagall." said Paige.
Professor Weasley suddenly became very stiff as he had been very relaxed before.
"I don't' know, any other questions, no? Good, moving on then. Open your books to page three and you will see…
Paige didn't listen to most of her class then, she was piecing together the little puzzle she had stumbled upon.
"I'm telling you, they have to be connected somehow, it's just too ironic. And when I asked, it was obvious that he knew there was something going on. He tried to be cunning but it didn't work." Paige told everyone.
"It's the first day and you're already trying to find a big, hidden plan." said Jason.
"I kind of agree, it is just a little too strange." said Cecily hesitantly.
"I don't want to think about it yet, first we eat." said Drew.
"I think that when ever he is hungry, his brain doesn't work, wouldn't you agree?" teased Paige.
"I don't think his brain ever works but that might just be me." retorted Cecily.
"You have a point." agreed Paige.
The two girls walked into the Great Hall that was buzzing with activity giggling. The boys stopped, looked at each other, and muttered 'Girls', shrugged, and walked in.
"Well, that was good. What' next?" asked Drew.
"That would be class." said Jason.
"Oh darn, I was hoping for a nap." said Drew upset.
"You should have thought of that 3-pieces-of-cake ago." said Paige, stifling a laugh.
"BURP…nope, too good, what class is next?" replied Drew.
"Charms with Flitwick." said Cecily.
"Excellent, shall we go then?" asked Drew.
"I don't believe we have a choice." said Jason.
"There's always that nap." said Drew with hope dripping in his voice.
"Or not." said Paige.
During lunch, Paige kept looking over at the teachers table, some were missing and those that were there were talking about something, almost whispering. When Paige and the others were outside the Hall, she asked if anyone else noticed.
"Sorry, didn't really look." said Cecily.
"I noticed some were gone. They did seem kind of nervous about something, too." said Jason.
"Jason, you can pay attention to thing like that when you eat or at least what you call eating? How do you manage?" said Cecily, shocked.
"I think of it as a talent." said Jason.
"I saw the Headmaster leave once, but he came back not long after. Does that count?"
"Sure, let's just get to our seats." laughed Paige.
Charms went by without a hitch. Probably because Flitwick was actually there and they didn't do any spells.
"Yes, finally we get outside, we have flying next!" said a very happy Jason.
"I could use some fresh air." said Paige absent mindedly.
"It wouldn't kill me." said Cecily.
"Not unless you fall off." Drew pointed out.
"Wow, you should be a motivational speaker!" said Cecily, her voice dripping with sarcasm as they walked out of the door and on to the lawn.
"He's just cranky 'cause he didn't get his nap." said Paige after a deep breath of fresh air.
"Hey, I resent that." said Drew between sneezes from looking at the sun. (A/N I would like to thank two friends who have that problem with the bright sun.)
"Welcome class, glad to see the new comers to Hogwarts on the beautiful day." said Professor Oliver Wood.
"Translation, I'm glad to see all the people that might be able to help the quiddich team for Gryfindor. (A/N Hello again, just wants to say sorry for any horrible misspellings. If you see one, let me know!)
"Alright, let's get started. If everyone would stand next to your brooms, put your hand over it and say up." directed Oliver.
"Up!" yelled all the first years in almost perfect unison.
Drew's broom flew straight to his hand, Jason's twitched a little before it came up, and Paige only had to say it twice and it came to her. But Cecily…
"Up…Up….UP I SAID YOU BLOODY BROOM!"
After that, it flew up gracefully to her hand. With a look of pride on her face, she looked to her friends and the rest of the class, including Oliver, to see some very weird looks.
"Ok then, everyone got theirs? Good! Now mount your broom…good! Now hold on tight and kick LIGHTLY off the ground, just enough to hover. Alright, go." instructed Wood.
The twins looked at each other, shrugged, and pushed off the ground. They hovered in triumph for being the first ones up. Soon, Paige finally got the courage to get up, and then there was Cecily. While trying to impress some other boys, she kicked off and it defiantly wasn't lightly. She flew up into the air and soared. After she composed herself, she came slowly back down.
"Well, that was exciting." said Cecily, avoiding eye contact.
"Ha, that was great, guess who is going to be asked to play?" teased Paige.
"Sure, we're the first ones up, but she has to out do us." said Jason.
When the whole class had been up and all feet had safely landed, it was time to go to history.
"Wait, if your dad's not teaching history, then who is?" asked Drew.
"Were you not listening, he said the ghost would be teaching, duh." replied Jason.
"Wow, you listened." said Paige.
"My attention span is growing, thanks for noticing." said Jason pleased.
"I think mine shrunk, where are we going?" asked Drew.
"You'll see." said Cecily mysteriously.
When they got to class, they took the seats in the back. They started passing notes.
"How come this class is longer than all the others." wrote Cecily.
"It's not, it's just so boring that every minute seems to last SIX WEEKS." Drew wrote back.
"My dad already told me all of this, it was much more exciting then." wrote Paige
"Wait, did he just fall asleep?" scribbled Jason.
"Oh no, he's starting his speech over!" wrote Drew.
"Should we correct him?" asked Paige.
"Nah" wrote Cecily, Drew, and Jason.
"Three, two, one… next class!" whispered Drew.
"Oh, defense against the dark arts, this could actually be a good…" started Cecily.
"Shhh, listen. It's Tonks and my dad." whispered Paige urgently.
"So, have you heard about McGonagol?" asked Tonks.
"Yes, I took over her class." replied Remus shortly.
"What did they tell you?" asked Tonks.
"Not much, just she was ta…Paige?" said Remus.
"Hi dad! Just going to class, DADA, got to go, don't want to be late, see you later, love you. Let's GO guys." said Paige rather quickly.
They went into a class room that was buzzing with gossip. They didn't hear much, and what they did, they already know. They weren't the only people guess a connection.
"I heard she died, but they don't want to tell." one girl told her friend.
"Well, I heard she ran away, and no one can find her." said her friend.
"Me too, and that they think she transformed herself into a tree." said Cecily before running away giggling to catch up with the others before Tonks started the class.
"Well, hello class. You can call me Tonks. In this class I will teach you how to protect yourselves from, well, evil. What else? Let's just start with how to tell who is evil. If you could open your books to page 2, we'll get this class going." said Tonks.
It's not the best place to stop, but that's actually the end of the class. Hard to tell but I don't know what to do for a class really. Anywho, hope you liked it and REVIEW. More to come. When, no one really knows. Oh, and I need help with my next chapter. I need help on how to play chess. I can give you a...cookie? Yeah, that's it. smalltowngurl
