Yo! Welcome back to Like Yesterday, a story where I am incapable of getting 100 followers.
I have noticed something that can help me. In the traffic stats it shows that I get more views on Fridays than any other days so next week I will try to get chapter 14 out on Friday. But I now learned that I have finals coming up so... Yeah.
Whelp it's Friday May 20th and I don't think I may get to put a chapter up. If I were, it would be super short... here are my excuses; I have French finals on Monday and Tuesday, I have Math finals on Wednesday and Thursday, and a chapter test on Monday too.
Just a side note, I know that Madam Hooch is kind of a strict teacher. I put that she was smiling just to show she likes flying. As to why they couldn't have flying lessons sooner was because of the bad weather, the first-years would get injured pretty badly in storms.
Does anyone know if Harry goes to classes on the weekend? I have been trying to look in the books about that, but I haven't been able to find anything.
Like Yesterday Previously
Astronomy w/ Professor Heartfilia
The first-years had crammed into Astronomy Tower when the time was 10:30 pm. It was filled with books, some about Astronomy, while others were just random stories. There were about thirty dark oak desks and and fifteen oak benches for the students allowing one bench for two students, along with one large black desk for their teacher. Behind the black desk was a large button.
A woman with long blonde hair, black and red dress, with chocolate brown eyes was sitting on the chair behind the black desk. She didn't say anything until every Gryffindor and Slytherin first-year sat in their seats.
"Good evening," she addressed her class formally. "My name is Lucy Heartfilia Dragneel, and I am your Astronomy teacher."
Like Yesterday MEANWHILE
Mr. Dragneel was at the moment teaching the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw third-years, assigning them a project. Once he sat back on his black chair, Happy poked him with his tail from behind.
"Natsu, did we clean up the evidence?" Happy said with a concerned face.
"Shiiii-Oh no, Happy," Natsu's eyes widened the size of dinner plates and he quickly opened a window and jumped out.
"OII, NATSU, wait for me!" Happy then jumped out the window also.
"Professor Dragneel, I have a question—WAIT! YOU WILL DIE AGAIN FROM FALLING THAT FARR!" a Hufflepuff named Cedric Diggory said.
The students ran to the windows to see if their professor and his cat made it. Surprisingly, they did.
Like Yesterday
Lucy Heartfilia had failed to notice all of the student's laughter. She called on Hermione, the bushy haired know-it-all, who was raising a hand.
"Excuse me, but you have something on your face…" she said.
Lucy quickly slapped a hand to her face, and feeling nothing, she then ran to a mirror above a bookshelf.
She gained a deadly glare as she said, "They will pay…"
Lucy Heartfilia had unknowingly been the target of one of Natsu's and Happy's pranks. On her face was black permanent marker. There was a swirly mustache on her lips, long nose hairs, circles, which were different sizes, on each eye, and wrinkles.
She glared at the students in a way of telling them to stay in the class, and ran out the oak door. The students expected her to be gone for the rest of class, so they started to move out of their seats and talk, but she appeared ten minutes later dragging a Professor Dragneel by his misty pink hair behind her.
The students' eyes immediately widened the size of dinner plates and they frantically ran back to their seats. Once Lucy got to the edge of the middle aisle, close to her desk, she threw Natsu, over her head, onto the floor in front of her.
"It hurts…" he whimpered.
Lucy had not been able to catch Natsu's-partner-in-crime as he had flown into the water of the Black Lake. And she, fearing of getting wet and looking unprofessional in front of her students, decided to turn back.
"Virgo?" she called.
A very bright yellow light came in the room, making nearly everyone have to shield their eyes. When they uncovered them, they saw a pink haired maid with chains on her wrists.
"Hello, Hime-sama? Is it time for punishment?" she asked with expression on her face, but not in her emotionless blue eyes.
Lucy just sighed before setting one foot on the Natsu's back. "Virgo, I told you not to call me that anymore…"
"But Hime-sama? It's your nickname; I cannot get rid of it." The maid said, "Is it punishment time?!" she eagerly added.
"Not for you, Virgo," Lucy said, "Can you tie up Natsu in that chair?"
"Hai, Hime-sama!" Virgo summoned chains and tied Natsu up in the chair.
Apparently Natsu knew what was going on, as he started yelling, "NOOO! I don't wanna learn!"
"Arigato, Virgo," Lucy said.
"Ja ne, Hime-sama." Virgo then disappeared into a golden light.
The student's eyes were still the size of dinner plates, they had no idea where this pink haired woman came from or what this "Punishment time" was.
But they would soon know that Astronomy class wouldn't be as fun as Draconian, as they learned they had a test the next class after she taught them all of the zodiacs in the night sky.
Stairs, a day later
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were now climbing up the stairs to go to their next class. Just when they were all halfway on a sandstone staircase, it moved.
"Whoa! What's going on?" Ron questioned.
Hermione just sighed as she held onto the railings. "Don't you remember, Ron that the staircases move?"
"Oh yeah…" Ron said pitifully.
Once the staircase stopped, they hadn't noticed they were now on the 3rd floor.
"Hurry up guys," Hermione said, "I don't want to get stuck on the moving staircases!"
They all ran to a checkpoint, fearing that the staircase would put them in the wrong direction.
"Well," Hermione sighed, "I think we're here."
They all looked to a dark, broken gray door in front of them. While the door looked like it had mold on it, Harry was the only one brave enough to open it.
"Eww, Gross," The fiery haired boy said.
"Just grow up," Ms. Bushy hair scoffed.
They stopped their little quarrel when a load of dust splashed their faces. The three wafted the air, trying to get a better view of the corridor. They nervously stepped in, as there were no lights on, but after their sixth step, torches on the walls suddenly became lit.
"Bloody hell," Ronald said.
"Ummm…" Hermione said. "Isn't this the 3rd floor corridor, the place that is restricted by Headmaster Dumbledore?"
The two boys' eyes widened the size of dinner plates, this was that place.
"Whoops…" Ron said.
The three kept walking forward until they heard a "Meow" fill the silence of the corridor.
They slowly turned their backs, fearing for the worst, and their hunches were correct.
'Twas Mrs. Norris, the Caretaker Filch's cat.
"RUN!" Hermione yelled.
Their shoes clopped like horse shoes as they ran away from a seemingly innocent cat.
"RRRRROOWWW!" the brown, black, and grey cat meowed.
After the three students in their black cloaks, black pants or gray skirt, gray sweater vests, white dress shirts, long gray socks, and black dress shoes ran fifty steps, and they came across a very large oak door.
Mr. Weasley nervously grabbed the lock on the door and shook it, trying to get it open, but failed.
"Move over, Ron!" Hermione said as she pushed Ronald out of the way.
Harry mumbled a "Whoa…" after seeing how rude Hermione was being at the moment.
"Alohumra!" Hermione said firmly as she swished her wand at the lock.
Magically, the door opened and the three first-years slammed the door shut once they were in the room.
Hermione and Ron pressed against Harry's back as he cracked the door open to see what was going on to the other side.
Harry noticed that Mr. Filch was now talking to his cat and that he had obviously run here from a faraway distance, as he was now sweating in his dirty brown cloak.
"Is anyone there, Mrs. Norris?" He whispered to his cat.
"Mrrow," the female cat replied.
"Hmm…" Mr. Filch and Mrs. Norris walked, side-by-side, out the door.
"Thank goodness!" Harry said.
The three breathed sighs of reliefs until a loud grumbling occurred from behind him.
*GUUUURRRRRRR*
Ron was the first one to turn. "Um, um, um…"
Hermione and Harry turned at the same time as Ron let out a girly scream.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Once behind them, but now in front of them, was a very large three headed dog. It had very large canine teeth, drool dripping out of its mouths, and six gleaming red eyes.
The three now screamed chorusly as they kicked the door down to run back to the other door which opened to the staircases. Once they were safe in front of the staircases, they had all silently agreed to never go there again.
Charms w/ Professor Filtwick
The three first-years had to run to their next class which was Charms, they had barely made it there, as Ron tripped on one of the steps and tumbled down.
Harry was sitting next to Seamus Finnigan, another Gryffindor, who had a habit of blowing things up with his wand and Hermione and Ron sat next to each other.
Professor Filtwick was very tiny, as he was only three feet tall. He also had a bald spot with white hair sprouting out the sides. He wore a light green cloak that completely engulfed him, which made some of the Slytherins laugh at. But he had a nice personality when he was teaching the Slytherin and Gryffindor first-years the Levitation Charm.
"Okay class," He said with a smile, "give it a go! Make sure you don't forget the 'swish and flick' method."
"Yes sir!" the class chorused.
The class then erupted into unsynchronized murmurs of "Wingardium Leviosa!" But, none of the students were able to levitate their white feathers in front of them.
Hermione grew to be rather concerned of Ron, who was now yelling, "Wingardium Leviosar!" and waving his wand randomly.
"Ron just please stop!" Hermione said as she seized his wand from his right hand. "It's 'Wingardium Leviosa! Not Leviosar… Also, use the 'swish and flick' method."
Ron just looked at her dumbfounded as he didn't understand what she said.
Hermione just scoffed until she took out her own brown wand and began the charm. "Wingardium Leviosa!" The feather began to levitate in the air, and when she started to jerk her wand up, the feather moved up.
"Whoa…" Ron said.
"Mighty fine job, Ms. Granger!" Professor Filtwick said as he began to clap and the students stopped reciting their charms.
Seamus, the boy with short brown hair and who was sitting next to Harry, felt an emotion of encouragement wash over him and he began to say, "Wingardium Leviosa!"
A loud boom occurred. Smoke filled the room and the feather in front of Seamus lit on fire, it was levitating though.
The Slytherin first-years were now chuckling loudly, as Seamus' face was now black from the smoke, and his and Harry's hair were now molded a certain way.
Hermione looked at them before turning to the teacher and saying, "Can we have another feather here, Professor?"
Gryffindor Common room, same day
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were now in the Gryffindor Common Room late at night to discuss what happened earlier in the day.
"What was that thing?" Ronald asked.
"I don't know…" Harry supplied.
"I don't know and I don't care, but I do care what was under it," Hermione agreed.
"What was under it?" Ron half-yelled. "Why were you looking underneath a demonic beast that could skin you alive?"
Hermione just rolled her eyes as she scoffed. "How could you not see the enormous green trapdoor underneath it!"
"Well, I'm sorry that I was fearing for my own life!" Ronald interjected.
Harry didn't want to intervene in their fight so he kept quiet.
Halloween, the next day
When Harry walked with Ron and Seamus the next day, he could clearly tell that Ron was upset about yesterday.
"And there I was minding my own business, and she comes in, takes my wand, and tells me that I'm doing it wrong! Bloody hell that girl, why won't she mind her own business!"
None of the three boys noticed Hermione closing in on them, holding a large amount of books, until she jabbed Ron with her shoulder and ran.
Harry could practically smell trouble brewing.
At dinner
With it being Halloween, the Great Hall was decorated with pumpkins, candles, and many Halloween type foods. Many first-year students (except Slytherin) were in a very jolly mood because of what happened a little while ago in Draconian.
FLASHBACK (TO DRACONIAN, SAME DAY)
The students filed into the room cautiously, as their pink haired professor wasn't there. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were in their normal spots at the back corner of the classroom while Harry and Ron were at the front with Hermione nowhere to be seen.
They all waited one minute after the bell until their teacher showed up…. Who was wearing a pumpkin on his head?
"Hello Minna, Kabo!"
Every student lurched out of their seats in laughter. And once they noticed that they weren't doing anything fun today, Draco, the blond haired Slytherin, said, "Why do we have to learn this stupid language, taught by stupid dragons…"
Natsu immediately focused a glare onto him before turning his back and writing Draconian letters on the board.
Natsu smirked as the faced Malfoy again. "Why would dragons be so stupid if they would even make a word to signal stupid, ignorant humans like yourself?"
"Oh my gosh!" Neville said.
The entire classroom, once again, erupted into uncontrolled laughter as Draco Malfoy's face turned pink.
FLASHBACK END (AT HALLOWEEN DINNER)
Everyone at the worker's table was present except for Professor Quirrell, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, who wore a purple turban, purple cloak, rings on his fingers, and purple pants.
He hadn't appeared until the large oak doors of the Great Hall opened which revealed him, sweating as if he'd run a marathon.
The students were all humbly eating their fried chicken until he yelled out, "THERE'S A TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! THERE'S A TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! It thought it was important…" just as he got close to the worker's table, he fell flat on his face, unconscious.
The students began to scream in panic, goblets were broken, food was thrown, as they tried to run back to their Common Rooms. Until Headmaster Dumbledore yelled with a firm voice, "SILENCE!"
Everyone stopped immediately and swiftly turned to the calm Headmaster.
"I want the school prefects to escort all students back to their dormitories, make sure no one gets lost or left behind, in an orderly fashion," Dumbledore said.
Percy, Ron's brother, shoved through the Gryffindor crowd to get to the front. Professor Snape looked around frantically until he met Natsu's gaze.
Snape opened a door behind the worker's table and Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand as he did the same.
OMG. That took a while… I think that I may finish this book at the 25th chapter. I don't really know though.
We reached 101 followers! Yay, and I seemed Like Yesterday (lol) when I first published my first fanfic... Which was sh1t
So I'm trying my hardest to think of ideas for chapter 14, but I'm painting my room now, getting ready for finals, and doing some work behind the scenes.
Hope you have a nice day, I will try to work on RRW after this is published.
Bye.
