Title The Fake Professor / / / Rating T
Warnings Contains mild swearing in this chapter
-The Fake Professor-
Previously on The Fake Professor…
"Malfoy for Minister of Magic
By Rita Skeeter
History was made early this morning in the chambers of the Wizengamot, with results coming in for the first ever election for Minister of Magic, made by the Wizarding population of Great Britain. The election consisted of three candidates.
The first candidate was Wizengamot member Draco Malfoy, being backed by his political opponent, Harry Potter. Malfoy, previously of the Dark Alliance, was involved in scandal earlier this year when his sister-in-law, Daphne Boot (nee Greengrass) used the Imperius Curse to lure the Chief Warlock, Percival Weasley.
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As Albus watched his new friend get up from the Gryffindor table to see their Head of House, he suddenly heard his half-sister, Amelia, squeal in joy.
"Yes, I will Colin!" Amelia shouted, full of glee. "I will marry you!" She dragged her fiancé out of the Great Hall in order to get some peace.
'At least she is celebrating something different from Lord Malfoy getting the Minister of Magic position.'
Quidditch Stadium, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland
12th November 2017
As they entered November, the weather turned very cold. The mountains around the school became icy grey and the lake like chilled steel. Every morning the ground was covered in frost. Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaver skin boots.
Thanks to the knowledge given to him by his parents, Albus learned that there were seven hundred ways of committing a Quidditch foul and that all of them had happened during a World Cup match in 1473; that Seekers were usually the smallest and fastest players, and that most serious Quidditch accidents seemed to happen to them; that although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.
He had spent time with the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, practicing his skills and he could honestly confirm that he was game ready.
The Great Hall was full of the delicious smell of fried sausages and the cheerful chatter of everyone looking forward to a good Quidditch match. By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students had binoculars. The seats might be raised high in the air, but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.
In the locker room, everyone was getting themselves ready to play Quidditch when Albus saw something weird on the map that his father owned. 'Chin Chang? In the middle of the Quidditch field? That is not something that I had expected to see on the map.'
Remembering that he should speak to his father about it when he next saw it, he mounted his broom and flew out to a large amount of applause from Gryffindor House, the entire crowd being one of celebration, even thought they had not won yet!
Eventually the game started, after the request for a clean game to be played, Gryffindor cheers filled the cold air, with howls and moans from the Slytherins, the players from Gryffindor House scoring goals left right and centre in the game.
Eventually Albus saw a signal from Birch to head for the snitch and, by using a move that he hadn't used since last Christmas, he took his broom from the height it was into a vertical spin, the downturn being faster than ever before.
Skimming the grass, he watched as his opponent hit the ground, but before he could grab the snitch, he felt a Bludger which had been hit by his brother James hit his side, leaving the broom to carry on into the stand.
'I'm going to kill that brother of mine!' was Albus's last thought as he blacked out…
Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland
10th December 2017
Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and James and Fred found themselves gaining points from Professor Flitwick in how they had charmed the snow to become snowballs, and then repeatedly bounce around the Great Hall.
No one could wait for the holidays to start. While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the drafty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the classrooms.
"Won't be long until we head home!" Rose asked Albus, who was working on his essay for Professor Chang. "Do you know if Uncle Harry is still inviting us on Boxing Day?"
"Yes Rosie, dad is. Professor Longbottom, Frank and Alice are also coming around too!" Albus replied.
"Maybe you could try flirting with Frank again!" Arthur teased his cousin, bobbing his tongue out.
When they left Common Room after doing a lot of studying, ready for the winter examinations, they found a large fir tree blocking the corridor ahead. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told them that Hagrid was behind it.
"Hi, Hagrid, want any help?" Albus asked, sticking his head through the branches.
"Nah, I'm all right, thanks, young Albus."
"Come on, cheer up, it's nearly Christmas," said Hagrid. "Tell yeh what, come with me an' see the Great Hall, looks a treat."
The hall looked spectacular. Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles.
Albus knew that he would have to speak to his father about the Chin Chang situation during the school holidays, but little would he expect the holidays to bring up one surprise…
-The Fake Professor-
Coming Up in Chapter 09 - The Big Boxing Day Argument…
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Type Multi Chapter / / / Status WIP
Distribution FFN, AO3, GryffindorTom Online
Story ID 066 / / / Publish Date 12/03/2017