They were taken to Merlin House in the once abandon and now lively part of the castle. Minerva and Lily with them.
"Welcome to Merlin House. " Minerva told them. "Lily Prince will be your Head of House. "
"Hello everyone." Lily said, suddenly Evan found himself being held out again. "Didn't my sweet Evan do a great job cutting his own hair."
Evan had trimmed it getting all the burnt bottoms off. He sweat dropped.
"and did you see how he sent Draco flying ? " she was suddenly hugging him and cooing over him. "My baby is so special. "
"LILY!" Minerva scolded. She took Evan and set him back at Tom's side. "Please, do your duty."
"Oh, right." Lily cleared her throat. "I"m sorry, but Evan is my only child."That got her sympathy from other parents with one child. "Now, girls will not be allowed in the boy dorms and boys not allowed in the girl dorms. " Evan looked panicked and grabbed the hand of the nearest girl in his group Cassie. She went on detailing everything . "and to get into the House you will have to solve a puzzle!"
"Why?" A girl from 13th year asked, she had been in Hufflepuff.
"Because we want to help teach you problem solving. Trust me it will come in handy in the future especially if you ever have kids."
That got some laughs suddenly the wall opened to reveal James, Sirius and Remus.
"What are you three doing here?" She demanded, "Your sons are in Gryffindor. Remus how could you open it for them?!"
"They wanted to meet The Legends." Remus said, then cleared his throat. "Okay, WE wanted to meet them."
"OUT!" she bellowed and began hexing. They fled.
"Merlin , am i glad I didn't marry you!" James yelled.
"So am I!" Evan called after him. "Have a nice night!"
That earned him laughs and more hugs and kissing and cooing from his mom. He allowed it this time and so did an amused Minerva.
"Okay, that aside. " Lily said, coming back to herself on her own. "All your things are in your rooms and room as been made for your parents to sleep in there with you! So please go down the hallways."
"YAY!" a cry from Hermione had Tom, Evan and Cy finding their door at the end of the hall and running in. They were sharing with the girls. The boys cheered too. "Look there's a boys bathroom over there and a girls over here. "
"We each get our own wardrobes!" Cassie called exiting one. She was hanging things up or folding them. "And look a window with plenty of sun for Ida! I set her rose there already. "
"This is great!" Evan cheered already feeding some of his power to the plant and putting Ida in the bud. The rose closed around her to let her sleep. "Cy, you can change first."
"Okay." Cy grabbed his PJ's and vanished through a door.
Tom , Cy and Evan ended up in the same bed with Evan in the middle the same with the girls with Luna in the middle. The adults were sure how they felt about this or the fact that their children thanked Hogwarts before falling asleep.
They were up bright and early showers taken and dressed all with out fighting. They could hear fighting down both halls.
"I really do think you should consider wearing the girl uniform." Cassie told Evan as she fixed his tie. He could tie his shoes but not his tie she rolled her eyes at that. "It'd look way cutter."
"My mom would cry because I just stopped wearing girls clothes yesterday."
They met up back in the Common Room and headed to breakfast. Ida riding in Evan's hat.
"HEY!" They were in the Great Hall holding hands not even two seconds before Draco marched up. "Why'd you do that to me?"
Evan yawned. The ground shook and Draco fell over.
"Leave us alone, Dracky Poo." Cassie said, loud enough for the silent hall to hear. "We want to eat before class."
They soon found out that their first class was a Martial Arts class and that all houses had class together with their year.
"We feel that your children should learn to defend themselves without wands. " The instructor said, "I'm Rabastan LeStrange. "
"You're a pure-blood." Pansy Parkinson called , "So why do you know Muggle things?"
"Because if I loose my wand I don't wanna die." Rabastan replied, "and your opponent wont expect you to know it because he or she wont. " he smirked at the kids the parents were sitting or standing around them giving them a wide berth they were on the lawn . "Can anyone tell me the type of clothes you are wearing right now?" Evan's hand raced Hermione's and several other Muggleborns into the air. Dudley being one of them. "Mmmmmmmm..." he looked at the hands. "Evan."
"We are wearing Gi." Evan said, " a lightweight two-piece white garment worn in judo and other martial arts. A gi typically consists of loose-fitting pants and a jacket that is closed with a cloth belt. "
"Correct. 5 points to Merlin."
"Now we will be starting with Muay Thai. " Rabastan said, "Though they do not wear Gi in that i want you to get comfy wearing them. Can anyone tell me what kind of fighting Muay Thai is?"
Dudley's hand was in the air again. Shocking Petunia.
"Dudley?"
"It's kickboxing " Dudley said, "Hitting , kicking, knees elbows." he said, "You wear loose shorts and girls a top across their chest, and red gloves to protect your hands."
"Correct. 5 points to Hufflepuff."
Some of the Hufflepuffs patted Dudley's pudgy back.
"We'll get you to change now." Rabastan sent them into changing stalls. Evan wasn't exactly happy with his girlish looking upper body being on display. "I will teach you a few stretches and stances today. If you learn fast enough maybe a move . " He spread them out in a circle with him in the middle and began showing them the first stretch.
Sure enough numbers appeared in front of everyone though only the Legends could see them. Evan finished 100% first with the others finishing closely after. They looked to see how things were going with everyone else. Vincent Crabbe, Hufflepuff, Greg Goyal/Hufflepuff, Ron Weasley/Gryffindor and Dudley/Hufflepuff were clearly going to be the last.
"The Puffs are going to slow things down." Cy sighed, "Ida , are you seriously doing stretches too?"
She was . She was standing on Petunia's purse following the movements.
"I think you may be a little too small." Luna told her.
"But the Fairy Bullies wont expect it." Ida said.
That had them laughing.
Finally, only Dudley was left. He was already sweating.
Evan made a choice.
"Come on , Dudley." he called, to the other side of the circle. "You can do it."
"What are you doing?" Cassie hissed.
"House unity!" he hissed, back. "Get used to it. My dad said no prejudices."
Cassie shrugged and the Team joined him in encouraging Dudley. Soon the other Puffs and a few others were doing it as well. Dudley finally finished. He'd actually been putting his all into it.
They got through the stretches and stances and the bell still hadn't rang.
Classes will last until the Time loop and Time Ward allow. In your year you will learn at a slower pace . Other years will have to learn more so you are not all learning the same things. You want Hogwarts to be the best then master everything and train!
"Works for me." Tom hissed. As they were given % on their stances as they did it over and over again.
"By the end of this year you will have mastered Muay Thai and moved on to other forms that you will also master. "
"Why are the children starting with this?" Narcissa asked,
"We feel that starting with this fighting class will wake their brains up getting them ready for the day." Rab answered. "Okay, good. " Dudley had finished last. "We'll get that weight off of you yet." Dudley nodded. "Now we'll start with basic punches. "
Dudley was trying his best to keep up. But he wanted to do more than just keep up he wanted to excel he'd told the hat that and it had said the Puffs were perfect for him. He would work his weight off if it killed him and at this point he thought it might. He watched as his cousin and his friends finished with ease and wanted to be more like that. He could see the disgusted looks he was getting so he worked harder. He'd loose this weight.
They went through all of the basics before the bell rang and they were told to hit the showers and take their uniforms with them so that they could practice.
"Okay, according to this." Cy said, as Cassie fussed over her curly hair. They were fresh from showers. "Our next class is English with Arabella Figg. "
"Okay, According to this map." Hermione had it in her hand. They'd been given it at breakfast. "She's up on the fourth floor."
"Here." Luna tied Cassie's hair back with a ribbon. "You too, Cy." Cy allowed it. "Lets go."
The parents followed their children. Petunia was a little more than worried about Dudley. He'd never exercised before and she knew that it wasn't exactly easy for fat people to exercise because of high blood pressure and other things but her son had told her he wanted to when they'd seen his class list. So she'd allowed it but she was so worried. He was drinking water though so that was fine.
They quickly got a six seater table in the front. Arabella waited until they were all in and the bell rang.
"I don't want you adults standing." She said. desks appeared along the walls facing their children. They were big enough for adults but took up no room. "Sit. Sit."
They sat . Sat.
"Now then." Figg said, "These are Quills." she showed them to the children. "These are beginner quills meaning they will not break when you use them. Most children go through many quills because they break them writing too hard. Now who can tell me what these rubbery things I have put on each quill are?" she looked around. "Hermione."
"They are Grips. " Hermione stated, though lightly. She would not become that other Hermione. "In the Muggle world Muggles use them to teach children how to hold their writing materials correctly. "
"5 points to Merlin." Figg nodded. "Very good, Hermione. " Hermione smiled lightly. " As stated these will help you correct your grip on the quills and learn to write with them. In this class I will teach you to Write proper papers and read. We will of course be starting with your ABC's and 123's."
She passed out packets and Quills she herself set ink in front of them.
They began with learning all the letters and numbers all the way up to 100 until everyone got 100% it was boring. Then they began learning how to write but first how to ink a quill. The ink would disappear after each attempt and the % would either stay the same or go up. Evan thought they really have taught that in his last life.
This time Ron was the last to finish. Dudley had gotten it before Crabbe and Goyle and Ron this time. Evan didn't remember Dudley being smart but maybe with Time as it was in Hogwarts that would change.
They then began copying the letters and numbers. It would vanish everytime and their writing slowly got better as the % went up. Evan was grateful for that and knew that the teachers would be too. He could almost see Severus breathing a sigh of relief.
"Next we will be covering spelling and reading basic words. " Figg said, "You are all doing great and I'm very proud of you."
"They are going to praise us." Cassie asked in a low voice.
"It works." Tom hissed back. "Look some of them are working harder. "
"Who can read this word here?" She'd printed THE on the board.
A few hands went up.
"Terry." It was Terry Boot from Ravenclaw.
"That's The." he said.
"5 points to Ravenclaw." she smiled at them. "Very good. "
Lessons continued like that. By the end of class they could spell and read at a first grade level.
"My head is already spinning." Luna said,
"So's mine." Hermione hissed, "and I can already read at a fifth grade level. It's just a lot of information at least the Mastery is helping everyone memorize everything."
"Now can anyone tell me why we are making you repeat things so much?" Figg asked. "Some of your parents look about to protest too much work." Evan looked to see Petunia was one of them. "Evan?"
"Repetition forms patterns on the brain ."Evan said, " It makes it easier for us to learn things. It opens new pathways. "
"Correct 5 points to Merlin. " Figg said, "Good job."
With that she handed out packets.
"This is your homework do tomorrow."
"This is ..." Ron counted the pages . " 15 pages long!"
"You are in school." Figg growled. "5 points from Gryffindor for interrupting! Work on it now until the bell rings."
Evan went to work and so did everyone else .
"I get it." he hissed, so many people could hear him. " We wont actually have any homework. "
"Right because the bell wont ring until we're done ." Tom said , having caught on. "clever. "
The others chuckled. It was great and Ron had lost points already.
