Sirius and the Surprise
After Divination they met up with Hermione in the common room as the four quickly put away some books and got their DADA book and Charms textbooks. 'Three classes to go. Jake was right. No one has said anything about this morning. I love this school!' Amanda thought as they approached the DADA(Defense Against the Darks Arts) classroom, where the class was just starting to go inside to find their desks, but there were none in the whole room. "Alright everyone, settle down. Just take a seat on the floor and I'll explain." Sirius said loudly over the chattering students. The class all sat down. Draco rolled his eyes a muttered 'This is ridiculous.' "Alright for our first lesson we are going to discuss werewolves. I know this has probably already be coved before, but let's review what you know." Sirius said with a grin of pride.
All the students took turns telling what they knew or had heard about vampires. Sirius knew some of what was said was utter nonsense people had made up over time, but he wasn't going to be the one to explain the facts and rumors the class brought up. He had a much better plan. The class soon ran out of their own information Sirius cleared his throat.
"That was a very good bit of information all of you have gotten, but some of it is just rumor. I have got someone who can personally the you the difference from what has been made up and what is true." Sirius smiled at Amanda as a figure came in at the back of the room. When the person came into the light Amanda squealed in excitement and surprise. "Grandfather." Amanda leapt up and gave him a huge hug. " How are you, my dear? Are you doing your work and keeping up your grades?" the old man asked in an affectionate way. " Yes, I'm doing well for my firs day. I miss Egyptian studies, but I'll be fine." Amanda smiled and sat back down. Her grandfather went on to stand with Sirius at the front of the class
"Alright, here we go. First off vampires are not really offended by garlic, that is a ridiculous muggle superstition. Next, the only part of us that is sensitive to the sun is our eyes; we always have to wear sunglasses on particularly bright days. However, we do not like crosses. We have the beliefs, but its something about the shape that offends us. Wooden stakes can kill us if taken to the heart. I suppose those are the only differences with rumors and truth of vampires. I have something for all of you as gifts." the
Old man pulled a little, cloth bag from his robe's pocket. He unknotted the tie and opened the bag. "This is a Romanian coin. I have always thought them to bring good luck to anyone who has one. These particular coins are rare; they aren't used as regular, Romanian, muggle currency anymore. They've minted new ones with a new face and everything and they discontinued these. I, however have almost a whole vault full of them, so, you can all have one." He started passing out the coins, when he came to his granddaughter and stopped. He knelt down and whispered in her ear.
"I need to give you something, but wait until after class and meet me in the hall, alright?" he smiled and moved on to Seamus who was seated next to Amanda. Amanda didn't mind not getting a coin; she had her own coin, it had been made into a necklace. She only wore it on special occasions. It was special to her because her father had given it to hr the day she was born. Soon class was over and the class filtered out. Amanda went to see her grandfather.
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