Chapter 10: A World of Monkeys
"Monkey see, Monkey do."
After transfiguration it was time for charms with Professor Levi Falhoun. Professor Falhoun was a tall lanky man with grey eyes and black hair. He wore long white robes which indicated his position as professor head of Diamond. "Students please find a seat quickly!" Falhoun bellowed and Harry quickly took his seat. "Welcome to Charm." The Professor said with a big smile on his face, "How many of you actually bothered to read the text book?"
Three hands, Harry's included, went up.
"I figured no one would read the book but that is quite few." He looked around the room, "Now does anyone know the difference between a charm and a hex?"
No one said anything.
The professor hung his head in a defeated manner, "Very well. A hex is a combative technique while a charm is normally used for everyday use. However charms can be used in a hex manner and hexes can be used in a charm manner. For example the hex confringo can be used to open a door, albeit kind of messy but effective. On the other hand the drought charm that is normally used to clean up water can be used to dehydrate a human being."
The whole room had their mouth drop at once. The idea that someone would use a regular charm to destroy a person was preposterous.
The professor continued none the less, "My job will be to teach you how to use charms normally and… creatively…"
The charms class continued on quite simply with Professor Falhoun teaching the beginnings of the alohomora charm.
Harry's mind was spinning with devilish ideas all period after Falhoun's speech.
After charms Harry had the Dark Arts with Professor Damien Darrow. Darrow had short black hair and dark brown eyes with red flecks. He was about 6 foot 3 and wore muggle clothing. He had a strong physique. When Harry walked in Darrow was quietly sitting at his desk. As the students began to filter into the Dark Arts classroom Darrow simply sat there. The class time started and Darrow continued o simply sit there quietly looking down at his desk. Whispering started throughout the room.
One student turned to Harry and whispered, "Is he deaf? Or simply dumb?" The kid snickered but Harry kept quiet because he was pretty sure this was a test.
Suddenly Professor Damien stood up and with a big smile he said, "Welcome to the Dark Arts. Here I will teach you everything you need to know about properly utilizing the darker side of magic. The dark arts can be used for more than mayhem and death. It can also be used for convenience and laziness. "
The whole class stared dumbly with wide eyes and open mouths as Professor Damien Darrow disintegrated into a pile of ash. Finally one brave student walked up to the pile of ash and touched it. "Mr. Dublin may I inquire why you are poking at what used to be my golem?" Professor Damien said as he walked into the room.
"Um sir…I'm sorry I just… I thought…" The student now identified as Dublin began to ramble.
"You just thought I was dead?" Professor Damien smiled, "That golem is just a taste of what you can do with the dark arts. Now where was my golem," Damien thought for a moment, "Right, it can also help with laziness. For example had I desired my entire class could have been taught by my golem. However I'd rather teach you myself." He waved his wand and the pile of ash vanished.
"The dark arts are a powerful branch of magic. Most of it has been banned in Britain. They are afraid because a great deal of the dark arts is used for murder. However there are a few misconceptions for example the AK or the killing curse is not a dark spell. In fact the AK requires light magic. It was originally designed to give someone a peaceful and painless death. The only way the AK will tap into dark magic is if hate is behind it. You can also cast the AK with love in your heart and mind."
Everyone in the room began whispering in awe at this piece of information. "Class, you will have homework. I wish for you to read chapter one of the Darker Side of Magic. It is about how to keep yourself from being corrupted by your magic. After doing that you are to make me a list of the top three things you shouldn't do. Also for extra credit make a list of 10 things instead of 3 and give detailed reasons as to why you shouldn't do that. Dismissed class." With that the professor snapped his fingers and vanished into black smoke.
Harry and the others stared at where the professor used to be until the shock wore off. They then began filing out to lunch. One of Harry's roommates, Calvin Marx, caught up with him. "Hey we don't seem to have been properly introduced. I'm Calvin Marx." Calvin extended a hand to Harry. Calvin was a blonde boy, a little bit shorter than Harry. He had striking ocean blue eyes.
"I know I heard your name called during the sorting," Harry took his hand anyways, "I'm Harry Potter."
"Care to eat lunch with me? I don't really know anyone here." Calvin told him.
Harry smiled, "Sure, I don't see why not." They took a seat and grabbed some food off the table.
"Wow," Calvin exclaimed, "They have American, Chinese, and Japanese food here!"
Harry laughed, "Thank god," Harry added, "I can't live forever off of European food. Back at home I have access to a great deal of different foods, I thought I'd die here."
Calvin rose an eyebrow, "Must be a benefit of being the boy-who-lived eh?"
Harry simply rolled his eyes, "No actually, it is more a benefit of being a genius. I got a job at a very early age. A powerful law firm put me in charge of an entire department and paid me quite a bit." Harry's eyes turned a little black, "All I've ever received for being the boy-who-lived was a scar and jackass relatives."
Calvin put his head down, "Oh… Sorry mate."
Harry's eyes returned to normal quickly, "It's fine, so what did you think of transfiguration?"
"It was very interesting, how did you know all of that science stuff?" Calvin asked as he put a heap of fried chicken and mashed potatoes on his plate.
"I'm a genius in the muggle world remember." Harry chuckled, "Science is the magic of the muggle world."
"Right. So we have potions, defense against the dark arts, battle magic, and runes left."
"Yup." Harry said as he finished his plate. "Ready to go?"
Potions turned out to be quite boring for Harry. It was like cooking and Harry hated cooking. He was good at it but he didn't enjoy it much.
After Potions came Defense Against the Dark Arts. The all quietly walked in the room and sat down. The headmistress was the teacher in this class.
"Welcome," the red head said with a huge smile on her face, "Now I used to be a huge book worm… still am. However I am well aware that you can't learn everything from a book. Here in DADA you will learn very little out of a book. I will teach you how to magically defend yourself . I teach both defensive spells and offensive defensive spells. For example you are still defending yourself if you booby trap the area around you. You are still defending yourself if you put a sunlight spell above your head when there are vampires nearby. " She beamed around her.
Then Professor Rosenberg continued, "You may be wondering how I could be qualified to teach this class. It is simple, I lived on a hell mouth for my entire life. Plus I was at one point the darkest witch on the east coast of the United States. That and last year I became a goddess." She deadpanned. "Today we will be practicing a simple shield spell."
Harry mastered the spell quickly and then sat in the back reading his text book until he came across an interesting piece of information and raised his hand.
"Yes Mr. Potter?" Professor Rosenberg asked.
"Well I was reading and I came across a term called, 'permanent protection.' Is it truly possibly to cast a protection spell that lasts forever?" He inquired.
"Yes Mr. Potter it is possible. However in order to do that you need to either be extremely powerful or part demon."
"Interesting…" Harry trailed off and began talking to himself.
"Mr. Potter, if you plan on doing anything… different… please ask me to supervise at the very least." The headmistress told him and then walked off.
Class ended about 20 minutes later. Harry had found enough time to locate a spell he may want to cast. The spell would be a permanent shield. He knew he was part demon, and pretty powerful. The shield itself would only block against stunners and a few other spells but it may still be useful. He opted to speak with the headmistress later about it.
The next class he attended was Battle Magic. The class was loudly chatting about their previous classes. Suddenly a man walked in. He was dressed in a battle uniform. "Attention students." He shouted, "You are in a war room now!"
"Sit down, and shut up. You are all simply privates at this point. Soon however you will make armies." The professor smirked, "I am Lt. Sheppard. I have served in 2 magical wars and 1 muggle war. I can use everything from a bow and arrow, a wand, a staff, to a muggle weaponry. By the time you graduate from this class you will have experienced a simulated war. In a weeks time you will be part of an army. I will pick the general based on your competence. There will be a total of 3 armies. Each army will have 25 students."
He smiled brutally, "Now I know you are thinking, 'we don't have 75 students in this class.' Well congradu-fuck-a-lactions you can count. However there are 75 students your age who are taking this class. They just aren't all in the same period. Every student shall learn to the best of their ability. I shall pick the armies; I shall pick the army leaders. Then outside of class you and your armies shall meet in a drill room. You shall practice independently everything you learn in this room. I will allow you to use any spell except the three unforgivables. The battle field will be rigged so you cannot kill each other. However you can injure each other. The injury will only last as long as you are on the field. You are encouraged to learn other spells that the other armies don't know. You are encouraged to find a secret weapon. You are encouraged to try and get other armies to spill their plans."
He laughed, "Welcome to war!" The whole class just sat silently. They didn't know what to say. They didn't have any idea what to do. "Now there is a difference between soliders and commanders. One follows the 'monkey see, monkey do,' perspective and the other doesn't. Which are you going to be the monkey or the man?"
"Now the first thing you are going to learn is how to use a sword. Everyone grab a sword!" He shouted and motioned towards a rack of swords.
Harry wasn't so good with the sword at first however he quickly improved. It was as if his instincts, his blood, knew what to do.
After class Harry and Calvin were laughing, "Oh god, he wants a bunch of 11 year olds to fight a war." Calvin said as they walked to dinner.
"Not just a bunch of 11 year olds." Harry reminded his friend, "He wants us to fight a war." He motioned at his friend, "For all we know we will be on opposite sides of the battle field."
Calvin's eyes widened, "You would so kick my ass,"
Harry laughed, "I don't know you were doing very well with that sword."
"Bull, you almost cut my hand off." Calvin retorted.
"Well… yeah there is that." Harry said and laughed.
After dinner all they had left was runes.
Professor Lilac walked into the room, "Yo, I'm Faith Lilac," The professor informed them. She was covered from feet to head in a leather outfit. She had long brown hair, "Now I hate being called professor, I hate being called Ms. Lilac. You are going to call me Faith. Understood?"
The class nodded.
"a'ight. So I am here to teach you runes. I barely know shit about runes but this is the job they gave me. Go figure. However I do know that runes are carvings used for just about anything. You can make protection circles. You can use runes to keep people in or out. You can use runes to amplify power, kill people, heal people. You can even use 'em to raise the dead. Today we will just be using the runes to make a small circle of protection. Understood?" She asked the class.
"Yes Faith." They responded.
"Good so open your book and figure out how to do it." She told them.
They all looked shocked and unbelieving at her, "No I'm completely serious. Figure it out."
Harry was the only one who already had looked and found the runes required. He had then begun creating it. He had decided that this war was going to be the highlight of his year. He was going to use everything from all the other classes to wage the ultimate war.
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