An American Animagus In England
Ok chapter two but first I'm going to address the reviews I got on chapter one
NakedFury: If the chapters are too long I don't really know what to tell you as for my choice in women to write about Hermione is my favorite female character in the books.
Csdoni: The formatting software I use wasn't working when I had published the chapter I didn't notice at the time. I'll go in and fix it if I can.
With all that being said thanks for the follows and reviews it keeps me motivated to write more and publish as often as possible.
As the younger students filed in around him John stood at the front of the group waiting to be sorted as he looks up at the table with the professors he noticed the same teacher from the train and another staring at him. When the last of the first years joined him at the front the great hall Professor McGonagall pulled the list from her sleeve and says, "Since there is an irregularity this year he will be sorted first." John walked forward feeling strange in the robes that he is wearing he is used to wearing non-mag clothes as he had been all summer. The second the sorting hat touched his head it started to speak to him apparently sorting through his memories the hat mumbled about the bad sorting practices at Ivermony then said "Well you have a choice to make son you have the qualities of a Raven claw and a Gryffindor. Your father was a Raven claw and your mother would have been a Gryffindor had she been a student here at Hogwarts." John looks around the room his eyes falling on the three friends that he made on the train, Hermione smiles at him and the boys nod john whispers "Gryffindor it is then."
The sorting hat yells "It's got to be Gryffindor then" as he steps down he notices that his robes have changed from black to red and gold. When the sorting ceremony finished Dumbledore gave his yearly announcements which included Lupin being the new defense against the dark arts teacher as well as Hagrid taking the magical creatures teaching position the final one sent shivers down john's spine though the dementors would be patrolling the grounds.
As the feast wore on John became more interested in his class mates asking about their lives and family's the few Gryffindor's that were rude on the train apologized giving the excuse of being stressed about returning John accepted their apologies he wouldn't hold it against them he wasn't the politest person either. As he was eating he noticed Hermione looking at him though she was trying to hide it he smiled at her and she immediately averted her eyes obviously blushing. Harry looked at John as he did this as John turned to face him he shook his head and went back to eating. When they had eaten their fill, the headmaster got up and said "It's time to go to the common rooms the prefects will escort you I wish you all a pleasant night be ready for classes in the morning." John was bewildered at the size of the castle at first, but he began to like it quite a bit as he noticed the paintings that doted the wall it reminded him of home.
Time jump: to the first datda class
As they walked into the room lupin was standing on the balcony to his quarters looking down at them. When the class was all their he said I apologize for the lack of desks, but I thought we would do something fun on the first day of class so step to the sides of the room. As lupin pulled his wand john knew what he had in mind, so he dropped his backpack and shed his outer robe. Just then a long-raised platform materialized in the center of the room Harry and Ron recognized it instantly because they had seen it last year when Lockhart had held dueling lessons. Lupin looked around the room to see John, Harry, Ron, and Draco to be the only ones to look excited about the dueling table. Lupin walked down and said who here knows how to duel about half of the class raises their hands.
He smiles and says, "Ok then this will be a learning experience" then he looks around and says, "Hermione would you mind going to fetch professor Flitwick for me I think we should have a demonstration." Hermione smiles and says, "Of course" and files out of the room only to reappear about a minuet later with the short charms master following when he enters the room he smiles and says, "Remus it's been to long my young friend what can I help you with then he notices the dueling table and says oh, so we need a demonstration then ok" as he steps up on the table. John smiles he has never seen Flitwick duel though he has been told of him being a champion from back in the day.
As he watches the duel he notices that Draco is glaring at him obviously he though this would be a perfect time to teach him a lesson the duel between the professors was short Flitwick was every bit as good as he had been said to be though lupin put up a staunch resistance. John looked up at lupin and said, "Sir could I go first I've wanted to practice for some time" everyone looked at him and he felt much less confident then. Lupin smiled and said, "Of course though few here have the experience to challenge a champion dueler such as yourself." Draco scoffed "This hick isn't a champion and I'll prove it" as he climbed onto the far side of the table lupin stepped down and said, "There has been a challenge issued do you except John?" John stepped up onto the table and drew his wand "Of course I do professor."
Lupin nodded and stepped over to his side and said, "Watch this one his father was a death eater, so he will be slippery." John nodded and put his wand at the ready Draco shot a curse at him john countered it and hit him square in the chest with a stunning spell as he fell over the Slytherins in the room took a step back and looked at john with a newfound respect. Lupin freed Draco and said, "One point to john two more and you lose Draco" then he said, "Disarming spells only no trying to kill each other." Draco looked at John and said, "Maybe you know some basic magic after all cow puncher." John looked at him and noticed what he was doing trying to get a reaction, so John shot a string of spells at him low powered but fun none the less watching him try to block them all and loose his footing john stepped forward and disarmed him. Lupin smiled and said, "Another point for John" then he stepped down. Draco is seething at this point, so he starts to throw spells at John at a somewhat impressive speed for someone so unskilled. John must go on the defensive for a few seconds but then he sees an opening in Draco's technique he shoots a spell at Draco's feet then launches into an attack sequence of his own this one being much re effective though as john ended the duel by shooting Draco's wand out of his hand. Lupin smiles and says, "Good job both of you but as everyone can see John is the superior duelist though this was an unfair duel John is the youth duelist champion in the US." Everyone looks up at him and he just shrugs and says, "I had a few friends who were interested so we joined the dueling club at school I turned out to be skilled at it like both my parents were." Then Lupin decided to put everyone into pairs John got paired with Hermione and he proceeded to coach her more than really dueling. Lupin smiled he liked this job and John and Harry seemed to be getting along very well which was good their fathers would be proud he said to himself as the class went through the drills.