Chapter 8: The studying group's first meeting.
(Harry's voice)
"Wow!" Hermione said. "I didn't expect so many people to come!"
"Aunty told me it would just be three or four people." Isa said a bit down. "Here are more than ten people…"
"But that doesn't change anything." I told her noticing her nervousity. "I mean… they are mostly from last year. We are all 17 to 18 years old, all of us on the last term. You will not have but to explain the same for all."
"Yes, but… I have never given a single lesson…" She said.
"C'mon." Hermione said while we held her arms to pull her in the room. "You will do it perfect."
(Isa's voice)
"So… we have to help with Transformations… Charms… and Potions." I repeated for all of them.
"And D.A.D.A." A girl that seemed from Slithering said. "If you don't mind…"
"Yep." A blond little girl from Ravenclaw added. "We still remember what happened on our 4th year with that toad woman."
"Ok, then if you don't mind we will begin by Transformations, then Charms, then Potions and… after meal we will have that D.A.D.A. helping, right?" I said noting them down on my timetable.
There was no complaining at all so I kept on. My aunt lent us some material and I had asked them to bring their pets. Harry brought Fluffy and I had managed to get some wild animals such as frogs from the lake for those who didn't have one.
"Ok, now… get your pets because we are going to begin." I said. "What problems did you had during this week ones?"
Then they began telling me where they had problems so we began trying one by one for about an hour that most of them managed to perform two of the three forms we had used. Then we changed subject at 11.30 am from Transformation to Charms and then was when we began having problems.
"I have told you not to aim at partners." I told them trying to fix a hairy face over one of the girls Malfoy had put her to begin laughing on his mistake when he saw the girl had all her face covered in hair.
"Draco, that's not funny." I said as I made the girl rub a depilating form on her face to stop it growing up and then making it disappear with a non verbal charm. "What if I do the same on you?"
"I didn't do it on purpose." He said.
"Ok, as you find it so funny… come to the first row so you will not accidentally hit anyone else." I asked him. "Please? Next to Neville."
I then walked to Neville's side.
"How is it Neville?" I asked him sweetly.
"I think I managed to improve a bit." He said poking the now toad with two hairs. "Who do I want to lie? I don't improve the slightless."
"He is just a wizard shame for all of our kind." Malfoy said.
I then threw him a hard look and he looked down.
"Keep on trying Neville." I told him smiling. "All you have is nerves. You have to trust more on yourself, ok?"
For the end of the Charms lesson, everyone seemed to be able to perform all the week charms more or less well but for Neville that had improved them a bit.
"Neville… well done." I whispered him smiling. "If you keep on trying you will do it as well or better than the rest."
For potions I was not allowed to use real ingredients but I managed to begin a good lesson.
(Draco's voice)
"Ok, today we can't improve potioning techniques but for next weekend I would appreciate you brought your potioning things, please."
"But… Isn't that illegal?" A little Hufflepuff asked her.
"No, if none of you tell anyone else about it all." I told her.
"Draco, feet off the table, please." Isabelle told me. "As he has said, if you don't tell anyone and we clean all before leaving we will not be discovered. And we can't review potioning without cooking. A potion a week so I'd rather you all told me in advance which one is your worst, weekly, please."
"So today we are not going to review potions?" A guy said.
"Obviously." She said. "All we can do now is review techniques."
So was that we did, for half an hour and then everyone left but for the two people wanting to review Care of Magical Creatures.
When I left I saw Potter, Weasley and Granger out of the room.
"Look who we have here." I said. "Have you lost your luck, losers? Or is it the mudblood couldn't help you any longer?"
"Do not call me that any more." Granger told me angry.
Then Isa put her head off the door and saw us.
"Hey, no illegal duels in the corridors." She said. "If there's one just out of the door of the dungeon I have been lent for this I'll get into troubles."