Chapter 4 : It's time to learn Magic!
The morning after, Veronica woke up, her first class started at 8 am, it was Herbology. She took her book 'One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi' and started too skimmed through it.
"It's fascinating Calixta, all things we can do with herbs" said Veronica like a cat on a hot tin roof.
"I know, but I can't wait to go on the Defense Against the Dark Arts class" exclaimed Calixta putting her shoes on.
Both of the girls left the dormitory for the Great Hall in order to take their breakfast.
Once they ended it, Veronica and Calixta headed toward the Herbology class where Miss Sprout was waiting for the first year students.
The students entered in the class 102 and said hello to her.
"Good morning first year, I am Miss Sprout, your Herbology teacher. I hope your year will be great and successful. So, open your book at the page 125. Today, we will talk about Devil's snare who can tell me about that plant?"asked cheerfully Pomona.
No one raised a hand, some didn't knew the answers and other were afraid of being stupid.
'I miss Miss Granger always willing to participate, why hasn't she chosen my course' thought Miss Sprout.
"Come on, don't be shy" exclaimed Pomona.
Veronica raised shyly her hand.
"Yes, what's your name?" asked the teacher.
"Veronica Mars, the plant Devil's snare can struggle you if you touch it and it doesn't like the light" she said with a low voice.
"Excellent, 5 points to Gryffindor" declared the Herbology teacher "Yes, Veronica is right as I always say 'Devil's Snare it's deadly fun but will sulk in the sun' write it down, it might be helpful someday as it was once for former students" she smiled.
Veronica was glad about her answer and thanks to her Gryffindor won 5 points, even if it was not a lot it was enough for her.
During the rest of the class, Miss Sprout talked to the students about the subjects they will study within the year. When the class was over, the students left the class but Drokalys blocked the way, prevented Veronica to left the classroom.
"Excuse me" she said Veronica
"Are you glad of your answer, little blond mudblood" grumbled the Slytherin boy.
"Actually I am, no I am thrill of it, if you weren't a jerk maybe you will find the answer on your own, now excuse me" she said jostling him.
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The night after the dinner, Veronica headed to the Gryffindor Common room, but on her way, she was stopped by a very disturbing ghost.
"What are you doing in this corridor on your own, little witch?" asked the pale ghost.
"Walking toward my common room" she replied surprisingly.
"Well, don't you know how dangerous it is to walk alone in here, Sir Potter is no longer here to protect a little poor powerless witch" he mumbled.
"I don't need anyone to look after me" she said nodding her head "and by the way, who are you?"
"Me, I am Peeves, the official poltergeist of Hogwarts, don't forgot me" he said vanishing from the corridor, with a loud noise. In a blink of an eye, the calm had returned in this hallway.
"Weirdo!" she arrived at the door with a singing Fat Lady.
"Tapeworm" said the little witch.
"Is dead! Is dead,
The bloody wizard is dead,
His snake was killed by the brave Sir Longbottom..."
"Tapeworm, please, can you open the door?" asked nicely Veronica.
"Yes, yes, wait, it's almost done"
Veronica didn't want to be rude, so she let the Fat Lady finish her song.
"Bellatrix,
You end was caused by a red hair, a WEASLEY,
Voldemort was demolished
A boy with a small scar
Potter… Potter… was... YOUR...END!"she finished her song and looked at Veronica who was staring at her with amusement, the song was not that bad "thanks for hearing me, you can pass now"
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The door opened and Veronica entered in the Common Room and she sat on the couch in front of the fireplace, she sighed, this day was exhausting, and she needed to talk to Lily, so she stood up to pick a piece of paper and started to write a letter she would sent to her best friend.
'Dear Lily, I'm sorry, I didn't want to leave Neptune if you were mad at me. I'm so sorry, but I need to talk to you about my school. It's a big school with a lot of classes, there are interesting, very. I already put a boy in his place, I'm sure you would have enjoyed it. I made a friend, Calixta, she is nice, she made school less hard. I'll be back for the holidays; I hope we will have a chance to see each other. I miss you so much. Love U Lil' a small tear run along her face, she wiped it and put the letter in her pocket, she'll sent it later, first she need to wrote a letter to her parents.
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Calixta arrived in the Common Room, tired of her day.
"She keeps singing, no matter what" said to Veronica falling down on the couch, she looked at Veronica who was writing on the desk "are you ok Veronica?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" she turned toward Calixta and went sit on the couch too "what classes we'll have tomorrow?"
"Well, I think we'll have Defense Against the Dark Arts" replied Calixta.
"I start reading some chapters of the book, its sound very interested" added Veronica "I'm tired, I should go to bed" she stood up and headed to the dormitory "good night, Calixta"
"Good night, Veronica"
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The morning after, Calixta awoke first, dressed up and get down to the Common Room, she put her bag on the table and waited for Veronica to be ready.
A student boy entered in the Common Room, put his bag on the floor next to the fireplace, looked at Calixta and sat on a chair.
"Hi!" he said "first year, right?"
"Yup, and you are in...?"
"Third year, I'm Ansel Walker, and you?" he asked looking at her.
"Calixta, Calixta Trilliot. So you were here, last year during the Battle of Hogwarts?" she asked curiously.
"No, my parents didn't want me to go, they were afraid of Voldemort, we went to America last year, visiting my grandparents. A part of me regrets that I was not here and the other part is glad because I'm alive, you are lucky it's your first year. I was here for two years with Harry Potter. I saw Dumbledore killed by Snape and when Voldemort returned and almost destroyed the Minister of Magic, I mean I was not in the Minister but they came back at the school"
"It must have been very violent" said Calixa with a low voice.
"Yes, but thank God, everything is fine now" he took a book in his bag and start reading it when Veronica arrived, Calixta stood up, picked up her bag.
"Finally, you know I'm hungry. There are a lot of foods waiting for us in the Great Hall" she declared.
"Don't worry, the food will remain there. You know magical things and all" laughed Veronica.
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Later that day, after the class of Herbology, Veronica and Calixta headed toward the class 31 for the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, when they met a red haired girl, who was smiling and greeted them and continued her way but was stopped by Calixta's question.
"Excuse me, are you...Ginny Weasley?
"Yes, why?" she answered looking at both of the girls.
"Just curious" she said trying to be casual while Veronica looked at her oddly.
"Okay..."
"No, actually, it's amazing to see you; even if we are in the same house" she turned to Veronica "she was here last year during the Battle"
"Ok" Veronica didn't felt concern because she learned about this Battle only a few days ago "well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Calixta we should go, we are gonna be late" said Veronica smiling at Ginny.
"Hope we'll have a chance to talk soon" said Calixta leaving the corridor "bye Ginny"
"Bye, girls" Ginny smiled, it was a funny meeting, she needed to tell Harry she was famous amongst the first year students.
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When they finally arrived at the class, they're late, but luckily the teacher was not here yet. They sat in the middle of the class and picked their book.
"Welcome I am Mister Blade your new professor for the Defense against the Dark Arts" said the new teacher sitting on his desk.
The teacher had short-brown hair and grey eyes, he was pretty tall and he was a good-looking man according to the girls in the class.
"As you all know, last year was a very dark year for our school and our world, but thanks to the strength of everyone in that school, the threat was eliminated. This year, I'm going to teach you a lot of things, starting by the dementors and the death eaters." he said.
"Dementors? Death eaters?" asked Veronica to Calixta.
Calixta nodded, smiled at her and said "you'll find out soon enough, trust me"
"Let me tell you something first, I won't be like this sneaky witch. I won't used a poor book for beginners, you have to learn how to defend yourselves" added Mister Blade.
A student raised his hands and the teacher asked him.
"Who is this sneaky witch?" The student asked.
"He's talking about Dolores Umbridge" responded another student.
"She's more like a bitchy witch" added Calixta casually
"Easy young girl, I can't say you are wrong but I'm not here to teach you insults. But well said" the teacher blinked and smiled "so, guys, dementors, any ideas?"
"They were the guards at the Azkaban prison then "Mister Voldemort" appeared and their allegiance changed, he was able to control them" said a student who were in the back of the room.
"Right, but not only, ...
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Veronica entered in Gryffindor's Common Room and saw a boy sat on the couch reading a book about the Second Wizarding War; she sat next to him and started to talk to him.
"Hi, you seem really interest in your reading"
"Hello, right, I don't know much about the things that happened here so I eager to know everything and I think that everything is interesting here so I want to know a lot, especially Quidditch. I am a HUGE fan and I can wait next year to be on the team" said the boy.
"I don't know much either, I'm like you I want to know everything. By the way, I'm Veronica, Veronica Mars" added the little blonde.
"Nice to meet you Veronica, I'm Wallace Fennell" replied the boy.
Wallace was a black boy with short hair and he was dressed with the Gryffindor uniform, he was a little taller than Veronica.
"The pleasure is all mine" she said smiling at him "so, what can you tell me about the Wizarding War?"
"Actually not much, I just started it, but the big bad guy was Voldemort, I'm sure you know that" Veronica nodded and he continued "and unity was his end, I mean the love of the students for this school and for each other helped a lot Harry Potter, otherwise we wouldn't be here today."
"I'll read the book then" said Veronica.
They both laughed and Calixta entered in the room.
"Veronica, what are you doing?" asked Calixta."
"Not much, reading with Wallace he's a first year too."
"Hi, Wallace" added Calixta "I'm Calixta"
"Hi, so almost dinner time, we should go to the Great Hall, I'm so hungry, I could eat an entire ogre" he said ironically.
He looked at Veronica and they laughed as they walked toward the Great Hall.
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They arrived and sat in the Great Hall, McGonagall clapped and dinner was served. After weeks here, Veronica was always surprised by the amount of food that appeared magically.
You could hear a hundred of "enjoy" rise in the room, then the chit-chat of all the students.
"Veronica, can I ask you something?" said Wallace.
After she swallowed some water she answered "sure".
"You're not English, are you?"
"No, I'm American; I live in Neptune in California. I see you coming why aren't you in a School there, it's easy, my granny studied here, she lives in London and my mother was born in London so I guess that I'm half English" she replied smiling at the boy.
"That explains the accent" laughed Wallace
"What's wrong with my accent, Sir Fennel" she replied with an English accent.
He smiled at her and he added "well, let's make a deal Mars, I won't laughed at your accent and you won't laughed at mine, deal?" asked Wallace handed his hand.
"Deal!" she shook his hand.
When the students finished their meal, the food and the cutleries disappeared from the table, leaving it clean.
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Everyone was on their Common Room, Veronica and Calixta were sat on the couch reading History of Magic.
"It's so boring, I'm done" sighed Calixta.
Veronica was so focused in her reading that she didn't pay attention to her friend; Calixta annoyed stood up and continued.
"I'm going to bed, goodnight Veronica."
Without paying attention, Veronica said "Goodnight, C"
Wallace went down from his dormitory.
"Veronica, would you want to play chess sometimes?" he asked her.
"Yes, my father taught me, why?"
"Castiel has a special chess game, the Wizard's chess, I'm sure I can beat you" he said winking at her", it's bedtime, goodnight."
"Goodnight, Wallace, I'll go to bed in five minutes, I want to end this chapter" said Veronica.
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The morning after, they were all in the class of History of Magic, the professor Cuthbert Binns answered a question regarding the Second Wizarding War.
"Students, we'll come to that but first we'll have to study the First one" replied the professor.
"Please, sir" begged a Hufflepuff.
"Alright, alright, but take notes."
Veronica opened her notebook, took her feather, ready to write down every words of professor Binns.
"You all know the beginning and how this war happened but some of you need a reminder. Everything began when Voldemort tried to kill Harry Potter when he was a baby..." he kept telling the story of Harry, including his years with the Dursley, the Triwizard Tournament" and when the last horcruxes was killed by Longbottom it was easier for Mister Potter to kill the Dark Lord.
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Veronica looked at Wallace, she was speechless, and this Harry Potter was a true hero, like Batman against the Joker and saving Gotham a lot of times she thought.
She had to know everything about Harry and his friends, that's why she had to find Neville to ask him.
When the class ended, the students left the classroom and scattered in the hallway. Veronica and Wallace decided to go to the library while Calixta and a Ravenclaw student went to the Great Hall.
"See you later guys" said Calixta.
"Yeah, later" replied Veronica.
The two Gryffindor headed to the library when they ran into a Slytherin student.
"Sorry Dirk" said Veronica.
"Stay out of my way mudblood" said the Slytherin with disdain.
"Hey, Dirk you don't have to be a dick, apologize" said Wallace angrily.
"I'll never apologize to her or to anyone, you understand!" the boy left the hall without a sound, leaving the two students in the middle of it.
"Don't mind it, Wallace, trust me I'm going to take care of him" she added walking toward the library "we have homework to do."