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Kel sat between Dom and Charlie, too tired to deal with Neal and his sarcasm. She watched as Charlie drew out his books, paper and wand, deciding to do the same. For the first time since she had been handed her large pile of textbooks, Kel actually looked at the cover. 'Defense Against the Dark Arts' was written in gold curly letters across the green front, flicking through the pages Kel noticed a variety of subjects she had never heard of. From vampires to Torture Curses Kel had heard of none of them, and judging by the mumbling coming from Dom, neither had he.
Kel's thoughts were interrupted when a small man walked into the classroom, black hair flying in all directions.
"Sit down, sit down," he said to the class with dreamy wave of his hand. "Nice to welcome you all back, and nice to welcome you three full stop," blue eyes now looking at Kel, Neal and Dom.
"Today I would like to talk about the three unforgivable curses," at the gasps from the students he explained himself. "Dumbledore has asked me to brief you upon the subject because of their recurring uses. Believe me kiddos you have to pay attention today because this lesson may save our life," he finished, eyes twinkling.
Kel softly tapped Charlie on the shoulder and waited for him to turn around.
"Charlie, what does he mean by unforgivable?" She asked once she had his attention.
"You're not meant to use them, and if you do, you get sent to Azkaban," Charlie whispered back.
Kel not knowing what Azkaban was, dropped the subject and turned her attention back to the front of the classroom.
"Does anyone know a curse?" the man said looking around the room.
Kel saw Charlie put up his hand out the corner of her eye and watched as he answered the question.
"Yes, Mr Weasley?'"
"I know one sir, dad was talking about it earlier this year. The Imperius Curse.'"
"Ahh yes," said the Professor, who was beginning to remind Kel of Myles. "Your father did have alot of trouble with that this year. The Imperius curse causes someone to obey the caster's will. It is said that many of the Death Eaters are actually under the Imperius, though I strongly doubt that." He finished with a grin that suggested an inside joke.
"You can however resist the affect of an Imperius Curse by will alone, but it is incredibly difficult. Only a very few number of people are known to be able to accomplish this feat. Can anyone name another curse?" He asked looking towards the class.
This time more than a few hands were up, and among them, which Kel was amazed to see, Neal.
Kel watched as the Professor's eyes widen in shock when he saw Neal's hand.
"Mr Queenscove, is it?" He asked, giving a small smile.
"Yes sir, it is," said Neal with no trace of sarcasm.
"Can you name an Unforgivable Curse?"
"Yes sir, I can. The Avada Kedavra."
"Ahh yes, the killing curse. Now Mr Queenscove, may I ask how did you come across that spell?"
" I came across it in the book I was reading, sir, but that was the only curse it mentioned."
"I see," replied the professor. "The killing curse, Avada Kedavra, is said to be the worst of the three curses for it cannot be undone. Once cast, Avada Kedavra is cast, but I'm not saying that everyone can use the curse, you need to want to kill. If I took out my wand, pointed it, and said the curse nothing would happen, because I, this very instant, have no urge to kill you.'"
"You noticed how he said 'THIS VERY INSANT' didn't you?" Whispered Dom, laughing at her side. "Wonder what these kids have done to make him believe so"
Kel grinned along with Dom, knowing full well that Dom had wished to kill members of his own squad on countless occasions.
"The Cruciatus Curse," a pretty blonde-haired girl was saying. "The Torture Curse."
"Very good Miss Jinks, the Cruciatus Curse is also known as the Torture Curse. The curse is used to inflict extreme pain, and like the Killing Curse you must WANT to inflict the pain for the curse to work. Now kiddos, using any of these will end you up where?"
"A Death Eater?" Charlie said joking, causing the class to laugh.
"Mr Weasley you know full well that comment was not needed," said the professor, his own eyes twinkling with laughter. "And because you seem to know ALL answers can you please answer my question?"
"Yes Sir," Charlie said, still chuckling. "You end up in Azkaban."
"Yes, five points for Gryffindor, for the RIGHT answer," he said with a crooked grin. "Now get out my classroom before I do use an unforgivable curse!"
Kel got up with much scrapping of her chair and waited for Charlie, Dom and Neal. The four of them walked out the room together.
"What's Azkaban?" Dom asked with a curious expression.
"God, you guys really aren't from around here are you?" Charlie said with a wide smile. "Azkaban is a jail for wizards, now come on, let's go get some food."
Charlie started down the hallway, only to be stopped by a small freckled boy running up to his side. Kel noticed that the boy's hair was the exact shade as Charlie's and looked so much like Bill that they could have been twins, all but their age.
"Hold on guys," Charlie called as the trio waited hesitantly down the hallway. "It's just my brother, I'll be two sec's."
"Another brother?" Neal said astonished. "How many does that boy have?"
Kel was about to remark that she herself had three brothers when Charlie came trotting up to them.
"Sorry guys, that was my brother Percy, he wanted to borrow a book from me, a ripe little scholar. Now-"
"How many brothers do you have?" Asked Neal, dying to know the answer.
"I'm the second oldest of seven but only six of us are boys."
Dom gave a low whistle before continuing down the hallway. "Mithros that is a lot of kids, glad my family didn't have so many, they could have ended up like Meathead over here." His head jerking in Neal's direction.
Kel walked into the hall, the boys walking next to her. The four of them walked over to the Gryffindor table, where large platters of food where waiting for the students.
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