Chapter 17: Chaos at Hogwarts
In the summer of 2012, Hogwarts lost two of its finest teachers. Although they were lost in different ways, Hogwarts would grow to miss both of them.
Pomera Sprout had merely retired. She had given her notice back in January, so Hogwarts was prepared. What we weren't prepared for was the departure of Sybill Trelawney.
One day in towards the end of the school year, Minerva had been sitting in her office one day, when a panic-stricken sixth-year knocked on the door. The boy explained that he had been in detention with Trelawney, when suddenly Trelawney cried, "The great seer will die tonight! She will leave this world forever and move on to a new one!" With that, Trelawney collapsed on the floor.
Of course, Minerva had to investigate. When she got to the Divination room, Trelawney was lying passed out on the floor. When Minerva checked her pulse, she knew that Trelawney had indeed passed away.
For the time being, Minerva had the remaining Professors take turns substituting in Trelawney's classes, even though none of us knew enough about Divination to even fill a day. For this reason, it was extremely important that Minerva found a replacement for her as soon as possible.
One day, a young former Hufflepuff by the name of Adelaide Mason, walked into Minerva's office. She proved she was of seer decent, and since she didn't seem to be as insane as Trelawney was, we hired her for the position of Divination teacher.
For the Herbology position, Hogwarts had received a boatload of applicants from all four houses. Even wizards and witches who had gone to other schools applied, although they were at a disadvantage because we wanted to hire someone who had gone to Hogwarts themselves, someone who knew the school well.
Much like when Hogwarts was looking for a Potions master, – or so I've heard – we had several interviews, but none of them seemed right. So when the door opened one day, we saw someone we didn't expect.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Longbottom." Professor McGonagall greeted our guest. "How nice it is to see you again."
The other members of the interviewing staff stared at the newcomer in amazement. We all had heard of Neville Longbottom. He was the one who killed Nagini, Voldemort's precious snake. Neville was a true Gryffindor, and was almost as famous as Harry Potter himself. That's why we were so shocked to see him standing in the doorway.
"Good afternoon, Professor." Neville replied. "It's good to see you, too. I've come to interview for the Herbology position."
Neville's interview went extremely well. Everyone loved what he had to say. "He always did excel in Herbology." Sprout commented. "I don't think I'd rather have anyone else as my successor."
The rest of the interviewing staff agreed.
Author's note: I'm sorry this chapter is so short. I just couldn't think of anything else to write. I'll make it up to you, though, I promise. The next chapter is going to be really important to the story in more ways than one, and it will be on the longer side too. I hope you'll enjoy it, because I'm really excited to write it. Oh, and Merry Christmas, again. :) Only 3 and a half more days!