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DRACO'S POINT OF VIEW
I felt my heart sink to my stomach and nearly dropped the quill I was toying with when a man that looked exactly like Dumbledore opened the door. The class was so quiet that if you dropped a pin. Then quite suddenly, there was and eruption of cheers.
The man grinned and strode to the front of the class, looked at all of us with those piercing blue eyes he had.
"Good afternoon class! I am Professor Aberfoth Dumbledore but I would like all of you to call me Professor Ab." at the mention of his last name, I almost gasped. Quite obviously, many of the students already knew him. I nudged Hermione, who sat beside me again, who the man was and why some many of them new him. It turns out that the man was the keeper of Hog's Head where they nursed the students who had been tortured by the Carrow siblings. I flinch at the memories of his peers being tortured in front of the class. I blink then focus my attention back at our new professor.
"I see that I many of you recognize me, and I too recognize you" he glanced over at the Gryffindors who smiled brightly at the new professor "and then there are some who I might have seen but never quite knew.." and with that, he glanced at us Slytherins.
"Well, let's get started, shall we?" he said waving his wand at the board where several defense spells appeared.
The lesson went on relatively well and was quite pleasant. He asked us questions, and predictably, Hermione's hand shot up. He made funny comments, that really were funny and he made uninteresting facts, well, interesting. At the sound of the bell, he bid us all a farewell and headed back to his office.
I made my way to potions when an elbow nudged me. Theodore Nott was standing beside me and was also headed to Advanced Potions. He and I have been best mates since we were in nappies.
When we first came to Hogwarts, we thought we would go through it together but Theo and I had our differences. He liked to be alone and observe from a far while I was loud and proud, always having Crabbe and Goyle around but now, I feel like I would follow in his footsteps and just try to fade into the background. In fact, it was he who kept me sane when the Dark Lord was in our home. He had visited every time he could and distracted me from all the shit that was going on around me. He was being my friend.
"And to what do I owe the pleasure of being graced with your presence, Theo?" I smirk. He chuckles and just shakes his head.
"Is it a crime to accompany one of my best mates to our next class? I think not, Drake." he smirks back and we just walk on down to the dungeons in a comfortable silence.
Once at the dungeons, we took our seats and expecting Slughorn's appearance and once again, we had another surprise.
The door opened and there stood a woman with honey brown eyes, a freckle dusted face, wavy brown hair flowing down her back to her waist and the curves of a woman although she was a slight bit petite. Almost every male's mouths were agape. Only a few people including Theo and me had the decency to just stare.
For about a minute, there was complete silence until there was the sound of a stool scraping backwards rather quickly and a loud "Aunt Amber?" was screeched. All heads turned to see a standing and very surprised, Hermione Granger.
At this remark, there was a collective gasp and whispers erupted. Come to think of it, the similarities between the professor's and Hermione's appearance were quite remarkable. I glanced at Theo and he looked just as indifferent as I was but looking into each other's eyes, we had the same thoughts.
Who was this woman?