Disclaimer - I do not have the permission of J.K. Rowling to write this...But I did it anyway!
Author's Note - Don't mess with Hermione...
Chapter fourteen.
Hermione tapped her wand mindlessly on her desk, coloured sparks flying out and creating small silent fireworks, as she waited for her first class to arrive. She was skimming through her notes on her lesson plan; this class was a single period of Seventh Year Advanced Transfiguration so she was just going to have a mainly relaxed first class, sort them out with the textbooks and hopefully see what sort of spells they already knew and what they could possibly achieve…
Wait a minute… Hermione smiled to herself. Maybe she could do her class and get them to help her get revenge on her wonderful fiancé…
As the last of her sparks disappeared, her students began to tentavily come in and fill up the lecture hall the Hermione had re-modeled from the old classroom of just seats and desks. She did this after remembering the excitement of having raised seating during University; she thought it might be an incentive to at least look forward to the class, even if it was just because of the cool seats.
The students came in, looking awed at the new seating arrangements and the raised platform that Hermione sat on in front of the blackboard. She twirled her wand lazily through her fingers and silently watched them file in. When, she had gathered the last student had come in, she flicked her wand at the door, causing it to shut loudly and startle a few students. She smiled and got up, pacing the small platform, "Good morning everyone, I am Professor Granger, and yes, I am also Hermione Granger, but ask me for Harry Potter's autograph and you will find yourself as a cauldron ready for Professor Malfoy's First Years."
She smiled slightly to show them the threat was meaningless and they broke out in short, staccato, relieved laughter.
"Now, as I have no idea at what you guys have gone up to or what you are all capable, we are all going to talk about a big taboo subject."
Her eyes twinkled and a few students looked nervous, anxious that the War was being brought up already.
"I know you aren't allowed to use magic outside of classrooms here, but Circe knows how many times I've broken that rule. If you could have revenge on anyone, for anything…What spell would you use? Now, it doesn't have to be Transfiguration, it could be Charms, Runes…Hell, even Potions! Give me your best shot!"
The students looked on shocked as Hermione leaned back against her table and cocked her head interestedly. "You get House points on creativity and pain." She said innocently.
A Hufflepuff boy shyly put his hand up.
"Yes?"
"Does this have anything to do with your purple hair?"
Hermione glowered and the boy let out a small whimper.
She thought for a moment. "Who's got Potions next?"
Most of them put their hands up hesitantly, a mixture of the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs.
A small girl with a pair of large glasses perched on her cute button nose cleared her throat hesitantly, "Ah, Professor? It's actually an Advanced class for all four Houses."
"Excellent. Change of plan, this will no longer be a discussion time, instead this is going to be a 'Gryffindors versus Hufflepuffs' competition. Whoever thinks of the most ingenius way to give Professor Malfoy a 'big' welcome to his first Advance Potions gets a 100 points for their House. The losing team has to perform said spell. But don't worry; I'll take the fall for whoever does it. Just show those other Houses what we can do! You have fifteen minutes." As she said this, the room immediately lit up and people shuffled in their seats to group with the other members of their House. Soon excited whispering filled the room. Hermione wandered up to the Gryffindor group first. They had all huddled around the small girl who had spoken to Hermione before and she was furiously writing down all suggestions.
"Ablattero?"1
"Acalanthus!"2
"Ha Ha, that would be awesome! Imagine Professor Malfoy as a giant Canary!"
Two boys laughed and high-fived each other in amusement and another, bustier girl huffed and folded her arms.
"But I like the way Professor Malfoy looks now!"
'Hmm… Lavender re-encarnate,' Hermione mused.
The small girl continued to write down other spells and talked without looking up, "But that's the whole point of this exercise, Nina, to change what Professor Malfoy looks like or acts through anyway possible,' she paused, 'what do you think of 'Agitantus'3?"
There was general agreement and Hermione smiled, she never thought they would get this involved in an activity, but she supposed, its what every school kid has dreamed of doing at some point or other, and now that they were being offered a punishment free way of doing it…It didn't really matter which teacher it was.
She silently walked over to the Hufflepuff group and they were just as absorbed in the task as the Gryffindors, Hermione heard them talking about a couple of good hexes as well. She walked back to her table on the platform and sat on her table top, crossing her legs and leaning back casually.
"Okay, and that's - time! What have you got for me?"
After a few brief seconds of shoving and whispering, a delegate from each House came forward, the small girl that had written things don for Gryffindor and a tall, handsome boy from Hufflepuff.
"Anserrus," he stated in a loud, clear voice and Hermione smirked.
"Interesting, now, please define the spell and its wand movement."
"It causes the victim to honk like a goose whenever they try to speak and the wand movements are a simple circle than a line through." And he demonstrated, waving his wand in a neat circle, before drawing it through the middle, cutting it in half neatly.
"Good work, 5 points for definition and wand movements and 10 for originality. Mr…?"
"Fallows, Professor Granger."
"Thank you Fallows, now Miss…?"
"De La Garza."
"Alright Miss De La Garza, what has Gryffindor got for us?"
"Aures Radiculae"
"Definition and wand movement?"
"It causes radishes to fall out of the victim's ear and the wand movement is flick down, right, left, then up right and completely down." And she followed it with smooth, practiced swishes of her wand.
Hermione nodded, "10 points for definition and wand movements, 5 for originality. You can go back to your seats now, Mr. Fallows and Miss De La Garza." The two walked swiftly back to join their Housemates and Hermione smiled. "Okay, I can tell you're all holding out on me here in regards to spell usage, but I can understand your hesitation. Today, Hufflepuff wins,' the Hufflepuffs cheered as the Gryffindors groaned, 'So Gryffindor, choose your caster, and maybe next time you'll win. 100 points to Hufflepuff."
The students all looked hopeful as Hermione grinned, "We have a couple of minutes left of class, anything you want to discuss?"
The same boy tentatively put his hand up again and Hermione sighed.
"Okay, yes, this may be some sort of revenge on Mal- Professor Malfoy for turning my hair purple."
The group sniggered, and the girl who reminded her of Lavender put her hand up as well.
"Uh, Professor, you know this Marriage Law?" the class fell silent and Hermione felt her face harden.
"Yes, what about it?" Suddenly Hermione's hackles were up, and it had nothing to do with the proceeding question.
"Do you know if Professor Malfoy is-"
Hermione spun around, shouting a quick stunning and disillusion spell.
Her stunning spell missed, but the disillusion didn't and the class looked on in amazement as Hermione didn't even bother to see who her attacker was as he rolled away from her spells, she casted a quick 'Protego' over her students and a disarming and another stunner at him. Both spells got him before he could react.
Wand raised, Hermione stalked towards the bound wizard on the floor, she sighed in relief and lowered her wand. With a flick of her wrist, the protective shield over her students disappeared, as did the binding spell on her captive.
"Malfoy? What in Merlin's name? Why were you sneaking around my classroom? And invisible?"
He grinned sheepishly and felt his jaw as he got up. "I was wondering where my Advanced Potions class was and I got here just in time to hear the start of a very interesting conversation. And I might've wanted to hear what you came up with…"
The classroom, which had been up to then chatting in excitement, suddenly became quiet and the group paled, sure that they had been caught even before they could 'do the deed'.
Malfoy smiled sexily in the direction of the students, his hair sweeping across his face and Hermione eyed him warily, her whole body tensed.
A couple of the girls, mainly Nina and her small group of friends, swooned and giggled.
"I believe they were going to ask you about the Marriage Law and my status-"
"Piss off, Malfoy, you get them when you get them, they'll be there shortly." Hermione growled as she all but shoved him out of the doorway and he grinned back cheekily at her students, "Not too long, Granger!"
The tension left Hermione, in a large woosh, as she sighed.
"Okay, until next time everyone, Professor Malfoy awaits,' Hermione smiled as she walked back onto the platform, 'Good Luck with your homework!"
Her students filed out of her room, nodding and whispering exuberantly, clearly excited at the showdown that had just happened, many shooting her awed expressions.
1 Ablattero ah-BLAH-terr-oh Causes the victim to babble incoherently and incessantly.
2 Acalanthus ahk-ah-LAN-thus Temporarily transfigures an object into a giant canary.
3 Agitantus agg-ih-TAN-tus Causes a person to feel as if they are being constantly followed.