That night, Harry began to write his latter to Sirius, hoping he could find some answers.
Dear Sirius,
We have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He goes by the name of Allen Walker. He's only 15 and has white hair! But that's not the weirdest part. He can do magic without a wand! Not to mention the strange scar down his face, it kinda makes mine seem like a paper cut. Also, it seems the Ministry has sent some one to "look over" Hogwarts this year. It's all really suspicious.
Anyway, how are you doing? Are you in any trouble? I'm just worried about you. I hope I can see you again.
Sincerely,
Harry Potter
"Alright, that seems decent enough." Harry looked over the letter one last time. Ron came over to see what he was doing.
"You writing to Sirius?"
"Yeah, I wonder if he knows anything about the new teacher. I heard he disappeared right after our class and then showed up kinda late."
Ron thought about it for a minute, then he changed the subject. "Hey, do you know where Fred and George went?"
"I saw them sneak out a while ago, after dinner. Probably off to do their first prank of the year."
They both sighed. "When will they ever grow up?"
"Hey Malfoy, what do you think about the new teacher?" Pansy asked. They were hanging around the Slytherin common room with not much to do.
"I say he won't last a month. Plus he's a show off." Malfoy sounded kind of irritated. "Obviously, this must be one of Dumbledore's plans. Wait until my father hears about this!"
"There's something up with him. Have you ever heard of a Wizard who can do those kinds of spells without a wand." Goyle said.
"I don't think he has one." Crabbe added.
'What's Dumbledore planning?' Whatever was going on, Malfoy was going to find out.
"So, Komui, can you tell me something?" Lavi cornered Komui in his office.
"What do you want Lavi? I already told you that I will not tell you anything about Allen's mission. End of story."
"Oh, that's not what I wanted. I already figured out that he's assigned to protect some school. No, I was just wondering, when did Allen learn magic?"
Komui was kinda surprised by this. Then again, he was talking to the future Bookman here! "It seems Allen had picked it up from Cross. How is he doing by the way?"
"Allen? He's fine." Lavi paused, "What do you think is going on with that school anyway?"
"I don't know, that's why Allen is there to find out. Let's wait for the his next few reports to see what our next move should be."
"Alright then, I;m going to do some research. Night Komui." Lavi left the room.
"Now that doesn't sound like Lavi... oh well... I should catch up on some sleep then..." Komui created a pillow from the scattered papers on his desk. Reever was going to be so mad at him, but the extra sleep was worth it.
That morning, Allen got up as usual and got ready for the day. It wasn't until he looked in the mirror when noticed that something was wrong.
Was... his hair... BLUE!?
Harry was waiting for Ron to hurry up and get downstairs when he saw Fred and George enter the Common room, laughing and hove-fiving each other.
"Why are you two so happy?" Harry watch them glance at each other.
"Oh, you'll see." Fred snickered.
"Yeah, and just to be clear, we didn't do anything." George winked and the two almost toppled over Ron as they went upstairs.
"What's with them?"
"I doubt it's anything good."
Today's class was a solo Gryffindor class, that meant not having to deal with Slytherin today, thank goodness for that!
"Hey, where's the teacher?" Lavender did a quick 360 to make sure she just didn't notice him. "He couldn't have quit after the first day, could he?"
"Maybe teaching was too much for him?" One of the other kids suggested. The doors to the classroom opened up. The class took their seats as Professor Walker and Madame Umbridge walked in. Walker had his usual smile on his face but Umbridge didn't seem too pleased. Then Harry realized what Fred and George were talking about. The Professor's hair was a light-ish blue, like he spent hours trying to wash the dye out.
Ron jumped in his seat a little when Allen placed his hand on Ron's shoulder. "Your Ron Weasely, correct?"
Ron was pretty sure this wasn't anything good. "Um... yes?"
"Could you please inform your brothers, Fred and George, that they should be worried about the next time they step into my classroom, Alright?"
"Yes sir." He gulped, not knowing what the teacher had planned for those two idiots.
"Great!" Allen clapped his hands, "Now let's start today's lesson." Harry saw that new words were written on the chalkboard.
Course Aims:
1. Understanding the principles underlying defensive magic.
2. Learning to recognize situations in which defensive magic can be legally used.
3. Placing the use of defense magic i a context for practical use.
"But before we begin, I'd like to say that Madame Umbridge will by watching over this class, as well as others to come, since it is her duty while she is staying at Hogwarts. Now, we will start our first lesson on the theory of counter-jinxes, and which are appropriate for which situation. This is on chapter four, we will read all the way through." Everyone opened their books and began reading. It was very... dull.
Harry looked around the room, he noticed that Hermione wasn't reading at all. Which, by the way, never happens. After sitting there for a while, she raised her hand. "Yes, Miss Granger? Are you having trouble with anything about the chapter?"
"No, it's about the course aims. There nothing written relating to when we actually get to use defensive spells."
There was a short silence, the whole class was waiting for the teacher's answer. Professor Walker was about to answer when he was cut off by Umbridge. "Using defense spells?" She repeated, laughing a bit. "I can't imagine any situation here in the classroom that would require you to actually use defense spells."
"Wait, so were not going to use any defense spells?" Ron asked.
"Heavens no. There is no need to. As long as you studied the theory long enough, there is no reason why you should not be able to perform the spells under carefully controlled examination conditions." Umbridge still tried to keep her smile on her face which just annoyed everyone even more.
"So were supposed to take the exam without ever practicing the spells before?" Another one of the students asked.
"I repeat, as long as you have studied the theory hard enough-"
Harry stood up from his seat. "And what good's theory going to be in the real world? Are you telling me that the whole is just rainbows and unicorns?" Allen snickered at this but Umbridge didn't seem to notice.
"This is a school, Mr. potter. Not the real world." She said softly, trying to stay calm. The word here is trying.
"But aren't we supposed to be prepared for what's out there."
"And what would be out there?" Umbridge has had enough of this. 'Oh I don't know, I can think of three things...' Allen thought. 'Akuma, The Noah. and The Millennium Earl.'
"Hmm, let's think about this..." Harry mocked a thoughtful voice, "Maybe, oh, I don't know, Lord Voldemort!" There were several gasps around the room. It sure had stunned Umbridge. Allen was trying to remember who Voldemort was... a really bad wizard maybe? He decided to action now before this got any worse.
"Now class, let's settle down." Professor Walker gestured Harry to sit down. "I'm here to teach what the Ministry approves of so there will be no further arguing. Mr. Potter, will you see me after class?" He gulped, but by the look in the teacher's eyes, he didn't seem that worried.
"Seems like he is just another one of the ministry's people, and I was beginning to think he was ok..." Ron complained under his breath.
Madame Umbridge seemed to be satisfied by Allen's performance. When class was over, he waited before everyone had left before talking with Harry. "First off, let me start by saying that your not int trouble." He began. "If I didn't do anything soon, I probably would have lost my job." He sympathized Harry, based on what Allen saw, she was just the female version of Leverrier. "You know, it was Professor Dumbledore who got me this job in the first place."
"So you know Professor Dumbledore?"
"I guess you could say that. Oh, look at the time, you should hurry or you'll be late for class." Just before Harry could ask him anything else, he was practically shoved out the door.
Bonus Story: Fred and George's Detention
To make a long story short, Fred and George were given detention for their...unneeded prank.
"Do we really have to sit here for two hours!?" George complained.
"Yeah, were just innocent, confused kids. We didn't know any better." Fred added. Let's face the facts, this was going to be a long night.
"Well, do innocent kids change their professor's shampoo with blue hair dye?" Allen was not going to let this slide, if Lavi or Kanda or well, anyone at the Black Order saw his hair like this, they would never let it go.
"no..."
"But, I agree. Two hours does seem like a long time. How about we make a deal." Allen's aura started turning darker...
"What kind of deal?" The twins asked, intrigued.
"Let's play a game of poker. We'll be betting if you get to leave or not. If either of you win, you can leave, if you lose, you play another round. This will repeat until detention is over or you two win a round. Sound fair?"
Fred and George nodded in agreement. The only thing they didn't account for was two things.
1) Allen's Poker Skills
2) Black Allen making an appearance.
-Two hours later-
"Royal Flush" Allen showed his card to prove he's telling the truth.
"You're Cheating!" The twins couldn't believe that they kept winning, even with the bewitched deck the two charmed, you know, the kind that make sure you always win. How did the Professor do it?
"But I'm only and innocent, confused kid. I don't know any better." Allen shrugged. "Hey, look at that, detention is over. See you two tomorrow.
For some reason, the two figured out that Walker must have planned this all out. Maybe he wasn't so bad... but he is a cheater.
"So, where have the two of you been?" Ron asked, confronting them as the two finally returned to the Gryffindor common room.
The two grinned like they were off having fun. "Oh, you know..." Fred started and was finished by George "...playing poker with professor Walker."
"Just ignore them and focus on your homework." Hermione sighed and kept reading her book. Ron was still wondering what hey had meant.
I was able to add in dialogue from the actual book... I feel so proud of myself.
