Chapter eight: Defence Against the Dark Arts again
Albus wakes up Scorpius, and together they walk towards their dormitories.
"Albus you really scared me. I thought... I thougt..."
But Albus cuts off Scorpius' words by pulling him and hugging him hardly.
"Do not worry I am okay. What about you?"
" Now I am feeling better" A shy smile spreads over his face.
"Once again I have to tell a lot of things and it is nothing good. Please promise me it will stay with you."
"Now I am really starting to get worried."
After Scorpius is told everything, they are silent. Staring at each others faces that are full misery and confusion they do not know what to say.
"So you are telling me now that you assume that the Dark Lord is about to rise again?"
"Yes" Albus agrees with a kind of determination.
"Because that is a big thing to assume."
"It is the most logical answer that explains what happens to me. These are warnings."
"Albus did you think about why you are the one having these dreams."
"I dunno but I will find out soon. Everything clears with time"
Albus went to his bed knowing that he won't sleep and knowing that he will see the ghost of Lord Voldemort.
To his very great annoyance he has got Defence Against Arts again taught by his most favorite Professor of the school. The classroom door opened and Professor Lusieur stepped into the corridor, her sallow framed as ever by two curtains of greasy black hair. Silence fell over the queue immediately.
"Shall I give you an invitation to enter or will a damn 'Enter you disapointing bunch' do?"
Albus looked around as they entered. Professor Lusieurs had imposed her personality upon the room already. Nobody spoke as they entered.
"I have not asked you to take out your books!" She grifts out closing the door ad moving to face the class from behind her desk.
" Just for you to remind you, when I am talking then you are to shut your mouth. I want your fullest attention."
Her black eyes moved over their faces, lingering a second longer on Albus' than anyone else'.
"You were not taught this subject before as I know, except of the last disastrous lesson-"
She mentions the last spell casting on which he got possesed.
" and everyone has his own priorities"
Lusieur getts off around the edge of the room speaking a little louder.
"The Dark Arts are many varried, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many headed monster, which each time becomes cleverer and even fiercer. You are fighting that which is unfixed mutating and living."
Albus stared at her. It was surely one thing to respect The Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them as she was doing with a loving careness in her voice.
"Your defences" she said lowering her voice, "must therefore be as flexible as the Arts you seek to undo."
Amilia raised her hand for a question.
"Professor Lusieurs I have question. Has Voldemort used Inferi in the Battle of Howarts." she said in a high pitched voice.
"Whether the Dark Lord used Inferi. He loved them the most. these have been his favorite."
She sets off again around the other side of the room, walking with her robes billowing bhing her.
"Now undoubtedly I belive that you are as stupid to enter rooms as you are to defend yourselves for Dark Arts."
Many sighs coming out of the people from the corner.
"Prove me wrong what are non-verbal spells, and why shall we prefer them?"
Amilia's hand shot in the air. Professor Lusieur looked around at the class to make sure she has no choice but to take-.
"- Very well Amilia"
"Your adversary has no warning about what kind of magic your about preform, which gives you a split second advantage."
"An answer copied almost word for word from 'The standard Book of Spells, grade 6'" She said dismissively "But corrcet in essentials. Yes those who progress using magic without shouting incantations gain an element of surprise in their spell casting. Not all wizards are capbale to do this. Of course it is a question of stupidity and foolishness."
Albus knew she intended the disastrous live experiment of the Imperius Curse of the previous lesson.
"You will now divide-" she went on
"-into Pairs. One partner will attempt to jinx the other without speaking. The other will attempt to repel the jinx in equal silence."
Typically, ten minutes into the lesson Amilia managed to repel Juliets muttered Jelly-Legs curse without saying a word, a feat that should have earned her twenty points from any reasonate teacher, thought Albus bitterly.
Lusieur swept between them as they practised, looking just as much like an overgrown bat as ever, lingering to watch Albus and Scorpius who fail with task. Scorpius who was supposed to jinx Albus, was purple in his face, his lips tightly compressed to save himself from muttering the incantion.
"Pathetic Malfoy," said Lusieurs after a while.
"Here let me show you"
She turned her wand towards Albus and he teacte instinctively fast.
"Protego!"
His shield charm was so strong Professor Lusieur was knocked of balance and hit a desk. The whole class had looked round and now watched at them both.
"Do you remember me telling you we are practising non-verbal spells, damn Potter!"
"Yes" said Albus.
"Yes Professor," corrected Lusieur
"There is no need to call me Professor Sir."
Albus said sarcastically. The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying. Sevral people gasped, including Scorpius and Amilia.
"Detention, Saturday Night, my office. I do not take cheeks from anyone even if your father was the chosen one, ah I almost forgott 80 points for provoke me, 20 for not obeying my comands. Good day to you."
"You shouldn't have done that," said Scorpius once they were safely on their way to the Great Hall.
"You really shouldn't have done that."
The boys turn around and surprisingly they see a girl it is Amilia. Scorpius however is pleased.
"Hello Amilia" he attempts to smile but he realises that he made eitt weirder.
"What made you?" she went on.
"She was about to jinx me forr the case you did not realise", Albus fumed "I had enough of that during our last lesson. I was under her controll."
Apparently he was neither at her nor at his controll...