Demigod Teacher
Percy's P.O.V (October)
The 5th Years were firing spells at each other once more, This time I was getting them to cast the Stupefy Jink on eachother. I had also chosen to finally switch up the partners so that Mr Potter and Mr Malfoy were paired together and Miss Granger and Miss Davis were paired together. Miss Greengrass ended up being paired with young Mr Longbottom which was the pair I was watching right now.
Miss Greengrass was firing the spell perfectly, every attack landing exactly where she wanted it to. Mr Longbottom on the other hand was having a much more difficult time. Only one of his spells ended up hitting Miss Greengrass and it ended up being quite weak. This was even stranger when you took in the fact that his body had drastically improved over the past month. I had been training the students with his rounding figure now starting to disappear properly and be replaced with a thinner man who was keeping up with Miss Granger now while running.
Facing him as he missed another attack I could hear Miss Greengrass groan in frustration as she said "I don't understand it! He's doing everything correctly yet it's still not working! What in the name of Jup...merlin is he doing" Careful Miss greengrass, you almost slipped up there. Moving over to Mr Longbottom once more I said "Hm. Neville, try aiming the wand to the left slightly" He did as I asked and he then said "stupefy" a Red bolt shot out but veered hard right and knocked into Mr Weasley.
Running my hand through my hair said "Well, you got the strength there but the aim was completely off. Okay I think I have a theory about what is going on. Mr Longbottom can you stay back at the end of class please?" He nodded sadly and I wanted to tell him that he wasn't in trouble or anything.
The rest of the class was doing moderately well or so I thought until Mr Weasley got up angry and said "Stupefy!" His attack was so wild that it bounced around the room somehow and ended up hitting Mr Potter in the back much to Mr Malfoy's shock who was just about to cast the spell himself. Sighing I said "Alright class that's enough for today. We will be continuing to work on this next week because it seems certain members of the Class need more practice with the spell. I would also like you to write me a 4 page essay on the spell."
Everyone in the class groaned even Miss Granger at the fact. A Small smile escaped onto my lips. Looking around everyone I asked "SO has everyone ordered the books that I've asked them to buy?" Most people nodded and I said "Good, then they arrive and start reading them. It will help[ you understand what we are doing in this class a lot better."
Then Turning to face the three known demigods in the room I said "Mr Malfoy, Miss Greengrass, Miss Davis. Please wait just outside of my classroom, I want to have a word with you 3." The three of them nodded and I then said "Dismissed" All of my students bar Mr Longbottom of the classroom left and Mr Malfoy closed the door for me.
Walking over to my desk I snapped my fingers and said to the Young man "So I think I know why your magic doesn't work Mr Longbottom. Can I ask you, ``Is that wand your's?" He looked at his wand curiously and said "Well It is, but it was originally my fathers" Ah Suspicion confirmed.
Smiling slightly I said "That would explain it. Do you know what a wand does; Mr Longbottom?" He said quietly "It allows us to cast magic" I waved my hand about and said "Sort of correct. Wands are just pieces of wood that allow us to channel our magic out. I don't really require any wand because my magic is attuned" Or more so I was just manipulating the mist "But most Wizards and WItches require their own specific wand to help them channel their magic"
He nodded and said "And what's this to do with my wand?" Walking up to him I placed my hand on his Shoulder and said "Exactly what I said at the end Specific wand. The Wand chooses the Wizard Mr Longbottom. Your wand sort of works but it's attuned to your dad's magic not yours and because you didn't win the wand in a duel against your dad it doesn't see you as its owner."
He gulped and said "What are you saying Professor?" Bending my knees slightly so I was at eye level I said "WHat I'm saying is you need your own wand. I can go and take you to buy one this Saturday if you're not busy with other classes?" He shook his head and said "Erm that would be great...thank you sir." I smiled and said "No problem Mr Longbottom. I want to see all my students succeed. Talking about that, Mr Potter. Has he always been that thin?"
Mr Longbottom rubbed the back of his neck and said "Erm yeah, as long as I've known him he had. He's never really talked about his home life to me, he only mentions it to Hermione but I do wonder sometimes if something is going on. Why do you ask?" Shaking my head My gray streak swung down and I said "Have you seen yourself and others in the mirror? All of you have drastically got healthier but he's the same shape still. RIght I will have a look into this. Thank your Mr Longbottom."
He left the classroom that now had all of its seats back and the Trio who I had asked to stay behind were there just as the bell rang across the school. Hmmm His home life...Why hadn't I considered that before...especially with...ugh Gabe...yuck I need to go for a swim now.
Mr Malfoy came up to me and asked "Erm Professor why do you need to talk to us?" SMiling I said "DOn't worry, none of you are in trouble. First of All i'm pleased with your Training, you guys have seriously impressed me this past Saturday night. But I'm actually amping up your training even more. Tonight you will be joining myself, Mr Potter and Miss Granger on how to protect your minds. This is a vital Skill for all Demigods to have and I know you all learn how to get to the cross station now but this will help with others. You will come here right after dinner, is that understood?"
The Three of them nodded and I said "Good not Mr Malfoy, what can you tell me about the way Mr Potter acts body language wise?" Mr Malfoy looked awkward and said "He doesn't hold himself very well Professor, he seems like he backs away from things unless he's defending his friends...honestly I think he doesn't have a good time with his Mortal family members." Nodding I said "YOu would be able to tell because of your step-Father I assume?" Mr Malfoy nodded and I said "Right, Don't worry I know what it's like. All 3 of you are dismissed, see you in a few hours" They nodded and left the classroom. Man why didn't I ever consider that Mr POtter could potentially be abused.
Making my way back to the living Quarters I found Annabeth already sitting down with a book in hand eating a slice of pizza. SHe looked up at me and said "Hey Seaweed Brain. Got some Pizza while I was out in the mortal world." Walking over to her I kissed her cheek and said "Thanks WIse Girl." grabbing a slice for myself.
Sitting on the couch we had I looked at her book and noticed she was reading up on the Wildlife surrounding the Castle….It had a giant Squid on the front of it in the lake. Wait that's where I remembered Mr Potter from. My facial Expression must have been hilarious as Annabeth burst out laughing saying "What is Zeus's Name did you just realise Percy? You didn't even have that reaction to Nico revealing his crush on you!"
Grinning I said "Well I know what memory I'm going to be leaving out for the Golden Duo tonight" SHe raised her eyebrow and said "What?", Grabbing another slice of Pizza I said "Remember how I saved that Mortal Family on the day Hecate appeared before us?"
Harry's P.O.V (later that evening)
Hermioen and I walked along the corridors towards Professor Jackson's class. RUbbing My shoulder I said "Ron didn't even apologize for hitting me, I can deal with some of the stuff he does but that's just plain rude." Hermione raised her eyebrow like what about all the times he hurt or insulted me and never apologized. I gave her a sheepish smile and said "Oh yeah, sorry…". SHe smirked at me and said "He really has no manners at all."
From the opposite side of the hall gave a woman's voice "Who Weasley? I've seen cycopses with more Manners than him" Malfoy then chuckled and said "Now that's just being disrespectful to the Cyclops's now Tracey" Both Girls laughed as they got closer to us.
The two of us had stopped because we had arrived at professor Jackson's door. Glaring at Malfoy I asked "What are you doing here Malfoy" Malfoy ran a hand through his hair before saying "Well we were invited by Professor Jackson." Rolling my eyes I thought Likely story.
Then from inside the classroom rang Professor Jackson's voice "Will you 5 just get yourselves in here instead of starting a fight?" Glaring at Malfoy who justy rolled his eyes I said "Snakes first" Malfoy signed and entered the classroom holding the door open for Greengrass and Davis. Then I put my forward to let Hermione go through and she went through with Malfoy surprisingly still holding the door. Then I went to enter the classroom and the door swing shut hitting me right in the face. Thankfully my galsses weren't broken this time but pushing it open I grumbled "Stupid Sytherin's".
Professor Jackson Sat against his desk and there were now five mats on the ground in front of his desk instead of just two. Professor Jackson had a smile on his face and he said "Good evening everyone. As you will have noticed, Mr Potter and Miss Granger; Mr Malfoy, Miss Greengrass and Miss Davis will be joining us from now on. But before that we need to discuss something".
Raising my eyebrow I asked "Erm what is it Professor?" He looked at me and his smile turned grim "This saturday I'm taking Mr Longbottom to Diagon Alley to get a new wand however I've been a bit worried about your health Mr Potter. Despite being one the schools Quidditch players for 4 years and having done my exercises for the past month, you have still to yet gain any proper weight or Muscle… That worries me. So I have booked a Dr.s appointment with my doctor for you this Saturday when I'm out in the muggle world anyway."
Wait?! a Doctor's Appointment?! He carried on "However because I'm dealing with Mr Longbottom, Miss Granger, Mr Malfoy, Miss Greengrass and Miss Davis will be going to. Miss Greengrass will be with me dealing with Mr Longbottom while the others will be going into the Muggle world with you." Wait, Malfoy and Davis in the muggle world?!
Facing Malfoy I saw his face glowing as if he was excited and Greengrass punching him in the arm as he gave her what looked to be puppy dog eyes. Looking back at Professor Jackson I said "You will probably need Miss Granger to act as a guide around muggle London while you will need either Mr Malfoy or Miss Davis there to actually get you in. The other one of them is there to fill in numbers so 3 teens aren't walking around London without numbers to back them up." The way his voice got more serious when he said that last part worried me. What did he mean by that?!
MAlfoy and Davis looke between themselves while Malfoy also placed his hand on his ring again….what was going on. Professor Jaclson coughed and said "So Before anything I'm just going to quickly clear it with the Headmaster before we start our lesson. Okay? Good." Before walking out of the classroom. Behind him was the memory thing again. What was going on with Professor Jackson.
Malfoy turned to Greengrass and said "Can you please contact Katie so I can see her?" Putting his hands together like he was praying, he then gave her soft eyes and she sighed and said "FIne I will message my sister tonight to ask her to be there." He jumped up into the air and said "Yes!" Making Greengrass and Davis chuckle.
Facing Hermione I saw her already giving me a disapproving stare and with just Don't you in the name of merlin dare! Shooting her I don't really care look I started to make my way over to the Item which contained the memories which I think Hermione had called a Penisive. Just as I reached the Pensive, Malfoy said "POtter, what do you think you're doing?!"
Looking back at him and staring him right in his blue/gray eyes? I said "Figuring out Professor Jackson really is and making sure he isn't a death Eater lie your father or the fake Moody" MAlfoy and Greengrass both rolled their eyes and said in almost perfect unison "Our Step-Fathers maybe death Eaters yes but Professor Jackson isn't one" Wait did they actually admit their dad were Death Eaters?
SHrugging my shoulders I asked "WHy are you defending Professor Jackson so Much Malfoy...I mean he's a Half-Blood just like me apparently so surely you must hate him. Now I'm going to find out about him" Hermione had gotten next to me and had her head down in defeat, unable to fathom as to why she was going ahead with this.
Looking at her I nodded and the two of us pushed our heads into the pensive as Malfoy yelled "For Gods sake Potter Don't do it! Damn…"
Hermione's P.O.V
Plunging into the Penisive once more was certainly not fun. Just like last time the moment my head hit the water like substance it started to run downward just as I fell almost like Ink falling down to the bottom of a giant well. In patches of this well the ink would expand to show larger scenes such as a Boy and Girl my age kissing on a bench on a beach. Was that Professor Jackson and his wife?
Above me there was another splash, someone else sticking their heads into the Pensieve? The Ink started to settle into a city and as we continued to fall it created more and more of the city's surroundings. Harry was eyes wide open almost silently screaming as we fell before colliding with the concrete ground. Ouch that hurt a hell of a lot more than last time.
Picking myself off the ground I noticed that we seemed to be back in New york. Was this where Professor Jackson grew up? Harry started to stand up when all of a sudden he crashed to the ground as someone else landed on him making both of them groan. Looking down I noticed it was Malfoy who picked himself off the ground and said "Thanks for the soft landing Potter."
As Harry groaned "Get the hell of me Malfoy" Only to receive a light kick to the knee as Malfoy said "I'm off you Potter now get your arse up" Harry picked himself up again as Mafloy said "So we are in Manhattan….I would say maybe this summer by the Billboards and how everything looks." Bothmyself and Harry stared at him and he went "What?!"
Speaking up I said "How the hell do you know where we are?" He stared at me and said "1. The Professor is from the States. 2. I spend most Holidays away from Hogwarts in the States. 3. I was in Manhattan this summer anyway." Harry raised his eyebrow and asked "In muggle Manhattan" Only to be met by a "Yes!"
Then from behind us there was clicking noise and a slight humming and all of us turned around to face them. Standing there trying to close the door to a place was Professor Jackson. He was humming a tune angrily as the blue door seemed to refuse to close properly.
Then with a click it locked closed and Professor Jackson let out a sigh...why didn't he just use magic? There were no muggles around. Professor JAckson started humming a tune again and made his way along the sidelock as he tried to get his keys out of his bag. He was making his way over to a dark blue pickup truck when his head looked up and he looked towards an Ally. What had he heard?
He placed his keys back into his bag and slowly started to approach the Alley way when suddenly Harry's face lit up and he said "I know when we are! This was when I was in America with the Dursley's in August!" Walking around the corner as Professor Jackson approached we saw an all too familiar family back against the wall surrounded by three people, all with knives.
Malfoy turned to face Harry and said "You were mugged by bloody muggles. Potter you're a wizard you could have done something" Harry seemed pretty embarrassed at the fact. As Professor Jackson got closer what the Thugs were saying was becoming clearer "Give us all your money and nobody will get hurt" By the sound of his voice, he was used to doing things like this.
The face Professor Jacksonw as the same face that HArry made in when he was trying to fight the urge to help someone. Just like Harry, Professor Jackson gained a small smirk on his face which got larger as he said ""The only person who will get hurt here is the three of you if you don't get out of here" They turned to face Professor Jackson and the one who seemed to be the leader said "Get out of here kid, this doesn't involve you. And don't make threats against people larger than you."
Professor Jackson didn't seem at all phased by the thug and started to clench his fist, the smirk on his face even larger. NExt to us Malfoy said in another language "Sanctus Iovem ut vere adepto videre agendo!" WHich made myself and Harry look at him. His face flushed red and said "Sorry, went into Latin there" Malfoy knew Latin?!"
Harry then said "It will be interesting to see what he actually did. It was all a blur before" Professor JAckson started running forward before jumping and kicking off a wall and bouncing himself into one of the Thugs with a knee to the Thugs stomach and one his elbows into the man's right man was out cold by the time he landed on the ground in pain.
The sun in the sky reelected off Professor Jackson's Hair and the two other thugs just stood there in shock before one yelled "You Bastard!" the man charged at Professor JAckson with his knife ready to slash at him. Professor Jackson dodged out of the way of him by moving his body to the left, placed his foot in front of the man's and then grabbed the man's hand which held the knife and made the man go flying into the brick wall behind him. A DIsgusting crack coming from it as the Man's nose broke.
The final Thug grabbed the original thugs knife which had skidded across when Professor Jackson hit him a few moments before and threw it at Professor Jackson. Professor Jackson didn't seem concerned as he moved his head slightly making the blade shoot past his ear. Professor Jackon then proceeded to beat the hell out of the Thug when there was suddenly a loud growl and a beast appeared.
The Beast looked like a tiger but it was very skeletal like with long white fans. Malfoy whispered "Was this here in the memory Potter or is it brand new" Harry whispered "Never seen it before." MAlfoy cursed as his hand went to his ring and said "Great we are in for a fight then" twisting his ring a bronze sword appeared in his hands as he stepped in front of ys and said "Get back!" His sword raised to attack the beast.
