(A/N): Hey Guys! So, I wrote most of this at school today, during my free time. My mother bought me the Hunger Games four disc set (YAY!), and I get Hungry Jack's for tea because it's really cold and no one can be bothered cooking. Also, I cooked stirfry today in Home Ec.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Elaine, Leo, Nicholai, Quiggly, Shari and Maloney.

Leo

The next morning, we started our first day of lessons. Exciting, right? Not really. We had potions first up, and Slughorn made us write down a few Potions, boring the living hell out of us. Next, we had Charms, where we revised the spells we had learned last year. It wasn't until we reached Defence Against the Dark Arts, that things got interesting.

"Good morning class." A tall, bald man hissed sweetly in greeting as we entered the classroom.

"What happened to Professor Swan?" I whispered to Lily, who raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't hear? She had a meltdown at the end of last year and quit." She explained, and I turned my attention back to the new professor.

"I'm Professor Maloney, and it is a great pleasure to teach you all." I rolled my eyes. Obviously he'd never heard of the marauders.

"More like Professor Baloney." I said under my breath, and Lily glared at me. What was that about?

"I look forward to teaching you all you need to know about defending yourselves from the Dark Arts this year, but first, let's go around the room, introducing ourselves." I stared at him, trying to figure out I found him so…repulsive. Usually, with any person, there's a part of me that wants to feed on them, but this guy….nothing.

"Is it just me….or is there something off about this guy?" Remus asked quietly, and the others glared and shushed him before turning their attention to Professor Maloney again.

"Something's very off about him." I replied quietly, so the others couldn't hear, but he would, and he turned to look at me.

For the rest of the lesson, the Professor blabbered on about how it was such an honour to teach us, and how great it was to be here, until it was time for our next lesson, Transfiguration.

"Well, at least we have Minnie next." Remus and Elaine raised an eyebrow at me. "McGonagall." I elaborated, and they furrowed their eyebrows before chuckling lightly.

"She's going to kill you if she hears that."

"If who hears what?" I recognised McGonagall's voice, and thought of a lie as we three students turned to face her.

"Lily. I was saying that James liked her, which he does, by the way." Professor McGonagall studied me for a second before nodding.

"Alright, into the classroom, all of you." We followed her inside and took our seats, and I made sure I sat to Remus, instead of Elaine or Lily like I usually did.

"So what do you think it is?" He jumped slightly, not having realised that I was sitting next to him, before answering.

"I don't know." I rolled my eyes.

"Very helpful." I muttered, crossing my arms before turning my attention to Professor McGonagall.

At the end of the lesson, as the others trailed out to relax now that the days lessons were over, Remus and I headed back to Professor McGonagall.

"Remus, Leo, aren't you coming?" Lily asked, sounding perplexed, and we shook our heads.

"We need to talk to Professor McGonagall for a second." Elaine stared at me for a second before nodding slightly.

"Okay, we'll see you later then." Remus and I glanced at each other before approaching Professor McGonagall's desk.

"Professor McGonagall, can we talk to you for a second?" I asked, and she blinked once before looking up.

"Leo, Remus, what are you still doing here?"

"Well….to talk to you." Remus stated, rather obviously, and she rolled her eyes at him.

"I knew that! Now, what did you want to talk to me about?" She asked, lacing her fingers together.

"The new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, ma'am." She stared at us for a second, and I feared she, like the others, couldn't see what was wrong.

"Ah yes, Professor Maloney. I thought you two might notice it, that there's something….off about him." Relief flooded through my system. "It's because of your….conditions. You're more highly aware of the people around you, and sometimes, like now, it isn't always obvious what your instincts are trying to tell you."

"So you've noticed it too?" Remus asked, looking somewhat pleased, and before she could reply, I realised something.

"If we noticed it because of our conditions, how did you notice it?" She turned her head slightly to stare at me, and Remus stared at her in return.

"I'm an Animagus." At this, Remus glanced at me, but I refused to look at him. It would only look suspicious, and I really don't want Professor McGonagall finding out what we're doing. Or, well, trying to do.

"So what do you think it is about Maloney that's got us all so worked up? And why do the others react so badly when we speak up on it?" She shook her head slightly, looking confused and curious.

"I don't quite know. It could be an imperfection in his aura, or simply we don't like him….though that wouldn't be too hard." I snorted quietly in amusement and rolled my eyes playfully.

"Maybe there is something off about him….something not right, I mean. Like he has ill intentions, maybe." Remus intoned, and we turned to look at him.

"Look, I'm not saying the guys evil but….he is a little suss. What house was he in?" McGonagall thought for a second.

"Slytherin." I snapped my fingers.

"Well that explains where I've seen him before!" The other two turned to stare at me now. "Ever since I saw him, I thought I recognised him, and I just realised where!" The others waited for me to continue expectantly, maybe even a little bit impatient.

"He was a friend of my mothers!"

(A/N): Professor Maloney is based on my ass of a maths teacher.

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