It was one of her old excuses--going to the library for an assignment. None of the girls even batted an eyelash when she told them and continued on with their chatting and make up charms, not even noticing that the library would be closed soon and she'd finished her homework earlier ( Read more... )

The first week of teaching had gone by smoothly, once the students got it in their heads that Blaise and Daphne weren't Slughorn and were a bit more strict than he had been. They hadn't made anyone above the age of 12 cry, but some of the first and second years started to shake when they saw the Slytherin potions professors ( Read more... )

He was almost nervous. Almost. It was the first class that he and Daphne would be teaching, and to make it much worse, it was seventh year Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Blaise had a very strong hunch that McGonagall had done that just to punish them for their bantering the night before. At least she hadn't implemented the dreaded swear jar. He would ( Read more... )

Daphne Greengrass was excited. She would never admit such a thing, but she felt like a changed person. She was standing with the other professors of Hogwarts awaiting the arrival of the students. She was dressed in brand new green and black robes that Astoria had gotten for her - robes Astoria refused to take no for an answer for. They were very ( Read more... )

Kristen had already hugged her brother and sisters. Hannah then hugged each of them, even Mina ( Read more... )