Wands and Broomsticks

[TheBestIdiot122]

Gabriel nodded slightly. He didn't know what to think of the murders. If it did have ties with the Death Eaters, he wouldn't have the slightest idea of where to look. Still, it probably should just be left alone, for now. He and Elizabeth continued walking towards the end the hall, since they weren't students, they would have to sit with the teachers. Gabriel didn't mind, since it would have probably been awkward sitting with kids almost 20 years younger then you. Finally reaching the stage, there was two spots for Gabriel, and Elizabeth. But, they were separated. One on each side of the stage. Gabriel just shrugged and sat in the empty seat to the right side, and immeditly noticed the food that appeared before him. Without wasting another moment, he dug in hungrily.

 

After about 30 minutes of the bustling mess hall, the whole hall was now filled with children of all ages, and classes. Minerva McGonagall got up from her seat, and slowly walked to the podium that was shimmering gold, with floating candles beside it. Gabriel set his food down, already knowing what she was about to say. Tapping her wand slightly on the podium, even though quiet, got all of the attention from the children. "Now, students, as you may have heard..." She started, pausing a moment, "About this Death Eater rumor... about how they have returned, with a new 'Dark Lord' on the rise," She added, and with this, the kids started with an uproar; mostly with questions. about the rumor itself, and other gibberish. Minerva McGonagall once again tapped on the podium to get there attention. "But, I do - if you've already noticed, two new attendances here today," She said, gesturing to Gabriel, and Elizabeth. "They both, have ties to the Ministry of Magic. They both, have answers to your questions," Minerva finished, and stepped off the podium, and waved Gabriel over to go stand. Gabriel sighed, but got up nonetheless. He didn't want to answer questions for something that is still wildly unknown. Though, he did possess more information then the teachers did, and so, he might as well share that information.

 

Standing at the podium now, he was immeditly bombarded with questions. Shaking his head, and raising his hand to quiet them down. "As Minerva has said, me, and Elizabeth-" Gabriel gestured to Elizabeth, "-Have ties to the Ministry of Magic. What I have seen, and heard from everyone... that these murders, are fakes. To scare the Ministry, to think that Death Eaters have returned. To this day, we have no hard evidence that the Death Eaters have returned." Gabriel said assuredly. He nodded to the students, and went back to his seat. With that, everyone returned to eating.

[mythicdawnmaster]

Elizabeth only ate a slight amount, she did not have a very large appetite, hence her thin frame. She looked at the other teachers, clearly they were uneasy around her... her family were ruthless at making money, money which she now held. Plus they were known to have a long history of insanity among the members of the family, so perhaps that made the other teachers uncomfortable. Or, perhaps they though she was like Umbridge, a ministry toad... Whichever it was, it didn't make eating with them easy.

 

She looked up as Minerva have her speech, and as Gabriel did... she thought she would go and check something with the headmaster, and got out of her chair, walking over slowly, her heels clicking on the ground, and she knelt over to whisper something to Minerva, which the old woman smiled at, and agreed.

 

Elizabeth made her way to the podium in, standing high, tall, her back rigid. She let off a spell to get all of the students attention, and they all froze, the talk mere whispers, looking at her. "Hello Students... I am Elizabeth Leblanc, a new Defense against the Dark arts teacher. I would like to inform you all of a dueling club i am opening tomorrow, should any of you be interested. Just put your name down, and i shall welcome you to it. Thank you." She said, with a forced smile, returning to her seat, the uproar starting again.

[TheBestIdiot122]

Gabriel ate silently, not expecting Elizabeth to also get up and walk to the podium. He sat silently as she said that she was new Dark Arts teacher, and will be a new dueling club... wait, what? Dueling club? Gabriel shook his head, only Elizabeth would want that in that in Hogwarts. Still, it might get more experience to the students so they actually HAVE experience in this sort of thing. After eating his meal silently, he decided to go to bed for now. However, before he could, he got stopped by Minerva on his way out. "You have a private room now, but it's on the top floor. The room below the bell tower. Don't worry, the bell tower doesn't ring anymore," She said, with a slight smile. Gabriel nodded and headed off to his own room. He didn't know why it was such an odd place to actually place a room, but he didn't mind. He'd at least get a view from the neighboring mountains and the lake.

 

After arriving at his room, Gabriel decided to look around. To see, what he had in store of his new room. It was plain, nothing special of course. As he figured he'd style it himself. Being fully capable obviously. He did like the regular tone it set, and so, he kept it the way it was built. The window however, was a little bit too small, and with slight adjustments, the window was perfectly big. Plus, the sun set's in the window. Which made Gabriel smile and lay on his bed. Thinking about tomorrows events. Well, there aren't any events. Still, he could go see Elizabeth's new 'Dueling Club', to see how it goes.

[mythicdawnmaster]

That night, Elizabeth was given a room as well, it was an old and abandoned room, on the right wing of the castle, it was hardly furnished at all, with just a bed, and a desk. Elizabeth knew it would need a lot of adjustment, so she took out her wand, and got to work stylizing it to her taste. Once she was finished, it was lavishly decorated with ornate chairs and tables, all made out of black fine wood, with golden frames. Everything matched the black and gold theme, and it was lighted with a small chandelier.

 

After settling in, and making sure that everyone was asleep, she started the first part of her sabotage. She made her way silently out of hogwarts, and to the bridge that led into the dark forest, she slowly and silently began to whittle down the magical field hogwarts had taken to using, to keep it protected from any attack... once she had damaged that side of the field, she returned to her quarters, and rested for the night.

 

In the morning she was up early, she dressed into a rather expensive suit, the jacket and skirt made of black velvet, the only jewelry she had was a silver broach on the right side of her collar. She did her hair in it's usually large manner, curled and preened into it's state. She slipped on a pair of black heels, and made her way down to the hall she was using for the Dueling club. Once inside, she set up the large dueling strip, elevated from the ground, and with a wooden surface. She lit the room accordingly, and there were now posters and boards around, showing different forms of wand combat, most defensive. And she waited for the students to arrive...

[TheBestIdiot122]

Gabriel awoke quite early before the sun had arose. This was his normal wake up time, mostly due to the fact that he never could sleep in past 5:00, because he woke at this time to work the animals on his farm or get a head start on field work before the hot sun rose. Gabriel creaked his eyes open slightly, to the sight of the light pink and black mixture of colors in the sky, from his window. Smiling slightly, he slowly lifted his upper body to rest on his elbows, watching the slight show of the sun rise above the huge green mountains that covered Hogwarts. Gabriel sighed, and threw the blankets that gave him great warm and comfort, aside. Sliding his legs lazily off the bed, he rubbed the tiredness, and blurriness out of his eyes. Gabriel then clasped his hands together, interacting his fingers. Leaning forward, and lightly resting his forehead on his clasped hands. "Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem sempiternam." Gabriel chanted silently to himself. He did this every morning, to respect of all who died during his restful sleep.

 

After finally getting dressed and ready, Gabriel headed down from his room and to the room where Elizabeth was meant to have her 'Dueling Club'. Along the way, he wondered why Elizabeth was suddenly so open to teaching this sort of thing. From what he remembered, she hated people. Generally, which made Gabriel grin slightly. However, with the task at hand, he walked through the still, eerie, empty, and still halls of Hogwarts. Upon finally reaching Elizabeth's class, he took a deep breath and opened the door. Taking a step inside, he noticed that she already had the room prepped for dueling, and multiple posters on the wall to represent different fighting styles with wands. "Nice room you got here," Gabriel complimented, with a slight sarcastic tone.

[mythicdawnmaster]

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow and looked at Gabriel "Sarcasm dear? Please spare me... Teaching... i haven't done it in years." Elizabeth said with a smile "But i am a dueling expert after all, so i don't imagine this will be too hard to teach... care to join me in the demonstration once the students arrive?" Edited July 12, 2012 by mythicdawnmaster

[TheBestIdiot122]

Gabriel laughed slightly at her answer to his sarcasm. He continued to look around as Elizabeth continued to talk. Gabriel had never been to fond of dueling really, it was just something that he never grew onto in school. To bad that he didn't. Still, he figured it was for the best. Dueling usually got people hurt, and him being hurt in school was probably not the best thing. Gabriel turned as Elizabeth asked him to be in a demonstration for the students once they arrived. He's already been hit with one of the unforgivable curses, why not duel either. With a slight funny huff, and a smile, he nodded, "Why not," He simply answered.

[mythicdawnmaster]

Elizabeth smiled her usually slight smile and said "Good, because here come the hoard." She said, as the students began to enter the room, all gathering around the dueling platform. Elizabeth paced on the strip as the students arrived, her chalkboard crossing off names of people as they arrived, until the room was almost full of students. "Right, welcome to Dueling practice... with the current... events, it has been deemed best if you all learn how to properly use your spells if faced with an opponent, sure you could stick to the squabbles i have seen in the corridors, but that would simply get you killed by a dark wizard. You need some manner of discipline, of form in your movements, you must learn how to stand, how to block, counter... all of this will come in time. But i have here with me, Mr Gabriel, as i am sure you all know him already. He shall demonstrate to you a duel, with me." Elizabeth said, gesturing for Gabriel to get onto the dueling strip, at the opposite end to her.

[TheBestIdiot122]

Gabriel nodded towards Elizabeth, and waited for the room to fill up. It was quite astonishing, really. The whole room was literally filed, barley enough room for the whole class to stand comfortably. He somewhat expect this though, as because this was the first time the school had a Dueling club since in 15 years. He stood quietly as Elizabeth talked and explained what they were going to do. When she finally gestured him to step onto the dueling strip, he sighed slightly, as he knew this will not be fun. Gabriel walked over to the opposite side of the dueling strip, with wand in hand. "Now, know this. The duel is all really real. So, if you don't want to get hit from spells, I would subject you move back a few steps," Gabriel said seriously, and the students stepped back a few feet. "Ready?" He asked Elizabeth, as he readied himself for the duel.

[mythicdawnmaster]

Elizabeth smiled and said "It's yourself you should be asking Gabriel, I'm always ready." She said, getting into stance, she stood loosely, almost care free, her wand held lightly in her hand, and her arms relaxed... the formation she showed was only for those very talented in magic and dueling, otherwise a stance of more concentration was needed. She stood ready, waiting for Gabriel to make the first move.