The Enemy of my Enemy

The Detention with Umbridge

Warning: This chapter contains a flashback. Flashbacks will be in italics.

The second day of year five started like any other: Breakfast and then first lesson – Double Charms.

Today, Teddie was excited for her first lesson, she happened to excel in Charms, and found that this would've been her first chance to talking to Flitwick about a possibly taking on a teaching assistant for the next few years, already Mason had told her that being a Professor's TA would look good on any job applications in the future.

"Are you going to ask him after class?" Daphne asked, settling in beside Teddie on the charms bench. "Or during?"

"I don't know," said Teddie. "Maybe I should leave it until the weekend? I mean, we have double Transfiguration after that, I don't want to risk being late."

Daphne made a small murmur of agreement and then fell silent. First, Flitwick took the register, marking off each name as they answered, he them jumped straight into a speech that sounded like he had practiced over and over for years.

"You must remember," Flitwick squeaked. He was perched on his usual stack of books so that he could see over his desk, "is that these examinations may influence your futures for many years to come! If you have no already given serious thought to your careers, now is the time to do so. And in the meantime, I'm afraid, we shall be working harder than ever to ensure that you all do yourselves justice!"

Teddie grinned as Daphne nudged her. "What?" she laughed.

"Not all of us are perfect at Charms, you know," said Daphne, shaking her head.

"Yeah, but what you lack in Charms you make up for in Transfiguration," said Teddie. "That's why we're such a good team."

"What are we?" Blaise asked, leaning over.

Teddie turned to him. "You're great at History of Magic and Theo excels in Ancient Runes," she said, smiling at them both.

Both boys seemed satisfied with the answer and leaned back in their seats. Daphne and Teddie shared a look and smothered their giggles into their hands, as Flitwick continued the lesson.

"The Summoning Charm will most definitely come up in your O.W.L.s examination," Flitwick said. "So, we shall start off with practicing it this year. After me now..."

The double lesson ended with Flitwick giving them their largest amount of homework.

Double Transfigurations started off the same as Charms – McGonagall took the register and then proceeded to tell the class about their O.W.L examinations.

"You cannot pass an O.W.L, without serious application, practice, and study. I see no reason why everybody in this class should not achieve an O.W.L in Transfiguration if they put in the work. So, today, we are starting the Vanishing Spells. These are easier than Conjuring Spells, which you would not usually attempt until N.E.W.T. level, but they are still among the most difficult magic you will be tested on in your O.W.L."

Teddie blinked and glanced at Daphne. The blonde seemed to be hanging onto every word that McGonagall was talking about, but only she and Hermione seemed to understand any of it, and by the end of the lesson, they were the only two that had managed to vanish their snails completely, earning both Slytherin and Gryffindor ten House points each.

"I guess this gives me time to finish my homework for Snape," said Daphne, leading the way out of the Transfiguration classroom.

Her friends shot dirty looks at her back.

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After lunch was the first Care of Magical Creatures lesson that everyone had seemingly been anticipating. Even though it wasn't spoken about that much in the Slytherin common room, everyone, in every house, was curious as to where Hagrid had seemingly disappeared too.