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chapter four. ( undesired appearances )
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DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS RAPIDLY BECAME EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE CLASS. Hardly anyone had anything bad to say about it, except for Draco Malfoy and his gang of irritating Slytherins, of course.
"Look at the state of his robes," Malfoy would say in a loud whisper as Professor Lupin would pass. "He dresses like our old house elf!"
But no one cared that Professor Lupin's clothes were shabby and patched. His next few lessons were just as exciting as their first. After Boggarts, the went on to study Red Caps, nasty little goblin-like creatures that lurked in potholes of deserted battlefields, waiting to bludgeon those who had gotten lost. From Red Caps they moved onto Kappas, creepy, water-dwellers that looked like scaly monkeys, with webbed hands itching to strangle unwitting waders in their ponds.
Professor Snape had been in a particularly vindictive mood, and it was obvious as to why. The story of Neville's Boggart had spread like wildfire, and Snape didn't find it amusing one bit. His eyes flashed menacingly every time Professor Lupin's name was mentioned, and was bullying Neville worse than ever. It also didn't help that Ascella, along with Fred and George Weasley, had plastered very detailed drawings of Snape in a lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat with a stuffed vulture perched on top. It was safe to say that Snape was furious when he was greeted with that.
Ascella was dreading the hours spent in Professor Trelawney's stifling hot classroom, pretending not be bothered by the way Trelawney would quiver in fear every time Ascella was near her. Not only that, Trelawney's bug-like eyes would fill with tears every time she laid eyes on Harry.
Nobody really enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures any more. After their disastrous first lesson, Hagrid had seemed to have lost his confidence, the lessons becoming extremely dull. They were spending lesson after lesson working on terribly boring animals, like flobberworms, for example.
