Jasmine Snape: HPF

First Day

Jasmine's POV

Turns out Hermione is apart of the Lockhart fan-club. Yuck. I am not sitting with her in defense. I'll sit with Neville in stead. The first day of classes is going well so far. We repotted mandrakes in herbology. Turned beetles into buttons in transfiguration. Then had lunch.

A first year called Colin wanted to take Harry's photo. As well as one with him. Harry was trying to refuse when Lockhart appeared. He said Colin could get a photo with him and Harry. And that they'd both sign the photo. It was entertaining to watch.

Anyway, it's time for our first defense lesson. I sit beside Neville. As Hermione sits with another girl. I see Ron teasing Harry and giggle. "What's so funny?" Neville asks me.

"Tell you later" I tell him.

"Let me introduce you to your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher: me, Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five-time winner... of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award. But I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her" Lockart tells us with a smile.

He laughs at his own joke, but no one else does. The other girls in the class all seem starstruck by Lockhart while the boys just seem to be confused. While I am just bored. "I see you've all bought a complete set of my books, well done" he tells us. "I thought we'd start today with a little quiz. Nothing to worry about, just to check how well you've read them, how much you've taken in" he states.

He handed out the test papers and then returned to his desk. He gave us thirty minutes. I look down at the test and scowl.

1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favourite colour?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?
3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?

How does this involve Defense Against the Dark Arts? None of the questions relate to it at all. They're all about Lockhart. The last question as; 54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday, and what would his ideal gift be? Well if he isn't gonna take this seriously, I will make him I think with a smirk. 

1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favourite colour? Falsa colour
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition? to be the worlds biggest fraud
3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date? that he has managed to survive all his deadly encounters without a scar

Half an hour later, Lockhart collected in the papers and rifled through them in front of the class. "Hardly any of you remembered that my favourite colour is lilac. I say so in Year with a Yeti. And a few of you need to read Wanderings with Werewolves more carefully, I clearly state in chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be harmony between all magic and non-magic peoples, though I wouldn't say no to a large bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhisky" Lockhart states. He gave them another roguish wink. I roll my eyes.

"Miss Hermione Granger knew my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil and market my own range of hair-care potions, good girl!" he declares. "In fact, full marks! Where is Miss Hermione Granger?" he asks. Hermione raised a trembling hand. "Quite excellent! Take ten points for Gryffindor!" he states. "Miss Snape, though your answers leave much to be desired. Please stay after class" he tells me.

"Whatever" I say. No way am I sticking around to listen to the idiot. He bent down behind his desk and lifted a large, covered cage onto it.

 "Now, be warned! It is my job to arm you against the foulest creatures known to wizard kind" he warns us. "You may find yourselves facing your worst fears in this room. Know only that no harm can befall you whilst I am here. I must ask you not to scream, it might provoke them" he says and pulls the cover off the cage, revealing a patch of Cornish pixies. "Freshly caught Cornish Pixies" he declares.

Seamus Finnigan couldn't control himself. He let out a snort of laughter which even Lockhart couldn't mistake for a scream of terror. "Well, they're not very dangerous, are they?" he asks Lockhart still laughing.

"Laugh if you will, Mr. Finnigan, but pixies can be devilishly tricky little blighters. Let's see what you make of them, now!" Lockhart says and he releases the pixies from the cage. They immediately start swarming around the classroom, wreaking havoc. "Come on now, round them up, round them up! They're only pixies!" he tells us.

"Neville!" I shout as a pair of pixies grab him by the ears. Lifting him into the air. "Stupefy" I say twice stunning them. Neville drops to the ground. "You alright?" I ask him.

"Yeah, thanks" he says. Several pixies shot straight through the window, showering the back row with broken glass. The rest proceeded to wreck the classroom more effectively than a rampaging rhino. They grabbed ink bottles and sprayed the class with them, shredded books and papers, tore pictures from the walls, upended the waste bin, grabbed bags and books and threw them out of the smashed window; within minutes, half the class was sheltering under desks. Lockhart finally rolled up his sleeves, brandished his wand.

"Peskipiksi Pesternomi!" he says loudly. It had absolutely no effect; one of the pixies seized Lockhart's wand and threw it out of the window, too. Lockhart gulped and dived under his own desk. The bell rang and there was a mad rush towards the exit. The only ones still in class were Harry, Hermione, Ron and I.

"Well, I'll ask you four to just nip the rest of them back into their cage" he tells us. Then left us to deal with the remaining pixies alone.

"Can you believe him?" Ron demands annoyed.

"He just wants to give us some hands-on experience" Hermione says. Defending the idiot. As we start to immobilize the pixies. Stuffing them back into the cage.

"Hands on?" I ask her dumbfounded. How can she be so stupid? Yet so smart at the same time.

"Hermione, he didn't have a clue what he was doing" Harry tells her.

"Rubbish" she tells him. "You've read his books, look at all those amazing things he's done" she states. As I lock the cage.

"He says he's done" Ron mutters as we leave the classroom. At least the boys don't believe Lockhart. But Hermione still does. I hope she snaps out of it soon. I don't mind being friends with boys, but a girl needs girl time with her female friends. But if Hermione is just gonna obsess over Lockhart like the rest of his fan club. I don't want to hang out with her.