solangelo at hogwarts

11. GuineaPiggyWiggy is a what?

Before we being I would like to thank all of you that are still here and to all of you who's still patient with me: thank you from the bottom of my heart.<3

Will's PoV:

Nico and I left Draco sleeping in our classroom. I hoped he would get some well-needed sleep. I felt sympathy for him and I wished him the greatest of luck at finding his happily ever after. I had a feeling he would get it too, just like Nico and I had gotten ours'.

We walked alongside the corridors of the castle headed for the first floor and classroom 4F. After speaking with Draco I think both Nico and I felt a little drained. However, I think that a lesson might be good for us, to keep our minds occupied with something else. We arrived at the classroom a little earlier than you expected, but we figured that it wouldn't hurt.

"Should we knock?", Nico asked. The door looked to be locked but I'd rather knock and have no one answer than standing here for another 10 minutes. I nodded as a reply and Nico knocked three times on the door.

We didn't hear anything on the other side but suddenly the door swung open. We looked at each other then slowly we turned our heads to look inside the room. There was nobody in there, not a sound, nothing that moved. Nico looked at me again, shrugged and then walked into the room. I chuckled and followed right behind him.

Some may think that we should be a little more cautious, but after all that we've been through we couldn't care less, honestly.

Nico and I walked in, looking around and listening for every possible misplaced sound. At first, we didn't hear anything, nothing out of the ordinary at least. The room was kind of dark, no lights or candles were lit. Inside the classroom, you could spot a blackboard at the far end and also a clock and a globe in one of the corners. The sides held bookshelves filled with books of history.

Suddenly a swooshing sound was heard from the front of the classroom and from the blackboard came a... person? The man, because yes; it was a man, had white balding hair, eye colour of black and pale skin. He seemed to be floating and it didn't take long for me to realize that the man in front of us was a ghost. I looked over at Nico to see his expression. When we'd met ghosts in the past he had at first been enraged at them for not staying in the underworld, mostly because that meant more paperwork for his father. However, nowadays, he just asked why they were here and listened to them, if they'd escaped he would send them back but if they were here by Hades' blessing he just chatted with them for a while before leaving them alone. This time Nico looked thoughtful and I left the conversation-starter to him.

When the ghost first saw us standing in the classroom he looked a little agitated, before he noticed who we were. His facial expression went from shock, to fear, to finally stay on apprehension. He opened his mouth to speak but closed it as fast again, waiting for Nico to say something first. Nico looked at him, before looking at me, I give him a small smile, and he turned back to the ghost.

"Cuthbert Binns, glad to make your acquaintance. I was not informed that you were staying here, mind telling me why you are?", Nico said with a neutral voice. The ghost nodded and swallowed before speaking.

"Well, my king, I asked my Lord if he would grant me the wish of continuing to teach here. You see Hogwarts has always been my home and I didn't want to leave. He granted me my wish and I've been here since.", The, apparent, professor quickly said. Nico nodded and his lip turned up a little bit, not really a smile but nearly.

"Very well, I will let you be in peace," Nico said to the professor. Binns looked very grateful and bowed deeply to Nico. He asked what we were doing in his classroom and we explained what we were doing here, not only in his classroom but at Hogwarts. He listened carefully and nodded his understanding when we were done. He asked if we minded that he would change the planned class for today. We told him that we didn't and that it probably would be fun. Nico and I went and sat at the back of the classroom while waiting for the rest of the Gryffindor eight-years to arrive.