harry potter: the twins who lived

chapter seventeen.

Double, double, toil and trouble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble.
Something wicked this way comes!
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing.

The music of the frog choir plays in the great hall, all eyes on the choir, flitwick conducting them. Emma sat between hermione and ginny, as they listened to the choir, her attention moving to the teachers table.

Double, double, toil and trouble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble.
Something wicked this way comes!
In the cauldron boil and bake,
Fillet of a fenny snake,
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches mummy, maw and gulf.

The various professors she had recognized, the only one new to her, was the man that she and harry met on the train. His hair was brown with speckles of gray, when they met she noticed that his gleamed, like the fresh glistened green grass when rained on. He seemed lanky and tall, he was around 6’2, which was much taller than her.

Double, double, toil and trouble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble!
Something wicked this way comes!

The bullfrogs that had been in each members arms, croak, when finishing the song as the hall erupts with applause. The choir disperses, as dumbledore stands at the fronts, looking over at each houses table.
“ welcome welcome!” he greets when the hall is silent, “ to another year at hogwarts!”
“ now i’d like to say a few words,” he announces, “ before we all become too befuddled by our excellent feast.”
“ first i am pleased to welcome professor r.j lupin; who’s kindly consented to fill the post of defense against the dark arts teacher good luck professor.”
Lupin stands from his seat at the table, bowing his head, as claps erupt from within the hall.
“ of course,” said hermione, “ that’s why he knew to give you the chocolate.”

“ potters,” harry turns as he and emma look at draco, “ is it true you two fainted?”
One of his slytherin followers faked fainting, giving an over dramatic sigh, as he grinned at the two.
“ i mean you two actually fainted?” laughs darco.
“ shove off malfoy,” said ron as he and ron turn to the girls.
“ how did he find out?” asked emma.
“ just forget it,” said hermione with a shake of her head grabbing emma’s hand.
“ our care for magical creatures teacher..” they look over at dumbledore, “ has decided to retire…. In order to spend more time with his remaining limbs.”

“ fortunately i’m delighted to announce…. That his place will be taken by none other….” he announced, “ than our own rubeus hagrid.”
Claps erupt once again as hagrid waved his hand, mcgonagall elbowing him, as he stands from his chair abruptly. Emma smiled at the large man from where she sat, clapping her hands along with the others, the piercing whistle seamus made echoing in her ears.
“ finally on a more disquieting note…at the request of the ministry of magic..” said dumbledore, “hogwarts will until further notice play host to the dementors of azkaban…..until such a time as sirius black is captured.”
Whispering is heard at the gryffindor table, all looking at each other, confusion written on their faces.
“ the dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds,” dumbledore adds, “now whilst i’ve been assured….that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities…. A word of caution.”
“ dementors are vicious creatures; they’ll not distinguish…” he informs, “between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way.”