Fan Fiction ❯ Last Hope ❯ 6 ( Chapter 6 )

Draco Malfoy looked up with a sneer when the four teachers filed into the Defense Against The Dark Arts classroom. The first three of them merely glanced coolly around the room, there eyes passing over him, just like all the other students, except for Potter and his little sidekicks, but then, everyone stared at Potter. The fourth, however, stared right at him, with an expression he couldn't quite identify. All of them looked eerily familiar, but the last one, the one that was looking at him, struck a strange chord in him and he stared back into eyes like molten silver, eyes that he realized may well have been his own. Unnerved by the man, Draco let his gaze wander over the other three.

They did not wear robes like most of the teachers, but instead wore shabby, worn and almost futuristic looking clothes, with dragonhide boots. The three men had long hair and the girl was beautiful. All in all, they looked cool. There was no other word for it. Draco crossed his arms and sat back in his seat to wait. The one up front, with dark hair and glasses, spoke first. "Put your books away. Leave everything but your wands and follow us outside." Intrigued, Draco did as he was told, for once without a smart mouthed comment.

The class filed out of the school and into the field where Hagrid usually taught Care Of Magical Creatures. Without warning, the four teachers spun toward the class, wands raised and shouted simultaneously "Expelliarmus!" The class shrieked and cowered as their wands went flying. All went silent after that as the terrified students stared up at their teachers with wide eyes.

"First lesson: always be prepared for an attack from any angle," said the red haired teacher. The class gaped, until the blond said, "Gather your wands and prepare for the lesson of your lives." As they scurried around, picking up their wands while glancing furtively at the teachers, waiting for another attack, the woman spoke. "This class, until now, has been geared toward preparing you for a general array of threats, from boggarts and hinkypunks, to the occasional curse from another witch or wizard. Well, that ends now. As you all know, whether you choose to believe it or not, Voldemort was reborn last year. He is alive and attempting to rise to power once again. You all must learn to defend yourselves, as any of you who do not cross over to stand with the Death Eaters will become targets of his wrath. Now, pay attention. What you learn here today may very well decide whether you live or die."