Defense Against The Dark Arts

"Amethyst? Amethyst! Wake your arse up!" My sleep was interrupted by someone poking me in the arm. I looked up and saw Casimir (or Cas as I call him) standing over me in his robes with Alice next to him, also in her robes. "What?" I whined, burying my face in the soft train cushion, willing myself back to sleep. "We're almost to Hogwarts! You have to get your ass ready before we get there! It's our last year!" Alice said in her American accent. I groaned, knowing that she was right. I got up and got my robes on as Casi and Alice talked amongst themselves. They're so carefree and happy. I envy them. They still have parents to go home to. Siblings to make fun of. I don't. That bastard Voldemort killed them even though they were muggles. Well, at least he's dead now. That's why I'm on my way to Hogwarts to finish up my last year before I go off into the real world and become a musician. I sat down and looked out the window at the passing dark scenery as we approached the school. We could see Hogwarts out in the distance and the whole train started coming alive with people. As the train came to a stop, everyone rushed up to the boats and the carriages. Cas, Alice, and I got into a carriage with two second year girls, silently being carried to the castle. "You know. I heard that there are FIVE new teachers at Hogwarts, according to my daddy who is in the Ministry of Magic!" One of the girls said, proud of her inside knowledge. I growled at her, making the two girls jump. My friends just laughed at their reactions. We finally stopped at the gate and shuffled inside to the Great Hall. I said goodbye to Alice as Cas and I went to go sit down at the Gryffindor table. After the hat sorting, the whole table was chattering about the new teachers as we waited for Dumbledore to come out and give his speech. I looked over and saw that Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid, Dumbledore, and two other teachers were the only ones left out of all of the other teachers that had worked at Hogwarts before the war. There were five open chairs, confirming the rumor of more teachers coming to Hogwarts. I sighed and looked down at my lap, not really wanting to be here at the moment. Everyone grew quiet all of a sudden. I looked up to see Dumbledore was at the podium. "Students of Hogwarts, it is good to be back here after the war. I'm so happy to see old and new faces." He paused for a moment as everyone clapped. He began to speak again. "As you all may know, we lost a lot of good teachers in the war, and some of our teachers went back to their old jobs." He looked at Snape, who nodded his head. "So that means Snape gave up Defense Against The Dark Arts!" Cas whispered while Dumbledore talked. "But, thankfully I was able to get in contact with some of my friends from the states to come and teach for us. They said that they could take a few years off from steady touring to come and help out." Wait... Touring?! "Now let me introduce to you, your new teachers!" Dumbledore said cheerfully, bringing everyone's attention to the giant door. All of a sudden, time slowed down for me. Five men walked into the Great Hall, dressed in leather jackets, black skinny jeans, and combat boots. I almost choked on air. I knew who they were. As they passed me, the tallest one looked at me and smiled. I could feel the heat spreading across my face as they continued forward. They finally got to the podium and turned around, standing in a line from shortest to tallest. Dumbledore walked to the shortest among the five men. "This is Jinxx Ferguson, your new History of magic, muggle art, art, and Alchemy teacher, Ashley Purdy, your Divination, Xylomancy, and Astronomy teacher, Jake Pitts, your Arithmancy, Apparition, and Muggle Studies teacher, CC, your Charms, Ancient Studies, Ghoul Studies, and Study of Ancient Runes teacher, and last, but certainly not least, Andy Biersack, your Defense against the dark arts, muggle music, music, and orchestra teacher." Everyone clapped, but I was too busy staring at my favorite band in the world, Black Veil Brides.

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