ix. alastor moody's class

Ariel approached Harry and sat next to him. Harry whose eyes followed her every step, said. "Where have you been? And what we're you doing with Jamal? You know he's Slytherin right?"

"And why are you asking these questions, Harry?" She narrowed her brows. "I kinda missed my way here so he helped me. And don't bring the He's Slytherin I'm Gryffindor type of topic before I get angry and trust me, you don't want to see that side of me." She smiled sweetly at him.

"O. . Okay." Harry smiled sheepishly and looked at his book. He took a glimpse of her and stared admirably at her. "You look beautiful, by the way."

Chuckling, while blushing. Her eyes met his green innocent ones. "Thank you, Harry." She whispered and gazed away.

"Alastor Moody." A loud voice interrupted their moment when he suddenly showed up. The Professor wrote his name of the blackboard and turn to face them with a seer look washing over his face.

"Shit, when did he got here?" Ariel whispered, shockingly to Harry who shrugged and opened his book. She looked around her to see everyone froze on their chairs, afraid to even breathe, since 'his appearance is scary'. Ariel, who knows his true self, didn't feel any type of frightening, unlike, Jamal who will shit his pants at any moment.

"Ministry malcontent. And your new defense against the dark arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me, the end of the story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" His eye scanned each and every student, as he sat them on Harry and Ariel, who stared back his him. 

He continued. "When it comes to the dark arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?"

Everyone was alarmed at his question, some began to shake out of fear. Not like he said Voldemort. Ariel thought. She knows that no one ever dares to mention the three unforgivable curse, but at this point where danger is upon them, they have to learn them. They will sooner or later.

"Three sir. there are three." Hermione surprised everyone with her answer to his question. She looked around to meet Ariel who nodded and smiled at her, Hermione smiled back lowly.

". . . And they are so named?" His low and grim voice ran through the whole room

"Because they are unforgivable. Use of
any one of them will..." Hermione continued on answering him

"Will earn you a one-way ticket to Azkaban. Correct. Now the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different! You need to know what you're up against, you need to be prepared, you need to find somewhere else to put your chewing gum other than the underside of your desk Mr. Finnigan!" Mad-eye Moody interrupted her abruptly as he glared at Seamus, who blushed under everyone stare.

"You have a gum? Can I have some?" Ariel asked Seamus bubbly, who widened his eyes at her as Moody's attention was focused on them, especially Ariel.

Moody eyed her and throw a piece of chalk he holds in his hands in anger at Ariel who dodged the hit. She stood you and glared at him, but sat down when Harry pulled her. "Jesus, I was just asking for a piece of gum." She whispered at Harry who nodded.

"So, which curse shall we see first? MISS ARIEL!"

The guardian angel jumped slightly at his burst. She stood up and crossed her arms, with a glare. "I don't know any curses, I'm new to this world, sorry if I'm a little too uneducated to your expectation." A lie. She thought.

"Sit down." He ordered, with his gruff voice, which she did. "Give us a curse. WEASLEY!"

Ron stood up from his place shakily, chills ran down through his spine. He whimper. "Well, my dad did tell me about one . . . The imperious curse."

"Ahhh yes, your father would know all about that. Gave the ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why."

Moody walked away from Ron to open up a jar with a spider in it. "Hello. What a little beauty." He mumbled to himself, Ariel narrows her brows slightly amused.

Moody pulled his wand and cast the Imperio spell on the spider to giant up his size. Ron and a few others widen their eyes, not liking what their witnessing. Unlike Ariel who liked their type of things. In fact, spiders are the ones with good spirits to their kind.

He used his wand to send the spider to the students' desk. Students laughed at the scene, some didn't include, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville. Oh, and Ariel . . . she just having a hard time controlling her laughter.

"Don't worry. Completely harmless." Moody amusedly said once he saw some of the students were disturbed and frightened. "But if she bites... she's lethal!"

Draco began laughing as Jamal who sat beside him hit him with his book once he saw Moody turned to them. Ariel laughed at Jamal who kept hitting Draco. "What are you laughing at?" Moody sends the spider to Draco onto his face, which leads everyone to laugh. Jamal facepalmed.

"Talented isn't she? What shall I have her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" He sends the spider to a different position as he began to plunge her into the water.

"Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only do you-know-whose bidding under the influence of the imperious curse. But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars?" Silence ran through the place as he walked around.

"Another.. another.. Come on come on. Longbottom is it? Up." Neville Longbottom stands from his place. "Professor Sprout tells me you have an aptitude for herbology."

"There's the um... The cruciatus curse." He stuttered, his eyes turned into painful ones once he said it. Ariel sighed and rubbed her eyes while sinking into her seat.

"Correct! Correct! come come. Particularly nasty. The torture curse." Moody took out his wand and pointed out at the spider who was tortured enough. "Crucio." He hissed.

Mad-Eye begins torturing the spider with magic, Neville removed his eyes from the spider. He's having a hard time dealing with this as he imagined what his parents felt. The spider began to squeal. Ariel had enough.

"Stop this shit right now, can't you see it's bothering him. Oh my god, it's just our first day and you're already torturing the students. Seriously, Stop it!" Ariel bellowed.

if looks could kill, Moody would be dead by now.

Professor Moody stopped, and Neville whose now disturbed sat back on his chair. Moody picked up the poor spider which is still making noises from the unfortunate torture she was going through.

"Perhaps you could give us the last unforgivable curse Miss Ariel. And I know that you have heard of it before."

"And what if I don't?" She challenged him with a guttural and growly tone. She held her gaze up to his without moving an inch. His look can send a shove down her spine but who is he to terrify her up.

"Everyone in the Wizarding World knows this curse. No exception. Miss Ariel, now if you enlighten us by telling me what is the last unforgettable curse?" He intrigued growling.

The students looked back and forth at Moody and Ariel whose having a heated conversation. Ron was in deep shock as he watched Ariel's bold burst. Harry who sat next to her held her hand tightly, knowing what the last curse going to be. Ariel grasped his hands firmly under the table and muttered.

"Avada Kedavra." She said in a low tone but made sure that everyone hears her. Ariel wasn't afraid of the fact that he's going to cast this spell on the spider, but she's afraid of what Harry would feel watching the poor spider getting killed the same way as his parents.

Moody cast the spell on the spider as it dropped dead on the table near them. "The killing curse. Only one person is known to have survived it. And he's sitting in this room."

Ariel watched with dead eyes. She looked at Harry once she felt his body went cold and rigid. Hating having Moody leaning onto him with his hands resting on his desk and the stares he's getting from everyone in the room.