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Tina was here and none too pleased about it. She wished she could just go back to summer and all the hustle and bustle surrounding the quidditch world cup… or better still, back to Beauxbatons! But that wasn't going to happen. As she'd taken her seat, her dark eyes scanned the table, and she offered a quiet “Hello” to the familiar faces she saw and a “welcome to Ravenclaw” to the new ones. Then she caught sight of the staff table, and her heart sank. Flamel, Darlington, Wishart, and Kennedy, four of her favorite professors last term, were gone. Ugh, story of her life… just when she started to trust someone, they walked out of her life forever. Well, never again! She was not going to let her guard down around this batch of new professors. At least Stewart, Sutton, Noble, and O'Hara were still there, and… was it too much to hope that Headmaster Trent left too? Mumbling matagots, that guy was obnoxious!
Tina wasn't in a particularly talky mood tonight, so she pulled her sketchbook and pencil out of her bag, pointedly not looking at the staff table as she doodled a butterfly until… her head jerked up at the sound of the headmaster's voice. She had to fight not to roll her eyes at the man's opening remarks. Was he joking or did he actually think students would be more inclined to want to survive whatever insanity this term had in store as a favor to him? She could never tell with Trent, but either way, she thought it was an insensitive thing to say. Oh well… it wasn't the first time (nor likely the last).
Tina made a mental note of the new professors until… her eyes landed on the man in what should have been his seat. the second charms professor in as many years. She blinked confusedly at the introduction. Had she heard that correctly? This guy taught at Hogwarts before and now got the chance to come back?! Had Hogwarts had to beg him to return because word of the previous charms professors’ fates scared off all the other experts? Wouldn't surprise her at all… if she was a superstitious person, she would think the charms professor position was cursed. Nope, uh uh, she was done! As far as she was concerned, there was only one person who deserved a second chance at a Hogwarts job, and it wasn't the one seated next to the new divination teacher.
The rest of the speech went in one ear and out the other. Tina's conflicting thoughts drowned out everything the headmaster said, including the threats at the end that normally would've annoyed her. Food soon appeared on the table, but she kept her head down, focusing on her drawing to calm herself.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |