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Trista walked swiftly down from her common room, all the way to the dungeons to her Potions class. She had been extremely excited for Potions to start up, it being her favorite class. She hurried to the door and walked into the classroom, but noticed she was the only other student besides the teacher. She blushed a little, feeling shy to be alone here with the teacher she didn't quite know. Trista walked to the middle of the classroom and found table off to the left a bit, where she took a seat and laid her bag on top of the desk. She looked up at the teacher and said, "Hello Professor." She gave him a weak smile and started to twist at the edges of her robe, looking down occasionally as to not keep direct contact with the teacher so much.

Ryu walked into the dimly lit chamber in the dungeons that was the home of Potions Class. The teacher and a ravenclaw student were already there so he set down his books at the nearest table and sat down.

"Trista Finsteti, sir." She said shyly. She turned and watch as Marduke and Ryu entered the room.

Miranda walked into the dungeon nervously. Potions wasn't her best subject due to her tendencies to drop things and knock things over. She also wasn't sure how strict this teacher would be.
Making up her mind to be extra careful this lesson she glanced up at the class, looking for a place to sit. Judging from the back of a girls head, it was the same one she'd been near in Muggle Studies so she moved towards it
"Trista?" She asked as she drew nearer. She plonked herself down on the bench before thinking that maybe Trista didn't want her there.
"Alright if I sit?" she asked.

"Alright, let's begin. I realize that none of you are first years and that it would bore you all if I explained to you the importance of potions." Professor Pridemore stood and walked around his desk and looked at the students in front of him. He smiled kindly to each of them, his eyes lingered on Miranda for a moment and said, " Now I know that having a new teacher could be daunting. I assure you though, that you have nothing to worry about. I was thinking it would be beneficial to all of us if we took a few moments to introduce ourselves." He pulled out his wand, gave it a flick and a chair zoomed out of a corner and stopped in front of him. "I'll go first, my name is Venemir Elemeno Pridemore. When I was a young man, about your ages as matter of fact, I began a life long pursuit for knowledge. I spent years with my nose buried in books. I did whatever I could to further increase my intellegence. I traveled the world. Then when I was 64 I realized that I had to change my ways. I had done terrible things to acquire my mind. I had hurt my self as well as those close to me. Life is not as long as you think and my life is one that I was not proud of. I immediately set on another trip around the world, this time I tried to spread happiness and good will to those who needed it." He removed his long hat and set it on his lap, " I decided that teaching was the best way to help out the world, to spread my knowledge with the younger generations. Well, I think that's basically it, any questions? If not who would like to go first?"

Emylee slowly entered the dungeon. She heard the Professor talking so she quietly sat at the back of the classroom.

Miranda smiled at Trista and had opened her mouth to reply but Professor Pridemore had started talking at that point so she's stopped herself. Most teachers had had to give out to her at some point for talking out of turn and she didn't want this guy to dislike her quite so soon. She decided she'd made the right decision when she felt his eyes linger on her during his speech.
Miranda raised an eyebrow slightly at the man's unusual openness and strange way of beginning the class but she decided to speak out anyway
"Well, I'm Miranda. I'm a Hufflepuff fifth year. I'm fairly talkative so most of you will probably have some idea who I am..." She trailed off and gave the Professor a look that plainly said Happy?