I follow a group of Hufflepuffs to the classroom I was nervous about going in..Who gets nervous? I've never felt this way before. I sat in the middle. I didn't want to be cliché and sit in the back, and too anxious and sit in the front. 

On the board "Professor Theo James. Defense Against the Dark Arts." Defense was underlined three times. "Hello class. I am professor Theo James. I am the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. I am 21 years old. I am very young, but I am highly qualified for my profession. I graduated Hogwarts School of Withcraft and Wizardry at 17 in 2010. I then proceeded to work as an Auror with the Ministry of Magic. I captured multiple dark wizards - but I felt as though I was meant to teach." I felt his eyes scan the classroom, and he had a fix point where his eyes would lay. Me.

I grabbed my quill, and started writing on a piece of parchment. "I am so nervous." I passed it to Jachelle, I call her Elle for short. She's a fellow 7th year Gryffindor. She writes back "Why?" 

" We are going to learn about a few defensive spells today. That's why I have "DEFENSE" on the board underlined. " The way he talked, it felt like everyone was hanging onto every word he said... I dozed off. 

"..... and that is how you use that spell." Theo said. I'm supposed to call him Professor James, but I call him Theo when there's not many people around. "Mr. Yerger. Could you please inform us, of the wand movements of the spell I just preformed?" He said with a stern voice. "A light twirl?" He looked at me with a look of disappointment. "No. If you were pay attention, it was just a hard jab towards the object of interest. Come up to the front, and we'll show you." My face turned red. 

He set up a surrogate so I could practice the spell. "Repeat after me... S-t-u-p-e-f-y." I pointed my wand and waved it with an intensity so powerful "STUPEFY!" I saw the surrogate fly into the air and backwards at least fifteen feet. 

I stood there with my wand at my side, and I heard the teacher clap his hands firmly -- like it was causing the Earth to rumble. I looked around and the other students were smiling and clapping. I saw Elle smiling at me. "Did you see that?" "THAT FLEW HOLY S--" 

I took my seat. I saw Theo, look at me and he smiled. Not just a smile, but the smile that meant something else. I could feel a weird feeling in my stomach. You know that feeling that Muggles refer to as "Getting Butterflies in their stomach" I now know what it's like.