DADA prof.

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 30771

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Monique" <valjean131 at a...> wrote:
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> Can't you imagine the first day off class. It's been rumored that the 
> new DADA teacher is a woman. In all their hormonal glory, the boys 
> have speculated on what exotic adventurer they might get. Low and 
> behold it's the old lady that smells like cabbage.
> 
> Works for me. ;-)
> 
> -Monique 

 Funny! But what if Arabella Figg isn't *really* an old cabbagey lady, but is instead a Really Hot Older Woman a la Ann-Margret or Raquel Welch? What if the "cabbagey old lady" getup was always just a ruse to keep Petunia Dursley from recognizing that boncy school chum of Lily's who came to visit over Christmas Holidays when Lily was sixteen and snogged Petunia's then-boyfriend? That tarty little freak! She must have... have... spelled him or something!! Certainly wouldn't have left Harry with *her* if she'd had any idea -- well, it just goes to show, and it's no wonder Lily's brat has turned out so horrid, with *those* kinds of influences.

 And imagine Harry's cognitive dissonance when they *do* enter the classroom to find this pretty woman (not quite young enough to distract them from their studies, though...) waiting to introduce herself - say, she looks kind of familiar, but he can't put his finger on it... --  as "Arabella Figg."


  Okay, far-fetched. But wouldn't it be fun?