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(Courtesy of Kt_tonguetied)


User Name: Kt_tonguetied
Teacher name: Marketa Prochazka
House: Hufflepuff alumni
Year: N/A
Age: 22
Blood: Half; Muggle father and Witch mother
Wand: 15 inches, yew, unicorn tail hair

History: Mar grew up and still lives in the Czech Republic, previously known as the Soviet Republic of Czechoslovakia. Since a time before she was born, her country had been ruled by communists. Luckily, shortly after her birth, the Soviets retreated and Czechoslovakia became the Czech and Slovak Republics. Her childhood was relatively happy, even if they spent most of the time with little or no money while her father, Miklos, tried to hold down a job. Her mother, a native Brit, taught her English and was responsible for sending her to Hogwarts when the time came.

History of Magic was always Mar’s favorite class, because she took in historical events like a child would a storybook. She never had time for stories or games when she was a kid, so this was the next best thing. She got full marks in only two classes on her NEWTs: History and Domestic Charms.

Mar met her husband Ivan when she was sixteen years old, working over the summer at a café near her apartment building. He was a cheeky twenty-year-old boy looking for a good flirt, and Marketa, trying to distract herself from her lack of funding, was more than willing to oblige him. They ended up falling in love and seeing one another even when Mar was in school (she would sneak Floo powder into the Common Room), and two years after she graduated, when they both had enough money to get by, they were married.

Less than a year after they married, they were blessed with their first daughter Nadezda, or Nadia. Now, two years later, Marketa is pregnant again with their second child.

Personality: Marketa is very modest and shy because she had been so poor up until getting the job at Hogwarts. However, she has a very quick wit. And, at the moment, she can be quite hormonal.
Position: History of Magic Professor

(Courtesy of Kt_tonguetied)

"...And so, after over a century of fighting over ze subject, Minister Leopold Prewett IV (of ze Ancient and now extinct Prewett Family, of course), finally created ze Amendment Against the Abuse of Muggles, bringing ze hunting of Muggles to an end and bringing Wizardkind into what ze Muggles called zeir 17th century. Even if it did take place around 1900." Audrey allowed herself a small laugh before continuing her lecture.

"Zis is ze only drawback any contemporary-age wizard can see with ze Wizarding World. We are, in all technological respects, eons behind ze Muggles. We 'ave no electricity, for example, because our Magic interferes with ze signals. 'Owever, in recent years, zere has been talk in ze Department of Mysteries of a device zat may bring Wizardkind's Torch and Fire era to an end." Audrey smiled and clapped her hands together, not feeling at all awkward lecturing to only one student. "Your homework will be to speculate zree ways ze Unspeakables may be finding a way to use electricity. No penalty for guessing wrong."

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Audrey looked at the girl who had just entered the classroom with surprise. "Uh, bonjour, welcome to History class," she said with an obvious frown crinkling her brow. "May I ask why you are showing up halfway zrough ze class? Do you at least 'ave an excuse note?" She raised one eyebrow challengingly and crossed her arms, leaning against her desk. The girl was young and timid-looking, that was true, but Audrey wasn't an Unspeakable for nothing, and tended to be on the paranoid side with strangers.

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Audrey's lips tightened for a moment, but then her face relaxed significantly as she accepted Kathryn's note. "You are forgiven," she said, though her voice was still firm. "'owever, I will be 'aving a talk with Meester Yelsah about keeping students, whezzer related to zem or not." She honestly had no idea if the two were related, but noticed the identical surnames and assumed. "And please, become accustomed to my presence, as I will be ze teacher for ze rest of ze year. Your normal History teacher had her baby over Christmas, a bit earlier zen ze Healers would have liked, and is on leave for ze rest of ze year to recover." Before any of the students could be worried if they cared for the professor, she added "She and ze babe are alright, it's a girl, if I remember. Ivanka. Now please take your seat. You may get ze homework assignment from your classmate." And with that, Audrey moved around the desk and sat down to answer some letters from the Department and give Kathryn's letter a looking-at.

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Audrey looked up from her paperwork to find that Kathryn was still talking. "Alright," she said, "now please take your seat." She gestured to one of the many empty desks with her quill, eyebrows raised impatiently. She understood that the girl was trying to defend her father, but she had first interrupted class nearly three times now. "If Miss Austin took proper notes on ze lecture, I'm sure she will be more zan 'appy to allow you to copy zem, by hand."

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Audrey looked up from her paperwork to find her eyes on Kathryn again, though this time it was with much less hostility than a few moments ago. She admitted it; she felt bad for terrifying the poor girl. It wasn't her fault she had needed to talk to her father, and as much as she wanted to be, Audrey was not the permanent teacher. "Miss Yelsah, please see me in ze office. Now," she said, gently but briskly, getting up and walking into the office at the back of the classroom.

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