Disclaimer: Everything in the following chapter belongs to J.K. except for the plot.

Author's Note: Hope you guys enjoy. I've written quite a way ahead of this, so more story is coming.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ch. 1: The Unexpected Kindness of Uncle Vernon

Harry Potter woke up very startled one morning at number 4, Privet Drive. He instinctively reached for his lightning shaped scar on his forehead, but he stopped as soon as he realized that his scar wasn't the reason for his wakefulness. Harry's Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were smiling over him. Well, maybe not smiling, but looking pleasant at least. "Look," Uncle Vernon started in, "we have a proposition for you." He opened a box, and it contained, to Harry's surprise, a birthday cake. "If we be kind to you," he continued, "you won't write bad things about us to those. er. freaks. er I mean." "Oh, just say WIZARDS!" "OK! Those wizards!" Harry had almost forgotten that he was 16 today. "If we be kind to you, you won't write bad stuff about us to your . er friends." Harry had a look of deep disgust on his face, and his uncle saw it. Uncle Vernon sighed in defeat and said, "to your wizard friends." Harry's heart leapt in excitement. Was it possible that life could become livable at number 4, Privet Drive? He didn't have much time to think about it because at that time, an owl flew through his window. "THOSE RUDDY." Harry shot his uncle a look. "I mean those perfectly lovely owls," he said with the slightest trace of sarcasm. Harry smiled with certain satisfaction as he took his letter. He was surprised at the thickness of it. He opened the envelope and two letters fell out. The fist one read like this:

Dear Mr. Potter,
The below is the results of your fifth year O.W.L.S. at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Care of Magical Creatures: E
Divination: D
Transfiguration: O
Magical History: D
Charms: O
Potions: E
Astrology: P

We will need you to reply with your desired N.E.W.T.S. courses.

Albus Dumbledore

"An E in Potions! How did that happen!" Harry was beside himself. He slowly realized he could take the courses to become an Auror. "Where's my Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Harry asked himself aloud. "Your what?" Uncle Vernon looked confused. "It's a subject at my school. Actually, it's the one I'm extremely good at." Harry opened the next letter and a gold necklace with an hourglass fell out. Harry thought to himself 'what did I get a Time-Turner for?' He soon found out as he read the letter:

Harry,
I'm writing a personal letter to you because I'm going to
offer you the Defense Against the Dark Arts position this
year at Hogwarts. Obviously, you got an O on your exam,
however Tofty did ask for an exception so he could give you
higher than the highest grade. If you choose to accept
this position, you will receive a full salary, and will be
given the powers and responsibilities of a teacher. You
will need to attend a training session one month prior to
the start of the term. You can use the Time-Turner to
attend classes and teach at the same time. Remember, this
instrument can only be used for this purpose. Send your
reply with your N.E.W.T.S. courses. If your answer is yes,
travel to Diagon Alley by floo powder. I have booked a
room for you at he Leaky Cauldron, and have connected your
home fireplace into the floo network. After one week,
travel into my office at 9:00 in the morning.

Albus Dumbledore

"What does it say?" Aunt Petunia wanted to know, noticing the awestruck look on Harry's face. "It says that Hogwarts wants to make me a teacher." "Why would they do that?" "Because I'm good." Dudley finally entered the conversation. "Who would want to learn from you? What makes you so qualified to teach?" "Maybe it's because in the last four years I've overcome the most powerful dark wizard four times. Then this year I overcame a group of his cronies with nothing but my wand and four other students that I had trained when we were outnumbered 2-1." It was fun for Harry to watch Dudley's face as he realized that if Harry was telling the truth, he was overqualified. "Anyway, I'll be leaving tomorrow to attend a training session." "Ya, uh. well, we'll miss you." Uncle Vernon said rather unconvincingly, "Here's your cake." Harry ate his cake while writing to the headmaster of Hogwarts. He also wrote to Ron and Hermione to explain everything. He liked his cake, he decided. "It's not much, but it's an improvement."