AN: I don't own anything, except for the characters you don't recognize from the HP series. The plot is also mine. But the rest is JK's. I definitely wouldn't have killed Sirius off, especially since I am carrying his love child, but that's a different topic for a different time.

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Chapter One—Jealousy

I get so jealous that I can't even work—Tegan & Sara "So Jealous"

"Welcome, students, one and all, to a new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Dumbledore said in a booming voice, "Before the Feast begins I would like to introduce two new Professors to the Hogwarts home, Professor Sirius Black, who will be taking the position as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and I would like to re-welcome Professor Remus Lupin, who will be fulfilling the position as the Charms professor. Professor Flitwick has decided to travel the world researching new charms, so he will no longer be here. But I am glad to have two talented young men with us this year. With that said: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo."

The students' eyes widened at the large assortment of food and instantly began piling food onto their plates.

Daniéle sat happily with her friends at the Gryffindor table, munching on a dinner roll, while talking about the two new additions to the Hogwarts castle.

"The new professor is hot, simply ace," Max said, flipping her black braids over her shoulder elegantly.

"Which one?" Daniéle questioned while taking a sip of her pumpkin juice.

"Professor Black, of course, not that's there's anything wrong with Professor Lupin or anything, but he seems too introverted for me. I like my men passionate—"

"And here I thought you just liked men," Ginny Weasley said impishly, while tucking a piece of her red hair behind her ear.

"Anyway, although Lupin is probably passionate, especially around the full moon," she finished wickedly.

"Personally, I think Professor Lupin is the better choice of the two," Ginny stated, casting a glance upwards at her long time friend, "He's polite, has a nice physic, has beautiful golden eyes, that give him this wild, yet, tame appearance, and he has a streak of grey hair going through his lovely brown hair, that is simply dashing."

"Thought a lot about this, eh?" Max asked raising her eyebrows suggestively at her now beet red friend.

"I have not, I was just—"

"Checking out the merchandise?" Max added helpfully.

"Yea—NO."

Daniéle rolled her eyes at her friends' antics, smiling widely, happy to be back at the castle and around her friends; she allowed her eyes to roam the head table. She noted that Snape looked especially sour, even more than usual. Daniéle was about to share this observation with Ginny and Max, but she was stilled when she met a pair of smoldering gray eyes. Her breath caught in her throat and she continued to stare at the man.

"So I'm not the only one who thinks Professor Black is hot," Max whispered in her ear, loud enough for the three friends to hear.

Daniéle blushed and broke her eye contact with the older man. "I guess he's not that bad," she said trying to pass off the ogling as a mere glance.

"'Not that bad?!' Gorgeous grey eyes, olive-skin, silky black hair, and those robes are obviously working out nicely for him."

"Well, it is obvious that he is too old for us and it's also obvious that I am in a serious relationship," Daniéle said beaming and winking at a light brown haired boy at the Hufflepuff table. He smiled dashingly back, making her stomach flip.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, Miss I-have-a-boyfriend. Professor Black looks no older than twenty-six, thirty tops; therefore, he is not too old for us." Max said smartly.

"Whatever," Daniéle said continuing to jest playfully with her friends, never noticing the intense looks she was receiving from the very same gray eyes she had lost herself in minutes before.

Sirius chatted with Remus jovially, happy to be free of the Veil and of Grimmauld Place. His eyes scanned the Great Hall fondly, but he stopped when he was met with a pair gorgeous brown eyes.

He looked fixedly into her eyes for a long time, before she broke the connection, blushing.

Sirius stared at the girl, no woman, he thought as his eyes scanned the small amount of her body that he could see, and if what he saw was any indication about the rest of her body then she had a hell of a lot going for her.

He immediately began to memorize her features. Creamy, caramel skin, big, brown eyes, and beautiful shiny brown hair that hung to her shoulders, a more than adequate bosom, but that was the most he could see from her sitting position.

Sirius was pulled from his musings by a comment from Remus, which reeled him half-heartedly back into the conversation. Although, Sirius conversed with his longtime friend, he still made it a point to keep an eye on his new found beauty, lest she stand and show him the rest of that gorgeous figure.

The end of the Welcoming Feast, found Daniéle waiting by the entrance of the Great Hall for Leander Fugate.

She watched as he bid his friends farewell and made his way over to her. She smiled warmly at him as he placed an arm around her shoulders. Leander pulled her body close to his and gave her a soft kiss on the lips, telling her how much he missed her over the break.

Daniéle smiled widely at him when they pulled away, allowing him to take her hand and guide her in the direction of the Gryffindor Tower.

The two were so happy to see each other that they never noticed the pair of dark grey eyes follow there every move, filled to the brim with jealousy.

Sirius watched his mystery lady rise from the table and was completely pleased with her full appearance. She was not skinny in any sense of the word, but very curvaceous, and her body was well proportioned.

Sirius then saw something that made his blood boil. His lady was kissing another man, scratch that, boy; he thought with distain he watched the boy give his woman a soft kiss. The pansy prat couldn't even give her a real kiss he fumed; although, if he did give her a real kiss he knew he would have to ring his neck.

The dark haired man walked to his room in a bad mood, he all but snarled the password, and kicked his shoes off with force. Sirius stopped himself from breathing a string of curse words, instead trying to understand why this girl was having such a strong effect on him. Sure she was pretty, but he had never even met the girl, which she was, his mind argued, he couldn't even be sure of her age. Because she was young in the face, but older in the body; so, he couldn't even be sure if she was legal.

And even if she was legal, he argued with himself, she was possibly his student, and a relationship with ones student was definitely frowned upon, if not entirely forbidden. But him being the rebellious one that he was made him want her even more, especially if it was forbidden.

He moved into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. He was met with the face of his old self from his days with the Marauders, with a few years added to his belt. The Veil was a mysterious thing, so mysterious no one understood why he was alive or why he was young again. But he didn't complain because it was nice to have another chance at life.

'Maybe that's why I'm affected by her so much,' he mused, 'Because I want everything back that was stolen from me earlier in life, particularly a beautiful woman to spend my time with.'

Sirius stepped into the shower, deciding to push the brunette from his mind, and focus on teaching his classes and enjoying his freedom, by going to Hogsmeade and finding some women who were definitely legal and definitely not his students.

Disclaimer: 'Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo' is from the movie Cinderella, not from me.

AN: Please review. I really want to know what you all think.

Her Protector: The next chapter is done, but I'm waiting to get it back from my beta-reader. Please be patient with the both of us.