Summary: Harry and co are entering their 6th year at Hogwarts. There are three new teachers this year, but what does the new class of Magical Studies have to do with different magical creatures appearing out of nowhere at Hogwarts and how are the class's teachers connected with Snape and Dumbledore. For that matter, whom is whom.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Harry Potter or anything else you might recognise, such as Starbuck's Coffee. I do own the characters Drew and Tenshi and Starlight Institute as well as other original characters and locations which will turn up later in the story.
Spoilers are from all seven books. This takes place when Harry and co are entering their 6th year. This is centered mainly around the original characters with the cannon ones taking over every now and then.
Chapter One
An old man, tall with long flowing white hair and beard dressed in a deep purple suit entered the half-empty coffee shop, staring curiously at the green sign located in various places on the walls of the café. He looked around and, locating the couple he was searching, walked to the table they were lounged about talking quietly.
"Good afternoon," he said to them, "would I be correct in assuming you are the new arrivals from Los Angeles I am to be meeting?" he enquired.
"Yes Sir we are. Thank you for seeing us here," the young woman said as she sat down into a chintz chair after having shaken hands with the new arrival. "We're not very knowledgeable about British locations and we've been staying nearby for the past few weeks." She took a sip from a clear brown liquid-filled plastic cup. "Would you like to get a drink? Starbuck's does the best coffees."
"Ah, it's of no big importance, my dear. As long as we are able to get our meeting conducted in a semi-formal manner, all is well. And I am quite alright, my dear. I find drinking coffee puts me to sleep. Might I ask though," the old man asked as he too sat down, "what is it that you are drinking? It seems awfully strange to me to be drinking a coffee from a straw…" as he saw they both had the same drink.
The dark haired man next to the woman replied, "It's a Java Chip Frappuccino. It's like coffee, chocolate syrup, ice and chocolate bits all blended together, so it's cold not hot," he explained further as he saw confusion settle on the old man's face, which cleared up to be replaced with a look of childlike wonderment.
"Ingenious, ingenious," the old man muttered. "Now," he started, "before we continue any further, would you please introduce yourselves? I have received recommendation after recommendation and letter after letter from quite talented individuals from all across the world, many from Starlight Institute, demanding me almost to introduce this new course and employ you as the teachers, however, I was unable to discern just from your names and put faces to them. I am, as you might know, Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." He smiled at them warmly.
The two strangers looked at each other when the Headmaster introduced himself, seeming to have a silent conversation in that exchange of glances. They broke away and the young woman began, "Well, I'm not actually quite sure who has sent you letters and recommendations, but I think we've got a good start of where to look." "Probably the one's who wanted us to do this," the man cut in. "Yeah, probably," she agreed. "Anyway, introductions. We prefer to be called by our nicknames of Drew for him and Tenshi for me, but I'm guessing you want our real names?" At his nod, she continued "We are Ashley Snape-" "And Lee Dumbledore," the man cut in again.
To be continued: The return to Hogwarts