TEACHING IN THE PAST

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot in this story  All belongs to JK Rowling, how lucky is she?

Summery: Harry and Hermione go back in time to teach DADA while Harry's parents are at school. HHr

Mysterious Guests

It was the start of term feast and everyone was waiting for the headmaster to give his speech so they could all enjoy their food.

Finally Dumbledore stood and began to talk, "For those of you who are new, welcome to Hogwarts, for those of you returning, welcome back! I would like to start the term off with a few reminders. First of all, the forbidden forest is just that, forbidden," After saying this he looked at four students sitting at the Gryffindor table. He then continued with his announcements, "Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you that there is no dueling in the halls, and also that there are many forbidden objects, a list of these can be found on Mr. Filch's door.

Just then the doors to the great hall opened and two people in cloaks walked in. They headed straight for the head table to Dumbledore.

When they got there, one of the figures, a man, said," I understand you are looking for a defense against the dark arts teacher."

Dumbledore looked very at the figures and replied, "Yes, I am if you would please wait one moment, we could head to my office to discuss this."

The second figure, a girl, answered," Yes, that would be lovely."

Dumbledore then clapped his hands and the food appeared. He addressed the students next, "Please enjoy your meal, and I have some business to attend to."

He and the two strangers left toward the headmaster's office.

After they had left, four students, Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, a.k.a the mauderers, began to discuss the mysterious visitors.

"I wonder what they had to say that was so important that dumbles had to miss the feast to discuss." Sirius said, using the headmaster's nickname amongst the group.

I don't know, but I don't like them," Peter gave his opinion.

"Well, that's a problem for after the feast, right now, lets eat; we can follow in the invisibility cloak as soon as we are done." James added, thinking with his stomach as usual.

During this short discussion, the fourth member of the group, Remus, was trying to figure a mystery of his own out. Moony, his werewolf side, seemed to recognize something about one of the mysterious people. Not knowing what that was about, he decided to think about it later.

While this was happening in the great hall, in the headmaster's office the newcomers were explaining their story.

"So," Dumbledore started, "What can you tell me about yourselves?"

The first person removed their hood, "I am Harry Patterson and she," at this point the woman removed her hood also "is Hermione Gardener.

The man was quite good looking, 6'2" with a muscular build. His hair was brown with a bit of blond mixed in. He had startling green eyes, and a handsome face. He held himself with confidence but not arrogance, which, Dumbledore thought, was hard to come by.

The woman was about 5'11" and also had a great body; it was very obvious that both of these people were very athletic. She had wavy brown hair, but it was darker than the mans. He eyes were brown and welcoming and she was just as beautiful as the man was handsome. She also stood with confidence, but again didn't come across as arrogant.

What Dumbledore didn't know, was that these were not their usual appearances, or their real names. The man was actually Harry Potter and the woman Hermione Granger. The man's hair was originally black and very messy with little hope of being fixed or styled. The woman didn't look too much different than she usually did; her hair was just a little darker than it would be naturally.

"So, you are here about the DADA position? You seem quite young though." Dumbledore began.

Both Harry and Hermione started laughing at that. Finally after gaining control of his laughing, Harry answered, "That would be because we are. We are both 18."

"So what makes you think you have the knowledge and skill you need to teach these students, who are almost your same age?" Dumbledore asked with a hint of dought in his voice.

"I assure you we are capable," Hermione stated, "Is there some way for us to prove ourselves?"

Dumbledore thought for a moment, then answered, "How about a duel between the two of you, then I will be able to see your skill first hand."

Harry smiled, then replied "That sounds like a fabulous idea, how 'bout it 'mione? Scared?" She just smacked him and agreed to the duel. "Maybe we should go outside for his, I noticed you have a qudditch pitch." Harry requested.

"Yes, that sounds like a great idea. Shall we head out then?" Dumbledore replied. Both Harry and Hermione nodded their heads, and they all left the office.

Just outside the statue of the gargoyle the mauderers were hidden under an invisibility cloak that one of the boys, James, owned. When the headmaster and his guests exited the office, the boys followed. They had been following for less than five minutes when the man, Harry, drew his wand and said, "Accio invisibility cloak."

He was now holding the cloak before the boys even had a chance to react. "It's not good to spy, don't you know that?" Har5y asked trying not to laugh at the deer in the headlights look that each of the boys now wore. Dumbledore just looked on in shock that they had been followed, and that Harry had caught them when even he Dumbledore, a much older more experienced wizard, had not noticed they were being followed.

Finally recovering from his shock, he told the boys, "I believe Mr. Paterson is right, but with it being the first day of school I will let you off with a warning, now head off to bed."

Harry handed James the cloak, and the goys quickly left. After the boys were out of sigh, the three continued toward the pitch.

Once they got there Harry and Hermione got into dueling position, and bowed. Harry was the first to send of a spell, a simple Expeliarmus. Hermione blocked the spell with a smirk on her face, "Come on Harry I know you are better than that."

Harry took her words to heart and started sending more spells at her at a quicker rate. She also began to be serious, and while blocking his spells sent more of her own. After about fifteen minutes of dueling, Dumbledore cleared his throat, and Hermione thinking he wanted them to stop let her guard down and Harry easily stunned her.

He then walked over to her and helped her up, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

They walked over to Dumbledore and waited for him to tell them if they got the job, even though they were sure they had.

After a few seconds, Dumbledore said, "I was impressed when you found the mauderers under that cloak, but compared to the resent performance that was nothing. I would be crazy to not hire you. If you would please follow me back to my office to get the paperwork done."

Harry and Hermione smiled and followed him back to the school. After a few minutes Dumbledore turned to them and asked, "I don't know much about you, where did you go to school, and where do you live?"

Prepared for this question, Hermione answered, "We were home schooled, and we have been living in London for a while."

This, like their appearances, was also altered. It so happens that they weren't home schooled, but actually went to the very school that they would now be teaching at. You may be wondering why the headmaster doesn't recognize them if this is the case, and that has a simple answer. Although they did go to this school, they went to it 20 years in the future. The very headmaster that doesn't know them now is actually the very person that sent them here.

Even though their story wasn't the whole truth, Dumbledore accepted this answer then said, "who ever taught you did and excellent job. The two of you are by far tow of the most advanced people I have ever met."

Soon they were at Dumbledore's office and had filled out the paper work. Dumbledore then called a house elf to show them to their classroom and quarters.

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After having reached their dorms, the four students from earlier continued their discussion about the strangers.

"How on earth did they know we were there, we were making barely any noise," Sirius Ranted.

"I don't know, but did you see dumbles face? He looked just as surprised as I was." James said.

"Well, we don't know anything else about them, so there is nothing else we can do tonight besides go to sleep. Plus, classes start tomorrow," Remus said.

Leave it to moony to think about classes," Sirius replied smiling.

They all took Remus' advice and headed to bed, not knowing that they would find out more about these characters later.

OK, so this is my attempt at a time travel story, so let me know what you think, reviews make me very happy, because then I know what to improve on, and if you would like something to happen in this story, if you leave it in a review, I will try to work it into the story if it fits. Thanks!