Love, Life and Magic
A/N: I wrote this once before, but hardly anyone read it. I reread it and found it quite a bit, what's the word.. Unintelligible writing. So I am rewriting it, making it more of a 16-year-old story, instead of a 14-year- old. Disclaimer: Since I wrote this two years ago, before the fifth book came out I'm still going as it was written then. This happens in Harry's fifth year, Sirius is alive and well, and free. A girl Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Amy Aurora. I own nothing but the plot and Amy. I hope you like it.
Chapter 1; The New Teacher
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"Another year, another teacher teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Wonder who it is this year," Harry said as Hermione, Ron and he walked into the Great Hall.
They looked up at the Professor's Table, and immediately saw a new teacher. She was sitting right next to Professor Severus Snape talking to him. And it appeared to be that she also was laughing.
"We have a girl teacher?!" Ron shrieked.
"Ron, quit it. A women teacher," Hermione corrected. "And it will be great. We only had male teachers."
"A teacher is a teacher, I just hope she's not as mean as Snape," Harry said as he sat down.
"Harry, take a look. She's talking and laughing with Snape. Must be thinking of ways to make our fifth year a living hell," Ron said.
Hermione was going to shoot back with a remark but was cut off by the first years coming in to be sorted. Then Dumbledore made his annual first of the term speech. Same as always. Harry wasn't paying attention, he was looking at the DADA teacher. She finally looked up and directly at Harry. A shadow crossed over her eyes, making Harry shiver under her gaze. Nobody noticed this little incident, and he was glad too.
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"Severus, who's that? He looks familiar," The new Professor whispered looking out over the tables.
"Amy, that's James' son," Severus said shaking his head with a sneer on his face. "Him and his friends are always getting into trouble."
"Well if memory serves me correctly, Severus, you used to get into trouble a lot too," Amy Aurora said smiling.
"Yes, and so was James and his group," Severus retorted but couldn't help but grin himself.
"They have names, you know," Amy said poking him in the ribs making him squirm in his seat.
"Amy, please. Students watching," Severus said.
"Never stopped you before."
"You sly girl."
Amy smiled at Severus and turned to watch Dumbledore do his speech. She looked back over the students and her eyes fell on Harry. He looked like his dad.
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After dinner everyone walked towards their Common Room. Harry was a bit shaken with what he saw in Professor Aurora's eyes. Dumbledore introduced all of the teachers again, so now they had a name to go with the face.
"Professor Aurora, sounds nice," Hermione said as she sat down in a chair by the fireplace.
"She's cute," Fred Weasley said as he walked up behind Hermione sitting down next to her, with George on his other side.
"Please, she's a professor," Ron said.
"Yeah, a cute professor. You'd say the same thing if Hermione became a professor," George said making Ron blush.
"What do you think Harry?" Hermione asked turning to him. He was looking through the fire, trying to recall the shadow that passed over Amy Aurora's eyes. "Harry?"
"Wha..What?" Harry finally answered, broken from his spell.
"What do you think of Professor Aurora?" Ron asked.
"She's, she seems different," Harry said.
The group argued about that a bit then finally retired back to the dorm rooms to get some sleep for the day ahead.
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"Remember everyone, be on time for all your classes," Professor McGonagall said as she passed out schedules to all the Gryffindors.
"Or at least for potions," Ron said whispering. "Speaking of potions, I have it second to last class today, what about you guys?"
"Same," Harry and Hermione said in unison.
"I have Defense Against the Dark Arts after that," Hermione said earning a nod from both Harry and Ron. "Wonderful, we have a few classes together. Now if you will excuse me I will meet up with you in Charms, I have to get a few things from the Common Room." With that Hermione was gone. Leaving Harry and Ron to walk towards Charms together.
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"It's been a long day," Ron said as he walked into DADA. He already had a headache from Potions. First day and already assigned a fifteen inch scroll about mind trickery potions due the next Monday.
"Days not over yet, Ron," Harry said dropping his stuff onto the desk and taking a seat.
"It should be easy," Hermione said sitting next to Harry as Professor Aurora walked into the room, supporting a black robe over a black outfit.
"Easy? She's dressed like Snape," Ron whispered.
"No more talking about Professor Snape, I have heard the rumors. Doesn't seem nice," Professor Aurora said cutting in, making Ron jump in his seat.
Everyone was quiet after that comment, afraid that she might be worse then Snape. Or even bring him in, since they seemed to be so chummy.
"I understand that you have gone over most of the dangerous animals; well I don't really care. We will go over a few of them again. Werewolves and vampires will be the big ones. Then we will talk about whatever you want to. I don't really have a plan for the year, so whatever you want to talk about, we talk about. Understood?" Professor Aurora asked.
"Yes Professor," everyone answered.
"Good. Now first of all tell me everything about werewolves that you know of," Aurora said. Hermione raised her hand.
"There are several ways of becoming one, as the legend states. Either from being bit by one, or magically being transformed into one," Hermione said.
"Excellent, Ms. Granger. Although it is called lycanthrope. Act of being able to change into a wolf or sorts," Professor Aurora said.
The rest of the class lasted about talking about werewolves. By the time the class was over with everyone had a say in the conversation.
"Now what I want you to do, is write me at least a paragraph about a werewolf. You all should have "The Sorcerer's Companion", I will look through that. We will be working out of the book. Have a good day," Aurora said as the class filed out.
Hermione, Harry and Ron stayed outside the door talking about the teacher.
"We already learned about werewolves, this is going to be easy," Ron said smiling.
"The class isn't suppose to be easy. We are suppose to be learning something," Hermione said.
"Hermione, what's lycanthrope?" Ron said smiling.
"Ha ha, very funny Ron,"
"Will you guys be quiet?" Harry hissed at them. Both Ron and Hermione looked up and saw Professor Snape heading their way. They were all holding their breath hoping he wouldn't stop to talk to them. He didn't. He turned into the DADA classroom and they heard him start talking to Professor Aurora.
"Hello, Professor," Snape said, with a smile in his tone.
"Hello, Severus. What can I do for you?" Amy asked.
"I was wondering if, after a hectic first day, if you would like to come for a walk with me?" Snape asked.
"A walk sounds good. It would be great to see the grounds again," Amy said and she and Snape both walked out of the classroom. Snape put his arm around Amy's waist.
"What just happened?" Ron asked.
"Seems to me, Snape likes Professor Aurora," Hermione said.
"Professor liking another Professor, that's wrong," Ron said sticking out his tongue.
"Snape had a spring in his step. And he was smiling!" Harry said gasping.
"What did she do to him? A love potion?" Ron asked.
"Who would put a love potion on Snape?" Harry asked grinning.
"What do you care? If it keeps Snape happy, it should make him mellow out," Ron said, earning a kick from Hermione.
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Every day after the last class Severus Snape went to Amy Aurora and they walked around the grounds. It wasn't until the last week of September when Amy saw some other people that she knew. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black.
It was a warm Tuesday afternoon, right after Defense Against the Dark Arts. Amy and Severus did their usual walk around the grounds. This time they sat down under a tree and talked about what they are going to do for Halloween.
"Halloween is your holiday, Sev," Amy said smiling, flipping her long dark hair over her shoulder.
"How so?"
"Always in black, always spooky. All we need to do is dye your hair orange, what a kick that would be!"
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Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking out the door to go to Hagrid's hut. As they were walking Harry stopped short and smiled.
"It's Sirius," Harry said smiling and took off running towards Hagrid's hut with Ron and Hermione at his heels.
"Look Sirius, Remus. I told ya Harry would be coming soon,"
"Hey Harry," Sirius said as they came running up.
"How is it going?" Remus asked smiling down at the group.
"Excellent. Wonderful to see you again Sirius. I heard you are a free man now," Harry said giving his godfather a hug.
"Yes, with a little help from Remus, I'm free and free can be," Sirius said laughing.
"Haven't seen Harry this happy for awhile," Hermione said smiling at the two men.
"And why is that?" Remus asked patting Harry on the back.
"New Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Harry doesn't like her," Ron said.
"Another teacher? Who is it this time?" Remus asked.
"And what kind of girl would want to take over that class?" Sirius asked.
"Ya should know her," Hagrid said. "It's Amy Aurora."
At hearing this Sirius' and Remus' smiles fell off their face.
"What?" Ron, Harry and Hermione asked in unison.
"Remus, eh, had a little crush on her. We haven't heard from her in a year," Sirius said looking at Remus.
"Well why don't you go say hi? She's under the tree with Snape," Ron said.
"What?" Remus asked as his head shot up and immediately found Amy and Snape.
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"So how's Potter and his group been acting in your class?" Severus said looking at Amy.
"Couldn't be better. Excellent examples," Amy said then stopped as she looked around the grounds.
"What?" Severus asked and looked where she was looking. "Oh yes, Potter likes going to see Hagrid. Seems that he too has visitors. Lupin and Black."
Amy looked back at Severus and got up.
"Where are you going?" Severus asked and he got up too.
"Going to talk to them."
"Why?"
"Unfinished business."
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A/N: Wow, who knew it would be this long. The regular first chapter wasn't this long. But hey, it was rushed. This, I try not to rush. But it isn't turning out that way. Please review. I would really like to know what you guys think.
A/N: I wrote this once before, but hardly anyone read it. I reread it and found it quite a bit, what's the word.. Unintelligible writing. So I am rewriting it, making it more of a 16-year-old story, instead of a 14-year- old. Disclaimer: Since I wrote this two years ago, before the fifth book came out I'm still going as it was written then. This happens in Harry's fifth year, Sirius is alive and well, and free. A girl Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Amy Aurora. I own nothing but the plot and Amy. I hope you like it.
Chapter 1; The New Teacher
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Another year, another teacher teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Wonder who it is this year," Harry said as Hermione, Ron and he walked into the Great Hall.
They looked up at the Professor's Table, and immediately saw a new teacher. She was sitting right next to Professor Severus Snape talking to him. And it appeared to be that she also was laughing.
"We have a girl teacher?!" Ron shrieked.
"Ron, quit it. A women teacher," Hermione corrected. "And it will be great. We only had male teachers."
"A teacher is a teacher, I just hope she's not as mean as Snape," Harry said as he sat down.
"Harry, take a look. She's talking and laughing with Snape. Must be thinking of ways to make our fifth year a living hell," Ron said.
Hermione was going to shoot back with a remark but was cut off by the first years coming in to be sorted. Then Dumbledore made his annual first of the term speech. Same as always. Harry wasn't paying attention, he was looking at the DADA teacher. She finally looked up and directly at Harry. A shadow crossed over her eyes, making Harry shiver under her gaze. Nobody noticed this little incident, and he was glad too.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Severus, who's that? He looks familiar," The new Professor whispered looking out over the tables.
"Amy, that's James' son," Severus said shaking his head with a sneer on his face. "Him and his friends are always getting into trouble."
"Well if memory serves me correctly, Severus, you used to get into trouble a lot too," Amy Aurora said smiling.
"Yes, and so was James and his group," Severus retorted but couldn't help but grin himself.
"They have names, you know," Amy said poking him in the ribs making him squirm in his seat.
"Amy, please. Students watching," Severus said.
"Never stopped you before."
"You sly girl."
Amy smiled at Severus and turned to watch Dumbledore do his speech. She looked back over the students and her eyes fell on Harry. He looked like his dad.
~~~~~*~~~~~
After dinner everyone walked towards their Common Room. Harry was a bit shaken with what he saw in Professor Aurora's eyes. Dumbledore introduced all of the teachers again, so now they had a name to go with the face.
"Professor Aurora, sounds nice," Hermione said as she sat down in a chair by the fireplace.
"She's cute," Fred Weasley said as he walked up behind Hermione sitting down next to her, with George on his other side.
"Please, she's a professor," Ron said.
"Yeah, a cute professor. You'd say the same thing if Hermione became a professor," George said making Ron blush.
"What do you think Harry?" Hermione asked turning to him. He was looking through the fire, trying to recall the shadow that passed over Amy Aurora's eyes. "Harry?"
"Wha..What?" Harry finally answered, broken from his spell.
"What do you think of Professor Aurora?" Ron asked.
"She's, she seems different," Harry said.
The group argued about that a bit then finally retired back to the dorm rooms to get some sleep for the day ahead.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Remember everyone, be on time for all your classes," Professor McGonagall said as she passed out schedules to all the Gryffindors.
"Or at least for potions," Ron said whispering. "Speaking of potions, I have it second to last class today, what about you guys?"
"Same," Harry and Hermione said in unison.
"I have Defense Against the Dark Arts after that," Hermione said earning a nod from both Harry and Ron. "Wonderful, we have a few classes together. Now if you will excuse me I will meet up with you in Charms, I have to get a few things from the Common Room." With that Hermione was gone. Leaving Harry and Ron to walk towards Charms together.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"It's been a long day," Ron said as he walked into DADA. He already had a headache from Potions. First day and already assigned a fifteen inch scroll about mind trickery potions due the next Monday.
"Days not over yet, Ron," Harry said dropping his stuff onto the desk and taking a seat.
"It should be easy," Hermione said sitting next to Harry as Professor Aurora walked into the room, supporting a black robe over a black outfit.
"Easy? She's dressed like Snape," Ron whispered.
"No more talking about Professor Snape, I have heard the rumors. Doesn't seem nice," Professor Aurora said cutting in, making Ron jump in his seat.
Everyone was quiet after that comment, afraid that she might be worse then Snape. Or even bring him in, since they seemed to be so chummy.
"I understand that you have gone over most of the dangerous animals; well I don't really care. We will go over a few of them again. Werewolves and vampires will be the big ones. Then we will talk about whatever you want to. I don't really have a plan for the year, so whatever you want to talk about, we talk about. Understood?" Professor Aurora asked.
"Yes Professor," everyone answered.
"Good. Now first of all tell me everything about werewolves that you know of," Aurora said. Hermione raised her hand.
"There are several ways of becoming one, as the legend states. Either from being bit by one, or magically being transformed into one," Hermione said.
"Excellent, Ms. Granger. Although it is called lycanthrope. Act of being able to change into a wolf or sorts," Professor Aurora said.
The rest of the class lasted about talking about werewolves. By the time the class was over with everyone had a say in the conversation.
"Now what I want you to do, is write me at least a paragraph about a werewolf. You all should have "The Sorcerer's Companion", I will look through that. We will be working out of the book. Have a good day," Aurora said as the class filed out.
Hermione, Harry and Ron stayed outside the door talking about the teacher.
"We already learned about werewolves, this is going to be easy," Ron said smiling.
"The class isn't suppose to be easy. We are suppose to be learning something," Hermione said.
"Hermione, what's lycanthrope?" Ron said smiling.
"Ha ha, very funny Ron,"
"Will you guys be quiet?" Harry hissed at them. Both Ron and Hermione looked up and saw Professor Snape heading their way. They were all holding their breath hoping he wouldn't stop to talk to them. He didn't. He turned into the DADA classroom and they heard him start talking to Professor Aurora.
"Hello, Professor," Snape said, with a smile in his tone.
"Hello, Severus. What can I do for you?" Amy asked.
"I was wondering if, after a hectic first day, if you would like to come for a walk with me?" Snape asked.
"A walk sounds good. It would be great to see the grounds again," Amy said and she and Snape both walked out of the classroom. Snape put his arm around Amy's waist.
"What just happened?" Ron asked.
"Seems to me, Snape likes Professor Aurora," Hermione said.
"Professor liking another Professor, that's wrong," Ron said sticking out his tongue.
"Snape had a spring in his step. And he was smiling!" Harry said gasping.
"What did she do to him? A love potion?" Ron asked.
"Who would put a love potion on Snape?" Harry asked grinning.
"What do you care? If it keeps Snape happy, it should make him mellow out," Ron said, earning a kick from Hermione.
~~~~~*~~~~~
Every day after the last class Severus Snape went to Amy Aurora and they walked around the grounds. It wasn't until the last week of September when Amy saw some other people that she knew. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black.
It was a warm Tuesday afternoon, right after Defense Against the Dark Arts. Amy and Severus did their usual walk around the grounds. This time they sat down under a tree and talked about what they are going to do for Halloween.
"Halloween is your holiday, Sev," Amy said smiling, flipping her long dark hair over her shoulder.
"How so?"
"Always in black, always spooky. All we need to do is dye your hair orange, what a kick that would be!"
~~~~~*~~~~~
Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking out the door to go to Hagrid's hut. As they were walking Harry stopped short and smiled.
"It's Sirius," Harry said smiling and took off running towards Hagrid's hut with Ron and Hermione at his heels.
"Look Sirius, Remus. I told ya Harry would be coming soon,"
"Hey Harry," Sirius said as they came running up.
"How is it going?" Remus asked smiling down at the group.
"Excellent. Wonderful to see you again Sirius. I heard you are a free man now," Harry said giving his godfather a hug.
"Yes, with a little help from Remus, I'm free and free can be," Sirius said laughing.
"Haven't seen Harry this happy for awhile," Hermione said smiling at the two men.
"And why is that?" Remus asked patting Harry on the back.
"New Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Harry doesn't like her," Ron said.
"Another teacher? Who is it this time?" Remus asked.
"And what kind of girl would want to take over that class?" Sirius asked.
"Ya should know her," Hagrid said. "It's Amy Aurora."
At hearing this Sirius' and Remus' smiles fell off their face.
"What?" Ron, Harry and Hermione asked in unison.
"Remus, eh, had a little crush on her. We haven't heard from her in a year," Sirius said looking at Remus.
"Well why don't you go say hi? She's under the tree with Snape," Ron said.
"What?" Remus asked as his head shot up and immediately found Amy and Snape.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"So how's Potter and his group been acting in your class?" Severus said looking at Amy.
"Couldn't be better. Excellent examples," Amy said then stopped as she looked around the grounds.
"What?" Severus asked and looked where she was looking. "Oh yes, Potter likes going to see Hagrid. Seems that he too has visitors. Lupin and Black."
Amy looked back at Severus and got up.
"Where are you going?" Severus asked and he got up too.
"Going to talk to them."
"Why?"
"Unfinished business."
~~~~~*~~~~~
A/N: Wow, who knew it would be this long. The regular first chapter wasn't this long. But hey, it was rushed. This, I try not to rush. But it isn't turning out that way. Please review. I would really like to know what you guys think.