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The letter came on August 5th as Harry sat down to enjoy his rushed and poorly made hot beverage. Waking up late had not been the plan as sleeping in and not hearing his alarm was not either. The plain brown and old looking Hogwarts owl hooted as it landed and gestured for a treat in the container beside her. With time against him harry only had time to take the letter and feed the now impatient owl a treat before it flew off rather abruptly.

The flushed wizard in his hastily put on auror uniform sighed in trepidation for the monotonous day ahead. 'How had it come to this' Thought Harry as he scoffed down the toast before rushing towards the floo, ready to head to work.

His life had not always been this domestic boredom of wake-up, eat, work, eat, bed. He and Ron had relished the opportunity of becoming aurors after the war. The thrill of the chase, stopping bad guys and fighting crime was what he wanted to do. Or was it? Kingsley Shackelbolt offered places on the team right off the bat a week after the last funeral of the war had taken place.

At this point all three of the golden trio had resided at Grimmauld Place while coming to terms with the war and all who was lost. Ron had been ecstatic with being offered places without having to head through the training. Hermione however chastised him for his abuse of status and demanding they pass the rigorous training the every other member has been through. Much to Ron's dismay Harry sided with Hermione and thus forced them into the training programme the next month.

The training programme was tough. Much more so than either Harry or Ron expected. The training lasted two years before the two were officially classed as aurors. For two years Harry and Ron each had to shadow a full time auror half of the time and the rest were learning laws and conduct, whilst regular fitness tests to prove you could keep up with the evading criminals. Ron was paired up with a young male auror named Philip who was incredible at his job. At first glance the man would appear young and inexperienced; however the multitude of spells and counter-spell techniques he knew made him the perfect partner.

Harry was not so lucky. Higdon was his name, well, not his first name as he did not permit Harry to call him that. A middle aged man who was rather tall and very intimidating and must have been a slytherin, thought Harry, as he remembers the way in which he extracted information from criminals. Ron in the pub after training would often boast about how amazing Phillip is and laugh at the stories Harry told of Higdon's brash methods and .

The Two years of training seemed quicker than he would have expected and finally the day of the graduation and becoming a full auror. The ceremony was not as grand as Harry expected, but that did not put a damper on the feeling of success as Kingsley pinned the badge onto Harry's robes. All the Weasley's were in attendance, apart from Charlie, who was away in Romania at the dragon reserve. Molly beamed as she hugged her son and adopted son as they stepped down off the constructed stage. This was a big step in both of their lives and now was only the beginning to a long, fulfilling career.

Three years on and this was not the case. The glamorous life of an auror was not what Harry envisioned when he signed up. Solitary paperwork. It was what he always seemed to be doing and what he could not escape from. The office seemed to be where the man spent his time as one case that maybe only lasts an hour will need four hours of paperwork. The monotony of doing all this work and not getting much action was driving Harry up the wall. The loneliness of the seemingly social job was starting to get to the boy wonder.

As he stepped out of the floo and into the atrium of the ministry people now ignored him as if he was a ghost, totally forgotten. This pleased Harry immensely as his hero status was something of a nuisance and to be rid of it after seven years was a bonus. A few people looked and he had the rare approach for an autograph, but otherwise nothing and that suited him just fine.

He stepped into the lift and pushed the button for auror HQ and the device sped into life. The doors chimed as he excited the box and he was instantly greeted by a few of his colleagues. Most of these were women who were trying to catch his eye at their desk, however Harry remained oblivious to the hints the women were giving him and reached his desk with little fuss.

The day's pile of paperwork was huge. It would mostly take all morning and then some to finish it before he could be on call for any jobs. He only managed a few forms before Ron entered and sauntered over to Harry's desk with a grin on this face.

"Morning" called Ron as he ate a muggle breakfast bar in his hand.

"Morning, still craving those bars Mione' bought last week?"

"Yeah!" Ron exclaimed as crumbs flew from his mouth "Who would have thought it. Breakfast in a bar, genius" Harry rolled his eyes as the fascination the Weasley's have with muggle items.

"Got something to tell you though" Ron stopped eating and his face split into a wide grin as he settled himself on the corner of Harry's desk. Harry waited for Ron to continue. "Hermione's pregnant" The excitement of his face was evidently clear as Harry stood up and embraced his long-time friend.

"Congratulations mate" Harry said with real enthusiasm as he sat back down feeling a little better than he had when he awoke this morning. "When is she due?" Harry asked.

"Around April time I think. I can't wait but I'm worried about being a bad father. I know it's early but I don't think I'm ready yet." Ron suddenly looked sullen and slightly apprehensive as he considered being a father for the first time.

"Don't worry, you have Mionie' who is the brightest witch of our age and you could always speak to your dad about it too. Think of how many kids he has dealt with and you only have the one" Harry exclaimed and Ron looked a bit better after that.

"But what if I mess up?"

"If you do then you learn from your mistakes and then be better in the future you will be fine, look at how you handle Teddy when he visits you know it will be ok"

"I guess so" Ron said and turned to walk away to his own desk. He stopped and turned back.

"Just forgot Hermione is using that new cookbook you got her for our wedding anniversary last week so do you want to come to dinner? And I think she want to discuss baby names already, you know what she's like" Ron's expression just showed the mere understanding of his wives habits and character.

"Ok then, what time?"

"Seven o'clock"

"I'll be there. Not like I've got anything else better to do is it?" He smiled that reserved smile as Ron walked away to his desk to challenge his own pile of paper.

People fluttered around Harry's desk all day bringing reports and forms to fill in. By the time he got his head up to look at the clock it was 3:50pm and 10 minutes until he could leave. Missing lunch had been worth it as the paperwork was almost gone and the feeling of fieldwork tomorrow lifted his spirits considerably. Packing up his things he left the office and floo'd back to his flat. After wiping the soot and dust off his outer robes Harry trudged to the bathroom and took a nice long shower to wash away all the boredom of his job.

'I want to quit' was what he thought as he was drying himself whilst looking in the mirror. 'But what else am I going to do?' That was the question that he needed an answer to. After getting smartly dressed and attempting to tame his hair and failing miserably, Harry returned to the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea. While pouring the milk he noticed the letter from this morning and the wax seal from Hogwarts that is stamped on when the invitations to Hogwarts are sent out. Obviously this was not that type of letter so as Harry walked to the table and sat down he grabbed the letter as his curiosity got the better of him.

Harry recognised the writing instantly after many corrections had been made on his admittedly poor attempts at transfigurations essays. The letter read:

Dear Harry,

After many years in the schools service I hope Cedric managed to deliver this letter to you as he is getting beyond the age at which an owl should be working. I hope you are having a successful career as an auror as you wanted. I am writing to you however to inform you of a vacancy at Hogwarts as the defence against the dark arts professor. This position has been held by Mr Greene from Ireland since the war ended up until now. I am offering you this position first as I believe that your work as an auror and previously as leader of the DA would make you an ideal candidate for the job. I understand your position as an auror is your desired job, but I would like to offer you this position in case you may consider a new challenge. Please pass on my regards to Hermione and Ronald.

Thank-you.

Professor McGonagall

Hogwarts Headmistress