Chapter notes I have combined chapters one and two and have made some changes.

Chapter one- The Beginning.

It was one rainy Friday afternoon that Harry found himself standing front of the classroom with his back to the class writing on the blackboard, he heard chatter as his students filed into the classroom. He knew today would be a test the first day back after the summer holidays like it had always been. Even though it had been fifteen years since he had left school he still remembered the excitement of seeing his class mates again after the holidays.

"QUIET!" Harry suddenly shouted at the class. Slowly the class calmed and the rumble of chatter slowed to an eventual stop.

"The next person to talk out of turn is going to clean out the out the Red caps cage" Harry said. "Today we are just revising things that we learnt in the past. Now get up and go into the combat room. As you pass through door may you please put your summer homework on the desk besides it"

As he sat by the fire, waiting, he reflected upon his life so far. He grew up with his mum, a healer, and dad, a world-renowned auror. When he was eleven his mum slowed down her healer career so that she could focus more on family, that is when his sister Kym was born.

He graduated from Hogwarts with top marks and started his teaching career shortly after. this would-be Harry's tenth year working at the Australian national institute of magic. As he let the class out for lunch he thought back to when he was that age and just finalising his future. He knew from 3rd year that he would be a Defence Against the Darks Arts teacher. He did not realise how bad his classes were until one of his parent's friends took the class. Rem9us Lupin was the best friend of his Dad James Potter, not only that but he was also a werewolf.

He loved every class of DADA that year, he also realised that he had a passion for it. After realising that quality of DADA teachers had declined in the last decade. He decided then that he would change the way the subject was taught. He was reminded of the last day of Uni for the semester, the day his life changed forever. The day that fuelled the passion for teaching that he had when he was thirteen.

It was already getting dark as Harry's feet pounded the ground, the rain poured on his head. He had waited too long and the timing wards for apparition had appeared so he had to catch the bus and run the rest of the way. But he needed to research a topic for one of his projects. He cheered in his head as he saw his wooden fence came into view. He couldn't wait to get inside and have the home cooked meal his mother would have ready by now.

"Hi Mum" Harry said as he walked in, his Mum was in the kitchen doing the last preparations on dinner.

"Hi Harry, how was your day" his Mum asked

"Good I just want to write a letter to Ron and Hermione" Harry replied.

"Alright don't take too long dinner is nearly ready"

"Ok".

"By the way Molly invited us to her house for dinner next week".

Harry ran up the stairs two at a time as to get up as he had not seen them for a long time. Hermione had been very busy with law school while doing hours in the department of Magical Creatures while Ron had been away for a long time at the Auror Academy. He was hopping to organise a get together for one afternoon next month when Ron had some time off from the academy, as he was training to be an Auror.

As he walked into his room he saw two owls on his bed, he recognised it as the university owl. He wondered what was in the letter as he picked up the letter. He unrolled the scroll to see elegant writing written in black ink. As he began reading the letter he realised that it was the results for his first assignment. It took him three readings through to realise how well he had done this semester and he could not wait to get back into the next one.

"DINNER!" his mum yelled up the stairs.

"COMING!" he heard his seven-year-old sister yell from some side of the

Harry got up off the bed and walked down to the kitchen, in there was his mum, Dad and little sister Kym. When Harry sat down they all sat down to a dinner. It was as always something he would remember them all sitting down to dinner chit chat about their day as they ate their food.

Later that day

Harry sat on his bed after dinner, listening to classical music thinking about He was shocked with a start out of his stupor when a magnificent owl came in through his open window with a screech. He went over to his bed where the owl had landed and took the burden from the owl. He opened the letter which he knew was from Hermione. It was written on fancy parchment with good penmanship like Hermione always had through Hogwarts. He had not heard from Hermione in a while and was glad to see the letter, he had just been thinking about writing her a letter.

Hi Harry,

How are you? It has been a long time since we last saw each other. How's your classes going. Mine are brilliant, I never knew how many laws there and the many ways they apply the in the wizarding world. Now, I am studying the effect it would have some of the did not exist or if they were changed. It is amazing sometimes to see the effect one slight change can have. Sometimes the change effects in a good or bad way. We are also looking at the way Azkaban is run and if it is an efficient way to hold the prisoners or whether there is a better way to do that.

My relationship with Thomas is going good, and your worries about long distance were unfounded. Even though he lives in California and I live here we are still making it work. He finishes the movie next week so we will meet up then for a get together. On a similar topic are you busy next Thursday, because I would like to have lunch with you at that café we like. Also have you got a mobile phone from that new place in Diagon Alley that sells magic-safe electronics. If you have we should swap numbers as this is the easiest way to talk, I am thinking of giving one to Ron for a combined birthday and Christmas present would you be interested in chipping in.

Hope everything is well, hope to hear from you soon.

Hermione

Harry put down the letter and got out fresh parchment and his favourite silver ink that Hermione liked. Just as he was about to start writing the letter his mobile rang, he quickly turned off the music with a swish of his wand.

"Hi" Harry said as he picked up the phone.

"Hi Harry, this is Madeline"

"Hey Del"

"How are you did you get much out of today's study session"

"Today was awesome did you finish the assignment"

"yes, I did"

"That's good because I was thinking that we could get together and study sometime next week"

"We can't Thursday because that is when I am meeting Hermione"

"I am going away until Wednesday anyway, so how about Friday"

"that works for me"

"Alright see you then, Bye"

Harry hung up the phone and look up at the clock and startled as he realised it was 8:00 he did not think he had been spent that much time on the phone. He decided that he should get on with the reply otherwise he would once again be up until the early hours of the morning. He picked up the feathered quill that he abandoned when he picked up the phone and started writing a reply.

Dear Hermione

I am good and my classes are going good. It is amazing how much you must learn to become a teacher now we are learning behaviour and development. Imagine if Professor Snape had of had to get the qualification to teach would have he still taught if he had. As it was he was only our teacher until the end of first year, now he owns and runs his own apothecary mostly through owl order. I still can't believe he is good friends with mum, apparently the only reason they stopped being friends with my mum was because of a fight they had in fifth year.

I can't believe how long it has been since I last saw you, I am free on the date you requested. I am also looking forward to going to that cafe as I have not been for a while. I am glad you and Thomas are going strong. Have you heard from Ron lately? And yes, I would be happy to chip in to buy Ron a phone as a present. We should exchange numbers next time we meet as I do have a mobile they are quite convenient aren't they Del has one and it is easy to get in contact with her using it.

Can't wait to see you soon

Harry