Harry, Hermione, James, and Lily all walked up to the entrance of the castle. It was just as they remembered. Slowly, they crept down the halls, making sure that they weren't seen in anyway possible, and they headed towards the Great Hall. Once they saw they were right in front of the doors, Harry could hear Dumbledore making his end of the feast speech. Harry thought this was a perfect time to go in, Hermione thought otherwise.
"Please," Harry asked.
"No," she said.
"Please?" he asked again. Again, the reply was the same. After a few tugs from the kids, she reluctantly agreed.
"Let's just get this over with," Hermione said pulling her hood past her face. She fixed James and Lily's cloaks and motioned that they were ready. Harry grinned and placed a small kiss on her cheek.
He opened the doors. No one seemed to pay any notice that there were four people walking in, let alone hooded people. They ignored them and walked up to the Headmaster, who was eyeing them.
"Excuse me," Harry said politely.
"Yes, how may I help you?" Dumbledore asked.
"My wife and I are interested in teaching here. Are there any posts?"
"Come in my office, we could talk quietly there." He got up, told McGonagall that he was going to talk to the two mysterious hooded figures, and they left.
Once in the office, Harry and Hermione took off their cloaks. Lily and James did the same. Dumbledore took in their appearance; the man was a little short of 6ft, with a muscular body. He had short slightly spiky, light brown, almost blond, hair, with red highlights on the spikes. He had a black eyebrow stud in his eyebrow, too. He had startling silver eyes that slightly twinkled. The woman was about 5'5'', perhaps 5'6'', and had medium length hair, which was blond, and she had chocolaty brown eyes. She wore a genuine smile that showed she cared. He looked at the two little children next to them; the small boy looked like his father. He had light brown, almost blond, hair, and the same silver eyes as his father. The little girl looked just like her mother. She had short, shoulder length blond hair, and her father's eyes.
"You were asking about a teaching post?" Dumbledore asked kindly.
"Yes, we were wondering if there were any posts left," Hermione said politely.
"Yes, there is the Defense Against the Dark Arts post that I've been meaning to fill. Apparently, since Lord Voldermort has been loose, no one wants to take the job."
"Oh, that's no problem. Do you suppose that my wife and I would both be able to teach the classes, together?" Harry asked.
"Why most certainly," he said.
"Oh look at my manners, I forgot to introduce myself," Hermione said shaking her head. "I am Hermione Porter; this is my husband, Harry Porter, and our children, Daniel and Jade."
"Lovely meeting you Daniel and Jade," Dumbledore said looking down at the two children. "Lemon drop?"
"No," Harry said a little too quickly. "I mean… it's not good for them. They've got to grow up healthy, you know."
"Ah, yes. Back to business, you two look fairly young. May I ask how old you, and your children, are?"
"Certainly, I am nineteen. My wife is eighteen, my daughter and son are both four," Harry said smiling.
"Yes, yes certainly. How is it that I know you two are qualified enough to fill the post then? My students are but a year or two younger then you," Dumbledore stated.
"We were home schooled. We could show you a few things if you'd like."
"Why yes, that'd be wonderful. Why don't you two do a bit of magic for me, then?" Dumbledore asked politely. They both nodded and went to the other side of the room.
Harry took out his wand and started chanting spells. Hermione easily blocked it. Hermione then fired out a spell with her wand, it barely missed him. They kept dueling, making sure that Lily and James were off behind the desk, until Dumbledore cleared his throat.
"Yes, I think that two are perfect for his job. I've never seen such a finer duel in many, many years," Dumbledore stated proudly.
"Thank you," Harry and Hermione stated in unison.
"Okay, let us begin the arrangements, I believe your children are a bit exhausted from watching quiet a match. I know I certainly am," He said.
"Yes," Harry said picking up Lily, she snuggled her head into the crook of his neck. Hermione did the same to James
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"Okay Jade, you're going to stay here, and no trouble. That goes double with you, Daniel," Harry warned. "Remember, if you need me or mommy, just tell the house elf and he'll bring you to us."
"Yes daddy," the twins said looking down.
"Good, now give mommy and daddy a hug and kiss goodbye." They wrapped their arms around their father and kissed him on the cheek. They then proceeded to do the same with their mother.
"Bye," Harry and Hermione said before walking out the room.
"What are we going to do today?" Harry asked heading towards the DADA room.
"I--" Hermione started, but then was cut off by her husband.
"I know! We could use today as the day we introduce ourselves," Harry said happily. Hermione rolled her eye and opened her mouth to say something, but was once again, cut off. "And don't say they should get started on their work. I remember I used to get bored out of my mind on the first day of classes. I'd get homework in them, too." Hermione rolled her eyes yet again and motioned that they were at the room.
"Let's go in," Hermione said opening the door. They saw that all of the 7th year NEWT level students were already sitting down and waiting for their new DADA teachers to show.
"Sorry about that. The kids were being, well, kids," Harry said nervously. He never was any good with talking in front of a class. He remembered once, when he was in Kindergarten, he had to make a speech. Once he got up there and saw the faces staring at him, he ran out and threw up. The kids insulted him for weeks.
"You've got kids?!" One of the students asked.
"Yes," Harry said. He saw that some of the girls were looking at him and it made him a little more nervous.
"Okay, let's introduce ourselves. I, am Professor Porter, but please, call me Hermione. It makes me feel very old, which, if I do say so myself, am not," Hermione said.
"How old are you guys anyways?" A student in the back row asked.
"That's a good question Mr.," Hermione asked. She saw that face before, it looked pretty familiar, she just couldn't pin point where she saw it.
"The name's Black, Sirius Black," he said smoothly.
"Nice to meet you Mr. Black and to answer your question I myself am eighteen, soon to be nineteen."
"Then why are you teaching? You're just like a year older then us." Someone said. She wasn't sure who said it, but it was someone near Sirius. "Oh err… sorry about that, I'm James Potter."
"Oh, James, well Harry and I are more then liable to be teaching."
"Tell us something's about you Hermione," a teen, Remus, asked.
"Yes, Mister," she asked.
"Remus, I'm Remus Lupin."
"Okay, well, I'm married to this wonderful guy sitting on the chair. Yes you, Harry. I've got two four year old children," Hermione started but then was cut off by Sirius.
"Whoa… don't you think that's a little young. You know, having kids that are four, and you're only, like, eighteen." Sirius stated, staring at Hermione.
"Well… we don't think we're too young to have children," Hermione said.
"Okay, how about… um… anyone ask us any question and we'll answer them." Harry spoke, this time with more confidence.
Suddenly, a girl with red hair and emerald green eyes shot her hand up. It didn't take a genius to figure out who it was. It was Harry's mother, Lily.
Harry motioned for her to ask. "What school did you go to?" She asked.
Harry and Hermione exchanged looks, then Harry answered. "We were home-schooled, actually," he said. Another student, James, raised his hand this time.
"Yes Mister Potter?" Harry asked.
"How'd you know my last name?" James asked.
"You said so when you asked why we were teaching. Now, what is your question?"
"Huh… oh yeah, um, have you guy's ever done anything illegal?" James asked grinning. The rest of the marauders grinned with him.
Harry and Hermione smirked. Then, Hermione answered for herself, "well, when I was 11 I got past a three-headed dog. At twelve, Harry and I used polyjuice to get some information on something. When I was thirteen, Harry and I helped save a convicted murder. Um… when I was 15 Harry and I broke into the Department of Mysteries. When I was sixteen we… well you don't need to know that part. From when I was 17 until just a few months ago, we… yeah, you don't need to know that either," said Hermione smirking. The whole class gasped.
"W-wow man, haven't you gotten caught?" James asked awed. Hermione shook her head. "How about you Professor—err, I mean, Harry."
It was Harry's turn now, he had a dreamy look on his face, then he started. "Well, let's see here, when I was eleven, I kind of stole something priceless; you don't need to know what. I, too, got past the dog. Then, when I was twelve, you know about the polyjuice incident. Um, at thirteen, I helped save a convicted murder, though he did no such thing," he looked directly at Sirius. "At fourteen, I got an egg from a Hungarian Horntail. Not easy, if I do say so myself. Then, I… you don't need to know that. At 15, we broke into the Department of Mysteries, for good reasons, though. At sixteen, I—" he laughed nervously—"you don't need to know that either. I'm not so good at this am I? Oh well…" He trailed off. He really wasn't a good speaker. The whole time he had been looking at random people, otherwise nervously playing with his fingers.
"Jeez man. I'm surprised you aren't in Azkaban yet," James and Sirius said. Harry shrugged.
"They were for good reasons, I suppose," Harry said.
"How come when you were talking, you said that we didn't need to know some things. Was it that bad?" Remus asked.
"Well… you see," Harry started. He looked to Hermione for any answers; she rolled her eyes and got off the desk.
"There are just some things we'd like to keep private," Hermione said looking at the class. Then, another student, Peter, raised his hand. Hermione nodded at him.
"What's that thing in your eyebrow," he said pointing to Harry's eyebrow stud. He laughed and walked up to him.
"This," he pointed to his eyebrow stud, "is an eyebrow ring. It's like what girls have, but this is cooler." He said grinning.
"Cool," James said. "Where'd you get one? I might want one. What do you think, Evans? How do you think I'd look with one?" He asked wagging his eyebrows. She turned around and rolled her eyes at him, then answered.
"I think that you'd look rather dashing. Too bad they've only got it in the muggle world," she said turning around and silently laughing.
"See that Padfoot? She thinks I'd look dashing!"
"Shut up Prongs," Sirius said rolling his eyes. Harry laughed and walked back up to the front of the class.
"Okay, any more questions?" Hermione asked.
"Err… yeah, can you show us some magic?" A man with black hair asked. Hermione nodded and took out her wand.
"What would you like to see Mister--?"
"Chang, I'm Ryu Chang," he said. Harry and Hermione looked at each other. Could it be Cho Chang's father?
"Yes, certainly Mister Chang, what would you like us to show you?" Harry asked. All of a sudden, the whole class started saying things.
"Quiet," Harry hissed. (Not in Parstletounge people. They don't know about that… yet.) The class instantly quieted.
"Sorry about that," Harry said, speaking cheerfully once again. The class, especially three four individuals, were looking at him as if he had grown another head.
"How about--" Harry started. Then, the bell rang. "Hey, look at the time; we'll see you on Wednesday. Good day," Harry said. The class looked at him once more, then left.
Once they all left (the Marauders were lagging behind), Harry plopped into his chair. Hermione sat on his lap and sighed.
"That was interesting," she said.
"Sure," he said wrapping his arms around Hermione's waist. "So, what class do we teach next?"
"Free period," Hermione said smiling back at him. He smiled and placed a gentle kiss on her neck.
"Perfect," he said.
--0—0—
"Do you think they're really good for that job?" James asked.
"Dunno, I mean, what if they're just like criminals in hiding. Like what if they're the ones that were in jail and they helped each other escape?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know guys," Remus said.
"Oh c'mon Moony, you saw their record… err, I mean heard. They did a lot of illegal things, like, even more than us!" exclaimed James.
"Yeah…" Peter added dumbly.
"I dunno, let's just keep a close eye on them." Sirius said.
"Okay. How would I look if I got an eyebrow ring thing?" James asked.
"You'd look dashing," Lily said laughing. Not that she really meant it or anything…
"Look we've got Transfiguration next. Maybe we can get some information on the two Professors' later," Remus said.
"Moony, always thinks of classes first." They laughed and headed for their classes.
--0—0—
James and Lily were jumping on their parents' bed, singing 'no bath' over and over again.
"Please little miss and mister, take bath!" the poor house-elf exclaimed.
"No bath," the twins kept on singing. They then got off the bed and started running around the room, all the while singing 'no bath'.
"Please little ones! Take bath!" The house-elf said again.
Poor house-elf…
---0—0—
It was dinner time, and Harry and Hermione were not having luck dressing their children.
"Please James. I'll give you a treacle tart once we get to the Great Hall," said a very exhausted Harry. He might've been very fit, but he was no where near his children. Where they got all of that energy, he had yet to find out.
"Okay daddy, I love teckle turt," said James putting on his shirt. He was now wearing a blue shirt that said 'everything I touch is mine!' with blue jeans.
Harry himself didn't feel like wearing the uniform. 7 years was long enough. So he wore a black shirt with a snake on the sleeves with ripped faded blue jeans, and on top of that was his robe.
"Ready?" Hermione called out. She was wearing simple hip huggers with a red jumper. On top of that was her robe. Lily ran in wearing a green dress, all the while singing 'little miss take bath.' Harry laughed and tickled his little girl, picking her up on the way.
"C'mon Harry. Dinner starts in a few minutes," Hermione said. He nodded and they headed off to the Great Hall.
Harry, Hermione, 'Jade', and 'Dan' opened the doors to the Great Hall. No one paid any attention to them. This is how it should've been when I was in school, thought Harry. They walked up to the staff table, where two little chairs that were a little higher than everyone else stood. Harry helped Jade onto her seat, where Hermione helped Daniel. Once all of the students (minus Peter) were seated, Dumbledore stood.
"Ah yes. I believe I haven't had the honor to introduce our new DADA teachers yet. They are Harry Porter, and his wife, Hermione Porter," he said clapping. Harry and Hermione blushed a little embarrassed. Even Jade and Daniel started clapping, not knowing why; they just wanted to join in. Once the clapping stopped Dumbledore said two words, "tuck in."
Dinner was nice. Harry talked to Professor McGonagall about a few things. He never knew that he could talk to her without having to be yelled at because he was late for class.
Hermione on the other hand, was trying to get her kids to eat their carrots. "Please, I'll give you some ice cream," Hermione pleaded to Jade.
"Ice cream," she shouted. The hall quieted down to see what was happening. She then laughed and waved at everyone, "sorry, mommy said I can have ice cream!"
The houses (minus Slytherin) all chuckled, and then went back to their food. Harry rolled his eyes and asked Daniel to eat his vegetables.
After dinner, Hermione and her family went back up to their rooms. She let the twins change into their pajamas, while she lay on her bed. Harry changed into his flannel sweats and lay on his bed.
"I'm tired," Harry said. Hermione chuckled and turned around, so she was now on top of him. She gave him a soft kiss and got off of him.
"I am too. C'mon get into bed, I'll put the kids to bed," Hermione said kissing him once more before leaving.
Hermione found James lying on his bed, waiting for his mother to tuck him in. "Night mommy," he said. Hermione walked over to him and kissed his forehead.
"Good night son," she said before turning the lights off and walking to her daughter's room.
"Mommy I'm sleepy," Lily said yawning. Hermione picked her up and tucked her in. "Good night mommy," she said before closing her eyes.
"Night, love," Hermione said before switching off the bedside light. She went back in to hers and Harry's room and went into the bathroom to change.
Once she came out she went under the covers and snuggled close to Harry.
"Night Harry," Hermione said placing her arm on his chest. He responded by putting his arms around her and put his chin on top of her head. She smiled and let sleep envelop her.
A/N Okay, another chapter done. Yeah, they were a little OOC weren't they? Hmm… I gotta work on that.
Oh yeah, some of you might be wondering, why do I call Lily, Lily sometimes, and at other times Jade (same with Daniel). Well, the thing is: When they're alone, they call each other by their real names (Lily, James). When they're around other people, they call them Jade, and Daniel
Anyways, I have a VERY important question to ask you guys. Should Harry and Hermione join Voldermort? Cause you know… I dunno, it'd be cool.
OR do you think they should stay with the light? Cause, I dunno, it'd be cool. Hehe.
Seriously guys, this is YOUR choice. Cause, right now I'm clueless. Harry killed both Dumbles and Voldy so this story can go either way. Please let me know!!!!!
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