Heeeeeeey, so I know I just updated like two days ago or something but I just could not stop thinking about this next chapter! Soo, I decided to do something estremly nice and give you another chapter! I know, im awesome
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Chapter 3 – The Defence Teacher
Previously
"Professor Dumbledore, we have an unexpected visitor." She replied moving out of the way so that Sirius was in Dumbledore's direct line of sight. Albus gasped. "He says that he's –"
"Sirius Black!" Dumbledore cried with joy. "So this is 'Safety'? It makes sense." Dumbledore thought.
"Well, at least someone believes me. It's good to see you Albus." Sirius replied, walking forward and shaking the man's hand. They continued to catch up, leaving Hermione stood in a state of shock. Sirius Black was indeed alive. Harry's got a Godfather, meaning he never has to live with the Dursley's anymore! Hermione slumped down into a chair, waiting for the two men to finish their catch up session, until Sirius asked the ultimate question, "I asked Hermione this but she wouldn't tell me – said it wasn't her place and that I should ask you so; what happened to make there be two full cenotaphs in the Entrance Hall?" He deadpanned.
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Albus gave a deep sigh and looked towards the ground, before lifting his head and looking Sirius in the eyes.
"I'm afraid, my dear boy, many things have changed since the night you disappeared. I shall send my patronus down to Professor McGonagall to let her know to postpone the feast until we arrive." Albus said as he cast the patronus charm and a bright silver phoenix began to fly around and took off towards the entrance with the message that Dumbledore had relayed.
"Professor, maybe I should go and leave you two to talk?" Hermione asked quietly as Dumbledore sat back in his chair opposite Sirius.
"That will not be necessary, my dear. You should be here to fill in any of the blank spaces that my old memory could not remember. After all, you are his Godson's best friend." Albus said kindly with a smile that showed his true age. Hermione nodded calmly and sat in the soft plush chair next to Sirius, who gave her a slight smile. She smiled kindly back at him before looking towards her Headmaster. "Okay, so as you know, the Potters were murdered eighteen years ago by Lord Voldemort. Until today, there were very few people who thought that you had also survived the attack once it became knowledge that you were visiting the Potters that night." Albus started, looking at Sirius to see how he was taking the news. Sirius nodded and let a tear run down his face before gasping.
"But wait! What about Harry?! Please tell me he didn't kill Harry?" Sirius cried and Hermione placed her hand on his in a comforting gesture.
"Harry did not die that night, Sirius. Voldemort tried, but failed because of the love protection that three people had put around him by standing up to Voldemort, and yes you were one of those people. Voldemort's curse back fired and he ended up obliterating himself with Harry obtaining only a scar." Albus continued, really feeling his age catch up to him as he realised that he was going to be reliving the entire war once more.
"Oh thank Merlin." Sirius muttered as he placed his head in his hand, Hermione still holding his other. Sirius looked up at her and gave her a soft smile in thanks, to which she nodded and gave him a little smile of her own.
"From that night on, Harry went to live with his relatives – "
"You can't mean the Dursley's?! Lilly's sister?! How mental could you get?! Petunia hated her sister and James, and I'm sure they would've hated their son too! They NEVER wanted him to go there! He was to go to either me or Remus if something ever happened!" Sirius yelled, causing Hermione to wince back. Albus sighed.
"Yes, I know all of that Sirius! But with you disappearing like you did, Harry couldn't go to his Godfather. Also, you know how the Ministry is with werewolves – they had barely more rights than House Elves or squibs!" Dumbledore shouted, effectively silencing Sirius.
"Wait, had?" Sirius asked and Hermione couldn't help grinning in pride. Albus smiled and looked towards Hermione.
"When Harry, Ron and I found out that our best DADA professor was leaving because the Ministry found out he was a werewolf, we got a huge petition together. It stated that if a werewolf, not in league with the Dark Lord, had no criminal charges against him, then that werewolf has the exact same rights as a non-werewolf. This all included jobs, benefits, housing, marriage and having children. He resigned in our third year because he forgot to take his potion one night and some students saw him transform. He thought we'd think him a monster as preposterous as that was. Anyway, on the petition we manage to gain every student's signature, every teacher, every parent and anyone else who we happened across and the bill got filed and halfway through the summer a law was past that under any circumstances, discrimination against a werewolf with no criminal background was illegal and he came back to school in September. He's only not here now, because his wife has just given birth and he's having a year on paternity leave." Hermione said finishing with a smile. Sirius grinned happily.
"You are talking about Remus now right?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow. At Hermione's nod, his grin became wider, if possible. "Remus has a wife and a child now?! Good for him, so who is this lucky lady, and how do you know so much about him?" Sirius asked.
"Well, I know so much because when he told Harry that he was best friends with his parents, they became close and he's almost like a second father to him. Eventually, Ron and I also got close to him because of our connection to Harry. Oh and he married an amazing woman called Nymphadora Tonks, now Lupin." Hermione said giggling at the look on his face when she mentioned Tonks.
"He married my baby cousin?!" Sirius roared. Dumbledore let out a low chuckle and nodded. "B-but Dora was only fourteen when Harry was born! That makes Remus fifteen years her senior! But I suppose age doesn't mean a right lot if you love somebody right?" he said with wide eyes. Hermione smiled at the rationalisation that he came to. He approved, and that was all that mattered.
"Shall we continue?" Albus asked and at Sirius' nod, he smiled. "Very well. So, Harry has been living with the Dursley's and is now in his last year at Hogwarts. In Harry's first year, Voldemort returned attached to our DADA professor, Professor Quirrel, to retrieve the philosopher's stone that was currently in my possession and hidden in the school. Harry, Ron and Hermione stopped him and the stone was destroyed. In their second year, the Chamber Of Secrets was opened and muggleborn students were being petrified left, right and centre. As it is, Voldemort was controlling one of the first years through the use of a diary he made fifty years previous, during his days at Hogwarts. Harry and Ron went down into the hidden chamber to help as the girl taken was Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister." Albus stopped.
"Wait, where were you, Hermione?" Sirius asked, brows furrowed. Hermione smiled lightly, liking the way her name sounded when coming off his mouth – woah there Hermione, get a grip!
"Umm, I was exiting the library after figuring out what the monster in the chamber was exactly, and how it had been getting around the school. I was carry a mirror with me to look round corners and I got petrified. If I hadn't've had my mirror, I would've died. The monster was a basilisk and it was getting around via the pipes. Harry and Ron found my clue on one of their many visits to my bedside and Harry managed to defeat the basilisk." Hermione said proudly. Harry and Ron amazed even her sometimes. Sirius had his mouth open in shock and Hermione giggled before using her hand to pop his chin back up to close his mouth. Dumbledore coughed and attention was back on him, while the two sat opposite him turned pink.
"Anyway, their third year nothing much happened except for the Remus incident. Harry's fourth year was when things started to get complicated and sticky once more. The TriWizard Tournament was being held at Hogwarts for the first time in a good few centuries. The rules stated that no student under the age of seventeen could enter, and we had the three champions, one from Hogwarts, one from Durmstrang and another from Bauxbatons. Somehow, we now know a powerful charm was placed, Harry's name also appeared out of the cup. We of course, tried to get him out of the competition, but the rules were clear, any name that appears from the cup must compete. The third task was when the second war truly began; Cedric Diggory – the original Hogwarts champion – was murdered by Lord Voldemort.
"Voldemort was resurrected last night with the help of none other than Peter Pettigrew. Harry managed to escape, but barely. Over the next few months, Harry became a target for the Ministry and they began to call him and myself a bunch of names, insisting that we were lying about Voldemort's return. That was, until they saw for themselves. You see, harry and Voldemort share a connection through Harry's scar and sometimes he can see what Voldemort is doing when he feels certain emotions. A week before the Christmas holidays, Harry had a dream in which Arthur Weasley was being attacked in the Department Of Mysteries. He and some other students travelled to the Ministry and fought Voldemort's Death Eaters, who were trying to get Harry's prophecy. The Minister showed up in time to see Voldemort and could not deny his return any longer.
"The next year, Harry and I started searching for horcruxes. Miss Granger and Mr Weasley joined us after a month of no luck and we managed to find and destroy one of the seven horcruxes. It was taking a while and there were families being slaughtered every week; we knew the war was coming, we just hope that Voldemort would be a mortal man when the time came. When the three of them should have been returning to Hogwarts for their seventh year, they went to search for Horcruxes. Three of them had already been found and destroyed, the diary from their second year and the Gaunt Ring. The third was Slytherin's locket. They were gone for six months, and I believe they broke into Gringotts and managed to escape somehow," Sirius looked towards Hermione with wide eyes, before grinning. "Yes, how did you escape exactly?" Dumbledore asked, grinning and raising an eyebrow.
"You're gonna love this one – We escaped on the dragon that was guarding Bellatrix Lestrange's volt, after we raided her vault for a horcrux." Hermione grinned at Sirius look of pride and even giggled when he bowed down to her muttering 'I am not worthy' over and over. Dumbledore coughed once more and Sirius turned red as he sat back in his seat.
"Okay, so when they returned from their search, Hogwarts had Death Eaters at the doors and so the final battle began. Harry, Ron, Hermione Neville and Luna managed to find and destroy Rowena Ravenclaws lost Diadem. Neville killed Voldemort's snake horcrux and Harry got hit with the killing curse by Lord Voldemort, effectively killing the Horcrux inside of him." Albus said the last part quietly and waiting for Sirius to process that Harry had actually died.
"I thought you said he wasn't dead?!" Sirius growled. Hermione's eyes widened at this.
"He did, but he once again defied the rules of magic and survived. He came back and killed Voldemort, but we lost many students in the process, as well as much of the castle. Restorations took around three to four months and now they are all back for their final year." Dumbledore finished.
It was silent for ten minutes while Sirius processed everything.
"So, Harry and Remus aren't dead?" He asked and Hermione smiled and shook her head. Sirius grinned. "Woo! Can I go and see my Godson?! And my best friend?! I must congratulate him on his new family." Sirius said as an after-thought. Dumbledore chuckled but motioned for him to sit down.
"You actually came at a very opportune time, my boy. It seems that we are in need of a Defence Against The Darks Arts professor. Would you be interested?" Albus asked kindly, looking over his half-moon spectacles. Hermione and Sirius' mouths dropped open.
"Are you serious?" Hermione asked.
"Nope, I believe I am." Sirius said, grinning at her. She turned pink when he winked at her. "Is Harry going to be there?" Sirius asked almost bouncing at the prospect of teaching his Godson everything he knows. At Dumbledore's nod, Sirius replied instantly. "I would love to!" He nearly screamed as he stood up and picked Hermione up, spinning her around much to her embarrassment. Albus was sitting in his chair watching the man with amusement.
"I think it's about time we head down to dinner, don't you?" He asked the two and they stepped apart blushing as he lead the way down to the Great Hall. It was silent on the way down to the hall, but when the two doors opened, the silence was deafening. Hermione scurried towards the Gryffindor table where Harry and Ron were sat with a space in between them. They looked questioningly at her but she shook her head at them. They gave a small scowl at her secretive smile but looked to the front of the Great Hall where their Headmaster was now stood with a tall young man.
Dumbledore smiled and addressed the school. "Standing next to me, is your new Defence Against the Dark Arts, So let's give a warm welcome to Sirius Black." Albus finished with a clap and only very few people clapped, Hermione being one of them. Most students and teachers just sat there with their mouths wide open, not believing that he was Sirius Black.
"Professor, Sir, I think you've lost it. Sirius Black died years ago with the Potters." Dean Thomas said, looking at the old Professor with worry.
"No, that is Sirius Black. Mother has pictures of them when they were younger. They are cousins, you see. But how is it possible? He looks just a few years older than he did in the pictures." Draco Malfoy asked with confusion. Everyone looked towards Draco with their brows furrowed. Draco Malfoy had only been allowed back when he was cleared of all charges at his trial. He was one of the innocent Death Eaters that had never done an unforgivable, or kill or attempted to kill willingly. He had the lives of his family depending on him completing some tasks the Dark Lord set him, and that makes him clear as it was almost as bad as the use of the imperious curse. Not a lot of the students trusted him completely yet, but when they saw Harry, Ron and Hermione making amends with him after everything he'd done to them, the students decided to try and be civil with him. He had changed for the better, he used to be loud, snobby and completely full of himself but now he was quiet, smiled a lot more and never had a bad word to say about someone. Heck, he even started to hand around with the Golden Trio after he had been assigned to help restore a sector of the castle with them. They all got to know each other and were rarely seen without the other.
"Which of my cousins are you?" Sirius asked looking towards Draco.
"Draco Malfoy." Draco replied with a small smile in his older cousin's direction. A look of realisation appeared on Sirius' face.
"Ahhhh, Cissy's son." He spoke quietly. Draco nodded and smiled. "Okay, how I got here, I was at the Potter's house when Voldemort attacked and I stood in front of my Godson and he sent this curse towards me, and I'm guessing that it sent me forward in time." Sirius explained.
"Godson?" Harry asked and Sirius looked over to where there was a spitting image of his best friend. Sirius nodded and Harry stood up and ran over to him, before wrapping his arms around the man he never knew. Everyone gave a sad smile towards them as Godson and Godfather met for the first time in eighteen years. Sirius looked over Harry's head to where he was sat, to find Hermione looking over at them and smiling with a redhead sat next to her. Sirius gave Hermione a little smile before releasing Harry and going to sit in his seat behind the teachers table. Harry went back to sit with his friends, a rosy blush forming on his cheeks. Dumbledore stood once more.
"Now that meetings have been put in order, announcements. The forbidden Forest is forbidden to any student unless they have a detention with Hagrid. As you all know, our dear DADA professor, Remus Lupin is on paternity leave for the year and so Professor Black has taken his place, but I am sure that we will still see Remus frequently. Mr Filch would like me to remind you all that there is to be no destructive magic in the halls and that all Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes products are banned. However considering the last year, we need some laughter and fun back in our lives so I am telling you to use as many Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes products as possible, as we are all in need of a laugh." He finished much to the joy of the students. Filch however, was not as pleased as he was the one who would be clearing up the destruction that those twins created. "However, I must say that Skiving Snackboxes have been banned and every teacher knows what they do and so will not let you out of class because you ate a skiving sweet." Dumbledore deadpanned much to the outrage of the students. He gave a chuckle. "Now that all of that has been cleared up, I think I have kept you from your food for long enough. Dig in!" He exclaimed and food appeared.
"FINALLY!" Ron exclaimed causing everyone to burst out laughing and for him to turn beet red.
"Hermione, why did you come in with them?" Harry asked, looking towards his female best friend.
"Well, I was reading outside and on my way back up to the castle he just appeared. So I took him up to see Dumbledore and I learnt that he was indeed, Sirius Black." Hermione explained as she cut up her roast beef. Harry nodded.
"Habby, you bow what dis meabs?! You'b got a a gobfaber!" Ron said with his mouth full of food. Hermione and Harry shared a look of disgust.
"In English please?" Harry asked. Ron sighed and swallowed.
"I said, Harry, you know what this means? You've got a godfather!" Ron repeated with the same amount of excitement. Hermione smiled at Harry as his face beamed.
"Do you think he'd let me visit him, in his chambers?" Harry asked. "I mean, he was my parents' best friend, so he must have loads of stories, right?" Harry rushed out much to his friends' amusement.
"I think he's love for you to visit him. He put his life on the line for you, you know. He stood in front of you after stabbing Voldemort in the back with your family wizard clock." Hermione said matter-of-factly, taking a bite of roast potato. Harry and Ron looked at her in shock.
"How do you know that?!" Ron asked flabbergasted. "I was brought up in a wizard family, and even I didn't know that!" He exclaimed.
"Well, I was looking for a book-"
"In the library." They finished for her, grinning ear to ear. She gave them a scowl.
"Yes, in the library, and I came across the book Unsolved Mysteries of the Past Century and it discussed the many options of how things went that night with Sirius' disappearance. It stated that when Snape and Remus went to the Potter's household, there was a small puddle of blood with Voldemort's wand lying next to it, and then Dumbledore found the Wizard family clock to find blood on the spike and a small DNA charm should that it was a match to Voldemort." Hermione explained.
"But that doesn't explain how they figured he was stabbed in the back." Harry said with a triumphant smile, thinking he had gotten one over on Hermione. He should've known that Hermione would've had the answer for that too.
"Well no, but the different charms done on the spike showed that it held tiny fragments of spinal bone and the spinal cord; hence, stabbed in the back." Hermione finished with a grin. Harry and Ron gave a sigh as they realised that Hermione always had the answers for everything… as usual.
The rest of the night was spent in the Gryffindor common room after a little chat with Draco. The three were sat in the very comfy chairs by the fire, and Hermione was telling them all about how she found Sirius. At Breakfast the next morning they would receive their new time tables and then their final year would finally begin.
[A/N: Sooo, what did you think? Was it okay? Let me know! Please review!
