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Chapter Three: Hogwarts

Albus and the American quartet slowly made their way through Hogsmede with Leo holding onto Piper's bag as she struggled to look after a rather fussy Wyatt, who did not understand the change in surroundings.

"How much further do we have? I think Wyatt needs a nap." Piper stated looking lovingly at her little boy.

"We will be there shortly. We have set up a part of the castle as a miniature flat so you can all be near to each other." Albus spoke wistfully as he gazed at the different array of owls that were continuously flying in different directions with post attached to the ankles. . While Albus gazed at the creatures, the Sister's however stared not used to the new surroundings that they have recently found themselves in. The minutes passed incredibly slowly, but eventually the group of Whitelighters, witches and a wizard found themselves at a pair of overly large wrought iron gates.

"Why do I feel that we have just travelled back to 12th century just by looking at these gates?" Phoebe asked as she looked up and down the gates.

"Well this school has been around since 990 A.D." Albus stated as he unsheathed his…wand?

"Why of course," Piper muttered, receiving a elbow jab in the side from Paige. "Ow!" Piper cried out glaring at her youngest sister who depicted nothing but the face of innocence in return. The Sister's watched on as Albus raised his wand, and started waving his hand around in a graceful fashion, and within moments the iron gates slowly opened, showing a long path that would lead them to Hogwarts. As the group stepped through, awaiting them was a creature that can only be described as a very thin and bone-like horse, with a carriage attached.

"What the hell is that?" Piper freaked.

"Demons and Warlocks you can handle, but a freaky horse you can't?" Paige laughed walking towards this mysterious animal.

"They are called thestrals. They are creature's that are invisible to most people, and can only been seen by those who have witnesses death," Albus informed the group in that all-knowing manner they are slowly getting used to.

"Of course, witnessing death goes with our job description," Phoebe mumbled.

"I thought that we could take the carriage up to the school. It is quite a distance on foot, and you do have a lot of luggage to carry." The wizard explained as he held his arm out in a gentleman gesture for the ladies of the group to alight first. The younger witches climbed on board first and Phoebe took over holding Wyatt to enable Piper to climb on. Once the entire group was on board the carriage began to slowly make its way towards their new home for the foreseeable future.

SWTWM

The Halliwell-Matthew-Wyatt clan found themselves in the teacher's staff room with a very peculiar group of witches and wizards, all wearing flamboyant robes, which contrasted against the casual clothes the American clan wore. The teachers of Hogwarts, came in various different forms, ranging from a Goblin, a Ghost, Humans ranging from young to incredibly old. It was a group of people that this Sister's were not used to seeing all together in one room. Well at least the last time was when the Sister's discovered Excalibur and a wide range of magical creatures tried to claim the sword from within the stone. Albus stood at the front of the staff room, eventually gaining the attention of the other staff members.

"Welcome back to another year at Hogwarts. It is going to be a tough year, as we all know that Voldemort is back," there was a collective gasp from the staff as a select few do not agree with speaking this dark power's name. But this did not stop Albus' speech. "And as we know Voldemort is after Mr Potter. Therefore we must ensure his protection this year. There is a high chance that there will be attacks on the school from Death Eaters in order to reach Harry. But there is also a very high chance that Mr Potter, will seek out trouble and danger as you have all witnessed at some point throughout the past number of years. So in order to increase the protection on not just Mr Potter, but the school I have enlisted the help from a very powerful source of good magic. The Charmed Ones," Albus finished with a flourish towards the Sister's and their companions. A few of the teachers that have a relatively well-rounded knowledge of magic and magical roots, gasped in shock. A few of the teachers looked confused by the statement. However there was one noticeable groan that followed the announcement.

"That's all we need, more celebrities in this school," a somewhat masculine nasally drawl was heard from a corner within the staff room.

"I'm sorry, do you not have any manners?" Piper scolded the hidden voice as if she was scolding baby Wyatt. The Sister's, Leo and Wyatt looked on as a greasy dark haired, with the palest of faces wizard slowly rose from his seat donning what could be described as a black cape. Piper passed Wyatt over to his father, as she rose from her seat, with her sister's following close behind.

"Albus, I do not have time to listen to the whims from this pathetic group of witches, I have lessons to plan." The wizard stated as he began to make his way to the door.

"Severus, please sit. Lesson plans can wait we need to discuss these arrangements further first." Albus implored with the seemingly stubborn wizard. The wizard – Severus – briefly paused and glanced at Albus, the clogs in his head going haywire as he quickly re-evaluated the situation. Albus nodded in appreciation as Severus made his way to the front of the staff room next to his friend and head teacher.

"So what can these 'witches' do, that we can't? Why have they brought a baby?" the wizard sneered at the final word.

"Did you just turn up your crooked nose at my son dammit?" Piper all but screamed at the wizard for disrespecting her son. All she got in response was a sneer, which infuriated her even more. Slowly her hands rose up and in a split second Severus Snape, was frozen with the only mobile part of his body being his head. He was essentially a statue. The other teachers within the staff room gasped at the display of control that the American witch has over her powers.

"Piper, he's not worth it. There's no point using your powers on him. We are going to have to see him everyday for however long we are here for. Let's not start off on the wrong foot." Phoebe whispered in her ear, her empathy power enabled her to feel the emotions of those within the staff room; fear, curiosity, anger, hatred. The Sister's together glared at the greasy haired teacher, who has refused to give them one ounce of respect, and had resorted to sneering and spitting out multiple obscene remarks directed mostly at Piper.

"Ladies, Severus, would you like a sweet? And if you may…" Albus asked with a smile gesturing towards the frozen ex-potions and new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, before reaching into a draw in one of the desks, and producing a jar of sweets. The Sister's exchanged looks of confusion, as the rest of the staff rolled their eyes, used to witnessing this weird obsession that Albus Dumbledore has with sweets. Silence was the response, a very tense and uneasy silence. Nobody quite sure of how to proceed. After much deliberation and thought Piper relinquished the hold over the greasy haired professor, before crossing her arms and continuing her glare at the Professor.

"Albus, what is the meaning of this?" A harsh Scottish voice was heard throughout the staff room, as a rather elderly teacher with hair styled in a bun sat perfectly on the top of her head stood.

"Minerva, I will be getting to that rather momentarily, so if everyone can take a seat please?" Albus stated with a slight strain in his voice, as the stress of this meeting continued to increase. The Scottish Professor, Minerva sat, whereas the greasy haired Professor stormed across the room to take a vacated seat, when all of a sudden he was repelled across the room. The Charmed Ones and Chris now on high alert, as they noticed Wyatt has his force field up protecting himself and his father.

"I have had enough of these witches Albus!" Severus bellowed as he stood up straightening his cloak that had become dishevelled due to flying across the room. "What just happened?"

"How about you tell us?" Piper asked, her eyes full of distrust. Severus glared at them a questioning look in his eyes, not understanding what entirely happened.

"Wyatt only uses his force field when he sense danger or thinks someone is evil," Chris began to explain to the room of Hogwarts professors.

"And trust us when we say that Wyatt is a very good judgement of character." Leo said from within the force field, finishing Chris' sentence. Albus took a seat; a very tired expression filled his eyes.

"I to, have a very good judgement of character. And trust me, when I say that you can trust Severus. He is a spy for good, after previously becoming a Death Eater and working for Voldemort. Due to an…incident where he lost someone close to him, he sought my help and since then has been a very faithful ally," Albus explained briefly.

"You mentioned them before, but what is a Death Eater?" Paige asked curiously.

"They are witches and wizards that work for and follow He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named," The Scottish witch Minerva answered from her seat. The witches looked shocked at this answer, knowing full well how being a spy can affect a person in so many ways as they experienced in the past with Cole.

"How do you know that he can be trusted? Wyatt wouldn't raise his shield if there wasn't a reason." Piper stated, still not trusting this so called ally.

"Right because let's trust the judgement of a toddler," Severus mumbled sarcastically.

"Right, that's it! I have been in your world all of two minutes, and you have done nothing but insult us. We are here to help your world dammit! I have had enough of your sarcasm and rudeness. Don't insult my family anymore because that is a sure fire way to severely piss off a pregnant hormonal woman!" Piper shouted in a stern voice, laced with hatred towards this arrogant man. The staff watched on in silence, not wanting to say anything wrong, while the sisters rolled their eyes at the outburst, as they are used to Piper's short temper. Severus opened his mouth to respond when he was quickly interrupted.

"I wouldn't say anything if I was you, unless you want her to turn you into a toad," Paige said sweetly from her position next to her older sister to try and defuse the situation.

"Can we get back to the important issue, of what we are going to be doing here?" Chris asked, wanting to understand the plan, as he has currently had to hold off his plans for saving Wyatt.

"We need you to help protect the school. Help us to develop new spells, and potions in order to increase the protection of the school and the students. Also to help us strategize a method to help Harry defeat Voldemort once and for all. I also hope that you would help to teach the not only the students, but us teachers as well about your form of magic. I would insist that you would assist within different lessons and work alongside the Professors focusing on; Charms, Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts, as these would be the most useful lessons to help the students with." Albus briefly explained to the Americans.

"Okay, we can do that but we are going to alternate with the lessons, as one of us is going to have to look after Wyatt when we have to teach," Leo pitched in after he managed to cox Wyatt into lowering his shield.

"That is understandable," the older wizard said with a nod of his head, understanding the importance of family and loved ones especially through the darkest times.

"So which teachers are we going to be working alongside?" Paige asked, keen to get started and help the school.

"Our Charms professor, Filius Flitwick," Albus gestured over to the incredibly tiny wizard who gave them a smile and a wave. "Our Potions professor, Horace Slughorn. Be careful, he has a tendency to attach himself to famous and influential people," Albus finished with a whisper to the Sisters. A rather large and balding old man stepped forward and shook each of their hands a large smile on his face. "And last but not least our Potions professor, Severus Snape," Albus finished with a twinkle in his eye. The American's looked on in shock at this revelation.

"Great. Just great."


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