TEACHING IN THE PAST

Author Note: Thanks again for all of you that reviewed! I tried to get this up sooner so I hope you didn't have to wait to long! I hope you like this chapter! I reached over 100 reviews! That is something I never thought would happen! Special thanks to imakeeper since you were the 100th reviewer, but thanks to all of you also!

Summery: Harry and Hermione go back in time to teach DADA while Harry's parents are at school. H/Hr pairing

The Confusion Rises

"Was that…" James started.

"Yup," Sirius answered.

"And did he..."

"Yup."

"and then Voldemort,"

"Yup."

"Holy shit," James finished.

Lily was too shocked to even tell James off for his language. She, Alice, and Remus were all standing mouths open at the spot where the duel, more like conversation, had just taken place.

"I'm with James on this one, Holy shit," Remus said, cursing, something he never does.

Lily, finally finding her voice, replied," I have never seen anyone do that before, not even Dumbledore. And Harry acted like it was nothing."

"And he called Voldemort all those other names too. It was like he really did have a death wish," Sirius said. "And what was the deal with calling him Tom?"

"I have to agree, but why did Hermione tell Harry not to kill Voldemort? It's like they were fighting for both sides," Alice commented.

James who had decided to come back to reality said, "No, she told him not to kill him yet."

"But before that," Remus began," she told him he couldn't do it period. Something about changing everything."

"But what would they change? And what was Voldemort talking about when he mentioned the 'Future Dark Lord'? do you think Voldemort will have another Dark Lord join him?" Sirius asked, trying to sound as worried as he felt.

"Maybe, but Harry seemed to know who Voldemort was talking about. And what did he mean by the Boy-Who-Lived?" James replied.

"Do you remember when we were covering the unforgivables?" Receiving murmurs of yes, lily continued," Harry said no one had survived the killing curse yet. Maybe he was referring to that."

"But it hasn't happened yet, we would have heard about it. That would be a big deal. The papers would have published a special edition," Alice stated logically.

"I think we should go somewhere safe to talk," James said, noticing that people had started moving closer to the group.

They then headed up to the school grounds and toward the Womping Willow. Sirius grabbed a stick and prodded the knot on the trunk temporarily freezing the tree. They all followed the tunnel until they came to the living room of the Shrieking Shack.

"I have a theory," Lily said after they were all seated. "Voldemort said something about a future Dark Lord, maybe he meant a Dark Lord from the future. That would explain the whole Boy-Who-Lived thing."

"That would mean Harry and Hermione were also from the future though. How else would they know about that," Sirius commented.

"It's not possible. You can't go more than 24 hours back in time," Remus stated mater-of-factly.

"Maybe in the future they found a way," James said, "Her theory does explain a lot like how they know things and why they had all those secrets and no Padfoot, I'm not just saying that 'cause we're dating."

"I don't know, it's a little far fetched. Again we have a mystery concerning them that doesn't have enough clues to solve," Alice said, frustration lacing her voice. "Do you think they do it on purpose just to confuse us?"

"I can see Harry doing that, but not Hermione. Everything is just getting more confusing," Lily commented.

"She's right, let's just head to the Great Hall, dinner should be starting any time now," James said.

With that they all got up to leave the shack, heading towards Hogwarts.

Just like the future Dumbledore said, Dumbledore from this time was pacing in his office still trying to figure out Harry and Hermione.

"Why did Harry sound so calm, almost cocky?" Dumbledore said to himself. "He challenged Voldemort like it was nothing. And the magic he used, where did he learn it? He was radiating power. Obviously very powerful, not only to be using silent, wandless casting, but for it to be powerful enough to stun a Dark Lord as powerful as Voldemort," Dumbledore continued his rant.

"He knew about Voldemort having been Tom Riddle, and he kept calling him Voldy and other names, defiantly cocky. He acted like Voldemort couldn't kill him. Not to mention that Harry did mention something about Voldemort failing to kill him. But it didn't sound like Voldemort had already tried, more like he would try. Maybe Harry was a seer. But everything just doesn't seem to fit," Dumbledore just couldn't figure it out. Harry was the biggest mystery he had ever dealt with, even more confusing than Tom.

"He seemed like he was fighting for the light side, but then he didn't kill Voldemort when he had the chance. Just something else to add to the list of things that don't make sense." Dumbledore said.

He then saw a burst of flames out of the corner of his eye and turned to see his phoenix, Faukes, disappear. This was very unusual since he and Minerva were the only ones that knew he had a phoenix and only someone who knew he had a phoenix named Faukes could call for it.

He walked over to his fireplace and called out "Professor McGonagall!" into the flames.

Seconds later a stern looking witch stepped out of the flames. "What can I do for you Albus?" She asked Dumbledore.

"I was just wondering if you called Faukes to you recently," Dumbledore replied.

"No, I haven't had any reason to, why?" McGonagall asked, not seeing the point in this conversation.

"Do you know if anyone but you know that I have a phoenix, or that it is named Faukes? Dumbledore asked McGonagall.

She shook her head so he continued," someone just summoned Faukes, and I don't know of anyone besides us that know I have a phoenix named Faukes. You have to know the phoenix's name to summon it," Dumbledore explained.

Just as he said that Faukes re-appeared on his perch.

"Well, I don't really know what could have caused it, but he's back so I think I'll be going. I have essays to grade," McGonagall said, stepping back into the green flames.

"Where have you been?" Dumbledore asked Faukes. "Who else knows about you?"

Faukes just blinked and tilted his head. "Everything is just getting more and more confusing by the second," Dumbledore continued to himself.

With that he turned and went to his private quarters to get some much needed rest.

Author Note: Okay… first off I want to say I am sooooooooo sorry for not updating. I wrote the story in a notebook, and then type it after that and I lost the notebook. I re-wrote this chapter cause it had been so long and I didn't want you to think I forgot you... I hope I can find my notebook soon, but if I can't it might be a while until I update… I will update by the end of February even if I have to re-write the next chapter and hope it works! Thanks so much for your patience!! I appreciate it so much!! By the way… I know probably the world knows about Dumbledore's phoenix, but for my story's sake let's pretend he didn't tell anyone about it until after Harry killed Voldy for the first time! Please leave me a review!! If you love it, hate it, want to yell at me for taking so long to update, or have questions review!! It's easier to see how many people have read the story by reviews than all the stats I can get on my profile :D! PLEASE REVIEW!! makes adorable face you can't refuse