Disclaimer:I am in no way, shape or form J.K Rowling. The universe that the story is in belongs to her.

So, now that we are in Hogwarts I intended to solely continue with just Jack's POV, but it seems some people do want some of Harry's POV, like someone mentioned wanting to know what happens on the train ride, but Jack would not know that so I wasn't going to write about it. So, this chapter will continue with Jack's POV, but if a bunch of you do want Harry's as well then perhaps I will add his POV too. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!

Chapter 10:

Once the train had safely left the platform, I apparated to Hogsmeade to start off my life as a teacher. Landing quickly at the Hogsmeade station I made my way up the trail to Hogwarts, I saw Hagrid waiting by the gates and gave him a quick hello before entering the school. I had been told to get to the Deputy Headmistresses room for a bit of a new teacher orientation that would only apply to me this year as Quirell had been a teacher previously at Hogwarts and didn't need the orientation. I walked towards the Gryffindor area of the castle and made my way to her room. I knocked on the door twice and once I heard an affirmative response I opened the door and walked in.

"Good afternoon Professor McGonagall." I said warmly whilst walking in and taking a seat. The elderly professor looked quite similar to what I had imagined and what the movies showed. She was one of the people that I thought did what she could as a Professor at the school. She seemed to hold Dumbledore in awe and as most people did as someone who couldn't make mistakes, but otherwise was always able to hold her own and was quite powerful in her own right.

Her lips quirked slightly, "Please, we are going to be colleagues now so do call me Minerva."

I smiled and said back, "Of course Minerva, then please call me Jack. Now, what do we need to do before the students get here? I'm sure we are on quite the schedule."

"Straight to point Jack, I like it. Now, almost everything is ready for the students to come except of course our own personal rooms. If you could follow me I will show you to where you will be staying and where your classroom is placed." We both got up and I started following her as she continued talking, "We like to place teachers near the house they were part of, so you will be quite close to Ravenclaw house room and Filius, that is Professor Flitwick, will be in and around the same area as you so if you have any issues settling in, I'm sure that he will be able to help. The only other teacher who is around your age is Severus, who was is three years older than you. Here we are, this is your personal quarters. Once you have set up your classroom please come back and set up a password tonight." She said whilst in front of a wooden door with a blue border around it. It was located right next to the Ravenclaw tower, and I could see a similar door close by which appeared to be Flitwick's room. Soon enough we were on the move and Minerva continued talking, "The muggle studies room is located on the first floor. Normally, I would discuss the new syllabus with you but since we now have a structured one in place for muggle studies, there doesn't seem to be any need to converse on the matter. The other teachers are still the same from your time at Hogwarts, Albus is headmaster, Pomona is the Hufflepuff head of house, Severus is in charge of the snakes and I'm in charge of the lions. Oh, and if you ever need any quick assistance simply ask for a Hogwarts house elf, they will always be able to help. Now, here we are. This is your room and I'm sure you remember from your time at Hogwarts the ways to get to any part of the castle. Please do come to the great hall before the students make their way to the castle. Finally, as the weeks go on, just like every other professor, I will give you more responsibilities. Although we seem to be constantly switching professors I hope you do stay on for more than a year." She finished with a small smile.

I quickly responded, "I definitely do want to spend more than a year here teaching the students, and I will be more than willing to take on any additional responsibilities necessary. If possible, I would like to be the first point of contact for any new muggleborns who are struggling to settle in at the school. I have a muggle degree in teaching so I know how their school system worked before they moved here."

She seemed quite pleased at this, "Thank you Jack, I will send the struggling muggleborns to you. Unfortunately, most of the professors here don't know much about the muggle world, so this comes as a real relief to me. Well Jack, I will take your leave for now, I will see you right before the feast." She said before giving me a nod and leaving the classroom.

Now that I was in the classroom, I started to set up the class as I wanted, with the desks in a wide U shape facing towards the front of the class. I then opened up my small expendable pouch which was similar to the one Hermione made in the seventh book of the series. I pulled out a bunch of muggle equipment, such as pens, normal paper, regular notebooks, poster paper, a world globe, and so on. I filled up the class the way a regular muggle classroom would look like. Once I was done I thought that it looked like what a regular high school classroom would be. In place of what would have been a projector, I had purchased a pensieve that projected the images of the memory, this would be used as a way to show my experiences of the muggle world and to get the kids really interested in the class. I always hated classes that were boring as a kid, so I wanted to make sure that these young wizards and witches were always excited to come to muggle studies. It took a few hours before I was completely happy with my set up and it was time to get to the main hall and meet up with the other teachers.

Entering the hall, I saw the other professors already seated there except for Dumbledore. I saw my old head of house and Flitwick did look slightly older than he used to, but he was still his cheery self. Snape was standing slightly away from the rest of the others looking as dour as I had seen in the movies and read in the books. There was also Sprout, who seemed to ooze the same Hufflepuff hospitality that I had known from my time at Hogwarts. Next to her was Trelawney, looking as lost and drunk as always, Minerva, Quirell, who had a turban on which meant that he had already been possessed, and a few other teachers who I could not place. I quickly made my way in and introduced myself to everyone there before taking my spot at the dining table in wait for the students.

First, the older student all scuttled in and sat in their various house benches, all talking to each other and probably going over what happened during their summers. Then Minerva walked in with a line of first years who were waiting to be sorted. They all seemed quite awed at whole castle and especially the ceiling of the great hall. The hat was placed on the stool and it sang what I think was the same song as in the books, which means not much has deviated in terms of the timeline. Minerva then stood up and started the sorting ceremony.

"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Abbott, Hannah!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted.

"Bones, Susan!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted again.

As more children were sorted I could finally see Harry as he was in the back of the group. He looked to be one of the less nervous of the kids, hopefully that was because I made sure to tell him several times that it didn't matter where he would be sorted in.

Finally, Minerva had reached the P's and soon enough she had called, "Potter, Harry!"

He quite confidently walked up to the podium ignoring the stares, and put the hat on his head. There was a bit of a pause, but not one too long before the hat shouted, "HUFFLEPUFF!"

There were a few gasps due to this, in fact Minerva seemed rather unhappy that Harry had gotten into a house that wasn't hers. Snape looked completed shocked although he quickly pulled himself together with his mask of indifference. Dumbledore didn't seem to give anything away and continued to look onto the kids in his grandfatherly way. Harry made his way towards the Hufflepuff table before sitting himself right next to Susan who gave him a big hug. He then looked up towards the high table and when his eyes found mine I gave him a quick wink to let him know that all was okay and that I approved of his house. He gave me a quick smile in response before turning back to his conversation with Susan. As for the rest of the sorting everyone went to the same houses as in the books.

During the meal I decided that I needed to get Sprout on my side and she would probably need to be someone who knew about my secrets since she was going to be Harry's head of house. So just as the professors were marching out, I asked her if I could have a word with her before the night closes and she invited me to come to her office in 15 minutes.

Once I entered her office I once again introduced myself, "Hello Professor Sprout, I'm Jack Robin Stark, but please call me Jack, I hope your day has been going well?"

She smiled at me, and gestured for me to have a seat before responding, "Yes indeed, it is always great to see a new batch of students enter this school. And please Jack call me Pomona as we are now working together. Now, I don't have much time as it is pretty late, what is it you want to speak of with me?"

I sighed, "Well, this is something that myself and Amelia Bones know off in the world so I was hoping you would please give me a secrecy vow as it does pertain to one of your new charges."

She gave me a calculating look before slowly nodding her head, "If it involves Amelia Bones then this must be quite serious, very well, I Pomona Anne Sprout, swear on my magic not to divulge any of the secrets that Jack Robin Stark tells me unless he gives me permission to do so, or if the information puts people in danger of losing their lives." She finished and a soft glow came around both of us signifying the vow she had just given.

I started my explanation, "Very well, this obviously has to do with Harry Potter. Now, not many people know this but after his parents were killed he was taken by Hagrid, Headmaster Dumbledore and Minerva to Lily's sister's house in Surrey and he was left on the doorstep of their home. Whilst this might have been fine for some families, the fact is that Petunia absolutely hated Lily because she couldn't do magic. Whilst I was at school I had heard enough about Lily's family to know that Petunia wouldn't have anything to do with magic, in fact she had stopped talking to Lily by her sixth year. By some stroke of luck, I was in the neighborhood having just bought a place to stay in Surrey which would be close to the muggle university I was attending and I saw this wizarding baby with a scar on his head being left on the doorstep of this house, so I did the natural thing and took him home. I have raised Harry as my own, in fact he actually does call me his dad, and whilst I could never replace James and Lily I have tried my best to give him a happy childhood. Petunia would have made his life a whole lot worse, in fact she and her son, Dudley, had started calling Harry a freak whenever they would meet him simple because his last name was Potter and she knew that Potter was a magical name. Amelia is the only other person to know about this and she has come and made sure that I do actually take care of Harry. I wanted you to know so that Harry can be open when he talks to you and his head of house and if there is any emergency in terms of him please do let me know. Our current story that explains our connection is that we live in the same neighborhood and I recognized him one day as the Harry Potter and I told him about magic." I stopped once I realized that I had really rambled on for a while.

Pomona at first looked at me with suspicion but as she heard my story she started to smile and was clearly more open to me when I finished my tale. She said, "I am quite glad that you have come to me and told me about this, as I regularly talk to my students about their families and their home lives. I also understand the need for secrecy as Albus has mentioned the young Potter several times in the last few days and clearly has a surprising interest in someone who should just be a student."

I was quite happy that she realized why I had asked for a vow. I said, "Thank you for listening to me. You can definitely talk to Amelia, Harry and Susan about this, and if Harry says you can divulge the information to anyone else who can do so without my permission. I trust the little guy to know who the right people are. Now, as it is late I will take your leave Pomona." I finished as I got up.

"Good night Jack, I will see you tomorrow." She said just before I left her office and made my way to my chambers.

I reached my chambers and told the portrait guarding my room, who was a blond and blue eyed middle-aged woman who was floating in water and simply wanted to be known as the Ravenclaw mermaid, that the password would be 'Inception', one of my favorite movies from the future in my mundane life that no-one would be able to guess, except Harry who I had already told the password too in case he needed to find me. The first day of Hogwarts had been a success and I was glad that Harry was in a house that he had friends in already. I thought that he would be in either Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff and I think he convinced the hat to put him a house with Susan as she was the only other magical kid he knew.