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Here is the next chapter, thank you for the reviews! For the next chapter 10 reviews are needed! You only have a bonus chapter because my school closed...for the first time ever! There is like 6 inches of snow! Yay! Don't forget the name ideas….

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Lily POV

It was the 1st of September and James Sirius and I had moved into our new home. That's right, not a house a home. I spent weeks decorating the whole house in warm reds, inviting golds and comfy browns. I had painted the whole house with Harry, Ginny, James, Ron and Hermione and after we went to the three broomsticks for a nice butterbeer and dinner. The house was originally called 'The Nest' but had been changed to 'The Potter Nest' after a few hours of James' insistence. The Nest always had a crackling fire that automatically turned on at 6 o'clock.

Even though the school was a quick walk or carriage ride to, we decided that getting on the train was more exciting and that we all wanted to be present for the first staff meeting on board. The platform was packed s usual full of nervous first years and anxious parents but overall the smoky and excited atmosphere crackled as the train's whistle sounded and the sea of muggle-clad children entered the scarlet train. Remus met us on board and we sat in the teacher's compartment. The new teachers spilled in and Sirius suddenly appeared flirting with a young teacher.

Sirius had been yet again rejected by Marlene, who had moved to America with her husband and children. He had been following her around like a lost little puppy (no pun intended) and now his ego wounded but he just kept saying about how Hogwarts made him a player and as soon as he stepped onto its territory, it would return.

The new teachers seemed nice; there was Neville who seemed quite happy to be near his girlfriend Hannah and working with his favourite hobby. The other new teachers included Anya Linden who was going to teach muggle studies and another professor called Grayson Forrest who was to teach history of magic. Everyone seemed friendly and I caught up with Fillius Flitwick who was very happy to have some of his best students returning.

After half the ride, McGonagall entered into the carriage to our utmost surprise, she greeted us before getting our attention.

''Hello fellow colleagues, as you know, this year will be slightly harder as the school is still fixing itself and we have limited time to make the school as great as it once was. I have been making changes and decisions and the one that was the hardest was heads of houses. As you know it's my belief that every head of house, should be from that house so keeping that in mind the heads are Grayson for Slytherin, Fillius for Ravenclaw, Anya for Hufflepuff and…for Gryffindor I actually have chosen two heads of house. I hope to merlin I don't regret it but that's why there are two as one will keep the other in check. The heads of Gryffindor are Sirius and Lily!''

At the call of my name, James kissed my cheek and told me how proud he was. I was shocked, Sirius for head? I couldn't believe my ears, but Minerva gave me a knowing look, turned on her heel and apparated away.

Remus congratulated me and wished me good luck which I just grinned at.

''Hello, my fellow head of Gryffindor!'' Sirius greeted, it also dawned on me that a potions 'master' had never been the Gryffindor head, but I guess Minerva wanted to change Hogwarts for the better and that meant even the unwritten rules/ know clichés. After a cup of pumpkin juice we had to choose our new prefects. To be fair, not knowing anyone but having to choose two students from years 2-6 was difficult, all we had to base our choices on was a written report about behaviour and their predicted grades at OWLs or NEWTS. I chose out the most promising students but Sirius just wanted the mis-behaving and funny students. It was awful.

''Lily, what about Jasper Green?''

''pass me his report and I'll see.'' Sirius chucked me one of the hundreds of red folders titled Jasper Green and sat back smirking. It read...

Jasper is a bright and smart young man but constantly messes around with the younger students and has been caught smuggling the Weasley products into the school to sell. Although quite charming and polite, he has had at total or 30 detentions and has missed 2 Hogsmead visits.

I turned and glared at Sirius, ''really! Sirius, if you cat take this seriously then what else can you actually do!?''

''Lilyyyy, I am taking this Siriusly!'' he laughed at his own joke ''besides he is predicted to have really high grades in everything!''

''true, but I don't think he is right for being a prefect, do you?''

He grinned slyly before holding up his hands ''what can I do then?''

''How about, I handle all the serious…'' he laughed and I rolled my eyes ''…stuff such as timetables, career talks, telling off students and you handle the actual punishment, quiddich stuff and whatever else.''

''Punishments!? Really lill-flower! Can I choose the punishments?'' his eyes lit up like a child on Christmas day and a sly but excited gin spread over his handsome features.

''..Yes.'' I regretted it immediately as he whooped and took James over into the corner to write up a list of cool punishments. I opened my folder full of potion teaching information, and finalised the plans for my lessons. I wanted to not just bore them but be a helpful, approachable and friendly teacher that not just taught them the lesson, but the importance, potions to make for everyday life and how potions helps you. I also wanted to talk to McGonagall if I could have extra classes on Sundays for students who need extra help or practice. I would ask my best students who wanted to take newt potions to help out for some extra credit, house points and help to themselves as teaching potions will help them too. As I finishing a 4th year lesson plan, Fillius came up to me and role me to apparated to Hogwarts. James came over stuck his tongue out childishly and apparated away with a loud 'CRACK!' I just shook my head and apparated too.

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When we arrived, McGonagall asked James and me to meet the student at the door and me to put the sorting hat on everyone. She said that leaving it quite vague and mysterious made entering the hall more exciting so don't give too much away. We were shown to our places then some students started to arrive, I met my prefects and Sirius decided to joke to make them feel more comfortable around us. However my mind was on the hall, it looked as if it hadn't changes at all, the sky still magicked into being starry and dark, the candles still floated, the plates were still golden, the head table was still adorned with tall comfy chairs to sit on and Filch was still stalking around and shouting at the few students that had already arrived. After I saw the boats arriving, we went down the cold steps onto the entrance platform in front of the door. James gripped my hand as older students that were still arriving, stared at us in wonder. They were whispering and muttering but we both expected this and ignored it, it really annoyed ma e=and I was on the verge of snapping when the hall's doors slammed shut and the first, anxious looking children walked cautiously up the stairs. Hagrid waved merrily at us then went into the hall.

''Good evening, 1st years. In a few moments, we will be entering the hall so that you can be sorted into your respective houses.'' I started before James cut me off.

''Yeah, houses are like family's and all, it's very cool, but what we are all waiting for the feast after'' he jokes, a few braver children smiled meekly before one thin girl with a long sallow face and blonde hair said ''what do we have to do? My brother said it's really hard and I don't know any magic, he tried to tell me some spells but I don't know anything!''

James smiled but shook his head ''all will be revealed,'' he turned to me, ''right Flower, lead them in.''

I flicked my wrist watching the amazement on the muggle-born witches/wizards face and the boredom on others. I told them to quickly pair up and then turned on my heel and marched through the doors, urging them to follow. James passed me, smiled and sat between Sirius and Remus. Remus and Sirius gave me a thumbs up to the delight of the older students and I couldn't fight a smile. The students gathered around the stool and one by one I called the names out and placed the hat on their head, took it off and clapped. Everytime it was a Gryffindor, I also smiled at the now more confident boy or girl and called up the next. As the last one left the stool, I sent it back to its place and then ascended the slight slope to the head table. I sat next to Sirius, to my utmost annoyance but he promised to move on normal days, which was kind. He just reached across me flirting with Anya who blushed ad turned back to the feast in front of us. McGonagall said her piece then sat down. The food on the professors table was so much nicer than the student table, it was essentially the same but served differently and there was a choice of mead, pumpkin juice, lemonade(it was Dumbledore's favourite) and grape juice to Grayson's delight as he lived in America for about 5 years since after his 7th year of Hogwarts.

After the feast, Minerva got up and did her welcome speech, she introduced the teachers making us all stand and say a few words. When we did our, everyone just stared dumfounded then made themselves clap politely. Minerva looked at them all with a stern look, which shut their whispers up. She moved on to talk about the forbidden forest and as she droned on with the usual speech, I realised just how hard this year will be.

After most of the hall emptied, I went to the common room to talk to the still awake students, there were only a handful and when I came in a few went upstairs. I scoffed and then realised that Sirius was in there talking to a few scared 1st years and whispering about 'pranks' 'girls' and 'professor'. I ignored it, he knew what he was doing but I had a feeling that this year would be quite chaotic.

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Today was the first day; we walked into the school and had breakfast in the hall. The students were like zombies, they had obviously stayed up late the previous night with the excitement and now were really tired for first lesson. After eating my meal, I went up and down the table, meeting the students and filling in their timetables. I even gave a few some maps out to the first years that needed it. After joking with the older students and sympathising with the younger ones, they stopped staring and accepted me that made me smile all the way to my first lesson.

When I entered the dungeon, the early pupils were looking around in astonishment, I was also shocked. The once dark and dingy room now had been expanded, new and clean equipment lay on the counters and the jars of ingredients re-filled. There were textbooks in the cupboard and the walls had been painted a dark blue. It was lighter in there as spotlights filled the room making it seem like a completely different place. As soon as I sat down behind the desk, the rest of the students rushed in, looked around in bewilderment then sat down. I let out a laugh then stood up.

''Hello Class, as you know, I'm Professor Potter or if Both Professor Potters are together, its Mrs Potter. However in this class I am professor. Right then, let's begin. This is a Hufflepuff/Slytherin class, am I correct?'' the class nodded slowly ''Okay then, some more enthusiasm would be lovely. So, can you pair up pleas, however this person will be your partner for this whole year and you cannot change unless there is a severe problem or I think you are going to not work well. I'm sorry to be quite harsh but I think that it's important for you to realise that I'm a nice person but cross me and you won't see the end of it.''

The class shuffled round the dungeon and sat together.

''Lovely! I think I'm going to enjoy this class! So, just to start, we are going to make the shrinking potion but first I want to quiz your previous knowledge. Can anyone tell me what colour it's supposed to be?''

A few students hesitantly raised their hand.

''Urm, Miss Heartwood. Is it?''

''Yes, Professor. Is the potion green?''

''correct, well done! 5 points to Hufflepuff! Now, which potion could cure petrification?''

Amelia Heartwood's hand shot up but I ignored it politely. ''erm, Mr Gould?''

''I don't know.''

''okay, try to guess?''

''I told you, I don't know. Now ask whats-her-face''

''Excuse me, Mr Gould but I don't like being spoken to that way…''

He turned to his friends muttering loud enough for me to her... ''So that's the boy-who-lived's mother. Poor boy, maybe if she stayed dead, we all would have ended up better.''

Shocked at the statement, I gritted my teeth angrily. ''Mr Gould, stay behind at the end of class please.''

He looked at me unfazed, nodded once then turned away. I sighed but turned to another boy with his black hair, he looked like a bit like Severus did, he was just as lonely.

''Yep, you in the back. What's your name?''

''My name is Josh Rwen. Mandrake restorer draught.''

''great! 5 points to Slytherin, how about where can you find a bezoar?''

No-one's hand shot up and I realised it was because, Neil Gould had just left the classroom, they all turned waiting for my reaction but I ignored it. I would find him next lesson and give him a detention for not only rude comments and behaviour but leaving the classroom without permission. The class could see the anger bubbling under my skin and a small girl who looked worried answered my question incorrectly. She shied away but with a few hints understood.

Although this lesson got my blood boiling, what would happen next lesson?

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Until next time,

Serena :)