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Title: Biology
Characters: Harry Potter (AKA James Toland), Julie Reynolds, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Adam Weasley, Maple Weasley, Robert Denton, Gaius Malfoy, and Ophelia Vivas
Rating: M
Pairings: Harry/Severus, Ron/Hermione, Remmy(Remus)/Reese(Sirius)
Genre: Drama
Words per Chapter: 953
Warnings: AU from book four on, het, slash, Muggle world, violence, language, post-war, hiding Harry, life left behind, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary: The war ended and Harry Potter disappeared. Years later, a young secondary school science teacher runs into some people from his past. The life he had will be changed forever as they try to drag him back into their world.
Notes: For those that wonder at the end of the last chapter, here's a little note. It's pointed out in the summary that the people try to drag him back to the Wizarding world, so it's kind of a question of how much of this revenge was Severus' idea or someone else's. You'll find out eventually, but do know that this is the next part and the part I know at least a few friends have wanted to see.

Chapter 36: Encounters with Strangers

James sat in his new classroom, trying to figure out if he had lost all semblance of sanity. Now, he knew that he had to be at least partially insane in order to give in the way that he had, but he also knew that there was something more to it then that. All in all, it was enough to make him question his very acceptance on reality. He shook his head and pushed those thoughts out of his mind. He knew that he didn't need to go over those thoughts right then. He had been, before his mind had started to wander over his supposed craziness, studying the lesson plans from the previous Defence instructor. The only thing that James could determine was that the man was completely incompetent. In fact, it seemed as if he would have to do a lot of work and rewrite the entire defence curriculum in order to make sure that the students had a proper education. It wasn't a pleasant thought for the Biology teacher, though it wasn't a surprise.

Someone walked into his classroom. He looked up and saw a student that he knew that he had never seen before. However, the person looked vaguely like one of his old students. He had had a boy in a biology class back when he was teaching in the Muggle education system that looked similar to this person. He stared at the student. This one was obviously a first year. The person looked at him. The student was a girl; one with brown hair that was pulled back into a ponytail and wide eyes that were so blue that you thought that she would swallow you up from the look alone. He cleared his throat. "Hello miss…" He stopped there. He had no idea what to call this girl. He didn't know her name, just that she looked like one of his old students.

The girl looked at him for a moment and then looked away. "Hannah, Hannah Cornford. You taught my brother, Jacob Cornford." She turned to look at him again. She seemed to be unsure of what to do. James, of course, was also confused on what he should be doing as well. He hadn't expected one of his old students to have a sibling at the school. He shouldn't have been surprised. However, he was anyways.

James let out a slow breath. "I'm sorry, I thought that you looked like someone I knew, Miss Cornford. How may I help you?" He knew that the fact that she was showing up meant that she likely had some questions. Of course, he knew that seeing her then could leave him stressed. He sighed and continued to wait for her to say something.

She looked at the window and then back at him. "I just wanted to tell you that I had gotten a letter from my brother. He said you were fired. Why did you go and hide in the Muggle world?" James stared at her. He hadn't expected to have someone ask him why he would hide there. He knew that a lot of people in the Wizarding world questioned it. He just hated the way they kept asking him and trying to force him to answer.

He thought of how he was going to answer her question. It was a valid question. Plus, she had asked in a way that didn't make him want to fight. It wasn't in that tone that sounded like he was being demanded to answer. She seemed to be willing to wait and let him answer when he wanted to. He rubbed his eyes "When you're being treated as if you have no right to live your life the way that you want to, you kind of don't want to stay. I left and became someone who can have a life. I am this person that you see right now. That meant that I needed to save some of myself for me." The girl, Hannah, watched him and then nodded. She seemed to accept that explanation without question.

She then gave him a smile. "Well, I can't wait to see what you teach us. My brother always said that you were one of the best teachers at the school. He dislikes that you were fired for some reason that they won't tell anyone about. I think that it's unfair to fire such a good teacher, but I guess that it can't be helped." She then turned and waved. "See you on Thursday." She ran out of the classroom. James stared after her. This was something that he didn't know what to say about it. He nodded after a moment and went back to trying to rewrite the curriculum. He hadn't bothered to say anything in his mind. Instead, he decided to focus right where he needed to in that moment. He, unlike all of the other people, was using a pen. He would never go back to a quill unless forced. He had disliked them when he was younger, and he still did. He chuckled as he thought about that, though that was mainly because he found it to be a safer thing to focus on. What had gone on with the girl was something that he didn't want to think about until later. However, he also knew that he didn't have the time to let his mind delve into it anyways. His first class would be starting soon. That meant that he needed to be ready. After all, he was facing something new. It was going to be a fight, which he knew that he would somehow get through. He just would, but only because he had to.

A/N: Well, here's the chapter. A little short, but it's bridging Harry's thrust into things. Severus will appear in the next chapter. Later.