Disclaimers: Anything or anyone you don't recognise belongs to me, especially Eltala Riddle, and Lily Snape

Disclaimers: Anything or anyone you don't recognise belongs to me, especially Eltala Riddle, and Lily Snape. Everything else belongs to J K Rowlings. I haven't, and I won't make any money out of this!

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Did you get the teacher right?

Say Goodbye - Chapter seven

Harry's heart gave a leap, as he pulled open the door to the classroom. Sirius Black? It couldn't be – but sure enough, there was Sirius, sitting at the teacher's desk. He looked like he did in the few photos, that Harry had. So much younger than when Harry had first seen him.

Harry felt someone tense beside him. Their reaction was similar to those of the rest of the class. Hermione and Ron, however looked very happy.

Dean Thomas was the first to find his voice, and he said rather nervously "You! But you're… You're a murderer! What are you doing here?!?"

Sirius did not look happy at this description. "I was proven innocent. As I always knew I would be, eventually. Veritaserum is a very useful potion." He sighed.

"Our topic for the year, is Defense against You Know Who, and his followers. Today we will start with identifying Death Eaters. Please turn to page 7 in your textbook."

The lesson progressed, as you would expect, the class mostly very nervous around their new professor. This was all forgotten, when Lavender happened to glance through a chapter in the book called 'The Riddle Family'

Lavender muttered to herself. "I wonder if this is anything to do with that new girl, Eltala Riddle..." She flicked to the pages idly, until she came across a family tree.

"Tom Riddle married Talia Slytherin, both direct descendents of Salazar Slytherin. Two children. The eldest a girl, Narcius, who later married Lucius Malfoy. The second, also a girl, by the name of Eltala, expelled in her first year at Hogwarts, for attempted murder of later Headboy. This second child is by far the most remarkable. A sorceress. Coming into the world every ten thousand years, living for one thousand years, almost all powerful. Eltala Riddle was-" Lavender had been talking rather loud, and Sirius came over.

"Return to your work Lavender – Great Wizards! You say there is a girl at the school called Eltala Riddle? Black hair?" Sirius had heard her talking about Eltala, but luckily had not heard the context, nor the part about sorcery.

Lavender looked nervous. "Yeah, you know her?"

The new professor suddenly went rather red, and was about to answer when the bell went. Sirius had picked up his copy of the book, like the one that Lavender had read from. He skimmed through the pages, to where Lavender was reading. Harry moved to the front of the classroom to talk to his Godfather, but Sirius waved him off, telling him how glad he was to see him, but he was busy, and could Harry come to see him later?

Harry suddenly remembered his meeting with Professor Snape, and hurried out of the classroom. Out side, Ron was waiting to make sure Harry had remembered. Ron was hurriedly stuffing a note - written on pale blue parchment with neat pink writing – in his pocket.

"Good, you remembered. Well, Good luck! See you later! I hope!" With that Ron wandered away, probably to the common room. Although Harry didn't realise it at the time, this would be the last time Harry saw his best friend, for a long, long, time – and yet almost no time at all.