A/N: Okay... I know I made a few of you cry with that last chapter... I was listening to a very funeral-esque track on my Enya CD while writing that, so when Dumbledore said that it was a farewell to Harry that Colin did, I started crying while typing it. I'm so pathetic.... T.T
And that whole farewell bit is REALLY rooly and truely a documented happening. I watch waaaaaay too many ghost story things on the History Channel and Discovery Channel. I like watching them, of course, because I'm a morbid personality. HAHAHAHAHAHA! ::achem::
Chapter Seven
Harry had to schedule the prefect meetings. He hated it, especially this one that he had gotten himself into. This meeting, Hermione was conducting, though everyone wanted to hear from him. "How was the Creevy boy killed again?" asked a Slytherin prefect boy. He had black hair and brown eyes.
"I'm sorry... what's your name again?" asked Harry as he snapped out of his daze.
The boy grimaced. He was a fifth year. "Thomas Edward Nigma..." He said with a cold stare at Harry.
"He was too bloody for me to know... all I know is that he was dead and had the word 'new' etched into his skull..." Harry said a little shortly.
"I don't understand how you can be head boy when you are so short with those of us that are younger...." Thomas said.
"Well, I am, so be nice..." Harry said with a sneer. He was getting irritated by this little upstart. The upstart seemed to be doing this regularly now. Almost like he was testing Harry's patience.
Hermione never said a word. She kept looking at the piece of parchment she had on the table and kept scratching her quill on it like she was going to learn something new from it.
After the meeting, Harry ran into Ginny. She smiled and led him up to the sixth year girls dorm. "I've been waiting all day for this..." she said with a seductive smile.
Harry walked inside and she led him to what seemed to be her bed. He smiled down at her and leaned down as she sat down on the bed. "You are too good to me, Gin..." He said to her.
She smiled and he kissed her. She took off his robe and pulled him closer to her. He was practically on top of her. He kissed her gently, letting her softness lull him back into a calm state. He hated prefect meetings and the Slytherin prefect was put onto his "hit list".
"Ginny.... do you have to do that in here?" asked a familiar voice. Harry cursed softly into Ginny's flaming hair and lifted himself up. He saw Avalon staring at them with her coal black eyes. They seemed to bore into him.
"Sorry, Vee... I didn't know someone was in here..." Ginny said.
Avalon sighed and shook her head. "I'm sorry... I've been a little on edge lately..."
Harry stood up and picked up his robe. "It's okay, Vee... I'm going now..."
Before he reached the door, Avalon took hold of his arm. "He is watching and waiting until the omega time...." she said. Harry stared at her, but she let go of him and walked out before him.
"What was that about..." Ginny said. She was still sitting on her bed.
"I... don't know..." Harry stammered. He put on his robe and smiled apologetically at Ginny. "I'm sorry, Ginny... I have to go..."
Ginny stood up from her bed and walked over to him. He reached up and kissed him on his lips ever so gently. "Don't worry about it... everything will be alright..."
Harry walked down the stairs and ran into Astra. "Sorry Astra.. I didn't see you coming..."
"Nothing to worry about... I was on my way to corrupt my dear little sister with some news about Kennedy.... but that can wait..." she said in a hurried voice.
"Huh?"
"Nevermind..." She linked her arm through his and descended the staircase with him. "So.... how was the big bad prefect meeting..."
"Horrible as usual... there's this new kid in the prefect circle named Thomas Nigma..." Harry said.
"Let me guess... a little evil boy that makes you want to smack the crap outta him, right?" Astra said as she let go of his arm.
"Yes... in a sense..."
They walked out of the Gryffindor common room and into the hallways. "Where are we going, exactly?" Astra said.
"I don't know... I just need to walk..." Harry said. "I guess you're just tagging along..."
"You don't have to get so nasty about it..." Astra huffed at him. "That kid really got to you, didn't he..."
"Yeah... I guess so..." He smiled apologetically. "I didn't mean to be so rude...."
"That's alright... I was thinking of what happened last year... I wonder how I can reactivate this green gem..." she said as she pointed to the second gem on her left ear.
"Why would you want to..."
"I don't know... it might come in handy..."
The rounded a corner and ran into Sirius, literally. Sirius was on the floor, rubbing his backside in pain. "Watch it... you nearly killed me..."
"Sorry Professor... didn't see you there..." Astra said.
"Harry! I was just coming to see you... how are you... what do you think of my teaching?" Sirius said.
"You're doing great..." Harry said.
Professor Trelawny and Professor McGonagall came into view suddenly. Trelawny was telling McGonagall about her visions. Professor McGonagall looked like she was ready to hit Trelawny at any moment. "Really... and why did you choose to tell ME all of this, Sybil?"
"Oh.. I knew you and I were going to run into each other, so I decided to tell you what I saw happen to that poor Creevy boy..." Trelawny's glasses glinted in the flame lit hallway.
"Hello, girls... how are you?" said Sirius. "Just talking to Harry and Astra here..."
"I know... I saw you in the crystal ball when I was gazing...." Trelawny said in her misty voice.
"They should be back in Gryffindor tower... really Sirius... would you want your best friend's son to die because of whatever is out there?" Professor McGonagall said in her usually stern voice.
"Sorry, Professor... but I thought I could look after him.." Sirius said with a grin.
Dumbledore and Snape came from opposite hallways and Professor Lupin came up behind Harry. "Well.. This is interesting... what sort of occurance is like this?" Lupin said mildly.
"One where dear Mr. Potter can get himself into trouble..." said Professor Snape with a sneer.
"Oh hush up, Snape... like anyone would want to listen to you..." Sirius said with a growl. Snape growled back.
"I rather like this... get the chance to talk to you all with out any problems..." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Oh... those two have very distant futures... they could become the worst of enemies..." Trelawny said.
"Oh hush up, Sybil... you know you can't see worth a damn!" McGonagall snapped at Trelawny.
"Very interesting indeed..." said Dumbledore.
Lupin was still behind Harry and shaking his head at Snape and Sirius growling at eachother. "They've always disliked each other..." he said suddenly.
Trelawny and McGonagall were yelling now. Sirius and Snape were adding to the wall of sound that was building. Astra was clutching her ears and looked like she was concentrating on something.
"I wonder if I should make them hush up right now..." Dumbledore said with a small smile."It's a lot of fun watching this cat fight over here..."
There was a rumbling sound and Astra was glowing a brilliant white. "Make the noise stop! It's hurting my ears!" she cried.
The rumbling was drowning out the fighting and was deafening to hear. Professor McGonagall and Trelawny suddenly stopped their bickering and started glowing the white light. Sirius and Professor Snape stopped and were enveloped in the white light. Dumbledore and Lupin were enveloped in the light as well.
They all started floating and McGonagall screamed in surprise. "Great Merlin! What the blazes is going on!"
Astra looked as though she were mumbling something. Harry wasn't sure what she was mumbling, but she looked like she was in pain. The teachers spun in an orbit around Astra as they floated up a little higher.
Harry watched in a daze as the teachers started looking younger. Snape, Sirius and Lupin didn't age a lot in appearance, but Trelawny and McGonagall suddenly started looking younger by the minute. Dumbledore began getting auburn hair through his white and it shortened as he spun around Astra.
Astra suddenly jerked back her head and everyone fell to the ground. Harry caught her and laid her on the ground as he held her to him. She was mumbling something. "Abreos tu artha.... abreos tu artha... abreos tu artha..."
Harry looked around. Professor Trelawny was on the ground, her glasses were away from her. Professor McGonagall's braid was untied and her long black hair spread around her.
"What the hell happened here..." Harry said as he picked Astra up off of the floor.
Astra awoke to someone staring at her. There was a seventh year boy with short wavy auburn hair, blue eyes and half moon glasses. He smiled at Astra pleasantly and brushed a strand of hair from her forehead. "You are alright, I see...."
"Huh...? Where am I... what happened....?" Astra croaked. She sat up with the boy's help.
"The nice black haired boy brought you in here. I just woke up in here myself. It looks like the Hospital Wing, but it's a little hard to tell. It looks as though things have changed a bit..." the boy said. Astra couldn't help gazing into his blue eyes.
"Who are you? I don't think I've seen you before...." Astra saw that he was wearing a Gryffindor uniform.
"Me? My name is Albus Dumbledore... It's nice to meet you!" He said in a gleeful voice. "What's your name?"
"Astra Knight... knight as in the knights of the round table..." she said quickly. She heard his name, but the last name was similar to the headmaster.
"Ah... so you are a Knight, eh? Are you going to fight against the evil wizards in shining armor riding on a white horse?" He said with a smile. "Of course.... maybe you would do it with a leaf crown, judging by those ears you have..."
Astra stared at the boy. She shook her head and sighed. She swung her legs around and noticed that her school skirt had hiked itself up. She saw the boy blush pink at her legs. "Something wrong?"
He glanced away with the blush still evident on his pale cheeks. "Sorry, Miss Knight... It's just that your skirt is so short! I must have gone through a time portal or something, because the girl's uniforms don't look like that..."
She started to get up and the boy stood and offered his hand. "May I help a lady knight up?"
Astra took his hand and stood. "Thanks... I'm still a bit woozy from whatever happened...." She wobbled slightly and the boy put out an arm for her to hold onto. She accepted it and he helped her out of the infirmary.
"So are you the only one in here?I didn't see anyone in the other beds...." Astra said. She felt somewhat comforted by Albus. He was incredibly nice, although a bit odd and old fashioned.
"I was told to stay there until you woke up by a nice, although a bit bossy Head Girl with long bushy hair." Albus said with a pleasant smile.
"That would be Hermione... she's a friend of mine..." Astra said.
They reached Gryffindor Tower and Astra said the password. "Wingardium...."
"That's nice, dear..." The fat lady in the portrait said. Albus helped Astra through the Portrait hole and led her into the common room.
It was an odd scene. There were several people there. There was an odd seventh year girl with long curled brown hair and glasses playing with a deck of tarot cards. There were three boys that Astra immediately recognized, though.
Severus Snape was reading a book on the couch in front of the fireplace as a young Sirius Black and Remus Lupin held a fake spider over his head. Then, there was Ginny helping a girl come her long black hair.
"She's awake, everyone!" said Albus next to Astra. He smiled at Astra. "Feeling any better Lady Knight?"
Astra nodded and he led her to Ginny. Then, he let go of Astra and walked over to Severus. Astra stared at the girl with the long black hair. It was somewhat hard at first, but then Astra saw the older version in the young seventh year girl in front of her. "Hello, Professor McGonagall..."
The girl looked up with her black eyes. "My name is Minerva.... as in the Goddess of wisdom and war?"
"Sorry.. Minerva..." Astra said apologetically. Astra was starting to realize what had happened.
"I don't like these uniforms... the skirts are too short for my comfort...." Minerva said.
"I'll get you a nice pair of black tights, how about that?" Astra said with a smile.
Minerva smiled back. "That would be very nice, thank you... what is your name?"
"Astra Knight.... as in Sir Gawain and the other Knights..." Astra said.
"Ah... This nice girl here helping me with my hair is Ginny..." She said in a sweet sort of voice.
"I know her... I helped her and my friend Harry realize they were meant for each other...." Astra said with a wink at Ginny. Ginny blushed crimson.
"I said stop it, you two! Leave me alone! I'm going to get you people expelled one of these days!" growled Severus from the couch. He was now chasing Sirius and Remus around the room.
Astra noticed a slight blush as Minerva watched Severus stop and loosen his Gryffindor tie. He huffed and brushed his hand through his hair. Astra started getting interesting ideas.
"There you are... I was wondering when Albus was going to bring you back..."
Astra saw Harry walking through the portrait hole. He had his robes on and the Head Boy badge was gleaming the fire light. After him came Fred and George Weasley, a man with long wavy blonde hair and a pleasant smile and Skywise in his human form.
"Sky... what's going on?" Astra said.
"We um... we're short a few teachers right now, so I asked Fred and George here if they would help... and Mr. Lockheart here if her could teach Care of Magical Creatures. Professor Wizworth already said that he would help in anyway possible, so I asked him to teach Transfiguration." Harry said with a smile.
"Honestly, though... I barely remember anything about these animals, but if I have a book with me, maybe I can help that way..." Mr. Lockheart said in a soft voice.
"Professor Lockheart? You've got to be kidding!" Ginny screeched. She was staring at Harry like he was daft.
"It's okay, Ginny... He was hit with a memory charm back in the Chamber...." Harry said as he tried to clam his girlfriend.
Astra raised her hand. "Um... can anyone explain exactly what you two are talking about and tell me why you think the dufus twins should teach?"
"I'll have to tell you about the Chamber of Secrets later, Astra... and Fred and George are only temporary until we can get the good would be professors back to normal." Harry said with a smile.
"I think it's past everyone's bedtime, here! Why don't all of you go on up to bed! We'll take care of everything!" Fred said with a wide grin.
"Yeah, leave Lockheart to us! Besides... I know that you and Herm have a tough thing to do in the morning...." George said with an identical grin.
"Yeah... running the school." Fred said.
"That's correct... With Professor Dumbledore over there as a seventeen year old, we have to let the head boy and girl run the school now." Wizworth said with a smile.
"Alright, then..." Astra turned to the small group assembled. "Okay then! Girls! Follow me! Boys! Follow Harry here up the stairs."
Astra walked up the stairs to the girls dorm. Harry led the boys up to the boys dorm. It was tough, at first to get the sleeping arrangements in the right order, but it seemed to work out. Harry was finally able to go to bed. Another wild ride was up for him in the morning.
And that whole farewell bit is REALLY rooly and truely a documented happening. I watch waaaaaay too many ghost story things on the History Channel and Discovery Channel. I like watching them, of course, because I'm a morbid personality. HAHAHAHAHAHA! ::achem::
Chapter Seven
Harry had to schedule the prefect meetings. He hated it, especially this one that he had gotten himself into. This meeting, Hermione was conducting, though everyone wanted to hear from him. "How was the Creevy boy killed again?" asked a Slytherin prefect boy. He had black hair and brown eyes.
"I'm sorry... what's your name again?" asked Harry as he snapped out of his daze.
The boy grimaced. He was a fifth year. "Thomas Edward Nigma..." He said with a cold stare at Harry.
"He was too bloody for me to know... all I know is that he was dead and had the word 'new' etched into his skull..." Harry said a little shortly.
"I don't understand how you can be head boy when you are so short with those of us that are younger...." Thomas said.
"Well, I am, so be nice..." Harry said with a sneer. He was getting irritated by this little upstart. The upstart seemed to be doing this regularly now. Almost like he was testing Harry's patience.
Hermione never said a word. She kept looking at the piece of parchment she had on the table and kept scratching her quill on it like she was going to learn something new from it.
After the meeting, Harry ran into Ginny. She smiled and led him up to the sixth year girls dorm. "I've been waiting all day for this..." she said with a seductive smile.
Harry walked inside and she led him to what seemed to be her bed. He smiled down at her and leaned down as she sat down on the bed. "You are too good to me, Gin..." He said to her.
She smiled and he kissed her. She took off his robe and pulled him closer to her. He was practically on top of her. He kissed her gently, letting her softness lull him back into a calm state. He hated prefect meetings and the Slytherin prefect was put onto his "hit list".
"Ginny.... do you have to do that in here?" asked a familiar voice. Harry cursed softly into Ginny's flaming hair and lifted himself up. He saw Avalon staring at them with her coal black eyes. They seemed to bore into him.
"Sorry, Vee... I didn't know someone was in here..." Ginny said.
Avalon sighed and shook her head. "I'm sorry... I've been a little on edge lately..."
Harry stood up and picked up his robe. "It's okay, Vee... I'm going now..."
Before he reached the door, Avalon took hold of his arm. "He is watching and waiting until the omega time...." she said. Harry stared at her, but she let go of him and walked out before him.
"What was that about..." Ginny said. She was still sitting on her bed.
"I... don't know..." Harry stammered. He put on his robe and smiled apologetically at Ginny. "I'm sorry, Ginny... I have to go..."
Ginny stood up from her bed and walked over to him. He reached up and kissed him on his lips ever so gently. "Don't worry about it... everything will be alright..."
Harry walked down the stairs and ran into Astra. "Sorry Astra.. I didn't see you coming..."
"Nothing to worry about... I was on my way to corrupt my dear little sister with some news about Kennedy.... but that can wait..." she said in a hurried voice.
"Huh?"
"Nevermind..." She linked her arm through his and descended the staircase with him. "So.... how was the big bad prefect meeting..."
"Horrible as usual... there's this new kid in the prefect circle named Thomas Nigma..." Harry said.
"Let me guess... a little evil boy that makes you want to smack the crap outta him, right?" Astra said as she let go of his arm.
"Yes... in a sense..."
They walked out of the Gryffindor common room and into the hallways. "Where are we going, exactly?" Astra said.
"I don't know... I just need to walk..." Harry said. "I guess you're just tagging along..."
"You don't have to get so nasty about it..." Astra huffed at him. "That kid really got to you, didn't he..."
"Yeah... I guess so..." He smiled apologetically. "I didn't mean to be so rude...."
"That's alright... I was thinking of what happened last year... I wonder how I can reactivate this green gem..." she said as she pointed to the second gem on her left ear.
"Why would you want to..."
"I don't know... it might come in handy..."
The rounded a corner and ran into Sirius, literally. Sirius was on the floor, rubbing his backside in pain. "Watch it... you nearly killed me..."
"Sorry Professor... didn't see you there..." Astra said.
"Harry! I was just coming to see you... how are you... what do you think of my teaching?" Sirius said.
"You're doing great..." Harry said.
Professor Trelawny and Professor McGonagall came into view suddenly. Trelawny was telling McGonagall about her visions. Professor McGonagall looked like she was ready to hit Trelawny at any moment. "Really... and why did you choose to tell ME all of this, Sybil?"
"Oh.. I knew you and I were going to run into each other, so I decided to tell you what I saw happen to that poor Creevy boy..." Trelawny's glasses glinted in the flame lit hallway.
"Hello, girls... how are you?" said Sirius. "Just talking to Harry and Astra here..."
"I know... I saw you in the crystal ball when I was gazing...." Trelawny said in her misty voice.
"They should be back in Gryffindor tower... really Sirius... would you want your best friend's son to die because of whatever is out there?" Professor McGonagall said in her usually stern voice.
"Sorry, Professor... but I thought I could look after him.." Sirius said with a grin.
Dumbledore and Snape came from opposite hallways and Professor Lupin came up behind Harry. "Well.. This is interesting... what sort of occurance is like this?" Lupin said mildly.
"One where dear Mr. Potter can get himself into trouble..." said Professor Snape with a sneer.
"Oh hush up, Snape... like anyone would want to listen to you..." Sirius said with a growl. Snape growled back.
"I rather like this... get the chance to talk to you all with out any problems..." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Oh... those two have very distant futures... they could become the worst of enemies..." Trelawny said.
"Oh hush up, Sybil... you know you can't see worth a damn!" McGonagall snapped at Trelawny.
"Very interesting indeed..." said Dumbledore.
Lupin was still behind Harry and shaking his head at Snape and Sirius growling at eachother. "They've always disliked each other..." he said suddenly.
Trelawny and McGonagall were yelling now. Sirius and Snape were adding to the wall of sound that was building. Astra was clutching her ears and looked like she was concentrating on something.
"I wonder if I should make them hush up right now..." Dumbledore said with a small smile."It's a lot of fun watching this cat fight over here..."
There was a rumbling sound and Astra was glowing a brilliant white. "Make the noise stop! It's hurting my ears!" she cried.
The rumbling was drowning out the fighting and was deafening to hear. Professor McGonagall and Trelawny suddenly stopped their bickering and started glowing the white light. Sirius and Professor Snape stopped and were enveloped in the white light. Dumbledore and Lupin were enveloped in the light as well.
They all started floating and McGonagall screamed in surprise. "Great Merlin! What the blazes is going on!"
Astra looked as though she were mumbling something. Harry wasn't sure what she was mumbling, but she looked like she was in pain. The teachers spun in an orbit around Astra as they floated up a little higher.
Harry watched in a daze as the teachers started looking younger. Snape, Sirius and Lupin didn't age a lot in appearance, but Trelawny and McGonagall suddenly started looking younger by the minute. Dumbledore began getting auburn hair through his white and it shortened as he spun around Astra.
Astra suddenly jerked back her head and everyone fell to the ground. Harry caught her and laid her on the ground as he held her to him. She was mumbling something. "Abreos tu artha.... abreos tu artha... abreos tu artha..."
Harry looked around. Professor Trelawny was on the ground, her glasses were away from her. Professor McGonagall's braid was untied and her long black hair spread around her.
"What the hell happened here..." Harry said as he picked Astra up off of the floor.
Astra awoke to someone staring at her. There was a seventh year boy with short wavy auburn hair, blue eyes and half moon glasses. He smiled at Astra pleasantly and brushed a strand of hair from her forehead. "You are alright, I see...."
"Huh...? Where am I... what happened....?" Astra croaked. She sat up with the boy's help.
"The nice black haired boy brought you in here. I just woke up in here myself. It looks like the Hospital Wing, but it's a little hard to tell. It looks as though things have changed a bit..." the boy said. Astra couldn't help gazing into his blue eyes.
"Who are you? I don't think I've seen you before...." Astra saw that he was wearing a Gryffindor uniform.
"Me? My name is Albus Dumbledore... It's nice to meet you!" He said in a gleeful voice. "What's your name?"
"Astra Knight... knight as in the knights of the round table..." she said quickly. She heard his name, but the last name was similar to the headmaster.
"Ah... so you are a Knight, eh? Are you going to fight against the evil wizards in shining armor riding on a white horse?" He said with a smile. "Of course.... maybe you would do it with a leaf crown, judging by those ears you have..."
Astra stared at the boy. She shook her head and sighed. She swung her legs around and noticed that her school skirt had hiked itself up. She saw the boy blush pink at her legs. "Something wrong?"
He glanced away with the blush still evident on his pale cheeks. "Sorry, Miss Knight... It's just that your skirt is so short! I must have gone through a time portal or something, because the girl's uniforms don't look like that..."
She started to get up and the boy stood and offered his hand. "May I help a lady knight up?"
Astra took his hand and stood. "Thanks... I'm still a bit woozy from whatever happened...." She wobbled slightly and the boy put out an arm for her to hold onto. She accepted it and he helped her out of the infirmary.
"So are you the only one in here?I didn't see anyone in the other beds...." Astra said. She felt somewhat comforted by Albus. He was incredibly nice, although a bit odd and old fashioned.
"I was told to stay there until you woke up by a nice, although a bit bossy Head Girl with long bushy hair." Albus said with a pleasant smile.
"That would be Hermione... she's a friend of mine..." Astra said.
They reached Gryffindor Tower and Astra said the password. "Wingardium...."
"That's nice, dear..." The fat lady in the portrait said. Albus helped Astra through the Portrait hole and led her into the common room.
It was an odd scene. There were several people there. There was an odd seventh year girl with long curled brown hair and glasses playing with a deck of tarot cards. There were three boys that Astra immediately recognized, though.
Severus Snape was reading a book on the couch in front of the fireplace as a young Sirius Black and Remus Lupin held a fake spider over his head. Then, there was Ginny helping a girl come her long black hair.
"She's awake, everyone!" said Albus next to Astra. He smiled at Astra. "Feeling any better Lady Knight?"
Astra nodded and he led her to Ginny. Then, he let go of Astra and walked over to Severus. Astra stared at the girl with the long black hair. It was somewhat hard at first, but then Astra saw the older version in the young seventh year girl in front of her. "Hello, Professor McGonagall..."
The girl looked up with her black eyes. "My name is Minerva.... as in the Goddess of wisdom and war?"
"Sorry.. Minerva..." Astra said apologetically. Astra was starting to realize what had happened.
"I don't like these uniforms... the skirts are too short for my comfort...." Minerva said.
"I'll get you a nice pair of black tights, how about that?" Astra said with a smile.
Minerva smiled back. "That would be very nice, thank you... what is your name?"
"Astra Knight.... as in Sir Gawain and the other Knights..." Astra said.
"Ah... This nice girl here helping me with my hair is Ginny..." She said in a sweet sort of voice.
"I know her... I helped her and my friend Harry realize they were meant for each other...." Astra said with a wink at Ginny. Ginny blushed crimson.
"I said stop it, you two! Leave me alone! I'm going to get you people expelled one of these days!" growled Severus from the couch. He was now chasing Sirius and Remus around the room.
Astra noticed a slight blush as Minerva watched Severus stop and loosen his Gryffindor tie. He huffed and brushed his hand through his hair. Astra started getting interesting ideas.
"There you are... I was wondering when Albus was going to bring you back..."
Astra saw Harry walking through the portrait hole. He had his robes on and the Head Boy badge was gleaming the fire light. After him came Fred and George Weasley, a man with long wavy blonde hair and a pleasant smile and Skywise in his human form.
"Sky... what's going on?" Astra said.
"We um... we're short a few teachers right now, so I asked Fred and George here if they would help... and Mr. Lockheart here if her could teach Care of Magical Creatures. Professor Wizworth already said that he would help in anyway possible, so I asked him to teach Transfiguration." Harry said with a smile.
"Honestly, though... I barely remember anything about these animals, but if I have a book with me, maybe I can help that way..." Mr. Lockheart said in a soft voice.
"Professor Lockheart? You've got to be kidding!" Ginny screeched. She was staring at Harry like he was daft.
"It's okay, Ginny... He was hit with a memory charm back in the Chamber...." Harry said as he tried to clam his girlfriend.
Astra raised her hand. "Um... can anyone explain exactly what you two are talking about and tell me why you think the dufus twins should teach?"
"I'll have to tell you about the Chamber of Secrets later, Astra... and Fred and George are only temporary until we can get the good would be professors back to normal." Harry said with a smile.
"I think it's past everyone's bedtime, here! Why don't all of you go on up to bed! We'll take care of everything!" Fred said with a wide grin.
"Yeah, leave Lockheart to us! Besides... I know that you and Herm have a tough thing to do in the morning...." George said with an identical grin.
"Yeah... running the school." Fred said.
"That's correct... With Professor Dumbledore over there as a seventeen year old, we have to let the head boy and girl run the school now." Wizworth said with a smile.
"Alright, then..." Astra turned to the small group assembled. "Okay then! Girls! Follow me! Boys! Follow Harry here up the stairs."
Astra walked up the stairs to the girls dorm. Harry led the boys up to the boys dorm. It was tough, at first to get the sleeping arrangements in the right order, but it seemed to work out. Harry was finally able to go to bed. Another wild ride was up for him in the morning.