Okay everyone…I'm sorry to have abused this fic. I know, I know I havent updated in months…but I kept getting sick, then had exams, then xmas, then discovered…/re/discovered the joys of various animes…then had plumbing problems and then had no insperation. Sorry bout all that, hope I can be forgiven…just tell me if you like this chapter or not….an email or review, whatever…I just need the criticism.

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~~~~~Of Late Night Talks With Oneself~~~~~~~~~

As Harry walked into the Great Hall, he realized that he was really quite lucky that there was no one there besides those he had already told of his disappearance. He spent most of the meal ignoring any questions /shocked looks/ glares and tried to eat in /relative/ peace.

He tried to excuse himself to go find his rooms, but Sirius didn't seem too keen on letting him go now that they had found him again.

He sent a pleading look to Dumbledore who just had that damned twinkle in his eye. 'Someone should really ask him if he was a Slytherin sometime. Honestly, this is just cruel'

In fact only Dumbledore, Snape and Remus seemed to find the situation funny. 'well, that would mean that only, what two-fifths don't find it funny? Oh well…' thought Harry. 'I'll leave the deep thinking till later, now I have to find some way to escape'

Now Harry may not have been much of a prankster before, but hey he had been gone for a year and he was entitled to have changed, right? It just wouldn't do for the son of a Marauder to not have a sense of, oh Harry wouldn't call it evil, maybe 'playfulness'?

Harry's face formed an evil smirk at that. Only Dumbledore and Remus saw it though. Having finally realized that if he didn't do something soon, Sirius was likely to be in big trouble, or so he thought judging by the look on Harry's face.

Dumbledore spoke up, "We should let Harry get to his rooms. Harry" the young man looked at him" would you like a house elf to lead you there?"

"Sure, why not?" Oh he didn't know how dooming his words were…

"Just a moment, there was /one/ elf in particular that wanted to see you…."

After waiting a few seconds, they heard a 'pop' and a squealing Dobby ran forward to embrace Harry.

"Harry Potter is back. He is returned! We knew he woulds come back" Harry could only sweatdrop while the others hid grins behind their hands.

"Err…yes I did Dobby. Could you please show me to my rooms?" he asked.

"Oh, of course Harry Potter. They is being right this way!" and Dobby proceeded in dragging him from his spot at the head table. Harry threw one last glare at the snickering men behind him and let Dobby drag him out.

As the doors closed Sirius and Remus began laughing so hard that their sides hurt, while Snape simply smirked and Dumbledore chuckled.

Finally, Remus gained some control, although he was still a little bit red faced, and asked Albus a question

"So what is this about Harry teaching? Moreover, Defense Against the Dark Arts none the less. Are you sure he's qualified? He's only what, 16? Even though he's Merlin's apprentice, does he actually have any teaching experience?"

Dumbledore only nodded because he knew these to be good questions.

"While I don't know if Harry /does/ have any teaching experience, I should say that I am glad that there is someone to fill the position this late. I know he is capable, but I do hope he can teach"

Sirius, Snape and Remus nodded. Snape, for once thought of a *gasp* helpful question "Would the students even listen to him? He's their age, and if they knew who he was, they would be likely to ignore him even more"

Dumbledore answered him "We did actually discuss this. I didn't think that Harry should reveal himself and he had to agree. He didn't want anyone to know who didn't have to. However, you're right about the age issue. I should probably ask him what he thinks as they're his issues"

"He does look older though, doesn't he?" said Remus "couldn't he pas for 19/20?"

Sirius had to agree, "He could I bet, though that would be bad if any of the girls took a fancy to him"

Each of the men found the thought of Harry fighting off swarms of girls rather amusing, but in the end Remus took pity on 'imaginary Harry' and asked another question

"Has he let Ron and Hermione know he's back yet?"

Dumbledore shook his head, "No, he didn't mention anything about telling them So I don't think we should unless he asks us to"

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Meanwhile Dobby was dragging Harry towards his new rooms. After what seemed like a million turns; left and right, stairways, and ladders, (not to mention the retracing of steps,) they finally reached what Dobby said were his rooms.

When they stopped Harry realized that he didn't know /where/ his rooms were, even after walking all this way.

"Um, Dobby, where exactly are we… I don't recognize this place."

"We is in the teacher's wing. Masters Lupin and Black is here too" he fairly squealed, or at least that was Harry' opinion of the sound he made.

He thanked Dobby for showing him his rooms, then thanked god and all the deities above that Dobby had left him to a quieter place. (a/n: not trying to be sacrilegious here)

He began to unpack his belongings, which were surprisingly sent along with in. While they weren't his exact things, they were obviously a second set that Merlin had put together for him incase he left. He was really quite impressed until he realized that while Merlin was always prepared 'An awful lot like Dumbledore' he was never organized, which was proved by the horrible packing job done by Merlin.

"Oh well, it's better than having to get new things. I mean imagine trying to get something like, oh say robes in Merlin's colors now a days. No one would sell them to me, probably yell at me for blasphemy…" he began to mumble off on nothing in particular. He sighed as he realized that he had nothing left to unpack and it want late and he wasn't tired.

He decided just to go take a walk.

He knew Merlin would be laughing at him if he knew that he was reduced to taking , god forbid, a stroll!

'Ok, ok, no sarcasm needed here. Well not in my mind, hell I need to start better conversations with myself…wait I need to stop having talks with myself. Ok, shutting up…now…right'

He realized he wasn't getting anywhere with this current train of thought, so he started to consider his situation as becoming a teacher. He wondered if he really should have told so many people about him coming back.

Now that he thought about it, only Dumbledore /really/ needed to know.

Well Sirius, he would feel guilty if he didn't know, and Remus would find out from Sirius…But did Snape need to know?

What if he revealed it in a Death Eater meeting? Hmm…. It /would/ be bad if that happened. But then again if Snape was hounding his ass all year trying to figure out who he was… ok that was decided, he didn't need to wipe any of their memories…yet.

So did he need to tell his friends?

Even just Ron and Hermione? Well, he decided to not tell them just yet, he would wait. Yes, that sounded good, at least to him.

He took a moment to look at his surroundings and realized he didnt know where his room were from here.

He groaned at what that meant…he needed Dobby, but not the noise that came with him. He just decided that the sleep afterwards was going to be worth it

/Yes, just keep telling yourself that Potter, sooner or later you might start believing it/

Harry mentally stuck his tongue out at…himself?!

Alright, he really needed to just get it over with and sleep, he dint think that talking to himself was considered normal, even I the wizarding world.

After settling down to sleep, he decided that it /had/ been worth it if only to get the quiet after Dobby left.

/Well/ he thought /I should probably talk to the others about what myself and myself decided were the best courses of action/

He yawned and went to sleep peacefully…without any annoying house elves… yes life was *yawn* …perfect….

(A/n: alright, an email…comments welcomed and enjoyed. Just hope that the damn formatting and updating on ff.net isn't screwed up today…and yeah that's about it…hope you enjoyed ^_^ oh well come back soon…)