Chapter 39
It is now Sunday night, the welcome back from Christmas feast. "Welcome back to a new term at Hogwarts, for some of you this will be your last, and for others, your second. When N.E.W.T.'s and O.W.L.'s come around I advise you to stay away from all fifth and seventh years," Dumbledore smiled, "Now I would like to introduce two new professors, one new, the other some of you may already have had, our new defense against the dark arts professor, Remus Lupin, he taught here five years ago, he was recommended by our former teacher and current Head Boy." There was a huge round of applause from those who already had had Lupin. "The new teacher will be teaching seventh years only, a fairly advanced type of Transfiguration, Sirius Black." Many were whispering Sirius Black, didn't he escape Azkaban, and was pardoned last summer. "The seventh years who take this class will be given new timetables tomorrow, enjoy your dinners."
"Harry, did Sirius mention anything in his last letter?" Ron asked. "No, nothing about teaching, except about my resignation, I got it last week." "Harry, should we try to talk to him after dinner, and find out what he's teaching?" Hermione asked. "Anyone have a guess?" Ron asked. "Knowing Sirius and Transfiguration, I would say Animugus," Harry answered. "That would be awesome, we should try to find out," Hermione said. "Yeah Hermione, let's catch him after dinner," Harry replied. "We'll leave you two alone, then," Ron remarked. "Oh, shut up, Ron," Harry said. "You can come if you like." Hermione said. "No, we'll let you two go," Lavender said, "Alone." "Shut up, you two promised," Harry warned. "Sorry," Ron said. "Yeah," Lavender replied.
Later as everyone was exiting the great hall. "Sirius, Sirius, Wait up," Harry shouted. Sirius stopped and waited for Harry and Hermione. The hall emptied except for the three and some stragglers. "Hello Harry, Hermione," he gave the two a hug. "Where's Ron?" Sirius asked. "With Lavender," Harry answered. "Shall we walk to my office?" Sirius asked. "Yes," Hermione answered. They went to his classroom/office, which was located near the D.A.D.A. and Transfiguration classrooms. "Come on in," Sirius said as he walked through the class to his office. "So what did the two of you want?" Sirius asked. "Why didn't you tell us, you were going to teach?" Harry asked. "Surprise." "What are you teaching Sirius?" Hermione asked. "Anamagi, and the two are in the class, I think it's on Tuesday or Wednesday." "Awesome!" Harry and Hermione said at the same time. "So Hermione, has Harry been any trouble since he resigned?" "No, he's back to normal," she answered. "Yes, as normal as Harry Potter, can be," Harry responded. The three laughed at the comment. "You should go back to your dorms, it's getting late, you don't want to get into trouble." "Oh, look who's talking, Sirius Black, the Maruader and prankster talking about staying out of trouble," Harry sarcastically replied. "Yeah, he's right you shouldn't be talking," Hermione threw in. "Yes and as Head Boy and Girl you shouldn't go trying to provoke your teachers." "We don't, I just provoke some by existing," Harry replied. "Who?" Sirius asked. "Snape," Hermione answered. "Oh yeah, he's going to want to kill me, now," Sirius said. "Why?" Harry and Hermione asked. "Because I'm teaching here now, too." "This should be interesting, two marauders, and a Slytherin." Harry said. "He wasn't too bad with Lupin last time," Hermione remarked. "Yeah, but did Remus try to kill him?" "No, I guess not," Hermione answered. "Ok, you guys better go before you got in trouble for being out so late." "Oh, Sirius come on, we haven't seen you since August." "You can visit tomorrow, see you." "Bye Sirius," they chorused.
~Back in the common room~ "So, should we tell him, let him guess, or what?" Hermione asked. "I guess we should eventually tell him, or let him go crazy and put us on the spot, or if he caught us or something, that would be interesting." A sly smile crept on his lips. "Harry, I don't know how he'd react." "Is that good or bad?" "I don't know, he'd probably blow up a us for not telling him from the start." "Let's keep our secret, for now, at least, all right." Harry replied. "What about my parents?" "What about them, there not here, so no need to worry." "I guess so, for now at least." "Yeah, for now." "Good night," he kissed her, she kissed him back and said, "Guess we should sleep in our own rooms now?" "Yeah, I guess, just in case." "Good night, love you." "Love you, too, night." ~The next morning~ Boom, Boom, Boom, "Harry, wake up, open the door," Sirius yelled. "Shit," Harry muttered, Hermione was lying awake next to him, looking the way he felt, uh oh, both thought we're dead. "Invisability Cloak," Harry whispered. He then dug it out of his truck and threw it at Hermione, who covered herself with it. "Coming," Harry yelled, he went and opened the door. "Harry, do you know where Hermione is, there's a meeting in thirty minutes, in Dumbledore's office, password: M&M's." "I assume Hermione's in the bathroom, I'll let her know." "Thanks Harry, see you then." Sirius left, Harry closed the door, "That was close, we always have to lock our doors." "For sure," Hermione answered. "Hermione, you should go wet down your hair, to look as if you came from a shower." "Good idea," she left for the bathroom. Harry quickly dressed and went down to wait in the common room, Hermione came down with wet hair about fifteen minutes later. "Ready?" "Yeah, let's go." ~Meeting~ "Good morning Harry, Hermione, it sounds as if Sirius had some trouble finding you, and waking you." "Yeah, I was in the shower," Hermione answered. "But I didn't hear any water running?" Sirius said. "Silencing charm, didn't want to wake Harry here." "Thank you, Hermione." Harry said. "And why was your door locked, Harry?" Sirius asked. "Can't a guy have some privacy?" Harry asked. "Sorry," Sirius muttered. "Now that that is over," Dumbledore said, "Let's get down to business. Will the two of you please give these to the respective seventh year prefects, to hand out to their houses, the new seventh year schedules for this term, thank you." "Your welcome Professor," Harry replied as he and Hermione left for breakfast in the great hall. First giving the other house prefects there house timetables.
"Did you guys get your timetables?" Ron asked. "Ron, I gave it to you remember?" Harry asked. "Doh," Ron said. The other three laughed at Ron's expense, Lavender, Harry, and Hermione. "Hey, it's not funny, wait ok, maybe it is," with that Ron laughed as well. "Oh no, Ron's already losing his memory at seventeen," Hermione joked. They all laughed again. "Did Lockhart hit you with a few memory charms, Ronnie, my boy?" Harry asked before cracking up. "What are you guys talking about, Lockhart?" Lavender asked. "Second year, chamber of Slytherin, long story, Lockhart, memory charm, backfire." Harry answered. "What?" Lavender asked. "I'll tell you later," Ron answered.
That's chapter 39, I have a question 'How should Sirius find out about Harry and Hermione?' Please answer if you have an idea, thanks. Review. Oh for those who were wondering I play the Baritone in band, had a blast at Great America, the six flags park, near Chicago. Thanks for the reviews. -ears91
It is now Sunday night, the welcome back from Christmas feast. "Welcome back to a new term at Hogwarts, for some of you this will be your last, and for others, your second. When N.E.W.T.'s and O.W.L.'s come around I advise you to stay away from all fifth and seventh years," Dumbledore smiled, "Now I would like to introduce two new professors, one new, the other some of you may already have had, our new defense against the dark arts professor, Remus Lupin, he taught here five years ago, he was recommended by our former teacher and current Head Boy." There was a huge round of applause from those who already had had Lupin. "The new teacher will be teaching seventh years only, a fairly advanced type of Transfiguration, Sirius Black." Many were whispering Sirius Black, didn't he escape Azkaban, and was pardoned last summer. "The seventh years who take this class will be given new timetables tomorrow, enjoy your dinners."
"Harry, did Sirius mention anything in his last letter?" Ron asked. "No, nothing about teaching, except about my resignation, I got it last week." "Harry, should we try to talk to him after dinner, and find out what he's teaching?" Hermione asked. "Anyone have a guess?" Ron asked. "Knowing Sirius and Transfiguration, I would say Animugus," Harry answered. "That would be awesome, we should try to find out," Hermione said. "Yeah Hermione, let's catch him after dinner," Harry replied. "We'll leave you two alone, then," Ron remarked. "Oh, shut up, Ron," Harry said. "You can come if you like." Hermione said. "No, we'll let you two go," Lavender said, "Alone." "Shut up, you two promised," Harry warned. "Sorry," Ron said. "Yeah," Lavender replied.
Later as everyone was exiting the great hall. "Sirius, Sirius, Wait up," Harry shouted. Sirius stopped and waited for Harry and Hermione. The hall emptied except for the three and some stragglers. "Hello Harry, Hermione," he gave the two a hug. "Where's Ron?" Sirius asked. "With Lavender," Harry answered. "Shall we walk to my office?" Sirius asked. "Yes," Hermione answered. They went to his classroom/office, which was located near the D.A.D.A. and Transfiguration classrooms. "Come on in," Sirius said as he walked through the class to his office. "So what did the two of you want?" Sirius asked. "Why didn't you tell us, you were going to teach?" Harry asked. "Surprise." "What are you teaching Sirius?" Hermione asked. "Anamagi, and the two are in the class, I think it's on Tuesday or Wednesday." "Awesome!" Harry and Hermione said at the same time. "So Hermione, has Harry been any trouble since he resigned?" "No, he's back to normal," she answered. "Yes, as normal as Harry Potter, can be," Harry responded. The three laughed at the comment. "You should go back to your dorms, it's getting late, you don't want to get into trouble." "Oh, look who's talking, Sirius Black, the Maruader and prankster talking about staying out of trouble," Harry sarcastically replied. "Yeah, he's right you shouldn't be talking," Hermione threw in. "Yes and as Head Boy and Girl you shouldn't go trying to provoke your teachers." "We don't, I just provoke some by existing," Harry replied. "Who?" Sirius asked. "Snape," Hermione answered. "Oh yeah, he's going to want to kill me, now," Sirius said. "Why?" Harry and Hermione asked. "Because I'm teaching here now, too." "This should be interesting, two marauders, and a Slytherin." Harry said. "He wasn't too bad with Lupin last time," Hermione remarked. "Yeah, but did Remus try to kill him?" "No, I guess not," Hermione answered. "Ok, you guys better go before you got in trouble for being out so late." "Oh, Sirius come on, we haven't seen you since August." "You can visit tomorrow, see you." "Bye Sirius," they chorused.
~Back in the common room~ "So, should we tell him, let him guess, or what?" Hermione asked. "I guess we should eventually tell him, or let him go crazy and put us on the spot, or if he caught us or something, that would be interesting." A sly smile crept on his lips. "Harry, I don't know how he'd react." "Is that good or bad?" "I don't know, he'd probably blow up a us for not telling him from the start." "Let's keep our secret, for now, at least, all right." Harry replied. "What about my parents?" "What about them, there not here, so no need to worry." "I guess so, for now at least." "Yeah, for now." "Good night," he kissed her, she kissed him back and said, "Guess we should sleep in our own rooms now?" "Yeah, I guess, just in case." "Good night, love you." "Love you, too, night." ~The next morning~ Boom, Boom, Boom, "Harry, wake up, open the door," Sirius yelled. "Shit," Harry muttered, Hermione was lying awake next to him, looking the way he felt, uh oh, both thought we're dead. "Invisability Cloak," Harry whispered. He then dug it out of his truck and threw it at Hermione, who covered herself with it. "Coming," Harry yelled, he went and opened the door. "Harry, do you know where Hermione is, there's a meeting in thirty minutes, in Dumbledore's office, password: M&M's." "I assume Hermione's in the bathroom, I'll let her know." "Thanks Harry, see you then." Sirius left, Harry closed the door, "That was close, we always have to lock our doors." "For sure," Hermione answered. "Hermione, you should go wet down your hair, to look as if you came from a shower." "Good idea," she left for the bathroom. Harry quickly dressed and went down to wait in the common room, Hermione came down with wet hair about fifteen minutes later. "Ready?" "Yeah, let's go." ~Meeting~ "Good morning Harry, Hermione, it sounds as if Sirius had some trouble finding you, and waking you." "Yeah, I was in the shower," Hermione answered. "But I didn't hear any water running?" Sirius said. "Silencing charm, didn't want to wake Harry here." "Thank you, Hermione." Harry said. "And why was your door locked, Harry?" Sirius asked. "Can't a guy have some privacy?" Harry asked. "Sorry," Sirius muttered. "Now that that is over," Dumbledore said, "Let's get down to business. Will the two of you please give these to the respective seventh year prefects, to hand out to their houses, the new seventh year schedules for this term, thank you." "Your welcome Professor," Harry replied as he and Hermione left for breakfast in the great hall. First giving the other house prefects there house timetables.
"Did you guys get your timetables?" Ron asked. "Ron, I gave it to you remember?" Harry asked. "Doh," Ron said. The other three laughed at Ron's expense, Lavender, Harry, and Hermione. "Hey, it's not funny, wait ok, maybe it is," with that Ron laughed as well. "Oh no, Ron's already losing his memory at seventeen," Hermione joked. They all laughed again. "Did Lockhart hit you with a few memory charms, Ronnie, my boy?" Harry asked before cracking up. "What are you guys talking about, Lockhart?" Lavender asked. "Second year, chamber of Slytherin, long story, Lockhart, memory charm, backfire." Harry answered. "What?" Lavender asked. "I'll tell you later," Ron answered.
That's chapter 39, I have a question 'How should Sirius find out about Harry and Hermione?' Please answer if you have an idea, thanks. Review. Oh for those who were wondering I play the Baritone in band, had a blast at Great America, the six flags park, near Chicago. Thanks for the reviews. -ears91