Disclaimer: Hey guys, Jenn here with Chapter 3. I do not own any of JKR's characters, I only own my own. So I hope you like this next installment. I can't wait to put up Chapter 4!

As Aubrey and Professor Dumbledore reached the banquet hall, the sorting hat was almost through sorting the first years into their respective houses. Aubrey took a seat at the teachers' table and watched the rest of the ceremony with great interest. It even brought back memories as to when she was younger and was sorted into Gryffindor House. It was there that she met the girl whom would become one of her best friends of all times, Lily Evans. A small smile played across Aubrey's lips as she sat with her hands folded on the top of the table. After the sorting hat was through, Professor Dumbledore stood up and looked around at all of his students, he then smiled and began. "Students, welcome to another year here at Hogwarts. Before we start the feast, we have one thing to get out of the way. We have a new Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher. So if you will all be so kind to welcome Professor Aubrey Cerowin. Professor Cerowin if you would say a few words?" Dumbledore finished with as he waited for Aubrey to stand up and speak to her perspective students. Aubrey sighed and stood up, taking off her witch's hat. She set on the table and folded her arms across her chest.

            "Well Ladies and Gentlemen, as Professor Dumbledore said I am your new teacher for Defense Against The Dark Arts. I don't really have much to say, other then I plan to be the best teacher I can and any time you feel that you need someone to talk to about school or anything else for that matter, don't be afraid to speak with me. I will keep whatever you say confidential, so you don't have to worry about other people finding out what we talk about. I not only want to be your teacher but I also want to be your friend. So that's all…" Aubrey sat down and she knew she was blushing. It was mostly because she was nervous about speaking in front of all of those children. After she had sat down, Dumbledore let them know that it was time for the feast to begin. Aubrey began to eat, feeling at ease with everything.

            The feat took a couple of hours to finish and then it was time for everyone to go to bed for the night. As Aubrey, stopped to talk to a few of her former friends, her eyes scanned over the crowd, until she saw him. He was a skinny young man with unruly dark hair and glasses. He had green eyes though, green eyes that couldn't be mistaken, he was Lily's son. Young Harry Potter, the boy she hadn't seen since he was only a year. She wanted to desperately go and embrace him, but something stopped her. She got out of her head; any thought she had what so ever of confronting the boy and telling him exactly whom she was. 'No,' she thought to herself. 'Now is not the time to tell him. I must wait…he needs time to get to know me first.'

            Aubrey opted to go to her suite and get some rest. It had already been a big day and tomorrow promised to be even bigger. She had never taught a class before; it wasn't that she didn't think she could teach it was just that she was nervous she wouldn't be as good as others.

She went up to her suite and changed into a white nightgown with spaghetti straps and a matching robe. She sat in front of her vanity mirror and began to brush her long, blonde hair until it shown like the sun. The castle was chilly, so she opted to keep her robe on while sleeping. She finished her evening before bed routine and went over to the large, four-poster canopy bed. She turned down the covers and slid underneath them. The cream colored-silk sheets felt wonderful against her skin; before she knew it she was fast asleep.

"Destroy them…finish my work!"  Aubrey awoke with a sudden jolt. She didn't understand why it was she awoke so fast, Aubrey felt maybe it had something to do with the dream she had. She couldn't quite remember all of it except bits and pieces. She was standing in a chilly and dark room. There was a hissing voice all around her, whispering, telling her to destroy, finish someone's work, but whose?

Aubrey was trembling extremely hard and sweat was pouring down her face and body. Her nightgown as well as her robe was completely soaked. What she needed was a shower; she got out of bed and pulled a pair of pajama pants and tank top out of her dresser drawer. She walked into her private bathroom and ran a tubful of warm water. True she was sweating but she was also shaking and her teeth were chattering. She stripped off her nightgown and stepped into the tub. She sank down and let the warmness of the water, soothe as well as calm her down. She closed her eyes and drifted off for about a half an hour. Something awoke her though. It was the sound of a stone hitting one of the windows in her bedroom. She quickly drained the water out of the tub and got out. She dressed in her pajama pants and tank top, wrapped her hair in a towel, and ran to the window. The stone that had hit the window had also broken through and was lying on the floor of her room surrounded by shards of glass. She knelt down to inspect it but decided that there was really nothing to inspect. She picked up the glass with her hands as well as the stone and put it in the trashcan. Aubrey then went over to the window and opened it, looking out onto the foggy ground. She didn't know if her eyes were playing tricks but it seemed as if a large dog was looking up at her. It couldn't be…no of course it couldn't be Sirius. Why would he be on Hogwarts' grounds? He didn't have any business there as of right now. She pushed out any thoughts in her mind of it being Sirius and went straight back to bed where she quickly fell asleep.

Aubrey didn't wake up until six thirty AM, as well as woke up feeling stiff and ill at ease with everything. She had thought that going back to sleep would make everything all better but the truth is it didn't. All she really did was keep dreaming that same eerie dream all over again. Right when she was about to see the thing that was talking to her, the dream would start over at the beginning. It kept replaying at least five times throughout the course of her slumber. She got up and quickly dressed in one of her black witch's gowns as well as one of her Hogwarts' robes. She bound her hair up into a tight bun and put her witch's hat on over it. She took her right hand and rested it on the back of her neck, gently rubbing. Aubrey sighed and then walked to make her way down to breakfast.

The dining room was completely filled with students and teachers alike who were extremely hungry and ready for breakfast. Aubrey sat at the table as well as she picked at her food. Her stomach was filled with anxiety, anxiety she couldn't get rid of. She opted not to eat anymore, for she couldn't. She got up from her seat and walked out of the dining room and into her classroom. Her stuff had all been set up and put away. This made her feel somewhat at home, but still not completely at ease. She took a seat at her desk, looking at the clock. Pretty soon the fourth year students would be coming in, she took off her witch's hat and placed it on her desk. She hated those hats, they were so bloody heavy. Her thoughts about her hat were interrupted by the sound of Hogwart Fourth Year Students coming into the room. Aubrey looked up at them and smiled at them. She did get a glimpse of young Harry Potter as well as a young redhead boy and a girl with beautiful brunette hair that were with him. Following behind them were a bunch of various other students. Three in particular was one with blonde hair and a very evil look to him, another one who was very large in the stomach area, and last of all there was another student with those two who was very tall and chubby. Aubrey immediately recognized the blonde hair boy as being Draco Malfoy, he looked just like his father. Aubrey sighed and stood up, she was ready to begin her first lesson.
            "Well class if you will all take a seat, we shall begin. First off as most of you already know my name is Professor Cerowin but you may call me Aubrey, that's my first name. I feel that if you respect me then you should receive that same respect. So let's just all be on first name bases. Now let's begin, what was one thing you studied with Professor Lupin last year?"
            Hermione Granger raised her hand as Aubrey smiled at her and nodded. "He taught us about Boggarts and the best way to defeat them." Miss Granger said matter-of-factly.
            "Ah yes, the Boggart, a very interesting creature who likes the dark." Aubrey said as she took a seat on top of her desk and looked out over her students. Her gaze then focuses straight on Harry who looked at her as if he was trying to remember something. Aubrey subtly winked at him and then looked out at the rest of her students, just in time to hear a very snide remark by Draco Malfoy.
            "Boggart, any idiot could tell us that they like the dark. I don't know how they let you in here teaching, you seem to me to be just another blonde bimbo." Draco said as he received a bunch of snickers from his fellow Slytheran classmates. Aubrey looked at him quite angrily and before she had a chance to say anything, Hermione beat her to it.
            "Why don't you just shut up Malfoy, if you think you are so much better why don't you teach the class?" Hermione said as Draco just glared at her and replied with this. "Why don't you just shut up you filthy little mud blood. They never should of let you into Hogwarts." Hermione went red with embarrassment and looked as though she would cry. Before Harry or Ron could jump to her defense, Aubrey was already on her feet and over to Draco's table. She grabbed him by his ear and lifted him to his feet. He yelped with pain as she dragged him out of class and started walking down the hall with her fingers roughly gripping his ear.
            "Let go of me! You have no right, you just wait until I tell my father about this and he will have you fired before you have time to finish out your first week here at Hogwarts!" Draco said almost crying. Aubrey stopped dead in her tracks and let go of his ear, she did however grip tightly to his arms and look down into his eyes. Gone from her face was the warm loving look she once had, no now it was the look of a cold-hearted woman who was ready to draw blood. Draco sort of cowered in her grasp as she put a small smirk on her face. Aubrey then began to speak in a low and almost sadistic voice.
            "You listen to me you little spoiled brat, I will not put up with that type of crap in my classroom. You may not think I know who your father is, but believe me I do. In fact I even went to school with him and he was just as spoiled and just as much of a smart arse as you are. Listen and listen good Malfoy, I despise little jerks like you who think that just because they were born with both wizard parents that they can walk all over everyone else. I think little brats like you shouldn't even be here in school, in fact I believe that they belong in Azkaban with the other common prisoners. Now you are going to behave from now on and if you don't I swear that I will see to it that you are expelled from Hogwarts and that you are never able to return, am I clear?" Aubrey asked him with such a cold voice it sent chills down his spine.
            "Y..yo..you ca…can…can't do anything t…to m…me." Draco stuttered out with no confidence.
            "Look into my eyes dear and say that again. Now are you going to go back to my class and keep your mouth shut or shall I take you down to Professor Dumbledore and let him handle you?" Draco said nothing and Aubrey smiled. "That's what I thought, now let's go back to class." Draco walked in front of her, his head lowered and his shoulders slumped. Aubrey walked into class with a certain amount of confidence that day. When everyone got a look at Malfoy who was apparently shaken up, they looked at Aubrey in shock. Harry looked at the woman whom he didn't know was his godmother with respect and a smile on his face. Aubrey smiled back and began her lesson. Her first day had started out great, hopefully all of them would be this good.

TBC