A Life Time - Story Four

By: Lauren Freeman

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Harry Potter. However, any new characters introduced are mine. :)

A/N:. This is also the longest fic I have ever written; if you like this story then you will be happy to know that I have story five finished and story six started. But it needs to be edited. I will post a chapter every Tuesday, if something happens then the chapter will be delayed until the next Tuesday, and only if I get reviews! NO FLAMES please. :)

Pairs: H/G Hr/R

Summery: The teens start their new lives, and they thought lives and they thought luck was bad when they were students!

CHAPTER 29: Time of Calm and Decisions

By the time the group reached the month of May, they had the museum completely finished, with a spell, for it to automatically add information on it's own as it happened. The large group sat under the calming tree, as the soon to be two year olds ran around, playing with each other.

"So, we have alot of decisions to make." Harry stated, with a smile. The others gave him a confused look. "Well, are we going to be teachers? If not, what are we going to do? I mean, I still don't know what I want to be."

"Neither do I." Ron stated.

"Well I would like to go to college, but I would feel bad leaving Julie, and Souroch for so long. I would have to leave them for the whole year. I guess I could go after they are older." The others nodded.

"Those of us living together anyway, the Godric Manor is only thirty minutes away, we could go over there anytime, and live there during the Summer. I don't know about you, but I was not looking forward to being stuck in the Manor for long periods of times." Harry stated. "So I'm in, I'm going to teach."

"So will I." Ron smiled. Soon all the teens were nodding, it was something to do, in their favorite place, while they got paid. The group smiled as they walked back into the school and up to McGonagall's office. Saying the password, the gargoyle let them in, and they walked up the stairs and into the office. They sat down in the chairs in front of her desk, placed the children in the play-pin still set up from when Dumbledore had been there. They missed him. Harry really missed him, along with his godfather and Rumus. Shaking his head to clear it, he started talking.

"After talking about it, we have all decided that we would love to teach here." McGonagall beamed brightly.

"Very good! I can just throw away these ads then. Now, we need head of houses. Hermione would you like to be head of Gryffindor?" Hermione nodded, a massive smile on her face. "Good, Draco, how would you like to be head of Slytherin?" Draco also smiled and nodded. "Now, for Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, normally a teacher who had been in that house would be put as head of house, however we have a staff of almost all Gryffindors, so who would like to be a head of house?" Lavender and Neville both raised their hands. "Good, let's have the sorting hat decide what house you will head, it gets so board after all." McGonagall placed the hat on her head first explaining to it, what it would be sorting for. She then passed the hat over to Neville, who was sitting closer to her.

"Ah, Mr. Longbottom, a good Gryffindor indeed, but what house for you to head? Hufflepuff was the house I almost placed you in, you should head that house." The hat stated then went silent. Neville smiled. That might Lavender would head Ravenclaw, much to her delight.

"Now, this is a vary serious matter, Mr. Potter, only a teacher with the Order of Merlin can be Deputy Headmaster, or mistress. Now it's unheard of to make someone so young deputy headmaster, however, you are the only teacher here who has the order of Merlin. If you want the job, I will make you the deputy headmaster." Harry sat there silently with his mouth hanging open for ten minutes, while the others talked excitedly about the prospect. Harry had never dreamed of this. He just wanted to do something that made him happy, he had no idea he would ever even be considered for this job. Now he had it in his hands if he wanted it. That answered his question right away. Well sort of.

"Can you give me the job requirements, I want to know what I'm getting into before I accept." McGonagall smiled.

"I would expect no less. As deputy, you will be directly under me. You will help me in making all decisions, and run everything by me before making any changes or doing something that would evolved the school, or anyone in it.

"If I was to become ill, or something was to happen you would take my spot, until I got back, or until the Minister makes you officially headmaster. If Dumbledore were to come back, today, he would unfortunately no longer be headmaster. However, I don't think I would mind giving up my title, to give it back to him. He was the best headmaster this school has seen. In witch case there would be two-deputy heads, both you and me. Unless you are fired or quit, you cannot have your title taken away, as long as you work at this school.

"Now, duties would include scheduling classes, and events in which I found was done best when getting the staffs help. They usually already knew who they would like to teach and when, then it would be up to you to make sure it all fits, even though that would mean the schedule may not please everyone. It's almost impossible to please everyone, so don't try, it will drive you nuts, I have been there. Also, I will have a list of students that need to be given invitations to come to Hogwarts as first years, and a list of returning students that need letters telling them when the new school year starts, where to go, and what to bring. I will teach you a spell to make it much easier, so you don't have to write every letter out by hand, only the student's name. During the school year, your work is easy; teaching is your main duty, your job as deputy is to mainly ensure safety and order, and to take my place when needed. In which case I would tell you what needs to be done, before I left. You post notices up on the board outside the great hall, and you must attend all events, unless you have a good reason accepted by me not to. You will have other duty's but they are all pretty simple and can be done fast once mastered." McGonagall took a breath, and sat back. Harry thought for a few minutes, weighing the pros and cons.

"What about our children?" Harry asked.

"Ah, you will each have your own chambers. I never got to sleep in the deputy head master or mistress chambers, because I was also head of Gryffindor, so I needed to be there instead. However, I have seen the chamber and it is quite large. All teachers chambers are large actually like mini houses, and they can all be expanded to add rooms."

"Okay, what about babysitting, pre-school, and school before they are old enough to go to Hogwarts themselves?" Hermione asked.

"I can arrange for people to come in to baby-sit and teach your youngsters." McGonagall smiled glancing at the now napping toddlers.

"I'll do it then. I accept the job as deputy headmaster." Harry grinned from ear to ear, as did everyone else.

"Oh great, you seven have saved me alot of work trying to find a whole new staff. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I know none of you have ever taught before, but once you get the hang of it, you will love it."

"Okay, in order for me to send letter for school supplies out, I need to know what each year is going to need. I would like to get the letters sent out at the same time they have always been sent out, so I am going to need them by next week, so I can start working on letters." Everyone nodded. "Also, do I need to be here all summer? I would like to get things settled back at the manor."

"You only live thirty minutes away, we can owl, it would not take the owls that long to get back and forth. Also, I will have your home hooked to the floo network, and make sure it is set so that only you, the people living with you and invited guest can come into your house via the floo. Also we will be able to talk to each other with out having to go back and forth." McGonagall stated, thinking about everything she needed to do before the school year started.