Harry Potter & the Honeychurch Institute of Magic
By Darkmoore
"Nah, I took the day off, the twins don't mind and I thought we might pop up to that new school of yours and have a more detailed look at that decrepit pitch you were telling me about." said Ron in a childlike manner.
"Okay" and then they were off.
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Chapter Five: Back To School Again
The next three weeks flew by for Harry as he made several trips up to the school to work on the pitch. Ron had come with him a few times and a great deal of hard work was done as they got the pitch back up to a reasonable working arena for the noble game of Quidditch. Harry was very satisfied with the results, as had been Edwina, who had come by a couple of times to admire what the young wizard had done.
Of course, it was on one of these trips that Ron had told him "Mate, if you're going to keep working on the pitch without your shirt on I'm going to have to start doubting that's it the pitch she's been admiring."
Other than his trips up to Honeychurch, the only other interesting thing that did happen to Harry was when he received a very odd piece of owl post one morning when he was having breakfast at Grimmauld Place. The owl, which Harry had never seen before was addressed to the man with the glasses, somewhere in England. That gave Harry a chuckle. It seemed that the muggle born boy he had helped out that day in Diagon Alley was writing to thank him. 'How did that kid figure it out that it was me?' Harry thought to himself. However, most of the letter it seems was dedicated to thanking him for the 'really cool' owl that he named Merlin, who at that moment was eating Harry's bacon. Now Harry wondered how he ended up paying for this 'really cool' owl. Oh well it didn't matter, it was only money.
"Alright Merlin, care to stick around for a while as I write a return letter to your master?" Harry asked the owl who hooted in agreement. Harry then went up to the library and wrote a reply to Will and told him he was very welcome and maybe they would bump into each other again some day. He then rolled it up and tied it to Merlin's leg and sent the brown owl on his way again.
* * * * *
Finally the morning came for Harry's last trip to Honeychurch, but this time for good (well at least until the end of term) and he had most of his things packed in his new trunk, which Dobby finally allowed him to see. Actually Harry was very happy with this new trunk, it was one of the multi-compartment models like Mad-Eye Moody has, he'd always wanted one. However, he still hadn't been allowed into the seventh compartment, which was the dungeon room, because that was where Dobby had hidden all of his new furniture. The things he did for that elf.
Harry shrunk his trunk and placed it in his pocket and descended the stair of Number 12, Grimmauld Place on last time before term started. At the bottom of the stairs Harry was greeted by his housemates, Remus and Tonks and by Ron and Hermione as well. "Wotcher Harry, you didn't think we would let you sneak off without a proper goodbye did you?" asked Tonks.
"Of course I didn't…..Nymphadora!" said Harry
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" screamed Tonks.
"You sounded just like Mrs. Black just then." teased Harry while Remus, Ron and Hermione laughed.
"I changed my mind, I don't think I'll miss you at all." said Tonks in a mock pout, but Harry gave her a big hug and so she stopped it. Then he turned to Hermione and gave her a big hug also
"I'm going to miss you Harry." Hermione said with a tear in her eye.
"Give it a rest woman, he's not going to the moon, just across country and we can visit him any weekend we like you know." said Ron while rolling his eyes at her.
"Ron it's not the same and you know it, we may not see him again until Christmas holidays." scolded Hermione to her boyfriend.
"When are you two gonna get married?" asked Tonks as they both gave her death stares for suggesting it.
Harry have Remus a hug and he and Ron patted each other on the back, you know, because they're guys and they can't hug or nothing.
* * * * *
A few minutes later Harry and Dobby apparated to just outside the wall that surrounded Honeychurch. When they entered the grounds Harry was greeted by the headmistress, Taryn Whitlock and another wizard he had yet to meet. This third wizard turned out to be Angus Evanston, the deputy headmaster of the school. If he thought Taryn looked old it was nothing compared to Professor Evanston, he looked twice as old as Albus Dumbledore.
Once they were in the castle Edwina informed him that she very much needed to have conference with him concerning his duties to the school. So Harry handed Dobby his trunk, Hedwig's cage and cloak and followed the headmistress in to her office along with Professor Evanston.
"Am I in trouble?" Harry asked with a grin.
"Should you be?" Edwina responded with equal humor.
"Probably" Harry said with a laugh.
"Actually Harry everything is fine, I want to rearrange a few things on the schedule and they concern you, I hope you don't mind." Edwina began. "I'm not sure if you fully understand or not, so I'll try to explain more clearly, here at Honeychurch, we don't have heads of houses like your used to coming from Hogwarts, instead what we have are class sponsors. Each teacher is in charge of a different year, that way we have more teachers responsible for a smaller, more manageable group of students which on the average about seven or eight students. Now this sponsor sticks with each group of students from first year thru to graduation, for example, this year you'll have the first years and then next year when they become second years, you'll still be their sponsor."
"Edwina?" Harry asked, "I thought I was taking over for Professor Ingersol's position. Didn't he have an older group of students when he left, or did they graduate?"
"No you are correct Harry, his former pupils are returning as the seventh years, but I thought about it and that's what I wanted to change. You see they've known him for all these years and you'd be someone new and it would more difficult for you to bond with them, as you are completely new person in their lives." explained Edwina.
"So I've asked Celeste, that would be Professor Morgan, our astronomy teacher, to take over the seventh years and let you go ahead and take the incoming first years. Her class graduated last year and she would have been the one with the 'firsties' this year, so I decided to switch as she already knows those students and they her." Edwina clarified.
"So if I understand this then, next year Professor Morgan will have the 'firsties' as you put it?" asked Harry.
"That would be correct." replied Professor Evanston. Harry had almost forgotten he was in the room as he was very quiet in a death like way.
"So I take it that there are specific things I need to do with the first years that aren't done with the other years, a sort 'right of passage' thing to be done at the beginning of term?"
"Yes there is Harry, so let's go through them now so you know what is expected of you." And Edwina began to list off all the things Harry needed to know about then he walked the 'firsties' to the gate at the beginning of term.
* * * * *
A few hours later, Harry's brain was more than full and he felt like he needed a very long nap. As they left Edwina's office he stopped her and asked, "Are there any other professors back for the start of term?"
"As far as I know it'll just be the four of us tonight for dinner," Edwina started, but just then a greenish black bird looking much like a vulture flew through the halls. "Ah, it seems that Botolf is back already as well, you can meet him at dinner also."
Harry raised his eyebrows signaling the headmistress to continue, "He teaches transfiguration Harry, he's very good at the subject, though he isn't an animagus as such, otherwise, I don't think that there is anything he can't do. Here let me show you to your quarters, you look like you could use a rest after all the information I've just stuffed your head with." Edwina chuckled and let Harry up to the staff quarters in the west tower.
"What was that bird we saw, was it an Augurey?" asked Harry
"Actually yes it is, his name is Aurelius and he has been with Botolf for some time now." replied Edwina.
Soon Harry was standing before his door where Edwina offered, "We can have a portrait guardian installed if you like. Gregory, Professor Ingersol, that is had one, but it was his personal property and he took it with him when he left us. Otherwise, your door will act like one in any case, the pass word is 'Quidditch' though I suspect you'll want to change it to something more personal."
"I think I probably will." Harry smiled and entered his rooms, leaving Edwina behind.
Walking into his quarters, Harry is almost scared; Dobby has had almost all afternoon to unpack his belongings and his new furniture. So he squeezes his eyes shut and walks firmly into his sitting room and opens them to find the most comfortable looking furniture he's seen in years. Everything has been done in a very tasteful navy blue and cream color scheme and is a very inviting room. He quickly crosses the room to find his bedroom and finds the same color scheme and a beautiful four poster bed in dark mahogany with navy blue hangings. The room is simply wonderful and not one sock motif to be found anywhere. Of course on the flip side, there is the horrid painting Dobby did for him as a Christmas present during his fifth year hanging on his bedroom wall. The odd thing is that it actually matched the room in a weird sort of way.
Harry walked back into his sitting room and heard his own name being said in a heavy raspy voice…"Harry."
He turned and saw the portrait of Sirius Black on the wall as he tried to speak to his beloved godson. "Sirius, are able to talk now?" breathed Harry in his excitement.
"Some" Sirius answered in the same raspy voice.
"Well that's a start isn't it?" said Harry and began to tell Sirius about the years he had missed while Harry grew up and the battle with Voldemort and how he had caused the downfall of Cornelius Fudge. He also told Sirius about how Wormtail had been captured and turned over to the Ministry of Magic for trial and how he had been sentenced to Azkaban for life. He also told Sirius that is was Severus Snape that had captured the traitorous rat.
"Hmmmmph" grunted Sirius, "'Bout time he did something good." Harry could tell that the painting was getting tired, if that is paintings could be tired and so he excused himself to go down to dinner.
Before Harry left he called for Dobby who appeared with a pop, "Yes Harry Potter, is's you needing your Dobby?"
"Not exactly Dobby, I wanted to thank you for the great job you did with my rooms. I love it." The house elf beamed with joy. Then Harry continued, "Can you show me where the dining hall is? I think I may have gotten turned around a bit coming up here."
"Oh, this castle is much easier to walk than Hogwarts, Harry Potter, you's be having the walk of the place in no time." said Dobby, but showed him the way nonetheless.
* * * * *
Dobby took Harry down to the dining room, which was a very easy room to find, which was located on the first floor of the castle right above the kitchens. As Harry was opening the door to enter the dining hall he saw that besides Edwina, Taryn and Angus, three other people were sitting at the staff table having a discussion. More teachers must have arrived since he went upstairs, so he listened to their conversation.
"Come now, Edwina, you must tell us who replaced Gregory," said a deep gruff voice that Harry suspected could only belong to a man who would keep an Augurey for a pet, Prof. Botolf Proctor, but he was guessing, "is this person qualified to teach the subject?"
"I agree with Botolf, we must know if this person is up to the Honeychurch standard of excellence." said a young but stern looking witch with long raven black hair.
"Oh come now, you'll soon find out for yourself, Edwina said he arrived this morning, he'll probably be down any minute to join us for dinner. You can see for yourselves and then grill him at your leisure." said a cute, plump brown haired witch.
Harry almost entered at that point, but instead had an idea, 'How about I give them something to remember me by' with an evil grin plastered on his face. Then transformed into his animagus form and then entered the room. So stealthily Harry creeps into the dining hall in the form of "Shadow" which is a large black panther with green eyes and tuft of white fur above his right eyes in the shape of a lightning bolt. When the six members of staff look up, sitting before them licking his lips was 'Shadow.'
Edwina and the plump witch both screamed, Botolf and the stern witch both jumped up with their wands drawn, Angus clutched his chest while Taryn calmly turned back to his book saying "Evening Professor Potter, nice bit of magic you got here."
"Harry?' Edwina said timidly.
With that Harry changed back to his normal human appearance and said "Good evening everyone, just thought I'd stretch a few muscles there tonight, hope I didn't frighten anyone."
"Frightened us? I think I'm standing in a puddle over here." said the plump brown haired witch which caused most of the staff present to laugh.
"What is the meaning of this…tactical invasion of our dining hall?" said a very gruff Professor Proctor.
"Invasion? Please Botolf, he was only having some fun, loosen up for goodness sake." admonished the plump witch.
Edwina rose at this point and said, "Well I think now that my heart has started working again introductions are in order. As you've already know, Taryn and Angus, let me introduce Professor Botolf Proctor, out transfiguration instructor," Harry attempted to shake his hand, but was rebuked by the annoyed teacher. Edwina now turned to the stern looking witch with the long black hair, "This is Professor Vesta Sangeorge, our potions teacher and school nurse." Harry shook her hand and smiled at her warmly. "And finally, standing over here in a puddle of her own making is our charms teacher, Professor Maude Fitzhugh, but we all call her Fitzy." Again Harry greeted another fellow teacher with a hand shake and a smile.
"As for the rest of the staff they should trickling in by the end of the week and they would include Professor Terentia Smallwood, out herbology teacher, Professot Celeste Morgan, our astrology teacher, that I mentioned to you before, and the two Professor Thornes, Parker and Fronia. They're a married couple, he teaches history of magic and she teaches muggle studies."
"Everyone, this is our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Flying instructor and new Quidditch coach, Professor Harry Potter." Edwina said with some glee at her fine catch for a new teacher.
"Harry Potter? The Harry Potter?" said Fitzy, "As in savior of the universe, killer of the dark lord, bringer of light? That Harry Potter? Your shorter than I thought you'd be." Everyone laughed at that.
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
athenakitty asked - Will Harry send a really loud Howler to Narcissa? An actual surprise
party? Will Harry asks Dumbledore about Honyechurch Institute of Magic?
Does Harry know how to control his apparating? their? Will Draco get
convince that Harry's not his mate? Will Winky show up?
answer - A person can't apparate directly unto the grounds of Honeychurch, just like Hogwarts, but for different reasons. As you may recall if a Muggle looks at Hogwarts they see a decaying ruin, but with Honeychurch even wizards see the ruin until they ring the bell. Plus the fact no one can find the school again if they don't walk the cobble stone way.
Veela mate for life. Harry is not gay, so Harry isn't interested. Even if Harry was gay, hello it is Draco Malfoy, they hated each other from 1st - 6th year, why would that all change overnight?
jwbartle wrote - Very good couple of chapters! I loved them! I'm not against homosexuality or anything, but I ask of you, please don't make this a slash fic with a part-veela draco (I just don't like those stories)
answer - Sorry to tell you this, but Draco is a part Veela, no going around it, however, Draco is NOT a major charachter in my story. Again Harry is not gay! I am however and thanks for supporting us. :) Oh, by the way, there are going to be other gay charachters in the story later.
doc wrote - how did the howler get to him if the house is still under fidelius?
answer - As you may have remember from OotP, the Fidilius Charm has several weaknesses to it. Which is why Dumbledore never used it to protect baby Harry. Owls can get thru it easily. If you can follow an owl then you can find who you are looking for.
mindfunk wrote (a lot actually, so I'll just paste in what I'm responding to) - Will Harry fall for the parent of a student, like the mom he helped in Diagon Alley? Will he get involved with the other young teacher at Honeychurch?
answer - the mom from Diagon Alley is named Mrs. Charlotte Beagle, if she has a name, maybe she'll pop up again. Hmmmmmmmm, then again maybe not. Will he become involved with another teacher at Honeychurch? Hmmmmmm, maybe, maybe not.
Tynkerbell wrote (a lot also) the draco thing caught me by total suprise! did u just decide to make seamus gay or did i miss something in the books?
answer - Draco as a Veela is something I had planned on for an earlier story, but it never came about. As for Seamus, I decided he should be gay. Think COlin Farrel with blonde hair. :)
By Darkmoore
"Nah, I took the day off, the twins don't mind and I thought we might pop up to that new school of yours and have a more detailed look at that decrepit pitch you were telling me about." said Ron in a childlike manner.
"Okay" and then they were off.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Chapter Five: Back To School Again
The next three weeks flew by for Harry as he made several trips up to the school to work on the pitch. Ron had come with him a few times and a great deal of hard work was done as they got the pitch back up to a reasonable working arena for the noble game of Quidditch. Harry was very satisfied with the results, as had been Edwina, who had come by a couple of times to admire what the young wizard had done.
Of course, it was on one of these trips that Ron had told him "Mate, if you're going to keep working on the pitch without your shirt on I'm going to have to start doubting that's it the pitch she's been admiring."
Other than his trips up to Honeychurch, the only other interesting thing that did happen to Harry was when he received a very odd piece of owl post one morning when he was having breakfast at Grimmauld Place. The owl, which Harry had never seen before was addressed to the man with the glasses, somewhere in England. That gave Harry a chuckle. It seemed that the muggle born boy he had helped out that day in Diagon Alley was writing to thank him. 'How did that kid figure it out that it was me?' Harry thought to himself. However, most of the letter it seems was dedicated to thanking him for the 'really cool' owl that he named Merlin, who at that moment was eating Harry's bacon. Now Harry wondered how he ended up paying for this 'really cool' owl. Oh well it didn't matter, it was only money.
"Alright Merlin, care to stick around for a while as I write a return letter to your master?" Harry asked the owl who hooted in agreement. Harry then went up to the library and wrote a reply to Will and told him he was very welcome and maybe they would bump into each other again some day. He then rolled it up and tied it to Merlin's leg and sent the brown owl on his way again.
* * * * *
Finally the morning came for Harry's last trip to Honeychurch, but this time for good (well at least until the end of term) and he had most of his things packed in his new trunk, which Dobby finally allowed him to see. Actually Harry was very happy with this new trunk, it was one of the multi-compartment models like Mad-Eye Moody has, he'd always wanted one. However, he still hadn't been allowed into the seventh compartment, which was the dungeon room, because that was where Dobby had hidden all of his new furniture. The things he did for that elf.
Harry shrunk his trunk and placed it in his pocket and descended the stair of Number 12, Grimmauld Place on last time before term started. At the bottom of the stairs Harry was greeted by his housemates, Remus and Tonks and by Ron and Hermione as well. "Wotcher Harry, you didn't think we would let you sneak off without a proper goodbye did you?" asked Tonks.
"Of course I didn't…..Nymphadora!" said Harry
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" screamed Tonks.
"You sounded just like Mrs. Black just then." teased Harry while Remus, Ron and Hermione laughed.
"I changed my mind, I don't think I'll miss you at all." said Tonks in a mock pout, but Harry gave her a big hug and so she stopped it. Then he turned to Hermione and gave her a big hug also
"I'm going to miss you Harry." Hermione said with a tear in her eye.
"Give it a rest woman, he's not going to the moon, just across country and we can visit him any weekend we like you know." said Ron while rolling his eyes at her.
"Ron it's not the same and you know it, we may not see him again until Christmas holidays." scolded Hermione to her boyfriend.
"When are you two gonna get married?" asked Tonks as they both gave her death stares for suggesting it.
Harry have Remus a hug and he and Ron patted each other on the back, you know, because they're guys and they can't hug or nothing.
* * * * *
A few minutes later Harry and Dobby apparated to just outside the wall that surrounded Honeychurch. When they entered the grounds Harry was greeted by the headmistress, Taryn Whitlock and another wizard he had yet to meet. This third wizard turned out to be Angus Evanston, the deputy headmaster of the school. If he thought Taryn looked old it was nothing compared to Professor Evanston, he looked twice as old as Albus Dumbledore.
Once they were in the castle Edwina informed him that she very much needed to have conference with him concerning his duties to the school. So Harry handed Dobby his trunk, Hedwig's cage and cloak and followed the headmistress in to her office along with Professor Evanston.
"Am I in trouble?" Harry asked with a grin.
"Should you be?" Edwina responded with equal humor.
"Probably" Harry said with a laugh.
"Actually Harry everything is fine, I want to rearrange a few things on the schedule and they concern you, I hope you don't mind." Edwina began. "I'm not sure if you fully understand or not, so I'll try to explain more clearly, here at Honeychurch, we don't have heads of houses like your used to coming from Hogwarts, instead what we have are class sponsors. Each teacher is in charge of a different year, that way we have more teachers responsible for a smaller, more manageable group of students which on the average about seven or eight students. Now this sponsor sticks with each group of students from first year thru to graduation, for example, this year you'll have the first years and then next year when they become second years, you'll still be their sponsor."
"Edwina?" Harry asked, "I thought I was taking over for Professor Ingersol's position. Didn't he have an older group of students when he left, or did they graduate?"
"No you are correct Harry, his former pupils are returning as the seventh years, but I thought about it and that's what I wanted to change. You see they've known him for all these years and you'd be someone new and it would more difficult for you to bond with them, as you are completely new person in their lives." explained Edwina.
"So I've asked Celeste, that would be Professor Morgan, our astronomy teacher, to take over the seventh years and let you go ahead and take the incoming first years. Her class graduated last year and she would have been the one with the 'firsties' this year, so I decided to switch as she already knows those students and they her." Edwina clarified.
"So if I understand this then, next year Professor Morgan will have the 'firsties' as you put it?" asked Harry.
"That would be correct." replied Professor Evanston. Harry had almost forgotten he was in the room as he was very quiet in a death like way.
"So I take it that there are specific things I need to do with the first years that aren't done with the other years, a sort 'right of passage' thing to be done at the beginning of term?"
"Yes there is Harry, so let's go through them now so you know what is expected of you." And Edwina began to list off all the things Harry needed to know about then he walked the 'firsties' to the gate at the beginning of term.
* * * * *
A few hours later, Harry's brain was more than full and he felt like he needed a very long nap. As they left Edwina's office he stopped her and asked, "Are there any other professors back for the start of term?"
"As far as I know it'll just be the four of us tonight for dinner," Edwina started, but just then a greenish black bird looking much like a vulture flew through the halls. "Ah, it seems that Botolf is back already as well, you can meet him at dinner also."
Harry raised his eyebrows signaling the headmistress to continue, "He teaches transfiguration Harry, he's very good at the subject, though he isn't an animagus as such, otherwise, I don't think that there is anything he can't do. Here let me show you to your quarters, you look like you could use a rest after all the information I've just stuffed your head with." Edwina chuckled and let Harry up to the staff quarters in the west tower.
"What was that bird we saw, was it an Augurey?" asked Harry
"Actually yes it is, his name is Aurelius and he has been with Botolf for some time now." replied Edwina.
Soon Harry was standing before his door where Edwina offered, "We can have a portrait guardian installed if you like. Gregory, Professor Ingersol, that is had one, but it was his personal property and he took it with him when he left us. Otherwise, your door will act like one in any case, the pass word is 'Quidditch' though I suspect you'll want to change it to something more personal."
"I think I probably will." Harry smiled and entered his rooms, leaving Edwina behind.
Walking into his quarters, Harry is almost scared; Dobby has had almost all afternoon to unpack his belongings and his new furniture. So he squeezes his eyes shut and walks firmly into his sitting room and opens them to find the most comfortable looking furniture he's seen in years. Everything has been done in a very tasteful navy blue and cream color scheme and is a very inviting room. He quickly crosses the room to find his bedroom and finds the same color scheme and a beautiful four poster bed in dark mahogany with navy blue hangings. The room is simply wonderful and not one sock motif to be found anywhere. Of course on the flip side, there is the horrid painting Dobby did for him as a Christmas present during his fifth year hanging on his bedroom wall. The odd thing is that it actually matched the room in a weird sort of way.
Harry walked back into his sitting room and heard his own name being said in a heavy raspy voice…"Harry."
He turned and saw the portrait of Sirius Black on the wall as he tried to speak to his beloved godson. "Sirius, are able to talk now?" breathed Harry in his excitement.
"Some" Sirius answered in the same raspy voice.
"Well that's a start isn't it?" said Harry and began to tell Sirius about the years he had missed while Harry grew up and the battle with Voldemort and how he had caused the downfall of Cornelius Fudge. He also told Sirius about how Wormtail had been captured and turned over to the Ministry of Magic for trial and how he had been sentenced to Azkaban for life. He also told Sirius that is was Severus Snape that had captured the traitorous rat.
"Hmmmmph" grunted Sirius, "'Bout time he did something good." Harry could tell that the painting was getting tired, if that is paintings could be tired and so he excused himself to go down to dinner.
Before Harry left he called for Dobby who appeared with a pop, "Yes Harry Potter, is's you needing your Dobby?"
"Not exactly Dobby, I wanted to thank you for the great job you did with my rooms. I love it." The house elf beamed with joy. Then Harry continued, "Can you show me where the dining hall is? I think I may have gotten turned around a bit coming up here."
"Oh, this castle is much easier to walk than Hogwarts, Harry Potter, you's be having the walk of the place in no time." said Dobby, but showed him the way nonetheless.
* * * * *
Dobby took Harry down to the dining room, which was a very easy room to find, which was located on the first floor of the castle right above the kitchens. As Harry was opening the door to enter the dining hall he saw that besides Edwina, Taryn and Angus, three other people were sitting at the staff table having a discussion. More teachers must have arrived since he went upstairs, so he listened to their conversation.
"Come now, Edwina, you must tell us who replaced Gregory," said a deep gruff voice that Harry suspected could only belong to a man who would keep an Augurey for a pet, Prof. Botolf Proctor, but he was guessing, "is this person qualified to teach the subject?"
"I agree with Botolf, we must know if this person is up to the Honeychurch standard of excellence." said a young but stern looking witch with long raven black hair.
"Oh come now, you'll soon find out for yourself, Edwina said he arrived this morning, he'll probably be down any minute to join us for dinner. You can see for yourselves and then grill him at your leisure." said a cute, plump brown haired witch.
Harry almost entered at that point, but instead had an idea, 'How about I give them something to remember me by' with an evil grin plastered on his face. Then transformed into his animagus form and then entered the room. So stealthily Harry creeps into the dining hall in the form of "Shadow" which is a large black panther with green eyes and tuft of white fur above his right eyes in the shape of a lightning bolt. When the six members of staff look up, sitting before them licking his lips was 'Shadow.'
Edwina and the plump witch both screamed, Botolf and the stern witch both jumped up with their wands drawn, Angus clutched his chest while Taryn calmly turned back to his book saying "Evening Professor Potter, nice bit of magic you got here."
"Harry?' Edwina said timidly.
With that Harry changed back to his normal human appearance and said "Good evening everyone, just thought I'd stretch a few muscles there tonight, hope I didn't frighten anyone."
"Frightened us? I think I'm standing in a puddle over here." said the plump brown haired witch which caused most of the staff present to laugh.
"What is the meaning of this…tactical invasion of our dining hall?" said a very gruff Professor Proctor.
"Invasion? Please Botolf, he was only having some fun, loosen up for goodness sake." admonished the plump witch.
Edwina rose at this point and said, "Well I think now that my heart has started working again introductions are in order. As you've already know, Taryn and Angus, let me introduce Professor Botolf Proctor, out transfiguration instructor," Harry attempted to shake his hand, but was rebuked by the annoyed teacher. Edwina now turned to the stern looking witch with the long black hair, "This is Professor Vesta Sangeorge, our potions teacher and school nurse." Harry shook her hand and smiled at her warmly. "And finally, standing over here in a puddle of her own making is our charms teacher, Professor Maude Fitzhugh, but we all call her Fitzy." Again Harry greeted another fellow teacher with a hand shake and a smile.
"As for the rest of the staff they should trickling in by the end of the week and they would include Professor Terentia Smallwood, out herbology teacher, Professot Celeste Morgan, our astrology teacher, that I mentioned to you before, and the two Professor Thornes, Parker and Fronia. They're a married couple, he teaches history of magic and she teaches muggle studies."
"Everyone, this is our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Flying instructor and new Quidditch coach, Professor Harry Potter." Edwina said with some glee at her fine catch for a new teacher.
"Harry Potter? The Harry Potter?" said Fitzy, "As in savior of the universe, killer of the dark lord, bringer of light? That Harry Potter? Your shorter than I thought you'd be." Everyone laughed at that.
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
athenakitty asked - Will Harry send a really loud Howler to Narcissa? An actual surprise
party? Will Harry asks Dumbledore about Honyechurch Institute of Magic?
Does Harry know how to control his apparating? their? Will Draco get
convince that Harry's not his mate? Will Winky show up?
answer - A person can't apparate directly unto the grounds of Honeychurch, just like Hogwarts, but for different reasons. As you may recall if a Muggle looks at Hogwarts they see a decaying ruin, but with Honeychurch even wizards see the ruin until they ring the bell. Plus the fact no one can find the school again if they don't walk the cobble stone way.
Veela mate for life. Harry is not gay, so Harry isn't interested. Even if Harry was gay, hello it is Draco Malfoy, they hated each other from 1st - 6th year, why would that all change overnight?
jwbartle wrote - Very good couple of chapters! I loved them! I'm not against homosexuality or anything, but I ask of you, please don't make this a slash fic with a part-veela draco (I just don't like those stories)
answer - Sorry to tell you this, but Draco is a part Veela, no going around it, however, Draco is NOT a major charachter in my story. Again Harry is not gay! I am however and thanks for supporting us. :) Oh, by the way, there are going to be other gay charachters in the story later.
doc wrote - how did the howler get to him if the house is still under fidelius?
answer - As you may have remember from OotP, the Fidilius Charm has several weaknesses to it. Which is why Dumbledore never used it to protect baby Harry. Owls can get thru it easily. If you can follow an owl then you can find who you are looking for.
mindfunk wrote (a lot actually, so I'll just paste in what I'm responding to) - Will Harry fall for the parent of a student, like the mom he helped in Diagon Alley? Will he get involved with the other young teacher at Honeychurch?
answer - the mom from Diagon Alley is named Mrs. Charlotte Beagle, if she has a name, maybe she'll pop up again. Hmmmmmmmm, then again maybe not. Will he become involved with another teacher at Honeychurch? Hmmmmmm, maybe, maybe not.
Tynkerbell wrote (a lot also) the draco thing caught me by total suprise! did u just decide to make seamus gay or did i miss something in the books?
answer - Draco as a Veela is something I had planned on for an earlier story, but it never came about. As for Seamus, I decided he should be gay. Think COlin Farrel with blonde hair. :)