"Harry Potter Returns to Hogwarts"
By Alejandria
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Chapter Four: Return to Hogwarts
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Harry sat at the table the next morning, weary.
"Honey, are you all right?" Angelica asked. Harry looked up to see her staring at him, concern etched on her face. He smiled.
"Yeah." He took a deep breath. "Just thinking about Chloe and Will…And Hogwarts."
"Oh…that." She looked at him with sympathy. "You know, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with Will and Chloe going to Hogwarts. Being in a wizarding world and all." Angelica said.
"They'll be fine." Harry sighed. He then said as he got up, "I'm going to watch some TV in the living room."
"Okay. I think I'll go upstairs and take a nap." Angelica said with a yawn.
Harry settled himself in his favorite chair and turned on the TV. He began flipping through the channels slowly. "Great, there's nothing on." Harry sighed as he turned off the distraction, put down the remote and closed his eyes.
Suddenly there was a thunderous sound throughout the room. Harry jumped up and yelled "BLOODY HELL!" the room was filled with smoke. Harry coughed.
When the smoke cleared he saw an old man with a long white beard, wrinkled face, sparkling blue eyes, and moon shaped spectacles.
Harry flopped down on the chair, hung his head and whispered "Dumbledore."
"Yes Harry, it's me." He looked at Harry for a long moment. "Harry, why did you change your last name? Why did you hide from everyone?"
"Oh I don't know." Harry said, voice dripping with sarcasm. " Maybe so nobody would know I was still around, and so they wouldn't bother me."
Angelina appeared in the doorway, a slightly panicked look on her face. "Harry what's wrong? I heard a loud racket down here." She stopped when she saw Dumbledore. "Uh…Hi." She turned back to Harry and asked, "Who is this?" Harry looked from Dumbledore to Angelica and back to Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, this is my wife Angelica. Angelica, this is Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. You ARE still Headmaster, right?" Harry double-checked. Dumbledore nodded with a slight smile.
"Hi… it's nice to meet you." Angelica said uncertainly as she shook his hand. He smiled. "Um… Why are you here anyway? Are Chloe and William okay?"
"They're fine for the time being. I came to see your husband." Dumbledore explained.
"Why do you want to speak with Harry?"
"You didn't tell her?" Dumbledore asked as he looked at Harry.
Harry swallowed. "Well… I told her some. Just not my real name or why I left."
"Is there something I should know about?" Angelica interrupted curtly as she looked between the two of them.
"I told you everything about my life before I met you, but I left out a few details." Harry sighed and then continued "I think we should go to the kitchen and talk."
The three of them filed into the kitchen, and Angelica put on a pot of tea.
Harry began. "Okay, first of all true name is not Harry Evans. It is Harry Potter. And I left the wizarding world and never went back because this man here promised me that the two people I cared most about wouldn't die, but they did. That's is what happened."
"But, how did they die?" Angelica asked, confused.
"A few years after I ended school this guy called Lord Voldemort was in full power. He would kill people wherever he went. Nobody could stop him. So one night Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore and I went out to oppose him. Well Ron wanted to fight beside me like a man, but of course Dumbledore, Hermione and myself wouldn't let him. Before I left to fight the Voldemort, Dumbledore promised me Ron and Hermione would be safe. When I came back, I found them. Dead. I left after that and never looked back."
"Oh Harry. I'm so sorry." Angelica said with tears in her eyes as she hugged him. Then suddenly she pulled back and said, "So you not only lied about your past, but your name as well? Why? And where did you get 'Evans' from anyway?"
Harry sighed, and picked up his head to look her straight in the face. "It was my mother's maiden name."
"Oh."
"Here, I brought this." Dumbledore said. He pulled out a book and handed it to Harry.
"What's this?" Angelica asked. She leaned over Harry's shoulder and read "Famous Witches and Wizards." "Here look at this." He turned the pages to a picture of three teenagers. One girl and two boys. "These two are Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger." He said as he pointed to the girl and boy behind a boy with messy, jet black hair, glasses and green eyes.
"Oh god! Harry, it's you! And the pictures…moving?" Angelica said as she stepped back from the book. "I can't believe it. The pictures actually move?"
"Harry, I think you and your wife should come back to Hogwarts with me. I think it's about time you faced everyone again." Dumbledore said quietly.
Harry looked up and asked, "Who told you where to find me?"
"You're daughter. She was reading this book when I stumbled upon her. She had stopped in the middle of the hallway. When I asked her what was wrong she pointed to that picture and said 'That's my dad.' Actually she kind of stuttered before she got it all out." Dumbledore stopped to take a breath then said, "Well you could imagine how shocked I was. I asked her where you lived, and she was so shocked she told me. So I used some Flo Powder to get here."
Harry looked at Angelica then at Dumbledore. "Let's go. Let's go back to Hogwarts."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "Great. We should get there right in the middle of their second class. I believe your children are in Potions right now."
"Tell me. Is Snape still the Potions master?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore grinned. "Yes he is. Except he's not in the dungeon anymore. He's in the east tower. Oh, and Fred and George Weasley are the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers."
"Really?" Harry exclaimed. Dumbledore nodded. Harry chuckled and motioned towards the fireplace. "Let's go."
Angelica looked frightened. "I don't know Harry…"
"Come on Angelica, it'll be fun." Harry said as he grabbed on to her and they disappeared.
*
They arrived right outside the Hogwarts castle. "Come on I will take you to the classroom to get your kids."
"Which room is Snape in?" Harry asked slowly.
"Oh the room before the very top of the East Tower." Dumbledore replied.
Harry smiled and said, "Before I come in I want to ride a broom again." Suddenly a broom appeared in front of him. "Thanks I'll be up in a minute." Harry said as he took off. He looked down to see Dumbledore leading Angelica into the castle as she stared up at him, mouth gaping wide open.
Harry soared to the top of the East Tower and when he looked in one of the windows he saw his daughter, Chloe sitting there. Just then she looked out the window and her jaw dropped. Harry waved happily to her. She motioned to somebody next to her and William looked out of the window along with two other kids. Wills jaw dropped also.
Then the one person Harry never got along with came into view. Snape's eyes glowed and his mouth straightened into a fine, straight line. Harry smiled, waved and flew off.
Snape sneered and growled, "Potter."
Will and Chloe looked at him, confused. Chloe turned to Will and said, "Oh my god! Did you see that Will? That was Dad."
Snape heard her. "Harry Potter…Is your father?" he asked as his lip curled back. "Uh…Yes?" Chloe said.
Snape looked at her and said, "Five points from Gryffindor."
"What?!"
"Be glad it wasn't more."
"No points will be taken from Gryffindor just because there is bad blood between two people." A voice said from the back.
Everyone in the classroom gasped as they turned to see Dumbledore standing in the doorway with another person standing beside him.
"Mom!" Chloe and Will exclaimed. Their mom smiled.
"We need to take Chloe and William Evans please." Dumbledore said. Snape's mouth twitched and he motioned for Will and Chloe to go. They grabbed their things and ran out.
*
"What a rush!" Harry exclaimed. Harry walked into the castle and went up the stairs. As he passed a classroom he heard a loud booming sound. He backed up and opened the door. In the room stood two men playing around. Both of them looked exactly the same. Red hair, brown eyes, and freckles.
"That was awesome!"
"Oh yeah!" Harry smiled as he watched Fred and George. As they were moving around he noticed that Fred had longer hair than George.
"This is awesome George!" Fred said.
George was still spinning around and dancing when Fred caught sight of Harry. Fred nudged George and George turned around. "May we help you?" George asked.
Harry grinned and said "I thought I'd never see you two here again, Fred, George." He said as he nodded to each one of them. Fred and George looked at each other astonished.
Then George said "I'm sorry, but do we know you?" Harry sighed and pulled back his bangs. They gasped and whooped, "HARRY!" Then ran forward and gave him a bear hug.
"Guys! You're choking me!"
"Sorry!" they said as they stepped back.
"Wow Harry you look great!" George said.
"Yeah we haven't seen you since…well since Ron and Hermione died." Fred said.
George glanced at Fred and said, "We tried to find you after you disappeared. We couldn't find you anywhere."
"Yeah. Well, that's because I changed my last name to Evans."
"So what brings you back to Hogwarts Harry?"
"Well my son and daughter just started here. Their names are Chloe and William Evans."
"Really?!"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Our niece and nephew are friends with them."
"What are their names?" Harry asked.
"Uh…Ronald Weasley and Hermione Weasley. They're Charlie's and Percy's kids."
Just then the door opened and Dumbledore stepped in. "Well it took us long enough to find you Harry. I was beginning to think you disappeared on us again." Dumbledore stepped aside and Chloe, Will, and Angelica came into the room.
"Dad!" Chloe and Will exclaimed. They ran up to him and hugged him. "Hey there!" he bent down and hugged them.
"Dad why didn't you tell us?"
"Tell you what?" Chloe took out the book, opened it, and pointed to a picture of Ron, Hermione and Himself. "I was to upset. I didn't like talking about it."
Just then a boy and girl burst in. "Uncle Fred, Uncle George!" When they saw Harry and Dumbledore, Angelica, Chloe and Will they stopped.
"Oh,we didn't know you had guests." The girl said. "Ron, Hermione, we would like you to meet Harry Potter." Fred said. Hermione's and Ron's mouths fell open, agape. Hermione finally broke the silence.
"Wow!" she exclaimed.
"I can't believe it." Ron said.
Harry looked at them with tears in his eyes.
"Ah, are you okay?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I was just thinking." Harry said.
Just then, a bunch of kids began to pour into the classroom. "Well, we'd better go." Dumbledore said. Then him, Harry and Angelica walked out.
*
Harry waited outside the Great Hall that night as everyone arrived. Dumbledore wanted him to wait out there so he could introduce Harry as he walked in. He turned and saw Nearly-Headless Nick. "Hey Nick!" Nick turned and looked at him.
"Harry? Harry Potter!?" "Yes." "Gosh boy. It's good to see you."
Then Harry heard Dumbledore began to speak. "Tonight I have a speech to make." Everyone groaned and Harry smiled. "I have a very important and special guest, but before we introduce him I want to introduce this woman sitting next to me. Her name is Angelica Evans and she has a very special relationship with our guest."
"Now this person has not been seen for twelve, long years." Dumbledore paused. "Some thought him dead. But we just recently found out otherwise." Dumbledore paused again as everyone began to whisper. "Now some of you might have an inkling as to who I'm talking about. So with no further ado I present, HARRY POTTER!"
The doors opened and Harry walked in. Every student was quiet. The teachers had the ultimate look of shock on their faces. Minerva McGonagall had one hand over her heart and one over her mouth. Hagrid had tears in his eyes. Fred, George and Professor Dumbledore were smiling. Professor Snape had a muscle twitching in his temple. The other teachers were speechless.
Harry stopped in the middle of the Great Hall and looked around. He looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw Chloe, William, Hermione and Ron smiling. Everyone's mouth was hanging open. When he looked at the Slytherin table he had to take a double take. One of the boys looked exactly like Draco Malfoy. 'He must be Draco's son.' He thought to himself.
Professor Dumbledore motioned for Harry to come and sit in the empty seat next to him. Harry walked over to the teacher's table and sat down slowly.
Then everyone began talking at once. Harry only caught snatches of the conversations. "I can't believe it!"
"Where has he been all these years?"
Dumbledore stood up and everyone got quiet. It was just as Harry remembered it. "Now all of you may be wondering where Harry has been all of these years. In fact I only just found him. He's been living in the muggle world. Barely using any magic for twelve years." Dumbledore paused at the sound of talking then continued. "He left because he was promised that Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger would be safe. But, they did die. Shortly after that he changed his last name, married the woman sitting next to me and had tow kids. A boy and a girl. Twins. Chloe and William Evans." Everyone turned to look at Chloe and Will. They grinned, and waved shyly. "But now he's back." Dumbledore said. "I know you would like to know some things about his life in the muggle world, but that will have to wait." Dumbledore added. "I only have one more thing to say "EAT!"
As Harry was walking out of the Great Hall with Chloe, Ron, Will, Hermione, Matt, and a very nervous Angelica, a boy came up to him and said, "Hello Mr. Potter. My name is Thomas Malfoy, but most people call me Tom." He grinned. "My dad's told me about what went on with you guys in school. You know, how much you despised each other."
"Hey Tom! You coming?" They looked over to see a boy standing behind them.
"One moment Andrew." Tom turned back to them and bowed. "It sure was, uh, nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Potter." He turned to Chloe and said "See you later Chlo." And walked off. Chloe blushed.
Harry stared at her. "Come on Mom, Dad. We'll show you the common room."
"You go ahead. I'll be right there. I want to go see someone." Harry said.
"But dad you don't know where the common room entrance is and you don't know the password." Chloe said. "Tell me, is the Fat Lady still the entrance to the Gryffindor common room?"
"Yes." Chloe said slowly.
"Good, I'll find it. Just tell me the password."
Chloe looked around and whispered, "Moonstones."
Harry began to laugh.
"What's so funny dad?" Will asked.
"Oh nothing. Just thinking of a couple of girls I once knew." Harry then walked out of the castle doors.
Harry walked down the sloping castle grounds to a cabin and knocked on the door. A dog began to bark. "Fang! Shut up! Who's there?"
Harry kept quiet and the door opened to reveal a big man with long, brown, bushy, tangled hair holding back a large gray dog. The man stood up straight and stared at Harry. Then with a great whoop said, "HARRY!" The man grabbed him into a great bear hug. "Nice to see you too Hagrid." Hagrid continued to hug him.
"Um…Hagrid? Do you mind putting me down? I do need to breathe."
"Oh…Sorry Harry." Hagrid said as he put Harry down. "I'm just glad ter see ye. I've missed you. Everyone has. Especially Ginny Weasley." Hagrid said as he wiggled his eyebrows.
Harry grinned and said "Ah, come on Hagrid. Don't start harassing me about Ginny." Then he added "Anyways, I came down here to say hi. I better head back now." Harry said.
"Oh…okay." Hagrid replied.
"See you later Hagrid." Harry said as he walked away.
*
Harry wondered around the castle before stopping in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady. Then Peeves appeared.
"Ah!" Peeves cackled. "Who's this a-wondering the halls? Never seen the likes of you here before!"
"Oh would you just shut the hell up Peeves!" Peeves looked startled.
"How does mister unrecognizable know my name?" Peeves cackled. Harry laughed and scratched his forehead revealing his scar. "Why it's little, missing Harry Potter!" Peeves squealed. "Won't everyone be surprised! I'll go tell everyone!" Peeves cackled as he zoomed off down the hall.
"To bad everyone already knows." Harry said under his breath. He turned to see the Fat Lady in the portrait awake and staring at him.
"Ah, Harry dear. It's good to see you."
Harry sighed and said "Moonstones." The Fat Lady got an angry look on her face and the portrait swung open.
When he stepped in the common room everyone stopped talking. The only people in the room included Matt, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Chloe, William, Angelica, Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.
When Professor McGonagall saw him tears sprang to her eyes. She walked over to him and hugged him. "It's good to know you're alive and well." She said as she stepped back.
"What took you so long Harry?" Angelica asked as she looked around at everyone nervously.
"Well, I went to see Hagrid for a few minutes, then I wondered around the castle for a bit, and then I ran into Peeves."
"Well you're going to need to get some sleep." Dumbledore said to Harry.
"Why?" Dumbledore smiled and said, "I invited over some old acquaintances. They'll be getting here early."
"Who's coming?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore grinned and said, "You'll see."
Dumbledore looked around and said "Now everyone, it's time for bed." Dumbledore turned and left followed by Professor McGonagall, Fred and George.
"You heard him, time for bed." Harry said and ushered everyone up to their dormitories.
When he came back downstairs Angelica was sitting in a chair by the fireplace.
"So where are we going to sleep?" she asked.
Harry took out his wand and waved it. Two twin beds appeared with blankets and pillows. "Right here."
By Alejandria
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Chapter Four: Return to Hogwarts
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Harry sat at the table the next morning, weary.
"Honey, are you all right?" Angelica asked. Harry looked up to see her staring at him, concern etched on her face. He smiled.
"Yeah." He took a deep breath. "Just thinking about Chloe and Will…And Hogwarts."
"Oh…that." She looked at him with sympathy. "You know, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with Will and Chloe going to Hogwarts. Being in a wizarding world and all." Angelica said.
"They'll be fine." Harry sighed. He then said as he got up, "I'm going to watch some TV in the living room."
"Okay. I think I'll go upstairs and take a nap." Angelica said with a yawn.
Harry settled himself in his favorite chair and turned on the TV. He began flipping through the channels slowly. "Great, there's nothing on." Harry sighed as he turned off the distraction, put down the remote and closed his eyes.
Suddenly there was a thunderous sound throughout the room. Harry jumped up and yelled "BLOODY HELL!" the room was filled with smoke. Harry coughed.
When the smoke cleared he saw an old man with a long white beard, wrinkled face, sparkling blue eyes, and moon shaped spectacles.
Harry flopped down on the chair, hung his head and whispered "Dumbledore."
"Yes Harry, it's me." He looked at Harry for a long moment. "Harry, why did you change your last name? Why did you hide from everyone?"
"Oh I don't know." Harry said, voice dripping with sarcasm. " Maybe so nobody would know I was still around, and so they wouldn't bother me."
Angelina appeared in the doorway, a slightly panicked look on her face. "Harry what's wrong? I heard a loud racket down here." She stopped when she saw Dumbledore. "Uh…Hi." She turned back to Harry and asked, "Who is this?" Harry looked from Dumbledore to Angelica and back to Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, this is my wife Angelica. Angelica, this is Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. You ARE still Headmaster, right?" Harry double-checked. Dumbledore nodded with a slight smile.
"Hi… it's nice to meet you." Angelica said uncertainly as she shook his hand. He smiled. "Um… Why are you here anyway? Are Chloe and William okay?"
"They're fine for the time being. I came to see your husband." Dumbledore explained.
"Why do you want to speak with Harry?"
"You didn't tell her?" Dumbledore asked as he looked at Harry.
Harry swallowed. "Well… I told her some. Just not my real name or why I left."
"Is there something I should know about?" Angelica interrupted curtly as she looked between the two of them.
"I told you everything about my life before I met you, but I left out a few details." Harry sighed and then continued "I think we should go to the kitchen and talk."
The three of them filed into the kitchen, and Angelica put on a pot of tea.
Harry began. "Okay, first of all true name is not Harry Evans. It is Harry Potter. And I left the wizarding world and never went back because this man here promised me that the two people I cared most about wouldn't die, but they did. That's is what happened."
"But, how did they die?" Angelica asked, confused.
"A few years after I ended school this guy called Lord Voldemort was in full power. He would kill people wherever he went. Nobody could stop him. So one night Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore and I went out to oppose him. Well Ron wanted to fight beside me like a man, but of course Dumbledore, Hermione and myself wouldn't let him. Before I left to fight the Voldemort, Dumbledore promised me Ron and Hermione would be safe. When I came back, I found them. Dead. I left after that and never looked back."
"Oh Harry. I'm so sorry." Angelica said with tears in her eyes as she hugged him. Then suddenly she pulled back and said, "So you not only lied about your past, but your name as well? Why? And where did you get 'Evans' from anyway?"
Harry sighed, and picked up his head to look her straight in the face. "It was my mother's maiden name."
"Oh."
"Here, I brought this." Dumbledore said. He pulled out a book and handed it to Harry.
"What's this?" Angelica asked. She leaned over Harry's shoulder and read "Famous Witches and Wizards." "Here look at this." He turned the pages to a picture of three teenagers. One girl and two boys. "These two are Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger." He said as he pointed to the girl and boy behind a boy with messy, jet black hair, glasses and green eyes.
"Oh god! Harry, it's you! And the pictures…moving?" Angelica said as she stepped back from the book. "I can't believe it. The pictures actually move?"
"Harry, I think you and your wife should come back to Hogwarts with me. I think it's about time you faced everyone again." Dumbledore said quietly.
Harry looked up and asked, "Who told you where to find me?"
"You're daughter. She was reading this book when I stumbled upon her. She had stopped in the middle of the hallway. When I asked her what was wrong she pointed to that picture and said 'That's my dad.' Actually she kind of stuttered before she got it all out." Dumbledore stopped to take a breath then said, "Well you could imagine how shocked I was. I asked her where you lived, and she was so shocked she told me. So I used some Flo Powder to get here."
Harry looked at Angelica then at Dumbledore. "Let's go. Let's go back to Hogwarts."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "Great. We should get there right in the middle of their second class. I believe your children are in Potions right now."
"Tell me. Is Snape still the Potions master?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore grinned. "Yes he is. Except he's not in the dungeon anymore. He's in the east tower. Oh, and Fred and George Weasley are the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers."
"Really?" Harry exclaimed. Dumbledore nodded. Harry chuckled and motioned towards the fireplace. "Let's go."
Angelica looked frightened. "I don't know Harry…"
"Come on Angelica, it'll be fun." Harry said as he grabbed on to her and they disappeared.
*
They arrived right outside the Hogwarts castle. "Come on I will take you to the classroom to get your kids."
"Which room is Snape in?" Harry asked slowly.
"Oh the room before the very top of the East Tower." Dumbledore replied.
Harry smiled and said, "Before I come in I want to ride a broom again." Suddenly a broom appeared in front of him. "Thanks I'll be up in a minute." Harry said as he took off. He looked down to see Dumbledore leading Angelica into the castle as she stared up at him, mouth gaping wide open.
Harry soared to the top of the East Tower and when he looked in one of the windows he saw his daughter, Chloe sitting there. Just then she looked out the window and her jaw dropped. Harry waved happily to her. She motioned to somebody next to her and William looked out of the window along with two other kids. Wills jaw dropped also.
Then the one person Harry never got along with came into view. Snape's eyes glowed and his mouth straightened into a fine, straight line. Harry smiled, waved and flew off.
Snape sneered and growled, "Potter."
Will and Chloe looked at him, confused. Chloe turned to Will and said, "Oh my god! Did you see that Will? That was Dad."
Snape heard her. "Harry Potter…Is your father?" he asked as his lip curled back. "Uh…Yes?" Chloe said.
Snape looked at her and said, "Five points from Gryffindor."
"What?!"
"Be glad it wasn't more."
"No points will be taken from Gryffindor just because there is bad blood between two people." A voice said from the back.
Everyone in the classroom gasped as they turned to see Dumbledore standing in the doorway with another person standing beside him.
"Mom!" Chloe and Will exclaimed. Their mom smiled.
"We need to take Chloe and William Evans please." Dumbledore said. Snape's mouth twitched and he motioned for Will and Chloe to go. They grabbed their things and ran out.
*
"What a rush!" Harry exclaimed. Harry walked into the castle and went up the stairs. As he passed a classroom he heard a loud booming sound. He backed up and opened the door. In the room stood two men playing around. Both of them looked exactly the same. Red hair, brown eyes, and freckles.
"That was awesome!"
"Oh yeah!" Harry smiled as he watched Fred and George. As they were moving around he noticed that Fred had longer hair than George.
"This is awesome George!" Fred said.
George was still spinning around and dancing when Fred caught sight of Harry. Fred nudged George and George turned around. "May we help you?" George asked.
Harry grinned and said "I thought I'd never see you two here again, Fred, George." He said as he nodded to each one of them. Fred and George looked at each other astonished.
Then George said "I'm sorry, but do we know you?" Harry sighed and pulled back his bangs. They gasped and whooped, "HARRY!" Then ran forward and gave him a bear hug.
"Guys! You're choking me!"
"Sorry!" they said as they stepped back.
"Wow Harry you look great!" George said.
"Yeah we haven't seen you since…well since Ron and Hermione died." Fred said.
George glanced at Fred and said, "We tried to find you after you disappeared. We couldn't find you anywhere."
"Yeah. Well, that's because I changed my last name to Evans."
"So what brings you back to Hogwarts Harry?"
"Well my son and daughter just started here. Their names are Chloe and William Evans."
"Really?!"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Our niece and nephew are friends with them."
"What are their names?" Harry asked.
"Uh…Ronald Weasley and Hermione Weasley. They're Charlie's and Percy's kids."
Just then the door opened and Dumbledore stepped in. "Well it took us long enough to find you Harry. I was beginning to think you disappeared on us again." Dumbledore stepped aside and Chloe, Will, and Angelica came into the room.
"Dad!" Chloe and Will exclaimed. They ran up to him and hugged him. "Hey there!" he bent down and hugged them.
"Dad why didn't you tell us?"
"Tell you what?" Chloe took out the book, opened it, and pointed to a picture of Ron, Hermione and Himself. "I was to upset. I didn't like talking about it."
Just then a boy and girl burst in. "Uncle Fred, Uncle George!" When they saw Harry and Dumbledore, Angelica, Chloe and Will they stopped.
"Oh,we didn't know you had guests." The girl said. "Ron, Hermione, we would like you to meet Harry Potter." Fred said. Hermione's and Ron's mouths fell open, agape. Hermione finally broke the silence.
"Wow!" she exclaimed.
"I can't believe it." Ron said.
Harry looked at them with tears in his eyes.
"Ah, are you okay?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, I was just thinking." Harry said.
Just then, a bunch of kids began to pour into the classroom. "Well, we'd better go." Dumbledore said. Then him, Harry and Angelica walked out.
*
Harry waited outside the Great Hall that night as everyone arrived. Dumbledore wanted him to wait out there so he could introduce Harry as he walked in. He turned and saw Nearly-Headless Nick. "Hey Nick!" Nick turned and looked at him.
"Harry? Harry Potter!?" "Yes." "Gosh boy. It's good to see you."
Then Harry heard Dumbledore began to speak. "Tonight I have a speech to make." Everyone groaned and Harry smiled. "I have a very important and special guest, but before we introduce him I want to introduce this woman sitting next to me. Her name is Angelica Evans and she has a very special relationship with our guest."
"Now this person has not been seen for twelve, long years." Dumbledore paused. "Some thought him dead. But we just recently found out otherwise." Dumbledore paused again as everyone began to whisper. "Now some of you might have an inkling as to who I'm talking about. So with no further ado I present, HARRY POTTER!"
The doors opened and Harry walked in. Every student was quiet. The teachers had the ultimate look of shock on their faces. Minerva McGonagall had one hand over her heart and one over her mouth. Hagrid had tears in his eyes. Fred, George and Professor Dumbledore were smiling. Professor Snape had a muscle twitching in his temple. The other teachers were speechless.
Harry stopped in the middle of the Great Hall and looked around. He looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw Chloe, William, Hermione and Ron smiling. Everyone's mouth was hanging open. When he looked at the Slytherin table he had to take a double take. One of the boys looked exactly like Draco Malfoy. 'He must be Draco's son.' He thought to himself.
Professor Dumbledore motioned for Harry to come and sit in the empty seat next to him. Harry walked over to the teacher's table and sat down slowly.
Then everyone began talking at once. Harry only caught snatches of the conversations. "I can't believe it!"
"Where has he been all these years?"
Dumbledore stood up and everyone got quiet. It was just as Harry remembered it. "Now all of you may be wondering where Harry has been all of these years. In fact I only just found him. He's been living in the muggle world. Barely using any magic for twelve years." Dumbledore paused at the sound of talking then continued. "He left because he was promised that Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger would be safe. But, they did die. Shortly after that he changed his last name, married the woman sitting next to me and had tow kids. A boy and a girl. Twins. Chloe and William Evans." Everyone turned to look at Chloe and Will. They grinned, and waved shyly. "But now he's back." Dumbledore said. "I know you would like to know some things about his life in the muggle world, but that will have to wait." Dumbledore added. "I only have one more thing to say "EAT!"
As Harry was walking out of the Great Hall with Chloe, Ron, Will, Hermione, Matt, and a very nervous Angelica, a boy came up to him and said, "Hello Mr. Potter. My name is Thomas Malfoy, but most people call me Tom." He grinned. "My dad's told me about what went on with you guys in school. You know, how much you despised each other."
"Hey Tom! You coming?" They looked over to see a boy standing behind them.
"One moment Andrew." Tom turned back to them and bowed. "It sure was, uh, nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Potter." He turned to Chloe and said "See you later Chlo." And walked off. Chloe blushed.
Harry stared at her. "Come on Mom, Dad. We'll show you the common room."
"You go ahead. I'll be right there. I want to go see someone." Harry said.
"But dad you don't know where the common room entrance is and you don't know the password." Chloe said. "Tell me, is the Fat Lady still the entrance to the Gryffindor common room?"
"Yes." Chloe said slowly.
"Good, I'll find it. Just tell me the password."
Chloe looked around and whispered, "Moonstones."
Harry began to laugh.
"What's so funny dad?" Will asked.
"Oh nothing. Just thinking of a couple of girls I once knew." Harry then walked out of the castle doors.
Harry walked down the sloping castle grounds to a cabin and knocked on the door. A dog began to bark. "Fang! Shut up! Who's there?"
Harry kept quiet and the door opened to reveal a big man with long, brown, bushy, tangled hair holding back a large gray dog. The man stood up straight and stared at Harry. Then with a great whoop said, "HARRY!" The man grabbed him into a great bear hug. "Nice to see you too Hagrid." Hagrid continued to hug him.
"Um…Hagrid? Do you mind putting me down? I do need to breathe."
"Oh…Sorry Harry." Hagrid said as he put Harry down. "I'm just glad ter see ye. I've missed you. Everyone has. Especially Ginny Weasley." Hagrid said as he wiggled his eyebrows.
Harry grinned and said "Ah, come on Hagrid. Don't start harassing me about Ginny." Then he added "Anyways, I came down here to say hi. I better head back now." Harry said.
"Oh…okay." Hagrid replied.
"See you later Hagrid." Harry said as he walked away.
*
Harry wondered around the castle before stopping in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady. Then Peeves appeared.
"Ah!" Peeves cackled. "Who's this a-wondering the halls? Never seen the likes of you here before!"
"Oh would you just shut the hell up Peeves!" Peeves looked startled.
"How does mister unrecognizable know my name?" Peeves cackled. Harry laughed and scratched his forehead revealing his scar. "Why it's little, missing Harry Potter!" Peeves squealed. "Won't everyone be surprised! I'll go tell everyone!" Peeves cackled as he zoomed off down the hall.
"To bad everyone already knows." Harry said under his breath. He turned to see the Fat Lady in the portrait awake and staring at him.
"Ah, Harry dear. It's good to see you."
Harry sighed and said "Moonstones." The Fat Lady got an angry look on her face and the portrait swung open.
When he stepped in the common room everyone stopped talking. The only people in the room included Matt, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Chloe, William, Angelica, Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.
When Professor McGonagall saw him tears sprang to her eyes. She walked over to him and hugged him. "It's good to know you're alive and well." She said as she stepped back.
"What took you so long Harry?" Angelica asked as she looked around at everyone nervously.
"Well, I went to see Hagrid for a few minutes, then I wondered around the castle for a bit, and then I ran into Peeves."
"Well you're going to need to get some sleep." Dumbledore said to Harry.
"Why?" Dumbledore smiled and said, "I invited over some old acquaintances. They'll be getting here early."
"Who's coming?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore grinned and said, "You'll see."
Dumbledore looked around and said "Now everyone, it's time for bed." Dumbledore turned and left followed by Professor McGonagall, Fred and George.
"You heard him, time for bed." Harry said and ushered everyone up to their dormitories.
When he came back downstairs Angelica was sitting in a chair by the fireplace.
"So where are we going to sleep?" she asked.
Harry took out his wand and waved it. Two twin beds appeared with blankets and pillows. "Right here."