Alright, this is confusing, but the first few paragraphs cover two years. I don't want to write about Harry's experience, because I have a better storyline, so I am rushing this one. Sorry. BTW, I can't remember what I was going to say. I wrote BTW, left, and now I don't remember it. Brilliant. It'll come to me, some day.

Auror school was long and hard. It reminded Harry of Hogwarts, but with more work, less time, and more riding on his marks. If that was even possible. The year of school passed far too slowly. Harry excelled in a lot of it, but it was still hard work; he felt especially sorry for Ron, who had some trouble with it.

Harry tried to talk to Charlie about the dragon, but he promised that there was nothing to talk about. Harry knew he was lying when the Quibbler posted reports of dragon sightings. Normally, he would not trust much he read in the magazine, but he knew something was wrong. People stated that they had seen a dragon, gone to get help, come back, and it was no where to be found. Harry could tell it was the same dragon, but there was nothing he could do. He had to suck it up and live with it for two years until he finished school; then he could go dragon hunting as much as he wanted.

Harry passed the first year with flying colours; Ron scraped by, but his marks were high enough to be guaranteed a spot back the second year.

Harry kept his job for as long as he could, trying to save as much money as possible before he ran out of time and energy and had to quit. He ended up lasting until about Easter, when he had to quit in preparation for exams. Cho gave him a short lecture about his career, but seemed to generally understand that school was important.

Harry had never been excited for the summer before. It was only his second summer without the Dursleys, and it was the first one after Auror school. He was glad for the break, however short it was.

By the end of the second year, he and Ron were Aurors. They had worked harder at it then they had in anything else before, and they were proud of their marks. Harry passed with high honours, Ron, honours. They were officially Aurors.

Harry had found the transformations fairly easy, as he had great practice with being an animagus. Ron did very well as well, as a result of the D.A. and Professor McGonagall insisting on teaching them all animagus. They also did well on the defence because of the D.A.

"This is going to be so cool." Ron said, when Mrs. Weasley had finally stopped hugging him.

"Cool?" She shot him a glance. "Ronald Weasley, this is not 'cool,' this is an important step in your life, and it is also incredibly dangerous! I warned you when you applied that you would have to take it seriously!"

Ron winced. "Sorry, mum." He muttered. Harry smiled. Mrs. Weasley had threatened Ron when he applied that if he got himself killed, she would never speak to him again.

Finally, Harry and Ron pried themselves away from Mrs. Weasley, Harry and Ron went to Grimmauld Place. They were planning on finding a pad to live in, and they decided to stay at Grimmauld Place until they found something.

"I wonder how long it will take to get an assignment." Ron said.

Harry shrugged. "I don't know how long it will take, but I hope it's soon. I haven't spent more than the summer months doing nothing since I got accepted to Hogwarts."

Ron grinned. "What time did Hermione say she would get here?" He asked.

Harry shrugged. "She should be here soon."

Just at that moment, the doorbell rang. Ron winced as a preparation for old Mrs. Black's scream, forgetting that they had finally removed her painting a few years earlier.

Harry jumped up and ran down the stairs to answer the door. There, standing in front of him, was not only Hermione, but Cho. Harry had barely seen Cho in the past few months, and he was glad to see both of them. Hermione had been in school as well, studying to be a healer, but she was schooling out in France, and didn't get many chances to come home.

"Harry!" She said, giving him a big hug. Cho smiled and hugged him as well. Ron almost fell down the stairs following Harry, and stood up again quickly, blushing. Hermione leaned into Harry and said, "are you sure he passed? I think Aurors are supposed to be able to stand."

Ron blushed even more, but the other three of them just laughed.

Weeks of early summer passed by, and neither Harry nor Ron got a job. Then, one day in mid July, an owl flew from the Ministry.

"Harry!" Hermione said, as she was staying at Grimmauld Place at the time, "you got an owl!"

Harry looked up. Sure enough, it was a Ministry owl. He jumped up and met it at the window. After unrolling the letter, Harry looked at it and smiled.

"S'for you, Ron." Ron's face lit up as Harry said this. He jumped up and ripped the letter from Harry's hands. He stood there, his hands trembling, staring at the envelope.

"For god's sake, open it!" Hermione snapped.

Ron jumped. "Right. Sorry." He quickly tore open the letter and read it out loud.

"Dear Mr. Weasley," he said, "you are to arrive at the Ministry at 9 o'clock sharp tomorrow morning for your assignment. Thank you, Ministry of Magic, Auror branch."

He looked up. "I have an assignment. I have an assignment!"

Hermione jumped off the bed she was sitting on and gave him a hug. "Congratulations." She said.

Harry smiled. He was proud of his best friend, but where was his letter? Why was he not getting an assignment?

Ron went to the Ministry the next morning, and didn't come home. He sent a letter saying that he was out of London, and would be back soon. Harry still got no letter from the Ministry.

Finally, one day, a week after Ron left, Harry received a letter. But it was not from the Ministry. It was from Hogwarts. "Why would you get Hogwarts mail?" Cho asked him when he told her.

Harry shrugged, staring at the letter. He opened it, and read it over three times before he realized what it said.

"They're offering my the Defence Against the Dark Arts job."

Harry accepted the job. He had to think about it a bit, not knowing if he wanted to leave his friends, but not sure if he would be getting any assignments soon. He decided to check with the Ministry. He tried to find out through the Auror department, but they wouldn't tell him. Finally, Cho did some investigating, and learned that they were saving Harry for the big problems, and they weren't expecting anything any time soon. So Harry accepted the job.

As the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Harry had to come up with most of his supplies before school started. He scoured the streets of Diagon Alley and even ventured into Knockturn Alley, just trying to find things that would be interesting. He spent hours at the Library in Diagon Alley, trying to find information on creatures that he could teach about. He looked over his notes from when he was a student, deciding which creatures and spells were important, and making sure he had everything on the curriculum.

"Are you ready?" Cho asked him the day before he left, as they walked together.

Harry shrugged. "I think so. I feel like I know everything I can know, but I'm not sure if I'm the best teacher."

Cho smiled. "Your students loved you last time. I'm sure it will be the same."

Harry sighed. "Sure, they liked me, but did I do a good job? Were they prepared when I was done with them?"

Cho smiled. "Harry, you only taught them for a year. There is no way to know right now. But they all passed their exams easily. I think that means they were ready. And," she added, "we learned so much from you in the D.A."

Harry smiled. "Alright, fine. I'll go. But if you hear anything from Ron, send it straight to me, okay?"

She nodded. "Of course."

Harry nodded sharply. "Excellent." He said. "Now, I have to get home to pack."

Cho kissed him. "Have a great time, Harry. I know you will do an amazing job, and write me often, okay?"

Harry smiled. "Of course."

He kissed Cho again, and left.

Well, there you are. That is my story...I have more, like I said, but I don't know how much. Just be bloody happy with it.

Alright, there was a bit of a mix up, and I accidentally put the new chapter at the beginning. Don't know how that happened. I fixed it, so don't worry.

Rubber Duck: I think you mean that I put the new chapter at the beginning? I'm not really sure... but I think that's what I fixed...

Desert Hacker: No it's not, I just didn't realize I titled them the same thing.

Rubber Duck: yeah... sorry about that. I fixed it.

FSI: Of course.

Shannon K.M.: thanks, I will!

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

-unolimbo