After The War - by Erin

Disclaimer: - I own nothing except the plot, Amy, Opal, Miss. Harris, Jane, James (Not Harry's father of course - different James) and the Potter Twins (Lily and Ebony) The Lyrics belong to Girls Aloud, and the magical world of Harry Potter belongs to…. JK Rowling of course!

"Life Got Cold"

Oh oh yeah ooh

We text as we eat
As we listen to the freaks
As we wait for the right of way
We text as we talk
We're running as we walk
Cos we're several little souls away
We smoke as we choke
As we sink another Coke
And we grin when it blows on mine
We skate as we date
As we slowly suffocate
We're running, we're running, we're running
Out of time

My life got cold
It happened many years ago
When summer slipped away
So chill now oh
We've got many years to go
So take it day by day

And on the go
I lost my soul
To some forgotten dream and
How was I supposed to know
It wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last to low
Has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or heroes anymore

We spend as we mend
Cos we're happy to pretend
Everything's gonna be OK
We shake as we break
Never giving 'til we take
And we hate when we have to pay
We flirt while we work
To forget about the hurt
And the trash that we left behind
We sink as we swim
The ice is wearing thin
We're running, we're running, we're running
Out of time

My life got cold
It happened many years ago
When summer slipped away
So chill now oh
We've got many years to go
So take it day by day

And on the go
I lost my soul
To some forgotten dream and
How was I supposed to know
It wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last to low
Has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or heroes anymore

My life got cold
It happened many years ago
When summer slipped away
So chill now oh
We've got many years to go
So take it day by day

And on the go
I lost my soul
To some forgotten dream and
How was I supposed to know
It wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last to low
Has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or heroes anymore

Chapter One - This is my life.

A young man with black unruly hair and amazing green eyes sat in a fairly large and breezy room at Gilmore Higher School, room 23 had been his assigned classroom for many days and as the new school term began to reach full swing he had settled in nicely.

Harry Potter had been the English teacher here for three years and in that time he had taught a variety of students, from dimwitted adolescent spotty teenagers to fairly competent sixth formers.

He loved his job dearly and it was very rewarding to see the pupils leave the school with decent grades and to know that he had been the one to teach them. Smiling sadly to himself he thought back on how his school days had been, and what he had lost. After a few minutes of mourning he shook himself out of that train of thought, as it would only depress him further.

"Mr. Potter! Sir! Mr. Potter!" A little girl whom had just started the school that year ran into his room flustered. He tried not to laugh at her disheveled appearance.

"Calm down Miss. Harris and tell me what's wrong?" He asked his eyes now lit up full of concern for the small child. He knew she was bullied, and as of a result of that she regularly appeared in his classroom during the lunch breaks.

"Miss Melody asked me to give you this note, said she knew you were out to lunch today and wanted to catch you before you left." She passed him a telephone message that appeared to have come from the reception area. He frowned grimly whilst reading it.

Harry,
Fern Park Primary has rang, apparently Lily and Ebony have been in another fight at school but this time James's got involved. They're all in the headmasters office and he requests that you go there as soon as you can, as he wants to speak to you.

If I were you I'd go and tell Jane that you can't teach this afternoon and get Amy to cover for you as he sounded rather upset on the phone.

Opal

Harry shook his head "Not again." He muttered, he wouldn't be going down the pub for a meal today after all. He looked over to the girl and spoke calmly, he didn't wish for the girl to believe that she had upset him - no he'd wait until he saw his children to get angry.

"Thank you Miss. Harris, remind me to give you a merit tomorrow as I've got to go and see what havoc my children have unleashed today." He smiled at the girl, though it was a forced smile. It was the second time that month that he had been called into the school to discuss his children's behavior.

Harry deciding that before he left he had better have a strong coffee took a stroll to the staff room. Looking at his watch he realized with a start that it was lunch time anyway and that the headmaster wouldn't see him until one o'clock.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" A female voice warned him, he turned to look at the person, and he smiled just the person Amy.

"Amy, may I ask if you've got anything important to do this afternoon?" He smiled at her. She reminded him of an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, Amy being both Intelligent and sarcastic meant that she was usually a fun person to be with. He looked into her brown eyes, pleading silently though his own that she hadn't anything to do.

"Ah, right Harry let me guess twins got you knickers in a twist again?" He tried not to smile; Amy had been a dear friend of his though the past three years and she could practically read him like an open book.

"Yes, but this time they've lead James astray, and Opal reckons that the heads pissed off with their behavior and I can't really blame him." Harry shook his head, what would he do with his children? Why couldn't they behave? Why couldn't their mother be hear to see them?

"No problem Harry I was only going to go help my elderly mother across the road into town but the way I see it is that if a car happens to hit her - then their doing me a favor." She grinned. Harry shook his head in amusement.

"We both know your mothers not co-dependent and she's anything but elderly, and that you love her dearly." Harry stated, Amy always made him feel better and when he was with her he almost forgot about those he had lost.

"So sue me I lied, sure I will Harry. You're classes are better than mine, more gullible. I'll have a real laugh." She was about to walk off, but she turned back.

"Here you need this more than me, go outside chill out for a moment and have a fag with it, you'll need it. I'll tell Jane you can't work this afternoon and that I'm covering. Oh and remember when you've got the terrors off to bed or whatever, I want all the gossip so ring me, yeah?"

Before Harry knew it he found himself holding a cup of coffee and Amy had disappeared down the endless corridors.

Harry mentally shook himself, and when would Amy stop calling her mother Jane the headmistress of Gilmore High school by her first name?

As he lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply he wondered what punishment his children would get this time, and what excuses for fighting that they would come up with?

He smiled widely then thinking about just how much they took after the marauders and the Weasley twins. Not to mention their mother.

~~~ End of Ch1~~~

Well what do you think? More info on why Harry left the wizading world etc next chapter and he also gets an unexpected guest! Remember please review!

Erin