James and Sirius walked down the corridors of Hogwarts. It had been a day
since the argument and Harry had not shown his face. Another had come in
Ginny's place though, Draco Thompson. He was currently teaching Defense
alongside Professor Reid, who didn't seem happy about that in the least!
"Buzzing Buzzers." James told the portrait lady solemnly. "Come on Sirius."
The two friends walked up stairs to where Remus and Peter were sitting on their beds, playing a game of Wizards' chess.
"Who's winning?" Sirius asked, flopping down on his bed. He looked at the game closely. "I should have known."
"Of course you should have, Padfoot." Remus said cheerily.
"Oh, shut up." Sirius snapped.
"What's wrong, Paddy?" Remus asked, adopting a babyish voice.
"Sorry, nothing."
"You're just angry about that new teacher, Thomas or whatever his name is, aren't you?" Peter asked knowingly. Sirius glared at him and he shut up.
"Detention for the rest of the week!" He groaned. "It's not fair. Why me? It was all Snape's fault."
Sirius had gotten a detention off Thompson because he'd hexed Snape's pants pink because Snape had done the same with his hair.
"Don't worry," James said. "When Harry gets back to teaching we'll tell him ALL about it."
"You're right," said Sirius, brightening considerably. "And maybe I'll be able to hear something about what's going on with Harry."
***
As it turned out, Sirius found out absolutely nothing in the detentions. He was made to clean out the dungeons! That was a floor or two away from the Defense teachers' office and quarters. He was actually rather suspicious that Thompson had done it on purpose so he COULDN'T find out anything.
"Cheer up Padfoot." James told him as the weekend rolled around. "It's a Hogsmeade weekend! You should be happy! I really don't mind that you didn't find out anything..."
"You mightn't mind, but I do! It's really bugging me." Sirius said, pulling on his black Hogwarts robes, then he followed James outside into the cool air. Peter and Remus had left earlier as Sirius had slept in after his last, particularly nasty, detention. He'd been out until three in the morning.
*
"So Remus, where's Peter?"
"Off with his girlfriend again." Remus told James and Sirius who had just sat down with their friend who had been sitting alone in the three broomsticks.
"Oh, sorry we weren't quicker." James said.
"That's OK," said Remus hurriedly. "Guess what? I overheard a conversation between Thompson and Reid while I was alone. They're really hostile towards each other. Reid was apparently really angry that Thompson had made you, Sirius, do all those detentions. Thompson had said you deserved them and Reid had said that he was glad Harry was working things out so that he'd be rid of Thompson soon.
"But," Remus continued, "Thompson said that he wasn't going anywhere. He was very certain about that. He said Dumbledore needed someone who'd be able to think like a Death Eater, said that Harry wasn't able to think QUITE like a Death Eater because he didn't take them seriously enough being... get this, being the MOST POWERFUL WIZARD IN THE WORLD!"
James and Sirius stared at Remus's triumphant face. "No." They chorused.
"Yes." Remus said grinning.
***
It was another week after that Hogsmeade weekend when Harry was finally able to come back out into the open again. He stepped outside his, Draco's and Sirius's rooms with an air of someone content. He smelled the air, felt it slide down his throat like it hadn't done for a few weeks.
"Professor Harry!" Someone yelled.
"Hello Ms. Evans." Harry replied, almost laughing at how ironic it was that this red-haired girl was the one that caused his problems over the last few weeks, yet it was only out of pure affection. Well, at least she was over her crush, or Harry wouldn't be here. "I would like to thank you for being concerned about me in my absence." He said sincerely.
"That's fine Professor-."
"Harry." Harry cut her off.
She cleared her throat and started again. "That's fine, Harry. I'm glad to see you're back." She smiled at him broadly. "Are you OK now? With, well, whatever happened?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Harry said, he looked at his watch. "Would you like to come down to breakfast with me? I haven't been out in the open for almost three weeks now. Not a teenagers idea of fun, is it?" He grinned and the two walked to the Great Hall, talking about what they'd been over in class.
There was silence when Harry stepped into the Great Hall at Lily's side. Then there was applause, mainly from the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables, and Harry noticed Sirius clapping like a maniac up at the staff table as Dumbledore drew up a chair for Harry next to him and Sirius.
"Well, I'll see you later Lily, have a nice day. I've got you first, I believe." Harry smiled at his mum. It was really weird to think that though. He'd come to thinking of them as Lily and James since he'd been here. It was as though they weren't even related.
Harry continued to the staff table and sat down in the newly drawn chair.
"Thanks Professor Dumbledore." Harry said, sitting down.
"Albus, Harry. It's good to see you're back. Some people were extremely worried about you." His glanced at the still applauding hall.
Harry waved at them. "You can go back to eating now, you know!" He called. "I'm fine, really!"
It was the first lot of proper food Harry had eaten in a while, and he was rather hungry. He ate a lot more than normal; Sirius, Draco and Dumbledore all stared at him. McGonagall kept missing her mouth with her spoon as she watched Harry shovel spoonful or forkful after spoonful or forkful of food into his mouth.
"Do I have something on my face?" Harry asked; he pretended to look at his reflection on the back of his spoon. "No, I don't seem to. Perhaps you should eat some more before all the food is gone." He grinned at the staring peopled, got up, and walked back to his rooms.
On his way the three Marauders delayed him. The fourth wasn't around. James Potter, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were looking at him suspiciously.
"Yes?" Harry asked mildly, looking at the three curiously, wondering what he'd done to arise their suspicions.
"Are you the most powerful wizard in the world?" Sirius wasted no time in beating around the bush.
"Er - what makes you say that?" Asked Harry uncomfortably.
"We heard Professor's Reid and Thompson talking about you on the Hogsmeade weekend last weekend."
"Oh, I see. Well, I think they may have been overreacting, we all know Albus Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the world." Harry said, he tried to get around by James, but the aforementioned sixteen-year-old stepped in front of him.
Sirius spoke again. "And why are you here? We've never had three Defense teachers before. It's only allowed to be one, it says so in the Ministry laws, unless one is often sick, then you may have two, no more. Mr. Potter told us." He said determined to find something out.
"Well, Dumbledore hired us all as sometimes one may be away, or possibly even two." Harry said. He tried going past Remus but the werewolf stopped him. This was really getting frustrating! "Listen," said Harry warningly, "whatever you may hear about me or Thompson or Reid, forget it. You're meddling in things that aren't to be meddled in. If you value your life of safety and security, don't mix with us too much, OK?"
Harry paused. "Now, will you please let me go? I need to get ready for my next class. I don't want to give you detentions."
The three boys were too busy staring at Harry to even bother stopping him once more.
***
"Did he just threaten us?" James asked after a while, Harry long gone. "Did he just THREATEN us?"
"No," Remus said. "I think he was just warning us. Maybe he's right though... I mean; Thompson and Reid were talking about Death Eaters and stuff, what if this has something to do with You-Know-Who?"
"But then shouldn't we tell someone? Harry could be a Death eater in disguise!" Remus said worriedly.
"Nope." Sirius said decisively. "I think it's time we started doing some research. There's something fishy about that guy. First he appears here, he's an Auror, the HIGH Auror, just asks to be the Defense teacher and gets it. He disappears for a day, then he comes back, but doesn't come back at the same time... now he's threatening us!"
"But, Dumbledore trusts him." Remus countered.
"Dumbledore could be under a spell? You heard it with your own ears what Thompson and Reid said, surely you believe Harry's capable of it."
"I agree with Sirius." James said. "We really need to find out what's going on."
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OK. Things are going to get a little darker from here on in. And it's now an AU fic because there are some things that the fifth book say and do to make this scenario impossible. Sorry it's taken so long, I'm lazy I know. I could have had this out ages ago... I only just got around to finishing the chapter though. So, sorry. But it's here at least! *Grins* Anyway, Please R&R!
AllieSkittlez!
"Buzzing Buzzers." James told the portrait lady solemnly. "Come on Sirius."
The two friends walked up stairs to where Remus and Peter were sitting on their beds, playing a game of Wizards' chess.
"Who's winning?" Sirius asked, flopping down on his bed. He looked at the game closely. "I should have known."
"Of course you should have, Padfoot." Remus said cheerily.
"Oh, shut up." Sirius snapped.
"What's wrong, Paddy?" Remus asked, adopting a babyish voice.
"Sorry, nothing."
"You're just angry about that new teacher, Thomas or whatever his name is, aren't you?" Peter asked knowingly. Sirius glared at him and he shut up.
"Detention for the rest of the week!" He groaned. "It's not fair. Why me? It was all Snape's fault."
Sirius had gotten a detention off Thompson because he'd hexed Snape's pants pink because Snape had done the same with his hair.
"Don't worry," James said. "When Harry gets back to teaching we'll tell him ALL about it."
"You're right," said Sirius, brightening considerably. "And maybe I'll be able to hear something about what's going on with Harry."
***
As it turned out, Sirius found out absolutely nothing in the detentions. He was made to clean out the dungeons! That was a floor or two away from the Defense teachers' office and quarters. He was actually rather suspicious that Thompson had done it on purpose so he COULDN'T find out anything.
"Cheer up Padfoot." James told him as the weekend rolled around. "It's a Hogsmeade weekend! You should be happy! I really don't mind that you didn't find out anything..."
"You mightn't mind, but I do! It's really bugging me." Sirius said, pulling on his black Hogwarts robes, then he followed James outside into the cool air. Peter and Remus had left earlier as Sirius had slept in after his last, particularly nasty, detention. He'd been out until three in the morning.
*
"So Remus, where's Peter?"
"Off with his girlfriend again." Remus told James and Sirius who had just sat down with their friend who had been sitting alone in the three broomsticks.
"Oh, sorry we weren't quicker." James said.
"That's OK," said Remus hurriedly. "Guess what? I overheard a conversation between Thompson and Reid while I was alone. They're really hostile towards each other. Reid was apparently really angry that Thompson had made you, Sirius, do all those detentions. Thompson had said you deserved them and Reid had said that he was glad Harry was working things out so that he'd be rid of Thompson soon.
"But," Remus continued, "Thompson said that he wasn't going anywhere. He was very certain about that. He said Dumbledore needed someone who'd be able to think like a Death Eater, said that Harry wasn't able to think QUITE like a Death Eater because he didn't take them seriously enough being... get this, being the MOST POWERFUL WIZARD IN THE WORLD!"
James and Sirius stared at Remus's triumphant face. "No." They chorused.
"Yes." Remus said grinning.
***
It was another week after that Hogsmeade weekend when Harry was finally able to come back out into the open again. He stepped outside his, Draco's and Sirius's rooms with an air of someone content. He smelled the air, felt it slide down his throat like it hadn't done for a few weeks.
"Professor Harry!" Someone yelled.
"Hello Ms. Evans." Harry replied, almost laughing at how ironic it was that this red-haired girl was the one that caused his problems over the last few weeks, yet it was only out of pure affection. Well, at least she was over her crush, or Harry wouldn't be here. "I would like to thank you for being concerned about me in my absence." He said sincerely.
"That's fine Professor-."
"Harry." Harry cut her off.
She cleared her throat and started again. "That's fine, Harry. I'm glad to see you're back." She smiled at him broadly. "Are you OK now? With, well, whatever happened?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Harry said, he looked at his watch. "Would you like to come down to breakfast with me? I haven't been out in the open for almost three weeks now. Not a teenagers idea of fun, is it?" He grinned and the two walked to the Great Hall, talking about what they'd been over in class.
There was silence when Harry stepped into the Great Hall at Lily's side. Then there was applause, mainly from the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables, and Harry noticed Sirius clapping like a maniac up at the staff table as Dumbledore drew up a chair for Harry next to him and Sirius.
"Well, I'll see you later Lily, have a nice day. I've got you first, I believe." Harry smiled at his mum. It was really weird to think that though. He'd come to thinking of them as Lily and James since he'd been here. It was as though they weren't even related.
Harry continued to the staff table and sat down in the newly drawn chair.
"Thanks Professor Dumbledore." Harry said, sitting down.
"Albus, Harry. It's good to see you're back. Some people were extremely worried about you." His glanced at the still applauding hall.
Harry waved at them. "You can go back to eating now, you know!" He called. "I'm fine, really!"
It was the first lot of proper food Harry had eaten in a while, and he was rather hungry. He ate a lot more than normal; Sirius, Draco and Dumbledore all stared at him. McGonagall kept missing her mouth with her spoon as she watched Harry shovel spoonful or forkful after spoonful or forkful of food into his mouth.
"Do I have something on my face?" Harry asked; he pretended to look at his reflection on the back of his spoon. "No, I don't seem to. Perhaps you should eat some more before all the food is gone." He grinned at the staring peopled, got up, and walked back to his rooms.
On his way the three Marauders delayed him. The fourth wasn't around. James Potter, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were looking at him suspiciously.
"Yes?" Harry asked mildly, looking at the three curiously, wondering what he'd done to arise their suspicions.
"Are you the most powerful wizard in the world?" Sirius wasted no time in beating around the bush.
"Er - what makes you say that?" Asked Harry uncomfortably.
"We heard Professor's Reid and Thompson talking about you on the Hogsmeade weekend last weekend."
"Oh, I see. Well, I think they may have been overreacting, we all know Albus Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the world." Harry said, he tried to get around by James, but the aforementioned sixteen-year-old stepped in front of him.
Sirius spoke again. "And why are you here? We've never had three Defense teachers before. It's only allowed to be one, it says so in the Ministry laws, unless one is often sick, then you may have two, no more. Mr. Potter told us." He said determined to find something out.
"Well, Dumbledore hired us all as sometimes one may be away, or possibly even two." Harry said. He tried going past Remus but the werewolf stopped him. This was really getting frustrating! "Listen," said Harry warningly, "whatever you may hear about me or Thompson or Reid, forget it. You're meddling in things that aren't to be meddled in. If you value your life of safety and security, don't mix with us too much, OK?"
Harry paused. "Now, will you please let me go? I need to get ready for my next class. I don't want to give you detentions."
The three boys were too busy staring at Harry to even bother stopping him once more.
***
"Did he just threaten us?" James asked after a while, Harry long gone. "Did he just THREATEN us?"
"No," Remus said. "I think he was just warning us. Maybe he's right though... I mean; Thompson and Reid were talking about Death Eaters and stuff, what if this has something to do with You-Know-Who?"
"But then shouldn't we tell someone? Harry could be a Death eater in disguise!" Remus said worriedly.
"Nope." Sirius said decisively. "I think it's time we started doing some research. There's something fishy about that guy. First he appears here, he's an Auror, the HIGH Auror, just asks to be the Defense teacher and gets it. He disappears for a day, then he comes back, but doesn't come back at the same time... now he's threatening us!"
"But, Dumbledore trusts him." Remus countered.
"Dumbledore could be under a spell? You heard it with your own ears what Thompson and Reid said, surely you believe Harry's capable of it."
"I agree with Sirius." James said. "We really need to find out what's going on."
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OK. Things are going to get a little darker from here on in. And it's now an AU fic because there are some things that the fifth book say and do to make this scenario impossible. Sorry it's taken so long, I'm lazy I know. I could have had this out ages ago... I only just got around to finishing the chapter though. So, sorry. But it's here at least! *Grins* Anyway, Please R&R!
AllieSkittlez!