A/N: Here it is, it is a bit longer again, this will be the average length for the rest of the story, some chapters may be longer and others shorter, but this is the average. This story is going to be quite long, and it will have a sequel, for any who are worrying, don't, I will finish this story. I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow, so I will not have a computer available, and will not update for about a week in a half or so. Sorry. I hope you continue to read and review, no quote this chapter btw. Reviewer responses are now at the beginning.
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Chapter 9: Entrances and Aftermaths
"Can you believe it? Out of all the lousy no good -"
"Ron." Hermione said to her fellow student who was beginning to reach a boiling point, and moving slowly and fuming, though seeming to wince in pain. They had just got out of defense against the dark arts with Professor Snape, Gryffindors and Slytherins had been paired up together, this year, in fact it seemed as if every class the Gryffindor student's had was with the Slytherins. Transfiguration and Charms were the only two classes when they didn't have to see Malfoy and his groupies. When they had arrived on the Hogwarts Express, rumors about the new defense teacher began, and straight off the bat, there were rumors, Tom Marvolo Riddle, who had disappeared many years ago was teaching, which Hermione, Ginny, and Ron knew was definitely not true, as Tom Riddle was in all actuality the Dark Lord. More rumors included a relative of Snape (this was the worst according to Ron), a vampire, that instead of one, there would actually be two Professors, and that soon to be Professor Blaze was really another death eater in disguise. One person even went so far as to say it was an alias for now deceased and proved innocent Sirius Black. Of course the truth was none of those, although many students began speculating eve more, and the rumors got even wilder when Dumbledore announced that Professor Blaze would not begin teaching until next week. The teacher who was teaching the defense against the dark arts for at one week was Severus Snape. Now the other houses had to deal with him in two classes for a week rather than one, one girl was seen carried off away after the announcement was announced due to a panic attack. Hogwarts had only had Snape teach one lesson and that was in Ron and Hermione's third year where he gave an assignment on werewolves, which led to Hermione figuring out what Remus Lupin was. As much as they wanted to deny it, many of the students thought that Snape was a decent teacher in defense, though the homework was terrible and would take many long hours to do. The class was unique however and if it weren't for an unfortunate remark, would have gone well, well as can go for Gryffindors and Slytherins in the same room.
Flashback
Ron and Hermione traveled quickly to the defense room, they had run into Dumbledore while heading up. He had wanted to know where the Chamber of Secrets was, Ron told him, but Dumbledore didn't answer any of the questions he asked. That left both of them wondering about the chamber, but they decided to talk about it later, they went into the classroom to find most of the other students already there, Snape was there already as well and he gave them a happy sneer as they entered the room, Ron noticed Malfoy and his two goons also absent.
"Well, well, well. It seems Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger have decided to grace us with their attendance. That will be ten points from Gryffindor." Ron started trying to protest, before Snape continued. "Each. Now do take a seat, so we may begin."
"Professor. The reason we are late is because Professor Dumbledore wanted to ask us a few questions. He can vouch for us." Hermione said knowingly.
"Fine then Ms. Granger. Twenty points from Gryffindor." Snape said scowling.
"For what Professor?"
"For talking back to your teacher." Snape said sneering triumphantly and the Slytherins laughed. "Now unless you want more points taken I would suggest you take a seat." Hermione reluctantly went to sit down.
"Alright class. Even though I am not your real defense teacher, you will treat me as such or find rather harsh consequences. Your teacher should arrive by this time next week, and he has given me full permission to assign homework as I see fit, and you will have to have it done, even though the last time I assigned you work, no one did it." Hermione coughed, which Snape ignored. "He will indeed check it and it will be for a grade, so you had better do it. Over the last few years you've had too many incompetent teachers, and the one last year brought you even farther behind. The first thing that was on Professor Blaze's list was for you to review the imperius curse, the cructacious curse, and the killing curse. You did this in fourth year, with Professor Moody so you should know this already. The instructions he left actually agreed to what I would have done, therefore I need all of you to stand up and get in a line at the back of the classroom." The student's began getting up and lining up Gryffindor on one side Slytherin on the other.
"What do you suppose he will do, we already have already done this, what more do we need to know?" Hermione asked Ron in a whisper."
"Not sure, but whatever it is can't be good. If the slimy git agrees to it, then it must be bad." Ron whispered, though Snape still managed to hear it.
"Ah Mr. Weasley. Thank you so much for volunteering. Crucio." Snape said and the students gasped as Ron was hit with the cructacious curse. Ron fell to the floor and screamed bloody murder, he curled up in a ball, still screaming, and stayed on the ground wincing in pain as Snape removed the curse.
"Professor! What are you doing? That's an unforgivable curse, you could be sent to Azkaban." A Slytherin by the name of Blaise Zambini cried out.
"Yes I could. It seems as if your teacher has gotten past that little law and it is perfectly legal for me to do as well. I did not just do that to Weasley because I dislike him, I shall be doing this curse to each and every one of you by the time we are done here. The strength of the cructacious I just placed on Mr. Weasley here was not even at full strength. This curse is impossible to fight, although some potions lessen the pain and a very few people aren't affected too much by it, but we are doing this so you know what a death eater will do to you, you need to be prepared and able to keep moving, fight if needed in case you are attacked and the curse is placed on you. Professor Blaze, though I have not met him, seems to be what I would call a very good teacher, if I had my way you would have learned this back in fourth year along with the imperius. Your homework tonight will be to find out all you can about the cructacious curse and write as much as you can about the subject and possible ways to counter it. This is for a grade, so if you want to turn in a piece of paper with nothing on it, by all means do so. I will enjoy failing you. Now who wants to go next?" Snape said eyes glinting and his sneer widening as Longbottom chose to volunteer, in an astonishing turn of events he ended up screaming the least out of all the students. The students left in a hurried hustle, many moving a bit slower than usual and a few biting back pain, he had told all of them about the potion he left in the hospital wing to help lessen the pain, although no one seemed to want to show weakness in front of him. As the last student Blaise left the room, Severus sighed. He may not have gotten the job, but someone was actually doing things the way they should be done.
'I look forward to meeting you Mr. Blaze, looking forward indeed.' Snape thought as his next class of third years came in.
(Week Later. Breakfast)
"Oh man. Why did I wait till the last minute to finish the blasted essay?" Ron whimpered pathetically. He was busy scribling a bunch of rubbish down on his paper, he had started working on it the night before and ended up falling asleep while working on it, it was only half done.
"I told you not to put it off till the last minute. This is for a grade if you remember. Professor Snape even reminded us in the second lesson and just about every time we were in potions."
"I know, I know. I guess I'll just turn in what I have. Hopefully professor Blaze will be here, that way Snape doesn't fail me." Ron said putting some food on his plate and beginning to devour it.
"Ron! Eat with your mouth closed we don't need to see that." Ginny said thinking how revolting her brother was.
"ee wat?" Ron said between a mouthful of food.
"Honestly. Never mind." Hermione said watching Ron shrug his shoulders and go back eating with his mouth open at a disgustingly fast rate. He stopped however when he saw Malfoy coming over to the table and his eyes glared hatefully at him.
"Well, what do we have here? We have the mud-blood, the weasel, but where's the pothead? He's vanished with out a trace, probably realized what disgusting company he was in and decided to get out while he could. I do the same thing if I had chosen the losing side." Malfoy said with a sneer.
"Harry wouldn't do that." Ginny said firmly.
"Then why isn't he here? He's abandoned you, not just you, but the world, he's left and is never coming back." Malfoy said with a sneer, he probably would have gone on, but the door to the great hall burst open.
The students were quieted and the teachers stared as a being slowly emerged from behind the doors. The man wore navy blue robes, outlines with emerald green, he had two rings on his right had one emerald, the other ruby. On his left had was another ring, it shone with a small brilliance on light. The man wore tan boots that looked more like a pouch than a boot, yet it seemed to be fit for the man. The man also wore gloves on his hands and they were quite strange looking gloves, never before seen, he also wore a belt, which included a wand holster where he kept his wand, across the belt were a bunch of vials filled with potions, he had two brown bags also attached to the belt and one of them seemed to carry his money and possibly other small metal trinkets, as they clanged with each step he took. Besides the wand holster, right next to it was another holster and this one seemed to be a holster for a sword, because one could easily see the object it holstered. The man seemed to look around at the students and his pale blue eyes seemed to peer through them, his eyes glanced for a brief moment longer at the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables, and a few students recoiled at his sight, mainly students from Slytherin. Besides the pale blue eyes, he had messy black hair, and looked to be around the age of nineteen or twenty, if it weren't for a small scowl placed on his face, many of the girls would probably have sighed because he was quite good looking. He had stopped at the door and hissed out something, many of the students gasped as the man spoke in parse tongue, many thinking he was a dark wizard, the teachers looked at Dumbledore to find out what to do, but Dumbledore just shook his head indicating for them not to do anything. Many of the teachers still had their hands ready to draw their wands if the stranger tried something, and when the stranger had hissed in the snake language, a few began gripping it, but when the being that the man was hissing to slithered into the great hall, every teacher was up wand in hand, a few firing spells at the man. The man whipped out his wand deflected each of the attacks with a powerful protego charm. It took the students a moment later to realize what had entered the great hall before the panic began, students began shutting their eyes and a few screamed, members of the DA tried firing spells in the direction of the huge serpent and the strange man, most of them ended up being way off and hitting other students, and the ones who did almost hit either of them were deflected by the man. Many of the first years were whimpering pathetically and the teachers didn't stop firing spells until the man hissed something and snakes wrapping around the teachers to stop spells from flying. The snake was one of the deadliest creatures imaginable and once one had lived in the school, it was a Basilisk the King of Serpents, it however was quite small, only about eleven feet long and it also stared at the students and professors in amusement, if anyone would have taken to notice, they would have realized that unlike most basilisks who killed someone who looked into their eyes or petrified, this one didn't do either, however everyone failed to notice and the panic continued to grow, especially now that the teachers were bound. The man chuckled in what the students thought crazy and teachers thought nervous laugh. The man cleared his throat and began to speak.
"Ah, so this is Hogwarts. For some reason I imagined it to be a little more organized." The man said with a slight chuckle. "Mr. Dumbledore I believe you said you could get someone to show me friend to his temporary room?" Harry said with a smirk.
"Ah, yes. It's located in the second floor bathroom, a ghost by the name of myrtle lives there, check behind the seek and say open." The man nodded and hissed something to his snake. Not that anyone, but him knew it, but the snake's name was Rehska or Ka for short and a descendant from the Basilisk that once lived in the chamber, Rehska was the daughter of the now dead serpent in the chamber, not that they ever knew her, she would go wait patiently for her master to show her, her new home, it may be awhile so she decided to go look about the castle. Harry watched as she slithered off and then spoke again.
"I'm sorry about the mess and the mayhem, I've caused, I did hope you would have warned them, but apparently not." The man said watching as the students calmed down and were now listening into the conversation with interest.
"No problem at all. I should have warned them." Dumbledore said to the man, the man then nodded and went to sit at the head table next to Severus Snape, after he vanished the snakes that had surrounded the rest of the professors. The students watched where he sat down and said something to Snape who didn't look to affronted and was staring at him with something in his eyes, hope, or joy, it was probably because of the Basilisk as they were extremely rare and the potions one could make with ingredients from a basilisk was unimaginable. Hagrid also stared at the man, but his eyes were for the most part focused on the leaving Basilisk and Harry could have swore he heard him say to Professor Flitwick, 'look a er. Maybe I can ee bout letten the class learn bout Basilisks this 'ear.' Harry just shook his head in amusement and watched as the student body calmed down, Draco kept shooting him glances as well as Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. They probably didn't realize he was the same person they had already met, maybe thought he was a brother or something. Dumbledore stood up and began to address the students.
"Now, as we can see, the snake is gone, but for all of those who do not wish to die a very quick death, the second floor bathroom, where the ghost known as Myrtle lives, is now off limits. That was indeed a Basilisk that was seen in hear, however unlike the last one, this one has been trained, and will only attack death eaters, so if you are a death eater I suggest you leave." Dumbledore said chuckling as not one student moved. "As I said during the beginning of the year feast, Professor Blaze would not be with us until about a week, a week is past and gone. I would now like to introduce you to Professor Darin Blaze, who will be your new defense against the dark arts teacher." Dumbledore said merrily clapping, but he was the only one, a few students tried to clap, but just couldn't get enthusiastic about it, but most of the students and the professors were staring at the man now known as Professor Blaze who had stood up. "Do you have anything to say Mr. Blaze?"
"Yes. I do. As you saw I'm perfectly able to teach this position, you saw me deflect every spell that went my way and I ensnared most of your teachers. I assure you I am not a death eater, even though I will be doing the dark arts and do have a basilisk for a pet. I also will be gone every now and then and I believe that Severus here will do a good job at filling in for me. I am not a werewolf, vampire, death eater, or any other dark creature. I also do not like this thing with the houses, so if I see, this doesn't mean other teachers, just me, but if I see anyone doing anything bad to another house, whether it be fights, not sitting with one of a different house, calling one names, or anything of that type, you shall lose points. This thing with the houses is ridiculous, and one last note. I look foreword to working with you. Now I believe I will be right when I say classes for today are canceled." Harry looked to Professor Dumbledore to make sure, and he received a nod. "Very well. You are all dismissed and I look foreword to working with you all tomorrow, now myself and the other teachers will be having a discussion, head boy and girl are in charge, and prefects help maintain the peace that is all. Professors I will meet you in Myrtle's bathroom." Harry said with a nod and swept out of the room mimicking the way Snape sometimes billowed his robes and left the great hall. The other teachers looked at Dumbledore, who they were startled to see following the man, the rest of the teachers went with him.
(Gryffindor Aftermath)
"What the bloody hell just happened?" Ron asked stupidly not noticing his hair was blue.
"That's our new teacher? I'm not sure what just happened, but wasn't that Darin?" Hermione asked also in slight awe, trying to give a hovering Neville a counter curse to the random spell that was shot at him.
"Darin is our teacher. We never did ask his last name, but why the hell would he have a pet basilisk?" Ron asked mildly confused.
"Did anyone else notice no one was killed or petrified when looking at the snake?" Neville asked the hovering charm dispelled.
"Yeah why is that? Hermione?"
"He said he had it trained, maybe it was trained to be safe, but he did say death eaters are to worry. But I always thought Basilisks were uncontrollable, maybe the library or history of records will have information on this man." Hermione said getting up to heading for the library.
"Maybe you should go after her? She may need help she is your girlfriend." Dean said to Ron.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm going." Ron said turning around. "Hey Hermione wait for me." Ron took off running after his girlfriend.
"What's in the second floor bathroom? It isn't big enough for a basilisk. Is it?" Seamus asked looking at Ginny.
"No it isn't. It's the secret within. But let's not talk about this." Ginny said angrily, and then whispered a meek. "Please."
"Alright. So anyone know how someone can be so powerful? Did you see that we threw every spell Harry taught us at him and it did nothing." Seamus said.
"Did you see what he did to the teachers? The only one he didn't touch was Dumbledore, the rest were ensnared with snakes. And Dumbledore didn't even do anything to stop him, he just walked right in and took command of the school. Does anyone else think there is something fishy about all this?" Dean said causing Seamus and Neville to nod their heads.
"Dumbledore must have known what he was planning, and if we were in any real danger he probably would have stepped in." Ginny said reassuringly.
"Sure. You know we have our first class with him tomorrow, wonder what it will be like?"
"I don't have him until Thursday, we were supposed to have him today, but it looks like we got off easy. Do tell me how he is tomorrow." Ginny said and the sixth years nodded. Elsewhere at the other tables the same conversations were going on, and the Slytherin table was especially talkative.
(Slytherin Aftermath)
Like most of the other Slytherins at the table, Draco was confused. He may have been more so than most of the others. He remembered when he had first appeared he was shocked, he never expected the face to be that of the young man he met at the bookshop, the one who said it was not to late. He had escaped from the Gryffindor table right when the doors had burst open. When he entered he looked like an extremely powerful figure, he looked like royalty with the jewelry and his robes were quite stunning, but no where near the quality of true royalty. The students were awed at the sight of him, he included, but when the snake entered the screaming began. Draco was sad to say that it had been members of his own house who had joined in, in the screaming. Besides the extremely yelled sound and ringing in his ears caused from a fifth year Slytherin girl, he managed to accidentally glace at the serpent, he stared right into its eyes, and Draco felt death coming to him. He was surprised when nothing happened and the snake just turned its head to look at the mayhem it had caused. When Draco finally noticed the spells flying at the man he knew as Darin, he was stunned when he blocked all of the ones that came his way, a few he noticed didn't even require the use of his wand. He glanced at the teachers to see what they were doing about the man who had entered Hogwarts seemingly uninvited, he was extremely surprised to see that they were all wrapped up in serpents and totally useless. The only professor not affected was Dumbledore and Draco didn't doubt the man would have been possible of doing the same to even him. When he spoke however it was not the same voice that he had used in the store, this voice was deep and powerful. It held a hint of authority and power, it was a voice that told them who was really in charge. He looked at the old coot Dumbledore and besides seeing an annoying twinkle in the old man's eyes, he also saw something that resembled surprise and possibly even slight fear, but he was almost positive he was the only one who saw it, as it faded as quickly as it had begun. Draco was extremely surprised when he released the spell on the teachers and then addressed them and Dumbledore, he was even more surprised to see the professors follow him out. His fellow slithering were spreading rumors, and not all of them may have been crazy.
"Did you see that?"
"He's our professor, he's hot!"
"It's Slytherin reincarnated."
"Hey Draco who is he?" Draco turned to address his fellow Slytherins as he was the leader of them.
"I do not know. Maybe mother will know something. I met him in the shop where we got the dark arts books from, he seemed okay."
"What about what he said about the school rivalries. How will he stop us from doing that?" Blaise said.
"He probably has a consequence for disobeying." Another Slytherin Theodore Nott said.
"He has a basilisk for a pet, he must be a dark wizard." Pansy said, clinging tightly to Draco, who sighed and really wished to get himself a real girlfriend.
"Didn't you hear what he said?" His other Slytherins shook their heads and Crabbe and Goyle just went back to stuffing their faces with breakfast foods. Draco sighed again. "He said that the basilisk was perfectly harmless."
"How can a basilisk be harmless, I thought they were one of the darkest creatures imaginable?" Another Slytherin by the name of Millicent Bulstrode asked giving Goyle's cake a look, Goyle handed her a slice which she happily accepted and then went back eating.
"Don't know. I'll ask mother about that too."
"The basilisk isn't completely harmless." Crabbe said speaking up.
"What?" Draco and the other Slytherins said.
"Uh. Yeah. Harmful to death eaters. He said right?" Goyle asked not completely sure he was right in what he was saying, so he went back to eating, Crabbe thought the same thing and started stuffing his face.
"That's right! I remember he said something about that as well. But what does that mean?" Blaise asked Draco for lack of any intelligence in his companions.
"That means, we had better not become death eaters. I do not believe he was kidding about that threat. But he uses dark arts so he can't be all that bad, we need to find out if he is pureblooded or not. I wouldn't be surprised if he is even stronger than the dark lord right now. Our loyalties will be decided this year, if he is telling the truth about the snake being dangerous to death eaters, maybe we should be cautious about choosing sides."
"We get to have him teach tomorrow. We're with the Gryffindors still though. We will find out where his loyalties lie then." Theodore said.
"You heard his announcement though? He said Snape would be teaching when he was unable. Why do you think that is?" Pansy asked Draco, still clinging to him much to his annoyance.
"Don't know. Maybe he'll tell us tomorrow. Come on let's go." Draco said to Crabbe and Goyle who got up and almost tripped over year who had feinted from fright. 'Why didn't he tell me the truth. Where Do his loyalties lie. Do I really have a choice?' These thoughts among others were swimming through Draco's head, he couldn't help but feel a slight anticipation for the defense class tomorrow. 'Tomorrow.' Draco said with a slight nod, before leaving with Crabbe and Goyle to work on an assignment for Charms.
(Who, What, Why, Where, When, How)
Harry walked quickly to the second floor bathroom. He smirked slightly as he heard the other teachers following behind, albeit a bit more slowly than normal. He knew the game twenty questions was about to be played, he hoped he didn't disappoint. He found it funny though when all the teachers were wrapped up, and glaring at him with hate, and it was hilarious when Dumbledore spoke up for him, he would probably have a few questions as well though. He entered the bathroom and thankfully Moaning Myrtle was absent. Rehska was coiled in a corner and her head shot up when he entered.
"Master. A ghost was here, but she took sight of me and started bawling and was sucked into that toilet there. Is this normal?" she asked
"That was Moaning Myrtle, you won't have to deal with her too much. And no it is not normal. Your father ended up killing her due to the possession Riddle put him under."
"Oh. I see." Rehska said sadly.
"It's not your fault. I'll show you to the chamber after the meeting with the other professors. Try not to do anything to startle them."
"I'll try master."
"How many times do I have to tell you? Just Harry will do fine.
"Yes master." Rehska said completely oblivious to what he had just asked.
"Never mind the teachers are coming." Harry said while Rehska nodded and started trying to drift to sleep. Any hope she had of trying to sleep was quickly dashed when the other teachers burst in, followed by Dumbledore. Harry stared at each of his former professors. It was McGonagall who spoke first.
"Just who do you think you are? Coming in here like that, ordering us all around. All of us here are older than you and more experienced, and you go flaunting about ordering the students and us about like you owned the place. Just who do you think you are?"
"As I've already said. My name is Darin Blaze and I'm the new defense teacher. And what gives me the right of ordering the students and yourselves around is the fact I'm more powerful than any of you."
"So just because of your power you think your better than us? You're no better than you-know-who." McGonagall said. If there was one thing anyone in the room could have said to make things worse then they already were, that was it. They were all about to see the infamous Harry Potter temper, not that anyone would recognize it.
"I AM NOT VOLDEMORT! I do not go around killing innocent muggles and muggle-borns, I am not an obsessed megalomaniac set upon becoming a God. I do not harm innocents. I have a VERY bad temper, Voldemort doesn't care about anyone or anything, and you dare to relate me to that foul creature. I should have thought you had better manners than that Minerva." Harry said angrily. "Besides my being more powerful than any of you, I also am part owner or at least the last known living owner of the Hogwarts grounds. If you do not believe me, Hogwarts will tell you. So by all rights I can do whatever I please. I however am here to make sure the students are able to survive a fight against Voldemort and his lackeys. I am here to make sure, Voldemort doesn't try attacking Hogwarts and if he does, he will be surprised at what he finds."
"You own a part of Hogwarts?" Tiny professor Flitwick asked.
"Yes. If you need the documents, I can get them for you later, Hogwarts herself will vouch for me. Some of you are probably no doubt wondering how it was I was able t head down here not knowing the castle layout and all, Hogwarts showed me the way." Harry said which would have been true if it weren't for the fact he already knew most of the castle. He had found out from Eidon that he owned a large percentage of Hogwarts and being the heir to both Salazar and Godric, the castle would obey him. He was quite startled to discover this, but when he thought about it he realized it was probably true, after all Hogwarts had helped him out of quite a few jams in the past.
"What side are you on?" Professor Vector asked.
"As I said, I am on the side of the light, and if it weren't for the fact I gave Rehska specific instructions, one of you would not be here today." Harry said and Snape unconsciously itched his arm where the dark mark was located.
"Albus aren't you going to talk to him, or are you just going to stand there all day." McGonagall snapped.
"It's true. When he assigned for the job after he left I asked the other headmasters what they thought of Mr. Blaze here, and they surprised me by telling me he was a Master of Hogwarts. As most of you know, only an heir of two founders can become a master, where as a regular heir just gets special rewards, like access to the kitchens and the like. If he wanted, Darin here could kick every one of us out and take over the school as he saw fit, luckily he is being generous and not doing any of those things." Dumbledore said as the other professors looked at him in shock.
"Why." Snape drawled out.
"Pardon me?" Harry asked wondering what he was talking about.
"Why me? You said I would be able to teach when you are absent, why? How long will you be gone for and when?" Snape asked looking quite curious.
"Because you are the best in the field. I heard you were an ex-death eater. I need someone like that to teach every now and then. If it would be possible, I would also like you to assist every now and then. Do you accept." Harry asked his former enemy, Eidon told him to try to make friends with Snape, especially if he was a guardian, besides he hoped the hate issue wouldn't be in affect if he made a good first impression on him.
Snape looked at him in shock. This man, who held power over even Dumbledore, who could eject him from the school if he wanted was offering for him to work as a defense teacher when needed, it wasn't a full time position, but it was a start. If he was good, maybe next year he or Dumbledore would offer him the position full time.
"Very well I accept." Severus said in his usual drawl. Harry however noticed a slight bit of anticipation in his voice and he was pretty sure Dumbledore heard it too.
"Thank you. As for when I'll be gone, it's hard to say. Every now and then I suppose, it will be random, but when I do leave you will have a note on your desk telling you when to teach. Also next year I'm planning on moving on a bit, I'm also quite skilled in potions maybe we could trade jobs?" Harry asked and watched as Snape's face lit up for a second.
"I would like that very much Mr. Blaze."
"Uh. Just call me Darin."
"Very well Darin. You may call me Severus."
"A pleasure Severus. Now any more questions?"
"I'm just curious. Where are you from and what school did you attend?" Madame Hooch asked politely.
"I am from England. I did not attend any school I was tutored by my godfather, as my parents died when I was about a year old, Voldemort killed him. That is one reason I fight him. You are Madame Hooch correct?"
"Yes I am. Oh. I'm sorry about your parents." Madame Hooch said softly.
"It is alright. I have seen and caused enough death in my life to get over it quickly enough."
"Don't have Sibyll hear you say that." McGonagall muttered.
"Sibyll?" Harry asked his former head of house.
"Sibyll Trelawney she used to teach Divinations."
"Oh. I never really believed in that type of stuff. I bet she is a real fraud." Harry said and McGonagall seemed to look a little cheerier.
"I'm sorry. I believe we started off on the wrong foot I'm Minerva."
"Delighted Minerva, call me Darin."
"I 'ave a question." The giant of a man called Hagrid spoke up.
"Yes Mr.?"
"Hagrid. Rebeus Hagrid."
"Ah, of course. I've heard of you. I take it you want to see if I'll allow Rehska to be subject to one of your lessons?" Harry asked amused.
"Yea. Dat is if she don mind."
"I'm sure she would be delighted, I'll ask her later." Harry said as Hagrid beamed happily.
"Now, I want to make sure every one in here heard my announcement?" After a few mutterings of yes and louder indeeds Harry continued. "Good. Like I said in the hall, I've heard about the school houses and frankly it disgusts me. When my relatives first created this, they taught together, when they received more students that was when they split up. I don't want you to stop with the house activities and the like, but try not to encourage it. I shall be making an announcement to my classes tomorrow that anyone who treats someone from a different house differently will be having detentions with me. I'll let you all know right now, that my detentions will not be normal. Most of them will be helping me with work inside the forbidden forest, I'm warning you now because I'm sure there will be a few students who complain. Also Mr. Filch." Argus Filch snapped his head up at being addressed by the man who was now even more in charge than Dumbledore. "I need you to do two things for me. The first is I'm putting you and Hagrid in charge of protecting the students from outside influences. The second thing is, as much as you won't like it, I've heard about your hate for the two of them, but this is something that is needed. I shall be calling both Fred and George Weasley to the school in a few days, once they arrive I need you to hand to them any confiscated items and work with them. I want to set traps across the grounds, you know the grounds better than anyone so you will be able to help them set the traps, most of them are harmless, but will hopefully be able to warn us incase of an attack. I also need you to show me any and all secret passage ways to and from the castle, I will need to make sure t set my own traps there, traps that will do more than just prank. I will meet with you after speaking to Fred and George."
"I'll have someone contact Fred and George later this week." Dumbledore assured Harry.
"Good. Now if you don't mind I'm going to go set up my stuff and Severus could you stay a moment? The rest of you are dismissed." Harry said. The rest of the teachers, not all liking Harry, but they complied with his wishes anyway. Soon only Severus, Dumbledore, and himself were left in the bathroom.
"Why did you need me to stay?" Severus asked. Harry for his part ignored him and Harry turned to Dumbledore.
"Would you mind showing me where the chamber is located? If the rumors are true, there should also be the corpse of a basilisk within the chamber. That is the reason I've asked Severus to stay. You can held me harvest it, I have most of the ingredients already so no need to be modest. However big the corpse is, it's yours." Harry said and watched as Severus lit up with anticipation. Dumbledore showed him where the entrance was and then they went down. Severus and Dumbledore were stunned to see the corpse, it was even bigger than anyone had thought. Instead of fifty or sixty feet it was more around eighty feet. The three of them then spent quite a bit of the rest of the day harvesting from the corpse of the great beast. Whatever else may have occurred. Harry was pretty sure Darin had made a friend for life in one Severus Snape.
A/N: There it is. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter will have Darin give his first lesson, and the Weasley Twins return to Hogwarts. I gave Harry part ownership of Hogwarts because as being heir to Salazar and Godric the original founders, wouldn't that mean he owned part of the school? Within the school Harry does have more power than Dumbledore, but I can assure you, you won't see him use it too often. I hope you continue to R & R, thanks.