None of this belongs to me.
After The War Is Over
Prologue
Five years had passed since the wizarding world had let out a sigh of relief, Tom Riddle, Lord Voldemort, He Who Should Not Be Named, had been brought to his knees by the saviour Harry Potter. Unfortunately there was a slight hitch in this, Harry Potter had lived, that hadn't been the plan, the plan had been to off the dark wizard, and the hero would die a saint, and everyone would then worship the memory of Harry. Harry however hadn't been so keen on this and had stubbornly survived.
He had resided since the victory parade and the victory ball, and all the other victory celebrations at Hogwarts, in his own private rooms, and taught as was his right Defence Against the Dark Arts. The school had a waiting list longer than the lake, bearing host to the heroes of the great war, Hermione Granger as the History of Magic professor, Ron Weasley taught flying and Quidditch, Severus Snape the acclaimed spy who had played a vital role in the down fall of the villain of the piece continued to teach potions, Remus taught Care of Magical Creatures, while Neville Longbottom taught Herbology… Whilst the esteemed headmaster oversaw the operation.
Had anyone asked the hero's and heroines of the battle if they wanted to teach, or if they wanted to be at Hogwarts the answer no doubt, well if they were laced with veritasium and alcohol would be no. Ask them why not, and not even that would get an answer out of them. But they all knew.
There were bit players of the war who had been asked and had accepted jobs at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy was now the librarian, and Lucius Malfoy had taken over Flich's role at the school, even down to his own cat, Narcissa. Percy Weasley worked along side Hagrid sharing the groundskeeper job, Percy working days while Hagrid covered the nights.
In all Hogwarts was just a big old family.
Each owed two debts, one to Harry, and one to the wizarding world. They each had failed with Harry's survival, and each had failed Harry when they had all in one swoop used the death curse on him. They were now paying for their sins.
For the staff at Hogwarts each considered the formerly safe haven for all, now was worse than Azkaban. The children were the same as normal, though the mantle of most feared teacher had passed from Snape to Potter, it had gotten to the point where he managed to make at least one pupil cry in each lesson, though unlike the predecessor of most feared teacher, he hardly touched the points.
The houses had stayed, though only after great debate, many had felt it was dividing the school, something that bred mistrust and feuds, though Potter had disagreed, citing it only incited healthy rivalry, and Hogwarts wouldn't be the same without the Houses, it was a deliberate insult to the Founders, and then at the end of his speech, which had lasted all of two minutes, was the infamous words, "and what I say goes, and don't you forget it" before he left the room, leaving the rest beaten and in reluctant agreement.