Hello people, short and not very good chapter, but a necessary one. Hope
you forgive me, next one will be better and much longer. This chapter has
been giving me problems for over a month now, so I decided to just get it
out and move on with the story. I'm really sorry to disappoint everyone, as
I'm sure this chapter will. Just, please, hang in there.
Time and Time Again, by McKenzie
"Professor Dumbledore, sir." Remus said. "How are you?" he continued and shrugged when he saw Sirius and Harry's disbelieving looks. He had to say something. It wouldn't do to just sit and gape.
"I'm doing well, my boy. Thank you for asking. How about you three? Are you feeling any better?"
"Fine." "Never better." "I'm good" was replied at the same time.
"Good, good." Professor Dumbledore said. "Would any of you care for a lemon drop?"
Harry smiled, it seemed Dumbledore hadn't changed in twenty years.
"So," Dumbledore began after all three had refused the candy, "Mister Black and Mister Lupin. You've changed quite a bit. Last time I saw you both you were seventeen."
This time Remus couldn't help but to just sit and gape. Dumbledore knew? How? And what did this mean? Did he truly know or had he overheard the conversation he, Sirius and Harry had prior to his arrival? He looked at Harry and Sirius and they looked plain gob smacked. No help there. Remus decided to just ask. What was the worst that could happen?
"Professor Dumbledore, sir?"
"Yes?"
"How did you know it was us?"
"Quite simple. When you fell out of thin air in front of the school, we decided to cast a Reveal charm on you. The charm doesn't lie, you both are Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, and this is a mister Harry James Potter. As for the how you got from seventeen to this age in a month and why you are here, that is a bit of a mystery. Quite exciting really."
Dumbledore had said all this while perched on the edge of Harry's bed and smacking on a Lemon Drop, looking completely serene and at home. Now he turned from facing Remus to Harry.
"Mister Potter? Any relation to James Potter?"
"My ah, father." Harry replied automatically.
"Ah, that explains the resemblance and the middle name. Now, mister Black, why don't you explain how the three of you came to be here."
And so Sirius started explaining about the final battle and Voldemorts last curse. He left out who of the three exactly was dueling with Voldemort. He would let Dumbledore come to his own conclusions.
"Hmmm..." Dumbledore began, while popping a new Lemon Drop in his mouth. "You're sure you don't want one? No? Well... this is quite a predicament. I have never heard of this curse, so I don't a way to counter it and send you back to your own time. It will need to be researched. But letting people do this would raise questions. No, I will research this on my own. In the mean time, the students come back tomorrow and I don't have a Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher. Mister Black and Lupin, would you mind filling in until I find a way to send the three of you back to your own time?"
Feeling a bit shell shocked Remus and Sirius replied that they would be happy to fill in.
"As for you, mister Potter, I assume you went to Hogwarts?" After getting a positive reply, Dumbledore continued. "Very good, you will continue your schooling here. Come by my office tomorrow and I'll have school supplies for the coming year waiting for you. Tell me in which house you are then, for your robes. Now, you three were right in thinking that you can't use your own names, so I propose that Mister Lupin will now go by Remo Canis, Mister Potter by Harry Clay and Mister Black by Siorus Grey. Any objections? No? Good! I'll see the three of you in my office tomorrow then, Mister Black, Mister Lupin, you can use the lesson plan your successor left behind, feel free to make changes in it though. I'll have everything ready for you in the morning. Get some rest now."
With that Dumbledore walked out of the infirmary, looking quite pleased with himself and leaving behind three men feeling shocked and overwhelmed. But that was not such a strange thing after a conversation with Dumbledore.
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Hey all, sorry, this is a crappy chapter and awfully short too, but it got all the boring stuff out of the way. The other chapters will be longer. Next chapter! Students arrive!
Thank you for all the reviews! I love them, keep them coming! I realize there's not that much to review in this chapter, still, they make me very happy. Really this chapter does not set the tone for the story, but it got things in it that just needed to get out of the way, like the names (how do you like them btw?) and stuff like that. Now I can really get into the story.
Thank you to; Tare, lime, sab, RB and Leying.
Silvercrystal77; Thank you so much! I really loved your review. As for Harry. Yes, he will go to school in Hogwarts. He's going into his final year, so he's seventeen. I'm sorry, I thought it was clear in the last chapter. My bad. As for if he's going to join the fight against Voldemort, you'll have to wait and see. *G*
Mrs. Sniffy; Thank you. No worries, I will continue this, what's more, I will finnish this. I always get annoyed when writers don't finnish their stories as well.
Time and Time Again, by McKenzie
"Professor Dumbledore, sir." Remus said. "How are you?" he continued and shrugged when he saw Sirius and Harry's disbelieving looks. He had to say something. It wouldn't do to just sit and gape.
"I'm doing well, my boy. Thank you for asking. How about you three? Are you feeling any better?"
"Fine." "Never better." "I'm good" was replied at the same time.
"Good, good." Professor Dumbledore said. "Would any of you care for a lemon drop?"
Harry smiled, it seemed Dumbledore hadn't changed in twenty years.
"So," Dumbledore began after all three had refused the candy, "Mister Black and Mister Lupin. You've changed quite a bit. Last time I saw you both you were seventeen."
This time Remus couldn't help but to just sit and gape. Dumbledore knew? How? And what did this mean? Did he truly know or had he overheard the conversation he, Sirius and Harry had prior to his arrival? He looked at Harry and Sirius and they looked plain gob smacked. No help there. Remus decided to just ask. What was the worst that could happen?
"Professor Dumbledore, sir?"
"Yes?"
"How did you know it was us?"
"Quite simple. When you fell out of thin air in front of the school, we decided to cast a Reveal charm on you. The charm doesn't lie, you both are Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, and this is a mister Harry James Potter. As for the how you got from seventeen to this age in a month and why you are here, that is a bit of a mystery. Quite exciting really."
Dumbledore had said all this while perched on the edge of Harry's bed and smacking on a Lemon Drop, looking completely serene and at home. Now he turned from facing Remus to Harry.
"Mister Potter? Any relation to James Potter?"
"My ah, father." Harry replied automatically.
"Ah, that explains the resemblance and the middle name. Now, mister Black, why don't you explain how the three of you came to be here."
And so Sirius started explaining about the final battle and Voldemorts last curse. He left out who of the three exactly was dueling with Voldemort. He would let Dumbledore come to his own conclusions.
"Hmmm..." Dumbledore began, while popping a new Lemon Drop in his mouth. "You're sure you don't want one? No? Well... this is quite a predicament. I have never heard of this curse, so I don't a way to counter it and send you back to your own time. It will need to be researched. But letting people do this would raise questions. No, I will research this on my own. In the mean time, the students come back tomorrow and I don't have a Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher. Mister Black and Lupin, would you mind filling in until I find a way to send the three of you back to your own time?"
Feeling a bit shell shocked Remus and Sirius replied that they would be happy to fill in.
"As for you, mister Potter, I assume you went to Hogwarts?" After getting a positive reply, Dumbledore continued. "Very good, you will continue your schooling here. Come by my office tomorrow and I'll have school supplies for the coming year waiting for you. Tell me in which house you are then, for your robes. Now, you three were right in thinking that you can't use your own names, so I propose that Mister Lupin will now go by Remo Canis, Mister Potter by Harry Clay and Mister Black by Siorus Grey. Any objections? No? Good! I'll see the three of you in my office tomorrow then, Mister Black, Mister Lupin, you can use the lesson plan your successor left behind, feel free to make changes in it though. I'll have everything ready for you in the morning. Get some rest now."
With that Dumbledore walked out of the infirmary, looking quite pleased with himself and leaving behind three men feeling shocked and overwhelmed. But that was not such a strange thing after a conversation with Dumbledore.
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Hey all, sorry, this is a crappy chapter and awfully short too, but it got all the boring stuff out of the way. The other chapters will be longer. Next chapter! Students arrive!
Thank you for all the reviews! I love them, keep them coming! I realize there's not that much to review in this chapter, still, they make me very happy. Really this chapter does not set the tone for the story, but it got things in it that just needed to get out of the way, like the names (how do you like them btw?) and stuff like that. Now I can really get into the story.
Thank you to; Tare, lime, sab, RB and Leying.
Silvercrystal77; Thank you so much! I really loved your review. As for Harry. Yes, he will go to school in Hogwarts. He's going into his final year, so he's seventeen. I'm sorry, I thought it was clear in the last chapter. My bad. As for if he's going to join the fight against Voldemort, you'll have to wait and see. *G*
Mrs. Sniffy; Thank you. No worries, I will continue this, what's more, I will finnish this. I always get annoyed when writers don't finnish their stories as well.