The Doctor returns to Hogwarts

'You don't drink,' Slughorn said shrewdly with a mild air of caution. The Doctor grinned and looked yet again around the room.

'No,' the Doctor said slowly 'but I thought I'd start up pleasant conversation,'

'Exactly why are you here?' Slughorn asked 'the last time you were here was to ruin my life,'

'Oh c'mon Slugger,' Doctor said sighing exasperatedly 'let bygones be bygones-'

'Why, you would never let a grudge go, now would you Doctor,' said another voice.

Ginny Weasley strolled over to the doorway and held her hand out enthusiastically 'I'm Ginny Weasley Doctor, I've heard all about you,'

Rose looked at Ginny sceptically as she snatched the Doctors hand and beamed brightly. The Doctor nodded shortly and withdrew his hand hastily with a grin spreading across his face.

'Sorry,' the Doctor said quickly 'just, I'm not a people person these days Miss Weasley, and to tell you the truth Slugger I'm not too sure as to why I'm here. Only thing is someone somewhere has mucked up this place. Something just isn't right.' The Doctor sighed and stuffed his hands in his pockets, he frowned and then turned to Rose.

'You asked me where we were going, well Rose Tyler,' the Doctor paused and stepping over to the window he drew the curtains back. He grinned broadly as his eyes glanced up and down outside the window. He spun back round and beamed happily at Rose who was anticipating an answer 'welcome to Hogsmeade, the only complete Wizarding dwelling in Britain,'

Harry was rummaging through the drawers of his desk, his bookshelves, his cupboards but he just couldn't find his photo album which in recent weeks had helped him a lot. He looked under the bed and in his wardrobe before he called

'Hogarth,' and a small bat like goblin creature appeared in front of Harry almost instantly

'Yes Master,'

'Where is the album?'

'The album that master asked me to look after and never to let him look at again after last time he looked at it, well why sir it is hidden, like you told me too,' Hogarth explained quickly his large blue eyes shining up at Harry.

'Well,' Harry said frustrated 'get it me will you, I need to look at it,'

'But will Sir promise never to get drunk-'

'Hogarth, get me the album, that is an order,' Harry said sternly and the house elf looked alarmed at being given a direct order. The house elf disappeared and returned seconds later carrying a large leather bound album. He handed it over to Harry and then vanished back down to the kitchens where the other house elfs were busy preparing next days breakfast. Harry perched himself on the edge of his bed and flicked slowly through the album.

'This just isn't fair,' he muttered to himself 'you should be here Hermione,' he lingered on a picture of their sixth year at Hogwarts and he remembered fondly all the memories of Hermione Granger.

Bidding farewell to Slughorn Ginny Weasley had insisted she needed to get back to Hogwarts and the Doctor was deeply interested in returning to a school that he once had considered making his permanent home. With Rose in hot pursuit the Doctor wandered up the Hogsmeade main street and memories flooded back to him, memories he had once suppressed. Like Slughorn no doubt the Doctor had blocked out the events of 1942 particularly as the Doctor had the chance to stop everything and he turned his back on it. It had been the closest thing to a real human emotion the Doctor had ever felt, true anger had welled up inside him that dreadful night all those years ago. But shrugging the memory off in replace of those happier times spent in Hogsmeade he resumed his good nature.

'So, can all these people-' Rose said, gesturing to the robed witches and wizards wandering up and down the high street 'they can all do magic?'

'They certainly can,' the Doctor replied happily nearly every single one of them could turn a pumpkin into a hedgehog and even still have it encrusted with prickles, it's a complicated thing magic, especially transfiguration,' the Doctor picked up the pace, his eyes fixed on the castle on top of the hill overlooking the village and Rose was definitely impressed.

'Hang on, are we going where I think we're going,' and she pointed slowly to the castle 'they aint no way,' she said backing off and grinning 'there aint no chance of getting me up into that creepy old thing,'

'Oh,' the Doctor said 'its really quite lovely with the sweeping lawns and-'

'Sweeping lawns,' Rose laughed 'Doctor, it's just a wreck-'

'Bugger, I forgot-'and the Doctor paused to think for a minute 'you're a muggle so, but you should be able to see what I see-'

'If you think you're taking me into an old ruin with these shoes and these jeans you've got another thing coming,'

The Doctor frowned at Rose and rolled his eyes before chuckling to himself 'muggles'

'Stop calling me that,' Rose protested 'why can't I see this-'she paused. The science of the Tardis had kicked in and rose was seeing Hogwarts in all of its beauty. She gasped and stepped back, daring to believe she could see this. The Doctor sighed and looked up at the magnificent castle, its tall turrets towering emitting beams of bright yellow candlelight.

'C'mon, I can't wait to get back inside,' the Doctor said and quickened his pace so that Rose was forced to run just to keep up with him. He grabbed Rose by the hand and raced up the rest of Hogsmeade high street.

Harry Potter checked the clock and noticed it read almost 9.30pm and glancing at the photo album one last time he placed it back under his bed. He took his glasses of and placed them on the bedside cabinet. As he was closing his eyes he was sharply awoken from his snoozing by laughter outside his room. He sat bolt right up and saw his door handle twitch and unlock.

'There, got it, magic was so easy to over ride, this should be Professor McGonagall's sleeping quarters, and she was always a favourite of mine-'the doctor explained undoing the door. He stopped in his tracks as the door swung open and Harry Potter held his wand out at arms length aimed directly between the Doctors eyes.

'Excuse me, but hat are you doing here in my living quarters?' Harry demanded, the Doctor looked from Rose back to Harry anxiously

'I'm the Doctor, and unless you had a sex change I'm guessing you are n ot Minerva McGonagall?'

AN: I haven't been able to write much today. I have lost a library book so it is gonna cost me Five quid. So I'm well annoyed. And I haven't been the best today. So sorry this has taken so long to update. I will try and get another chapter done tonight as a break from my revision. Please read and review, thanks radish earings!