Chapter 4: Never Leave Anything Behind
Disclaimer: I own Anna and Damon, that's it as of now
I received a letter from Albus this morning.
Apparently he wants me to teach at Hogwarts. This opportunity left me feeling rather like the apothecary in Romeo and Juliet "My poverty, not my will, consents."
Anna would be proud of me for quoting that.
No, I refuse to think about her, I must concentrate on my job...a job, I actually have a job! But, I don't want it, well I do, but I don't want to hurt any of the students, but I am left with no choice really. Either I take the job or I starve to death.
I begin calculate the time until I will leave and when the full moons are as I idly open the mornings edition of the Daily Prophet while sipping on a cup of cheap coffee but end up spitting it out, not because of its horrible flavor which I have gotten used too, but because staring back at me from the front page was none other than Sirius Black, quickly I glanced at the headline to see he had escaped.
Suddenly it made sense, of course Albus would hire me now, not only is he having problems finding a Defense teacher but...Harry, he wants me to protect Harry, and he knows I would do anything to secure the safety of the last descendant of one of my truest friends.
Though it's unofficial I have always considered myself to be Harry's godfather, after all even if Sirius wasn't trying to kill him before he certainly wasn't fit to be there for Harry when he was in Azkaban, but unfortunately because it wasn't official and because Albus is possibly the most stubborn man ever I could not be there.
Now that I really think about it probably wouldn't be best to leave an infant in the care of a werewolf, I couldn't take care of him during the full moon. I can barely take care of myself but it would have been nice to have been his 'Uncle Moony'
That's what James dubbed me the moment Lily's pregnancy was announced, which was very close to the time Anna's pregnancy was announced, the girls where in hysterics when they found out you could here cries of "Oh my God!" and "were going to be mommy's together!" all the way down the street.
Lily and Anna had been best friends since their time at Hogwarts, despite the fact that Lily was in Gryffindor while Anna was in Ravenclaw, she was as good as a Gryffindor the moment she kicked Damon, a Slytherin hated by all, including fellow Slytherins, in the balls because he called Lily a mudblood.
I sighed, apparently I do that quite often, and went to pack my things, and it may still be a month or so before I would leave but I wasn't planning on leaving anything behind.
Never leave anything behind.