Title The Fake Professor / / / Rating T
Warnings Contains mild swearing in this chapter
-The Fake Professor-
Previously on The Fake Professor…
"You wouldn't be like this if you hadn't downed a whole bottle of Firewhiskey." Ginny screamed. Albus, Rose and Scorpius walked in, shocked at what Ron was doing.
"Gin," Harry said, calm and collected, trying not to let his emotions show to his wife, "I don't think the kids, or Hermione needs to see this. I suggest you take them to The Burrow now to see Molly as Ron needs to calm down."
"I don't need to calm down Potter!" Ron snarled, his grip on his wand getting tighter. "I am fed up of you telling me to calm down, or interfere in my family's business."
"And you," Ron continued, turning to face Scorpius, pointing at him, "If you, Malfoy, so much as even touch my daughters hand, or any other part of her, and I will make it so you were never born! Do you understand me?"
Ron stomped out of Number 12, Grimmauld Place with Harry in pursuit. "Still following me Potter?" Ron shouted.
He disapparated from the Square, intent on one destination, leaving only a piece of parchment on the ground. Harry ran to pick it up, and gulped…
…It was the calling card of The Cruciform.
Albus was unaware, however, that despite the argument, other things were in play…things that his father had planned since a certain meeting…or that his mother Susan had stepped out of the house under a disillusion charm…
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England
27th December 2017
Following the tense evening meal, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and a returning Susan decided the next day to play some games with the children.
"Ready or not, here I come!" Ginny shouted from downstairs. Albus was panicking, trying to find a place to hide. He saw the wardrobe door was partly open in the study so ran into it.
He closed the door behind him, hoping to hide himself, when suddenly he noticed a bowl on top of a small plinth. He put his face closer to it, hoping to look at what was inside when it pulled him into it. Suddenly his vision went cloudy and then disappeared, showing his bedroom and his six year old self, lying on a bed.
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England
6th December 2011
Six-year-old Albus turned to Ginny, reaching for her necklace. "What's that?" he asked, stroking the mare.
"The mare is my Patronus, and the stag is your Father's" she said, taking the necklace off so Albus could touch it. "Your Father was taught it by Teddy's Father, back when he was at Hogwarts. I learnt how to do it because someone special taught me."
"Who?" he asked, stroking the mare, looking at Ginny, confirming what she thought, a spitting image of her husband, "Who was it that taught you?"
"Let me tell you a story my dear." Ginny said, tucking the six-year-old Albus into bed, not noticing that Harry was at the door, watching her, "Once upon a time there was an evil wizard called Voldemort, who was wanting to rule our world. But one day he went to kill a family. Most of all though, he wanted to stop someone who threatened him."
"Who was that?" Albus asked, "Was it another bad man?"
"No. It was someone who would grow up to be kind and loving" Ginny said, lying on the bed next to her son, "Someone who ended up having two beautiful boys, and a lovely daughter."
"Anyway, this bad man called Voldemort was scary, scary enough to come into this family's house where he did something bad." Harry said, walking into the bedroom. Ginny looked at him, noticing the tear in his eye, "He killed the Mother and the Father, but when he tried to kill the baby, he couldn't."
"Do you know who the baby was?" Albus asked Ginny and Harry, "Was it someone famous?"
"I know who was," Ginny told her son, "Your Father knows him quite well too. It was someone called Harry Potter, or as the story called him, The Boy Who Lived. When people heard about it they celebrated, celebrated because little Harry Potter had stopped the bad wizard."
"Anyway, a few years later, a little girl called Ginny Weasley was in bed with her mother, asking for a story." Harry said, watching Ginny get comfortable, "A choice was given, The All Girl Quidditch Team or The Boy Who Lived. Now that little girl was restless and asked if she could be told both. So that night, the girl was told about the story about The Boy Who Lived and dreamt of him every night."
"Suddenly one day he popped up in the middle of Platform 9 and 10 at Kings Cross, asking the little girl's mother how to get onto the platform. So the mother took the little girl and The Boy Who Lived and took them onto Platform 9 3/4." Ginny said, a tear falling at the memory, "That girl's mother is your Nanny Weasley."
"The little girl was too young to go to Hogwarts that year, but the next year she came, and she was so shy!" Harry said, remembering that year, "A few years later, The Boy Who Loved set up a club called Dumbledore's Army, because the Defence teacher was not very good at her job!"
"That's where I learnt how to do a Patronus." Ginny said, reaching for her wand, "The words Expecto Patronum, and a happy thought, would do it."
The mare, produced by Ginny, went over and lay next to Harry's stag, looking at each other affectionately.
"Anyway, a few years later, the evil Voldemort came to Hogwarts and started the Battle of Hogwarts, and with the help of your Uncle Ronald and Aunt Hermione, with Uncle Neville and your Mother, Auntie Luna and help from other friends and family, we defeated Voldemort forever."
"And that's when the Chosen One became all mine" Ginny said, standing up and cuddling Harry, "Because the Stag helped the Mare become happy, once and for ever."
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England
27th December 2017
Suddenly the room became cloudy and the young family fell out of view. Albus suddenly found himself back in the study at Number 12, Grimmauld Place to find his Father sitting at the desk next to where he had fell.
"Hey Al, are you ok?" Harry asked, pulling out of his pocket a bar of Honeydukes chocolate, "I remember the rough landing the first time I went in a Pensive."
"What's a Pensive?" Albus asked, his green eyes stared into his father's. "And what was a young me and a young you and Mother doing in there?"
"The Pensive helps people review their memories. Sometimes when Lily is in bed, and you and James were at Hogwarts, your Mother and I will look back on the good times." Harry said, his wand coming out of his pocket, reaching to his temple. "This Pensive is very old because it was owned by the Headmaster when I was at Hogwarts, Professor Albus Dumbledore, but given to me by my Head of House, Professor McGonagall when she became Headmistress. Here's an example of a memory years ago. Quickly as I hear your mother coming up the stairs to find you!"
Harry placed the memory that he had extracted into the Pensive, stirring it with his wand. He pulled Albus forward towards the Pensive where they fell in together. A cloud formed, turning into the memory.
The Chapel, Godrics Hollow, Cheshire, England
1st September 1999
It was the day that students were traditionally returning to Hogwarts, but most of the Hogwarts Professors were there for a specific purpose, the purpose of a wedding between Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter.
Watching the vows take place, Hagrid and Professor McGonagall was in tears as Harry and Ginny said their vows.
"Do you, Harry James Potter, take Ginevra Molly Weasley, to be your wife?" The wizard asked Harry, who replied in the affirmative. The wizard turned to Ginny. "Do you, Ginevra Molly Weasley, take Harry James Potter, to be your husband?"
"I do!" Ginny said to the wizard, she then turned to Harry and said, "Harry Potter, I have always, and will always love you with my whole heart."
"Then in that case, I declare you bonded for life." The wizard said, making the silk like scarlet colour glow round their hands.
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England
27th December 2017
It all became cloudy again, when the Pensive returned Harry and Albus back to the study. Albus was lying on his back. Harry got on the floor, tickling his son who was laughing, with Harry beaming. "Rough landing sport?" Harry asked, turning to find the study door opening.
"Got you!" Ginny said, walking over to Albus, wanting to see what the ruckus was about. She noticed the door where the Pensive was and turned to Harry.
"What was you showing him?" Ginny asked, interested, "Last thing I remember seeing was when I told him our story."
"He saw that," Harry said, pulling the memory out from the Pensive with his wand, reinserting it to his temple. "I decided afterwards to show Albus our wedding day. He is so like me in some ways, yet when I was his age, I found a thing called the Mirror of Erised."
"You know, I have a feeling spring term will be interesting for him," Ginny said to Harry. She turned to Albus, grabbing his hand and helping him into the seat Harry was next to. "You know Al, don't tell James this, but you might see Teddy and Harry next week when you go back to Hogwarts"
"Wicked. I get to be taught by him. Just wait until Sean and Elsie get back to Hoggy Hoggy Hogwarts this term!" Albus said, cuddling Harry, "Uncle Neville made a hint to Alison about this at the party Uncle Ron didn't come to yesterday."
Ginny grimaced at the hearing of her brother's name, but didn't show it to Albus as she didn't want to upset him. She was worried.
-The Fake Professor-
IMPORTANT NOTE - The Fake Professor is about to go on its midseason break, but don't worry, it will be returning around the end of April with a bang!
Coming Up in Chapter 11 - The Return to Hogwarts...
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Type Multi Chapter / / / Status WIP
Distribution FFN, AO3, GryffindorTom Online
Story ID 066 / / / Publish Date 14/03/2017