*Disclaimer: I only own Riley and the plot, the rest, except the songs are
J.K. Rowlings!*
*~* A/N: Finally, I have a new chapter out! I'm sorry, guys, I hate homework and school it takes up too much time, time where I could be writing instead! Thank you for the great reviews! They're wonderful and I love them sooo much! I hope you like this chapter! I really enjoyed writing it, we're now in my favorite twist! It's going to be a lot of fun to write these next chapters! Please read and review! *~*
**Ciria thanks for the extra long review! I loved it!!! I'm glad you're back! And Phoenix Fangor, where'd you go? Thanks for allll the reviews!**
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Dumbledore stood before the Great Hall, his hands ready to gesture,
"Due to unforeseen occurrences, Sirius Black will replace Professor Moody as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
The entire student body swept their eyes from Dumbledore's imposing figure to the handsome form of Sirius Black. A sudden rustle of whispers blew through the Great Hall in response and Harry's eyes glittered gazing at his godfather. Sirius briefly stood in acknowledgement and sat back down, winking at his godson in the process. Dumbledore cleared his throat loudly with the mysterious twinkle lingering in his sparkling eyes and as soon as it had been filled with whispers, the hall became deadly silent.
"I'm sure you have also noted another change in our staff. Our dear Muggle Studies' professor has retired, and the new professor taking his place will arrive soon, ready for the first day of classes. And finally, the staff and I came to the conclusion that Muggle Studies will be a required course for all years due to current events." Ron and Harry looked at each other with confused, furrowed brows as Dumbledore waved his arms, "Let the feast begin!" Ron peered at Harry and Hermione,
"Why do you suppose they're making us all take Muggle Studies?" Hermione opened her mouth to state her opinion, pushing her now straight strands of hair away from her face,
"Voldemort, that's why! He thinks the world should be rid of Muggle- borns. I bet Professor Dumbledore wants us to learn more about Muggles so people won't judge Muggle-borns so quickly."
Hermione smiled with her trademark know-it-all expression. She had grown to like her hair being straight after their fourth year, so she had left it that way to the many surprised tenets. Harry nodded,
"I think you're right, Hermione."
He told her, taking a sip of his pumpkin juice.
"Who do you think the new Muggle Studies professor will be?"
Hermione asked with excitement gleaming in eyes. Ron shrugged, tearing into the massive turkey leg in his hand. Ron had grown several more inches since the month ago Harry had seen him, he practically loomed over Hermione while standing.
"It's always an adventure with new professors."
Harry stated, grinning, looking over at Sirius who was teasing Professor Snape, who was looking positively malicious with his usual death glare.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sirius leaned over the table a bit and peered down at Dumbledore,
"So who's the new Muggle Studies professor, Albus?"
he asked with a curious glitter in his eyes.
"You'll just have to wait and see, Sirius."
Dumbledore calmly stated with a smile tracing his aged lips. Sirius frowned,
"Albus, you know I'm not a very patient man."
Albus chuckled, his eyes a glow with merriment,
"That I do know, but you'll just have to wait with the others."
Sirius huffed and slid back down into his seat next to Snape. Sirius peeked over at Snape, whose face adorned a very bored manner as he picked at his food.
"Aren't you a bit curious, Severus?"
Sirius asked with a teasing tone. Snape turned his head toward Sirius to glare at him,
"No. Unlike the incompetent many, I know there are far more important things to contemplate about than the obscene daily gossip."
His calm low, drawl uttered intelligence and insults as usual.
"Like what? Your ever-changing wardrobe?"
Sirius asked with a sly grin. Snape flashed Sirius a death glare and murmured,
"Don't you have something better to do, Black?"
Sirius flashed back a boyish smile,
"Nope, not really. I'm having fun doing this."
Snape turned his head away, the patented glare never leaving his face.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry, Ron and Hermione headed down to their first class of their first day back, Muggle Studies, with, naturally, the Slytherins.
"Yuck, Muggle Studies with the Slytherins, this will be loads of fun."
Ron stated sarcastically as they headed down the hallway.
"Muggle Studies is a very interesting class."
Hermione said, having taken it her third year. Harry tugged at the tight collar of his uniform,
"I lived with Muggles all my life, I still don't know why I have to take it."
He grumbled, still groggy from having to wake up earlier than the summer days before.
"Than it should be an easy class for you, Harry."
Hermione commented as they took a left turn.
"I bet we're close to Snape's classroom, it took forever to get here."
Harry said, gazing further down the hallway. Ron opened the door to the Muggle Studies classroom and peered around,
"Wow, I think we're the first ones here."
He said, letting Harry and Hermione in the room. They gazed around the room, it wasn't quite like the other classrooms in the castle. This room was filled with unfamiliar objects and bright colored posters on the gray stone walls. The long wooden tables seated sky blue cushioned chairs that looked comfortable compared to their other classes. The black framed posters were of old Muggle movies and old popular bands from the not too distant past. At the front of the room, in front of a small staircase that led to a hand-carved wooden door was the professor's desk and a sky blue leather recliner. The trio looked around in awe at the transformed room that held so many different things, different gadgets, tools, Muggle entertainment, and more.
"Is this how you remember the room, Hermione?"
Ron asked in an awed tone.
"Not at all..."
Hermione mumbled, still looking about. Suddenly the door at the top of the staircase swung open and the professor bustled down the steps. Harry stopped dead cold in his tracks as he stared at their new professor. She was gorgeous, with dark chestnut colored, silky hair swept up into a short 40's curly bob, her skin was radiant and glowing with life in a tan ivory color. Short cute buttons nose, high cheekbones, and black eyelashes that batted butterfly wings. And those eyes, those eyes, those dark tell-all brown eyes, just as big and round as Audrey Hepburn's. Those eyes widened at the sight of the boy in front of her.
"...James?"
her soft pink lips mumbled in a foreign sound. Her lithe, slender fingers dropped the folder in her grasp, littering papers upon the floor surrounding her. Her slender hourglass figure had stretch out to around 5'7", giving her the appearance of a lithe fairy princess. She wore hip-hugging black, white pinstripe loose dress pants that fell to the floor, starched up, crisp. A sleeveless, matching black and white pinstriped, laced up corset adorned her torso, showing off some skin an inch between her corset hem and pants. The dark smoky eye makeup still trimmed her face and her nails were French manicured. She still glowed with youth and was just as beautiful, maybe even more beautiful than before.
"I'm not James... I'm Harry." Harry told her, still in shock as well. "And you're Riley..."
*~* A/N: Finally, I have a new chapter out! I'm sorry, guys, I hate homework and school it takes up too much time, time where I could be writing instead! Thank you for the great reviews! They're wonderful and I love them sooo much! I hope you like this chapter! I really enjoyed writing it, we're now in my favorite twist! It's going to be a lot of fun to write these next chapters! Please read and review! *~*
**Ciria thanks for the extra long review! I loved it!!! I'm glad you're back! And Phoenix Fangor, where'd you go? Thanks for allll the reviews!**
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Dumbledore stood before the Great Hall, his hands ready to gesture,
"Due to unforeseen occurrences, Sirius Black will replace Professor Moody as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
The entire student body swept their eyes from Dumbledore's imposing figure to the handsome form of Sirius Black. A sudden rustle of whispers blew through the Great Hall in response and Harry's eyes glittered gazing at his godfather. Sirius briefly stood in acknowledgement and sat back down, winking at his godson in the process. Dumbledore cleared his throat loudly with the mysterious twinkle lingering in his sparkling eyes and as soon as it had been filled with whispers, the hall became deadly silent.
"I'm sure you have also noted another change in our staff. Our dear Muggle Studies' professor has retired, and the new professor taking his place will arrive soon, ready for the first day of classes. And finally, the staff and I came to the conclusion that Muggle Studies will be a required course for all years due to current events." Ron and Harry looked at each other with confused, furrowed brows as Dumbledore waved his arms, "Let the feast begin!" Ron peered at Harry and Hermione,
"Why do you suppose they're making us all take Muggle Studies?" Hermione opened her mouth to state her opinion, pushing her now straight strands of hair away from her face,
"Voldemort, that's why! He thinks the world should be rid of Muggle- borns. I bet Professor Dumbledore wants us to learn more about Muggles so people won't judge Muggle-borns so quickly."
Hermione smiled with her trademark know-it-all expression. She had grown to like her hair being straight after their fourth year, so she had left it that way to the many surprised tenets. Harry nodded,
"I think you're right, Hermione."
He told her, taking a sip of his pumpkin juice.
"Who do you think the new Muggle Studies professor will be?"
Hermione asked with excitement gleaming in eyes. Ron shrugged, tearing into the massive turkey leg in his hand. Ron had grown several more inches since the month ago Harry had seen him, he practically loomed over Hermione while standing.
"It's always an adventure with new professors."
Harry stated, grinning, looking over at Sirius who was teasing Professor Snape, who was looking positively malicious with his usual death glare.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sirius leaned over the table a bit and peered down at Dumbledore,
"So who's the new Muggle Studies professor, Albus?"
he asked with a curious glitter in his eyes.
"You'll just have to wait and see, Sirius."
Dumbledore calmly stated with a smile tracing his aged lips. Sirius frowned,
"Albus, you know I'm not a very patient man."
Albus chuckled, his eyes a glow with merriment,
"That I do know, but you'll just have to wait with the others."
Sirius huffed and slid back down into his seat next to Snape. Sirius peeked over at Snape, whose face adorned a very bored manner as he picked at his food.
"Aren't you a bit curious, Severus?"
Sirius asked with a teasing tone. Snape turned his head toward Sirius to glare at him,
"No. Unlike the incompetent many, I know there are far more important things to contemplate about than the obscene daily gossip."
His calm low, drawl uttered intelligence and insults as usual.
"Like what? Your ever-changing wardrobe?"
Sirius asked with a sly grin. Snape flashed Sirius a death glare and murmured,
"Don't you have something better to do, Black?"
Sirius flashed back a boyish smile,
"Nope, not really. I'm having fun doing this."
Snape turned his head away, the patented glare never leaving his face.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry, Ron and Hermione headed down to their first class of their first day back, Muggle Studies, with, naturally, the Slytherins.
"Yuck, Muggle Studies with the Slytherins, this will be loads of fun."
Ron stated sarcastically as they headed down the hallway.
"Muggle Studies is a very interesting class."
Hermione said, having taken it her third year. Harry tugged at the tight collar of his uniform,
"I lived with Muggles all my life, I still don't know why I have to take it."
He grumbled, still groggy from having to wake up earlier than the summer days before.
"Than it should be an easy class for you, Harry."
Hermione commented as they took a left turn.
"I bet we're close to Snape's classroom, it took forever to get here."
Harry said, gazing further down the hallway. Ron opened the door to the Muggle Studies classroom and peered around,
"Wow, I think we're the first ones here."
He said, letting Harry and Hermione in the room. They gazed around the room, it wasn't quite like the other classrooms in the castle. This room was filled with unfamiliar objects and bright colored posters on the gray stone walls. The long wooden tables seated sky blue cushioned chairs that looked comfortable compared to their other classes. The black framed posters were of old Muggle movies and old popular bands from the not too distant past. At the front of the room, in front of a small staircase that led to a hand-carved wooden door was the professor's desk and a sky blue leather recliner. The trio looked around in awe at the transformed room that held so many different things, different gadgets, tools, Muggle entertainment, and more.
"Is this how you remember the room, Hermione?"
Ron asked in an awed tone.
"Not at all..."
Hermione mumbled, still looking about. Suddenly the door at the top of the staircase swung open and the professor bustled down the steps. Harry stopped dead cold in his tracks as he stared at their new professor. She was gorgeous, with dark chestnut colored, silky hair swept up into a short 40's curly bob, her skin was radiant and glowing with life in a tan ivory color. Short cute buttons nose, high cheekbones, and black eyelashes that batted butterfly wings. And those eyes, those eyes, those dark tell-all brown eyes, just as big and round as Audrey Hepburn's. Those eyes widened at the sight of the boy in front of her.
"...James?"
her soft pink lips mumbled in a foreign sound. Her lithe, slender fingers dropped the folder in her grasp, littering papers upon the floor surrounding her. Her slender hourglass figure had stretch out to around 5'7", giving her the appearance of a lithe fairy princess. She wore hip-hugging black, white pinstripe loose dress pants that fell to the floor, starched up, crisp. A sleeveless, matching black and white pinstriped, laced up corset adorned her torso, showing off some skin an inch between her corset hem and pants. The dark smoky eye makeup still trimmed her face and her nails were French manicured. She still glowed with youth and was just as beautiful, maybe even more beautiful than before.
"I'm not James... I'm Harry." Harry told her, still in shock as well. "And you're Riley..."