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They were both wearing all black and had the hoods of their cloaks pulled down so that no one could see their faces. One was very tall, muscular and clearly masculine and the other was smaller and curvy and obviously a woman.

They walked slowly and with purpose between the Griffindor table and the Ravenclaw table. They seemed to be making their way up towards the head table to where Dumbledore was sitting.

Dumbledore stook quickly to his feet pulled out his wand and pointed it at the man and the woman. "Death eaters are not welcome at Hogwarts. You should leave here immediately before some one gets hurt," he said in his most menacing and serious voice.

The 2 strangers glanced at each other, but it was impossible to see what they were communicating beneath their damned black hoods. After a time the man spoke, "We are no death eaters." And both pulled back their sleeves on their left arms to reveal arms free of the dark mark

"We oppose the reign of Lord Voldemort. How dare you insult us by saying that we follow him!" said the woman.

The hall shook with the force of her words. She had said the Dark Lords name! Everyone was in a shocked silence. If these people weren't deatheaters, who were they? Dumbledore's steady gaze faltered and the students continued to look back and forth between him and the other two.

"Who are you?" asked Dumbledore, clearly confused.

"We do not work for Voldemort and we do not wish harm to anyone in this hall," said the man.

"Then you will remove your hoods and tell us your names," came the brisk voice of Professor McGonagall.

"I'm afraid we can't do that," said the woman slowly and deadly.

A ripple of fear ran through the students.

Dumbledore was fed up. No one could come to his school disobey his orders and put his students in potential danger. He reached out with his mind to touch the smaller figure's mind. He instantly recoiled. A brick wall that no one could penetrate without her permission surrounded her mind. Her head snapped towards his and she looked deep into his eyes.

Still determined he tried his luck with the other intruder. His mind was even better fortified, there was no way in hell anyone could successfully perform Legilimency on him without his permission. It was like an iron wall surrounding his mind. As with his companion, his head snapped towards Dumbledore and he very slowly shook his head back and forth.

There was more threat in this small movement than anything else that the couple had done so far.

"We wish to gain your trust Dumbledore," spoke the man. "But you do not want to risk losing ours. However we will overlook this little…discrepancy and comply with one of your requests."

The couple shared another communicative glance and both moved their hands up to their faces. Dumbledore tensed and pointed his wand at them more firmly but they continued and pulled their cloaks off. They fell to the ground and pooled at their feet.

The school gasped. The couple were…gorgeous. They were like nothing they had ever seen before.

The man was pale with messy black hair, green eyes and a lightening bolt shaped scar on his head. He looked strangely familiar. The man commanded everyone's attention. He was proud and it was easy to see that he was used to being listened to.

The woman was no less beautiful. She had honey brown coloured hair and it fell in loose ringlets down her back. She had large dark brown eyes and flawless sun-kissed skin. She looked dark and dangerous, yet deceptively so. It would be easy to underestimate her…at your own peril.

"Our names are Harry Potter and Hermione Granger and we come to you with a proposition."

"I think we have sufficiently proved that we are not here on Voldemorts orders. We think that we can be of service to you…and your students."

"What is your idea?" said Dumbledore sceptically

"All is explained by the one who sent us, in this letter," Harry reached into his robes and produced a wax sealed letter. "We would ask you to keep the contents of this letter private and upon reading it I think you will agree that this is necessary." He walked up to the head table and handed the letter to Dumbledore then turned and headed back to Hermione.

Dumbledore read the letter quickly and the emotions that passed over his face were quite amusing to the duo, who knew exactly what the letter said.

It explained that they were from 23 years in the future, that they were fully trained aurors also trained in various muggle fighting arts, from staff fighting to hand to hand combat, also that they were master wizard duellers. This list of qualifications could only suggest that they take up one teaching position; Defence Against The Dark Arts.

The best part was when Dumbledore read the signature on the bottom; Albus Dumbledore. Harry and Hermione nearly laughed, but their extensive training in hiding their emotions and fighting against pain kept them from betraying any information.

They could see the conclusion forming on Dumbledore's face even before he made his announcement.

"Please welcome to Hogwarts Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers!"