Chapter 4

Author's Note: I still need at least one beta here. Please contact me if you are interested in pointing out my flaws and give me suggestions on how to improve chapters before I post them. Please note I have a plan on what direction this story is heading in.

A few days had gone by since Andrew got his new wand. Finally the day that he was both looking forward to and dreaded had arrived. OWL scores for the home schooled kids were to be delivered in the morning.

James and Lily greeted Andrew at the breakfast table. On his plate was the unopened letter with his test scores.

"Go ahead an open it Andrew," Lily said as Andrew held the envelope in his hands.

"Don't worry, chances are you did better then you think you did," James added.

"In your case James, it was better then what your friends thought you did," Lily teased.

"Hey! I was convinced I was going to fail potions! I was shocked when I got an E." James replied as Andrew opened the envelope and unfolded the parchment inside.

Ordinary Wizard Level Results

Pass Grades Fail Grades

OUTSTANDING (O) POOR (P)

EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS (E) DREADFUL (D)

ACCEPTABLE (A) TROLL (T)

Andrew Christopher Potter has achieved:

Ancient Runes O


Arithmancy E


Astronomy E


Charms E


Defense Against the Dark Arts E


Herbology A


History of Magic O


Potions A


Transfiguration E


Andrew didn't know what to say as he looked over the grades. Andrew saw with an A in potions, any chance of being an Auror like he planed to be before "dieing" and being sent back in time had gone out the window. If he was going to defeat Voldemort, wouldn't it be best to be with those who will not only be actively fighting him, but have hands on any intelligence information concerning Voldemort's forces? But then again, it was hinted to him that Voldemort may not be stopped on Halloween 1981 and sill be alive possibly after 1991. If that is the case, he should be at Hogwarts to help his younger self out, assuming he doesn't screw up history to prevent his own birth though he was more or less told he wouldn't.

How could he be at Hogwarts? The obvious was to get a job there as a teacher. Being Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was out of the question. The job was cursed and he wouldn't last a year. Since the real Andrew got an O in history and Andrew had all his memories, not to mention getting his own life mixed up with the real Andrew's, convincing Dumbledore to replace Binns with him as the history teacher seemed the easiest alternative since he had no clue how long it would take to defeat Voldemort. Having to put up with two years of a teacher that is skilled in curing insomnia would be worth it if he could get additional reading materials so he could pass a NEWT level test on history.

"I got seven OWLs, two of which were Outstanding." Andrew said, trying to hide his disappointment at getting an A in potions.

Chapter End Notes:

I know. Short chapter. It was suggested to me by a friend to do a series of vignettes and combine them for chapters for things that will give you the gist of what is going on between the few major events between 1979 and early November of 1981. I'm only posting this extra short chapter to explain why updates may be slow in coming. Please note my friend isn't a beta but more some on I ask what ifs to. She doesn't want to read this story (or my others that involve time travel) because she is working on her own time travel story. While they are completely different stories in terms of events, she's afraid she may end up coping the "little things" that I put in my stories.

Also, if you don't know, I have a forum on my website where you can discuss Harry Potter. Its been there for a while but I've never thought to advertise it in any of my stories. Anyways, it is at http : / / www . fedtrek . com / Forums-f-50 . html (Just remove the spaces in the URL. This site doesn't like off-site linking in stories.)

Anyways, review please!

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