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Chapter One
Alexander Knight sat at the head table calmly as students shuffled into the Great Hall and the elder students sat at their respective tables while first years waited to be sorted into their houses. He was so excited; eighteen years-old and already a professor. Alexander couldn't wait to start his first class teaching. He also had to be careful of Dumbledore, the conniving bastard; he couldn't let Dumbledore do what he had tried to do with him, he would much rather die than let the older man suck the magick of an incredibly talented witch or wizard out of them.
He would always protect the students, after all, someone had to do it, and he didn't want what had happened to him when he was a child to happen to them. Alexander vowed to always be there to protect the students, then and there as Headmaster Dippet said a few words after the students had been sorted.
Alexander lifted his head up to look at the new Slytherin students when one child caught his eye. The boy was small, not as small as he was when he was eleven but still small with straight and dark chestnut colored hair with deep crimson eyes. The new professor's emerald eyes widened. He could feel the new student's power clearly. He would have to watch over this one carefully and stop Dumbledore at every turn.
Suddenly, the child looked up with serious eyes and the two locked gazes. Alexander smiled gently and waved slightly to his student as the boy stared at him as if he were trying to decide something very serious about him…
"Harry, Harry wake up." Neville Longbottom said gently as he shook the petite boy's shoulder. Harry rolled over to face him before opening his eyes slowly and giving his true friend a gentle smile as he lazily pushed himself to lean on one hand and the two stared out of the window that the Room of Requirement had provided. The sun was just coming up and it was enchanting.
Harry had started staying in the RoR two months ago in the hopes of distancing himself from Ron and Hermione. They hadn't been there for him and the final straw had been pulled, they had blamed him when Sirius was nearly killed at the Ministry. Sirius hadn't, he knew that Harry was just trying to protect him and he loved his godson dearly for that protective nature. Even though the Christmas holiday had just started yesterday and nearly everyone from Neville and Harry's dorm had gone off to their families, Harry couldn't bear to leave the RoR.
"Harry, Luna's here to see you. She wanted to know if we could all go to breakfast in the kitchens." Neville explained as he held out a hand to his closest friend. Harry merely smiled and nodded his head before taking Neville's hand and letting the taller boy pull him up. Harry waved his hand and Neville saw the clothes on Harry shimmer for a second before the feminine looking teen was wearing a different set of muggle clothing.
"Let's go, Neville. Something fun is about to happen and I dare say that you'll be getting to meet someone very important from my past soon enough." Harry said with a mischievous smile on his full lips. Neville's eyes widened a bit, but he knew not to question Harry; besides, he already knew that Harry had lived in the time of Voldemort's schooling and was then reborn as Harry James Potter.
The two Gryffindor's left the room and met Luna Lovegood in the hallway. She had decided to stay at Hogwarts to keep Harry company just as Neville had also decided. The pale blonde smiled at the raven and looped her arm around Neville's before the trio set off to the kitchen.
Harry tickled the pear and said a greeting to the house elves that were currently working before sitting down and gesturing to his friends to do the same. Luna waved to the elves and said a quiet, "Thank you," when an elf conjured three plates for the trio.
Harry nodded his thanks to the elf and Neville smiled his thanks shyly. The three spoke quietly and ate until Harry whipped his head up and looked towards the kitchen's entrance. He jumped from his seat, said a quick thanks to the elves and pulled Neville and Luna from the table before whispering, "Speculo Effigiem." Slowly, Harry backed the three of them away from the table and entered the hidden alcove right before Albus Dumbledore entered the kitchen.
The old man furrowed his eyebrows as he paced around the kitchen before stopping and looking directly into the alcove; directly in Harry's eyes. The headmaster frowned before rubbing his forehead with his hand and left.
The trio waited a bit longer before leaving the alcove. Harry frowned in the direction that the headmaster had left before saying, "He's starting to notice, we need to leave now."
Neville nodded before leaving to get his belonging; they probably weren't going to be coming back now that Harry had said something. Luna left after pressing a sibling-like kiss to Harry's cheek.
Harry smiled after the two before leaving the kitchen himself. He had an old friend to visit and now was the most ideal time.
Hm, even after fifty years, the password never changes; Harry thought as he said the password and entered the Slytherin common room. He smiled when he placed a hand above the fireplace and felt the scorch mark that Tom had made when he was still in his first year and was trying to control his magick. He was so happy that I didn't tell the headmaster and instead gave him the concealers.
"Tom Marvolo Riddle, you will come to my office at once!" Professor Slughorn and the-unfortunately- current Head of House roared after a few of the older students teased Tom about his crimson eyes and caused him to lose control of his magick. Alexander knew that the older professor- and dimwit, he concluded silently- would tell the headmaster unless he intervened.
"Professor, I would be happy to take care of this, after all, it was the elder students who forced his hand and he's but a child. He hasn't learned to control himself quite yet, please, allow me to take care of this little incident, and we can keep this under wrap, yes?" Alexander asked with a sweet smile as he pushed a bit of his own magick out to make the other professor comply.
Slughorn shook his head slightly before smiling himself at the beautiful smile directed at him, "Of course, Professor Knight, but please warn of him of what might happen next time." And with that, Professor Slughorn rounded up the older teens and herded them all to his office.
Alexander smiled at the young Slytherin before gesturing for the boy to follow him. The two traveled down the hallway in silence until they reached Alexander's office. Tom gasped slightly at the beautiful office before noticing the small form of a baby Hippogriff sleeping in the northern most corner of the office.
"I found her right after she had hatched form her egg, both her parents had been slaughtered and I couldn't let be by herself. Her name's Hedwig." Alexander explained after he had sat down and noticed what Tom was looking at.
"I never knew they were real," the boy whispered as he stared at the fairly small-for a Hippogriff- form of the baby. Alexander smiled and his eyes closed a bit when he realized that Tom hadn't grown up in the magical world.
"I'm not going to punish you for something that you couldn't control. Instead, I'm going to give you something that helped me when I was younger." Now that he had the boy's attention, he brought out two bangles. One was silver, while the other was pure onyx. He handed the boy the bangles and watched as Tom stared at them with confusion.
"They'll help you control your magick until you're old enough to control it easily by yourself. All you have to do is wear them and it'll also double as a concealer. This means that if you're faced with a tough opponent, they'll immediately underestimate you because they won't be able to feel your magick." Alexander explained as the boy finally slipped one around each wrist.
"You, are you going to tell the Headmaster?" Tom asked shyly as he remembered the circumstances that had brought him here. The young professor shook his head with a smile before saying, "No, I said that I wouldn't punish you for something that was beyond your control and I won't tell the Headmaster either. Oh, if you're interested in learning about some of the magical creatures, you can use these books, they're all true facts."
Alexander stood up and handed the first year three books. Tom took them before asking, "Do I have to pay you for the concealers and the books?" Alexander merely smiled and said, "No, you can use any of my books so long as you ask, and the concealers are yours to keep, good night Tom."
Alexander watched the young snake leave before sighing.
"Hello, Alexander Knight." An intimidating ghost greeted him when Harry turned away from the fireplace.
"Hello, Bloody Baron. It has been quite some time." Harry said before bowing slightly at the waist.
The two had been good friends from his previous life and even when he had entered the afterlife. The Bloody Baron had missed one of the greatest House Heads to ever live and had waited for his friend's arrival for a longtime.
The two friends spoke quietly as they walked to Harry's old office. The Baron smiled slightly when Harry noticed that it was actually Snape's personal office.
"He found it with his magick and decided his first year that it would be his. He even uses your old desk because he said that it didn't feel right to use any other one." The Baron explained as Harry entered the room and stood in the center. Yes, his magick signature was still here, even after all these years. He smiled and lifted out a hand and both the Baron and Harry watched as a swirling ball of silver dust filled his hand before shooting straight into his torso. Harry collapsed to his knees and groaned as his magick filled him, until finally, it stopped.
The Baron gasped before saying, "You look exactly as you did when you were a professor here, Alex." It was true, his ebony hair that was once wild and short now came to his knees in soft waves and his eyes were perfect and were once more without the need to use a pair of glasses. But other than that; the Alexander Knight from Tom Riddle's schooling and the Harry Potter who everyone knew of as the Savior were already identical. All except for the difference of scars that Harry bore from his time with the Dursley's.
Harry took off his glasses before he glanced at his hair and waved his hand, which made the mane of hair into a long braid. The Baron smirked before asking, "I suppose that now you're going to go discipline that whelp of a student and stop the bloody Headmaster from doing what he wants?"
"Hm, but of course, I vowed to always protect the students, no matter what. And Tom really must apologize for what he's done." And with that, Harry disappeared from the office and was standing in the hallway right outside of the Great Hall. Luna and Neville didn't disappoint and showed up just minutes after him.
A.N: Hello, everybody and thank you for your nice reviews! I hope that you all like this chapter as much as the last one!