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Author's Note - Harry Potter makes his Grand Entrance...
Chapter fifteen.
A couple of days had passed with various other small incidents, such as; after Malfoy had finally figured out the reverse charm to the honking and Hermione had gotten the small De La Garza girl successfully out of trouble, she had gone into her classroom only to find out that he had put the same spell on the door she had put on the Room of Requirement during their Fifth Year.
As soon as she or any of her students walked through the door, they were spit back out. To sort that out, she had taken her class outside, where they had studied the natural transfiguration of the 'Dancing Mushrooms' a small type of animal that had learnt to transfigure itself to suit the environment and hide from predators.
But she had later gotten him back when she had re-decorated his whole dungeon classroom pink and purple.
She found Nyx completely featherless.
He found Draco Jr. (the ferret…Get your head out of the gutter!) stark naked.
The Great Hall was abuzz during dinner on the second week with the feud going between their two new professors. Of course, they all attributed it to the fact they were childhood enemies. No-one had guessed that it was because they were betrothed and were releasing all the anger they had at the forced intrusion in their lives at each other. Of course, no-one knew they were betrothed either…except Remus, Neville and Minevra, and none of them said anything, finding the situation too funny.
Although the one person who had suggested that it was sexual tension within earshot of the two fighting found himself as a cauldron in Professor Malfoy's First Year class…It was the only time when the two were seen collaborating with glee. Eventually he occupied one of the hospital wing's beds after a boy with a bigger magnet for trouble than Harry and a larger aversion to Potions than Neville and Seamus combined had chosen to mix all the wrong ingredients together.
Suddenly the doors burst open and the Man-Who-Defeated strode in. The students all stopped in the middle of dinner to stop and stare, Hermione even noticed a boy with a fork dangling from his hand and food still piled in his gaping mouth and she wrinkled her nose. He walked past them casually and up to the staff table. Draco stood up and Harry stopped. The two wizards stared at each other, eyes narrowed. Draco jumped on top of the table, scaring the students who all drew back unconsciously, and over the side, to stand, eye to eye, with Harry. The student body drew in a deep collective breath, here was another infamous rivalry and they were waiting for blood to be spilt.
The staring contest lasted for a couple of seconds before the two burst out laughing and clapped each other on the shoulders.
"Harry!"
"Draco!"
Draco steered him around the end of the table as the two continued to tease each other, laughing heartily.
"What are you doin' in this hell hole again? I thought I only had to be stuck with one third of the Golden Trio! Not two!"
"Aw, can't keep me from Hogwarts for long! Even if it is just to go to your wedding!"
"And who gave you the invite?"
"Hermione of course! I'm gonna be her Maid of Honour!"
"You're a bit too ugly to be Maid of Honour, aren't you?"
The entire hall was silent, gaping mouths everywhere, as they watched the friendly banter between two former enemies. Hogwarts got stranger every year.
Neville stood up from the other end and walked past the long teacher's table to happily greet Harry as well. Now the silence had turned to disbelieving murmurs. The three men continued laughing, until they reached Hermione's seat. She sat there, her arms folded and legs crossed, with an eyebrow raised.
"Harry, is that anyway to greet your best friend?"
He grinned a huge smile and bent down to enfold her in a hug.
"Just leaving the best till last!" He said happily, hauling her up and spinning her around as she squealed.
When he put her down, she grinned up at him, "And why exactly are you here? I know it definitely isn't for a wedding." This time she turned and glared at Malfoy who smirked back at her and waggled his eyebrows suggestively, leaving her to roll her eyes. The students had gone back to their chatter when Harry had greeted Hermione, so they now talked in relative privacy.
He smiled, "Nah, 'Mione, 'member? I'm teaching D.A.D.A here now!"
"NO! You're jokin' mate! Really?" Draco exclaimed, a grin playing on his face.
"Yes, really, Professor Malfoy. Welcome back to Hogwarts, Potter." McGonagall had walked up behind the four excited professors. The other three walked away leaving Harry with McGonagall who proceeded to give him the run-down on what was expected of him.
"-I'll give you one days grace, in which you will have time to review your lesson plans,' here McGonagall gave him a hard look, 'you do have a lesson plan, don't you, Mr. Potter." McGonagall stated and Harry hastily nodded, mentally noting to talk to Hermione later.
"Good. Now, you will also be dorm buddy with Mr. Malfoy and share a commons with Ms. Granger and Ms. Fletcher. Is that understood?"
Once again Harry hastily nodded and McGonagall gave him a hard look before turning away and returning to her breakfast.
"Whew!" He stated before collapsing in a chair next to Hermione. Draco and Neville had both left to their own spots on opposite parts of the table.
Hermione smiled kindly at him, "Its good to have you back Harry."
He smiled back tiredly, "It's good to be back 'Mione, now I just have to wait and see who my fiancée is!"
She patted his hand absentmindedly, "I'm sure she'll be brilliant. They can't marry just anyone off to the Saviour of the Wizarding World."
He frowned, "You know, I thought McGonagall would've given me a place like Neville's and Hannah's if my fiancée works in Hogsmeade.' He shrugged, 'they mustn't have gotten round to it yet."