Chapter Fifteen Part Three: Hogwarts Part Three
It quickly changed from September to October and Harry was busy with his classes mostly his fifth and Sixth years, which could now produce a shield Patronus and deflect the Dummy Dementors with ease while his Seventh years were now able to quickly shake the Imperius Curse and were studying the effects of the Cruciatus Curse now, his first and second years mastered their basics and moved to a slightly more advanced stage and his third and fourth years had already passed through their entire lesson plan for the year.
"Harry I must applaud you m'boy my third years can do magic I couldn't do at that age." Slughorn said bowing jokingly at Harry.
"I agree Harry. I have never seen a Ravenclaw work so hard as in your classroom." Flitwick said sitting on a chair in Harry's office.
"I'm amazed Harry. I truly am." Sprout said sipping a Butterbeer.
"Thank you the three of you but it's the students will and strength that makes them smart." Harry said going red.
"Nonsense Harry I have never seen so many first years practising their shield charms." Slughorn said looking at his former pupil with a look of happiness.
"Umm…Sir Professor Dumbledore requests you to see him in his office the password is 'Treacle tart' for some reason." A nervous first year said to Harry.
"Thank you Stan." Harry said leaving his office and entering Dumbledore's where he saw the Headmaster talking to his own portrait.
"Sir I don't think talking to yourself is very healthy." Harry said laughing.
"Ah Harry you're here. I couldn't resist keeping the portrait now at least I have an honest opinion." Dumbledore said laughing at his own portrait. "Now the reason you are here Harry is I have a request; will you become my assistant when I am Minister?" He asked looking at Harry through his half-moon spectacles
"Sir I only just got the hang of teaching I mean my students are advancing amazingly faster than normal." Harry said taking a seat.
"I understand but we are waiting on a friend now Harry." Dumbledore said pointing to his fireplace.
Alastair Moody appeared from the green flames looking more complete than Harry had seen him, his scars were gone and his magic eye wasn't needed as he now had his original one back. "Potter, how you keeping?"
"Fine Alastair, and yourself?" Harry asked looking at the once D.A.D.A teacher and Order of the Phoenix head.
"Good! I'm just here to see about a job in Defence against the Dark Arts." He said sitting down and taking his travel flask out.
"I see so if I take the assistant job old Mad-eye takes mine it's a good idea." Harry said looking at the two men smiling.
"Then you will take the position?" Dumbledore asked while pouring two glasses of Firewhiskey and offering one to Moody.
"No thanks Albus I'm off the stuff." He said looking away.
"I don't know Sir I like teaching D.A.D.A classes." Harry said thinking of the fun he's having teaching.
"Harry…do you recall our conversation last May about my lust for power in my youth?" Dumbledore asked looking visibly upset by his past actions.
"Yes Sir I do but, I finally have some normality in my life Headmaster and I just want to enjoy it." Harry said looking at his mentor and his most trusted ally.
"Forgive me Harry for I am being selfish. Of course you want to enjoy your first real taste of normality but please keep the job in mind and I'd need an answer by the anniversary as that is when I take the position." Dumbledore said looking through his half-moon spectacles at Harry.
"I will sir but may I ask what Mad-eye is doing here?" Harry asked looking at the now retired Auror.
"I'm here to give you a break Harry. I'm taking your classes for a few weeks so you can plan your wedding with Ms. Weasley." Moody said.
"Thank you the both of you as I assume this is your idea Headmaster."
"That it is Harry, now go and pack some of your things and go home to relax with your Fiancée and give her my best wishes for her wedding day." Dumbledore said shaking Harry's hand.
Harry left and packed his stuff and Floo'd home and to his surprise saw someone he didn't expect; Dobby.
"Dobby you're alive but how?" Harry asked looking confused as Dobby wasn't killed by Dark Magic but a knife owned by Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Dobby was killed by knife enchanted to hit anything not pure-blooded so Dobby was able to pass through veil when Winky and Kreacher tried to see if Dobby could come back sir." Dobby said hugging Harry tightly.
"Dobby…would you like to work for the Potter family?" Harry asked looking at the elf.
"Dobby would be honoured to work for the House of Potter Sir." He said bowing his head and crying in happiness.
"Thank you Dobby." Harry said hugging the elf tightly.
Harry then went and freed the other ten elves deciding that one elf would be enough he went and told Ginny about his time off and Dobby's employment.
"Eleven elves Harr, are you serious?" She asked looking mystified.
"No. One elf I freed the other ten." He said holding Teddy in his arms kissing his head softly.
"Thank Merlin for that! They were driving me nuts. At least it's only Dobby now." She said kissing Harry on the cheek and taking Teddy in her arms to sit on their old rocking chair in the manor.
"Yeah that is a relief." He said trying to think how to tell Ginny about his job offer.
"What's wrong babe?" Ginny asked looking at Harry's face it was deep in thought.
"Dumbledore has agreed to become Minister of Magic." Harry said sitting on the chair opposite her.
"That's amazing!" Ginny said knowing that Dumbledore would never be a corrupt Minister.
"He's offered me the assistant of the Minister position." Harry said looking at the look of shock on Ginny's face.
"Percy is going to be so jealous." She said laughing at the thought.
"I'm not sure about taking the job." He said coldly she knew he liked teaching.
"Harr, you should take the job it's an amazing opportunity for you." She said placing Teddy in his chair and walking over to sit with Harry. "I mean Percy always wanted to put family behind and now he is better and I know what's troubling you; you're worried you will be like Crouch or Fudge and go power mad, but that won't happen baby." She said kissing his cheek softly.
"It's not that…Umbridge." He said slowly clenching his scarred hand.
"That old toad of a witch, what she got to do with it?" Ginny asked looking confused.
"She's planning an escape attempt out of Azkaban." Harry said sternly looking at Ginny and Teddy.
"How do you know that?" Ginny asked now worried about Harry.
Harry told her about the trial and the threat Umbridge had said to them all and then told her he was checking up on her in Azkaban through Dean Thomas who was a guard stationed there.
"Is she doing anything you know suspicious?" Ginny asked becoming increasingly worried.
"Just writing a lot in her cell, every day she requests parchment and a quill and writes all day. Dean thinks she's writing a book on her innocence and unfair treatment by blood-traitors and half-breeds." Harry said rocking gently obviously worried about his family's safety.
"It sounds like she's writing her laws for when she believes she'll break out." Ginny said taking a yawning Teddy to bed and returning holding her slightly swelled stomach and rubbing.
"My thoughts entirely." Harry said rubbing Ginny's feet and relaxing in his chair.
"Oh that feels amazing my love. Your mom was here all day asking how I was, insisting I relax it was nice." Ginny said. Her eyes closed enjoying the massage on her feet.
"Sounds about right, I wrote her a letter a week after I left for Hogwarts asking her to look in on you for me. My own professional spy." He said jokily as he kept rubbing her feet and offering to run her a bath.
"You crafty devil, how were you not in Slytherin?" She asked in a mock voice Harry knew from a year of her using it with Muriel.
Suddenly an owl appeared with a letter in its beak for Harry.
Mr. Potter
I have found evidence of a dangerous wand I believe to be the brethren of the Elder Wand.
Please meet me at my store at your earliest convenience.
Garrick Ollivander.
"Oh shit!" Harry said looking at the letter and sent his Patronus off to Dumbledore.
"What's wrong? Did she break out?" Ginny asked looking worried.
"Nothing that bad Gin, relax for the babies sake." He said comforting her in his arms.
"Okay, but what's wrong?" She asked looking at the letter her eyes narrowed and her throat became dry. "Shit!"
Dumbledore appeared out of the fireplace. "Harry, what's wrong? You're call sounded urgent." He said taking the letter and reading it. "Oh dear, it looks like we have a problem on our hands."
"Indeed Headmaster, I'm taking your offer and you can tell Professor Moody to keep the equipment." Harry said looking serious as he did the day he decided to hunt the Horcruxes.
A/N: I know Harry loved D.A.D.A but when there's a crisis he's the only one who can solve it.