Protection-The Hogwarts Plan-Christmas-Final

Protection – Christmas Holidays [Final]

Being grounded by Remus and Sirius wasn't honestly that horrible. Their grounding consisted of no flying, dueling, transforming of any kind and pranks.

In other words, he could read/study, talk to the portraits and explore Griffin's Den in more depth.

The portraits had found the way he threw Dumbledore and Umbridge out hilarious and they knew they would be talking about it for years.

Currently Harry was sitting in front of a non-floo useable fireplace with many books, both muggle and magical spread out around him. He was jotting down words every so often in a muggle notebook and pen. He was chewing on the end of it while he read something intently.

"Look what you've done to my son Moony! You're grounding has turned him into a book worm!" Sirius wailed dramatically as he and Remus entered the room with mugs of hot chocolate. Harry didn't even bother to look up, all too used to his father's outbursts.

"Lily would be so proud." Remus smirked and Harry smiled around his pen.

"What are you doing pup?" Sirius asked as he handed Harry his green mug of coco.

"Thanks Pa, well at the moment I'm figuring out what muggle doctors and wizard healers have in common and what they could combine to make things easier." Harry said. "I'm interesting in being able to help people, not just by fighting."

"You know your mom was on her way to becoming a healer before…" Remus revealed. "She had a notebook filled with her notes someplace."

"I think I saw her with it at Potter Manor… It could still be there." Sirius said after a moment of racking his brain.

"Could we go see Potter Manor when my grounding is finished?" Harry looked up eagerly. After Harry had unsealed it in the summer, he had to stay behind as Sirius and Remus wanted to make sure it was safe to visit.

"Sure thing pup." Sirius ruffled his son's black hair and Harry beamed before he moved from his spot on the floor and wiggled his way in between his father and uncle with his mug. He rested his head on Remus's shoulder and propped his feet up on Sirius' lap, the trio had taken this position many times before and usually it meant there was a story to be told.

"What do you want to hear about today cub?" Remus asked, sipping his own coco, being careful of Harry's head on his shoulder.

"Could you tell me about your reaction when Pa and Dad showed you they became Padfoot and Prongs for you?" Harry asked timidly.

"Good choice Pup!" Sirius beamed as he then started to tell Harry the story.

~~/~~

"So the whole school is still in a state of confusion then?" Harry asked his redheaded soul mates.

"Basically, you really caused some chaos." Fred said as he ran his fingers through the teen's black hair gently, letting his nails scrap against Harry's scalp earning a soft purring sound.

"Good." Harry said proudly as George pressed a kiss against Harry's jawline.

The trio were tangled together on Harry's bed in his room, it had taken some talking to be able to let the twins enter his room. Thankfully his green eyes worked to his advantage and unleashed a full on puppy dog pout, also the fact that he was worried about them after everything with Umbridge and Harry had just finished his grounding. It was only fair to be able to spend some time with his mates and even Sirius had to concede to that point.

"Are you two alright?" Harry asked as he placed his hand on George's cheek and the redhead put his hand over the hand on his cheek.

"Better now that we are with you." George said truthfully.

"Why didn't you tell me about the blood quill?" Harry asked, trying not to feel hurt that his mates didn't tell him about it.

"We didn't want you to worry, we didn't know if there was anything you could do… Besides she worked for the MoM and we didn't want to get dad in trouble…" Fred explained.

"That and we knew that if we told you, you would go to her in a rage and hex her into oblivion." George added.

"…You make some solid points and maybe I'll think about forgiving you…" Harry said slowly and his words caused George to swoop down and capture Harry's lips with his own, the moment George's lips were gone Fred's replaced them. They both backed away and looked down at Harry pleased at the flush on his cheeks and his swelling red lips.

"Still thinking about it." Harry smirked and Fred started to place kisses over Harry's throat as George ran his fingers through Harry's hair like Fred's had been before and his other hand ran high up Harry's thigh.

"You are forgiven." Harry almost melted under the touches and the twins gave him identical smiles.

"So when are you going to Potter Manor?" George asked curiously.

"Mmm, maybe tomorrow?" Harry said dazed, Fred's mouth was making his brain foggy.

"We'll be here when you get back if you need us." George promised and Fred hummed against Harry's neck in agreement before making sure that his hicky was visible.

"What did I do to deserve you two?" Harry asked, tilting his head towards George who swooped down and kissed him again, leaving his lips bruised.

"Just being you." George stated firmly.

"Just. Harry." Fred agreed, his voice low as he whispered it in Harry's ear, sending shivers down his spine. Harry wasn't sure if he could take this anymore, thankfully a stifled yawn left his lips.

"It's pretty late, why don't we get some sleep huh?" George dropped a kiss on Harry's nose and Fred pulled away from the raven's neck.

"Okay…" Harry's eyes fluttered shut and curled up in between the twins who exchanged small smiles and curled protectively around him.

~~/~~

Harry stumbled out of the fireplace in the arrival room of Potter Manor. Harry coughed a bit as he dusted himself off, moving out of the way of Remus and Sirius who were following close behind him.

"Welcome Cub, to Potter Manor." Remus beamed at his nephew who was looking around the room with excitement in his eyes.

Before Harry could say anything, Sirius wrapped his arm around his son's shoulder and excitedly steered the teen out of the room and down a few halls, the common theme of the house was Gryffindor red and gold.

"Where are we going Siri?" Harry asked curiously, passing by many closed doors that were just asking to be opened.

"Someplace extremely special, think of it as an early present." Sirius was barely keeping a straight face and if Harry had glanced behind him, he would see that Remus had a huge smile on his lips.

"Okay?" Harry said slowly, unsure if his father was sane at the moment or not.

"Close your eyes Pup!" Sirius was almost bouncing now as they stood in front of a gold trimmed double door that looked just like all the other doors in the manor Harry had seen so far.

"Okay, okay." Harry shut his eyes and felt himself behind ushered forward and maneuvered around the room before he was finally able to stand still.

"Anndddd open them!" Sirius called out and Harry opened his emerald eyes and his whole body froze up at the sight before him.

"…Mum? Dad?" Harry whispered as he stared at the almost wall sized portrait in front of him, housing a tall man who looked just like him (prior blood-adoption) and a women with fiery red hair and his emerald eyes.

"Oh Harry, my beautiful baby boy." Lily Potter gasped out, covering her mouth as her emerald eyes watered.

"You're so big…" James Potter swallowed hard, his eyes looking wet behind his glasses.

"How… I mean I don't…" Harry's mind was blank, everything he ever wanted to say to his parents after all these years were gone from his mind. He turned his eyes to look at Sirius and Remus for help.

"We found them when you unsealed the manor and were making sure it was safe for use… We wanted to come back and get you right away but we thought it would make a good present." Remus explained. "Don't worry, we have caught them up on everything."

"So you're not mad I was blood-adopted by Pa?" Harry glanced at his parents' portrait with a small voice, shifting on his feet.

"Mad? It was a bloody brilliant idea!" James grinned a familiar smile down at Harry. "I mean, clearly your mother and I aren't around anymore and from what we heard, you deserve so much more and it's obvious that your dogfather is insane but loves you."

"You are still our son Harry, and we will love you no matter what." Lily agreed and Harry couldn't help but beam up at his parents.

"So we heard that you have a soul-mate bond, these little buggers wouldn't tell us anything about it so… Spill Prongslet." James leaned forward interested. "I bet your mate has red hair, it's a known fact that Potter's fall for redheads."

Remus and Sirius started to full out laugh at those words.

"Well uh… My mates are magical twins…" Harry started, unsure how his parents would take to him being gay and with twins no less. He squared his shoulders and looked up with determination.

"Fred and George Weasley are my soul-mates and yes Dad they are redheads."

"Twins… That's my boy!" James cheered.

"Dad!" Harry felt his cheeks heat up and it looked like his mom was on the verge of tears once again.

"Oh my baby boy! So grown up already!" She sniffed as James patted her shoulder as he beamed.

"Do they treat you right? Have Padfoot and Moony given them a proper talking too? Have they touched you anywhere inappropriate? Do you need to learn the right spells for lubrication?" Lily then went on asking questions and Harry was sure he was about to faint right on the spot from all the blood racing to his face.

"Calm down Lils, I think if you say anything else he is going to pass out." Remus cut in amused. "Show them your animagus form Cub."

Harry beamed at the distraction and quickly shifted into his fox form and Lily cooed at how beautiful he was and James puffed out his chest looking proud.

"He also mastered the patronus charm at age 13 and Prongs… It's your stag form." Remus said softly and James had to wipe at his eyes to stop himself from crying. Harry shifted back to his human form and smiled up at his parents, not being able to take his eyes off of them.

"I think they want to hear about what happened before the end of term. You'll be so proud Prongs." Padfoot suggested and Remus rolled his eyes and with a nod from his parents Harry launched into his story, most of which had James cheering but mainly had Lily and James swearing and seething.

"Sirius, hug my boy for me please." James said rubbing his temple at the end of Harry's story.

"Will do Prongies." Sirius then swept Harry into a hug and Harry let out a puff of air slightly annoyed.

"So you are going to be moving us to Griffin's Den correct?" Lily turned a glare onto Remus. "I want to be with my baby from now on."

"I think that can be arranged." Remus swallowed nervously, not wanting to upset the witch.

"That's what I thought." She said smiling cheerfully.

"Oh yeah, I do get my temper from mum." Harry said in understanding.

"That is an understatement, but having those potions in you didn't help matters." Remus nodded his head and Sirius let out a hiss.

"You need to be careful when you go back, I'll bet you anything that Dumbledore and that toad will be out for your blood." Sirius said worried, tightening his grip on his son.

"I figured as much, but I can take care of myself and if not then I know you two will find me." Harry said firmly, to sooth everyone (himself included).

"Damn right." Sirius huffed as he placed his chin on Harry's head.

"Oh look Lils, Padfoot is being possessive and protective again." James cooed and Lily whacked her husband's arm.

"He's also insane." Remus added in.

"Thanks for that Moony." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Blame Azkaban."

"Excuses!" Remus waved his hand.

"I think that's a pretty good excuse!" Sirius said offended.

"They are like this all the time." Harry told his parents portraits knowingly. "It's like they are married."

"So Remus is the overprotective mother hen then?" James smirked and Remus made an offended noise.

"Almost as bad as Siri." Harry said solemnly causing Sirius to make the same noise.

"It's getting late, make sure you get some sleep Harbear." Lily told her son who blushed at the nickname.

"Yes mum." Harry felt so odd saying those words to her.

"We will make sure you get moved to the den." Sirius promised.

"Cub, are you going to try your personal method of transportation?" Remus looked down at the teen that grinned.

"I perfected it back at school!" Harry closed his eyes and his magic flared before he disappeared into a shadow.

"Shadow travel, his animagus form is powerful." James breathed out impressed.

"Thank you for taking care of Harry." Lily smiled at the two who blushed and Sirius threw his arm around Remus's torso before the two disappeared with a crack leaving the house elves to transfer the portrait to Griffin's Den.

~~/~~

"Someone looks." George looked up from his place on his bed.

"Rather pleased with something." Fred finished from where he was beside his twin on the bed.

Harry shed his outer robe and shoes leaving him in dark green skinny jeans with a white t-shirt, the twins made room for him and when he sat down they adjusted around him.

George laid his head in Harry's lap and the raven started to run his fingers through the red hair while Fred moved so his back was against the backboard and Harry was placed between his legs that were bent at the knees.

"I met my parents! Well the portrait version of them but still!" Harry beamed and he got two smiles back in response.

"That's amazing!" They both chorused. Harry went on to tell them everything that happened at Potter Manor before talk turned to their trip to Diagon Alley for some last minute shopping before Christmas.

"Have you guys got everything set?" Harry asked, the twins were very secretive about their gifts.

"Just about." Fred said as he dropped a kiss on Harry's hair.

"What about you babe?" George asked.

"I just need to pick up something for Nev and Luna then I'm set." Harry said thinking over all the gifts in his mind as he closed his eyes, his body slumping against Fred as the day's emotions caught up with him.

"Sleep babe, we won't leave you." Fred promised as he wrapped his arms around Harry's chest and George hummed in agreement from his spot on Harry's lap.

"Thanks…" Harry breathed out loudly before he fell into an easy, warm sleep.

~~/~~

"This place is a mad house, it's even worse than when we are shopping for the school year." Harry stated as he looked around the extremely decorated and busy Diagon Alley.

"I forgot, it's your first time in Diagon Alley during Christmas time." Charlie patted Harry's shoulder. "Just stick with someone and you will be fine."

"Will do, thanks!" Harry smiled at the taller man as he glued himself between Fred and George. Sirius was huffing to Remus about how his own son would rather be with the twins than him. Remus just flicked Sirius's forehead before he kept looking at a nearby book on display.

"I need to go in here, I think I'll be able to find Luna's gift here." Harry spoke up from between the twins, pulling them into a jewelry store.

"Should we…" George raised an eyebrow.

"Be worried?" Fred finished also raising an eyebrow.

"No way, she's my honorary sister and she deserves something beautiful for Christmas." Harry said truthfully as he gazed around the store and he stopped when he spotted the perfect gift for her.

"That's it." Harry made his way to the gift and the twins whistled lowly.

The item was a beautiful choker; it was pure silver studded with small red Topaz stones and in the middle of the choker was a large Sapphire stone.

Without delay Harry quickly ordered the choker and had it set to arrive to the Lovegood residence on Christmas with a message from Harry that he quickly wrote out to her. He had quickly waved his wand over the choker putting in some safety features so the wearer could only remove it and anyone who touches it without the wearer's permission will be given a small shock. He heard about her bullying for being 'Loony Luna' and while he had no proof to do anything about it, he wanted to make sure this gift would only be her's and no one could take it from her.

The group left the store and all Harry's mind power was focused on Neville's gift.

Thanks to his and Luna's prodding the teen had finally gotten a new wand and it was working out well for him, however Harry wasn't sure if the teen had been tested for blocks and potions so he would have to broach that in the new year. However when he found himself by the alley entrance for Knockturn Alley he found himself thinking of the perfect gift for the other teen and turned around to find Sirius and Remus.

"Pa, Uncle Moony!" He hurried over to the two, leaving the twins to talk with their older brothers about something.

"What's up pup?" Sirius asked curiously.

"I have an idea for Neville but I don't know if Ollivander will have what I have in mind…" Harry trailed off.

"What are you thinking Cub?" Remus was now curious.

"Well he finally got his own wand, but he keeps loosing it or dropping it… I was thinking of a wand holster like mine, but it would be keyed to his blood so it would return to him no matter where it is." Harry explained in a hushed tone.

"You're holster is keyed into your magic, but if what you think about Neville's magic is correct then that would useless so blood is a very solid alternative." Remus mused.

"So in other words, you want to go into Knockturn Alley?" Sirius hit the nail dead on.

"The 'Boy who lived' can't just walk into Knockturn Alley and ask for an item like that." Harry said with an annoyed look on his face.

"I could change, but people would notice if the BWL disappeared around the same time a new person emerged from no where." He gestured to the 'hidden' press around Diagon Alley.

"Very solid point. Moony will you do the honors?" Sirius looked over at the werewolf who had already blended into the crowd and Sirius barked out a laugh and started to talk loudly with Harry to keep the presses attention on the two instead of where Remus was disappearing.

"Brilliant Pa." Harry commented as the two caught up with the Twins, Bill and Charlie.

"I thought so too, have you decided what to get your father yet?" He turned to the redheads who all exchanged looks.

"Yeah a better job." The group said in unison.

"But we just don't know how to." Charlie ran a hand over his tanned face.

"Well I just might have the answer to that." Sirius grinned. "I'll be telling everyone about it on Christmas, so just buy the odd thing for your dad." Sirius winked at them, sure they had confused looks on their faces but they knew Sirius well enough by now to trust what he said was the truth.

Harry opened his mouth to ask a question when he froze, he could see his breath. That wasn't unusual in December but he had felt this kind of cold before and from the way Sirius tensed up he knew he was right.

Dementors.

"Why the hell are they here?" Sirius swore as he flicked out his wand, the others following his lead just as the screams started up. They spun around to see at least 10 of them descending towards the crowded streets.

"Questions later Pa, right now… Expecto Patronum!" Harry held up his wand and felt his magic flow through it and out sprang an enlarged version of Prongs.

"Too right pup. Expecto Patronum!" Sirius agreed and a large grim sprung from his wand.

"Expecto Patronum!" The Weasley's shouted and out flew two foxes, one dragon and one falcon. The group of patroness's attacked the group of Dementors, driving them back away from the crowd. Aurors appeared on the scene and more patroness's leapt out at the Dementors. A large wolf leapt over Harry's head and he knew that Remus had joined the fray.

Harry felt his rings pulse and the air around him shook; he spun around to see Umbridge herself standing there furiously, wand held up at eye level. The rings had blocked the spell that was coming for his back.

"You ruined EVERYTHING! I'll kill you myself if the Dementors can't do it!" She shrieked, it was barely heard, as the crowd was loud around them.

"Just try it!" Harry dropped down into his dueling stance, based off his small body and his fox instincts.

She shot many AK's at the teen, which using his newfound grace dodged much to her anger. She was so busy trying to kill Harry that she didn't notice a single Dementors flying down towards her.

Harry dodged the final curse and went to spell her back, but he froze in his spot as he spotted the Dementors wrapping its bony fingers around the toad's throat and with it's spare hand it lowered it's hood and performed the kiss on the toad.

Harry stared in shock at the Dementors as Prongs returned to his side. The Dementors let Umbridge's soulless form drop to the ground, replacing its hood before it turned to look at Harry. Prongs tensed at his side, ready to jump in and protect his wizard when the Dementors inclined it's head at Harry before it lifted up into the air and left with the retreating group of Dementors.

"What was that?" Harry mused aloud as he petted Prongs absentmindedly.

"Harry! Are you okay?" Sirius called out as the group rushed towards him, their patronesses disappeared as they went.

"I'm fine, Umbridge just tried to kill me, but a Dementors came and kissed her, it then bowed it's head to me and took off…" Harry explained in shock.

"Here, eat this." Remus was passing out chocolate, the inner DADA professor rearing its head.

"Thanks Professor." Fred, George and Harry all chorused much to Sirius's amusement and Remus's embarrassment.

"That's enough excitement for one day I think, let's go back to the Den." Sirius clapped his hand and the other whole-heartedly agreed. Remus informed Harry that the holster will be mailed to Neville and he had added some extra security features to it just like what Harry did to Luna's gift.

The group linked together and they disappeared from Diagon Alley with a crack before anyone could question them.

~~/~~

"Wake up Harryyyyyyy." Three voices sang, rousing Harry out of his slumber.

"Whhaaattt?" Harry grumbled as he turned over in his bed.

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS!" The trio sang louder, pouncing on the sleeping teen.

"It better be in the double digits at least." Harry opened his eyes drowsily.

"We know better than that, it's 10." Sirius rolled his eyes and the twins nodded having experienced Harry's wrath when they woke him up early on his days off.

"The others are waiting in the living room." Sirius then dragged the twins from the room. Harry stumbled from his bed into the bathroom and washed his face and quickly brushed his teeth to rid himself of morning breath. He glanced down at his black tank top and green sleep pants and shrugged, it would work. He stuffed his feet into some black slippers and padded his way down the stairs to the living room where the others were waiting, each in their own sleep clothes.

"I'm here, I'm here." Harry yawned, throwing himself down between his twins on the couch.

"Someone isn't a morning person." His mother's voice teased from the portraits new spot beside Godric who was meeting with the other portraits for their traditional Christmas morning gathering.

"Not in the slightest." Harry deadpanned, curling into George's side.

"You get that from both Sirius and Lily." James deadpanned back before he ducked down to avoid being whacked by the redhead.

"Can we open the presents now Moony?" Sirius whined looking at the werewolf who just rolled his eyes and waved his hand as a go ahead. Sirius beamed like a little kid and danced around the huge, beautifully decorated pine tree by the fireplace. He picked up gifts, handing them out to the correct person.

"Everyone that has a gift from us." Fred held his hand up.

"Open them and we shall explain." George finished. The rest of the family exchanged looks before opening the small boxes. Inside the boxes were leather bracelets; each one was made of soft brown leather.

"They are beautiful, but what do these symbols mean?" Arthur Weasley asked running his fingers over the symbols.

"On the outside they are each of our initials…" Fred started to explain, showing the letters H, S, R, F, G, C, B, A, N and L.

"On the inside are runes, they are attached to each of our health. If something magical befalls one of us that person's initials will glow green, if something non-magical like a punch or whatnot happen the initials will glow blue and if someone has… Died or is close to it the initials will glow red." George explained.

"Also they work as portkeys to the Den, the password is 'safety'." Fred finished up the explanation as the people in the room fastened them to their wrists that didn't have their wand holsters. "We also have two for Neville and Luna."

"These are ingenious." Remus breathed out thoroughly impressed.

"We do try." The twins smirked.

"My turn, open them up guys!" Harry was trying not to bounce on the spot.

Harry had gotten Charlie got a leather armband with a rune carved in it, he looked at Harry questioningly.

"It's a protection rune, knowing that you work with dragons and from personal experience with one 1st hand it wards you from fire, poison and dragon claws." Harry explained and he got warm smiles from the other Weasley's, as they all were worried about Charlie working with dragons.

"I don't even know what to say… Thank you Harry!" Charlie smiled brightly as he pulled the armband on and the rune glowed briefly.

Bill opened his next to see his dragon tooth earring, the one that Charlie had given him. He had wondered where that went… He took a closer look and noticed that runes were etched into the surface.

"More runes?" He asked curiously.

"As long as you wear that with the runes engraved it will allow you to see the different levels of spell work and wards." Harry explained.

"Amazing, this will make my job easier." Bill breathed out excited as he put the tooth back in his ear and blinked as the runes glowed.

"Fred, George I can see the spell work you put into these bracelet, it's really high level." He complimented his little brothers who just beamed under the praise. "Thanks Harry!"

Arthur was next and he gently unwrapped a small box and when he opened it he saw it was a Gringotts key.

"Harry?" He held up the golden key in confusion.

"I may have pulled some strings at Gringotts and opened a new vault for you, getting you back all your money plus interest from your ex and all your heirlooms." Harry rubbed the back of his neck and Arthur looked at him in shock. "You didn't deserve what she did to you, so this is just something I could do for you."

"This is… Thank you Harry." Arthur smiled, his eyes watery.

Remus opened his gift next, it was a contract and he stared down at it in shock. "Cub, how?"

"What is it Moony?" Sirius asked curiously.

"It's a contract from a publishing firm that deals in both the muggle and wizarding world… It turns out they read a copy of a book I was working on and they want to publish it." Remus said his voice confused.

"When Pa and I were helping you move into Griffin's Den I may have found a copy of your transcript and sent it off…" Harry grinned cheekily.

"Cub, thank you." Remus swallowed before he easily plucked the teen out from between his twins and pulled him into a crushing hug.

"My turn!" Sirius grinned and he opened the box and pulled out a black studded dog collar and his eyebrow twitched.

"Read the tag." Harry was biting his lip to stop laughing.

"Sirius Black. If found sober return to Harry Potter. If found drunk return to Remus Lupin." He read out and Remus groaned while the Weasley's roared with laughter, including James and Lily in the portrait. Harry just smirked and laughed as he was pulled onto his pa's lap and tickled.

"I give!" Harry had tears rolling down his cheeks thanks to the tickling.

"Check under the collar pa." Harry rolled his eyes as Sirius refused to let him return to his place by his twins and held him hostage in his lap. Sirius using one hand pulled out a photo album, the other arm was around Harry's waist possessively.

"A photo album?" Sirius raised an eyebrow and flipped it open and he froze.

"I raided a lot of vaults and took a lot of photos but it was worth it for you Pa." Harry blushed. Inside the album contained photos from back in Sirius's years in Hogwarts all the way up to right now.

"Thank you pup, you have no idea what this means to me… I thought they were all lost the night your parents died." He said hoarsely.

"Hmpf, so little faith." James huffed from the portrait before Lily whacked him for ruining the moment between Sirius and Harry.

The twins opened their boxes in sync like they usually do. Inside sat silver necklaces, the pendant was of Harry's fox form, and Fred's was made of a black diamond while George's was made of emerald.

"Wow." They breathed in sync as they fastened the necklaces around their necks and the pendants glowed before settling down.

"They are layered with spells, runes and can be used as a portkey to Potter Manor with the password Shadow Fox." Harry explained, not looking up as his cheeks flushed pink.

"Looks like Sirius…" Fred smirked at Harry.

"Isn't the only possessive one in the family." George finished with a smirk as well.

"We love them." They said in sync.

"I'm glad." Harry muttered still blushing while Lily and James were cooing from their place on the wall, this did nothing to help his blush.

Gift giving went for the rest of the morning and everyone was very pleased with the gifts and the thoughts that went into them.

Lunch was held out on the enchanted patio overlooking the pitch and the lake behind the Den/castle.

"So your new headmistress came to visit a week or so ago." Sirius said casually. "She wanted to talk about some staffing matters and what the hell actually happened with Dumbledore. So we happily filled her in, also it sounds like next year you are going to be in for a real treat."

The twins pouted as this year was their final year and Remus caught it and quickly made to add in something important. "Minnie decided to add an extra year to those who want it. Since the teaching has been lacking to say the least in the previous years, she has decided the extra year option would be a good start to the re-haul she is giving the school."

"Brilliant!" The twins grinned and Harry smiled happy that there was a good chance he would get to spend another school year with his twins.

"However for this coming term she needs some new professors. Moony here is going to be teaching years 1-4 in DADA while I will take years 5-7/8. However it seems they are lacking one professor… Arthur we have all decided on you to take over from Binns for History of Magic… If you want it that is." Sirius announced, gaining cheers from the three students at him and Moony teaching them and then all attention turned to Arthur who was impersonating a fish out of water.

"Me? A professor?" He gasped. "I don't have a mastery! I couldn't possibly!"

"The mastery can be easily obtained, hell you could have it done and lesson plans made up by the time school is in session at the end of the holidays." Remus commented and Arthur thought about it for a bit while the twins, Harry, Bill and Charlie all talked about their gifts and Quidditch.

"I'll do it." Arthur spoke up firmly and cheers erupted from the table.

"Excellent, I'll mail Minnie tomorrow." Sirius beamed.

The twins and Harry exchanged looks, things were changing in Hogwarts and they couldn't wait.