Here's the next chapter as promised
Chapter 4 Hogwarts
“Well, it’s about time you lot arrived I was beginning to get worried you’d changed your mind.”
“Minerva, how good to see you.”
“Likewise, well you only have a short time until the students arrive. Now normally the Defence teacher would have the office in the Defence room but seeing as there is so many of you your bedrooms have been moved so they are behind the portrait of Godric Gryffindor next to the Great Hall. It has been added for your benefit and is fully equipped for all your needs. Now at Meals you adults will eat at the staff table but the two children will be allowed to eat at the Gryffindor table so they can be under the watchful eye of your other children. We have done a teaching time table for you so only three of you are teaching at one time so they other was is free to take care of the children. Now I also have a request of you four. I wish you four to be joint heads of Gryffindor as our last one has left. What do you say?”
“Sure why not we can take the duties in turn then it’s less of a load.”
“Well the password for your rooms is Godric Gryffindor but you can change it after you have said the first password so students will not accidentally open it up when they notice who it is a portrait of.”
“Thanks Minerva, did our trunks arrive?”
“Yes they are up in your rooms, now I will see you at Dinner, you will sit at the staff table and the children will sit at the end of the Gryffindor table. When James arrives I will pull him aside so he can take care of them until Albus is sorted.”
“Thank you we will come down just before the Students arrive to get the kids settled. We should be off to our rooms now so we don’t have to worry about it later.”
“I will see you later then.”
Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione and the kids left the office and headed back down to the Great hall. When they arrived there they saw a portrait of Godric Gryffindor that had not been there before. They walked up to it and it stared at them intensely. “Password?”
“Godric Gryffindor.”
The portrait swung open and they went inside. They were in a small common room and there were four desks each in different corners. They guessed they were their teacher’s desks. On each of them there was a timetable and a note. Harry picked his up and read it.
Dear Harry,
I hope you found this room easily. As you can see you each have your own desk. As for your bedrooms. There are three staircases. You and Ginny’s is on the far left, Ron and Hermione’s, the far right. Lily and Hugo have the one in the middle so they are between both your rooms. To change the password of your room tell it the password then say change it will ask you for the new password and then it will be set. There is another door in your room. This is the library; you can find any books you need in here. You will need different ones for each of your classes. There has been one has been set for each year but you can give different ones out if you wish. The book lists are shown in the library for your convenience. Hope you enjoy your time here at Hogwarts. See you at dinner.
MinervaAs he finished reading the letter he looked around and saw the others were doing the same. Suddenly Hermione ran to the extra door in the room. Harry guessed she had just read the bit about there being a library. They all followed her and stood in the doorway looking at the biggest library they had ever seen. It was bigger than the school’s own library.
“Hermione, I’m sure we can look in here later, why don’t we go and take a look at our bedrooms.”
Ron practically dragged Hermione out of the room. Harry and Ginny followed them shutting the door behind them. The two kids were waiting patiently in the middle of the room waiting to be told where they had to go.
“Lily, Hugo why don’t you go up the middle staircase you might find your room is up there.”
The two kids ran up there and they knew they were gone for hours. The four adults went up into their own room. There was a double four poster bed and the rooms were decorated in Gryffindor colours. They were just like their old dorms but there was only one bed and there was a door coming out of it. Harry went and took a look. He walked into a massive bathroom. There was a swimming pool size bath, two showers, two sinks and very lush towels. Ginny came up behind them and looked in awe at what they saw.
“Well, this is much better than our old ones. We should probably stop staring. Let’s go and see what the kid’s bedroom is like.”
The two of them left the room and went back down to the common room. They met Hermione and Ron coming down out of their own room.
“Mate, have you seen the bathrooms we get.”
“Yes Ron I have and I must say I like it. We were just going to see what the kid’s room is like.”
“Same here lets go.”
The four of them went up the middle staircase and knocked on the door of the kid’s room. The door was thrown open by Lily and Hugo.
“Mummy, mummy, I love it can we stay here forever?”
“Darling, we will be here the whole school year and probably for Christmas as well, but we will have to go home at the summer, just like everyone else. Now why don’t you show me round your room.”
Lily grabbed Ginny and Harry’s hands as Hugo did the same with Hermione and Ron. They took them to their beds which were single four poster beds just like they had had when they were at school. Then they were taken into their own bathroom which was a smaller version of their own ones.
“It looks brilliant Lily, but it’s getting late and the students will be arriving soon so we should get down to the Great Hall.”
The four of them left the room and went back through the common room. Outside they found Minerva about to come in.
“How do you like your rooms?”
“Minerva, they look brilliant, thank you. How far away is the train?”
“it will be pulling up soon. But, first have you changed the password of your room as many students will notice it when they come in.”
“Of course, what should we change it to Harry?”
“How about, the Marauders. I think they deserve to have a bit of history here.”
“Brilliant. Let’s do it.” Hermione turned towards the portrait. “Godric Gryffindor password change.” The portrait didn’t swing open but began to talk to them. “What do you wish to change it to?”
“The Marauders.”
“Thank you your password has been changed to the Marauders.”
“Well that’s done shall we go and take our seats?”
“Yes of course leave Lily and Hugo at the Gryffindor table and I will catch James before anyone comes in and sees them.”
At this the group walked into the hall and walked up to the Head table. Before they reached it they sat Lily and Hugo at the Gryffindor table. They found their seats at the top table as a few more teachers arrived.
“Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny. How good to see you.”
“Neville, it’s been too long. We’ve been good. I hear you are teaching herbology here.”
“That is correct. But, what are you lot doing here?”
“We’re the new defence teachers, but I would take your place the students seem to have arrived.”
As predicted, as soon as Neville took his seat people started to come in. Minerva walked through the side door with James and he said hello to his parents with a shocked look and went and sat with Lily and Hugo.
Sorry it ended suddenly but it was getting rather long it was over two pages on word. I have already written up chapters 5 to 11 and i hope that they will go up soon. I won't give you an overload of chapters so i will spaced them out. Feedback
HERE