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So, I was a student at Hogwarts but I still lived in Lawrenceville, NJ and apparently have since I was 10 (which is a lie, I lived in Monroe Township till last year), and it was like Hogwarts was brought to NJ. People on my street were suspicious of me, so Dumbledore figured out a way for me to attend both schools to keep suspicions at bay, a Time Turner. At my hs only my 3 favorite teachers knew what I really was, and that was because Dumbledore said I had full permission to tell those I trusted as long as I told him who first. I was attending Hogwarts with Hermione and Ron, and at times it was like Harry was another character but at other times I was seeing through Harry's eyes and I was the other character.
Anyway, one day I was hanging out with my chemistry teacher at the end of the day when all of a sudden his doors closed and locked, and his shades went down, then Dumbledore apparated into the room. I walked over to him and he said he needed to speak to me, I saw that his hand was black and I got a little scared. He'd never appareated to my hs before, usually if he needed to talk to me he waited till I went back in time and attended Hogwarts. I asked if it was ok that we stayed there and he looked up at my teacher, then down at me and nodded.
He looked back at my teacher and asked "Would you mind if I made these chairs a bit more comfortable?" and in complete shock, my teacher just nodded. Dumbledore waved his wand at three of the desks and they turned into arm chairs. Then he looked back at my teacher and he said "Sorry, I never properly introduced myself. I am Albus Dumbledore and I am A.J.'s headmaster at Hogwarts." and he extended his good hand to my teacher and he said "It's nice to meet you. I am A.J.'s Chemistry teacher here." and Dumbledore said "ahh Chemistry, I studied that once a long time ago, it's sort of like Potions." and he took a seat in one of the arm chairs, then we sat too. My teacher just nodded, not really knowing how to respond to Dumbledore. Then Dumbledore looked at me and said "I'm sorry to interupt your extra 5 minutes here, I know you look forward to these last moments of freedom from back to back school." and I said "It's ok, sir." and I faked a smile, like I'm so famous for doing when I'm really upset and he said "It doesn't seem ok, so I am terribly sorry I interupted because I'm sure this will only make your day worse." I nodded and he said, "I will be in and out of Hogwarts this year on important business and there is a possibility I won't be coming back." He stopped when he noticed how upset I was getting. He looked down at his feet then said "In the event I don't return in time for the Hogwarts Picnic Outing you came up with, I wish for you to still do it and try to keep everybody's spirits up. Especially Harry's. You two are so much alike and I think you could really help him." I nodded and said "Anything you wish, sir." He smiled and he tried to look into my downcast eyes. I looked up when I felt his eyes on me and I looked him in the eyes and he said "Well, that is all then. 3 turns and I'll see you soon." and with that he stood up, smiled and apparated. As he did, his chair turned back into a desk. I looked at my teacher and I started to cry, he stood up and his chair turned into a desk and he said "Come here, kiddo." I stood up and my chair also turned back into a desk and walked over to him and I said "Something bad is going to happen to him. When he said he may not come back...he...he means..." and I just started crying and he pulled me into a hug. I saw him bite his lip, he had bad news too but he wasn't going to tell me that day.
(I woke up at this point, apparently mumbled something incoherant to my sister and went back to sleep.) Now, it was Dumbledore's funeral and I watched as Harry ran away in tears. Remembering my promise to Dumbledore, I ran after him also in tears. He heard me and he turned around and said "I just want to be alone A.J." and I said "Don't we all?" and wiped at my falling tears. He looked down and said "I guess you're upset about the picnic being ruined." and I said "No...I'm upset because Dumbledore was much like a father to me." and Harry looked away and said "Yeah, me too." and I said "And a teacher from my other school was fired, he too was like a father to me. I lost 2 amazing friends in one year." and he said "That sucks." and I nodded, feeling more tears I looked down at my feet and said "I made a promise to Dumbledore that the picnic would go on and that....well, never mind." and he said "He told me to watch over you, I'm guessing he told you to watch over me?" I nodded and Harry shook his head and said "Leave it to Dumbledore to try and keep his favorite students together."
(I woke up again at this point, went to the bathroom then fell alseep in my mom's bed.) Now I was in my school library with Harry, we were reading books from Hogwarts but took them to my school so as not to be disturbed by other witches and wizards. We were trying so hard to believe that there was a way to bring Dumbledore back and get my principal fired so I could get my chemistry teacher back. Then Hermione came in and she told us to stop being so ridiculous, she said there was no way to bring somebody back from the dead and that I should get over the fact that my teacher was fired because he was obviously fired for a reason. Both Harry and I jumped up and told her to stop being annoying, and I also pointed out the fact I knew why my teacher was fired and it wasn't a good reason. Then she said "I'm upset too, but you two know you are being ridiculous." Then from behind a bookshelf came Dumbledore and he said "Now Mss. Granger, it is mighty nice of them to try." and the three of us turned around and just looked at him and I said "Sir...is that really you?" and he said "Yes Miss Black, it sure is." (that's not my real name, but I wouldn't mind being the daughter of Sirius!) and I said "How?" and he said "I requested a week here on Earth to help with the picnic." I knew he was lying about why he was here but I nodded and smiled. I had him back for the last week of school and that meant a lot to me.
(I woke up again, apparently moved from one side of my mom's bed to the other and went back to sleep.) Now I was sitting with Harry on the curb outside my house and we were both crying. I was saying "He lied...he left us." and Harry said "I should have known." and then I heard a motorcyle, but upon looking up and down the street I saw nothing. I dared to look up and I saw one landing. Harry was looking up too and he smiled, a white beard flying in the wind was obvious under the helmet. Dumbledore landed and he said "You two thought I left, didnt you?" We both looked down at our feet and he said "I just had to pick up Fang...and I ran into somebody you may know as your principal." and I was quick to say "What did you do?" and he said "I said hello." and I said "That's the man who fired my chemistry teacher!" and he said "I'm very sorry, I should have known better then to say hello to him of all people." but he smiled and I blushed. He said "Life isn't always fair A.J." and then he said "If it was, I'd have more then a week with you two." I looked down at my feet, then stood up and hugged him in tears. "Maybe, just maybe there is a way to bring him back but now is not the time. We have a picnic to plan."
He clapped his hands and we were at Hogwarts, everybody was excited and happy around us, they were all happy to see Dumbledore even though they knew he was only there for 5 more days. H ehad told everybody earlier during a speech. Dumbledore took me aside during the picnic and said "Somebody found his way around our magical barriers. He's in my office waiting to see you." and he smiled and winked. I ran to his office, and he strided proudly steps behind me. I yelled "lemon drops" at the gargoyle outside of his office and ran up the moving stairs, threw the door open and saw my chemistry teacher admiring Fawkes and Harry standing next to him. Harry turned around and grinned and I said "You didn't do this, did you?" and he nodded, my teacher turned around and said "Hey kiddo." and then Dumbledore came in and he said "Here's the deal...kiddo?...he can stay and teach D.A.D.A. until he gets his job back." and I smiled and said "Sounds good to me." and I hugged him, then he pulled Harry into the hug and he said "And as for you, as for both of you, I want you both to know that as long as you need me, I am here for you...right here." and he pointed to our hearts then he let us go and he said "It's time for me to go now." and we nodded and he said "I leave the school in your hands." and then he kind of faded and then when we looked at his portrait, it winked.
(I woke up again, and just turned over and went back to sleep.) and now I was outside playing soccer in the school field with Harry and some muggle friends, apparently a year had passed. As we were playing I swore I saw Dumbledore in the bleachers, but it was really just my chemsitry teacher. He had come to watch us play. I smiled and he waved, then I saw my principal heading down to the field, but then a very familiar looking man stopped him. Then it got all dark and cloduy and my muggle friends got scared and ran away, claiming we did something weird. I overheard the man say that my principal was fired and my pc repair teacher would be taking his spot. The man was apparently his boss, but when he turned around he looked like a young Dumbledore and he winked and smiled then walked toward us and said "Looks like fun, but I bet it'd be better on Hogwarts grounds. Looks like a fun game to mix with Quidditch, eh?" and he pointed to what would look like a run down factory to a muggle, but to us was the beauty that was Hogwarts and then he disapparated leaving Harry, my chemistry teacher & I smiling. We all knew Dumbledore had returned, but as a new man and a man who kept his promise, because now my teacher had the chance to go back to work at the hs...and another D.A.D.A. teacher was lost.

Excellent topic idea, Cy! 5 points to Gryffindor! smile

I am going to be perfectly honest and say that unless you separate that LONG post about your dream into separate paragraphs I'm not going to read it because there is no way that my poor eyesight will be able to tolerate reading it without me getting a headache. gonk

I have dreams involving Harry Potter characters ALL THE TIME! Sometimes, it involves Remus Lupin in a comprimising situation with me. wink Usually, however, it's Remus and Sirius being comprimising by themselves, and I'm not in the dream at all. That's okay because it's MY dream, so I see what's happening. biggrin wink

Actually, that's something unusual about me. I'm not in my own dreams most of the time. I've asked my friends and family, and they say dreams are normally from their own points of view. My theory is that it's the writer in me reflecting in my subconcious. I control the characters in my stories, but I'm not in the tales myself. The same is true for my dreams. 3nodding

I had a strange dream a few years ago. I was decorating a hall at Hogwarts and Peeves was messing it up. The guy I had a crush on in real life was in it too. It was odd and I think near valentines day, in the dream, not in real life. I felt slightly insane when I awoke.

I had one dream, I had replaced Harry as seeker, we played out an entire game, ten at the end, Harry was like extremely mad, so he began to hex me, and I was freaking out. Then, somehow, I threw a knife at him.

My dreams are either violent, or reeeeaaaally strange. I've had many HP dreams, though, it's weird.