Haha! I'm updating! Suprised, eh? I hope you like this, I've had this chapter done for a while, not sure why I didn't post it. . . .as for the next chapter, that's all up here! (Points to my head.) Yes, it's safe! Now, where did I put my cell phone? I thought it was over here. . . THAT'S A SPIDER!

Okay, on with the show!

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Harry slowly opened his eyes as light flooded in the windows of the room. He inhaled deeply and turned on his side, it was then that he noticed that he was on a couch, not in his four-poster bed, and he had a think blanket over him. He looked around, everything was really fuzzy, his glasses were probably off. He reached up and touched his face. Yep, no glasses. Then he heard a quiet giggle a few feet away that instantly recognized as his mother's.

Mother. His mother. Finally.

He smiled and sat up on the couch. "Ha ha, very funny, mom." he joked. He'd now know that laugh anywhere, every time he told her a story about his time at Hogwarts she'd laugh. And whenever she'd tell him a story about James, his dad, she'd burst out laughing.

Lily smiled, although Harry couldn't see this. "It is, your just as blind as your father. You really should get contacts, they'd come in handy when in duels." she said leaning forward and picking up his glasses off the coffee table, then she handed them to him.

Harry placed his glasses on his face. "Sorry, I don't like the idea of touching my eyes." he pause and smirked. "Besides, glasses make the man."

Lily then started laughing. "Yes, that's exactly what he said."

Harry stretched and sighed. "So, what happened? Why didn't I go up to my room?"

Lily shrugged. "You feel asleep on the couch and I didn't want to wake you, besides, you probably would have gotten caught my Flitch."

"Don't you know me at all?" said Harry leaning back with a smug smile. "I've only been telling you of my great adventures for the past week," he smiled at that, the last week with his mother had been perfect. "And it's in my blood, you've been telling me that dad and Sirius always snuck around after curfew."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Yes, and I didn't approve of it then either. . .honestly, three-headed dogs, dragons - you're a walking magnet for trouble!"

Harry sighed. "I probably should go down to breakfast, even though it's a Saturday. Hermione is probably having a fit wondering where I am." Harry stood up and straightened out his robes, just then they heard a loud crashing sound then a even louder explosion! Harry and Lily exchanged glances then ran out of the door, Lily pulling the hood over her face.

After walking down the hallway the saw what had happened. A whole section of the hallways was a swamp, literally a swamp. The pair just stared there dumbly trying to retain what they were seeing when someone came up and slapped him on the back.

"How you doing Harry!" said a familiar voice next to him.

"Isn't it a wonderful morning for a prank?" said the same one on his other side.

It was the Weasley twins, Fred and George.

"You did this?" asked Harry pointing in front of him.

"Yes we did, one of our most ingenious plans - " said Fred.

"-and that's not the best part, watch!" finished George.

Harry turned his attention back to the swamp to see someone trying to fight their way out of it, after a few moments a small toad-like woman emerged. Her clothes were ripped and muddy, her hair no different. It was Umbridge. Then she spotted the twins.

"You two!" she exclaimed.

"Yes?" they answered together.

"This is the last prank you'll ever play at Hogwarts!" she screamed at them, waving one of her chubby fingers at them.

They smirked. "I don't-"

"-think so."

Not a moment later did another large explosion happen, this time from almost everywhere. Charmed fireworks whizzed around the hallway, and one was coming straight toward Umbridge. She fell to the ground and covered her head. After it passed she jumped up with a gave face.

"That's it! I've had enough!" she exclaimed. "I don't know how the other professors put up with you, but I know I'm not any longer, not with any more of you bloody students!" By this time a large crowd had gathered around them all, a combination of the two pranks and Umbridge's screaming. "I quit! Quit! QUIT!" She screamed as she ran toward the front entrance.

For a moment everyone was quiet, then the Weasley twins finally spoke up.

"I think our plan worked out nicely, Fred." said George turning to his double.

"Yes George, I didn't think she would give up that quickly." replied the other twin.

They smiled and sang together. "Ding dong, the witch is dead. What old witch? The wicked witch!" It was then that everyone, including Harry, broke into cheers. Everyone went up the twins patting them on the back, then ran to their common rooms or the great hall to spread the news, everyone skipping off singing the same song.

Harry was smiling when his mother turned to him. "I think we should go tell Albus about what just happened, he needs to find another defense teacher." Harry nodded, nothing could bring his happy mood down.

So they walked to Dumbledore's office. When they reached the door and knocked he said a quick, "Come in." They walked in and sat down.

"What do I owe this pleasure?" asked Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling.

"Well Albus, Professor Umbridge has just quit." answered Lily, she couldn't help but smile, after what that horrible woman did to her son. . . she deserved what she got.

It seemed that the twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes increased 100-fold from the last statement. "Really well, I'll have to find another professor then." then he turned to Harry. "You should go to breakfast, Mr. Potter, tell your friends the news. I have to talk to Lily about something anyway."

Harry nodded, "Yes sir." Then he walked out of the room. By the time he got to Ron and Hermione the whole school would probably already know about what had just transpired.

"What did you need to talk about, Albus?" asked Lily once the door to his office was closed.

"Just about a certain defense against the dark arts job. . . " answered Dumbledore.

Lily frowned. "Me? But Albus, I can't. No one knows I'm really alive, and you said yourself, we should wait until the last possible moment to tell everyone."

Dumbledore chuckled and placed his hands on his desk. "Yes Lily, I know, but if you were to assume a different identity then no one would be the wiser. You could just us a few simple hair and eye color changing spells, keep them on during classes and when you are eating in the great hall, then take them off when you are in the safety of your own room." explained Dumbledore.

Lily contemplated this for a few moments, she didn't see why she shouldn't do this. She was desperate for anything, she had been in hiding for the past fourteen years and she had almost always wanted to be a Hogwarts professor as a child. She had made up her mind, she was going to do this.

"I would be honored to take this position, Albus," she finally said smiling. "Although, let's not tell Harry just yet. I want him to be surprised."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at this comment.

The rest of the weekend went by rather quickly, almost every single house had had parties because of Umbridge's resign. But it was Monday morning again, and Harry, Ron and Hermione found themselves in the defense against the dark arts classroom waiting nervously along with the rest of the fifth year Gryffindor and Slytherin students.

"So, who do you think the new teacher will be?" asked Hermione looking at the closed door for the sixth time in the last five seconds.

"Who cares," said Ron shrugging. "As long as it's not another Umbridge, imposter, git or git taken over by who-know-who." Harry smiled at this, they really had had a few really bad teachers.

Right then the door flew open and a woman walked in, everyone instantly stopped talking and took their seats staring intently at the new professor - no one knew who strict she was - and they weren't taking any chances after Umbridge.

The woman walked to the front of the room and turned so she was facing the students. She had sandy blonde hair with bangs that covered her forehead, bright blue eyes and was about five seven. Harry couldn't help but sense something familiar about her, a certain sparkle in her eyes, maybe.

Just as Harry was thinking about this Lily, in her undercover form spotted her son. There certainly was an air of remembrance in his eyes, she smiled.

"Hello class," she said smiling. "I am Daisy Evans, your new defense against the dark arts professor." At this Harry's brow wrinkled in confusion. The voice was so familiar, it sounded just like his mother's, and the last name was the same as hers before she got married, then the first name was a flower like her and his aunt's.

"I know that your last five teachers in this subject have been a bit. . . well, what's the word I'm looking for?" searched Lily.

"Mental?" supplied Ron rolling his eyes.

Lily laughed with the rest of the class at her son's best friend. It was then that Harry's eyes widened, he recognized her laugh.

"Yes, well, don't tell anyone but I can't say that I disagree with you." admitted Lily, the entire class smiled at this. "Anyway, best get on with class. I trust you are all familiar with dementors, correct? They were here and stationed at every entrance in your third year, if I believe." Malfoy and his friends turned to Harry and snickered at this, they faked fainting. Lily continued. "I wanted to teach you, or at least attempt to teach you how to defend yourself against them. This is very advanced, most of the time you only learn this in your seventh year, and that's if you professor chooses to.

"But a friend of mine has informed me that one of you learned this in your third year, fairly quickly, too." said Lily smiling. "I am talking about the patronus charm. Now, who is the student that can perform this?" inquired Lily knowing perfectly well who it was.

Harry sighed and raised his hand, he wasn't sure why but this woman was his mother. "That would be me, professor."

Lily smiled. "And what is your name?"

Harry sighed. "Harry Potter."

It looked as if the named didn't even affect her (and it really didn't.) "Then Mr. Potter, would you care demonstrating?" asked Lily.

Harry raised an eyebrow then smiled, coming up with an idea. "Only if you do so with me, professor." Everyone looked to the new professor for an answer, to everyone's surprise she smiled and nodded.

"I would be most happy to, please join me up here Mr. Potter," she said never wavering. Harry obliged and walked over to his mother. "On the count of three, Mr. Potter." Harry nodded.

Harry and Lily both closed their eyes. Lily thought of the first time Harry had called her 'mommy' as a baby, then when he did so again only a week ago. Harry's thoughts were mostly the same, he thought of hugging her for the first time. They both opened their eyes and nodded to each other. "Three" Then the both bellowed, "Expecto Patronum!" A silver tiger came from Lily's wand, when a stag came from Harry's. The two animals flew around the room looking as if they were playing together, it almost broke Lily's heart at seeing what Harry's patronus looked like. After a moment they both disappeared and the students all clapped.

Lily cleared her throat and continued. "Now you see, to create a patronus you must think of a very happy memory. The happier the memory the stronger the patronus."

Lavender Brown raised her hand quickly, Lily called on her. "What's you name?"

"Lavender Brown," she answered. "If you don't mind me asking what was the memory you thought of, it seemed very powerful to me. Same to you Harry."

"Well, I don't know about Mr. Potter, but I thought of my son." answered Lily smiling, all the girls in the class sighed and said, "Awwwww." Harry felt a small blush cross his face. "What about you Mr. Potter? Do you care to share your memory?"

Harry blushed as he answered, "I thought of my mom," he answered quickly. Everyone's eyes widened, never had anyone (besides Ron and Hermione) heard Harry mention his parents, let alone remember them. Harry realized this and quickly stated. "Well, I think it's a memory, I'm not sure." A few of the students nodded at this, all of them with sadness in their eyes. They just thought of how much they took their own parents for granted.

"Thank you Mr. Potter, you may sit down now." said Lily. Harry nodded and walked over to his seat. "Now, let's get started. . . "

By the end of the class period only a few students had managed a small amount of vapor from their wands.

Harry, Ron and Hermione stayed behind after everyone was gone. (Hermione and Ron having no idea why.) Harry smiled and leaned up against a desk. "So, can I ask why you became a blonde?"

Lily giggled. "Well, professor Dumbledore did ask if I could become the new professor, and to do that I had to change my appearance." After making sure the door was locked she pointed her wand to her face and muttered a few words. A moment later the blonde hair was replaced by her red locks and blue eyes turned to green. "I knew you would figure it out soon enough."

Ron and Hermione just stood there gob smacked. "Mrs. Potter?" questioned Ron surprised. (It was still quite strange calling her that, before last week his best friend's mother had been dead.) "What are you - your our - wow! Finally, we're going to have a defense teacher that's not out to kill Harry!"

Hermione elbowed Ron in the ribs. "Ronald! Professor Umbridge was never out to kill Harry! And neither was Professor Lockheart, or Professor Lupin!"

Ron shrugged. "So, Umbridge lived to torture him, Lockheart was convinced that fame had gone to his head, and Lupin doesn't count - he was a close childhood friend. And Snape makes up for most of it."

"Professor Snape, Ronald!" corrected Hermione.

Lily shook her head and smiled. "You three really don't like Severus, do you?"

"Nope," answered Harry and Ron smugly.

Lily sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Really, he's not all that bad. Just the other day we had a wonderful conversation, I helped him with a certain potion - we were always the top two students in that class."

"Wait a second, you were good in potions?" asked Harry sitting up straighter and for a moment forgetting that his mother and Snape had an actual conversation, Lily nodded. "In that case, can you please help me in it? It would help to have someone other than Snape breathing down my neck."

"Well I am deeply disappointed that you didn't inherited my potion skills, but of course!" teased Lily playfully.

"Thanks mom, we'd better get going to lunch, and you might want to change your hair and eyes if you are eating in the great hall." suggested Harry, much happier knowing that his mother was teaching his class and helping him in potions.

Lily did so and they walked to the great hall talking. ". . . yeah, I had to give myself bangs. I've found that you can't cover up our scars, even though I never would want to." explained Lily.

"What do you mean?" questioned Harry. "I would do anything to get rid of this scar, at least it would take a little longer for people to recognize me."

Lily stopped and turned to her son, Ron and Hermione exchanged looks and continued walking to the great hall. "Harry, the way I look at our scars is this way: It's a reminder of how much your father loved us, what he gave to save us. I would never get rid of this scar for anything, it would damage the good memory of him, of what he did." she spoke with such a passion that Harry felt worst than he ever had in his entire life.

"I'm sorry, I never thought of it like that. . ." reflected Harry looking down at his shoes.

Lily sighed and hugged him quickly. "It's okay Harry, I've had to tell myself this almost everyday to continue on. I knew he sacrificed himself for me, for you, and I did the same. I couldn't leave you alone like I did for fourteen years."

Harry smiled. "I think we've already gone over this, you did what was best. Now let's go to lunch."

The two continued to the great hall, Harry with a new sense of worth and respect for his mother and father, and Lily once again reminded of how mature her son was.

8 pages, 2865 words. (Sorry, my chapters sometimes get shorter as it goes on. I'll try and make them longer!) Please review!