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Yesterday has been and gone

Tomorrow will I find the sun or will it rain

Everybody's having fun, except for me I'm the lonely one

I live in shame

Ozzy Osbourne

The two professors reached the small town and Fai 's mouth dropped open in shock. What he remembered was a small village with one main street and with three or four smaller ones coming off it. With quaint houses lining the sides.

Hogsmeade now still had the main street, but many of the houses were gone, and their burnt remains were all that showed the passer by an image of what was before.

"What happened?" Fai asked still taking in the damaged site.

"You don't know?" Neville asked in shock. He saw Fai shake his head.

"About four months ago Voldemort attacked both Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. We re-built Hogwarts first as the children were there and the castle housed the many now homeless, witches and wizards."

Fai tore his eyes away from the houses and looked at Neville. "I think I will return to the castle, would you care to join me in my rooms? It seems that we have a lot to talk about."

Neville nodded and the pair returned to the castle. Fai led the way to his rooms and showed the Herbology professor in. Fai sat down at the coffee table and Neville joined him.

"Neville what we say here must not leave this room understood?"

Neville nodded, looking at his new friend strangely. Fai raised his hands and rubbed his eyes before taking a breathe and resting the on the table.

"You remember four years ago when Harry Potter left?" Neville nodded, "Where he went I cannot tell you, not even Albus knows where he went, though he does know the reasons why." Fai paused.

"I remember, 27 years ago when I was a few years younger then you now, I was sent away on a journey through a new land, a new time, a new era. It was the best years of my life, then I came back here, back to where my first home was."

"For me the past 27 years have gone by so quickly, and in a way they have. For me it was 27 years, but for yourselves, it was only four." Fai paused his talk and looked into Neville' eyes, he was figuring it out. Putting the puzzle together piece by piece.

"The last person of all my friends to see me the night I left was you Neville. Do you remember?"

"Harry?" he asked uncertainly. Fai nodded and Neville threw himself across the coffee table and pulled Fai into a tight hug. "Merlin you're back!" Fai pulled back.

"Neville no one must know that I am Harry, I must remain as Fai." Neville nodded.

"But what about Ron and Hermione? Will you tell them?"

Fai smiled sadly, "Yes, when the war is over I will tell them but not before, they are safe at the moment, and their safety is all that matters to me."

"I understand Fai." Neville said sitting back down again.

"Neville what has happened these past four years?"

"Do you have any drink or anything?"

Fai shock his head, "I don't drink."

"Okay," he sparked his wand and Binky appeared at his side.

"What can Binky get for Professors Longbottom and Sheng?"

"Firewhiskey please Binky." Neville said to him, Binky looked at Fai.

"Moon water please." Binky nodded and disappeared with a 'pop' then two bottles appeared on the table.

"The morning after you left was not a happy day. The students, we all panicked. Ron and Hermione headed straight up to the head table that breakfast and Hermione lost her cool and started to scream at Albus for letting anything happen to you. Ron kept his temper, but only because he was too busy trying to restrain and calm down Hermione. They were sent away by the end of the next week and they havent been seen or heard from since." He took a swig from his bottle then continued.

"Word got back to Voldemort that you had vanished and he sent Death Eaters to Hogwarts to confirm this, Sybil Trelawney died in that battle as did Padma Patil and Terry Boot, they were outside when the attack happened and were killed instantly. About 6 months after you left the Dursley's were tortured and killed, somehow Voldemort found out where they were and sent a small group to kill them. He then went quiet for a year or so, thinking, maybe hoping, that you would come back. Meanwhile our year graduated and we all went our separate ways, Ron and Hermione were still missing. Ginny was very depressed because her brother and one of her best friends had been sent away. Fred and George left for America about a year and a half ago. Ginny's now in Africa with Molly and Charlie and Bill isn't it?" Fai nodded.

"What about the ministry and Voldemort now?" Fai asked sipping his moon water.

Neville took a deep breath then continued, "About year ago Voldemort came back and attacked the ministry, that building is gone now, and everyone inside died. Including Arthur and Percy. There hasn't been a ministry since that day, the Order is in charge now."

"Chao Tai."

Neville looked confused. "What?"

Fai looked up, "Huh? Oh nothing, please continue."

"Everything went quiet again for 8 months then in September Voldemort attack again, he destroyed Hogsmeade and then attacked the castle. Professor Sprout died then, as did Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Colin Creevey and a lot of the younger students. The Death Eaters attacked as they were heading up to the castle for the welcoming feast."

"And all because I left." Fai whispered quietly, but Neville heard him.

"No, Voldemort would have attacked anyway, but now you're back. The death's of all those witches and wizards at the ministry, at Hogsmeade and here at Hogwarts were not your fault! Don't you dare start believing that they all died because you left!"

Fai looked up in shock, and smiled at his friend. "Okay then Neville, I won't believe it. I was not trained to wallow in self pity and to think that everything bad that happened was because of me, that way of thinking was beaten out of me a long time ago." Neville looked confused, but didn't ask his friend what he was going on about.

Fai turned and looked at the sun out of the window. "It's nearing midday, do you want to head down to the great hall for lunch or do you want to eat here?"

"Lets head down, I'm sure the other professor's will want to talk to you."

Fai nodded and stood, the two friends then left the rooms and returned to the great hall. They sat down and Minerva Mcgonagall came over first.

"Fai Sheng, my name is Minerva Mcgonagall, head of Gryffindor house and Deputy headmistress." She held out her hand and Fai shook it.

"Please to meet you Minerva." He replied politely. Next Flitwick came over, and an hour onwards the only teachers not to say hello was the Defence against the Dark Arts teacher and Snape. Fai turned to Neville.

"Who's teaching Defence this year?"

"Belladonna Ophichus, she went to Beaubaxton's."

"Ophichus? She must have an interesting lineage."

"No one knows much about her, including us teachers. She only talks to Snape."

Fai smirked, "I see you've got over your fear of him."

Neville blushed, "That's what happens when he saves your life." He replied quietly.

Both went silent and began to eat, at the end of the meal all of the faculty headed up to the staff room for a meeting.

"So" Minerva said turning to Fai. "What do you have planned for your first lesson?"

Fai sat down and clapped once, Binky appeared at his side and he asked for a glass of moon water. All the other teachers sat down and looked at the new professor. All but Severus and Belladonna that is. They stood to the side and watched on silently.

Binky returned with Fai's drink and he began to speak.

"Really Minerva I'm surprised to find you asking me that instead of asking about me." He smiled at her and she blushed slightly.

"Okay then Sheng - "

"Fai, all of you call me Fai." He corrected her.

"Okay Fai, why don't you tell us a little about yourself, especially after yesterday's impressive entrance."

He laughed lightly, "Okay, I'm 43 years old, and have been in special training for the past 27 years and I don't remember much before then."

"Training? What for?" asked Chalondra Vector. He smiled at her.

"The war of course."

Loud chatter broke out at this statement. Fai saw Snape snigger, in a way that reminded him of Draco. Belladonna Ophichus out right laughed.

Everyone looked at the dark couple.

"The only one capable of defeating the Dark Lord is Harry Potter, he however ran away four years ago. You wouldn't stand a chance."

All the other teachers glared at her, not many had ever spoken to her, and she was even more hated by the students then Snape.

Fai looked at her calmly, "Is that so? Well then why don't we make a little wager on that."

She sneered at him, "Using what?"

"Your life for mine." Fai replied, the teachers gasped.

"Fai are you bloody mad?" Minerva asked him, Neville was trying not to laugh.

Fai turned to his old head of house, "Well that point has been argued Minerva, but I don't think so." He turned back to Belladonna, "So you up for it?"

She stepped forwards, "No,"

Fai smirked, "Why not?"

"Because," she said glaring at him, "If you were to lose the bet you would lose against the Dark Lord and be dead anyway, however if you were to win the bet and win against the Dark Lord then you would have proven your point."

"And you don't want to die, is that it."

"Damn straight I don't. Its not my fault that you're suicidal enough to take on the Dark Lord."

Fai scoffed, "you could at least call him by his name. You know Voldemort." Some of the staff flinched, "Or even his birth name, Tom he hates it when you do that"

"And how do you know so much about the Dark Lord?" Snape said, speaking for the first time.

"Really Severus, I would have thought you with your brains would have figured it out, now if you would excuse me I have a couple of owls to send, good night all!" he waved and walked out of the staff room and headed back to his rooms, he didn't have any owls to send, but he had a country to explore.

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