Well, here is the start of my third Book. The Secret Identity.
Sorry for the ridiculously long wait for this but Real Life doesn;t leave me with a lot of time to write.
So we pickup right after Harry leaves the gang at Kings Cross.

As usual I own NOTHING!!! Actually, I now own my car, I finally finished paying it off. But I don;t own HP, only the bits you don't recognise from the original books.

You know what they say "A disclaimer a day keeps the lawyers away."

A Happy Headmaster.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Order of Merlin, First Class, and Grand Sorcerer; Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards; Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot Also famous for defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945 and discovering the twelve uses of dragon blood stood by the a window in his office overlooking the grounds and smiled.

The Headmaster was once again on his perennial quest for a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor seeing how the last one had been sent to Azkhaban for having sex with minors and for mass memory charms performed on the girls and others. The headmaster's eyes twinkled merrily as he thought of a naked Lockhart being dueled to a stand still by a second year student.

The headmaster marveled at the ability young Mr. Weasley had shown in his duel. Admittedly, Lockhart was a rather poor adversary but the DADA curriculum at Hogwarts had suffered greatly over the past fifty years and so Mr. Weasley's performance came as a surprise, and a pleasant one at that.

The Headmaster practically bounced on the balls of his feet. For the first time in many years, he was actually excited about an applicant for the Defence position.

The Headmaster raised his head, as if listening to a silent voice.

"Come in Mr. Lupin, the door is open."

In came a young man dressed in worn but well cared for robes.

"Good day Headmaster. You wished to see me?" asked the man with an easy smile.

"Please, call me Albus, Remus." the Headmaster replied as he indicated for Remus to take a seat.

Remus looked at the Headmaster with a suspicious look in his eyes.

"You want something don't you." Remus stated as he took his seat.

"Lemon Drop?" asked the Headmaster as he avoided the question.

"No thank-you Albus. If this is about my taking the Defence position, you know my feelings about this."

"Yes, you feel that your condition will put the students at risk but I have news for you. A new potion has been developed that would allow you to keep your mind through your transformation, making you as calm as you currently are now." explained the Headmaster as he popped a small, yellow orb in his mouth.

"Yes, the Wolfsbane but it's prohibitively expensive Albus. I don't think the board would …"

"It is not so expensive if brewed on location."

"Snape would brew the potion for me?" Remus asked, both incredulous and hopeful.

"Yes, Severus has agreed to brew the potion and I will ward your chambers as an added layer of safety."

Remus sat there for a moment, thinking. After a few minutes, the Headmaster decided to play his trump card.

"We do have a second choice of course."

Remus was both relieved and disappointed.

"Ah, well then I am sorry for wasting your time." and with this Remus made to stand.

"Well yes, we could always ask Sirius Black to come teach at Hogwarts but …" the Headmaster did not have time to finish.

"Sirius!? Teach!? Here!? With all due respect, are you insane? He'd spend most of his lessons docking points from Slytherin and teaching pranks! That or you'd have to find a new Potions Master by the end of the week."

"Well yes, I see that but Defence was always a good subject for him, not that I believe he had much choice considering his family history and of course he had completed Auror training, all things that fit nicely on a resume." replied the Headmaster as he popped yet another golden orb in his mouth.

"You manipulative old bastard." Remus said with a laugh. "Fine, I'll take the position."

"Good, good. I will have the appropriate paperwork forwarded to your new residence. We will need to know your book list soon and I will forward you the lesson plans for the past seven years."

"But what about the parents? Won't they object to someone like me teaching?"

"Well they would if they knew and by the time the students who would care about such things make the connection, you will have established yourself as a brilliant and fair teacher and we will be able to fight our battle well armed."

The new Defence professor thanked the Headmaster one last time and made his way off school grounds.

"You see Severus, Remus does not hold any ill will towards you. He did not doubt your ability to brew the potion, did not fear that you would poison him and was concerned for your safety and sanity should Sirius be allowed back here to teach." The Headmaster told his potions master who had been hiding in an adjoining room.

"Still Headmaster, he is a werewolf, a dark creature. He should not be allowed near the children." replied Snape darkly.

"Many would and have said the same about you Severus. Remus is still a better candidate than a possessed Quirel or a sexual deviant such as Lockhart and what with the Wolfsbane, what could possibly go wrong?"

"Those may be some famous last words Albus."