This story is written for fun and not for profit. The characters belong to J.K Rowling but I make them do whatever I please. Written purely for enjoyment. =]

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It was a dark night that Hermione showed back up on the steps of Hogwarts. She could feel the crisp English air blowing through her unmanageable locks. If only some how should could get the courage to enter the door. She knew Hogwarts was waiting for her. She could feel the magic in the air but if only she could lift her wand. She decided to take that step and walk through the doors.

It was just how she remembered it, with stonewalls and magic floating about. It was late at night so there were no students wandering its halls. If there were they were disillusioned so she did not see them. She did not know what to do since it was so late at night. She was actually surprised Hogwarts let her in. But then again she was one of Hogwarts hero's from the final battle. So maybe it knew the students would be safe with her presence in the castle.

Hermione took another step inside and could her the audible sound of the doors closing behind her. Surely someone would come now. The sound the door made was awfully loud. Surely enough someone did, and of course it was the one person Hermione would have loved to have never seen again.

"Well, Well, Well. It seems the Great Hermione Granger has decided to grace Hogwarts with her presence one again. Though I do wonder why so late at night?" Severus Snape spoke as he emerged from the shadows.

Hermione was no longer a child and no longer afraid of this man. She lifted her head and looked him straight in the eyes and spoke. "I need to see the Headmaster."

Severus got closer. So close she could almost taste his breathe as he spoke " Well if you had arrived at a more appropriate hour that might have been possible or if you hadn't hid like a coward for so many years."

"HOW DARE YOU.."

"Ms. Granger, I do not have the time nor the patience to hear your reasoning for why no one in the magical community has seen your face for three years. Go to the headmasters office and maybe he will deal with you because I see no reason to." After he spoke those words, with a billow of his robes, Severus Snape reentered the shadows.

Hermione was shocked. Never in her life was she ever so insulted. The man she knew as a student clearly had not changed. We'll she would see to it that even though she had not be able to handle being in the magical world after the battle, she was no coward. She would not stop until she proved this fact to the "great" Severus Snape.

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