Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter (J.K does!)

Summary: Miss Aurora McDuff has her eyes set on a certain Professor Snape, and the holidays are rapidly approaching. Musical Hogwarts? And what's this about Hermione…not being good at something? GASP!

Authors note: This is my first attempt at a fic in quite awhile, cut me a break, lol.

Let me take you on the ride of your life By: Steph.ie2namida

You treat me like shit sometimes, and yet… I love you.

You're never around, and yet… I wait for you.

I yearn for you, I need for you, but you haven't seen it.

You think that I am just a prissy little girl…

I'll show you.

Aurora yawned and stretched, she woke up from the most wonderful dream of a mysterious man in black. A smile crossed her pink lips, she giggled in a fit of happiness and twisted about in her ocean of pillows and blankets; it was wonderful.

Aurora was a 26 year old musical beauty. Music was her only passion; she loved to sing, and quite frankly had a voice that could shatter the hardest of hearts. She took down her full raven hair, and let it spill all around her. The green eyed girl ran a brush though her somewhat disturbed hair, and tied it up in a green hair ribbon, letting her bangs frame the fair skin on her beautiful face.

Aurora finished her morning preparations, and headed off to school. You see, she wasn't a student at this particular school of witchcraft and wizardry; she was the children's musical director. As she stepped into her classroom, she noticed a man approaching her.

"Oh no," Aurora thought to herself.

"McClaire! May I have a word with you." Severus Snape called to her.

Aurora noticed that, it was technically a question Snape had asked her, but she most definitely didn't have a choice to talk in the matter.

"Why was it that Yesterday, during your class, Gryffindor pulled quite the nastiest little prank, and you laughed at it! Not to mention you did nothing about it! I'll tell you now, to be a teacher at this school, you MUST exercise authority! You MUST give discipline, not merely a slap in the wrist!" Severus seemed appalled her way of handling things in her own class.

"Now now, Mr. Snape, it really was just a harmless little prank…" she was cut off.

"THAT doesn't matter! Give me the names of the children involved in this and I'll take care of this MYSELF," he snapped back at the woman.

"I am sorry Mr.Snape. Please, let me deal with this on my own, I won't let you down," Aurora promised.

"Fine, report back to me at the end of the day."

Aurora continued on into her little classroom, setting up for the many classes she would teach in just a few moments. Thoughts erupted in her mind of Snape, her dreams, her classes and children, her longing to be married and not be alone anymore.

I just want to be with you,

I want to make you happy,

You and I, we belong together dear.

I hope…

Aurora thoughts were interrupted as she heard the patter of tiny steps from behind her, she whirled around to see her most dedicated student, Hermione Granger. "Good morning Miss Granger, your awfully early sweetie."

"Yes, well, I have a… uhhh…"

"Yes my dear?"

"I have a problem Professor McClaire, and I don't know how to fix it, I have no clue what it is that I am doing wrong!" Hermione gasped.

"Oh honey! What's the problem? But keep in mind class starts in 5 minutes…"

"I… Pride myself in learning Professor, I have always felt that being the best I can be when it comes to my education was the most important thing. You see, I can't play sports, and I most certainly cannot sing. M…m… music… is hard for me," Hermione explained to her teacher with quite some difficulty.

"Miss Granger, music is not merely just singing. Notes, beats, counting, it's quite difficult to follow sometimes. I can see if you have a problem understanding the material, I can help. Just ask, I am always willing to spend a little extra time on something if you need it, all you have to do is ask," the professor told her embarrassed student. "Or, maybe you're a little shy about asking for help, being that it's you that always knows the answer. Maybe you want a little help outside the classroom?"

"YES! Maybe… I do need help, but… would it be a problem to give me extra help," Hermione couldn't believe she was actually asking for extra help in school, "after classes."

"Stay awhile after class, I'll work something out," Aurora winked at her student. She was so proud, and very much relived to have a student that cared so much.

Moments later the student began to pour into the little room to begin their lessons, Aurora's class room didn't need to be that big, although sometimes she wished she could play the music games she wanted to with them, without having to take them out into the yard. Aurora's teaching methods were very much "hands on." She believed the only way to be a good teacher was to give her students the attention they deserved, and make sure that they understand the material. These ideas had a lot to do with why she got the position at Hogwarts.

After classes was over, Professor McClaire set up a time and place to meet with Hermione, gathered her endless papers (being music sheets and similar things), and set out to hopefully return to her room. If the reader remembers correctly, Aurora forgot to deal with the little incident concerning a very strict, and somewhat mean (in Aurora's opinion) Severus Snape.