A dark haired woman moved swiftly down the train crowded with loud and bumbling children. Pushing past them, she mumbled something about "smelly, rotten kids" and made her way into the empty, last booth.

"It's empty, lucky me." She murmured heaving a briefcase with a grunt above the seat.

"Now that doesn't look too heavy."

She turned to see a man in shabby robes, the man looking shabbier then the robes. He placed his own bag on the opposite shelf.

"I'm Professor Remus Lupin.-That enchanted?"

She nodded, assuming he was talking about her briefcase, and then took his out stretched hand.

"Professor Ami Mizuno."

"Oh. Well then, what do you teach? I teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Except, oddly enough, the seventh years.

"I've got the seventh years. I also teach Muggle Film studies and Weaponry. And thats it I think." She really hoped he was through talking, since she had only continued out of fear of being impolite.

As luck would have it , three students barged in. Then stopped, stunned. Not by her, but by Prof. Lupin. Taking the this advantage, she pulled her hood up and adjusted her black robes so she took up no more room then necessary. Lupin immediately forgot about her.

"Lupin!" A light headed brunette said ecstatically and hugged him, "You're back! Welcome back!"

Lupin was obliviously startled himself, but joined in the three's delighted chatter.

After that no one paid much attention to her for the rest of the train ride (Though the red-headed boy had looked at her nervously once or twice). Once the train stopped every one filtered out quickly. Ami waited momentarily, then was not surprised to see all the students out of the train when she left to find a carriage.

She lifted herself into the last carriage that held two boys. One nervous looking boy with a toad, who looked more nervous when she sat next to him, and the other a blonde boy with a malevolent look upon his face.

The ride remained uneventful, except for hitting a brief bump when her hood fell off. The nervous looking boy was too busy trying to keep his toad in his pocket to notice, but the blonde boy's eyes flashed recognition. She silenced him quickly and smiled. Hood replaced, they continued the ride onto Hogwarts.

Once they arrived at the castle, she disappeared quickly from the boy's company and headed to the castle's dungeons. The Headmaster had arranged for her to meet a professor there, so they could take her to her quarters. Which professor, she didn't know who. She wondered if any of the professors would remember her and if she would remember all her professors. She secretly hoped Professor Binns, the only ghost professor, would meet her, even though he could not take her bags. She had found that she never got in any trouble with him her one year spent here.

She did not have to wait once she arrived at the dungeons. She already saw a familiar professor waiting in his black robes and greasy, black hair. He apparently did not recognize her, but he would in a moment.

" I am Professor Severus Snape," He said tersely holding out his hand.

"I know," she answered, removing her hood, " I know, Severus. If I still have your permission to call you that."

His hand dropped quickly.

"Ami?" He muttered with disbelief and anger all in one voice.

Smiling, she replied. " The once and only. Now I believe you are suppose to show me to my apartments?"

Snape, who was uncharactisically dumfounded, turned and started leading her to her quarters. Ami followed closely behind.

Snape had left her to her own devices after they arrived at her rooms. Amused at his lack of words, she changed her clothing and looked at the map Dumbledore gave her of the school. She could see all the teachers gathered in the Great Hall and McGonagoll taking the sorting hat out. She swore under her breath, she was going to be late.