hey guys, here is chapter 4 sorri it took longer than the others to get up i was having writters block on this story and working hard on my other one. hope you like it. xoxoxoxoxoxoxox chezzybabe

DISCLAIMER: I DONT OWN HARRY POTTER OR AFILIATED PARTIES NOR DO I OWN THE SONG USED IN THIS FIC!

I finished my song and walked back toward the castle. I was almost at the door when I swung around, I saw nobody there. "I could have sworn I heard a twig break. I must be loosing it" I thought to myself. I shook my head and continued to defence against the dark arts with Slytherin's.

I walked into the room and received a strange look from Finn. I gave him a quizzical look and he nodded to something over my shoulder. I turned my head slightly and saw Blake Zambini. I snapped my head back and bit down on my lower lip. "God he looks good today, he doesn't even try" I thought.

I went and sat next to Finn. He gave me the 'just go and talk to him look'. "Are you kidding, like I'd ever be stupid enough to do that" I hissed at him. He gave me a slight smirk and grabbed a spare piece of parchment out of his bag. I watched him scribble something down and pass it over to me. I looked down and read the note and replied.

Hermione, why won't you talk to him or at least admit your feelings about him to me, have I ever done anything to make you doubt my ability to keep secrets. Finn

Finn, do you really want me to answer that question? I told you about nick and you told him within 5 minutes of me telling you. I told you about the guy in the club with me and you told everyone in the club, including him! Its not that I don't trust your ability to keep secrets because I do. Its just I'm not sure about my feelings to do with him. After all if anyone found that me of all people liked a Slytherin I'd never hear the end of it. Hemi

Hemi, I was stupid then, I can keep secrets, all right maybe I can't but you should still trust me enough to tell me that you like a Slytherin. Why would they never let you forget it after all your part of Slytherin now. Finn

Finn, I know I'm a Slytherin now but I'm still a Gryffindor and will always be. Let me keep my fantasies about him to myself and my diary. Joke. Hemi

Hemi, I know you better than this, the teacher will be coming in soon so we better not keep writing. Finn

Finn, as always your right, ill talk to you about it later alright/ meet me in our spot around 4:45pm. Hemi. P.s don't be late or I won't tell you anything!

I passed him the note and watched him read it. He nodded and slipped it into his pocket as the teacher walked in.

"Class today we are going to learn about boggarts. Can anyone tell me what a boggart is?" professor Lupin asked. I shot my hand up. He nodded in my direction.

"A boggart is a shape shifting creature that takes on the form of whatever it believes scares us the most" I answered him.

"That is correct Hermione, now Mr. Potter can you tell me what problems may arise because the number of us there are?" he asked Harry. I shot my hand up knowing that there was a slim chance that he did know the answer.

"Err; it won't know what to change itself into because there are so many of us" Harry offered. He was right.

"That's correct as well. I once saw a boggart try to scare two people at once, it turned into half a slug, not scary at all" he told us remising.

"The charm to defend yourself from a boggart is simple. Now everyone repeat after me and leave your wand on the desk. Reddikulus" he instructed. As we were told we repeated after him. He demonstrated with Neville and let everyone else have a go. By the end the boggart was blown to smithereens and all that was left of him were whips of smoke.

"5 points to everybody who successfully preformed the charm and 5 points each to Harry and Hermione for answering my questions earlier in the lesson" professor Lupin said. I shot my hand up and once again he nodded to me.

"Since I'm in two houses you either need to split my points and give half to each house or give 5 points to each house" I told him meekly.

"Alright then 5 points to each of your houses Miss Snape and I will tell the other teachers that fact so you wont have to tell all of them" he said sweetly. I smiled at this thought and walked out of the room with the others.

I left the group and walked up to my room in Gryffindor tower. I changed my clothes and tied my hair up into a pony tail. I took out my Ipod and armband and switched them on. I walked down the stairs to the common room. Ignoring the stares I left through the portrait hole and walked out the doors.

I started running around the black lake on a track that I had been following since I came here. I kept time with the songs blasting in my ears and the rhythm of my feet hitting the ground. After I ran as far as possible I turned and ran to the spot I was meeting Finn. I arrived there with 5 minutes to spare so I decided to write everything I felt down.

I used a summoning spell and sent for my diary and a ballpoint pen. It appeared within a few seconds. I opened my new diary and began to write.

Dear diary,

This is my first entry of the new school year. The letter I got from Dumbledore turned out to be the first a many surprises.

I am the daughter of Severus Snape and a mystery woman named Jacy.

I have almost pure blood

I was moved from Gryffindor to Slytherin by the wondrous sorting hat(note the sarcasm)

Finn is moving to the school and thinks he knows who I like

I think I like a Slytherin

Malfoy is acting extremely weird around me and wants me to become a better Slytherin

I have to spend at least one week a term sleeping in my room in Slytherin

I have a little half sister

I hate these changes. Why couldn't things just stay the same as they were? I have so much on my mind. My half sister arrives in a few days and serious black has been spotted just outside of Hogsmeade. Harry is handling the situation but I don't know if he can continue handling it. I'll write more tonight because right now Finn is coming this way and I don't want him to read this.

With love, Hermione xxx

I closed my diary and shrank it down to fit it into my pocket. I counted down the seconds as Finn skidded into the clearing.

"Am I late?" he asked. I shook my head. He breathed out a sigh of relief and sat next to me. He looked at me expectantly. I sighed dreading this moment.

"I think I like Blaise Zambini" I said staring into the trees. All Finn did was nod.

"He is sweet and caring and the total opposite of the other Slytherin's and his smile is soo pure" I said feeling foolish. Finn laughed.

"Wow I never knew my feelings were so funny" I felt like screaming.

"Hermione, I know that this is usually the best girlfriends job not the almost brothers, but I think you should go for it, it sounds like you really like the guy, and I think you should go for it and not regret it" Finn reasoned. I laughed. He really was a good friend. I smiled at him and jumped up.

"Do you want to go for a run, like we did in summer" I asked while flashing him my best bambi eyes. He shook his head.

"You know I can't resist those eyes. Yer lets go you can lead the way" he said smiling. I started running and let my feet pick the path.

After about an hour of running I stopped. "Thank god you stopped. I'm hungry can we go and get dinner now?" Finn asked. All I could do was nod. Something wasn't right. I walked with Finn up back to the castle, both of us lost in our own worlds. As we reached the doors I noticed what I was wearing. I screamed.

Finn turned and looked at me with a shocked look on his face. "How could you let me run around here dressed like this? You are going to walk me back up and wait for me to get dressed, and then we will go down to dinner" I ordered him. He nodded sadly and handed me his jumper. I quickly put it on and we ran up to Gryffindor tower and I got changed and raced back to Finn and we walked to the great hall laughing and joking.

We walked in and sat with everyone at the Gryffindor table. I sat myself on the opposite side to the boys and next to Ginny, so I could sneak glances over at the Slytherin table. We ate dinner with a quirky banter traveling around us. I tried with all my might to stop glancing over at him but found it hard. Extremely hard.

I shook my head and got up. "I'm going to go to the library to get some studying in, if anybody would like to join me or find me that is where I'll be" I said before tuning and walking away. I walked into the library and started to search for the perfect book to read. After 15 minutes of searching, I sighed at the fact that I couldn't find one. "Maybe now I could write more in my diary?" I asked myself. Realizing that I didn't want to go back to Gryffindor tower, I reluctantly pulled out my shrunken diary and put it back to normal size.

I walked over to my favourite desk in the far corner by the window and opened my book. I glanced over what I had written before and decided I would write a whole new passage.

Dear diary again,

I am still rather confused about everything that is going on. I mean sure it's wonderful to know that I'm not a granger. I never really felt in place there. But it means that my whole life has been a lie.

After I turn 17 and graduate I think I will move somewhere far away and simple to escape all of this and to get my head straight. I hate that I was resorted. It is all some stupid bylaw or something and I hate it. I don't know any of them and I don't want to.

Wait that's a lie I want to get to know Blaise. He seems so different. He seems so drawn back but at the same time in your face. It seems as if he is there but his brain heart and soul isn't. I'm not sure why but in certain smiles he sends out you can tell that the arrogant cocky boy he pretends to be.

I told Finn, I still cant believe he is transferring here, and that mum and dad are going to adopt him and get him away from that awful place he lives now, and he thinks I should talk to Blaise if not tell him straight away. Because after all I' in Slytherin too.

I don't think I'm strong enough to tell him, especially now when i'm struggling to get my head around having a new life a new family and a new house. I think that I should wait it out and see what happens.

I'm scared. I won't tell Harry or Ron or even Finn this because they won't get it. They won't understand that i'm scared that nothing will ever be the same not just because I found out I'm Severus Snape's daughter, but also because Sirius Black has been spotted just outside a small wizarding town not far from the school or Hogsmeade.

They won't understand how much this year will change us. I hope it will be for the better, but I know some of it will be for the worse.

Some good news though, for defence against the dark arts professor Lupin is really good. Care for magical creatures with Hagrid, its funny and good. Well my hand is getting sore and tired, so i'm going to go off to bed now.

With love Hermione xxx

I closed my diary and stood up. "Maybe I can find a book that is worth reading now?" I muttered under my breath. I began to look up and down the isles for a book to read.

When nothing jumped out I decided to go for a walk around the grounds. "It couldn't hurt right?" I reasoned to myself.

I left the library and started wandering around the halls. I let my feet guide me. I stopped noticing where I was heading and concentrated on the sound of my footsteps. My trance was broken by a loud glass shattering scream. I raced around to the source of the scream. I ended up in the middle of a mob staring at the fat lady who had been ripped apart. I looked everywhere for her and couldn't see her.

"Mr. filch can you find the fat lady for us?" Dumbledore asked. He nodded and looked around.

"She is right there" he answered pointing at a painting.

The painting in question was a picture of a safari scene; it had a rhino and a tree or two with long grass. Everybody looked over to he painting and a scared fat lady appeared from behind the rhino.

"He's here, Sirius Black's here in the castle" the fat lady said in a distraught voice. Loud talking became apparent, things were thrown around. "Is he still here?" "Did anybody see him?" And of course a lot of screaming and crying. Suddenly Dumbledore's voice rang out of everybody.

"Everybody back to your dorms immediately. Gryffindor's to the great hall" he's voice echoed. Everybody started moving around me. I was too shocked to move. I could hear and see what was going on but it didn't register.

Soon there was only me and the headmaster in the halls. My brain kicked in as he started to walk away. "Professor Dumbledore, which house do I go to, what I mean is do I go to the great hall or to the Slytherin dorms?" I asked.

After a minute he turned and faced me. "You will go to both. You will come with me and I will get somebody to accompany you down to the dungeons where the Slytherin common room is and then they will bring you to the great hall. Of course you will have to tell Professor Snape this" he said before turning away and motioning me to follow.

I hastily followed and was handed over to a prefect for Gryffindor. We walked to the Slytherin common room in silence. We arrived at the door and thankfully there were people going in so I didn't have to be embarrassed by walking in there with everybody staring at me. I slunk in blending in with the group.

I walked over to 'daddy dearest' and waited for him to finish talking to Malfoy. "Sir, as enlightening as this discussion was I do believe your spawn is standing behind you wanting to talk to one of us and I don't believe that whom ever it is she is waiting for should keep her waiting any longer" Malfoy said smirking. I inwardly sighed.

"Umm sir, I need to have a word with you" I said trying to sound as cool calm and collected as possible.

"Yes Hermione, what would you like?" he said with any trace of being a human being in his voice. "

Sir, professor Dumbledore instructed me to tell you that I will be in the great hall with the Gryffindor's" I said trying not to rush through it.

He closed his eyes and seemed to be considering this. I glanced around the room and saw that this little spectacle. "You are going to come with me to Dumbledore and we will sort all of this out" he said while slowly opening his eyes.

"The rest of you will go to your rooms immediately I will be in to check on you all with the help of the prefects soon" he added glancing at the crowd. I nodded to him on the outside, but on the inside I jumped up and down a thousand times. We walked out of the common room and I rejoined my 'watcher'.

He soon got to talking to 'daddy kins' about his assignment leaving me to not only entertain my self, but because of the rate they were walking at, watch over myself. I listened to the soothing sound of footsteps. All too quickly I heard two of pairs stop.

"Hermione? Hermione where are you?" I heard a worried voice call. I rolled my eyes. If you're really that worried why did you walk away from me? A little snide voice screamed in my head. I held in the laughter that was threatening to spill out. I slowed my pace and met up with them I rose and eyebrow and walked straight past.

I heard them mutter something about me being a stupid girl and shrugged it off. I walked fiercely through the corridors and found myself in the great hall faster than normal.

"Gees, why did you walk so slow and then practically run after you past us" the prefect asked. I flashed an 'I'm so sorry' smile and walked over to the headmaster. "Dumbledore I believe you told Miss Snape that she was to report to Slytherin and tell me what her plans were before coming back here" Snape said formally. Dumbledore nodded and motioned for me to join the others before talking to Snape about something or other.

I watched him nod before walking to the door. He turned his head and his eyes locked with mine for a second before he slipped out. As we were instructed we got into our sleeping bags and the lights were turned out. I stayed there trying to think about what would happen. Before I knew it I was dreaming peacefully.

Hermione's dream

I looked around at everyone. "Today was going to be a perfect day by the black lake" I thought to myself. "Lets all go swimming" I heard Harry suggest. I stripped off into my bikini and board shorts and dived from a rock into the cool water.

We swam around for a while and the others headed back. I stayed in and soon found myself caught on something. I felt myself being pulled under. I struggled to get to the surface. I reached it and yelled help, but all I got in return was laughter. I got the surface again and saw my friends walking away.

I was pulled under and started seeing black. I felt my body go limp and my head start to feel light. I felt a pair of strong arms lift me to the surface. I felt my weak and limp body being carried to the shore.

I felt myself be put down and somebody shaking me gently. I heard somebody calling my name and I opened me eyes slowly. "Draco?" I asked upon seeing his face stricken with concern looking back at me. He nodded before picking me up and carrying me away.

End of dream

I awoke with a start. I could see the morning sun and I felt myself drenched with sweat. I sat up and looked around. "No one else up great" I muttered and stood up. I packed away my things and walked out the door of the great hall.

I walked to the closest bathrooms and magically changed my clothes and did my morning routine. I walked back into the great hall and was pulled aside by 'my oh so loving daddy' at once.

"What did you think you were doing? Walking around when there was a murderer in the castle, are you insane? Leaving without telling anybody. We thought you had been taken away or something" he whispered in an almost yell. I tore my arm out of his grasp and stared into his cold eyes. This was not the man I thought I met the other night.

"Well 'dad', I couldn't find a teacher awake to tell them that I was going to the bathroom. As you said there was a murderer in the castle meaning that he isn't here now. Shouldn't you just be happy that I'm safe?" I said fighting to stay behind my society mask.

"I am happy that your safe Hermione and I'm really sorry I went off at you. I was just so scared that I had lost you again Mia" he said while his eyes were softening. I fought hard to keep my mask on. I lost the battle and confusion crept onto my face.

"You called me Mia. Why did you just call me Mia?" I asked letting the confusion into my voice.

"When you were fist born I wanted to name you Mia, but your mother was persistence and we named you Hermione. I called you Mia as a pet name until we handed you to the muggles" he stated nicely.

I nodded and wandered over to a wall and sat leaning against it. "Why did I have that dream? What did it mean? Why did Malfoy rescue me and why did I call him Draco?" I thought confused. I grabbed my wand and diary out. I resized it again for the 4th time in 2 days.

Dear diary,

Last night Sirius black broke into Hogwarts. One of my worst fears is unfolding before my eyes and I am powerless to stop it.

I also had a weird dream it went like this: we were all swimming in the black lake. The others left and I started to get pulled under. They all went to the castle or something and I went into unconscientiousness. Then Malfoy pulled me out and I called him Draco!

What does that mean? Does it mean I like him? Does it mean that my friends are all going to turn their backs on me in my time of need? It is getting really hard to interpret my dreams.

To make matters worse I went to the bathroom and when I came back Snape was acting like a worried parent and then he called me Mia I mean what the hell.

Love from a very confused Hermione xxx

I shank my diary back down and pocketed it. I watched as everybody else work up and wandered around. "Why is life so confusing at the moment" I said aloud. I shook my head at their glances and put my Ipod on. One of my favourite songs came on and I sung it under my breath.

"I cannot find a way to describe it
It's there inside; all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do, you do, if you knew
What would you do

All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away

I feel like I am all alone
All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you
If I show you, I don't think you'd understand
Cause no one understands

All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away

I'm going nowhere (on and on and)
I'm getting nowhere (on and on and on)
Take me away
I'm going nowhere (on and off and off and on)
(and off and on)

All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away

Take me away
Break me away
Take me away" I sang.

I looked up noticing people staring. I waited for someone to say something. "you can sing?" a voice in the crowd yelled. I jumped up and ran. I ran to the only place I knew they wouldn't follow me. I ran to my room in Slytherin.

thats it hope you liked it. will update asap. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox chezzybabe