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A/n:Five new reviews from two amazing writers. Honestly, my day has been well and truly made.

Oh, I apologise in advance for this chapter. Hopefully the next will be better...

Fire-And-Ice89, thanks for the reviews and compliments (Though I find I still must disagree :P). :) I might go back and change the summary, later, thank you very much for the advice. I didn't want Draco to have a complete change just because of a little time-travel accident, but the seriousness of the situation will hit him, I assure you. Thanks for recommending the story, too. :D

Mocha Dragon, I'm quite sure Lily and Draco will have a little dash of romance in this fic. :) I'm sorry to say it, but you will no doubt have to get the bucket out. :( Don't worry, though – I'm thinking of turning it into two separate stories, one "following" Draco, the other Hermione... Still not sure, though. Thank you very much for the compliments, though as I said before, I must disagree.

To both of you, please keep reading:D

Snape walked Hermione to the lake, and pointed out into the distance.

"That's actually a giant squid, not that you can tell from here..." He smiled nervously. "Uhm... Are you okay?" He looked into her brown eyes, and she returned the gaze.

"I'm fine, Severus. You don't need to be so nervous, you know."

"You don't need to try to make me feel better, you know." He said quietly, mocking her tone,but after this he certainly relaxed. They sat down under a tree and looked out to the lake in silence. He looked at her, trying to understand why she was with him, when he acted on impulse and asked, "Amy, there's a trip to Hogsmeade tomorrow to buy things for the ball on Sunday... would you like to go with me?" Her heart skipped a beat.

"To Hogsmeade or the ball?" she asked. Much to her surprise, he laughed. The first time she had ever heard Severus Snape laugh. The sound was entirely foreign to her, but strangely alluring at the same time.

"To Hogsmeade. I assume you'll be asked to go to the ball with Potter or someone from his little elite clique."

"Yes, I'll go to Hogsmeade with you. Although I have no money, so there's not really much point." She ignored his comment about James and told herself she'd always carry some money from now on.

"It's nice to get out of the school, though." Severus sighed. They sat in silence for a few minutes, watching the Squid come closer.

"Severus?" She asked, quietly.

"Yes?" He asked, expecting her to ask if the squid would come closer and attack them.

"Will you come to the ball with me?"

"So, Draco." James smirked as they left the building to walk around the grounds with the other Marauders. "What do you think of Lily?"

"She's pretty hott. So's her friend, but not as much..." Draco smiled softly. If only Potter was more like his dad, he'd be much easier to tolerate.

"Well, Cera's going to the ball with me." Remus shrugged. The other Marauders laughed heartily.

"You've barely said anything to her apart from 'Willyougototheballwithme?' and you STILL have to make sure everyone knows." Sirius laughed. "And luck's out, Draco. Lily's going with Potter."

"I'm sure I'll find someone better." Draco winked at them, and then they all stopped dead in their tracks.

"Snivellus." James hissed.

"Where?" Asked Peter.

"Over there, you blind git." James hit Peter playfully and pointed towards the lake. "Draco, no offence but is that friend of yours a bit slow? She's hanging with Snivellus... It's unnatural."

"At least they can say they have friends as hott as themselves." Draco sneered, making the others laugh.

They set off walking towards Severus and Hermione and Sirius told them how he was going to get Amy to go to the ball with him, and do it right in front of Severus.

"Amy." Sirius spoke barely above a whisper when they got there. "Will you come to the ball on Sunday with me?"

"Sorry." Hermione said, looking genuinely sorry, after a moments pause. "I'd only go if someone really special asked me."

"I'mAM special." Sirius laughed his arrogant laugh. "Trust me, every girl who comes here would kill to be asked by me."

"You'd better ask one of them, then." She shrugged, standing beside Severus who had snapped into an upright position as soon as the others had arrived. James, Peter, Draco and Remus all burst out laughing.

"You got BURNED, Sirius!" Peter guffawed.

"I didn't know you had it in you, Gra- Amy." Draco laughed.

"Come on, Amy." Sirius hadn't given up yet. "I'll buy you a dress and everything."

"No, I'm sorry, but I'm already going with someone." Hermione sighed and went to turn away when Sirius grabbed her arm.

"But you said you'd only go with someone special."

"Yes."

"But... The only person you've been with today is Severus."

"Put two and two together." Said James, horrified.

"Oh, HONESTLY." Exclaimed Draco. "He's SNAPE." Hermione ignored the strange looks off everyone and pulled Draco away from the crowd by his sleeve.

"I know it's Snape, but he's not that evil git... He's nice here, just lonely."

"Remember all the stuff he's done to you, though! Humiliated you! Took points off you!"

"But that's in the nineties. We're in the seventies now, so technically he hasn't done anything of the sort..."

"This time difference is giving me headache." Draco complained and walked back to the others. Hermione sighed andwalked behind him.

"C'mon Draco. Let's leave these two." James beckoned the rest and walked away. Severus took Hermione's hand in his own and whispered,

"You're insane."

A/N: Hermione, Hermione, Hermione. Draco was completely OOC for you and you ignored him. Oh, and I'm going to the ball with Remus? As long as it's the Remus in my head and not that Thewlis dude, all's good. ;

Also, I'm so very sorry I put ""You got BURNED, Sirius!" Peter guffawed" in at all. It's just a little homage to all of my friends in London, who sadly said that on a daily basis. It made me cringe every time. Mainly because it was said to me more often than not.