AN: Had to update some mistakes in this chapter in regards to the spelling so sorry if it appears to be a new chapter. Your new chapter is on the way however and should be up either today or tomorrow. Thank you all for your amazing support. It's wonderful to see people like the story so much!

Hermione woke up to a rustling sound and screamed as she saw two tennis ball sized eyes above her face that also belonged to a now screaming house elf. "Oh my god Tiny! You scared me. Please next time stand by my bed and wake me from there please. Thank you so much for calling me though!" she said hugging the elf who relaxed once she'd realised she'd done nothing wrong. Scowling she turned to see Luna on all fours on the floor laughing hysterically at Hermione having been frightened by her own house elf. "Oh shut up you! Come on lets get dressed and go for breakfast. Bring your bag as we'll probably just head to class after breakfast. I'll be checking out my own special quarters after lunch if I can. You must come with me" said Hermione rolling out of bed and going for a nice hot shower before dressing and putting her hair into a ponytail.

Luna showered and dressed grabbing her bags as they headed for the floo. Throwing down the powder they shouted main hallway and came out where they had been told they would. They were shocked to see Ginny in the great hall having breakfast. It would appear Dumbledore had used his magic to make her a year older so she could now attend as well or something to that affect. She was in Gryffindor as well as her older brothers bar Ron of course who was still sulking in Hufflepuff. They both sauntered over to the Gryffindor table sitting beside Harry and Neville. "Hey guys how are you? We just wanted to say we know what happened last night and the same thing happened to us if you get my drift" said Luna smiling brightly at Harry as he smiled a knee weakening smile at her loving her response to his simple smile. Ginny looked intrigued. "What happened last night guys?" she asked curiously. "Who are you? I don't know you!" said Harry looking shocked.

"Sorry Harry Potter I'm Ginerva Weasley and I'm in first year as well but you may call me Ginny if you like!" she said forcefully. "Well Ginerva it's great to meet you. Oh we read a passage in a book we didn't understand and we're surprised because they didn't understand it either. "Excuse me Miss Black and Miss Lovegood but what are you doing sitting at this table?" asked Dumbledore sternly. "Oh Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom are our best friends we didn't think sitting here would matter but if it upsets you all that much then we'll move. See you later on!" said Hermione kissing Neville's cheek while Luna pecked Harry's lips to the shock of Ginny who had seen. Ginny went over to Luna smiling.

"Luna please tell me all you know about Harry. What does he like and so on? You seemed awfully close to him why?" she asked curiously but with a tinge of anger behind it as well. "Oh well we're such close friends I sometimes feel it's almost as though we're married. He's fantastic really. He likes most things except Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Although it's hard to know what qualities he likes in a person. He loves and values honesty above all else. If someone ever betrayed his trust he'd never speak to them again and cut them out of his life entirely like he did with the Dursley's his so called family. But not to worry I'm sure your intentions are most honest. Let me tell you this though hurt my very best friend and I will curse you!" she said menacingly making Ginny stomp off in a rage. How dare that jumped up bitch speak to her like that. She was going to curse her soon and so be it.

After breakfast they had a charms class where Malfoy snubbed Harry and was giving him aggro as he usually did. "I'm telling you this now Potter my father will..." "Do nothing as he is an incompetent fool like you. Do not threaten me with someone as useless as your father Malfoy he's pathetic and cruel and you better hope for the sake of your own mental health that you do not go down the same path he has taken. I also hope for your own sake you do not know what he does in his spare time. Death eater much!" Harry challenged Malfoy who retaliated with a stinging jinx to Harry who squealed in shock as it moved beyond him and hit the teacher squarely in the bum. "Owww! What the hell are you playing at Malfoy. One hundred points from Slytherin for attacking a teacher!" screamed Flitwick making people around him jump.

"Sir that's not fair I was aiming for Potter and not you. I was only aiming at him because he said bad things about my father which I will not stand for!" snarled Malfoy shocking people. "Mr Malfoy what are you going to do tell your father? I'd suggest you do that instead of trying to hex Harry Potter or anyone else in my class or any class. Harry please apologize to Draco for what you said about his father and Draco move on now!" he shouted. Harry apologized and they moved on. Snape was furious at Draco for loosing so many points for hexing a teacher and wouldn't even hear of his excuses as to why he did it either. Dumbledore was alarmed at this as he hadn't expected this at all to happen in his esteemed school. He would need to move things along with love potions and slipped some into a blueberry muffin Harry was now heartily eating. He became most shocked and distressed when nothing happened. Next they had potions.

Snape barreled into the classroom slamming the door opened and closed again. "There will be no silly wand waving or incantations in this class. I don't expect many of you will appreciate the subtle art and exact science that is potion making. Most of you will probably fail potions. I don't say that to be cruel I say it so you can clarify your expectations for the year ahead. Harry Potter our newest celebrity. Let's see how much you do or indeed do not know about potions. Where would you look if I asked you to find me a bezor?" he asked kindly.

"Well if you asked me right now my potions kit but otherwise I would search the stomach of a goat sir." Snape smiled slightly Harry was good at potions which was good for him as it meant he wouldn't need to berate him for not knowing it. He looked down at his class list again before looking up quickly. "Longbottom! What's the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?" he asked seriously once again.

"There is no difference as they are the same plant which can be used in either the draught of the living dead or the wolfsbane draught and they also go under the name of aconite sir" he said honestly. "Very good Longbottom. Clearly what I hear about you being a squib up until last year was not true at all. Um lets see who else? oh here we go Black tell me where would I look for some Valerian Sprigs?" he asked her seriously once again.

"You would look either in your potions stores or on the base of a log tree in the forbidden forest or any forest really! These can also be found in greenhouses and around the grounds of older buildings." "Very well done. Now one more question lets see who to ask. Ah yes Lovegood what is the other name for liquid luck?" he asked full sure she wouldn't know.

"Although that is a higher level question the answer is Felix Felisis it pays to read sir!" she said excitedly. He was absolutely floored as this higher level question had been asked as a trick that no one should have been able to get right at all. He was most impressed that she did know the answer however as it proved to him she'd be a great asset to his classes in future should he need any assistance with helping the other students.

"Ok very well then. It appears some people study more then others and it shows. Twenty points each to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. You are right Luna when you say that reading the books of potions is just as vital as brewing them. Why are you not all copying there answers down!? Five points to Ravenclaw Miss Lovegood for answering the higher level question perfectly as I had not expected you to be successful. I am most impressed. And Harry Potter keep studying and you will do very well indeed in potions. It goes to show that clearly fame is not everything and being your own individual is everything. People would do well to remember that Harry is just as normal as everyone else and I would imagine he does not want to be thought of as a celebrity or different because he lost his parents to Voldermort. Being afraid of the name increases fear of the thing itself and so if you don't learn to say it you'll never get over your fears of it. Write that piece of advice down as it will most certainly help you in life. As Harry here proves it doesn't matter how the hell you were raised really for as long as you study and work hard anything can be achieved" he finished smiling.

Everyone was shocked most of all him. As he thought about it that evening he was disgusted that his Slytherin's and the Hufflepuff's he'd had earlier on in the day knew nothing about what he'd asked them. Ronald Weasley's response was the most annoying though.

(Flashback)

"Weasley where would you look if I asked you to find me a bezor?"

"Why would you ask me that? It's the job of the apothecary owner to get the ingredients for me you slimy git!" he shouted in rage.

"Detention Mr Weasley and ten points from Hufflepuff for giving me cheek in my own classroom. Everyone is meant to know where to find these things to pass the course. I did not say it was your own job to do so but that does not mean you don't still need to know where you would find them if it was your job. Even your Dunderheaded twin brothers would get the answer to that question. As one of my best pupils Luna Lovegood would say reading the book always helps. And for your information you would find a bezor in the stomach of a goat. Why the hell aren't you all you copying this down? It will be on the exam. For your homework tonight read the first chapter of your potions book as there will be questions on it tomorrow. In fact there will be a quick written test or survey with ten simple questions on the first chapter. We will do this with all twelve chapters until you all know about potions at the start of each class. When this is done fully we will then move on to brewing. I am most disappointed however with my own house as I had expected some of you to know something even if Weasley didn't. Now time is up get out and I warn you now don't bother coming here tomorrow unless you know the answers to my simple questions!" he bellowed at them all as they left.

End flashback!

In transfigurations they were turning matches into needles. Harry got it on the first go. His needle was much bigger then the match had been and McGonagall watched in awe as he transformed his ink well into a pin cushion for the needle to rest in before stopping. "Mr Potter this is advanced and very well done I might add. Good idea on thinking of the pin cushion so you don't cut yourself with the needle I presume. I would assume you have read the transfiguration texts well before class which is always highly recommended. Well done again ten points to Gryffindor." She then turned around gaping at Neville in awe once again.

He had made two needles with his one match. "Professor you didn't say how many needles you wanted and I got nervous so I made two just in case!" he said looking very nervous and sounding flustered. "Calm down Mr Longbottom you did nothing wrong. I should have specified I wanted just one needle. Great effort ten points to Gryffindor!" she said smiling. She was also able to award Ravenclaw with twenty five points in total. So far that day Ravenclaw had gotten fifty points, Hufflepuff had earned ten points and lost Forty, Slytherin had earned thirty loosing forty and finally Gryffindor earned forty points. This was all from first year alone and the staff were most impressed and shocked with their efforts. At this rate no one would win the house cup with it being so even in score in terms of the house points the first years were earning. Pamona was most annoyed about Ron loosing so many points for her house. She gave him a common sense draft in a cup of tea in her office to see if it would help him while they talked.

"Come in Mr Weasley and sit down please now here is a nice cup of tea for you. Now please explain to me why you are not doing well in your classes?"

"That stupid greasy git Snape asked a stupid question in his class. I'm not the apothecary person so how I would I know where to find these bloody items? Also I don't belong in this house! I should be in Gryffindor for the eternally brave like my brothers and now sister! It's just not fair that I get lumbered with the pansy Hufflepuff's!" he said now ranting and shocking his head of house completely.

"Ronald Weasley! Don't ever talk about Professor Snape like that ever again despite the status of his hair! You do need to know where to locate these ingredients for potions class for him and for your Herbology class for me. Gryffindor is for the Brave and Hufflepuff is for the loyal. Whoever said we were a house of Pansy's has a great sense of humor considering I work with them often in the greenhouse!" she said suddenly chuckling at her own herbology humor.

"You will serve detention with me tomorrow night and you will learn to be happy for all that you do have instead of moaning about what you don't have. You know what Harry Potter for example doesn't have? Parents! You have parents and are very lucky indeed. Your family may not be rich money wise but you are all rich in the sense that you have each other, clothes on your back, a roof over your heads and food in your belly's. Even though he has no parents he has more gratitude in his little finger then you have now! I'd suggest you think long and hard about whether what you have is enough for you or not! Dismissed!" she said pointing him to the door after he'd finished his tea of course. She had hoped that the common sense draught would help him. She often administered it to silly students in her house as it just helped them to see things more clearly doing no actual harm to the student itself.

After dinner Hermione and Luna returned via floo. Hermione went into her room and put her books away before changing into her comfy pyjamas, slippers and dressing gown. She entered her office with Luna behind her and went to the door for Slytherin. It was a hallway that greeted them once it had been opened. They stepped inside and closed the door behind them. Hermione instantly added the lumos charm to all of the lights in the hallway and the room they had now entered. Inside this room were two king sized four poster beds with deep green silk bed sheets and stunning silver curtains surrounding them. In between the two beds was what looked like a little square lake with a fountain statue of a snake that was shooting out water in bright green and yellow colours. It looked beautiful. Hermione touched the coloured water sighing deeply. "Hmm Luna this is wonderful. This is full of a happiness elixir which makes me feel Neville's emotions and it's wonderful. He's so happy and in love oh wow! This is very overpowering. I love it though!"

The next room was an office with an actual screen and a note below the screen. Think of a Slytherin you want to see and you will see everything they do and hear everything they say, Sal.

Hermione was shocked that as she thought of Malfoy he appeared on the screen. "I swear to god the cheek of Potter. I'll get that jumped up half blood for threatening father. Who cares if I hexed the baby teacher in the school I mean he's so small he could be McGonagall's child. Hmm Blaise maybe this spell will do it. Sal came up with this himself and so no one would know about it. The joys of being in Slytherin hey. I'll slip it into his usual pancake stack tomorrow morning." "Yeah good idea Draco then maybe he'll shut up for once! Thinking he knows it all and what the hell is the deal with him sucking up to Snape! Ginerva Weasley the sexy red head from Gryffindor told me all about it."

"Tilly! I need you to put this love potion you took from Ginny into Blaise Zabini's breakfast tomorrow oh yes and Draco is planning to drug Harry with something so please switch his pancakes in with those of Crabbe and Goyle. Thank you" she said smiling at the shocked elf. "Of course Hermione. No one will get away with harming my family!" she said sternly before popping away. The office looked much the same as that in Ravenclaw only more luxurious. Their common area was covered in luscious green carpets, soft and squishy couches, some end tables and some chandeliers. Salazar's Portrait hung above the large fireplace smiling at them both before he spoke.

Welcome Hermione and Luna to Slytherin's Sanctuary. You will find here that everything inside this place enables you to keep a close eye on the pupils of my house. We are of course as you know cunning but we are also loyal and some of my Snakes such as Draconis Abraxas Malfoy would do well to realize that his daddy can't always be there to help him. The whole ethos of being is a snake is to rely on no one only yourself while making it appear as though you are an actual team player. This is the height of cunning and I love it. Besides which he needs to learn that lesson and fast otherwise when Tom Riddle rises again he'll die. His parents were fools raising him to believe he was the most special child out there and need only ask for friendship to receive it although he shouldn't really have to ask as it will just come to him. Have you ever heard such cow dung in your life? He does have much money and wealth but what he has in wealth and trinkets he lacks in humility and honesty.

Blaise Marco Zabini is an impressive Slytherin and I like him a lot. He hides well in the shadows and observes things only appearing to help everyone so he can get a clearer picture of what's going on. He's very loyal to his friends to his detriment sometimes actually. But he has a phenomenal brain and that needs rewarding I think. He should know that his study and efforts in class are well noted by me. I have a potion here in the cupboard to your right which you are to give to him the day after tomorrow as it will let him know I believe in him and his abilities. His brain has been closed off by Dumbledore somewhat via potions and spells as he believes he may be too smart for his own good. This potion is a cleanser like the ones you have all taken. This will mean he can ever again against his will be tampered with. He is such a bright boy who was not mollycoddled like that Malfoy fool. As for you Hermione you are a serious asset to have in my house although you currently reside in Ravenclaw as no one will ever expect you to be the heir. You should know too if you don't already that Snape is not a death eater any longer. Dumbledore believes the so called Dark Lord was annoyed with Snape and set him free as a form of serious punishment. He has done an exceptional job.

Although it was not the trait of my house he has been very brave. I have the ability while in here to write letters and give you them so you can forward them onto him using the spells they do at the Ministry of Magic for those interdepartmental memos. He needs to know what he has sacrificed is not in vain and for gods sake tell the dunderhead that he can of course find love should he choose to loose the dark clothes and wash his hair more then twice a week. He is a rather desirable man and needs to be told so. I don't want him to grow old with regrets. He is lucky he has Harry in his family. Tell Harry I said so. I am delighted we have such wonderful heirs. You two should know that Pamona Sprout has given Ronald Weasley a common sense draught to help him out of his confused angry funk. I hope it works as he needs it. Also ask the twins about their account. Molly tried to get into it last night but was denied access. It would seem our Percival is jealous of Mr Potters wealth once again. When will people realize money isn't everything? I ask you that!

I can see you've seen the fountain of youthful joy. It's rather wonderful for that extra boost isn't it. Also I have a special brand of cigarettes in that cupboard there that I've been saving for a good occasion. Don't smoke them give them to Dumbledore with a compulsion charm on them so he will have no choice but smoke them all before he comes into the great hall for breakfast. Let's just say they will certainly lift his spirits. Now through that door there is the Slytherin common room and through this door here is your bathroom. I can see you've seen the bedroom and office. In the office is a portrait of the Dragon. The password is Calla Lily and behind there you will find a stairs leading up to my personal arboretum and potions lab. Please open this door and cast a spell alerting Severus to come in here. I need to speak with him. I suggest you go to bed now young ones. Bare in mind I'll have to tell Severus that the four founding heirs are here and who they are but he will be under the strictest confidentiality magic to tell no one of what he hears. He will not falter when I explain it all to him. He will know of the Weasley's plans and some of what Dumbledore has done but will not know you have come back from the future. Goodnight and don't worry about Sev he won't be able to go on from this room until I tell him he can." They left the room thanking him and Luna did as instructed touching the green and yellow water before smiling brightly. As she climbed into the Slytherin beds to try them out she felt more alive and happy then she had in weeks. What a comfortable bed she thought as she drifted off to sleep.