"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good," said Mari tapping her wand on the paper. Fred and George gasped and both tried to grab the paper drawing Ron Harry and Hermoine's attention to them and Mari who was now giggling as she played keep away with Fred and George. She failed to notice Snape coming up behind her "Miss Kinimoto, would you care to share what's going on here" asked Snape glaring at Fred, George, and Mari "You know what, I'd actually rather not" said Mari sarcastically. Snape who was unused to this kind of treatment just stood there and gaped at Mari while it sunk in "Mischief Managed" she muttered and put the map in her pocket. "Miss Kinimoto has just earned a 50 point deduction from Gryffindorr" broadcasted Snape to the table. "Stuff it up your-" Mari started to say when a hand from both Fred and George over her mouth cut her off. "It doesn't matter they all hate me anyways" said Mari quietly looking down at her food as Snape walked off. Fred and George upon hearing that promptly adopted her as their friend. "Come on not everyone hates you. Me'n George will be your friends from now on." Said Fred trying to make her feel better. "Thanks, you don't know how much it means too me…here, really cleverly made" said Mari giving Fred and George a half smile and the map back. "Thanks a lot" said Pavarti sarcastically and was followed with other phrases from various Gryffindorrs such as "Nice going and true blondness" And from a still angry Hermoine a muttered "Hussy". "I see what you mean," said George as he saw the glares from most of the Gryffindorrs. "Do you know why they hate you?" asked Fred. "Yeah, most of them anyways…it's really a rather silly reason for hating me…well, promise you'll be my friends still after I tell you what happened (Fred and George nod)… Well, it's because I beat up the boy who lived," said Mari kind of sadly. "YOU WERE THE ONE THAT BEAT UP-"yelled Fred quite amused before George and Mari could clap their hands over his mouth. "You're serious?!" said George sounding just as amused. Mari nodded. "That's a really silly reason for hating you," said Fred. "Don't I know it…don't I know it" said Mari muttering the second part.

In class

"Very good Miss. Kinimoto," said Magonngal "Arigato" replied Mari "Excuse me?" asked Magonngal. "Oh, sorry that means thank you in Japanese," replied Mari. "Well, we learn something new everyday don't we" said Magonngal. "Yes professor!" replied Mari sweetly. "Yes professor! What a suck up!" mimicked Hermoine. "Very good Hermoine" commented Professor on Hermoine's freezing spell. "Thank you Professor!" replied Hermoine. "Now look whose the suck up!" whispered Mari her voice dripping with sarcasm with out even turning behind her to look Hermoine in the face. Hermoine's mouth dropped. This brought tons of snickers from Harry and Ron.

After class

"Listen you…you...you…person why do you hate me! What did ever do to you! " Yelled Hermoine to a mirror in the girls bathroom. "Me my dear?" replied a man's voice. Hermoine whipped her head around-"there's no one here!" said Hermoine "Oh yes there is!" said the voice again "Harry and Ron if that's you underneath the invisibility cloak you are in deep doggy doo!" said Hermoine angrily with her hands on her hips. "No it's me the mirror," said the voice. "I didn't know mirror's could talk," said Hermoine backing slightly away. "Oh yes, some can but enough about me it sounds like your having a problem" said the mirror. "Yes" replied Hermoine abruptly. Glancing from the mirror to the door, mirror door, mirror door. "Don't worry I won't hurt you" said the mirror soothingly. For some reason something Mr. Weasly had said kept replaying in her head. "Don't trust anything that talks if you can't see where it keeps its brain." Mari coming into the bathroom pulled Hermoine out of her reverie. "Gah! What are you doing here!" said a surprised Hermoine. "Going to the bathroom, what are you doing?" said Mari looking at Hermoine like she was crazy. "Uh, washing my hands" said Hermoine as she hastily turned on the water. "Same time tomorrow night" Hermoine whispered to the mirror as she left with the water still running. Mari walked over to the faucet and turned off the water noting the snake symbol on the knob Hermoine turned on.