Fifteen minutes later, the seven of them stood outside the doors to the Great Hall.

"Well, lets go see what this is all about." Kat said with a smile before they opened one of the doors and made their way inside. The professors and Filch were up at the head table talking, and didn't notice the students come in. Everyone stayed rather quiet as they walked up towards the table.

Kat stopped rather suddenly in front of them, and they all looked at her in surprise. She was looking down at the ground with a shocked expression on her face. They all looked down wondering what had her attention.

"Mrs. Norris." Hermione whispered confused.

In front of them stood good old Mrs. Norris, who was looking up at Kat.

"Meow"

"My sweet?" Filch asked turning around, drawing all the teachers from their discussion. Everyone turned to look at Kat and Mrs. Norris. The cat cocked her head to one side, then leaped up at Kat.

Thinking quickly Kat put her arms out to catch her, and immediately Mrs. Norris curled up in her arms and began to purr. Kat laughed softly, "So you do remember me." She said with a smile as she scratched the cat behind her ears.

"Amazing." Ron said softly as they watched the two Kats.

"Bloody traitor." Filch muttered shaking his head.

Kat smiled then continued walking up to the teacher's table, the other six on her heels.

"Good evening professors, Mr. Filch, papa." She said nodding to each of them.

"Good evening Katherine." Albus said with a smile. "I see we aren't the only ones who remember you."

"It would appear that way Albus." She replied with a smile, then added softly, "Since we are reverting back to our old ways."

"Touché young one." He replied with a smile at the use of his given name. "But please, refrain from using our given names around the students."

Kat turned and looked at her cousin and the others, then turned back to him.

He shook his head with a smile. "Outside of those present of course."

"Of course." She replied with a smirk. "So, why did you need to see us?" she asked as they all sat down, Mrs. Norris remaining on her lap.

"Of course, well it's about what was learned today by some of the students. We're assuming that you told all of the Weasley's about your father. As you already probably assumed, we will tell the rest of the school that Severus is your father tonight. Now, it's up to you if you want them to know about your previous school experience."

"Alright Albus," she replied scratching Mrs. Norris on her head. "As to my past school history, I think I would rather get it out now than wait. I learned my lesson the first time."

Everyone at the table looked at her in silence, watching her after she finished her statement.

"Are you sure Kitten?" Severus asked softly.

"Yes papa. It's better for them to learn the truth about me now."

"All of it?"

Kat looked down at Mrs. Norris. In the cat's eyes, the one creature almost every Hogwarts student hated, she saw love. Unconditional love for her.

But she knew that humans weren't as forgiving as animals, even animals as 'evil' as Mrs. Norris was supposed to be. She had learned that a long time ago, humans whether magical or not didn't like those who were different then them. She wouldn't give up everything she had worked so hard to gain, not again, not if she could help it.

She looked up at the people she had considered family during her younger years. "Tell them who my father is Minerva, and that I went to Hogwarts when I was five."

"Alright Katherine. We'll tell them about your father and your past here." Albus replied slowly.

"Alright then. Thank you." She replied

"Professors?"

"Yes Mr. Potter?" Minerva asked as they turned their attention to him.

"Well, is there anything that you need from us? We understand why you had Kat come here, was there anything we need to know?" he asked softly.

"Well Mr. Potter, we just wanted all of you to know what was going on. And please, don't talk about what you have learned unless Katherine says it's ok. I know that you probably wouldn't talk about it anyway, but we just want you to realize that everything is Katherine's decision."

"Of course Professor McGonagall."

"I hate to interrupt, but the students will be here any minute."

"You're right papa. We had better get going." Kat said standing up and setting Mrs. Norris down. "See you guys soon." She continued before turning around. Hermione and the others made their way towards the door, before they noticed that Kat wasn't with them.

"Umm, Kat? Where are you going?" Ron asked her, wondering why she had walked over to the wall instead of towards the door.

"Katherine, you realize that you can't continue the things you did the first time you were here." Minerva said softly.

"I know Minerva, but by now there are at least fifty students out there if not more. Do you really want them trying to figure out why we were in here?"

"She has a point Minerva. This one time only." Albus replied, nodding his head slightly.

"Of course." Kat replied. "Guys, we are going to use the secret passage." She explained with a smile as she pushed against one of the walls, immediately a portion of the door separated then moved back into the wall and to the right, sliding behind the wall.

"Are you coming?" she asked.

"All right, we're coming." Hermione replied and they all walked through the passage, the wall closing behind them.

"Why do I have the feeling that she was only humoring us when she said she'd not use the passages." Minerva asked her fellow staff members.

"Because we know that girl a little too well. After all, she's like a niece to all of us." Madame Hooch replied with a smile.

"Yes, well we better let the students in." Albus said with a smile.

~*~*~*~*~

Harry made his way to the Great Hall for dinner thinking about the afternoon.

They had just learned that Hogwarts had a secret passage, of course in a way that made sense, after all there was the chamber of secrets and the passage on the Marauder's Map, but as far as he knew the professors didn't know about them. They did know about this one though, and Kat had known about it.

That was the strangest thing about today, he had learned that Hermione's cousin was Snape's daughter, part fairy, and was the youngest student Hogwarts had ever seen.

Now they were on their way to dinner, where they had to pretend that they didn't know that Kat was in fact Ekaterina Granger Snape, and had gone to Hogwarts seven years earlier. He glanced over at Hermione, she had a sort of glazed look in her eyes, she was probably still in sock about Kat being part fairy. That or the fact that Mrs. Norris was following Kat around.

"Hey Potter, watch where you're going." a familiar voice sneered to his left.

He turned to look at his school nemesis. "Not now Malfoy."

"What's the matter Potter, too busy making eyes at the mudblood."

Harry stopped and turned ready to tell Draco a thing or two. Before he had the chance Draco flew up against the wall. Harry stopped in shock, turning to see who had done that.

"Draco Malfoy, has no one taught you any manners?"

"Let me down Granger." he sneered from where he was held against the wall, three feet of the ground, his arms pinned to his sides.

"Make me."

"Why you little...." he began before he lost all ability to talk.

"Now Draco, let's get one thing straight. DON'T YOU EVER CALL MY COUSIN A MUDBLOOD AGAIN! Or anyone for that matter. You have no right judging people. Now, I'll let you down, and if I ever hear that you used that word," she said as if the word disgusted her, "again, you wish you were only stuck to the wall unable to talk."

Draco slid back down to the floor looking at her in shock.

"Shall we go?" she asked turning back to Harry and the others. They nodded and turned back towards the Great Hall.

"Mudblood." Draco muttered under his breath as he watched them walk away. The next thing he knew he was flying across the hall once more.

~*~*~*~*~

"That was bloody wicked." Ron said with a smile.

"I can't believe you did that."

"Hermione, relax. It's not like I tried to kill him or something."

"Kat, you threw him against the wall! And silenced him, then threw him across the hallway." Harry said softly.

"It's not that big a deal."

"Yes it is." Hermione replied stepping in front of Kat stopping the girl in her tracks. "You used wandless magic, without even saying the spell. That's not possible." She hissed.

"Hermione, my wand was in my sleeve, thus hidden from your view, and I didn't say the spells loud enough for you to hear." Kat said forcibly, she couldn't let them suspect she was lying.

"We have to get to dinner, now!" she continued stepping around her cousin and walking into the Great Hall.

"Well, I guess that is that." Ron said softly as they watched Kat walk to the head of the Griffyndor table.

"I guess so. Come on, she's right we better go sit down." Harry said slowly before he too began to walk to the head of the table.

~*~*~*~*~

Snape watched as his daughter came into the hall. Something had happened before she came into the room, something with her cousin and friends if their distance was any indication. Kat sat down at the head of the table, then looked up towards him.

It was in her eyes, something had definitely happened. He hadn't seen that look in her eyes since... well since before she left Hogwarts. Suddenly a thought entered his mind, 'she couldn't have, she wouldn't.' he told himself.

His daughter looked away, as if she knew what he was thinking. Then again she probably did know.

Damn that girl, she did it. She knew what could happen if she went around doing the things that she had done when she was a child. She had seen the effects of what she was doing.

"Good evening students. Before we start dinner I have an announcement to make." Albus began pulling Severus from his thoughts.

"Most of you who grew up in the Wizarding World have probably heard of the girl who attended Hogwarts seven years ago, the youngest witch ever to attend any wizarding school, from the time she was five until she was ten." He paused as various students recognized the girl he was talking about and some murmurs began to be heard around the room.

"We have not been completely honest about one of our students here at Hogwarts. With the student's permission, we have decided it was time to tell all of you the truth. Most of you have gotten to know Miss Ekaterina Granger since the beginning of the school year. However what you don't know is that this is not Ekaterina's first time at Hogwarts. She is in fact the young witch who was so well known seven years ago."

Albus waited as the room erupted in murmurs once more, then quieted down as everyone realized he wasn't done. "I know most of you are probably in a bit of shock over the knowledge I have just given you. But, there is more. Ekaterina is not only a Granger; Granger is the family name of her mother's father. Ekaterina is actually the daughter of Mr. Severus Snape."

A collective gasp was heard around the room, and Albus glanced between Kat and Severus, both of whom were rolling their eyes.

"Now students, I know this has come as a shock, but I am asking you to not treat Miss. Snape any different, or harass her about her past. Now, please enjoy the meal."

~*~*~*~*~

Kat looked up at her father once more. This was going to be quite interesting. Even now she could hear the whispers around the room.

Right now this was the last thing she needed.

Standing up she turned around, and immediately the room went silent. Holding her head up she made her way down the aisle and went through the doors. As they closed behind her she glanced back, just as everyone started talking once more.

Her father was watching her; he knew what this was doing to her. But he really didn't know anything about how she was feeling. There was no way that he could, and he never would.

She slowly made her way over to one of the secret passages, and went inside. She quickly made her way up to her room and locked the door, placing a locking incantation on the door.

She walked over to her desk and wrote a quick note to Nadine telling her that it was done. As Fearchar flew off into the night she curled up on her bed and cried herself to sleep thinking about everything that she would never have that a normal person had.