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A/N at the end of the chapter.
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Chapter 2:
Hermione managed to get home that night without killing Sirius (it was hard though). It was now Wednesday and Hermione's last day of work. Not really anyone was going to miss Hermione except her boss. Hermione had done the best work that hadn't seen in years.
After work Hermione went home. She made dinner for her lonely old self and then watched a movie by her lonely old self. At least she would have company at Hogwarts. That was one thing she was looking forward to. Remus had always been good company to Hermione. But Sirius was another story.
Of course she didn't have to act her age around him. He never did. He made her feel different and happy. It was strange she couldn't even do that with Harry and Ron. All-in-all Hermione was looking forward to going to Hogwarts.
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Finally Friday came and Hermione had packed her trunk of things she would need at Hogwarts. She had talked to Ginny and she would watch her apartment while Hermione was at Hogwarts. She had packed almost every pair of robes that she owned and other pieces of clothing that was suitable for teachers to wear. She decided to leave her halter-tops and low rise shorts, they didn't seem too acceptable. Otherwise she had packed all of her books and quills and parchment. She had plenty of shoes and hair things. She was ready.
She transformed her trunk to be a key and stuck into her robes. She made her way to the Leaky Cauldron and found Sirius waiting for her. When he saw her he grinned. Hermione walked over to him and grinned.
"Don't you ever work?" Hermione asked playfully.
"Nope that's the good part of being Remus' assistant, I work only once a month. Anyways, you ready to go?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
With that Sirius walked over to the fireplace and took out some floor powder. He offered it to Hermione and took some. She said 'Hogwarts' and found herself in Dumbledore's office.
"Ahhhh, glad to see you made it in one piece. Welcome to Hogwarts Professor Granger." It had a nice ring to it, Professor Granger. Just then Sirius came out of the fireplace and landed smack dab on Hermione, taking her down with him. When he saw her he smirked.
"Hermy baby, if you wanted to be on bottom you could have just told me."
Hermione gagged. "Oh come on Sirius I can't breathe. Get off of me." Dumbledore just looked at them and smiled. He had a look in his eyes that Hermione thought said I know something you don't know. Sirius and Hermione stood up and Hormone sat in the chair in front of Dumbledore's desk.
"Since Sirius hardly ever does his job around here I have given him the mission to show you to your quarters and to make sure that you are comfortable. I'm sure that he will do a wonderful job. If you have any questions you are free to come and visit. The password is Canary Creams. You are free to visit the Muggle Studies classes anytime to see the curriculum. With that I will leave you to Sirius." She followed Sirius. He stood next to her and just smiled.
"What are you so happy about?"
"You I'm glad that you are here. Now we can have a lot of fun." Hermione did like that and smiled too. He looked at her and took her hand.
"Since I hardly teach classes and you don't start until after Christmas we can have a lot of fun. We can pull pranks and everything. It will be fun. Hopefully, as long as you don't tell on me." Hermione knew that Sirius was joking and she just smiled slyly.
"Of course what am I going to do, take house points from Gryffindor?" Hermione continued following Sirius and after what seemed like a hundred turns and corridors they reached a door that said 'Teachers Quarters, No Students Allowed.' Sirius told Hermione that the password into this corridor was 'aconite.' Once in the door Hermione gasped. It was larger than the Gryffindor common room. It was all of the House colors and was beautifully decorated. The room was a large circle and had four other corridors leading away from the center.
When looked at closely they said what teachers lived in the corridors. The closest one to the left said, 'McGonagall, Pomfrey, Vector, Sinistra' the next one said 'Binns, Pince, Sprout, Mildrege' the next one said, 'Filch, Trelawney, Flitwick, Hooch.' The one farthest away, where Hermione thought she would live looked the most used and had plenty of names crossed out that were unreadable now. It said,
Snape
Lupin
Black
Granger.
Hermione read it and almost chocked. She couldn't believe that she would have to live with three other men in the same corridor. And none other than those three men. It would be a fun time indeed at Hogwarts for Hermione. When Sirius heard her choke he finally spoke.
"Oh not happy with your room arrangements? Sorry only open space. Don't worry Remus usually keeps Sevvy and me in line. You never know though. Come on let's go in. See your room."
With that they both walked trough the door. It was a longish hallway that had four doors coming off of it. Two on each side of the walkway. Sirius led her to the second one on the left side. There was a painting of an enchanted forest. It truely was beautiful, with dark greens and the tiny animals in the picture moved. One, brown rabbit turned and looked at Hermione and then Sirius. To Hermione's surprise it spoke to him.
"Is this the new tenant?" It said in a sweet and high voice.
"Yes Piper, this is Hermione. She will now choose her password." He stepped to the side so that Hermione could speak privately with Piper. After Hermione told her the password 'Buckbeak' than she turned to Sirius.
"Thank you very much for showing me to my new room. I'm not sure that my internal clock is working well so can you come and get me for dinner?"
"Yeah that sounds great, I'll be here in a couple of hours. So long Hermione."
Hermione walked in to her room. It was just beautiful. It had a large living area that was painted a deep and attractive blue. The couch and plush chairs were a navy blue with black pillows. There was a bedroom in the back that had a four-poster bed like the students have. The bedroom was a deep purple that Hermione liked a lot. There was a closet that had a ton of space for all of Hermione's belongings. She took the key out of her pocket and put on the floor at the foot of her bed. She then transformed it back into a trunk.
Hermione decided to go out and check the living conditions in the corridor. One outside Hermione saw that there was a fifth door at the end of the corridor. Hermione thought that it must be a bathroom. She walked up to it and tried to open it. The doorknob spoke to her.
"Password?" Leave it to Sirius to forget to tell her the password to the bathroom. She turned and walked away. She decided to check out the paintings on the other doors. On the door directly across from hers there was a painting of a meadow at night. There was a large moon in the distance between some clouds. Hermione thought that this must be Remus'.
On the door next to hers Hermione found a picture of four bluebirds sitting in a tree looking like they were having a grand old' time laughing at a skunk below. Hermione laughed in spite of herself. This had to be Sirius' room. But she was in for the time of her life when she saw the next door.
It was pink with a scene of a large tree. In the tree was a bird that was looking sad. Sitting under a tree were a boy and a girl. The girl was leaning on the boy and they were resting. In the corner of the tree there was another bird that looked as if it would like to bite Hermione's hand off if she got any closer. Hermione liked the picture on Snape's door and wondered who had picked it.
She went back to Sirius' room and knocked. One of the bluebirds looked at her and smiled. He looked at his friends and they all began giving catcalls. Luckily enough Sirius opened the door and told them to be quiet. He then saw Hermione and smiled.
"Oh no wonder you guys were whistling. She is a pretty one isn't she? Come on in Hermione."
Hermione was grateful that he let her in.
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A/N: Thank you to all of the people who read and reviewed:
Katie Black, Pammy, RavenPhoenix, HermioneGranger and Killer Angel.
Thank you so much for reviewing.
I appreciate reviews because they show me that people are actually reading my stories.
*~*Gryffindork*~*
A/N at the end of the chapter.
Please read and review.
Chapter 2:
Hermione managed to get home that night without killing Sirius (it was hard though). It was now Wednesday and Hermione's last day of work. Not really anyone was going to miss Hermione except her boss. Hermione had done the best work that hadn't seen in years.
After work Hermione went home. She made dinner for her lonely old self and then watched a movie by her lonely old self. At least she would have company at Hogwarts. That was one thing she was looking forward to. Remus had always been good company to Hermione. But Sirius was another story.
Of course she didn't have to act her age around him. He never did. He made her feel different and happy. It was strange she couldn't even do that with Harry and Ron. All-in-all Hermione was looking forward to going to Hogwarts.
*~*~*~*~*
Finally Friday came and Hermione had packed her trunk of things she would need at Hogwarts. She had talked to Ginny and she would watch her apartment while Hermione was at Hogwarts. She had packed almost every pair of robes that she owned and other pieces of clothing that was suitable for teachers to wear. She decided to leave her halter-tops and low rise shorts, they didn't seem too acceptable. Otherwise she had packed all of her books and quills and parchment. She had plenty of shoes and hair things. She was ready.
She transformed her trunk to be a key and stuck into her robes. She made her way to the Leaky Cauldron and found Sirius waiting for her. When he saw her he grinned. Hermione walked over to him and grinned.
"Don't you ever work?" Hermione asked playfully.
"Nope that's the good part of being Remus' assistant, I work only once a month. Anyways, you ready to go?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
With that Sirius walked over to the fireplace and took out some floor powder. He offered it to Hermione and took some. She said 'Hogwarts' and found herself in Dumbledore's office.
"Ahhhh, glad to see you made it in one piece. Welcome to Hogwarts Professor Granger." It had a nice ring to it, Professor Granger. Just then Sirius came out of the fireplace and landed smack dab on Hermione, taking her down with him. When he saw her he smirked.
"Hermy baby, if you wanted to be on bottom you could have just told me."
Hermione gagged. "Oh come on Sirius I can't breathe. Get off of me." Dumbledore just looked at them and smiled. He had a look in his eyes that Hermione thought said I know something you don't know. Sirius and Hermione stood up and Hormone sat in the chair in front of Dumbledore's desk.
"Since Sirius hardly ever does his job around here I have given him the mission to show you to your quarters and to make sure that you are comfortable. I'm sure that he will do a wonderful job. If you have any questions you are free to come and visit. The password is Canary Creams. You are free to visit the Muggle Studies classes anytime to see the curriculum. With that I will leave you to Sirius." She followed Sirius. He stood next to her and just smiled.
"What are you so happy about?"
"You I'm glad that you are here. Now we can have a lot of fun." Hermione did like that and smiled too. He looked at her and took her hand.
"Since I hardly teach classes and you don't start until after Christmas we can have a lot of fun. We can pull pranks and everything. It will be fun. Hopefully, as long as you don't tell on me." Hermione knew that Sirius was joking and she just smiled slyly.
"Of course what am I going to do, take house points from Gryffindor?" Hermione continued following Sirius and after what seemed like a hundred turns and corridors they reached a door that said 'Teachers Quarters, No Students Allowed.' Sirius told Hermione that the password into this corridor was 'aconite.' Once in the door Hermione gasped. It was larger than the Gryffindor common room. It was all of the House colors and was beautifully decorated. The room was a large circle and had four other corridors leading away from the center.
When looked at closely they said what teachers lived in the corridors. The closest one to the left said, 'McGonagall, Pomfrey, Vector, Sinistra' the next one said 'Binns, Pince, Sprout, Mildrege' the next one said, 'Filch, Trelawney, Flitwick, Hooch.' The one farthest away, where Hermione thought she would live looked the most used and had plenty of names crossed out that were unreadable now. It said,
Snape
Lupin
Black
Granger.
Hermione read it and almost chocked. She couldn't believe that she would have to live with three other men in the same corridor. And none other than those three men. It would be a fun time indeed at Hogwarts for Hermione. When Sirius heard her choke he finally spoke.
"Oh not happy with your room arrangements? Sorry only open space. Don't worry Remus usually keeps Sevvy and me in line. You never know though. Come on let's go in. See your room."
With that they both walked trough the door. It was a longish hallway that had four doors coming off of it. Two on each side of the walkway. Sirius led her to the second one on the left side. There was a painting of an enchanted forest. It truely was beautiful, with dark greens and the tiny animals in the picture moved. One, brown rabbit turned and looked at Hermione and then Sirius. To Hermione's surprise it spoke to him.
"Is this the new tenant?" It said in a sweet and high voice.
"Yes Piper, this is Hermione. She will now choose her password." He stepped to the side so that Hermione could speak privately with Piper. After Hermione told her the password 'Buckbeak' than she turned to Sirius.
"Thank you very much for showing me to my new room. I'm not sure that my internal clock is working well so can you come and get me for dinner?"
"Yeah that sounds great, I'll be here in a couple of hours. So long Hermione."
Hermione walked in to her room. It was just beautiful. It had a large living area that was painted a deep and attractive blue. The couch and plush chairs were a navy blue with black pillows. There was a bedroom in the back that had a four-poster bed like the students have. The bedroom was a deep purple that Hermione liked a lot. There was a closet that had a ton of space for all of Hermione's belongings. She took the key out of her pocket and put on the floor at the foot of her bed. She then transformed it back into a trunk.
Hermione decided to go out and check the living conditions in the corridor. One outside Hermione saw that there was a fifth door at the end of the corridor. Hermione thought that it must be a bathroom. She walked up to it and tried to open it. The doorknob spoke to her.
"Password?" Leave it to Sirius to forget to tell her the password to the bathroom. She turned and walked away. She decided to check out the paintings on the other doors. On the door directly across from hers there was a painting of a meadow at night. There was a large moon in the distance between some clouds. Hermione thought that this must be Remus'.
On the door next to hers Hermione found a picture of four bluebirds sitting in a tree looking like they were having a grand old' time laughing at a skunk below. Hermione laughed in spite of herself. This had to be Sirius' room. But she was in for the time of her life when she saw the next door.
It was pink with a scene of a large tree. In the tree was a bird that was looking sad. Sitting under a tree were a boy and a girl. The girl was leaning on the boy and they were resting. In the corner of the tree there was another bird that looked as if it would like to bite Hermione's hand off if she got any closer. Hermione liked the picture on Snape's door and wondered who had picked it.
She went back to Sirius' room and knocked. One of the bluebirds looked at her and smiled. He looked at his friends and they all began giving catcalls. Luckily enough Sirius opened the door and told them to be quiet. He then saw Hermione and smiled.
"Oh no wonder you guys were whistling. She is a pretty one isn't she? Come on in Hermione."
Hermione was grateful that he let her in.
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A/N: Thank you to all of the people who read and reviewed:
Katie Black, Pammy, RavenPhoenix, HermioneGranger and Killer Angel.
Thank you so much for reviewing.
I appreciate reviews because they show me that people are actually reading my stories.
*~*Gryffindork*~*