Chapter 5

Hermione surveyed the four boys searching for any sign as to who had sent her the rose. The boys all had a mask of innocence placed on their face. She smiled to herself because she knew that she would get them back somehow. Flashing a brilliant smile she said "Good morning!"

When the boys all gave a "Good morning" that was a little to cheery she laughed. "Ready for breakfast?" she asked as she brushed past them and out the door. When she reached the portrait that lead out of Gryffindor common room she turned around to check as to whether or not the boys were following her. She smiled to herself when she saw them scramble out from her rooms and into the common room.

When the boys had finally reached her she turned and went to head down to the great hall. By the time they had started breakfast the boys must have been bored because they decided to spice up breakfast with an eating contest. Breakfast was a hearty stack of golden pancakes accompanied by maple syrup and apple quarters.

As the Marauders started to wolf down their pancakes Hermione looked at them and said "I hope you don't mind late contestants because that looks like fun." She grabbed her plate of pancakes and calmly started eating. By the time she was finishing her eighth pancake the boys had finished. Remus was currently in first place with 12 pancakes with the rest following close behind.

Hermione kept eating her pancakes…nine…ten…eleven…twelve…thirteen. Hermione finally pushed her plate away signalling her finish. She had decided to take pity on the boys because with every pancake they watched her eat they turned a different shade of green.

She looked at the boys with a glint in her eyes. You didn't stay with the Weasley's over the summer for six years without gaining an aptitude for eating several servings. "Are you sure you guys are full? There are plenty more pancakes" she asked innocently. She watched as Remus' face went white at the mention of more food. Sirius looked at her and eagerly said "That was great! Where did you learn to do that? You ate more then Remus and he wins almost every time. You even ate slower then us!"

"Oh, one of my friends mother was insulted if you didn't eat at least two servings of her food. I usually stay there the week before school started." She dismissed the subject lightly.

Remus looked down at his watch and gasped. "Oh crap! If we don't hurry we're going to be late for transfiguration" he grabbed his bag and looked at everyone else to make sure they were following. When everyone had what they needed they set off at a fast pace for Professor McGonagall's room.

McGonagall was just about to shut her door when they arrived. They collapsed into their seats with relief. The last thing they needed was another detention to occupy their evenings.

After transfiguration they headed off to charms. Hermione sat down beside Remus and turned her attention to the charms teacher Professor Flitwick. He was a very short wizard who had to stand on top of a heap of books to see above the top of his desk.

"Today we will be learning an illusion charm. This variety of an illusion charm is meant for changing the appearance of a person rather than that of an object. Everyone should be able to complete this charm with little difficulty. Picture in your mind the illusion you want to cast on your partner. When you have a clear picture draw a circle in the air with you wand while saying Corporeus Praestigiae. If you have performed the charm properly a circle of smoke produced by your wand will envelope your partner before disappearing. You may begin."

Hermione turned to Remus "You wanna go first?"

"Sure" Remus furrowed his brow a minute before he smiled. He looked at Hermione, moved his wand and shouted "Corporeus Praestigiae!"

A thin smoke covered Hermione's vision. When it cleared she didn't feel any different. Looking down at her clothes everything was normal. When she glanced at Remus he pointed at her hair. When she grabbed her hair she smiled grimly. It had turned into delicate gold curls with streaks of red that extended down to her waist.

"Two can play that game, Corporeus Praestigiae!"

Remus gasped as a neon green moustache sprouted from his upper lip and grew until the ends had a slight curl to them.

Hermione barely had time to gloat as Remus fired another charm at her. They threw the charms at each other until they had to stop for a breather. They both took a look at each other and started to giggle, but their laughs were drowned out by someone shouting "Corporeus Praestigiae" behind Hermione.

When Hermione's vision cleared from the surprise attack she turned around and saw an amused expression on Sirius's face. When he transfigured a mirror in front of her she shrieked in anger. Sirius had turned her into a risqué biker chick. She had on chunky biker boots and fishnet stockings with rips in them. A leather miniskirt hugged her hips adorned by a chain that served as a belt. A snakeskin halter top left her midriff exposed. Her hair was died jet black with red and gold streaks.

By then the whole class had gone silent and was watching Hermione. Hermione vanished the mirror and glared at Sirius. "Corporeus Praestigiae!" she shouted. She smiled as Sirius was engulfed in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke finally dissipated the class gasped and burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Out of the corner of her eye Hermione saw Remus bent over clutching his side in pain from so much laughter. James was guffawing and Peter was giggling like a little girl. When she turned her attention back to Sirius he had gone a deathly shade of white. The bell rang signalling lunch. As the class gathered up their stuff Flitwick squeaked "Since we didn't have time to learn the counter-curse your homework is to research it and return yourselves to your original state."

The class rushed out leaving the marauders and Hermione in the charms classroom. By then Sirius had recovered. He was glaring at Hermione. "That was way out of line! You are so going to pay." He said in a melodic voice.

At the sound of Sirius' voice the boys doubled over with laughter again. Hermione smirked at him. "You got no better than you gave Sirius."

"You've got to admit it Padfoot, she's got you there."

"Shut up Moony! Get this illusion off of me" Sirius growled at Hermione.

"Oh I don't think so. You see I think you look absolutely gorgeous as a girl!"

Sirius looked to his friends for help. When they all shrugged their shoulders he grabbed his bag and stalked out of the room. He was so mad that he didn't notice the other four following behind him in fits of giggles. He was brought back to reality when he walked straight into someone, knocking them both down.

Sirius shoved the person off of him. When Sirius was able to get a better look at what he had walked into he sneered. Getting to his feet he looked at Snape with disdain. Snape realising that he didn't know the student he knocked down said "Sorry about that. If you would accept my humble apologies, I would like to escort you down to the great hall for lunch."

"If you ever try to pick me up again, Snape, You'll wish you had never been born" Sirius growled in a dangerously low voice.

"Black is that you?"

"You've got a problem with that?"

"On the contrary, Black"

By then the others had caught up to Sirius. He brushed by Snape and continued to the great hall. Remus, Peter and James all looked confused. When Hermione giggled they looked expectantly at her.

Seeing their enquiring looks she said "I think Snape hit on him." When they got to the great hall and sat down they saw Sirius being hounded by guys. Finally ,when he had enough, he stood up on his bench and yelled "Stop hitting on me! I'm Sirius Black god dammit!"

When he sat back down the hall erupted into chatter and laughter. A cold breeze suddenly reminded Hermione that she was still under and illusion. She grabbed her wand and whispered the counter-curse.

When Sirius saw that she had removed the illusion he demanded that she enlighten him on how to remove his. She just smirked and went back to eating her food.

When Hermione arrived back to the common room she found a very grumpy Sirius. He looked up at her from his seat at the fireplace. He jumped up and levelled his wand at her throat. "Tell me the counter-curse or you'll regret it!"

Hermione backed up until she was flush against the wall. "Whoa, cool down Sirius. Why didn't you look it up in the Library?"

"What do you think you're doing?" Remus yelled as he spotted Sirius' wand levelled at Hermione's throat.

Hermione let out a sigh of relief when Sirius smoothly stepped back and lowered his wand.

"We were just talking."

"Talking my butt!"

"It's alright Remus, no harm done." Hermione cut in. When she had Sirius' attention she taught him the counter-curse.

All three of them went into Hermione's room and sat down in front of the fire. After 10 minutes Sirius left. Remus got up and silently moved to sit on the couch next to Hermione.

The smell of Remus so close to her made Hermione dizzy. His scent reminded her of the crisp smell the morning after it had poured all night. She tilted her head up to look at him. She closed her eyes as his lips brushed hers, all resolves about ending the kiss promptly flew out of her head as she surrendered.

When they stopped she looked into his eyes and stood up. "I'd better go to bed." She managed to whisper before fleeing to the safe haven of her room.

Hermione went into her bedroom and drew a lavender scented bath. Sinking into the hot water she felt the tension from the day drain away. After relaxing for a few minutes she turned her mind to the matter at hand.

Hermione started talking to herself. "I can't deny that I like him, but then again I'm not allowed to like him, he's my teacher for heavens sake. Besides I don't want to add the loss of love to his list of troubles. I'll just have to figure out someway to discourage him."

Hermione got out of her bath and slowly made her way back to her room where she made ready to go to sleep. When she finally got to bed she tossed restlessly. The last thing she remembered before she fell asleep was a little voice taunting her "But you liked it didn't you? You want him to kiss you again."

A/N" sorry about this chapter being so short, I had to post before the week began. Thanks for all your reviews! To PJinNH: thanks for letting me in on that little fact, sorry about the mess up