AN: another chapter for you. I hope you like it.

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Chapter 11

"Who is this new teacher of yours professor?" asked Severus Snape,

"That's for me to know and you to find out." Snape rolled his eyes and took his seat next to Dumbledore at the teacher's table.

"Severus I believe your question is about to be answered the new teacher has just arrived. I shall go out side to meet them." Dumbledore left and went to stand by the stone steps.

"Ah miss granger how was your journey?"

" Quite enjoyable thank you professor."

"Come inside the other professors are anxious to meet you and if you're worried Mr. Wood turned up ten minuets ago."

Hermione walked into the hall and was surprised that the first person to talk to her was professor Snape "Miss granger? I thought you were dead!" he exclaimed

"No. I'm very much alive." She gave a wearily smile as she shook Snape's hand.

"Well I'm very glad to see you again miss granger."

Hermione smiled at him "same here professor"

"Please take your seat, the children are about to arrive," Hermione sat down next to Dumbledore and her beloved crippled charms teacher. Professor flitwick

"Miss granger if you be so kind can you please set up the sorting and do the honours of getting the children from the lake."

Hermione really wasn't expecting that but replied "of course. Let me dress in something nicer." She transfigured her robes and started Setting up the sorting the sorting was easy all she had to do was position the sorting hat and three legged stool in the middle of the stage were the teachers table was and waited.

"I believe the children have arrived."

"Ok professor I'll go meet them. Thank you." She left the hall and saw the older students were making their way to the hall.

Hermione waited by the lake entrance and saw that the first years were already at the shore waiting to be let in. Hermione gave a thumb up to tell him that he could take the children inside. "first year this way."

The first years followed her into the castle and stopped at the stairs were they stopped. They gathered up in a bunch infront of the huge oak doors and looked at Hermione nervously.

"Welcome to hogwarts my name is professor granger and I will be teaching you all transfiguration while you are at this school. In a minuet you will be sorted in to your houses, chosen by the sorting hat. The houses are Hufflepuff, ravenclaw, Gryffindor and slytherin." Hermione looked in the hall and Dumbledore used his hand to tell her to come forward "The sorting is about to begin good luck."

Hermione opened the door and walked inside with the first years following nervously behind. She looked round as she walked down the aisle this was hogwarts but it wasn't her hogwarts. Where Ron and harry wouldn't being paying attention to anything just punching each other, where she would be reading a new book from the library or Ginny flirting with dean Thomas. She knew no one. She carried on walking until they reached the very front of the hall.

"I will call each of your names and once I have you will put the hat on your head and sit on the stool and wait to be sorted into a house."

Hermione grabbed the scroll and opened it.

"Attkins Brian"

"Gryffindor!" shouted the hat. The table on the very left of the hall gave a massive cheer as the boy sat down.

"Bucklehurst Chloe" a girl with pigtails strutted over towards the three legged stool.

"Slytherin"

The list went on until she saw a name she recognised she tried her best not to scrawl.

"Krum Marcus"

"Slytherin"

Finally the sorting was finished when "Yeoman Matthew " was put into Hufflepuff.

Hermione took her seat on the teachers' table and Professor Dumbledore stood up "two words everyone. Eat up!"

When dinner was over Dumbledore stood up again. " I have an announcement to make. We have three new members of staff I want you all to welcome Mr. Saunters who will be you new defence against the darks art teacher." There was polite applause." Ex Gryffindor head girl miss granger who will be your new transfiguration teacher and head of the Gryffindor house." There was load applause especially from the boys " and Oliver wood your new quidditch teacher coach." There was a massive cheer from the griffindor table Oliver was seen as a god of quidditch to them even after eleven years.. The applause finally died down "now it's time to go to bed good night!"

Hermione got up and made her way to the griffindor tower to give the fat lady the new password.

"Well if it isn't miss granger. What a beautiful young woman you've grown into." Said the fat lady politely.

"Thank you"

"So what will be the new password?"

"Draconis love"

"Oh I see. You were in love with him," Hermione stared at her in shock.

"How do you kn-"

"The wall have ears miss granger, but the portraits have both eyes and ears. We saw you two fall in love miss granger we saw you run away and we saw Draco's heartbreak As well as yours."

Hermione looked at her " no he doesn't, he said I was noting but a mudblood. What sort of love it that to you?"

"He said that to protect you. His father would have killed you on the spot. It takes a great love to break your own heart to protect that you love the most. He loves-"

"Shut up!" shouted Hermione "no more! I ran away to from him because he used me! Stop telling me he love me because I know your lying!"

"Don't you dare say that to me. You hurt everyone that you cared about by running a way. What did you achieve? Nothing! Love remains for ever it can never be broken. I thought someone as smart as yourself would know that!"

Hermione remained silent until the Gryffindors began to wait by the portrait. "The new password is Draconis love. Goodnight." Hermione turned to the fat lady "where is my room?"

"Just up the hall there on the left. The picture of Salazar slytherin."

"I'm a Gryffindor why do I get a picture of Salazar slytherin."

"Tradition" and the fat lady walked to another portrait.

Hermione walked up to the painting of Salazar slytherin and looked at him. He was almost a spitting image of Draco Malfoy. He had light blonde hair pale but the only difference his eyes were dark almost black.

"Oh a muggleborn." Salazar slytherin looked at Hermione with a little distaste.

"What if I am?"

"Nothing my lady"

"I know you don't like my kind but I want you to know that one of your kind and he showed me what real purebloods were like power hungry and rich."

"Not all of us. You obviously didn't know this person very well. I know who he is a certain Draco Malfoy?" Hermione remained quite. "Yes You where in love but he knew you couldn't be together and long as his father was alive so he broke your heart to save you. I have a similar story to that."

Hermione completely ignored the bit about Draco and wanted to listen to slytherins story. "Really? Can I hear it!"

"Fine if you must. You know Rowena ravenclaw?" Hermione nodded "she was a muggleborn just like you. She was very smart and beautiful and I was in love with her. We had a short affair and when news started reaching my family. I had to break her heart because they would have killed her they saw it as a disgrace to the family name. In turn she also broke my heart she married godric griffindor as revenge. That's how my prejudices against muggleborns started."

"I never knew that."

"Hardly anyone knew, but my lady I tell you one thing. Do not throw away what you had so long ago. It will come back to haunt you. It already is I can tell by your eyes you may be happy now but if you leave it you will regret it for the rest for your life." He paused "So what will be your password?""

"Iris" Salazar looked confused "it's my favourite song."

"Ok my lady, goodnight and you think about what I told you."

"I will. Goodbye." Hermione looked at her room it was exactly like her head girl suite coloured in Gryffindor red and gold it even had it's own library. But Hermione wasn't thinking about that.

"Does he really love me? " She asked herself as she lay on her king-sized bed. " What if he does? I've treated him so badly."

Hermione looked round and saw her owl perched on the windowsill. "I'll floo to the ministry tomorrow morning to speak to him after school."

She lay on her bed and fell into a deep sleep and dreamed about a great love she felt many years ago.

AN: I hope you like it please review. If your bored please read keeper of genesis which is complete and hearts of war the keeper of genesis sequel. Thanks! And please review!!!TBC