After supper was over Hermione made her way to her room. She really did not want to go to detention, but she really had not choice to decide if she wanted to or not, she was going wither, she liked it or not. She looked at the clock and noted that she had half an hour before she had to go and face Snape in her detention and she did not want to go down in her robes. She put her bag on her neatly organized desk and shrugged off her outer robes.

Slipping off her school shoes, she walked over to her dresser and opened it. She looked at the garments for a few minutes and then deciding on a yellow yank top and white skirt she pulled off her uniform and changed.

Lastly, she started pulling off her black knee high socks she pulled on some ankle length white socks followed by her white tennis shoes. Looking in her mirror, she noticed how bushy her hair was she put a charm on her hair that made her hair fall down into silky ringlets cascading down her back.

With that finished, she looked at her watched to find that she only had five minutes left to get to her detention. Storming from her room, she ran down the three floors and to the dungeons just in time.

When she got to the door, she fixed her ruffled clothes and then knocked on the door.

"Enter." said the snaky reply of her Potions Professor. Hermione made her way into the classroom and walked up to his desk. Looking down at her feet, she waited for him to speak.

"Miss Granger, sit. I have something to discuss with you," he said not as rudely as usual and without every word of it dripping with sarcasm. Without a second thought, Hermione sat down in one of the chairs from a desk that had been brought to his classroom desk.

"Now, I know you came here under the impression that you had a detention, which you do, but there is another reason why I have called you here." Snape had gotten up and had started to pace back and fourth from behind his desk every now and then glancing at Hermione.

"The other reason why I have called you here is to offer you an apprenticeship," said Snape as he sat back down. Hermione, finally making eye contact, raised her eyes to Snape's with a look of pure ecstasy in her eyes.

"Really?" she asked him not believing her ears of what he had just offered her.

"Really, really." said Snape. He opened his desk and took out some papers. He also took out a quill and an ink well.

"Just sign on the dotted line and it will be official. I will understand if you had something other in mind for your future or if you need time to think about It.," he said side glancing at her.

"Wow." whispered Hermione. Snape hid a secret grin within himself.

"May I read the papers?" asked Hermione gesturing to the forms.

"I don't see why not. However, just let me tell you that you are the finest student who had ever passed my class with flying colors like you have. Not once have I taught anyone like you in all my years teaching here at Hogwart's and I have never taken an apprentice." he said smirking to himself when he saw Hermione blush. She took about five minutes to look over all the forms and read the fine print.

"I'll do it." she said. Snape looked at her a moment before he handed her the quill and ink well.

"Sign here, Here…initials here, and here….good, that's it." he said and with a pop, the forms disappeared. Hermione was smiling to herself and Snape caught this.

"Now there's the matter of your detention, Miss Granger." he told her which wiped the smile right off her face.

"Yes sir?" she asked him. He pointed at the stack of dirty cauldrons at the back of the classroom. Hermione, stifling a groan, got up and set to work. An hour later, she was finished and she was glad that she chose to wear what she had for she was sweating a bit.

"Miss Granger, come here a moment." said Snape. She made her way back to his desk, sat down completely, and utterly exhausted. She looked at him telling him to continue.

"Now, to go over the fine lines of your apprenticeship." he looked at her a moment and then collected his thought and continued.

"Tomorrow the apprenticeship will take effect. You will now sit at the staff table. Like it read in the fine print you will be removed from Advanced Potions, but you will still get to take your Potions N.E.W.T.'s. Every night after dinner you will come and meet me here in the classroom, I will give you instructions, and then you and I will proceed from there. In addition, you will help with my classes to get hands on experience and teach when I am not well enough to do so myself. Any questions?" he asked her.

"Only one, Sir." said Hermione.

"Well, what is it?" he asked her.

"How long will the apprenticeship last?" she asked him.

"Until I think that you are a qualified Potions Mistress." he told her. She seemed to agree with the answer for she was nodding her head.

"Now it is almost past your curfew, get to bed, I expect you here, tomorrow morning at seven." he said standing up.

"Yes, sir." she said and got up her hand was on the handle of the door and she stopped and looked at him.

"Thank you and goodnight." she said and left the dark room with a different view of her Potions Master.

"Good night, Miss Granger." he whispered and left the classroom to his chambers and went to bed.

I hope you all enjoyed! Pretty much nothing was changed.

Amanda