I do not own HP! Though it is my plan to kidnap Snape and snog him senseless in the near future...I am not sure how successful I will be in that endeavor...I hope very...I shall proceed to lock him in my closet...he will be my secret lover...why am I divulging my master plan to you? BAD AUTHOR! SHUT UP!

Well here is chapter IV...I hope you all enjoy...it is long! hehehehe!

Oh my head! I moaned and sat up.

I was in the potions classroom but it was empty. It was not the potions room I had always known...or rather looking back on the experience I could say the potions classroom I would know.

The room sported a painting of Rowena Ravenclaw as opposed to Salazar Slytherin. Windows had been magicked to let in mid-afternoon sunlight. The desk was rather messy instead of being in the immaculate shape I had always seen Professor Snape keep it in.

I crept toward the door. What was up?

"Hello Snivellus, pleasure seeing you again. NOT!"

I whipped around. I was about to give 'Professor' Black a piece of my mind. What the hell?

A tall greasy raven-haired boy was backing towards me. A group of four other boys advancing upon him.

"Excuse me."

All five of the boys were staring at me now.

"May I help you?" a different dark haired boy with glasses asked stepping forward.

"Harry?" I asked not registering the fact that this boy did not have emerald green eyes.

"No. My name is James Potter," he said and he looked as confused as I felt. James Potter was supposed to be dead. James was dead.

I turned and saw who could only be a younger Snape slipping away but his eyes were glued to me as if I might suddenly attack him. Poor Severus. I smiled warmly at him. Snape turned as crimson as any Gryffindor banner. I felt charmed. I wanted to coo but resisted the urge. Who knew a teenaged Severus Snape burning bashfully would be so CUTE?

"My name is Jane and I am an exchange student. Could you please show me to the headmaster's office?" I looked directly at Snape as I voiced the question.

"I'll show you," James said. "It's my duty as head-boy."

"Thank you."

"Follow me," James grinned.

I smiled at Snape some more, "See you."

He turned even redder and looked more self-conscious.

I smiled and followed James from the dungeons and up the stairs in the direction of where I knew the headmaster's office to be.

The other three boys followed.

"Oh this is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew," James said and gestured to each as he said their name.

Sirius was staring lecherously at me. I inched closer to James.

"James!" a female voice called from behind us.

A beautiful girl with long thick red hair and bright green eyes came bounding towards us. She wrapped her arms around James and kissed his cheek.

"This is Jane. She is a foreign exchange student," James said looking quite pleased with himself and he wrapped an arm around Lily's waist. "Jane this is my girlfriend and the head-girl, Lily Evans."

"Pleased to meet you," I said and extended my hand.

She shook my hand, "Likewise. Do you know what house you want to be in?" Lily asked and she clung to James arm as we walked down the hall.

"Well I am hoping to be in Gryffindor," I said and I couldn't help grinning because I already knew that I would be in Gryffindor.

"Want us to wait for you?" James asked. "Chocolate Frog."

The gargoyle sprang to the side revealing a spiral staircase.

"I would appreciate that," I said and slowly began walking the stairs.

I knocked on the door at the top and waited.

"Come in," the voice of Headmaster Dumbledore called.

"Hello my dear, who are you?" Professor Dumbledore's asked with twinkling eyes.

I shut the door before turning to the headmaster of Hogwarts.

"Professor Dumbledore what I am going to say will sound most strange but it is the truth. My name is Hermione Granger and I am from the year 1997 and somehow I have ended up in the past due to a reaction between a potion and a time-turner," I stared him right in the eyes as I relayed my story.

I began to rub my arms nervously to warm them.

"Lemon drop my dear?" Professor Dumbledore asked holding a dish out to me.

"No thank you sir."

"Are you a Gryffindor in your time?" he asked placing the dish on his desk after taking one for himself.

"Yes sir," I answered continuing to rub my arms.

"You will need to go to classes while you are here of course. We would not want you to get behind. We will need to come up with an alias for you. We would not want anyone you meet in the future to know it is you. It would raise too many questions. Did either of your parents attend Hogwarts during this time?"

"No sir, I am a muggleborn witch. I have already told five..er six people that my name is Jane," I said staring at my hands as they rested in my lap.

"I take it you wish to stay with your own house."

"Yes please sir," I said softly, "I'm afraid all my books and clothes are in the future."

"I'm sure it will be no problem what-so-ever for you to borrow all the books you'll need from the library and I am sure that you can go to Hogsmeade to the robes shop tonight to get what you need in the way of clothes," Headmaster Dumbledore said. "The date is Tuesday, October 25, 1977."

"Yes sir, but how can I get home? Surely I can not stay here."

"I will need some time to think this through. I am not sure just how we will send you back yet. By the way who have you met that you know in the future?"

"Professor Snape, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and briefly I was introduced to Peter Pettigrew in the future. I met two others in this time though in my time they are..." I couldn't say it.

Professor Dumbledore seemed to understand.

"I shall not ask who they are as I do not feel that I am supposed to know the future."

I nodded.

"Regardless of how tempting it may be to try to change some of the more terrible things that occur you must not," he said standing.

"Yes sir I know."

It pained me. How could I tell Harry that I couldn't have tried to save his parents when I had a chance? I could not change the future. Too much would be risked.

"James Potter is head-boy. He is in your house as well as the head-girl Lily Evans. Have him introduce you to your head of house Professor McGonagall. She is the transfiguration professor."

I grinned. Another friendly face though she would not know me.

"Hey Jane!" James called and he hopped to his feet.

"Hello James," I grinned.

"How did it go?" he asked as we started down the hall.

"I'm a Gryffindor. Headmaster Dumbledore wants you to introduce me to Professor McGonagall as she will be my head of house," I said.

"Don't worry Sirius and I have been to her office loads of times. We know the way," James said with a laugh.

"What school did you transfer from?"

I turned to see that Remus was the one who had voiced the question.

"I am from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic," I said and fell back to walk next to him.

"What is your favorite subject?" Sirius chimed in and he moved up to walk beside me.

"Probably Arithmancy, Potions, or Transfiguration. The only class I ever disliked was Divination because the teacher was utterly incompetent and fraudulent," I said. "It was a waste of time better spent in Ancient Runes."

"So you transferred to Ancient Runes?" Sirius asked smiling at me.

"No, I was allowed a time-turner in my third year to attend all the classes I was taking."

"WOW! They let you have a time-turner?" Remus asked. He sounded awed and impressed.

"Because I ended up dropping two classes I had to turn it in to my teacher," I said with a shrug.

"Now what are you five up to?" the stern voice of Professor McGonagall called interrupting our conversation. She walked brusquely towards us.

"Professor," Lily began, "This is Jane. She transferred from Beauxbatons. She is in Gryffindor and Headmaster Dumbledore wanted us to introduce you to her."

"Pleased to meet you Miss---"

"Grant Professor," I answered.

"Miss Grant I assume the headmaster has explained some things to you," Professor McGonagall said peering over the top of her rectangle spectacles at me.

"Yes professor."

"I have some things to attend to so I look forward to seeing you in my class Wednesday Morning," Professor McGonagall said and she left.

"You want to go to our common room or to the great hall and eat?" Sirius asked.

"That would be nice. And I have a question," I said as we wound our way to the seventh floor corridor.

"Ask away," James said.

"Who was that black haired boy in the hall earlier?" I asked looking for Sirius to James.

"Snivellus Snape," Sirius answered instantly and brushed his hair back with a grin. "The greasiest dirtiest biggest nosed git in our whole school."

Lily dropped James arm and spun, "DON'T call him that!"

"Sirius," James said warningly, "Just don't. Not here. Not now."

"His real name is Severus Snape. Slytherin. James and he are rivals," Remus said as we stopped outside the painting of the fat lady.

"Why did it look like you were going to hex him?" I asked looking at Sirius with a semi-chilled expression on my face.

"Well we were," Sirius answered with a charming grin.

Was that supposed to work with me? I scowled, "Why?"

"Because it's fun," Sirius grinned not registering how disgusted I was. How oblivious could a guy get? I thought I had seen the most oblivious in Ron not noticing how I felt about a certain potions master. I had the feeling I was going to be wrong about a lot of things.

"There is nothing funny or entertaining about tormenting someone," I said glaring at Sirius. I stomped up and stood next to Lily.

Lily looked utterly pissed.

"James, were you going to hex him?" Lily asked forebodingly after jerking her hand away from him.

"James wasn't," Sirius started to try to take the heat for his friend as he realized his mistake.

Lily gave him a look that would make Godric Gryffindor himself quake in terror, "I'm talking to James, not you, you nasty little liar."

"Lily, technically I was not going to do anything to..."James began but stopped seeing the fury of his girlfriend.

"But you were going to watch while Sirius did, weren't you? Watching someone else bully him is no different than doing it yourself...in fact it may be worse because you know it's wrong and you do nothing to stop it." Lily growled and she spun to the portrait.

"Lily wait," James called pleading.

"Vega," and she climbed up into to the common room and stomped across ignoring James calls and going up the side that led to the girls dorm rooms.

"James I am so sorry, I didn't mean to get you in trouble with Lily. Is there anyway I can help?" I put my hand on his shoulder. Seeing Lily yell at Sirius was just good fun but her yelling at James was not fun. It was plain to me that James was quite enamored with Lily Evans.

"It's not your fault," James said as we climbed up. "Do you think you could talk to Lily?"

James lovely hazel eyes stared imploringly at me. So that is where Harry got that look from.

"Sure," I said and smiled at him to let him know everything would be okay.

James smiled back hopefully.

"Lily has her own room at the top of the tower," James informed me.

I headed up quietly. I knocked at the door at the very top of the stairs.

"GO AWAY JAMES!" came a muffled angry shout from within.

I opened the door, "I am not James."

"Oh Jane, sorry out my little outburst there. You can come in," Lily sniffed. She had a pillow in her hand as if she'd been going to throw it. She put the pillow down in her lap and hugged it.

Tears were welling up in her eyes. Oh gosh! What was I supposed to do? I could not stand to see Lily's tears any more than I was able to stand her son's.

"James promised to leave him alone!" she sobbed out and buried her face in the pillow.

I began to rub her back.

"They never cursed him and I know he feels bad and is never going to do this again. I only heard them insult him and I am pretty sure it was actually Sirius doing that. I do not know if that makes it any better," I said quietly.

Lily hiccupped. Her make up was now smudged and her eyes were red.

We got up and slowly made our way down to the common room. I grabbed Lily's arm when we reached the corner that would put us in view of the common room occupants so we could do a bit of eavesdropping on the boys.

"...all my fault..." It was James speaking.

I grinned and held a finger to my lips. Lily nodded. Hearing the confession twice would be good for her.

"Well if you had just left him alone in the first place," Remus said softly. It sounded as if he was just barely paying enough attention to comment every so often.

"James can we puh-lease talk about something besides your problems with your future wife?"

I turned to Lily. She was glowing rosy red now.

Sirius that prick! How was it possible for one person to be so conceited and self-centered? All right! Fine! I know you are all dying to hear me say it! I freely admit it! He was drop dead sexy, but what a personality disorder!

"Sure Sirius," James answered, "I take it you would rather talk about Jane. All of us saw the lascivious looks you were giving her mate."

Remus stifled a laugh.

Peter squealed.

The sound of a hard fist hitting someone in the face met Lily's and my ears.

"SHUT UP!" the voice of Sirius Black snarled at the pitiful boy. "James even you have to admit the new girl is HOT! We know you love Lily but that does not mean you can not think other girls are pretty."

"James look at this," Remus said and pointed something out to him. We heard the rustling of papers.

"I have eyes only for Lily even if she never wants to see me again," James said.

"I have to have Jane for my girlfriend or wife," Sirius said. The way he said my name so lewdly made me feel nauseous.

Lily took my hand and squeezed it for comfort.

"Let's go," she mouthed to me and linked arms and we descended to the common room together.

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