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"So Beuxbatons.. how come you transfered to Hogwarts?" James Potter asked.

"Our parents thought we were getting into too much trouble..." said Harry gloomily, the situation still sinking in.

"Oh year, is that right... well you've found the right people were always getting into trouble here." said James.

"Yeah that nasty old coot that you saw chasing after us is the caretaker... Filch, by the way." Sirius added.

Just then, the portrait swung open again and in walked Hermione. She looked like she must've stopped by one of the bathrooms on the way and cleaned herself up a bit, because her hair was now up in a ponytail, and her face was free of all tear marks.

Sirius let out a low whistle at the sight of her. "Wow, is she pretty." he said.

Harry smiled a bit for the first time that night. "Yeah, that Hermione." he said, waving her over.

"Hello." said Hermione in fake cheerfulness.

"James."

"Sirius."

Both guys reached over at the same time, Sirius' hand reaching Hermione's first.

She looked stunned for only a second, then put back up her facade and replied pleasantly.

"Yes, my name is Hermione Smith." she lied.

Harry was opened his mouth slightly, but she silenced him with a good hard glare.

"Well Hermione, I'm glad to say you have arrived at Hogwarts at the perfect time. You see, tomorrow is Hogsmead weekend, and I would much enjoy if you accompanied me. You know, so I could show you around and ...so forth."

Ron looked furious!

"Well, that does sound nice, but if you don't mind I'd like to go with my friends." she said motioning to the other two.

"Oh, fair. Well how about tonight then, all of you, were planning our annual soaping of the Slytherins." Sirius explained.

"Sure." Harry said stupidly.

"Then its settled, how about you come meet the rest of us and you all can run over the plans with us."

"Thats sounds great James..." Hermione started "No please, call me Prongs." James interrupted.

"Oh, Ok James but..." Hermione was once again interrupted, but not by Potter Sr., it was Harry "That does sound great" Harry said.

Hermione saw his enthusiasm and backed off.

"So, please follow me." James said standing up and walking to the portrait hole, from which they had only come through a mere ten minutes ago.

Through the big widows, they could all see it was beginning to get dark out, as the first few stars shimmered into view.

As they where walking, Hermione pulled Harry back a few feet away from the others. Standing on her tip toes, she whispered to him.

"Did either of you tell them your last names?"

"Um, Ron did I think." Harry replied quietly.

"Oh, well. I still think you should choose a different last name to go under while were here. Just so we don't raise suspicion." said Hermione.

"Alright, how about Smith?"

Hermione clicked her tongue at him.

"What about Dursley?" Harry spat out the name in disgust.

"No." said Hermione. "Your aunt and uncle might already be dating, you don't want to raise suspicions."

"Well what should I use then?" said Harry, who was now walking with a slump so that Hermione wasn't falling all over the place trying to walk on her toes.

"Carey?" suggested Hermione.

"Harry Carey?" asked Harry, eyebrows raised.

"Oh, never mind." said Hermione getting irritated. "You think of something then."

"The feast ought to be starting soon." James called back to them as they went down to the second floor, then turned sharply into an old classroom.

There were two other boys in the classroom, one tall and rather skinny with sandy colored hair and a light scar across his face, and a short rather stout boy with mousy hair and large teeth.

"This is Wormtail..." Peter waved "And Moony." Remus looked up and nodded.

"Guys this is Hermione Smith, Ronald Weasley, and Harry." said Sirius.

"Nice to meet you." Remus said standing up.

"Where are you from? What year are you in?And your house ? Have you been sorted yet?t" asked Peter excitedly.

"Sorry, he gets exited easily, Womtail calm down before you wet yourself." Sirius instructed.

Peter blushed and sat back down

Hermione could see Harry tensing, his fists clenched. 'Oh God.' she thought.

Just in time, she dove for him and pulled him out into the hall. Difficultly.

Then she grabbed his ear. It was a lot easier.

"Not the ear, Hermione, OUCH!" Harry said now rubbing his red ear.

"Sorry." said Hermione apologetically.

"Mufflato" said Harry, pointing his want towards the open doorway.

"Now, Harry this isn't The Pettigrew you knew, this is Peter, or, wormtail, we have to keep our cover.

'the hell we do!' harry thought bitterly. "Why should I not go in there and murder him right now, the way he betrayed my parents!" Harry spat.

"Because, then you'll blow our cover you git!" Hermione said angrily.

"Did you just call me a git?" Harry asked her.

"Yes, as a matter of fact I did, I've been spending far too much time with Ron, now pull it together Harry." said Hermione firmly.

"Fine" Harry said bitterly.

They re-entered the room.

"Sorry."said Harry. "For leaving like that."

"Thats fine." Remus said.

Sirius motioned for them to join them at the table. Harry took a seat next to James, then Hermione, then Ron on the other side.

"So, Hermione, I know you want to explore Hogwarts with your friends a bit, but I was wondering, If your not too busy if you wanted to ditch them and go down to the lake with me for bit?" asked Sirius,raising his eyebrows.

"Maybe, some other time, thanks." Hermione said blushing, then she looked over at Ron, who was apparently talking about brooms, or something else she didn't want to know about.

"Actually, I think I'm going to walk around the castle by my self for a bit, you know explore." Hermione said, getting up from her comfy-ish chair.

"Be careful." Sirius said looking at her.

"Sure." she said, leaving. For some reason she just didn't want to be any where near any of them right now. And when Sirius had hit on her, none of them had done ANYTHING! Not even Ron! He broke a gasket in his brain when she simply wrote to Victor, and now Sirius-the-female-slayer was hitting on her and he didn't even bat an eyelash!

Back in the classroom, the boys continued to talk...

"You know my cousin, she knew an Arther Weasley, any relation?"Sirius asked.

"Yes, he my..." Harry had just elbowed Ron in the side "Well, wait did you say Arther? no, no Its Andy, Andy Weasley hes my dad." Ron made a quick save.

"Oh, I see" said Remus.

"Yeah." muttered Harry.

"Say, neither of you are..." said Sirius, leaning across the table and waggling a finger at them.

"Huh?" asked Ron dumbly.

"You know, going out with Hermione." Sirius explained.

"Oh!" gasped Ron. "No, why?"

"She is definitely something." said Sirius smiling.

Remus rolled his eyes. "If you value your friend at all, don't let her go out with this Neanderthal."

"Yeah." piped Peter. "Hes already gone out with most of the girls in school.

Sirius shot Wormtail a very dirty look, then turned back to his new found friends.

"Not true." he growled.

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