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SURPRISING CHANGE

Chapter 3

Next morning, when Harry woke up, she seriously thought about her situation. Not only was she a girl but she also managed to travel back in time. She managed to travel TO THE TIME OF HER PARENTS! What else could possibly go wrong?

In that moment Headmaster Dumbledore entered the Hospital Wing!

"Hello my dear girl! How did you sleep?" he asked.

"Good enough, Headmaster! Did you need anything?"

"Oh, yes! I did. I wanted to ask whatever you choose your new name."

"I thought about it. I want my new name to be Natalie Meadows. Is that OK?"

"That is a great name but you need to choose a middle one as well." He said, his eyes twinkling.

"OK. Let me think."

"You can tell me after I sort you. We will do that in my office before breakfast and I will then introduce you in the Great Hall."

"Fine, are we going there now?" she asked.

"Yes. We are just waiting for Madam Pomfrey to let you out of here and then we will go up to my office."

It was then that Madam Pomfrey entered the Hospital Wing.

"Good morning, Headmaster!"

"Good Morning Poppy! Is Miss. Meadows good enough to leave the Hospital Wing?" Headmaster asked.

"Yes Albus. She is perfectly healthy."

"Excellent! Let's go then!" Headmaster said and motioned to Natalie (A/N: I will call her that from now on!) to follow him.

"Here, Natalie. You just have to put this hat on your head." He said when they finally arrived in the office.

Natalie took the Sorting Hat from Headmaster's hands and put it on her head.

'Well, well, well! What do we have here? I already sorted you once, didn't I? Oh yes, I see. You managed to change my mind then. But not this time! This time, you will go to… SLYTHERIN!'

Natalie took a deep breath and allowed Professor Dumbledore to take the Sorting Hat from her head. She was disappointed. She wanted to be in the same House her parents were in so she could get to know them. Her dad now probably won't even talk to her. She didn't know what her mom would do because nobody ever talked about her but she hoped that she still had a chance with her.

'Yes, if I can't get along with my dad then so be it but I will get to know my mother. Nobody ever talks about her. Only things I know about her are that she had had green eyes, like me and that she was good in Charms.' Natalie felt like running around jumping up and down and squealing like a girl she was. She also wondered if it was permanent! She couldn't help but hope that it was. After all, she hated being Harry Potter and no one would ever think that she was Harry Potter while she was a girl.

"Natalie, have you thought about your middle name yet?" Headmaster asked her a few minutes later.

"Yes, my full name will be Natalie Jasmine Meadows!"

"An excellent name! will introduce you today at dinner. Today is a Hogsmade day so most of the students aren't here. I will call one of those who stayed to show you around the school. It would be strange if you knew your way around here when you had just arrived."

"Okay!" Harry caught the meaning of that advice.

"Wait here while I go get that student."

Natalie waited until Headmaster returned. Behind him walked a young man with black, shiny hair, dark blue eyes and a sour expression on his face.

"Natalie, this is Severus Snape. He will show you around." Natalie was horrified but she smiled at him thinking that maybe it won't be that bad. After all, he was still a teenager and not the teacher she knew up until then.

"Severus, this girl here is Natalie Meadows. She transferred here and I need you to show her around. She will stay with you until dinner and then I will introduce her to the school. Is that alright?"

"Yes, Headmaster!" Severus said scowling at Natalie. He obviously thought that she had ruined his day. Natalie hoped that his mood would improve a little later.

He mentioned to her to follow him and they went out of the office. In the next two hours he showed her everything about the school, the lake, forest, green houses, Hagrid's hut and all the classrooms inside the school. He showed her a way to the common room and the Great Hall but all that time he was grumpy and on edge. Finally, Natalie had enough and she stopped him.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You have been moping around this entire… two hours. You haven't spoken a word more than necessary and you are looking at me like I did something wrong! WHAT IS IT?"

"If you have to know, I missed this Hogsmade trip so I could work on some potions, and what happens? Headmaster calls me and tells me that I have to play a babysitter to some stupid girl for nearly entire day! What do you think is wrong?" snarled Severus and the girl could only think to herself 'Yep, the Potions Master is in there somewhere!' She knew how much he loved his potions.

"Well, couldn't you just say so? You could have just told me and I would go with you there after you show me around the school. We don't have to walk around the school entire day you know!" Natalie said.

"Really? You would go with me to the lab?" asked Severus, awe showing in his voice for the first time. After all, you don't often meet a girl, or anybody for that matter, who was willing to go into the potions lab.

"Yes, if we are finished here, we can go right now!"

"OK! Follow me!" said Severus excitedly.

She followed him to the school lab for which he had a special permission to work in whenever he wanted. He immediately started working on some potions.

"If you want to, you can make a potion too!" he offered.

"Thanks." She said and thought about it.

She was pretty good in potions even if she didn't show it in the potions class. Of course, she had tried to do well in the first year but Professor Snape didn't notice the difference so she didn't bother to make an effort in his class anymore. She had learned everything outside of it. Actually, she was good in all of her classes and she could easily be the best in her year but she liked to keep her true abilities a secret so she did a good job in her classes but only enough to not draw attention to herself. She freely gave the title of the best student to Hermione.

She wandered if maybe it was time to show her true abilities. After all, nobody new her here so she could be herself. And it would further separate her from The-Boy-Who-Lived.

She got a cauldron and ingredients and went to work. It was actually quite calming. They finished their potions at the same time and Severus looked at her. He couldn't believe that she managed to make just as good potion as he did. Nobody else until then, except a teacher of course, managed that.

"You're good at potions!" Severus said, awe again entering his voice. He could also not believe that he was not jealous but was glad that someone was as good at potions as he was, someone to be able to talk to and work with.

"Thanks. My potions teacher wouldn't agree. He says that I am a disaster in potions." Natalie said a little bitterly and sadly.

"Well, he is an idiot then."

Natalie stifled her laughter. It was funny to watch him calling himself an idiot. In a weird twisted sort of way, she now knew why he always treated her that way. He was a spy and a good potions grade was not worth the price of the man's life.

"I need someone to show me what you did in the last two months. Can you help me with potions?" Natalie asked.

"Of course. We can start right now. We still have a few hours until dinner!" Severus said with enthusiasm, he really loved his potions. He could not wait until he became a potions master.

"Great. So what potions did you do?" she asked, hoping that it was not a potion she had not done in her own time. She really wanted to do a new, more difficult potion.

A/N: I'm really sorry for not updating. To make up for that, this is a long chapter (at least for me)! Thanx to all my reviewers. I love reading your reviews. They help me to write more often!

Please review and tell me what you think. Also, I need suggestion for other tutors! I have Severus for potions, but I still need someone for Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology, CoMC andDADA. Do you think that I should have Natalie learn Arithmany and Acient Runes?

Annie!