All rightie I'm continuing since you all asked so nicely. Sorry for the long wait. I was on vacation to my favorite spot on the globe!(That's Kalgoorie, Australia if anyone cares). I want some input here though. There's a LierreSirius relationship coming up, but who else should hook up? Besides the obvious people. What do you people think of a BelletrixSnape? Message w/ input please! Now here's Year 3…..

Three

Harry looked around. They appeared to be in the library. Sticking his head out into the corridor, Harry noticed how empty the school seemed. Remus tapped his shoulder and pointed to a table a few yards away from them. Sitting there were the two sisters, Lierre and Lily. Lierre was talking quickly, so as not to be overheard.

"I know you don't want to get involved Lils, I'm asking if you can!"

"They're Slytherins Lierre! I've read some history books even if you haven't. There isn't a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin!"

"Only because they needed to defend themselves from people who were prejudiced against them! Maybe they wouldn't have needed to use Dark magic if people who could stick up for them only would have!" This was the closest Harry had ever seen Lierre to being angry. It didn't seem she could stay that way for long, however.

"I'm sorry. It just bugs me, that's all. They aren't very popular with the other Houses. I mean, I've asked people to stop, and they do….right then. Half a day later when they think I'm not there they start up all over again." Lierre looked pleadingly at her sister. Lily sighed.

"All right! I'll see what Derrik and Bianca can do. Sheesh! Just because I'm friends with the two Gryffindor prefects……"

"Oooh thanks so much! I've told them before, but since you're better friends with them it'll mean so much more! Oh hot friddle cakes- I'm late!" With that Lierre dashed out of the library.

Lily sat there for another minute, looking slightly lost. Finally, seemingly resigning herself to something, she went up to the librarian sitting at the front of the library. She tiptoed up softly, then spoke,

"Er…pardon me Madame?" The old woman turned around, startled.

"Oh, it's you. Look if you want to tutor people I'm afraid we haven't really got anyone new ever since your friend Miranda brought up her Transfiguration grade. I do still have the Slytherins but if you don't want to teach them-"

"No ma'am! That's what I came over here for. My sister convinced me to give it a try. You know how she is"

The librarian laughed. "Well Lierre can be very convincing. I hope you're sure about this though. I don't want to have any Gryffindor/Slytherin fights in my library."

"I'm sure" Lily replied without hesitating.

"Well then, Miss Black is sitting right over there. As Mr. Malfoy was a bit too….distracted….to be a tutor for her, she needs a replacement."

Lily walked over to where Narcissa Black was sitting. Harry and Remus followed.

Narcissa introduced herself as Cissy and then went on to explain how she was completely lost in her second-year Potions class.

"I mean, look at this assignment! It wants a four foot essay on the uses and properties of the stones commonly used in potion-making. I didn't even know you could use stones in potion-making! And Lu's a real dear, but he wasn't much help. Turns out he only gets through Potions for the same reason Bella and Lierre do." Seeing Lily's questioning look, Narcissa clarified. "Severus. He's like a Potions genius! But he doesn't fancy tutoring his friend's little sister."

"I guess Lierre was right!" Lily muttered to herself. Cissy seemed very nice. Harry was becoming more and more confused. How did all these nice people become Death Eaters and pure blood maniacs? Meanwhile, Lupin had been looking out into the corridor. Suddenly he grabbed Harry's arm.

"Come on! We're going to miss it!"

Racing down the corridor, it wasn't until they entered the Great Hall that Harry realized why the school was so empty. It was Christmas. The Hall looked beautiful, sparkling and raining miniscule bells. Harry saw a huge group of students congregated over by the opposite end of the Hall. Going over there, Harry saw Lierre, wearing a dance costume, standing in front of appeared to be an enlarged piano. Then he remembered that Lupin said that third year was the first time anyone saw her tap-dancing piano class. Well this should be entertaining Harry thought.

Lierre stood on top of the piano. The crowd of students immediately became silent, rather like when Dumbledore called for attention. She spoke in a sort of sing-song voice.

"Attention my friends so you can see,

The Slytherin girls in their jubilee!"

That seemed to be the cue. About fifteen girls ran into the Great Hall. Harry had to admit, the costumes were pretty. They matched Lierre's, and they all green leotards and tights with silver sparkling skirts. They wore traditional tap-dance shoes as well, except for two of the girls who wore silver ballet shoes.

The dance was….spectacular. A few Slytherin boys brought out two more, normal sized pianos and put them on either side of the large ones. The two ballet girls hopped lightly onto the piano keys of the small piano and actually began to dance! It was just like any other ballet dance for the most part, but the leaps were carefully controlled to land only on the other piano and the girls not only had to remember the steps, but the piano notes as well. That was the amazing part- the music. The light, pretty ballet music fit the dance perfectly, and of course it would because the dancers didn't have to fit the music. They played the music to fit the dance.

Then the tap dancers jumped up, and began playing a more upbeat and fun song. The ballerinas on either side immediately finished their dance to begin delicately twirling from key to key to fit the new song. The focus of the attention was on the tap-dancers now. Harry had seen dancers on the television, of course, but this was a dance that required a bit more work. The dancers had to dance obviously, but they also needed to be sure that the piano notes they landed or stepped on matched with the notes their companions were on. Yet the girls seemed to be having fun.

Harry saw Belletrix on the large piano doing more complicated moves. It was funny, but he no longer cared what she did in the future. She seemed to be having the time of her life, and he couldn't hate someone that happy. Yet….he wondered if the Belletrix who had killed Sirius even remembered she once danced on a piano.

The dance ended much too quickly in the opinion of many of the bystanders. Many students looking on seemed slightly disappointed that Lierre chose the Slytherin House to start this phenomenon in. Lierre appeared to read the crowd's thoughts.

"So now you've seen the dancer's fun,

And if you'd like to yourself become one,

I should like everyone at Hogwarts to note,

That this is now a club we are trying to promote,

The sign up sheet for the Piano-Dancer Class,

Will go around after this day is passed."

(A/N: I never claimed to be a poet here)

Most of the female population cheered at that. Harry had noticed that the Mauderers weren't in the Hall. At a guess, Harry thought they went to their homes over Christmas break. They'd probably be mad they missed this.

People were flocking towards the dancers like Muggles would to their favorite celebrity. The dancers looked quite pleased with themselves, and were enjoying the attention.

"Hey Penny! Do you recognize me? I'm Bertha! We're in Charms together- I sit right near you…" Bertha looked expectantly at the dancer Penny.

"Oh yes! Aren't you also in Care of Magical creatures with me?" Penny asked.

"Yeah! I love taking all these new subjects, don't you?" With that the two new friends walked off to the table for the feast together.

All across the room similar pairings were occurring, so that by the time the feast was about to begin, there were no groups that consisted of only one House. The teachers seemed slightly surprised, but Dumbledore just smiled.

"Happy Christmas to you all!" he said, eyes twinkling. "But before we begin our scrumptious feast I would like to congratulate all who took part in the performance this even. It was truly exceptional!" There was a great round of clapping at these words. "Now I would like to propose a toast on this Christmas Day. To all of you. To Friends. But most importantly, to Unity." He raised his glass.

The students copied his motions, and grinning at their various friends, all shouted together.

"TO UNITY!" The noise was deafening. The students laughed when their professors covered their ears. The food appeared on the plates though, so the population of Hogwarts all joined in the joyous Christmas fun of stuffing their faces.

Lupin turned to Harry. "You do know why you're seeing these memories, right?"

Harry was confused. "Erm…To get to know Lierre?"

"Not exactly," said Lupin, shaking his head. "You need to understand how much she affected everyone. Did you see that right there? A room full of the other Houses just cheered on a bunch of Slytherins. Would that ever happen in Hogwarts now?"

"Hah- never!" Harry quickly added "But the Slytherins in this time period were actually nice! It's different!"

"No it's not different Harry, that's what I'm trying to tell you. Did you hear Lierre back in the library? They just give out what they've been given. Dark families aren't exactly the pride of society. They're prejudiced against Muggle-borns, but people are prejudiced against them too. Look at what happened to Sirius! He was a Black, so he never got a trial before going to Azkaban!" Lupin exclaimed.

"Oh." Said Harry sheepishly "Sorry, I'll try to…er…learn…a bit more next time."

Lupin smiled "Well here's your chance." Harry, startled, saw that while they'd been talking, they had moved on to the next memory.