I apologize for taking so long to update. It has been nearly a week. But I started work this last week and I have been working every day this week. I love my job and I like going to work...Also it took a while for me to be satisfied with this chapter. It was annoying me.

I am not joking at all when I say this...Professorin Von Rosenstengel is NOT Hermione...she is 1/4 veela from the German/Frenchborder. I do not know how you all got that idea...I thought I made it clear that she was not Hermione just in describing her looks...blonde hair and all. That is quite a big misunderstanding that had to be cleared up right away.

What a great guy! Finally a guy who is able to discuss more than Quidditch. I had thought that they were pure myth. I sighed.

Alexander Snape. Sure, I'd end up being a member of the Snape family, but if the two I knew were a good idea of what to expect, then at least I would never want for stimulating conversation. I sighed. There was no sign that he liked me. I wish he did. I barely knew him, but he was great. I had every class with him. It was amazing. Finally I had a guy I could have a crush on.

I always looked forward with great relish to the first day of returning to Hogwarts, the first day of classes. I was ten times as psyched today as I'd ever been in the past. I had a great guy to enjoy my classes with, a great Gryffinor guy. It was nice that he was Gryffindor, because for projects we'd have more time to work. -Normally the professors partner people who are in the same house.-

I glanced over at my magical alarm clock after wallowing in delight and hugging myself. Oh my goodness! I had to hurry! I was supposed to meet Alexander to go down to Breakfast at eight and it was already quarter past seven.

I jumped up and went to my private bathroom. I sighed seeing a bubblebath ready in my jacuzzi tub. That timer spell variation was a stroke of sheer genious on my part. I shed my white silk negligée hanging it up on a hook. I slid into the steamy bath and moaned in delight. No time for luxurious soaking today. The water was just the temperature I liked it though, lighting stinging your skin with the warmth. I scrubbed myself clean in the lavender scented bubbles. I climbed out before I had a chance to fully relax and wrapped a fluffy, red towel around my body. I grabbed my wand and cast several spells on my hair, a drying spell, an antifrizz spell which helped to tame my unruly locks, and a spell to make my hair remain untangled.

I pulled my uniform on and slipped into a comfortable pair of high-heels. If I had Care of Magical Creatures, I would have to come change.

I slipped out of my room. Being Head-girl had perks. My door had a private staircase that led up to it from the common room. Warding the door behind me, I walked down to the common room.

"Hello Hermione."

I looked down to see beautiful black eyes glittering up at me.

"Good Morning Alexander," I said smiling warmly at him.

"Are you ready?" he asked looking up and smiling at me.

I glided down. PHEW! Glad that was over. I almost always end up tripping when I wear high-heels.

"Yeah," I said readjusting my shoulder bag. I smiled at him again.

Alexander shifted nervously as I smiled at him.

"Sleep well?" I asked in an attempt to break the awkward silence that had been surrounding us.

Alexander offered me his hand as I climbed down from the common room.

"It was all right. Ronald snores. Loudly."

I fought the urge to giggle. I knew just how loud his snoring was. It was amazing anyone in the Weasley family could sleep with all the noise he made while he slept.

As soon as I was down, disappointment struck. He let go.

I sighed making a mental note to begin a diary. I felt the need to keep track of everything that was going on in a way I'd never felt before. I had a feeling something strange was going to happen. Something wonderful and unexpected.

We were walking quietly when up ahead I caught sight of our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"Guten Morgen Frau Professorin Von Rosenstengel," I said waving.

She turned. There was a very surprised yet pleased look on her face.

"Good Morning," she spoke with a noticable accent. It was a little strong but with time we'd barely notice it. "It's nice to see two students already out of bed and prepared for a day of learning. What year and house are you two?"

"We're seventh year Gryffindors," I answered glancing over at Alexander. Please do not stare at her.

I felt a huge rush of relief seeing him pay her only polite attention and not checking her out or anything. I could hardly compare to her physically.

I had breasts...sure...all girls do...but they were not that impressive compared to most girls. I did not have her straight, perfect blonde tresses. I had a hideous bushy brown mess. I was thinner than she was...but I had always been unaturally thin. She was very much a veela and judging by her clothes not ashamed of anything those genes had given her. She wearing tight-fitting midnight blue velvet robes with buttons that were silver stars. A simple chain hung around her neck with a silver crescant moon charm on it. She had a pair of thin silverrectangular glasses on and her hair was pulled back into a loose bun with her bangs curled, perfectly framing her heart shaped face.

"Wonderful. You're to be my first class. I'm a bit concerned though. There is not hardly any age difference between the seventh year students and me. I'm only a year older than you two. I just graduated from Beauxbatons not two months ago. It all just makes me feel a little nervous."

I could barely resist the urge to roll my eyes. If she didn't get some assertiveness the students were going to walk all over her. I opted not to say that in favor of saying something more positive and inspiring.

"You'll be fine," I said careful to keep my voice reassuring. "Only students who want to be aurors will be in your first class, or in my case, overacheivers."

"What is your plan after Hogwarts?" she asked as we approached the Great Hall.

"I plan on going into Potions Research," I answered gently. "I want to find a cure for Lycanthropy."

She smiled and there was a surprised look in her eye. "What made you want to help werewolves?"

I launched into an edited version of the story of my third year, I told only the facts that our teacher had been a werewolf and that an essay was what had caused me to discover it.

Alexander kept quiet but he flinched every time I said the word werewolf. I watched him. What on Earth had him so jittery about this subject?

"Looks like your friend does not like werewolves," she said frowning slightly.

"I was nearly bitten a while back. It's not that I don't like them. They are dangerous," Alexander said softly looking at the ground.

I suddenly felt guilt creep coldly through my veins. I would need to be more careful about the mention of werewolves in the future. It was true that I'd nearly been bitten four years ago as well, but I just couldnt' bring myself to think of dear, sweet Professor Lupin as anything more monstrous than the adored teacher he'd been. Even if on that night Sirius Black escaped, in his maddened state of mind, he'd been ready to maul us.

"Oh I'm sorry. I had no idea," I said softly reaching out and touching his arm.

"It's okay," he replied softly. "You had no way of knowing since I did not tell you."

We walked into the great hall together.

"See you both in class," Professorin Von Rosenstengel said as she made her way up to the head table. She sat down at Professor Snape's side. He appeared about as physically interested in her as his nephew.

"Oh new class lists!" I exclaimed in delight before snatching one.

Alexander's eyes glowed in delight as he seized his own copy.

"Not a bad arrangement of classes. We have Astronomy, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Arithmancy today," he said quietly as he looked down the list.

The whole schedule looked great until I reached Friday. "Oh great! We have Double Potions and Care of Magical Creatures with Slytherins both on Friday. Why does he try to inspire 'interhouse harmony'? It is a futile mission. He always puts us together for those."

"He always has. Dunderhead!" Alexander said with a frown decorating his pale face. The last part was murmured under his breath.

"How would you know that?" I asked with wide eyes.

Alexander looked startled but recovered quickly. "You just said so."

"How do you know how awful this will be though? You frowned as if you already know what to expect."

Alexander shrugged. "I know about the infamous reputation of our houses of fighting."

'Our houses?' What did he mean by that?

"Slytherins start most of the fights."

Alexander's eyes darkened and he looked a little upset with himself and as if he would like to say something. He turned his attention to some bacon and toast. After several bites of looking thoughtful, he spoke.

"Do you think Gryffindors are just as much to blame for the problems and fights that are started as Slytherins?" he asked. He sounded a little hurt. He poked halfheartedly at his eggs.

"I suppose the Gryffindors do not have to carry on the fights but I am rather biased in favor of the house I've always been in. I suppose Gryffindors may very well insinuate some of the fights but it is rather difficult to say that when you have been on the receiving end of curses from them several times when your back was turned."

"If you think about it, attacking when your opponents back is turned is a safe way to attack." he said mildly taking a bite out of raspberry jam covered toast.

I looked at him as if he had lost his cookies. "You sound like a Slytherin."

He smiled. "What is so wrong with that?"

I shrugged. "One of my best friends, Harry, the headboy, was almost sorted into Slytherin. So nothing really I guess." I smiled at him.

Again this was a first. Someone who could hold their own in a battle of the wits against me!

"Hermione!"

My annoyance knew no bounds. My two best friends for the past six years were dunderheads. Because only two dunderheads would be oblivious to the fact that Alexander and I had been very happy with just the other for company and that we had no desire to add more to our happy company. After all two is company, Three is a crowd! Wow...my thoughts were becoming more Snape-like. Scary!

- Harry Potter -

I tried to get Ron's attention before he shouted and embarrassed himself.

Hermione gave us a stony glare.

I gave her an apologetic shrug and smile as I mouthed sorry.

She stood up then. "I'm no longer hungry," she said. She turned and walked out of the hall.

Snape stood and, with a nasty glare, he left.

"What do you reckon got into them?" Ron asked through a mouthful of eggs and toast.

I shrugged.

I glanced up at the headtable. I flushed a light red and quickly looked away. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was up there. She was munching on a piece of toast that was smoothered in orange marmalade.

I had to find a way to get her attention and to impress her...but how? Her veela wicked wiles were washing over me and infecting my mind or maybe it was just the testostorone levels that come with being a young wizard. It was probably a combonation of both.

Hopefully she was one of the many girls who liked atheletes. Surely I would be able to impress her then. I couldn't held tossing her a few looks. All of my problems just faded away when I looked at her. She was beautiful.

"Harry...schedules..." Ron said spitting eggs out in my face and he a schedule up under my nose.

Well I hope this chapter was good. Please comment if you have something nice to say. I always greatly appreciate hearing from people who like my story...Also if any of you can think of more interesting titles for the chapters than the Chapter I, II, III, IV...I would like to hear them and I might change them if I hear a good one... About the whole planning the marriage and stuff this early...ALL GIRLS subconsciously do this...at least I know I do and many of my friends.

If you want me to respond personally to all reviews let me know and I will begin on my author bio. Occassionally I will have one in here at the beginning or end like in this chapter.

Guten Morgen Frau Professorin Von Rosenstengel - Good Morning Professor...in German...Hermione is a girl of many talents... Thank you SarcasticCapricorn!

SarcasticCapricorn - exited? Sorry...you know I would not be able to resist...I know I type fast too!

Resurrected Angel -Professorin...Professor with in.

Draco Severus mmm - true but recall that Severus was at his graduation in the first chapter before he jumps twenty years into the future...

Pen Against Sword - I do not know how long the chapters will get...They got pretty long in my last SS/HG.