Shippo and Maria finished patrolling, and they went back to the area around Hagrid's hut. She sat down on the ground, while Shippo went and got firewood and started a small fire. He then went to the lake and caught some fish, and they were now roasting over the fire.

"Thanks." Maria states, as she stared into the flames, memories of the past dancing in her golden hues.

"You do know, Maria, you can just stay in my rooms.?"

Maria shook her head. "No, I need to reconnect to who I was...I fear I have grown soft." she looked at the flames. Remembering times long ago, where she was fighting for survival.

Shippo laughs "Maria the day you soft is the day the Wesley twins get the better of me."

"I shouldn't have transformed to slay that oversize garden snake." Maria replies. "I'm just going to sleep in my true form today, I need to be what I am for at least a night. I have been Lady of the Demonic Realm for to long, I haven't been me, I haven't been the demoness, I was back in the Feudal Era without the teenage angst."

"Okay Maria and I'll keep an eye on the kids to make sure there is no trouble okay?"

The following morning, Hermione looked out the tower window and gasped at the sight of a huge white dog.

Kikyo came over and look as well "Hmm it seems Maria slept in her true form."

"True form...what..." Hermione questions

"Maria is powerful in her own right to have a humanoid form. You should ask to learn more about her." Kikyo responds

Hermione looks out to the field. "Umm maybe after breakfast."

Kikyo nods, before she left the room.

As the great hall slowly fills its all a buzz about Maria's true form all the half demons in school looked annoyed because of this. Harry snuck into the hall hoping to avoid everyone especially Hermione.

Sakura walked into the room, chewing on something, because of the tension in the room, she had to chew on something.

"Who was that." Seems to be the main question everyone was asking.

Maria walks in with the air of the powerful demon, she is, sits at the head table.

"I suppose one of you have a question as to who was the giant dog demon?" Maria questions

Mostly everyone nods with the exception of harry and the half-demons.

"Well, I think I can answer that question...but I don't want too, I rather have someone figure it out. What race of demon am I?" Maria replies, her golden colored eyes full of laughter.

Most of the students in Ravenclaw and in Gryffindor raise their hands and Harry decides to slip out the room along with the half-demons.

"Can you believe them." one girl states, as she flipped her multi-hued hair, "I mean its great seeing Lady Maria up close and personal, but I don't understand how they can not put two and two together." she walked up to Harry, the girl was wearing the Slytherin uniform.

"You're telling me but hell its been a few years since mom went full on demon." Harry replies

"Well Lady Maria does for the most part down plays her demon side." Adrian says as he walks over as well.

The girl curtsies "I hope you will forgive my housemates, not all of us are idiots. I am Lorena, I am part parrot demon, from the Americas."

Well your the second Snake i met that has proper manners but please im not royalty here I'm a student just like you okay Lorena." Harry says as he offers his hand to her.

"My mother raised me and she would not be pleased if I didn't show manners." Lorena replies as she shook her head at the offer handshake, I have a slight dusting of feathers, I would hate for some to be broken, by a simple handshake."

"Oh sorry I wouldn't want that to happen but really Just treat me like a normal student I'm not one for all the royal treatment." He says with a slight blush on his face.

Lorena nods, "I don't see much of the Royals, I live part time here and in South America."

"Really i would love to see the Americas" Harry replies "Maybe i can convince mom or dad to take us there."

"My forests aren't for someone like you, there are not many humans that live within our forests, my father died tragically while mother was sitting on my egg." Lorena replies, "but when I have the time, I can show you...its one of my powers."

"Well maybe not your part but i would love to see more of the world."

"maybe someday." Lorena replies, as she turned, she uncovered an ear, with tufted with light feathers. She focused on hearing inside the Great Hall.

Maria waited and waited for someone to make the connection.

It didn't take long as Hermione squeaked in surprise.

"That giant demon dog was you wasn't it." She states with a happy little squeak and bounce.

"Yes, I am not the only one to transform into a giant dog, my mate can, my oldest son and daughters can as well. Sesshomaru's Mother can as well, but we don't see her very often." Maria replies, "Along with most powerful demons, we can chose to have a humanoid appearance, just like with my fur pelt, its not something, I can be rid of when I want too."

"Oh my goodness so the demon clan might be the source of how some of us can become animagis." She looks excited at the idea of that.

"I don't think so...because We demons are born this way." Maria replies, she turned to look at Dumbledore, "You do not have classes on the weekends, if I recall correctly?"

They all shake their heads.

Harry hears this and frowns. "Mother's got something planned and i don't know if I'm going to like it."

Maria nods

"Here we go again." Shippo muttered

Maria looked sharply at Shippo, "Mind your place, Kit."

"Lady Maria, why did you ask I'm sure you remember from when you taught here."

Maria's expression turned deadpanned. "How many years has it been since the last time, I was here?"

"I say at the least since before the twins were born."

"Shippo, Horace Slughorn was Potions Professor the last time, I was here." Maria replies, "Time means little to a immortal."

"True it was about the time the potter clan left school."

"Correction, James and Lily weren't even together. I was here when Lily was in fourth year." Maria states. "So who knows what could have changed between now and then."

"You knew the potters when they were here in this school?" A Gryffindor students ask.

"Yes, I know most of "pure blood" families, I was their guest speaker when they were in your place." Maria replies, "Harry's birth mother was the smartest witch of her age, in fact, she cornered me and demanded that I give her a mentorship, so she could better understand demonic law and customs."

Maria hears s eep of excitement coming from the center of the Gryffindor's table.

"I haven't done this in years, but Ms Granger, are you finished eating?" Maria states

"Yes lady Maria." She wipes her mouth and heads over to her looking a bit nervous.

Maria stood up, and lead the girl out into the corridor and sat on the wall. "Now, that I can drop my royal face...I have a question for you, Ms. Granger."

"Umm yes lady Maria?"

Maria looked at the girl. "I have heard a lot about you from Shippo, and Harry. You seem to be the type that wants to know everything, so I am offering the same type of mentoring, as I did to Lily Evans-Potter. I can teach you about all demonic Laws, customs, and when you're older the behavior of mature demons."

The young witch's eyes go wide and she starts bouncing in place "Oh yes please, lady Maria, i would almost anything to learn from you, I mean Harry and Professor Shippo are a big hell but they can only answer so much."

"Very well then, this has nothing to do with your schoolwork, I believe your parents are muggles and won't understand Hogwarts grading system, so I will arrange for copies of your grades to be sent to me as well." Maria replies "I don't offer this mentoring to anything, I recognized the same spirit in you as Lily, I wished she chose a demon, so I could have her near me, but she chose James. Perhaps we shall have the same type of bond."

"Oh please lady Maria I already think of Harry as a good friend hes been so kind to me since i started here."

"He should be, I raised him." Maria states, "Now I am sure you had other things planned for today, I will speak with Professor Dumbledore." the lady stood up once again, walked off.

Hermione shrieks in joy and runs off to find Harry and Ron to tell them the great news."Harry, Harry." Her voice painful to the half-demons with sensitive hearing.