Authors Note: Hey posted a new one, hopefully long enough to keep someone content. Anyways comments loved also construtive criticism is really nice too. I love writing this problem is I don't have time also my style my change a bit while i'm writing but I'm still trying to find Ellie's point of veiw. I think I like how this one is written. Let me know what you think. Love you guys.

KD

Ellie yawned and looked down at her schedule, once more she was plagued with nightmares. Her hope was she could make herself so tired during the day that she was to tired to dream. she hoped so at least

"First class potions with Snape." She muttered to herself heading down to the dungeons. It wasn't . that hard to find her way, she had talked her way into letting a seventh year let her look at a map he had drawn of secret passage ways and all of the corridors and rooms. It was rather handy.

Potions promised to be interesting she had always loved working on them with her grandfather. Actually it was more like watching while he told her what he was doing. She smiled to herself, he tried so hard to keep her happy once her parents died. Unfortunately he died of cancer two years later. It was on his death bed that she promised that one day she would be great, perhaps greater than anyone in her family before her. One day.

Eille sighed walking into Snape's room. Taking a seat in the back she was quite thankful it was cold in the room. She preferred that to anything else after all.

Observing the room Ellie came to the realization she may like Snape. The room was dark, cold and would be quite if kids shut their traps. Yet she was most certain she liked him a tad bit when he made fun of Potter.

"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to and infusion of wormwood?" Snape asked Potter who had the most amusing stunned expression on his face.

Ellie smirked at the Boy who Lived and raised her hand lazily. Not surprisingly Snape didn't call on her merely asked Potter more questions that which she knew the answers to. Someone else did know the answers as well, a girl whom belonged to Griffindor. Ellie immediately took interest in her, it's nice to have compation after all.

As Snape humbled Potter and took points from his house she nudged the boy next to her. What's the girls name over there, the one with the brown bushy hair? She wrote on the egded of her paper while taking notes on what Snape had said to Potter for Snape deemed they should. Hermoine Granger he wrote back quickly. Ellie copied the name, she would have to remeber that for later.

When Snape rolled around to pair her up with the fellow behind her, Ellie tried to catch a glimpse of Snape's eyes. They were dark and rathyer foreboding but something else was there she got the feeling she could learn much more than potions from him. Much, much more.

Ellie shook her head as if to free herself of thoughts and focus at the task at hand. It was easy enough, a potion to cure boils. Would have gone greatly if it weren't for Neville who screwed up and burnt a hole in his cauldron and the potion created boils on whom ever it touched. Ellie shook her head, it would have gone great. Snape kept comparing everyone to Malfoy saying how great he was but when it came to her which was nearly flawless all he could do was nod his head a keep going. Almost a grand potions class. Almost.

In all the other classes she excelled as well but Hermoine evenly tied with her, so very infuriating. In muggle land she was the best in her classes but here, here she had someone to tie with. Perhaps actual studying was in order... or maybe not. Well save that for a later date.

After classes she walked around the grounds to look about and explore. She walked past the forbidden forest and smiled. One of these day's she was going in there, it may be forbidden but that wasn't going to take away her fun. Deep in thought Ellie jumped when she a voice coming from the forest. Hello, small girl. Mind not me. It was soon discover that it was a snake slithering past her who was, talking to himself.

Ellie smiled it was in her family line that she could talk to the snakes. "Name's Ellie. How nice to meet you."

She Snake turned it's head and seemed to smile Name's Vidar. Is that your full name, child?

"Nope it's Etheldritha Ramith."

Ah, a Ramith. The snake said nodding. Good Blood line.

"Thanks. I suppose this year is getting better. We should talk more but I fear I have to cut this converstion short someone is coming. Care to meet here bout midday tomorrow?"

You have good here child, yes tomorrow sounds nice. I would like to here more about you. She snake gave another nod before slithering off as Malfoy came up behind Ellie.

"What are you looking at?" He asked sounding slightly interesting.

"Eh, just thinking..."