Chapter Nineteen: Waking up Binns.

Rating: R Warning: May eventually, contain slash Category: Humor/Romance

Summary: Hermione undergoes a change in thinking and is determined to enjoy her last year to the fullest. Wacky hi jinks and craziness ensue leading to a list of amusing new rules for her, friendships with slytherins, and romance.

This is my first attempt at any kind of fiction so please be kind. Constructive criticism is wanted, flames will be ignored. Hermione is a little OOC because of her change in thinking.

Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns the Harry Potter Universe and all its characters; I am just playing with them for a bit. There may be slash as I said so you have been warned. I got the basic Idea for this story from the list 213 things skippy is no longer allowed to do in the army. I stole some of those things on the list as I could just hear them being said in the HP universe. Oh yeah and I do not own DR Seuss stuff either. I am just borrowing it for fun.

Being a bit scatter brained I may get class schedules wrong. I did not actually write one out so if I misplace a class day do forgive me. I am working with the impression that class times change from time to time.

Big Thanks to my Beta Gelsey. Who without things would be less error free!

I have forgone the reviews this chapter with the exception of Feline as it has been so long since I updated. Sorry for the wait I've had some good luck with starting college and some bad luck with my health. ;-) I have not forgotten this story and I will finish it. Sometimes things just get away from me. LOL Now on with the newest Chapter.

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Chapter 19 Detentions so far 20. List of things Hermione can no longer do at Hogwarts 24

The Yule ball was still the talk of the school come Monday morning when classes started again. It seemed everyone had had a wonderful time despite some of the hangovers the next morning. The fact that Hermione had caused the excitement was rather unexpected, even after some of her pranks this year. Hermione could not help smiling after hearing some 4th years telling the younger Gryffindors just how much they missed.

Now it was back to class and back to her plan. She smiled mischievously on her way to history of magic that day. She planned to liven up the class a little bit. Hermione wondered if anyone would even wake up for it though. Professor Binns tended to be very long winded and put many of the students to sleep. Towards the end of the class, Professor Binns started giving out the daily homework assignment. Hermione held back her smile, put on her best serious look, and raised her hand.

"Yes, Miss Granger?"

"Professor as I did this exact assignment when I attended this class as Lucy Wren in 1962 do I have to complete it again," Hermione asked as seriously as she could.

"Excuse me? I'm not quite sure I understand what your saying Miss Granger," Professor Binns said.

"Well sir, in one of my past lives I was Lucy Wren and I attended Hogwarts and this exact assignment was given. I completed it at that time so I don't believe I should have to complete it again."

"Miss Granger, I do not find this amusing. You will serve detention this evening, and complete this assignment."

"But Professor, I really have done this before," she whined, beautify.

"Miss Granger," Binns said, very uncharacteristically raising his voice "Make that two detentions, Past lives have no effect on your homework and that is final. Class dismissed."

Hermione made it about ten steps from the classroom door before she fell over laughing.

"Mione, that had to have been the most interesting History of Magic class I have ever attended," laughed Draco.

"That was great Mione, I can't believe you got Binns to raise his voice. Not only that but I think there was a time that every student was awake in class," Harry said, trying to control his laughter.

"I only wonder who she will be spending detention with," Draco mused.

"Why they'll put me with Professor Snape of course. That is always what they do with the repeat offenders," Hermione laughed.

"Well all I can say is I am glad I am not you Mione," Ron said, grimacing at the thought of detention with Snape.

"Oh I can handle it. Snape doesn't scare me."

As she had predicted Mione's detention, that evening was scheduled with Snape. She just smiled when she got the news, reinforcing some people's belief that she was losing her mind.

She knocked on the Potions door precisely on time and was told to come in immediately.

"Good evening Professor," Mione called, a little too cheerfully for someone going to detention. "I am here for my detention."

"Ahh yes, Miss Granger. I can't say it's very surprising to find myself having to oversee a detention with you any longer. If I had been told at the beginning of the year that most of the detentions I would be overseeing would be with Miss know-it-all Granger I would have scoffed," he said, rather mildly.

"Yes, well a girls got to do what a girls got to do," she said with a wink.

"And just what is it that a girl has to do Mione?" Severus Drawled silkily.

"Now Severus, a girl has to have some secrets."

"I see. Binns was not too happy with you today. I think you may have woken him up."

Mione laughed and rolled her eyes at Severus's teasing of her.

"It's about time someone did. He needs to realize just how boring he is. Not to mention realizing he's a ghost," Mione said, matter of factly. "But onto detention. Did you have plans for me or would you be interested in a little exercise?"

"Exercise Miss Granger?"

"I was thinking maybe we could go for a run around the grounds," Mione said, shooting him a sly look.

"And just why would I want to run around the castle grounds at night. It's your detention why should I have to run?"

"I was thinking more along the lines of a little frolic than a run," Mione said, pausing a moment, "in our animagus forms."

Severus looked at her for a moment before offering her one of his rare smiles. She almost forgot where she was and what she was up to when he threw that smile at her. When he smiled, it took her breath away.

"I take it you have mastered your animagus form then?"

"Oh yes, and it is such a nice night for a little run," she said, breathlessly. "In that case Miss Granger, lead the way."

They slowly made their way up out of the dungeon and onto the castle grounds in comfortable silence. Once they had gotten around away from the main doors, a little bit Mione shot Severus a coy glance as she proceeded to melt into her animagus form. Severus was awed by the beautiful Lioness standing in front of him and couldn't help but reach down to stroke her tawny head before melting into his form.

They spent the next few hours exploring the grounds together, running, and playing in their other forms, never noticing the wizard smiling from his window as he watched the panther and the lioness at play.

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