CHAPTER II

When Hermione woke up she looked around and with a sigh she realized that yesterday was real, blinking the sleep out of her eyes she sat up and started stretching, she knew where she can find some answers and if she wanted to go back to her own time soon she'd better get to it.

Opening her curtains she was met by the snoring of her new roomates, which made her miss Lavender and Parvati a little bit. After she got dressed she picked up her things for the day according to the schedule Narcissa gave her the night before.

"Where do you think you're going?" asked a hoarse voice from one of the beds, which of course belonged to Narcissa "Just wait for me to get ready or you'll lost yourself in the castle" said the blonde getting up and walking to the bathroom.

"As if...I'll probably know this castle better than you" Hermione thought narrowing her eyes, she walked out of the room and sat in one of the couches waiting for her, it would be best not to attract much attention, especially from Narcissa that girl made her very nervous and by the little chat they had the night before she could tell that Narcissa was a nosy girl, the last thing she wanted was make her suspicious.

"Who are you?" came the rude question from a tall skinny boy with long hair and a hooked nose. Snape. God he wasn't even a little bit better in his youth, he looked like he's been starved for days!

"Hermione and you are?" She said with her nose up looking him from above like she's seen him do it for the past six years.

"That's not important, why are you here?" he said curtly "Are you blind? Or what? I'm the new transferred student, I thought professor Slughorne told all of you about my arrival" Hermione answered crossing her arms over her chest.

"Well it's obvious that he didn't….where are you from?" He said taking a seat next to her carefully studying her.

"America"

"You don't sound very American"

"You know I'm getting tired of explaining this…I was borne in London and then I moved to America and now I moved back"

"And why is that?"

"God Severus leave her alone, the last thing she needs is you intruding in her life" said Narcissa walking down the stairs.

"The pot calling the kettle" He responded crossing his arms over his chest and forming a thin line with his lips

"I'm not nearly as nosy as you are Snape" she glared "C'mon Hermione, I'll show you the castle" She said grabbing her by the arm and dragging her out of the common room "Don't mind him, he's just curious"

"I can say you two have that in common"

Narcissa let out a gasp and looked at her with horror in her eyes putting a hand in her chest in offense "Please do not compare me to him ever again, I like you so far so don't ruin that, I mean me having something in common with him? Don't be ridiculous"

"Oh…so you don't get along?"

"Please do I look like I'd hang out with someone like him? Just by being near him I feel my happiness go away" She replied with a laugh and Hermione couldn't help but smile back "C'mon we'll have breakfast and I'll give you a full tour" She stated smiling warmly at the brunette.

"How can this be the same Narcissa I saw at the World cup? This Narcissa looks so…full of live. I wonder what happened for her to become so icy"

They didn't talk much in breakfast but Hermione was able to catch some things, like the fact that the Slytherins weren't as talkative as the other houses and they were separated in little groups and they only talk to people on that group, a few seats in front of her she could see the Gryffindor table and Hermione was glad that they weren't very different from the Griffyndor of her time, while Slytherin was quiet and refined, Gryffindor was loud and messy, they talked and laughed loudly to the point where they could be heard clearly in other tables. There she could see the marauders, Sirius and james were throwing pieces of food at Pettigrew who was trying to catch it and laughing loudly while Remus was reading a thick book slowly eating his toast, beside him writing in a piece of parchment was a redheaded girl which she recognized as Lily Evans.

"Wow I have to say that the picture Harry has of her does not make her justice. She's beautiful"

"Why are you staring so much at the Gryffindor table" Narcissa's voice quickly got her out of her thought "Huh?" when Narcissa just lifted a perfect eyebrow Hermione cleared her throat.

"It's just….why are they so loud?" the brunette asked drinking pumpkin juice.

"Oh that" Narcissa shrugged "I don't know they're always like that, don't worry you'll get used to….although I wouldn't mind accompany you to eat elsewhere, sometimes I eat near the lake"

After breakfast Narcissa gave her a little "tour" around the castle before leaving her in the Transfiguration classroom since she had Herbology.

Once in the classroom Hermione took a seat on the back of the class as to go unnoticed, unfortunately for her she shared this class with the marauders.

"Hey Lils! Over here I saved you a seat and see it's in the front of the classroom just as you like" James yelled and motioned to the seat next to him with the biggest smile she has seen.

"God this is so weird! I can't picture Harry behaving like this for Ginny, I can't wait to tell them about this" Hermione smiled covering it with her hand although that smile disappeared when she realized two things. One that she wasn't even sure if she'll go back to her own time and two that Lily Evans was heading towards her with her nose up ignoring James.

With a huff Lily sat down next to her "Boys" she let out looking at Hermione curiously "Do I know you?"

"I…"

"Good morning class. First I'll like to introduce you to your new classmate Hermione Grace, please stand child" Blushing slightly the brunette stood up feeling the eyes of everyone on her.

"Way to not attract attention" she thought bitterly.

"Second for today's class we're going to learn Geminio, I'm sure you all read about it? She sent a stern look at the marauders before continuing "Miss Grace are you familiar with the spell? Yes? Perfect. Get to work"

The redhead immediately turned to her and smiled warmly sticking out her hand "Lily Evans, a pleasure"

"The pleasure is mine"

"So Hermione if you have a question do not hesitate in asking me" with that both of them started to work in the assignment. At her side Hermione heard a surprised gasp when she succeeded at duplicating the locket "How did you did it so fast? And I barely heard you murmur the spell"

"Well I already practiced a little bit when I read the chapter so…"

"Incredible..." Lily murmured with a bright smile before trying it with no success.

"Here you're moving a little too much your wrist...just" Hermione positioned behind the redhead and showed her the proper wand movement "You got it? I had the same mistake at the beginning" after she tried with Hermione's correction she manage to duplicate her locket successfully making both of them smile widely.

"Excellent work Miss Grace, Miss Evans. Keep the good work" said Mcgonogall when she passed beside their table. After a few more tries Lily managed to engage Hermione in talking with her the rest of the class and the brunette couldn't help but notice how much in common and how kind she was, another thing she noticed was that Lily couldn't stand James, in her words he was "a creep and annoying bully who couldn't leave her alone". There were times where she almost let slip something's like in just a year her opinion of him would change drastically and they will marry and have a kid.

"I wonder if Harry noticed that I'm gone"

"hey, what's wrong?" Lily asked worriedly putting a hand on her shoulder "It's nothing….it's just that I miss my friends" the brunette answered sadly.

"I'm sure it must be hard….but don't worry I'll make sure you'll feel welcome here" she tried to reassure her with a smile which Hermione slightly returned.

"Alright class we're finished for today, you may go" Mcgonagall dismissed.

James literally bolt out of his seat and made his way toward Lily "Hey Lils what was all that about? You completely ignored me and I saved you a seat!" he whined.

"Go away James" she replied with annoyance linking her arm with Hermione's which made her blush "We need to go to class so. Move"

"C'mon Lils are you really going to ditch me for…" when he finally realized who Lily was with he frowned "Hey weren't you the one with who I stumbled upon yesterday and you…"

"Well it was a pleasure to meet you…erm James right? But we really need to go so bye" She hurriedly said dragging Lily out with her ignoring James call.

"Wait! I have your books!" he yelled but it was too late they were already too far as to hear him.


"Thank you" Lily whispered receiving a curious glance from Hermione "You know for playing along….it's just that I can't stand James, he's so frustrating and annoying"

"Umm I….I don't know what to say"

"I don't expect you to know, you're new after all….but believe me give it a week and you'll understand what I'm talking about"

"HERMIONE GRACE!" At the yelling of her name Hermione quickly turned around just to be met by a fuming blonde coming towards her "Where were you?! I've been looking for you for more than 15 minutes, I even had to ask that idiot Potter if he has seen you and imagine my surprise to find out that you were with Evans"

"Ummm Narcissa I can explain you see…"

"Why is it a problem that she's with me?" Lily asked puffing out her chest in challenge.

"Well first she and I agreed to meet after her class so I could escort her to her next class" the blonde then turned to the brunette, her eyes demanding "What happened to that? And why are you with Evans"

"It's not like she couldn't have asked anyone else you know, it's a good thing then that I was with her if she had to wait for you that long" Lily commented looking at Narcissa right in her eyes, by the look in both of them it seemed like they would start a fight soon.

"Okay girls stop it. Narcissa I'm really sorry I didn't wait for you like we agreed it's just that something happened at the end of the class and I dragged Lily with me, it's my first day at this school and I didn't want to be late for class" Hermione said putting herself in between both girls "Now can we please go to class?"

After that the journey to the Charms classroom was really quiet with both Lily and Narcissa sending deadly glares at each other.

"Ugh now I understand how Harry must feel whenever Ron and I argue, god that boy needs more recognition"

In class Hermione took a seat next to Narcissa which made her smirk smugly at Lily who took a seat next to Severus.

"I think It's time for me to explain to you some things" Narcissa said looking carefully at her nails "You see here at Hogwarts there is an unspoken rule…Slytherin and Gryffindor don't get along"

"Oh really and why is that? I mean look at Lily and…" She motioned to Lily and Snape who were quietly laughing at something Lily said.

"Evans and Snape don't count they're already a disgrace for their houses..."

"Yeah well I think it's stupid to not talk to someone just because of the house they were sorted in" Hermione replied even though she was being a bit of a hypocrite she wasn't the biggest fan of Slytherin after all.

Narcissa let out a small melodious laugh "You haven't met the house yet, believe me when you meet them you'll understand why I'm telling you this"

"I already met Lily and she didn't treat me differently just because I'm in Slytherin"

"I have to admit that Evans can be an exception…but then again the only ones that want her in her house are the marauders and that's because Potter likes her"

"Whatever…can you do me a favor?"

"What is it?"

"Can you show me the library later, I heard Hogwarts has quite a big one" Hermione asked with a glint in her eyes that did not go unnoticed by the blonde.

"Sure, although I have to say from all the things I can show you about Hogwarts, the library isn't the most interesting"

"Maybe later you can show me those too"


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