A/N: Thank you everyone that reviewed. I see we've had over 300 readers so far. Awesome. Not everyone is reviewing, but oh well. For those that are, you are awesome. I appreciate the few moments you took to leave me your thoughts. I loved them all. Even the ones that showed my errors.

I'm very glad to see that some of ya'll are hooked already. I knew you would be. I love how this story turned out. It was so much better than I ever expected it to be.

Special Thanks to Kristine Thorne, my lovely beta, for getting all this back to me so quickly. I know my chapters are long and you get them done so fast and still catch my mistakes. You rock!

I'm curious about something. Kristine and I were talking today and she pointed something out that just made me stop and say "Hmmm...I wonder." So I'm asking you all for your thoughts on it as well. Would Snape use the word knickers? Or would he say underwear or panties? I think he'd say knickers. Not that it really matters, but I'm curious either way. lol

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Chapter 3

They floo'd to Flourish and Blott's down in Diagon Alley. They picked out all of her books she would need and Minerva, having seen the memory, knew of Hermione's love of books. So she insisted the girl get a few to read that were not text books.

Hermione tried to argue, but it didn't do her any good. So she grabbed a few more, surprising Minerva that the girl got what looked like heavy and serious reading material. Shaking her head, Minerva told the clerk working the store to put it on Hogwart's accounts and they moved on.

"I told you that you could get anything you wanted or liked to read." Minerva said, watching Hermione as she navigated the somewhat crowded streets.

Hermione smiled. "I did get what I want and like reading."

Minerva sighed. "They're just more text books."

Hermione laughed. "No, we don't study this in Hogwarts Minerva." Holding up a book. "I know you know that."

Minerva laughed. "No, we don't teach Legilimency at Hogwarts. Why do you want to learn it anyway?"

Hermione shrugged. "It's a good skill to have. I have a friend who is a werewolf and has skills at detecting lies, and this will help me detect lies. Besides, my mates Harry and Ron would hate knowing I can read their thoughts. Though I doubt I'd want to. Bloody pervs, the both of them."

Minerva smirked but didn't say anything. It looked like Hermione had moved on from that Ron fellow, assuming it was the same one. That meant the conversation they'd shared many years from now wasn't a fresh one.

They went to several shops for clothes. Of course they had her fitted for robes and uniforms, but also bought jeans and skirts. Not to mention several blouses, tank tops, and t-shirts in all colors. Hermione tried saying it was too much, tried to explain that she didn't wear skirts due to her scars, other than her uniform, but Minerva argued once again.

"Dear, you shouldn't hide your scars. If you earned them for a good cause, then I say show them off like medals. Besides, we don't know how long you might be stuck here for, so you'll need enough clothes to get you by. If you don't need them, then we'll save them for the next time traveling student." Making Hermione laugh at Minerva making a joke. She didn't make them often.

Minerva had several pairs of shoes added as well. Sneakers, sandals for when it was hot, boots for when it got cold, and of course the required shoes for her uniform.

Hermione winced when she heard the total. But Minerva shrugged saying Dumbledore never gave them a limit. Which was true, but Hermione still felt bad about it.

They stopped off at one last place making Hermione blush to be in such a store with Minerva. It was full of nothing but the only things they hadn't gotten so far. Lingerie.

"Minerva, I'm not sure…" Hermione started.

Minerva huffed. "We can't have you not…secured in your clothes. Now come along."

They bought several panties and bra sets in multiple colors. Hermione pointed out that silks and lace were not part of the uniform but Minerva smirked.

"Are you planning on showing off your non-uniform knickers?" Minerva asked.

Hermione blushed. "Well, no. But the girls in the dorm are bound to notice."

Minerva grinned. "You'll find that most of the girl here don't stick to uniform with their private undergarments. It's not like the male professors can check. Not that we female staff want to either."

Hermione was laughing as they shrunk their latest purchases and stuffed them in their pockets. Hermione had seen, not that she wanted to, that Minerva did a bit of shopping for herself in the lingerie department.

Making Hermione smirk. So it looks like Minerva has a reason to want nice knickers too. Good for her.

They stopped for a bit of lunch then apparated back to the front gates. They walked inside, still chuckling as they talked. Several students saw them and were curious what was going on, but knew better than to actually ask. McGonagall wasn't one to gossip or chitchat with students, especially over what she deemed a private conversation.

Minerva led Hermione to the fat lady's portrait and said the password so Hermione knew it. They walked inside and Hermione made sure her face showed a bit of confusion so as to go along with her story of memory loss.

They had picked up a trunk in Diagon Alley and had it sent to the school. It was empty but charmed so it couldn't be opened. That way it followed the story of a transfer student.

Once inside, Minerva had her strict face back on and called out to the students inside. "I would like to introduce Hermione Brown. She is a new student and will be finishing her final year here at Hogwarts. Some of you may have seen her already, but please do give the poor girl some room since she had a nasty spill and doesn't remember much right now. Ms. Evans, if you'll show our new student to the girl's dormitory so she can get settled. Thank you. That is all."

Minerva patted Hermione's shoulder before leaving her. Hermione swallowed as she took in the many faces she didn't know. Finding the eyes of a few she did, but knowing they didn't know her.

She saw Lily step forward. "Hello again. I'm Lily Evans. I'll just show you to the dorm so you can get settled."

Hermione nodded, thinking she needed to remember that the girl was Lily Evans and not Lily Potter yet. She followed the redhead until two smiling faces and one sandy haired one that was simply looking at her a bit unsure, surrounded them.

"Hey there Hermione. Feeling better?" James asked giving her a grin and slipping his arm around Lily.

Hermione blushed. "Yes, I am. Thank you. You were one of the ones that found me weren't you?" She figured he was. Not many could have Harry's hair like he did. Or more like Harry had James' hair.

James grinned. "Yep. We found you on the floor passed out. I'm James Potter, this here mangy mutt is Sirius Black, and the one looking very confused is Remus Lupin. Of course you met Lily Evans, my girlfriend."

Hermione smiled. "It's nice to meet you all." She looked at Remus, noticing he still seemed unsure. "I'm sorry about earlier. I just…thought you were someone else and when I woke up…you scared the life out of me."

Remus gave her a slow grin. "I guess it would be a bit startling to wake up next to someone you don't know. It's okay. So is your boyfriend named Remus or something?"

His question startled her and she couldn't help but snort out a laugh. She wondered if when she got back Remus would remember asking her that. She knew he would be embarrassed over it too. Poor guy. She thought.

"Er…no. He's just a really good friend of mine. He would snuggle up with me some nights if I had bad dreams or was cold. That's why I asked you to warm me up. My mates and I are really good friends with him. He's a bit older than us." She was telling the truth, he was older. By about…twenty years or so. Well, less with her due to her real age.

Remus smiled. "So not your boyfriend, got it. So I'm Remus Lupin, by the way, just so there is no confusion this time."

Hermione laughed softly. What would he say if I told him the Remus I know is a Lupin as well? Probably freak out or just not believe me. "It's a pleasure to meet you all."

"So do you have a boyfriend Hermione?" Asked the one she expected it from.

She fought a smirk. "Sirius, right?" When he grinned and bowed, she again fought another smirk. Oh Sirius, if you remember flirting with me later on before the battle at the Department of Mysteries, would you be as embarrassed as I know Remus would be? Probably not.

"Well, Sirius that is a bit personal for a first time meeting. I'll let you know when I get to know you better." She said while turning to go to the dorm again, before stopping when she remembered that she was supposed to be new and not know where they're at.

Lily smirked at Sirius. "Come on Hermione. Let's get you settled before Sirius starts asking more overly personal questions."

The two other boys laughed at Sirius as Hermione walked up the stairs following Lily. She went into her old dorm and found her new trunk next to her old bed and smiled. She wondered if that was on purpose or a coincidence. Maybe Dumbledore could look past her walls. He must be able to since he saw my memory with Minerva after he died.

She saw Lily was sitting on the bed next to hers. "This is my bed." Lily said. "I guess we're neighbors." Lily had heard a bit from Remus on what had happened after they had left and she had seen Hermione just appear out of nowhere.

Lily took a breath. "So I know you don't know me or anything. But I'm a good listener if you want to talk. We're all a bit curious as to how you got on the common room floor without anyone seeing you before."

Hermione looked down at her trunk that was still unopened. "I…I don't remember much." She hated lying, especially to Harry's mum, but what else could she do?

Lily looked unconvinced. She shifted and spoke again. "So how do you know Severus?" Lily asked.

Hermione fought to keep the surprise and lie from her face. "I don't. I was still kind of out of it so I guess I mistook him too."

Lily cocked her head, frowning gently. "Are you sure? You looked shocked, but happy to see him."

Hermione frowned. I wasn't happy to see him. Well, I kind of was. I don't want him dead after all. "I told you. I thought he was someone else. How would I know him anyway? Has he been to any other schools?"

Lily shook her head, looking unconvinced still. "No. Just Hogwarts. But you might have known him away from school."

"I don't know Severus Snape." Hermione said, hoping this ended the conversation. Hoping too that Snape didn't some how hex her from the grave or something for using his first name.

Lily smiled. "If you don't know him, how did you know his last name?"

Bugger. Hermione thought. "I asked Professor Dumbledore who he was. As I said, I thought he was someone else. He told me his name and said he was in Slytherin."

Lily continued to smile, but didn't ask any more questions. Hermione stood there for a moment, knowing her things were in her pockets and not her trunks.

Hermione looked over at Lily. "Don't let me keep you from your boyfriend or other friends. I'm just going to unpack."

"No worries. I don't mind keeping you company. Do you need a hand with that?" Lily asked, still looking at her oddly.

Damn, here is where Harry gets it. He doesn't let stuff go either once he bites down on something. Hermione forced a smile. "No, I got it."

Hermione walked around the bed, now facing Lily and levitated her trunk onto the bed. She used the charms to open it and pulled the things from her pocket, still shrunk and quickly dropped them in. The open lid blocking her movements before Lily shifted to see her better over the trunk.

Using a silent spell to unshrink them with just her hand. Her trunk was a mess now, but at least it had stuff in it so it looked like she was pulling things from it.

She slowly pulled things out and used her magic to put her things away. It didn't take long since she really didn't have much really. Minerva had gotten her some toiletries too. A brush, toothbrush and toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, even a bottle of perfume that Hermione loved. It was what she wore normally at home. Well, in her own time.

It was an old perfume that her grandmother used to wear and Hermione had fallen in love with the scent and wore it to remember her later on after she had died. It smelled like sweet honeysuckle.

She set her few new books on the nightstand and charmed them to not be picked up by anyone without permission. Lily bent her head and looked at the titles, raising an eyebrow at them as she read over each title. That last one making her almost fall off the bed.

Hermione fought a chuckle. She had picked that one up on purpose for reaction sake and for extra knowledge on the topic. It was a book she hadn't read on werewolves yet. She knew about Remus being a werewolf already, but now knew Lily did too.

Lily righted herself while Hermione still fought a laugh. When it was under control, Hermione glanced over at Lily. "Are you alright?"

Lily quickly met her eyes, searching, but she smiled anyway. "Just looking at your books. Interesting read. Not what you normally see next to the bed. Most girls here have smutty romances or stupid how to books. 'How to look fabulous' or 'How to catch your crush'. Idiots. Either you look good or you don't. And if your crush was interested, you wouldn't need that book to catch him."

Hermione smirked at Lily, liking her already. "Wow. Nice to know I'm not an idiot with such atrocious taste in books as them." She teased.

Lily blushed. "Sorry. You just wouldn't believe the boring conversations some of these girls have here."

Hermione's smile increased. "I might. I did live in a girl's dorm before coming here. Most of them…had probably the same boring conversations. If I wanted intelligent conversation I had to go to professors that I had that were friends." Remus. She thought. Or Minerva.

Lily smiled. "I think I may like you. Assuming you ever stop lying and fess up about how you really got on the floor earlier."

Hermione frowned a bit. "Sorry. Don't remember a thing really. Though I do remember seeing you and the boys standing over me and thinking you all were my mates back home."

Lily smirked, making Hermione smile a bit and blush. "Right. We need to work on your lying skills. That guy you were staring at, Severus, he could teach you. That boy could lie to Dumbledore himself I'm sure, and get away with it."

Hermione's smile faded. Snape. He was alive. Maybe she could…no. No changes. Whether her potion's class was boring and she even though she felt he deserved to live, he hadn't so she couldn't change it. Besides how could she change that and not the rest of them? She could help James and Lily live or even Sirius or Dumbledore. But at what cost?

She shook her head, forcing the thoughts away. "So what time is dinner around here?" She asked, hoping to change the subject.

Lily shrugged. "About an hour. Want to go down and have Sirius ask all sorts of personal questions again?"

Hermione blushed and Lily sighed. "Look, Hermione. I like you. Lying or not. I do like you. But Sirius isn't…."

Hermione started laughing. "Oh no. Don't misunderstand my blush. I don't like him, not like that. I'm not stupid. I know what he is."

Lily raised her perfectly groomed red eyebrow at her. "What is he then?"

Hermione smirked. "He is a dog." Fighting a laugh at Lily's wide eyes. "He is a love them and leave them kind of guy. He likes the chase more than the catch. Men like that are such dogs, you know." Knowing she was playing with fire but enjoying herself with her play on words.

Lily sighed in relief. Okay, Hermione doesn't know about Sirius like that. But she does have his number. Good girl. Lily thought. "You're right. Men like that are dogs and…" Grinning at what she thought was a secret joke. "Sirius is a big shaggy dog."

Both girls were grinning when they headed back down the stairs several minutes later. James swooped Lily into his arms and Sirius strutted up to her.

"Hey there Hermione, come sit with us." He tried to take her hand, but she slipped them into her pockets before he could even touch them, making Lily smirk.

She sat down and found Remus quickly sitting down on one side and Sirius sitting down on the other. Why did I pick the middle? Oh, that's right, I always sit between Ron and Harry. She thought.

"So what's up guys?" She asked hoping that they didn't realize she might be lying about anything she couldn't answer like Lily had.

They started in on the questions. Some she could answer, others she avoided. She saw Lily watching her, seeming to know when she was avoiding and when she wasn't. Damn. Hermione thought.

They asked where she was born, which she answered. Leaving out how she was muggle born. She wasn't ashamed of it, but didn't want to broadcast it right now either. They asked what her best classes were and she told them. Potions and transfiguration. Though she knew she was good at DADA but didn't want questions, so let it go. Lily noticed her pause. Damn and blast.

They spent the next hour just asking her questions about herself. Making her realize that Dumbledore didn't come up with nearly enough of a cover story for her to hide everything.

Finally Lily, seeing Hermione needed a break, said it was time for dinner in the Great Hall. Hermione met her eyes and smiled her thanks. Lily winked at her before slipping her arm into James'.

The other two Marauders each took one of her arms and tried to escort her to dinner. Feeling silly she pulled out of their arms and shoved them ahead of her. They laughed good-naturedly and let her go on her own down the corridors.

She paused when she saw Peeves harassing some students. The others going on ahead, not realizing she had stopped walking. Peeves looked the same so that was a bit of comfort. Well, as much comfort as Peeves can be. She thought frowning slightly.

"He is a trouble maker at times." A silky voice said, startling her. "He can't hurt you though if that's what you're worried about."

Hermione turned at the voice, finding herself looking into curious black eyes that already had that penetrating stare he had as an adult. She put up her walls, not knowing if he knew Legilimency yet or not.

"Um…hi there. Er…sorry for fainting on you like that before. I was kind of…out of it. I had hit my head earlier." She said before stopping and silently cursing at herself for babbling.

His eyes took her in before shaking himself and glaring instead. "Well, don't make a habit of it."

His sudden change startling her, even though she knew better. He wasn't any different as a student, it seemed, as he was as an adult. She blushed slightly. "I'm sorry. I'll do my best to not faint on you again."

She saw his eyes go back to being curious again. She smiled slightly. "Though if I do, I hope you won't be too upset by it and will stop me from hitting the floor again like you did. Thank you for that, by the way."

She saw he was slightly confused by her teasing and thanking him. But then he shrugged and walked off without even saying goodbye or anything. She smirked as she went back to walking. Bumping into Lily along the way.

"Did you get lost?" Lily asked when she spotted Hermione.

Hermione noticed Snape turned back and looked at the two girls at the sound of Lily's voice. She remembered young Snape had been in love with Lily. The moment she remembered that, she saw Snape's eyes meet hers again, looking annoyed.

Damn. Had she let her wall slip? Had he heard her thoughts? Hermione wondered as she continued to stare at Snape while he stared back looking annoyed still.

"Hermione?" Lily asked, snapping her fingers.

Hermione focused on Lily again. "Hmm? No, I wasn't lost. I stopped to watch P…a ghost fly by." She glanced back to where Snape had been to find he was gone now.

Lily smiled. "We have lots of ghosts here. Now come on."

Lily led her into the Great Hall and sat Hermione down between her and Sirius. Hermione tried not to sigh when Sirius started to flirt again. Bloody hell. She thought. This could get very awkward if I hex Harry's godfather.

She focused instead on her dinner. Half way through, she felt someone staring at her. Felt a mild probing sensation and she looked up. Looking straight at Snape. She still had her walls up, but wasn't sure how good they were.

She knew he was a master at Legilimency, but that had been as an adult. How good was he as a student still? She hoped her walls kept him out. She had so many things she didn't want him to see.

His stare became curious again when she didn't look away, she gave him a small smile and waited. She didn't dare smile at Snape as an adult, but as a student like herself, it could be interesting to see his reaction.

She held his gaze, his eyes narrowing slightly when she still didn't look away. Someone bumping her elbow finally made her look away. Lily said she was sorry for bumping into her, she had jumped when James had tickled her.

Hermione looked back up, but Snape was no longer looking at her. She sighed and went back to eating herself. Feeling a mild probe now and then, making her smirk. She knew it was Snape trying to get into her mind again.

At least she thought it was Snape. There was no doubt several Death Eaters at his table and any one of them could be trying to do it to her. She glanced up finding his eyes on her again.

She gave another smile and went back to focusing on her plate. It was him. I'd bet my wand on it.

"Hey Hermione, you're being abnormally quiet. What do you keep smiling about?" Sirius asked.

She glanced his way, a smirk about her lips. "You barely met me today. How do you know what I normally or don't normally do?"

Realizing his error, Sirius grinned and shrugged. Making her roll her eyes slightly and shake her head. Not seeing the slight smirk on a dark hair Slytherin's lips at her reaction to the handsome Marauder.

"So, what's with all the smiles then?" Sirius asked again.

Hermione shrugged. "I was just thinking about someone I used to know. I saw someone that reminded me of him is all."

Sirius perked up. "Oh yeah? Who? Old boyfriend?"

Hermione choked on her pumpkin juice at his question. Snape? Old boyfriend? There was no way in hell that would ever happen. She didn't even want to think of what the old surly bastard would think if he heard himself being referred to as that.

Sirius smacked her on the back when she choked. Lily sighed. "Sirius leave her be would you? You're going to make her avoid you if you keep this up. If she wants to tell you stuff, let her do it at her own speed. Not warp speed like you like to do things. Besides she's not interested."

Sirius looked wounded. "You don't know that Lily. She might be. Right Kitten?" He asked her.

Hermione froze for a moment. Sirius used to call her Kitten during the brief two years she had known him. The mild flirting he had done with her causing her to have a tiny crush on him at the time. It brought back the memory of seeing him die.

Sirius frowned. "What don't like the name? I think it's fitting. You're about as cute as a tiny kitten."

Hermione swallowed the lump in her throat. "No, it's fine. Just old memories is all."

Lily frowned. "Another old friend?"

Hermione nodded. "Yeah. But it's fine. Just took me by surprise. He…he used to call me that is all." Fighting back tears.

Sirius opened his mouth, but seeing Hermione's eyes, the sadness she was trying to cover, Lily jumped in. "Sirius if you ask if it's an old boyfriend...I swear I'll save her the trouble and hex you myself."

Sirius closed his mouth and grinned instead. Hermione forced a smile and pushed her plate away. "Guys, I'm exhausted from everything today. I think I'm going back to the dorm and going to bed. I'll see you all later."

She got up and quickly left the hall. Feeling several sets of eyes on her as she left but not looking back to see if she was right on who they belonged to.

A/N:I really do love the Marauders. I don't have much knowledge on how James or Lily acted, so this is my view point on it. I don't think everyone would have liked them so much if they were overly snotty and rude. I think they were kind of a combination of Sirius and Remus, while having a bit of their own personalities tossed in as well. If I'm wrong...I'm sorry. But this is how I see them.

Also, I could see Severus not being as rude or surly at this point. He would have his moments, but nothing compared to how he would be as an adult. I think he would have to have worked up to being a rude, and snarly bastard.

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