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CHAPTER 3

Hogwarts was unbelievable. It was beautiful. After saying goodbye to the weasley's and her godfather Sophie had left with her new friends to Hogwarts. The train ride passed rather quickly she had talked with Ron, Hermione and Harry for almost the entire journey. She really liked them, and they felt the same way about her. But as they were getting closer to Hogwarts Fred had reached for her and they talked for the time remaining. Sophie felt good around him, and obviously Fred liked being with her. He was sweet and funny, and also very talented for inventions and pranks. He made her smile and laugh.

As they arrived to the castle Sophie was stunned. The caste was like nothing she had ever seen before.

"shocking, isn't it?" Ginny grinned at Sophie

"Definitely" Sophie said in a state of bewilderness.

After they changed for dinner and Sophie was shown her room, which she fortunately shared with Hermione and another girl who Hermione had said was pleasant and practically never there.

As she entered the main hall she felt that almost every eyes in the room where looking at her. They where. News traveled fast, but the truth about who killed her parents and why was only known by few. As she reached the Gryffindor table and took a seat next to Fred and Ginny only one pair of eyes where still on her.

Severus Snape observed the girl who possessed that power. He was shocked by her beauty and wasn't able to stop looking at her because of it. Her smile reminded him of Lily's, but it was even more striking. He couldn't believe it. Her hazel eyes met his black ones and remained there for a second. Neither one of them wanted to break the stare. He felt trapped in her eyes and she felt trapped in his. As the headmaster clinked his glass Severus gathered the strength to take away his eyes from her.

After Dumbledore finished his speech Sophie asked Ginny a question

"Who is the man with the black robes?" She couldn't stop looking at him, she didn't know why, but she couldn't.

"That is professor Snape he is our potions teacher and head of Slytherin" Ginny was about to say something else but was interrupted by Ron.

"A greasy git, that is what he is" He said chewing a chicken wing.

Every once in a while their eyes would meet and linger there for a few seconds. Sophie finished dinner at the same time as Hermione, Ron and Harry had ended long time before them. Ginny had already left with a friend, Harry's face darkened a little when she did.

Fred had not finished yet and seemed a little unhappy when Sophie said goodbye.

As she walked away with her new friends she felt a pair of eyes on her. They weren't Fred's.

The morning after during breakfast Sophie was still at shock. While she was eating a toast she heard the Headmaster clink his cup as he had done the night before.

"Good morning students, I'm glad to inform you that this year professor Severus Snape will not only be teaching potions but will also be teaching defense against the dark arts" Cheers where heard from the Slytherin table. Sophie remembered her schedule for the morning, defense against the dark arts, potions, potions. Okey, if she wanted to get to know him better, there was her chance.

He stormed into the classroom and wrote into the blackboard "unforgivable curses"

"I believe we have a new student amongst us" He had he most deep silky voice she had ever heard "Miss Miller" their gaze met, he looked away before loosing his composure. "would you care to tell us which are these curses?" He had to test her intellect. He had to know more about her.

She smiled to herself "Avada Kedavra - The Killing Curse, Crucio - The Cruciatus Curse and Imperio the imperius curse." Her voice was smooth and clear.

"And what does each of them do?" Good she is clever, lets see what else she's got, Severus said to himself.

"The killing curse kills you instantly and painlessly" her throat felt like closing as she remembered her parents, but she kept on. "the cruciatus curse Inflicts excruciating pain on the recipient of the curse, in other words tortures them, and finally the imperius curse causes the victim to perform the unquestioned bidding of the caster"

"Exactly, 30 points for Gryffindor." As he turned to the blackboard Snape smiled to himself.

She felt good, this was the kind of satisfaction she couldn't get when being home schooled. Harry and Ron smiled to her.

"I want a 500 word essay first thing in the morning for tomorrow about the possible use of these curses and how you would counter act it. You are dismissed." As soon as Sophie was leaving the classroom Severus spoke. "Not you Miss Miller, come" He wanted to see her, but he couldn't afford to loose composure.

"Yes professor?" She wanted to stay with him, she didn't know why, but she felt safe with him.

"Have you read the bibliography that the headmaster sent you? the books we read along the past years that you weren't here" He tried to resist to look at her, but the second he felt her eyes on him, he surrendered.

"Yes sir, I have also made you a list of the other books I have read on both potions and DADA" her voice was honeyed and her smile wide. Snape felt like smiling when he saw her grin.

She took a list from her backpack and handed it to her teacher.

"It's quite a long list" Severus arched an eyebrow

"I like reading" she laughed

Their eyes met and they stared at each other for about a minute.

"You are dismissed Miss Miller, you wouldn't want your next teacher to have a bad impression of you now would you?" Snape gestured to the clock in the wall.

"No I definitely wouldn't"

Surely he would be surprised to find her next to Longbottom in his following period.

As he entered the room he saw her next to the worst potions student and she smiled to him. He felt like smiling back, of course he didn't, he couldn't.

As he had expected from the list she had given him, she excelled at her potions lesson too. She had even accomplished to make Nevile understand something. He couldn't wait to read her DADA essay.

"Sophie!" Fred yelled after her as she was walking away from the potions classroom.

"hey Fred" her mind was still on her teacher.

"How was your first day?" She had to get used to that question, it was only noon and already 5 people had asked her the same question. The first was her and Hermione's roommate, Lavander Brown. She seemed kind of nice, a little light headed and fake, but nice. Though she could sense that Lavander had a sort of grudge towards Hermione. The second and third were Ginny and Hermione respectively. The fourth had been her potions partner. He was nice, not like Lavander, he was 100 percent nice. And now returning to our fifth asker...

"It's great, until now everything has been perfect" She had said the exact same thing to everyone else.

As they both entered the great hall they saw George. He was holding hands with a very attractive girl who sat next to another pretty girl and in front of a boy.

"Sophie this are Lee Jordan, Alicia Spinnet, and Angelina Johnson, George's girlfriend. Everybody this is Sophie Miller" Fred introduced Sophie to his closest circle.

"Hi, it's a pleasure to finally meet you, after all Fred hasn't stopped talking about you since we got on the hogwarts express" George's girl spoke.

Sophie looked at Fred with a smile on her face, he was blushing, she thought it was cute.

"Take a seat, Lee pull over" Said Alice.

They were all Gryffindors and they were all seniors. As the conversation developed she found them to be very pleasent and funny.

Apparently Hogwarts was the place to find your meaningful half. Ron had Hermione(though they wouldn't admit it), Harry had Ginny, George and Angelina were so cute together, and there was obviously something going on between Lee and Alicia. Sophie wondered if she would find hers.

She would, but he wasn't going to be who she thought he would.

Five minutes before lunch ended Dumbledore clinked his cup,again.

"God what is it with all this announcements" complained Alicia.

Dumbledore said that dueling lessons were mandatory for students. First and second years, third, fourth and fifth years and sixth and seventh would have classes together. Each group would have two hours from 2-4 pm from Monday to Thursday.

He said that this classes would be given by the four heads of houses, therefore professor McGonagall,professor Sprout, professor Flitwick and...professor Snape.