Chapter One:


"Holy Crap!"

Miss Granger,
You are being offered the position of Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Should you choose to accept, please respond and arrive before August 30.
Severus Snape
Headmaster

"Hogwarts is going to the dogs!" Harry Potter exclaimed from the kitchen table in the Burrow.

"Both Dumbledore and McGonagall retired last year." Ron mused, "Are they insane?"

"You gotta go, Hermione!" Fred cried melodramatically, "Save the school!"

Hermione laughed as she looked at the faces of her "family" gathered around the kitchen table. The flaming red hair of the Weasleys, and bright green eyes of Harry Potter, they all stared at her expectantly.

"Wish me luck! I'll need it with Snape as my boss!" she grinned.

The kitchen was filled with cheers. Hermione was oblivious. There was only one thing on her mind. She was going back to Hogwarts. She was going back home.

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Hermione marched up to the stone steps to Hogwarts on August 24th. She was overjoyed. That joy was quickly extinguished, however, when none other than Severus Snape greeted her.

"Headmaster." she said evenly. Snape's smirk grew.

"Miss Granger." he motioned for her to follow and he wound his way through the halls to the Transfiguration classroom.

"Your chambers are accessed through your office. Meals are at usual times, but your attendance is not required until the start of term." He said this very quickly and left.

"Such a nice welcome." Hermione muttered, turning to enter her rooms.

"Yes, our dear headmaster is a certified ass." A voice said from behind her.

Hermione turned to rest her eyes on Oliver Wood, former Quidditch Captain and Keeper for Gryffindor. She smiled and welcomed him in.

"Say hello to the new Potions Master." he ginned.

"You're kidding!" She exclaimed.

"No…I hope to improve the reputation of the position." he said in an uncanny impression of Snape, "Hermione, you look so different!"

"Really? You look exactly the same!" She laughed…thinking that "exactly the same" was pretty good looking.