Where the New Future Begins

Chapter 2

*Sirius's POV*

"I would like to introduce you to the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Here we have Miss Granger.' Dumbledore introduced her.

"That's the girl that I saw with Dumbledore. She seems healthier now." I spoke up.

We looked at the front of the Great Hall at their new teacher. This was insane. She didn't even look like any of the other teachers. She was wearing regular clothes and a cloak like she just arrived here. Dumbledore started the feast and the food appeared. Everyone started to talk and the Great Hall got back to it's normal loudness.

I looked to my three best friends and saw that they were curious about the new teacher as well. There was something off about her and we couldn't put our finger on it. I turned to look at her and saw that she was staring at us already.

"She doesn't even look like she belong here. How old do you think she is?" Peter asked quietly.

I turned to look at him and Remus spoke up and said,

"Well I don't know but she looks like she can't be older then us but who knows."

*Hermione's POV*

I sat down next to Hagrid and McGonagall. It felt weird sitting at the teachers table instead with the students. I looked around to see who I recognized from my time and my eyes landed right on the Marauders. You could tell that it was them. I remember the stories I heard for Molly and Arthur along with Sirius and Remus themselves.

"Who are they?" I asked McGonagall.

"Those are the Marauders; James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They are a group of friends from Gryffindor and are trouble makers. If they give you any trouble you just come to me and I will take care of them." McGonagall told me.

I saw twinkle in her eyes when she talked about the Marauders. She may have sounded like did not like them being the pranksters of the school. But you could tell that she enjoyed their pranks. McGonagall started to talk about other things but I was not paying attention. I was to focus on the Marauders. I watched them glance at me every few seconds.

Once the feast was over I headed back to my classroom to get class ready for tomorrow. I heard a knock on the door and turned to see Lily Evans standing there. I smiled at her and said,

"How can I help you Miss,"

"I'm Lily Evans mamma. I just wanted to welcome you to Hogwarts and introduce myself." Lily introduced herself.

"Thank you Miss Evans. But I think you need to be getting to bed. It's almost curfew and I don't want a prefect to be in trouble on the first day." I told her walked to the door with her.

"How did you know I was a prefect?" Lily asked.

I pointed to her badge and watched her blush in embarrassment at the stupid question. I smirked and said,

"There is no stupid question Miss Evans. The only stupid question there is, is when you don't ask them."

Lily smiled at me and walked down the corridor. I shut the door behind her and sighed. This was going to be a long year and I was ready for it.

*Sirius's POV*

I sat by the fire in my favorite armchair. They guys sat around us and we started to plan a prank. Remus tried to ignore us but he still inputted some ideas or errors that could get them in serious trouble.

"So what do you think of the new teacher?" Remus asked trying to change the subject.

"She is mysterious. This is going to be interesting." James said.

"I'm just glad that Mr. Jackson retired. He was beginning to make no sense anymore." I told them.

They guys all nodded in agreement. We heard the portrait hole open up. Lily walked in smiling. James ran his fingers through his hair quickly and smiled big. He stood up and ran up to Lily.

*Lily's POV*

"Lily flower, how are you?" James asked me.

I did not turn around. I knew what he was planning on doing but I overheard Remus say something about the new teacher. I looked over to him and said,

"She seems sweat. I just came back from talking to her. She's really kind."

"Really, what did you two talk about?" Black asked curious.

"I just introduced myself to her." I told them.

"Really, anything else?" Sirius asked right away.

"Why do you want to know Black?" I asked with a smirk.

"No reason. Just wondering." Black said quickly.

I laughed at that and told them that I was going to bed. I walked up to my room and headed to bed. It was going to be a busy day tomorrow.

*Hermione's POV*

I wake up almost forgetting that I was here in the past. It all hit me on everything. I was ready to begin the new life and year. I got ready for class. I picked out my favorite black tight pants with a matching tang-top. I grabbed a cloak in case it got cold. But I was ready to go.

I went into my office to get mentally ready for today. It was going to be the start of the new year and I was ready to show these students what they need to learn.

*Sirius's POV*

I looked around the Great Hall to see if she was there but there was no show of the new teacher. I got my time table from my teacher and saw that I had Defense Against the Dark Arts first. I was excited about that and could not wait.

We walked into the class and took our seats in the back of the room. I sat next to James and Remus and Peter sat at the table next to us. I looked around to see if she was in the room but she was not. I could feel eyes on us and looked up to see her at the top of the stairs. She smirked at me and put her finger to her mouth telling me to stay quiet.

"What are you looking at?" James asked looking at where I was looking at.

"What? Nothing." I told him and when I looked back she was not there.

I thought to myself how did she do that. The bell rang for class to begin but the teacher was not here yet. Everyone looked around and did not say anything. The room was so quiet that if you dropped a pin you could hear it when it hit the floor. Right then there was a crack and Miss Granger appeared right in front of the classroom. Everyone jumped and got surprised.

"Alright let's start class. First thing first, I am not like normal teachers. I don't go by a lesson plan." She said holding up the lesson plan and put it on fire.

You could hear the room gasp and whisper. I smirked and looked to the guys. They had the same facial expression on like me. Miss Granger walked around the room and looked at the students. Snape spoke up and asked snarky,

"What are we going to be learning then?"

"What is your name?" Miss Granger asked giving him attitude.

"Severus Snape." Snape said.

"Well Mr. Snape,