Time: 2 years after the trio's graduation

Setting: Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry

Pairings: HG/SB

HP/GW

RW/LL

RL/VS

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize.

Chapter 1 – Prologue

20 year old Hermione Granger sat on her bed, arranging lesson plans and trying to calm her jitters. I'm so excited! Me! Teaching Muggle Studies! Oh, Harry and Ron will be so surprised when they hear the news. I wonder who else is teaching this year.. Hermione thought, shifting through papers. Albus refused to tell her who else was teaching this year. He told me they were people I know .. Hmmm..

Hermione glanced at her watch. 5:50 PM. "Dinner time!" she squeaked, grinning. Another wonderful school year was about to begin in 10 minutes. I missed Hogwarts.. She thought, recalling the two years she spent working at the Ministry. It was boring, she had to say. Education had always been her passion. Ron and Harry, her two best friends, were both Aurors, who also happened to play for the England Lions' Quidditch Team.

Once Hermione had briskly cleaned up her appearance, she took a deep breath, heading out of her private quarters. The corridor was completely empty. However, Hermione would hear the voices of the students, but very faintly. The teachers quarters were located in one of the North towers. Albus had given Hermione strict instructions not to leave her room all day. Hermione, naturally, was curious as to why Albus had given her such a strange request. He simply smiled and merely said "You'll see at dinner time" with a twinkle in his eye.

Hermione walked down the long corridors, and many flights of stairs. She had felt slightly lonely all day. She had seen no one, except Albus. She looked around. Where is everyone? The other teachers? This is strange.. She though, her mind racing. She continued to walk down the corridor. Hermione simply couldn't contain her excitement. She was going to be a teacher! And a very hard one, unbeknown to her future students, and even to herself.

She finially arrived at the door, which was right beside the teacher's table. She took a deep breath, pushed the door open, and walked in.

And gasped.

The first thing she noticed was, the students had not arrived. The second thing she had noticed was .. the teacher's table.

Sitting this middle, like usual, was Professor Dumbledore. To his left, was an empty space that was Professor McGonagall's. To his right, a woman Hermione had never seen before. Beside her, was none other than Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. The three of them seemed to be conversing lightly. An amused look played on her face. How on earth did Sirius become a teacher? She smiled and laughed quietly. Remus looked good, and younger.. Almost, her age. She hadn't seen them both all summer. They look different.. They've both definitely changed. She though.

She noticed some of her fellow classmates, as well. Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy, and Blaise Zabini. What an interesting combination she though dryly. Also present were Sibil Trelawney and Professor Vector, Professor Sprout and Hagrid.

Everyone seemed deep in conversation, so Hermione just quietly and descreetly walked up and took a seat between Sirius and Blaise. I'll surprise Sirius later she though, grinning. Sirius had noticed her, though. But he hadn't recognized her, because he hair was down, and covered some of her face. She watched her intently as she walked up and sat beside him. He turned to Remus to join back into the conversation.

Hermione looked at Blaise beside her, and smiled. "How have you been doing?" Blaise asked lightly. He looked her up and down, and smiled. Hermione shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Good, and you?" She asked. She was surprised he was nice to her. Or at least talked to her. But thinking back, Hermione realized that he was never mean to her. In fact, he never much--good or bad--to her during their school years. But being a Slytherin, Hermione just figured. "Not too bad" He replied.

"So what are you teaching?" She asked, regaining her excitement. "Arithmancy, you?" He responded. He couldn't help but laugh at her excitement when it came to education. "That was one of my favorite subjects in school.." She said, trailing off. Blaise nodded. "Me too".

"Hey, Moony .. who's that girl?" Sirius asked, with mild interest. Hermione was turned to Blaise, so all Moony and Padfoot could see was her hair. "Always the same, Padfoot. You never changed. Just like old schooldays" Remus replied, chuckling. "In all honestly, I have no idea. Why don't you just talk to her?" Remus suggested, giving Sirius a look. Sirius made a face and ruffled tousled his hair. Messy just-got-out-of-bed look was a babe magnet. "I let them come to me" He said smoothly. Remus just rolled his eyes.

Almost the exact moment he was going to talk to her, she turned around. They both had similar looks of surprise of their faces.

"Hermione!"

"Sirius!"

"How have you been, Hermione?" he asked seriously. "Oh, good. And you?" Sirius nodded. "At least I'm not living on rats anymore" She grinned and ruffled his hair. Sirius shot Remus a look, and Remus returned the look with a very surprised one. "I've wanted to teach, ever since I got out of school." She said excitedly "I'm a teacher! And god knows how you became one.." She said, laughing. Remus joined in her laughing. Sirius playfully frowned. "I don't understand. I was such was hard working student. I picked up so many extra subjects. I did my homework on time. I was a prefect, then a head. And hell, I even handed in essays that were a foot longer than asked for" Sirius mocked, imitating a shrill female voice. It was Hermione's turn to frown. "You're wrong. It was 2 feet sometimes" She said smugly.

"As much as I'd hate to interrupt this love-fest, you're making me sick." Snape sneered. Sirius shot him a death glare. Thankfully, at that same moment, the students flooded into the Great Hall, and the two angry men were distracted.

Author's Note: I wrote this for fun. Pure, sheer fun. I don't care if its cliché, out of character, or the plot sounds vaguely familiar. But please, try to understand. I've wanted to write a carefree fanfic for awhile now, and this is my chance. I know they're out of character, I know this would never happen in JK Rowling's books.. You don't have to tell me.

Reviews are kindly welcome and graciously appreciated. They make my day :)