Hermione's POV

I woke up to see a young witch beside me. She appeared to be in her twenties. "Morning dear, I'm Professor McGonagall. I help Professor Dumbledore teach Transfiguration" she tells me. I look at her surprised, she's so different to the Professor McGonagall of my time. "Tests have been made to test your knowledge" she states.

"Ok, when do they begin?" I ask her.

"After you've had breakfast" she states gesturing to the nightstand and I see a plate of toast. Along with a glass of water. "I'll be testing your Transfiguration knowledge, then be taking you to the other professors for their tests" she tells me. I nod my head in understanding.

"Did Dumbledore tell you anything about my situation?" I ask her curious.

"Not really, just that your a transfer student joining our school. That your papers were destoryed in a fire, hence the tests. And your name is Hermione Granger, half-blood" she states. I frown in confusion, I'm muggle-born. Not a half-blood. But I'll go along with whatever story Dumbledore he created.

I finish breakfast.  "Now what does the incantation Vera Verto do?" she asks me.

"Transfigures an animal into a water goblet" I answer.

"Vanishing spell?" she asks.

"Evanesco" I answer.

"Good, now summon a snake and banish it" she tells me. I take out my want.

"Serpensortia" I say and a live snake shoots out of my wand. It hisses. "Vipera Evanesca" I say vanishing it. Professor McGonagall conjures a hedgehog.

"Turn this into a pincushion" she instructs. I do so. "Good, now change it's colour" she says. I do so. She nods and turns it back to normal, vanishing it. "You did well, time for your next test" she states getting to her feet. "Please follow me" she says handing me a cloak. I get out of bed putting it on and follow her.

"Where to first Professor?" I ask curious.

"Professor Merrythought, she'll test your Defense Against the Dark Arts knowledge" she states. I nod my head and we walk through the castle silently. Students looked at me out of curiosity. A first year hufflepuff runs over.

"Professor McGonagall I can't find the library!" she cries.

"Miss Sprout, no need for tears" McGonagall tells her. She looks around. "Ah Mr Diggory, can you please show Miss Sprout to the library?" she asks a sixth year hufflepuff. The teenager nods his head signaling Miss Sprout to follow him. Was that Professor Sprout? I wonder. "Keep up, Miss Granger" she tells me and I hurry after her.

We soon arrived at a room in the dungeons. Where I see student's practicing dueling. "Good form Mr Flitwick, Mr Lupin. Take a break" a female professor tells the pair. She must be Professor Merrythought. "Ah Minerva welcome, this must be Miss Granger. Excellent timing we needed a new pair" she states looking at us. "Who'd like to test Miss Granger's dueling skills?" she asks the students present.

"I will professor" a guy says raising his hand.

"Thank you Mr Tonks, well up you both go" she tells us. We get onto the stage. We face each other and bow.

"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you" Mr Tonks says winking at me.

"That won't be necessary" I tell him. We began to duel. Attempting to disarm each other. He did go easy, until he realize I was better at dueling then he thought. But it was to late as I disarm him with Expelliarmus.

"Very good Miss Granger" Professor Merrythought says as Mr Tonks retrieves his wand. "Thank you Mr Tonks, take ten points for hufflepuff" she tells him. "The rest of you continue while I speak to Miss Granger and Professor McGonagall" she states. "Now Miss Granger, you're good with defensive spells. But how good is your knowledge on dark creatures?" she muses. "What's a boggart and how do you repel one?" she asks.

"A boggart is a shape shifter, it takes the form a witch or wizard fears the most. You repel it by turning it into something amusing by using the charm Ridikulous" I state.

"Very good, what creature would you use a Patronus Charm on?" she asks.

"A dementor or Lethifold" I answer.

"How id one turned into a werewolf?" she asks.

"By being bitten by one on a full moon" I state.

"That was all Minerva" she tells Professor McGonagall. Who nods and leads me away. We went to see the Potions professor next, Professor Slughorn. He asked me what a bezoar was and what potions use powdered moonstone. Had me identify a few potions and make up some doxycide.

Professor McGonagall then took me to the Charms professor. Professor Fortinbras. Who asked me a few questions and had me perform a few charms. I was then taken to Professor Binns, who asked me a few questions. I then saw the professors of Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, Professor Babbling and Professor Ravenhill. Who asked me questions and had me do a worksheet each.

Afterwards Professor McGonagall and I had lunch in her office. Before she took me to the greenhouses to meet Professor Beery. Who had be identify a few plants, demonstrate re potting a mandrake and how to safely collect bubotuber pus. I also told her what both plants were used for. Afterwards I was taken to see Professor Kettleburn. He teaches Care of Magical Creatures.

He was talking to a large student about an Acromantula. "Quite dangerous, but smart creatures and deadly. Wouldn't want to run into one in the forest" he states. "Ah McGonagall, I was just telling Hagrid here about Acromantula's. Never known a student so interested in dangerous creatures. He'll be asking about dragons next" he chuckles.

"Yes fascinating Kettleburn, but we do have an appointment" she tells him.

"Ah yes, you wanted me to test Miss Granger's knowledge on Magical Creatures" he states. "Now Miss Granger, what sort of trees do bowtruckles live in?" he asks me.

"Trees, that have quality wood for wand" I state.

"Good, what colour in a unicorn foal? And how long until it changes colour?" he asks.

"Gold sir. They remained so until they were about two years old, at which time they turned silver in colour. At around four years old, their horn grew in. They were fully grown at about seven years old, at which at this age they turned a shade of pure white" I state.

"Excellent" he says with a smile. "Can you identify these two creatures for me?" he asks gestures to a cat like creature and a dog one.

"That's a Kneazle and that's a crup" I answer.

"Good wait here" he says and left. I notice Hagrid had left. Professor Kettleburn returns with a hippogriff. He chained it to a pole. "Now approach this animal" he tells me. I nod biting my lip nervously. I slowly approached it and bowed. It screeches not bowing. I back up keeping eye contact and bow lower. It relaxes and bows back. I approach it slowly hand out stretched and stop a foot in front of it. Allowing it to approach me and rest it's beak on my hand. I give it a pat as it coos happily.

Afterwards McGonagall took me to the training grounds where a witch was waiting with a broomstick. "You're late" she states.

"Sorry Rolanda, Kettleburn was rambling on about hippogriffs" McGonagall states.

"Of course she was" Rolanda mutters. I notice her eyes, those were Madame Hooch's eyes. "Now Miss Granger, I'm Madame Hooch. I teach flying to first years, but Dumbledore wanted to see if you could fly" she tells me. I nod and she gestures to the broom.

I go stand by it holding my hand over it. "Up" I say and it rolls around on the floor.

"With feeling" she tells me.

"Up!" I say louder and it shoots into my hand. I mount it.

"On my whistle kick off and do a slow lap around us. Then touch back down" she tells me and I nod. She counts to three and blows her whistle. I do as instructed, although a little clumsily as flying wasn't my thing. She then dismissed us.

"That it?" I ask McGonagall.

"Until the night comes, then you'll see Professor Wood. Our astronomy teacher" she states. "Right now we're going to the head master's office to have you sorted" she tells me.

We soon arrived and she said the password. We went up the stairs and she knocked. We were told to enter. "Ah welcome Minerva, Miss Granger" Dumbledore says with a smile his eyes twinkling. "Time to be sorted, please take a seat" he tells me gesturing to a chair.

I do so and he places the sorting hat on my head. "Ah Miss Granger, we've meet before" the hat says. "I see I was conflicted on what house to put you in last time. But this time I have no such difficulties, Ravenclaw!" he answers. Dumbledore removes the sorting hat as I'm surprised. I thought I'd be put back into Gryffindor. Guess I was wrong.

"Please go inform Professor Ravenhill of her new OWL student Minerva" Professor Dippet says. She nods and left.

"OWL student?" I ask surprised.

"Don't know why you're surprised dear, you did very well in y tests and are very smart" he tells me. "All the other professors agree you should be in fifth year, I'm sure Professor Wood will agree also after his test tonight" he states.

"But we'll worry about that later, here are your robes and new course books" Dumbledore says handing me a pile. "A ravenclaw prefect will show you to your dorm room before dinner. Then after dinner you go meet Professor Wood" he states. "Tomorrow I'd like to see you in my office after breakfast" he adds.

"Of course sir" I say. There was a knock on the door. A fifth year witch appears.

"You wish to see me headmaster?" she asks.

"Yes, Miss Bagnold. I'd like you to meet your new dorm and class mate. Miss Granger, I hoped you can show her to the Ravenclaw common room" Dippet states.

"Of course sir, does she need a tour of the castle?" she asks.

"I've already organized for the head boy to do that tomorrow" Dippet states. She nods and waves at me to follow her as we're dismissed. She takes me to ravenclaw tower and has me answer the riddle. I think she was testing me. She then showed me to a dorm room and pointed to my bed. I put my new robes and books on t, before we headed to Dinner.

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Picture above of the Hogwarts Staff and picture on the external link of Hermione in her new house colours.