As I sit on my windowsill looking out of the window, I see that it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The sun was shining and not a single cloud was visible. Which is absolutely perfect because today is the most marvelous day ever. It's the day that I finally become of age in the wizarding world! I hop up and run into the bathroom, sliding on the floor mat as I went. After taking a shower and washing my hair I stare into the mirror. I used the charm to dry my hair, happy that I can finally use magic outside of school. I look into the mirror and receive a slight shock. My hair seems to be darker than ever, a mahogany chocolate brown. And instead of being curly and frizzy as it has always been, its more wave like now. Maybe all these years of using magic on my hair it seemed to calm down and become normal. My skin is also a little different its very tan, but that could just be because I've been in the sun a lot this summer. But the weird thing is that my eyes seem to be lighter.
"Hermione, dear! Can you come downstairs please?" I heard my mom call for me. I put these differences I'm noticing in the back of my mind. I go into my room and quickly summon some clothes on and run down the stairs. As I turn around the corner to go into the kitchen, a pair of arms quickly engulfed me into a hug. Might I add a bone crushing hug at that!
"Dad," I squeak out. "You're suffocating me!" My dad chuckled and let me go.
"Im sorry Mione but It's not everyday that my only child becomes of age. Even if it is in the wizarding world." I laugh at my dad and continue into the kitchen.
Thats when the smell hits me. I knew right then and there that I must have died and went to heaven. I walk further in and see my mom cooking up a storm. Now everybody always brags about Mrs. Weasley's cooking but she honestly doesn't hold a candle to my mom's. I walk over to her and I notice that her eyes are a bit watery. "Mom is everything okay?"
"Of course it is Hermione, don't fret over me I'm just being silly. Thinking about the day god granted our wishes and gave you to us. Now sit down dear and I will have breakfast done in no time." I merely nodded and made my way over to the table where my dad was already sitting. I looked down and noticed that there was three extra plates set out.
"Are we expecting company?" I asked no one in particular but I swear I heard my mom sniffle in the background. My dad looked up with wide eyes but smiled nonetheless. "Yes, pumpkin, we have some special guests that should be arriving in" he paused and looked at his watch "about 10 minutes."
Well, thats really odd. I wonder who it could be? It is my birthday so maybe its some family visiting from the states. But no that doesn't make sense, we would be picking them up from the airport. Who could it be? Come on Hermione, think. It wouldn't be some business people. At least I hope not. Hmmm, I watch quietly as my mom and dad slip covert glances at each other.
My mom finally finished cooking and was adding the food to the plates. Thats when the strangest thing happened. I heard something which oddly sounded like it came from the fireplace, but how could that be? I heard the sound again and then a twinkle. That sounds just like somebody flooed in!
My eyes went wide and a look of comprehension came upon my face. Of course it was Harry, Ronald and Ginny! They're going to celebrate my birthday with me. My face broke out into a stunning smile. My dad took a final glance at me and my mom while he left to the other room. "Mom, why didn't you tell me that it was wizards that were coming?" I asked with an all knowing smile. My mom just simply sat down on her chair and looked as though the world was going to end. I don't get it, I thought she liked my friends?
My eyes went to the door as I heard faint talking. My heart started beating faster, this will be the first time I get to see them since the end of the school year, when we said our last goodbyes at Hogwarts. As the door started to open I immediately stood up, my blood pumping with adrenaline. I would get to see my best friends finally on one of the most important days of my life! My dad was the first one to walk in and for the first time today he had a serious look upon his face. I looked eagerly to the next person and received the shock of my life.
I saw a tall slender boy slink in with a familiar face. Blaise Zabini! The next two people who entered must be his parents. As soon as this information passed through my brain. I swiftly pulled my wand out and leapt forward. Im glad that I kept my wand on me seeing as I was excited that I could finally use magic for anything I wanted.
"Mom, Dad run and hide!" I yelled as I kept my eyes on these unwanted intruders. As I stare at them I noticed that they weren't moving nor did they have their wands out. They just stood there with slight smiles on there faces and of course Zabini had a light smirk on his. Which threw me completely off. I took a chance and glanced at my parents who were looking at me wildly and I watched in utter horror as my dad brought them to the table, where my mom got up and greeted each of them with a hug.
Now at the moment I'm thinking that I must have looked pretty funny because I was standing in the middle of the kitchen in a fighting stance with my wand drawn out and my mouth hanging open. Maybe one day I could look back at this and laugh, but right now it's furthest thing from funny.
"Hermione dear can you come sit down. We have some things to discuss." My mom asked as I dropped my wand arm and slowly walked back to the table with a look of apprehension on my face. As I sat down everybody was staring at me like I grew two extra heads and changed my name to fluffy! Which I didn't like at all, something fishy is happening.
"If you don't mind but can somebody explain to me what the bloody hell is going on here?" I all but yelled. My father spoke up seeing as my mom was looking down at the food and not at me. "Well Mione, first let me introduce you. This is Alonzo Zabini and his wife Liliana Zabini." I looked at each of them closely when my dad said their name.
Alonzo was very tall about 6'4 and had a muscular build. His hair was black and cut fairly short his skin was unusually pale but glittered gold in the light making him seem tan. His eyes were a beautiful sea-foam green. Next I looked at Liliana who was fairly tall about 5'10, very slender but curvaceous at the same time and had the same unusual skin. She had jet black long straight hair that had a red streak running through it that complemented her perfectly. And her eyes were a breathtaking violet. Well, I guess I can see where Zabini got his looks from. Not that I thought so but because every witch in school liked him and Malfoy.
Speaking of the devil I looked at him next when my father introduced him. Before today I never looked at him properly and I see that he grew over the summer, he's about 6'3 now. As I look closer I see that he has the same skin as his parents which is odd because I never really noticed it before. Zabini still had his long black hair but as I look at it I notice that he also had a color streak going through it, except his was turquoise. I looked from his hair into his eyes which made me jump a little. He had his fathers sea-foam green eyes but with violet specks in them. I wonder why I never noticed before. Maybe because I was always concentrating on Malfoy's infuriating arse whenever I was near Zabini. As much as I hate to admit it they all were stunning. Each of them nothing like I've ever seen before.
"Well, thats fine and dandy but why are they here?" Once again I asked this to no one in particular. "I think I better answer this" said Liliana in the most beautiful voice I ever heard. I glance over and see my dad eyes glaze over but as soon as it came it was gone. "I've never been one to beat around the bush love. We are here to inform you that the Grangers are not your biological parents. We are. And that Blaise here is your twin."
I stared at them for a good minute before I started busting up laughing. Everybody once again just stared at me. Once my laughing fit ended I wiped my eyes of the tears that came from laughing so hard. I clutched my side and took a deep breathe.
"Okay thats very funny but I think its time that this joke be over. The Weasley twins put you up to this didn't they? They're all here hiding waiting to jump out and yell surprise aren't they?" My voice faltering towards the end. "No love, I know that this isn't something you hear everyday and I understand if you don't believe us but please hear out our story first then you can decide and ask whatever question you want okay?" said with a smile. Well, I guess they all have perfect teeth too. I simply just nodded my head.
"First and foremost, I just want you to know that we love you dearly and that giving you to the Grangers wasn't an easy thing," Mr. Zabini stated, while my mom clumsily dropped her fork onto the ground. I merely nodded my head again for him to continue. "About 17 years ago as you know it was dark and dangerous times. Voldemort was growing in power and wreaking havoc everywhere he went. He was also recruiting people to join his band of death eaters. As you know the Zabini name is one of the purest in the wizarding world so obviously he wanted us to be in his rankings. But we made sure that we steered clear of him. We managed to do this by the help of the Malfoys," At the name I took a sharp intake of breathe, "yes, the Malfoys are our oldest and dearest friends as you know. And you also know that they are among Voldemorts followers, but what you don't know is that both of our families were secretly in the order of phoenix giving helpful tips whenever we could."
"You see Mia, our family has a secret. Your mother and I are both half wizard and half vampire, which is not a common thing believe it or not. And once Voldemort found out we knew he would never give up in his search for us. Especially since we had you and Blaise. You see no matter how rare me and your mother are. You two are rarer, actually unheard of. We didn't know back then what type of powers you would have, or what characteristics you would show. And we couldn't risk Voldermort harming you both. So we decided to put a glamour charm on both of you. We hid any vampire characteristics in both you and your brother. But we also changed your looks so that you look like the Grangers. We decided to put you with our good friends so that the risk of Voldermort finding out was lessened. But now that you and Blaise are of age, we decided that its now your decision on what you want to do with this gift. We were hoping that you could forgive us and that we can once again become a complete family." finished with sadness in his eyes.
I didn't know what to think, my head was starting to hurt. But deep down inside something was telling me to believe them. "Okay, I have a few questions. Why did you call me Mia?" I asked my "parents". "Well, your full name is Melania Hermione Zabini, but we used to call you Mia for short." I looked at my dad when he said this and knew that that was my name, it just seemed to fit perfectly. "Okay well how did you know my-I mean the Grangers if they're muggle?"
"Mia love, the Grangers are wizards always were and always will be. But they agreed to act as if they were muggle to help protect you more. And I know this is hard but the Grangers will always be in your life you don't have to worry about that. They are you and Blaise's god-parents. I always considered them to be family." Said my umm mother. I nodded feeling slightly relieved. I guess Professor Slughorn was slightly right in assuming I was related to Hector Dagworth-Granger, the man who founded the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers. I let out a little chuckle to myself.
"As you can probably tell Mia, that you are starting to look differently. Today the glamour charm is supposed to wear off since you both are now of age. We already took Blaise's charm off completely and if you like we can take yours off as well." I looked at Blaise as my father said this and something about the look he gave me comforted me. I stood up from my chair and nodded my head. My father stood up pointed his wand at me and started to mutter an incantation. I closed my eyes as a funny feeling passed through me. I could feel my whole body going hot. As soon as it became unbearable the feeling stopped. I open my eyes to see that my mother and father had tears in their eyes, Blaise was showing a true genuine smile and the Grangers looked happy and sad at the same time. I must have had stood there with a look of confusion on my face because Blaise stepped forward and conjured a mirror.
As I stepped forward to look at my reflection I gasped at what I saw. I grew from a measly height of 5'5 to 5'9. First I took in my body, I used to be just really skinny but now I'm still slender but I see I have some curves in the right places. Now this is something I'm going to have to get used to. I'm going to have to transfigure all my clothes! I then look and see my hair is jet black like my mothers and I also notice that I have pink streak going through my hair. I then take in my skin. As I look closer it seems as though there's gold under my skin. Finally I look at my eyes which are a violet with sea-foam green specks. I couldn't help but smile and notice that my teeth are completely straight and brilliantly white. Thats when the true shock came. I had fangs! I slid my tongue over the razor sharp canine teeth and accidentally cut it.
"Why do I have fangs and all of you don't?" I said slightly panicking. "Don't worry love we all have fangs. Just think in your mind to conceal them and that should do the trick." I did as my mother said and to my amazement they shrank back to a normal size.
"Now you may already sense some differences Mia other than your teeth of course. I'll try my best to explain. First of all you don't have to worry about if we kill humans to get food. We only drink cows blood, pigs blood, chicken blood, etc. All animals. We can also eat human food but at most times I don't think you will want to."
"Why is that?" I asked my curiosity getting the better of me.
"Well love, our senses are heightened, each and every one of them. We can see, feel, touch, smell and taste what others cant. Blood is the only thing that really satisfies our cravings. But to hold up appearances we eat along with everyone else. Which will be difficult to you and Blaise at first because you will be sensitive to every little taste. But not to worry, you will get used to it. Take a sip of that water from the tap."
I picked up my glass and did what my mother said. As I raised the glass to my lips I could smell metal. As I took my first sip it took all my might to not spit it back out. The water tasted horrible! I could taste rusty metal among other things I'd rather not say right now.
"You may have noticed your hair and how there is a color streak in it. You can actually change the color at will. Your father here just keeps his black to look more professional. Also Mia because of our ancestry we can walk in daylight among normal humans. We just glow a bit. Which brings me to the next topic. Humans are naturally attracted to us. Its just the Vampire way, but we are not attracted to anyone except our soul mates." I guess thats why the Grangers were acting a little weird around my parents. But as my mother said the last word I scoffed.
"Really Mia each of us have soul mates and there's no denying it. Actually you should ask Blaise about his." I turned towards Blaise who was frowning. He looked at me and sighed.
"Okay when mom and dad took off my glamour charm. And explained everything to me I decided I wanted to know who my soulmate was. They also said I should be able to start sensing who it is. I decided to try out these new and improved senses. So I closed my eyes and thought about her. And I saw a horse and a pygmy puff. Which really didn't help so then I sniffed through my nose and I smelled something flowery although I couldn't pinpoint it? Finally, I tried to listen and I heard a familiar voice saying a familiar curse. A bat-bogey hex."
"Blaise! Your soulmate is Ginny!" I yelled jumping up and down. "Thats great! You know she's my best friend?"
"Isn't she with wonder boy though? And plus she probably hates my guts. I've never been exactly mean to her but then again I've never been nice either. But forget that right now. Lets find out who yours is." I personally did not like the look on his face at the moment. "Just clear your mind and think about the person."
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. As I inhaled I smelled a broomstick. Maybe it will be Ron, he did kind of express his feelings for me last year. I listened and heard a strangely familiar voice, he was saying something that I couldn't quite understand. I put all my focus on trying to see him and a white ferret popped up and the animal had these stormy grey eyes. No bloody way!
"Draco Malfoy." Those were the last words that I spoke before everything went black.
A/N: I had this on my computer for awhile and just recently found it again so I decided to post it. It was originally supposed to be a one-shot but I decided to make it into a story. I'm writing it as I go, so suggestions are always welcome! You never know, it could end up in a later chapter lol. Thank you for reading it and please tell me what you think! =)