Welcome to a story that I've had floating in my head for a while. I hope it entertains and enthrals.
This chapter is dedicated to Popcorn99 and Fluttershy 2059110, both of whom have reviewed most of my stories.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other character, J.K Rowling does. I do however own the plot.
Hermione awoke feeling refreshed from her slumber. Today was the starting of the final year of her Hogwarts education. She jumped out of bed and skipped to her bathroom. When she reached her destination however, she let out a loud squeak of surprise.
Instead of her normal appearance, she found that her hair had lost its bush-like characteristics, that her eyes had lost their dull brown colour, and that her normally flat and straight body had changed. In the place of her normal reflection stood a young woman with dark, mahogany curls with streaks the colour of tarnished bronze which fell all the way down her shoulders in gentle waves and eyes of dark chestnut brown with streaks of red the colour of blood, and her body had somehow changed overnight, she now had curves in all the right places and could no longer be described as flat. Her skin now appeared quite pale and her lips were blood red.
Hermione looked at herself shocked for a few minutes before ignoring her reflection, thinking it to be the result of the slight residue of sleep. She looked away from the mirror and picked up her toothbrush, she squirted just the right amount of toothpaste onto it and opened her mouth to brush her teeth. The sight before her caused her to let out a terrified scream. In the place of her normally blunt canines were now sharp, pointy teeth, which looked slightly menacing. Hermione carefully ran her fingers over her teeth and let out a yelp when she found that her finger was now bleeding.
It was then that Hermione finally gave up trying to pretend that this was a dream. She sighed as she stepped into her shower and felt the warm water cascade down her back, and when she lifted up her finger, she noticed that the bleeding had stopped and all that remained was a small silvery line, which was also slowly disappearing.
As she stepped out of her shower and wrapped her new body up in a fluffy towel, she pieced together all the new changes and occurrences of the morning in an attempt to find the cause them. Her mass knowledge of magic and magical creatures helped her answer the questions that had been floating around in her head. But as she drew up an answer she quickly dismissed it, thinking to herself, *it can't be, I'm human, fully human.*
And with that thought circling around in her head, she gathered her schools trunks and shrunk them so that they would be able to fit into her pocket. After she had kept her now shrunken trunks on her dresser, she quickly pulled on a pair of black jeans and a crimson strap shirt with her favourite pair of comfortable black leather boots. She decided to leave her hair open and then just put on a clear shade of lip-gloss before putting her trunks into her pocket and going downstairs to meet her parents.
As Hermione descended the staircase, the appealing smell of freshly made waffles wafted towards her. Waffles had always been her favourite and the delicious smell caused her to run down the stairs. When she found herself at the bottom of the stairs after a few minutes, she spent a few seconds wandering about her sudden burst of speed before shaking her head and walking into the kitchen.
Her parents looked up as she entered, and both of their expressions changed from worried to relieved. Hermione noticed this but chose to ignore it as she walked to the table and took her place opposite her parents. She hastily grabbed a waffle and poured some honey on it before cutting a piece and placing it in her mouth. Hermione let out a small sigh as the waffle mixed with the honey and produced a sweet taste on her tongue. Now satisfied, she looked up at her parents, her face becoming serious.
"Mom, Dad is there something I need to know?" she asked.
Her parents shared a guilty look before her father drew in a deep breath and said, "well sweetheart I'm sure you've noticed some changes, this is because of your lineage. You see, one of your mother's ancestors was half vampire and through the bloodlines, you have inherited this. The vampire blood is not diluted by other blood, so you are half vampire. Your mother is not a half vampire even though she possesses the blood, we think this is because of the magic you possess, and this may have woke up the vampire gene. The gene, is appears, is triggered on the first day of the eighteenth year of your life. Your mother and I have known about this for a while and have been researching as much as we can, and from all the information from the diary of your mother's ancestor, we found that this will increase you physical abilities and your appearances. That is all we know. I'm sorry that we couldn't tell you, but we weren't sure if it would manifest in you. The only change is that you will now have to digest a small amount of blood a month, but don't worry, we've already spoken to the headmaster and since you're the Head Girl, he had allowed you to keep a fridge stocked with blood. Now it is imperative that no one else knows this, not even your friends. I am truly sorry for asking you to keep a secret from your friends, but it's for your own safety."
Hermione was speechless for a few minutes before she launched into a series of questions about the newest turn in her life. After a couple of hours, the clock chimed, announcing that it was now time for Hermione to apparate to the Hogwarts train. She hastily cast a concealing charm on her eyes, wary of the crimson streaks present before quickly kissing her parents good-bye who only let her go after making her promise to read up more on vampires and to take care of herself. And with one last glance back at her parents, she imagined the train and was gone with a loud pop.
Turning back to face her husband, Mrs Granger said, "I hope we did the right thing," with a worried tone.
Mr Granger tilted his head forward and kissed his wife of the forehead, "I'm sure we did."
Hermione arrived at the train station only to be confronted with a bustling crowd of students who were all trying to find their friends. She soon found Harry and Ron who had already found each other and seemed to be waiting for someone. She briskly walked to them and smiled when she saw their faces; it had been a while since she had seen the two boys.
"Hey guys," she said as she went to stand next to the pair.
"Oh hey Mione," Harry said. "You look different," he added while Ron nodded his head in agreement.
"Nonsense, I look the same, you're imagining things. So have you found a compartment yet?" she asked hoping to distract them.
And it worked as Harry nodded his head, "yup, we were just waiting for you, let's go.''
And with that, the trio set off. Little did they notice the two pairs of eyes watching them, one silver and the other dark blue.
"Hey Draco, don't you think that Granger looks different this year, she looks almost hot," Blaise Zabini said as he turned to look at his best friend.
Draco snorted, "she may look hot, but don't forget Zabini, she's still a Mudblood."
Blaise looked at Draco for a few minutes wondering if his best friend realised that he had just called Hermione Granger hot. *This is going to turn out to be an interesting year,*he thought to himself as he boarded the train to Hogwarts.
Okay so that was the first chapter, hope you enjoyed it. Please review!
Ps: sorry for any errors.
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