Disclaimer: Ideas and Characters taken from both 'Harry Potter' by J.K Rowling and 'The Morganville Vampire Books' by Rachel Caine. I only own the plot line. It's my first crossover for this pair. Please R&R.
Arrival
The night air was a frosty breath on her bare throat as the wind howled like starved wolves through the deserted streets. The warm, orange light from the lamppost caused a soft glow on her peachy skin and highlighted the ruby red hints in the whispers of chocolate brown hair the head escaped from the stylish bun. Long, black, flirtatious eyelashes framed golden-flecked sienna eyes that shined with fear, anger, revulsion and fortitude directed at the shadowed figures that surrounded her, hiding just beyond her line of sight, in the darkness.
The unpleasant, coppery taste of freshly spilt blood covering up old, decaying blood was enough to remind her of what had ended just 2 months ago which, in turn, made her feel like relieving herself of any food she had left in her stomach. However, that would include letting her guard down, which is something she could not afford, especially around them.
She had come to Morganville in order to visit her cousin, who was currently at Texas Prairie University, and to take a much needed break. Because of who she was, when it ended she had gained fans and creepy little stalkers who only backed off due to her explosion of raw emotional power after Harry had died. 2 months ago the war against Voldemort and his Death Eaters had finally ended.
*FLASHBACK*
"Potter, how many people are going to die for you? Hmmm? First your parents, then Cedric and then Sirius, Dumbledore, Moody, Remus and Nymphadora, Fleur and William. Just last week we had fun watching as the light left your precious Weasleys' eyes. You have no one left Potter. Just give up." The Snake-faced man taunted. It was at that moment Bellatrix's blooded and battered corpse landed in front of the dark wizard and Hermione Granger walked out towards them, her hair flying wild and her eyes a liquid gold flame, looking like a Hell-Goddess. "Ahhh, yes. I forgot about your pretty little mudblood. My dear, look what you have done to Bella. It truly is a shame that you are of filthy blood as you are very beautiful and powerful. You would probably give me wonderful heirs. Maybe I will keep you. But first, Potter, her screams will sing in our ears. CRUCIO." As he screamed the curse at her, Hermione looked at Harry and nodded her head.
"It's time, brother. Bellatrix's death was the sacrifice, as was I. I love you, my Brother. !" with her cry of agony, a brilliant white light shot from her to surround Voldemort and was then joined by a bright black light from Harry, hitting the crazed wizard square in the chest. The 2 lights expanded and broke off into separate groups until all of his loyal followers/supporters were engulfed in the twinning lights before blending into singular masses of pure energy encasing each dark wizard, then disintegrating them into nothingness. The last thing either saw was each others exhausted faces before succumbing to the darkness.
A month later and the two of them only had each other. They were siblings via magic, love and soul. No one knew of their spell but they gained stalkers and fans and thousands of job/marriage offers. One Tuesday Harry had gone to pay his respects to those that had died and a rogue Death Eater, Wormtail, who was the only one not to have been killed, came out of the shadows and tortured then killed Harry. Once Hermione found out, she had to identify the body and one of her little 'fans' came up to her asking questions and flirting with her and she lost it. Her magic energy through him across the room and cackled around her. It was also how she found Wormtail, as he was hiding behind a statue as he wished to watch her reaction to losing her only family. He was thrust into the air above everybody and Hermione spoke to him in Hungarian, knowing he would understand,
"Hát helló áruló. Megölte ugye? Eh? Tudta, hogy élvezze a sikolyokat, ahogy kínozták? Te nevetni, mint az élet világossága bal szemét?" Wormtail squeaked in response as not only did her soft yet icy threatening voice scare him, but her once chocolate eyes were now glowing completely white gold, "Mi a baj férges? Tudom, egy kicsit sárvérû, megijeszteni? Hmm? Tut csitt. A mester lenne csalódott, ha ez igaz. Mondd, kis patkány barátom, Hallott már a Curse of Justice? Nem? Szégyen. Arra készül, hogy érzi, amit minden egyes embernek a sértettek éreztem. De először Silenco. Nos, nem tudtuk volna meg sikoltozva tudnánk?" everyone else that was there was watching in a sick fascination to what she would do. Some were even shouting for her to kill him. Bright light in her eyes consumed her body as she chanted the incantation with a smirk before shooting the bright energy from her into Peter and his mouth opened in a silent scream as the spell took affect. The golden white magic still remained in her eyes as she left the building with the passing words in English, "Have fun in your eternity of a living hell Mr. Pedigrew, for it will be eternity."
*END FLASH*
She now had the joy of trying to find a house in the middle of a town in Texas in the middle of the night. Not to forget that the town is full of – and ran by – vampires. Thing was, they were too afraid to go near her as they could see her eyes glowing a golden colour and knew they didn't frighten her. Ever since her and Harry had been practising the spell to kill Voldemort, his eyes always seemed to have a whitish green glow and hers had a golden white glow. All they knew was that it represented high power and that's why Riddle's glowed red. Green and red were equal but golden white was the highest and the irises of her eyes could change to any colour she wished.
She soon found herself walking along a road that had a little coffee shop on it. 'Common Grounds'. Not knowing what else to do, Hermione walked through the glass door and walked up to the desk while focusing on hiding the glowing of her eyes behind a glamour. Behind the till sat a man in his late thirties/early forties with a smile as he spoke to one of the girls. He looked up as she came closer and was looking at her with a thoughtful expression that made her think he was probably a vampire as well which made her cautious but she didn't let it show, instead she stood in front of the desk, hands curled over the corner and spoke politely with a small smile,
"Hello. May I have a vanilla milkshake, please?" he looked at her appraisingly before smiling at her and making the beverage.
"That'll be $2.50. Anything else?" she knew he too was cautious of her by the way he put fake kindness into his voice and plastered-on smile.
"Yes actually. I was wondering if you knew the location of the Glass residence." He momentarily froze at her question before narrowing his eyes ever so slightly that it would be hard to tell unless you were looking for a reaction. She also noticed that people all around the room tensed a little at her request. The ability to notice this sort of thing was a result of the war.
"May I ask why you are interested in the house and what your purpose is here?" his voice had gone cold and less friendly yet it did nothing to deter Hermione's cheerful smile.
"Of course. It's actually quite sweet that you all seem to look out for each other if a stranger comes questioning. However, you have nothing to fear. I'm in Morganville to visit my cousin for a little while and she lives at the Glass house."
"And who is your cousin? The only reason we are at all wary is due to the fact the last lot of strangers we had caused a lot of trouble here and we don't want anymore."
"Oh it's okay. I know the feeling. Actually my cousin is Claire Danvers."
Translate:
Hungarian – "Háthellóáruló.Megölteugye? Eh? Tudta, hogy élvezze asikolyokat, ahogy kínozták? Tenevetni, mint az élet világosságabalszemét?
English – "Well hello traitor. You killed him didn't you? Eh? Did you enjoy his screams as you tortured him? Did you laugh as the light of life left his eyes?"
Hungarian – "Mi a baj férges? Tudom, egy kicsitsárvérû, megijeszteni? Hmm? Tutcsitt. Amesterlennecsalódott, ha ezigaz.Mondd, kis patkánybarátom,Hallott máraCurse ofJustice? Nem?Szégyen. Arra készül, hogyérzi, amit minden egyes embernekasértettekéreztem. De előszörSilenco. Nos,nem tudtuk volnamegsikoltozvatudnánk? "
English – "What's wrong Wormy? Do I, a little mudblood, scare you? Hmmmm? Tut tut. Your master would be disappointed if it was true. Tell me, my little rat friend, have you ever heard of the Curse of Justice? No? Shame. You are about to feel what every single one of your victims felt. But first, Silenco. Now, we couldn't have you screaming could we?"