Hermione is depressed. Harry and Ron both have girlfriends and are completely ignoring Hermione. Two mysterious witches come to Hogwarts on Dumbledore's orders. What they have to do seems nearly impossible… (Harry, Ron and Draco are all friends but don't like Hermione. So they won't be stopping any fights or what-not between her and Draco…)
This takes place after the war with Voldemort. Dumbledore isn't dead. And it starts at night…
Two witches' voices can be heard coming from the golden phoenix stairs that lead to Dumbledore's office.
"Thanks Professor," one said. It was a girl's voice. She had dark brown hair swept into a braid, wearing a cloak. Her name was Mary.
"We'll talk later." Said the other voice, also a girl's. She had brown hair with blonde streaks running through it with her hair swept up in a ponytail. Her name was Sabina. She was also wearing a cloak. The cloaks were black and wrapped tightly around them so you really couldn't see anything. You could barely see their faces it was so dark in the corridor.
As they were coming down the stairs they heard footsteps coming down the hall across the way. They immediately hid against the opposite wall out of view from the person until they could make out who it was. Sabina looked cautiously around the edge to see who it was. She saw a girl walking down the hall dressed in Gryffindor robes and frizzy hair. Her nose nearly looked stuck to a book she was reading.
Knowing who the girl was, they both stepped away from the wall and proceeded to 'accidentally' bump into her. The girl immediately brought her nose out of the book and looked up at who she ran into.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going," she said, apologetically.
"Quite alright," said Mary looking at the girl.
"Yes, we were due for a good walking into," Sabina replied with a smirk.
Hermione blushed and looked down.
"What are your names?" Hermione asked curiously.
"That's Sabina," Mary said pointing over at her. Sabina saluted to her. Hermione gave her a funny look and Sabina just shrugged.
"And I'm Mary."
"Nice to meet you two. My name is Hermione. Hermione Granger," replied Hermione with a small smile.
Both girls smiled. Hermione saw this but couldn't figure out why. Was it an evil smile? Did they know? It didn't matter to Hermione but she was tired of the taunts she got nearly everyday.
"Well, we need to get to our dormitories," Sabina said with a sigh.
"Yeah, we'll talk to you later. Okay?" Mary smiled.
"Ok," Hermione said back, looking a disappointed.
Both girls walked away quietly talking to each other once they were out of earshot of Hermione.
Hermione barely heard them as she went back to Gryffindor tower. She walked up to the fat lady and gave her the password, which happened to be 'Red Ink'. She walked inside and was immediately surrounded by red and gold warmth. This usually comforted her but it never did anymore because Harry and Ron were never there to enjoy it with her.
She sat down on the couch that was in front of the fire that was burning, and set her books on the table.
She sighed as she opened up her Potions book. She studied for hours before closing her book. She was finally finished and had one other subject to study. Ancient Runes. Pulling out that book, she began to get very tired and before she knew it she had fallen asleep on the couch again. She woke up still sitting on the couch but it was much brighter in the common room. Checking her watch, she shrieked.
She ran upstairs took a shower, de-frizzled her hair and got dressed. She flew down the stairs, grabbed her books and flew through the portrait hole to the Great Hall. One the way, she briefly wondered if she'd see those girls today.
As luck would have it, when she walked into the Great Hall for breakfast she saw one of the girl's sitting on the stool in front of the teacher's table waiting to be sorted. She sat down at the very end of the Gryffindor table, alone.
'Wow, I didn't know they were students,' Hermione thought as she looked up at them. She nearly gasped. They were beautiful. She couldn't tell before because it was so dark. Both had their hair down this time. Mary had a tan complexion and Sabina was just plain tan! Both were wearing house robes with very short skirts. Sabina was sitting on the stool crossed legged waiting to be sorted. She looked over and saw Mary standing a few feet away from her. Mary saw her and waved. Hermione blushed deep red and looked down in embarrassment.
When she looked back up, Sabina was glaring at Mary. Mary merely shrugged in reply and looked out at the crowd of kids at the tables. Finally, Professor McGonagall walked up to Sabina and started to put the sorting hat upon her head. It did exactly what it did in Hermione's first year when it was placed on Draco's head. It barely skimmed the top of her head before exclaiming 'Slytherin'. Hermione's face fell. She knew Mary would be sorted into Slytherin, possibly losing two new friends.
Mary walked over to the stool and sat down after Sabina had walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down. And sure enough, the exact same thing happened. Barely reaching her head it screamed 'Slytherin'.
Hermione's head fell, not wanting to show anyone how disappointed she was. She heard Dumbledore start to talk before breakfast started but got up and walked away. Sabina and Mary saw her leave and gave a side-glance up at Dumbledore. He nodded and both winked and walked out of the Great Hall after Hermione.
They followed Hermione quietly, not wanting her to see them yet. She led them outside to a bench. As she sat down, she felt a presence sit beside her and another stand in front of her.
"What's wrong?" Sabina asked, holding back a smile.
"Both of you are in Slytherin," Hermione answered, dropping her head a little.
"So, what's your point?" Sabina laughed as Mary playfully smacked her on the arm. Hermione also laughed but said, "You aren't going to want to talk to me."
"We aren't?" Mary said, looking surprised. She laughed after a minute, smiling at Hermione. Hermione smiled back. Maybe these girls wouldn't be like Harry and Ron. Maybe they could be friends. She needed something to fill the void inside that they had caused her…
Hermione looked down at her watch after a minute and told Mary and Sabina she had to go to class. Both waved good-bye as Hermione walked away. Once Hermione was out of sight they started to talk.
"Wow, Harry and Ron sure fucked her up just a tad too much," Sabina told Mary sarcastically.
Mary laughed and said, "Yeah, they sure did. We're going to have to fix that, ya know."
"Yeah, I know. We will. They'll never know what hit any of them," Sabina said to Mary, looking out onto the grounds with a small smile on her face. This was going to be fun…
AN: Well that's it for now. Hope ya like. If ya don't, too bad. I don't care. I'll try to update soon. Reviews are most welcome and so are comments. Excruciatingly rude ones will be taken out or ignored.
What's gonna happen to Harry and Ron? Why are those girl's looking chummy with Dumbledore. What are they hiding?
All characters belong to the wonderful J.K. Rowling except Mary and Sabina. They are real people.