Hey, um, well this is a new story. But I'm not giving up on my other one. My muse just told me to write this one down first. Hey, you know what? I giving you guys a challenge to see if my muse is a girl or a boy or if it's even a real person! You pick! Sigh. I'm depressed right now. I just finished the sixth book and I'm kind of angry with Snape. (Did any of you think that Snape is actually a good guy? Cuz I'm feeling kind of stupid now.) But I'm also happy a little because Draco couldn't kill Dumbledore, so maybe he is good after all.

P.S: There are going to be little 'narrator' notes that are different from the other type of font. That font will not be slanted.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot; I'm simply borrowing J.K. 's characters.

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I suppose this story will become a legend soon. So I thought I should write it down. So I can show the world what really happened. See, I wasn't a part of it, but I observed every bit of this story. I was the friend of two warriors in this story, although I like to think all of them were my friends. But in the beginning it was just the two people I was friends with. Anyway, I thought the world should know what really happened, but they didn't want me to show anyone besides them. So here I am, writing down what happened so if anyone should like to know, they can see it. And hopefully I have everything written down right.

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Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were having an excellent day so far. Mr. Marshall had been promoted, rising slightly higher from the mediocre space in the chain he had previously occupied. See, they were nobility and they had fallen far since the revolution. They were now celebrating the promotion with their niece who was visiting for the summer. They were going out for ice cream and scones.

Just as they were crossing the street to go home somebody came flying out of nowhere with a sword in one hand and what looked like a stick in the other. Then they saw another person come flying out of nowhere, he seemed to have been following the previous person. He also had a sword and a stick of wood. Then the Marshall's got the biggest surprise of their life.

Their niece cursed, whipped out yet another stick of wood made another sword materialize in her other hand and joined the fight with a hurried, "Bye auntie, bye uncle!"

"Hermione!" Mrs. Marshall screeched, "Come back here this instant! You'll get hurt!"

But to their deep surprise, Hermione whirled her sword like an expert. She waved her wand and shot off curses as three more people joined them. One seemed to be an ally. The others were enemies. Mrs. Marshall fainted when Hermione and the two boys held the other three by knifepoint. Or, well in this case it was sword point. Mr. Marshall just gaped. One of the boys turned to look at them and he swore.

"Damn! Now we have to obliviate them!"

"No Ron, we don't. They are my aunt and uncle. They already know about Hogwarts and everything."

"Really? So there's no need to worry?" the other boy asked. All three still held their 'enemies' by sword point.

"Definitely Harry."

"My dear," Mr. Marshall croaked, "We had no idea learning magic included sword fighting."

The trio looked uneasy at that. As their 'enemies' all laughed and got up.

"It doesn't include sword fighting mister," the flame-haired girl said cheerfully.

"That we do on our own," another boy said as he brushed himself off.

"Neville!" the original three hissed out, "Shut up!"

"Um, auntie, uncle, I, um, need to go alright? If dad calls, or me mum tell them I left because of Hogwarts stuff. They'll understand." Hermione said nervously. All six youths then disappeared with a sharp CRACK. None of them noticed the man in a shadowy corner with a feral smile on his face.

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"Whew, that was close," Hermione wiped a hand along her brow.

"Actually, that was fun," Luna said dreamily.

Hermione glared at her.

"Well, anyway, I think all of us has almost got the sword fighting down pat," Harry said.

"Almost," Neville put in gloomily, "Will we have enough time to become experts by the time we get to 7th year at Hogwarts?"

"Don't worry Neville," Ginny said bracingly, "I'm sure we will."

Ron sniffed, "Yeah, sure that's what you say. Some of us aren't born naturals."

Harry ruffled his hair, "Don't worry Ron you as good as the rest of us,"

Ron looked up hopefully, "Really?"

They all smiled, "Really," Harry replied.

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Now, I'm sure you all are wondering what they're talking about. So I will explain. Harry had gotten the idea that if they were to start to train their bodies, they could work magic more easily. They could strengthen their muscles and tone their bodies. Well, they agreed to this and they got the idea to become sword masters. They couldn't find anyone to teach them so they got a few books on sword mastery and began to teach themselves. The girls started with short sword and progressed upwards while the boys learned techniques so they could help the girls. They were all fairly good, but they needed to be better. Everyone beside Ron and Hermione seemed to be a natural at sword fighting, but they still continued on. Hermione, Ginny, and Luna became slender; slimming down their extra weight and that became muscle. Harry, Ron, and Neville's bodies harden and became rock because they trained so much. And all this happened before the last two weeks of summer break.

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"So, you all coming over to our place?" Ginny asked as she slung an arm over Ron's shoulder, "Mum would love to have you. Actually she kind of needs to. She slowly going insane go at Grimmauld place because of Fleur."

"I would love to Dumbledore has given me permission to go over there. And aunt Petunia definitely doesn't mind."

"And my mum knows where I'm at." Hermione grinned.

Neville looked at Luna and they both nodded. All six disappeared with a sharp crack then reappeared in the dining room of Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

Sirius nearly fell off the stool he had been sitting on, "Blimey you guys, are you trying to give us a heart attack?" he motioned toward Tonks who was sniffing into her butterbeer.

Hermione and Ginny practically flew to Tonks' side asking her if she was alright.

Harry just looked at Sirius with a question in his eyes.

Sirius told him quietly, "The Death Eaters found her dad and tortured him into insanity."

Neville blanched, "Poor Tonks, she actually knew her dad."

"I now know how you feel Neville," Tonks whispered as more tears leaked out of the corner of her eyes, "I think I'm going to take the job Dumbledore offered me."

"Which one?" Lupin asked as he walked in with another butterbeer and handed it to her.

Tonks smiled, a little of her old mischief in her eyes, "Oh you'll see."

Harry grinned at her, "So have we gotten our Hogwarts letters?" he looked at Lupin.

Sirius nodded, "Yep, their in the kitchen, Molly saved them from Kreacher. Slimy little git tried to put them in the fire, and no Hermione, he actually did this purposely."

Hermione, who had been about to rush to Kreacher's defense, deflated, "Oh."

"You're lucky he didn't pitch them into Buckbeak's dinner bowl like he had also threatened to do," Snape's drawling voice floated in before him. He handed everyone his or her letters.

Harry frowned, "What's the matter? Why are you here?"

Snape looked at him, "For a minute there Potter I actually thought you might be worried about me."

Harry flushed, "I worry about everyone."

"Everyone worries about everyone else. Some more than others," Hermione said softly and pointedly to Snape. Snape winced slightly.

"I'm sure Miss Granger, that the facts point toward us winning the war, not losing it."

"That doesn't mean that no one dies," Hermione said quietly.

"Miss Granger, everyone dies, there's no use crying over it," Snape said just as quietly. He turned on his heel and stalked out.

"Is it just me, or did it get very cold in here?" Luna said as everyone looked away from Hermione and the retreating back of Severus Snape.

"Don't worry about that Luna, it always heats up, isn't that right Tonks?" Hermione said. Tonks flushed and quit staring at Lupin's profile. Hermione stomped away from the dining room, totally forgetting about her Hogwarts' letter.

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"How long has that been going on?" Neville asked as soon as Hermione left.

Ron rubbed his eyes, "Since they got into a huge fight over Hermione doing sword fighting at the beginning of the summer. They've been either fighting or being icy polite to each other. Snape didn't want her to do it and she got all angry about it."

Flashback:

"Were going to do sword fighting isn't that neat Tonks?" Hermione giggled, "Me,

Ginny, Luna, Harry, Ron, and Neville. No one else from the D.A. wanted to do it."

Snape had heard that last bit, "Do what?" he asked as he sat down across from Tonks as Mrs. Weasley brought in the dinner. Sirius, all the Weasleys except Charlie, Fleur Delacour, Hermione, Harry, Tonks, and Lupin were eating at Grimmauld that night.

"Oh, Hermione and some others are doing sword fighting," Tonks said through a mouthful of mashed potatoes.

Snape stared at the girl in front of him, and then came the explosion, "YOU'RE DOING WHAT!"

"Sword fighting," Hermione squeaked as the whole entire table stared at the duo.

"Why?" Snape said through gritted teeth.

"Hey, don't bother her," Harry snapped, "It was my idea."

"It's a good idea," Snape said and Hermione sat straighter, looking happy, "For boys."

Hermione's mouth flopped open in disbelief, "What? What do you mean, for boys?"

"Ladies, such as yourself, get hurt more easily."

"Well I'll be. Severus Snape I had no idea you were stereotypical," Mr. Weasley chuckled trying to lighten the tension that had risen.

Of course no one listened to him, they were to fascinated by what was going on between Hermione and Professor Snape.

"I can't believe you," Hermione said shrilly, rising from the table, "Girls can sword fight just as well as boys!"

"Really? Can you name one?"

"Joan of Arc!"

"And where is she now?" Snape said, rising from the table.

Hermione flushed and the tension rose another knot as the argument became more heated. The observers looked back and forth between Hermione and Snape in a sort of disbelief that Hermione was fighting with a teacher, even if it was summer time.

"Why can't girls fight?"

"Because they would hurt themselves!"

"Oh, really? Then why am I not hurt? I fought just as well at the Ministry as Harry did! And who helped with the Horcruxes? WE DID! As in me, Ron, Neville, Ginny and Luna!"

"Really? Then why did you wind up in the infirmary both times and make the rest of have a heart attack thinking it was really serious?" Snape growled.

You could hear a snort somewhere over where Mrs. Weasley was sitting. Lupin and Tonks looked around to see Mrs. Weasley with a hand over her mouth and shaking with laughter. They looked at each other then at Mrs. Weasley, than at the fighting duo. And then they got what was so funny.

"Men are supposed to protect the women! It's like, an unwritten rule for Merlin's sake!"

"Oh, whatever! We're just as good at protecting ourselves. At least I am! I don't need a man to protect me!" Hermione yelled.

Snape went white just as Hermione clapped a hand over mouth, "Oops."

"Fine." Snape whispered.

"Fine!" Hermione shouted as she whirled around and stomped off.

Snape used his fingertips to massage his temples and looked around and a jolt shot through him. The whole entire table was shaking with silent laughter. Molly even had tears in her eyes!

"What is so bloody funny?" Snape snarled as he glared at the entire table.

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"Me and Harry didn't get it at first, we just thought it was great that Hermione was fighting with Snape. Then Ginny finally told us why Hermione and Snape were fighting so much," Ron wiped the tears of laughter from his eyes as he finished telling the story.

Tonks looked cheered up as she said, "Oh man! I will never forget it. I loved the big bad dangerous Snape fighting with a seventeen year old." She cracked up again and Lupin joined her. Luna looked around the table. Sirius and Harry and Neville were also laughing at the memory. She frowned.

"I don't get it," Luna said. Everyone stopped laughing for a split second then busted out laughing again. Luna sighed, sometimes you just laugh for no reason, she thought.

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So tell me if you liked it. This will be a Snape/ Hermione story. And it will be a Ginny/Draco story. It will also have some…other (cough, cough) relationships. Those you will have to guess yourselves. Oh and Luna is from Ravenclaw right? In this story Harry has also defeated most of the Horcruxes. Now all he needs to do is to defeat Lord Voldemort. Ginny has been moved to 7th year. That is why she and Luna are with everyone else. Happy reading!

Ciao!

The Goddess of Night