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A/N. My sister is actually who came up with the plot and pairing, she just asked me to write this for her as a favor because she doesn't enjoy writing but loves reading. As I was typing up this first chapter though it was more entertaining to me than I thought it would be.
Updates: Will be at least once a week if not more on Wednesdays.
"Hermione, move!" Ron shouted as the brunette dodged yet another spell cast towards them. Dodging out of the way as she was told she rounded a corridor and shot off another hex at the Death Eater in front of them before pulling Ron into a side hallway.
"How are we going to find him?!" She asked angrily, her brunette curls frazzled and a mess around her face. She had cuts along her arms, one rather deep gash along her cheek. The mudblood cut on her forearm stung still, it hadn't stopped stinging since Bellatrix had cut it into her skin at Malfoy Manor. Her shirt was torn, her jeans even more so and she watched as Ron took out the map from his back pocket.
"We have to try!" Ron told her. "Keep an eye out and I'll search the map for him."
Hermione nodded and stood in front of Ron who put himself back into the alcove. She could hear the fighting, the screams, and it took every measure of control she had to not run and try to help whoever it was that was currently calling out for help. It wasn't easy and as the tears came to her eyes she knew that she had to find Harry first. Harry would be able to defeat Voldemort, Hermione believed that in full force. But he wouldn't be able to do it alone and they still needed to get rid of Ravenclaw's diadem, Nagini, and then Harry could defeat Voldemort himself.
Unless Harry's a Horcrux too.
She quickly shut down those thoughts from her brain. It hadn't escaped her that Harry seemed to react badly whenever one of the horcruxes were defeated, the fact that he was able to seemingly sense them. But she wanted to be in denial. She didn't want to accept that one of her best mates may have to die for Voldemort to be killed. It just wasn't possible.
"Found him!" Ron exclaimed excitedly. "Wait, he just disa-he's in the Room of Requirement! Come on, we're only a floor down and half a corridor away."
Hermione nodded and in that moment she started sprinting with Ron towards the staircases. When they were in the cross section of two corridors she saw two curses flying towards Ron. Without thinking, she pushed him out of the way and the blue and purple jets collided on either side of her body.
"Hermione!" She heard Ron yell, but then it felt as if her body was spinning.
Closing her eyes as she accepted her fate, she felt wind rushing against her body and the sensation as if she was floating. If this was dying, then it wasn't too bad at all. But then her body slammed into what felt like dirt and she opened her eyes quickly. Why was it so quiet?
Looking around, it was mostly dark, but it seemed as if the sun was slowly starting to come over the horizon. What the hell? Standing up she brushed her pants off but felt dizzy. That was when she noticed a huge black dog only a few feet in front of her and her eyes widened.
"It's not possible...Sirius?" She asked incredulously. But then, all went black and she started falling.
Sirius Black quickly transformed back into his human form and caught the strange girl before she hit the ground. Looking over he saw that James and Peter had both transformed back as well and the shock seemed to be mirrored on their faces as well.
"Padfoot, how did she know who you were?" James asked.
"Hell if I know! I don't recognize the woman." Sirius responded honestly as he shifted his hold on the girl. "Not to mention...look at her. She's got scratches all over, her hair is a mess, and her clothes are torn. I may be good with ladies but even I can't make them appear out of thin air. Don't tell me you two didn't see her just bloody appear!" He said hurredly.
"No, we all saw it." James agreed. Then he saw her arm and she lifted it gently. "Merlin, look at her arm."
Sirius eye's narrowed as he saw the word 'mudblood' carved into the girls arm. Sure enough she had a wand that had fallen beside her body and he motioned towards it.
"One of you grab that, we should probably get her to the hospital wing and let McGonagall know." Sirius sighed. "We are going to get into trouble again." He grinned.
Sirius was known for getting into trouble. James, Remus, Peter, and him all were. Remus was currently in the Shrieking Shack, his transformation would've just ended so he wouldn't be up for doing much other than resting in the hospital wing for a few days but there was always the ability to get him caught up on what had happened. He looked over at Peter for a moment though, Peter wasn't as good with the punishments as the rest of them.
"Why don't you go back to the dorms? James can always say that he was on patrol and I'd come with him due to a rumor of some kids wanting to sneak into the Forbidden Forest and we found the girl here. That's sort of true," Sirius grinned. "I know you wouldn't want to get into any problems with Evans, Mr. Head boy."
James laughed. "You know she'll see right through it. I'm hoping to get a date with her soon you know." James sighed as he put a hand on the back of his head. "We're not getting any sleep today." He looked at Peter. "Will you go get Lily? She's probably already up and studying in the common room, just waiting for us to get back and yell. You know she catches on faster than we think."
Peter nodded and scampered off as Sirius adjusted his hold on the woman so he could carry her. "She's small, it's as if she hasn't been eating properly for months." He commented as he looked at James. "What the hell is going on? You can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts, but she just bloody appeared!"
"I don't know, we'll have to leave it to Dumbledore and McGonagall."
"She's cute though." Sirius grinned.
James laughed. "She seems to know you too."
A short while later they were lying the girl down on the bed in the hospital wing and waiting for Professor McGonagall to show up. Much as they'd expected, Lily and Peter showed up along with McGonagall and Dumbledore only a few seconds later.
"Please explain." Dumbledore said in his calm voice as he looked at the girl who was currently being treated by Madam Pomfrey.
Explaining along with the lie, Sirius stayed silent as James explained she'd just shown up and collapsed after saying Sirius' name. He knew that he should let his best mate talk on this one.
"Mr. Black, do you truly not know who this woman is?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"I don't Professor, really. I have no idea how she knew who I was." Sirius answered truthfully. It bothered him that she knew who he was in his animagus form. The only ones who should know about that were James, Peter, and Remus. How did this woman know?
"She's waking up Headmaster," Pomfrey said. "I can't heal the word, it was done with dark magic," she added quietly.
Sirius watched as the girl stirred and then shot straight up, apparently searching for her wand.
"Miss, you're safe here." Dumbledore said gently as he put a hand on the young girls arm. "Can you tell us who you are and how you came to be here at Hogwarts?"
"Hermione, I-I'm Hermione Granger." Hermione said slowly as she looked at all the people in the room. "I don't...I don't know how I came here."
"How do you know Mr. Black?"
"I don't. I don't...I don't remember anything. Where am I?" Hermione asked confused.
"You don't remember anything?" Dumbledore asked in a gentle but firm voice.
Hermione shook her head, fear coming over her slightly. "Where am I? What's going on? All I remember is a sense of danger and then I'm waking up here. I know my name, I know I'm a witch, but I don't know..." her eyes found the cut on her arm and her eyes widened. "Who did this?!" She asked angrily as she glared.
Sirius was grinning slightly. She had to be a Gryffindor with that temper.
"Miss Granger, it's alright. We will find out more information, so just stay calm." Dumbledore reassured her as he placed a hand on her forehead.
For a few moments there was just silence and then Dumbledore gave her a soft smile. "There's a block in your mind. All I was able to discern, even with Legilimancy, is that you're a muggleborn witch from Gryffindor House. It seems you're eighteen years old and you truly do not know what's going on."
Dumbledore looked over at the others. "I would ask that you stay in the Gryffindor common rooms with our Head Girl, Lily. This is James Potter, he's our Head Boy, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House." Dumbledore explained. "I'm Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster here. When you're up for it, Miss Evans can help you back to the house and we'll get you set up with classes as we figure out what's going on." Dumbledore then stood. "Mr. Black, a word if I may."
Sirius nodded and walked off a few feet with Dumbledore. "I would like it if you would try talking with Miss Granger. It seems she knows you somehow, even if she can't remember now and it may help her if you continue interacting with her."
Sirius grinned, basic permission to be around a beautiful woman? Okay.
"I can do that Professor."
"I'm sure you can, Mr. Black."
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