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Chapter 1- Arriving
"I can't take Umbridge anymore. She's taking over the entire school!" Hermione shouted, healing Harry's hand from his latest detention. Ron was currently pacing the common room. The twins were testing their products on first years, and Prefect Hermione was ignoring it. "You need to control your anger! Your scar is not going to get any better."
"Just drop it Hermione, okay? What are we going to do? Dumbledore's gone and she was promoted Headmistress. Why couldn't McGonagall be Headmistress?" Harry asked, hissing at the pain his hand was getting from Murlap Essence.
"I don't know, Harry. I do have a suggestion though. It's pretty crazy, and I don't think it will work." Hermione said.
"What's this crazy idea our Hermione has?" Fred asked, joining the conversation near the fire.
"Well, Ron, George, you might want to hear this, as well," Hermione called to the other two. They walked over to where Hermione was. "I have an aunt in America. Lima, Ohio, to be exact and maybe we could escape for just this one year. We'll go to a Muggle High School and be regular students. Of course I was going to talk to McGonagall first, about this. But now that I think about it, Fred, George you can't go! Your NEWT's!"
"Who said we were going to take them?" Fred asked, smirking slightly.
"Yeah, I feel like our next achievement will not be placed in the educational world." George added. "Besides, you can't go either. You have your O.W.L's!" Hermione inwardly gasped. She forgot about those!
"I completely forgot about those!" Ron exclaimed. "How are we supposed to make those up?" Hermione thought for a moment.
"Maybe we could still study in Ohio and come back a week before we take them," Hermione suggested.
"Your plan is brilliant, Hermione! Just this one year, right? We can't miss more than one," Harry said. "Hermione, can we use magic in the Muggle world even though we're out of the country and school is still in session?"
"That's a good question, Harry, but I don't have an idea in the slightest," Hermione confessed. The twins dramatically sighed.
"Hermione doesn't know anything! The world is coming to an end!" George exclaimed. Everyone in the common room was looking at him oddly. Hermione sighed and got up.
"I'm going to talk to McGonagall if anyone wants to join me," Hermione then left the common room not looking back to see of anyone was following her. Hermione knocked on the door to McGonagall's office when she arrived.
"Come in," Hermione entered. "Oh, Miss. Granger, what a pleasure! What can I help you with?" McGonagall looked up from her papers and gestured for Hermione to take a seat.
"Professor, I'm just wondering if it was possible to escape from here," Hermione said. McGonagall was giving her a stare down.
"Miss Granger?" McGonagall asked with uncertainly. Her office door opened again, revealing Ron, Harry and the twins.
"We would like to escape just for this one year. This year only," Ron said. "We want to avoid Professor Umbridge at all costs."
"I see. Do you have any arrangements made? Do you have your parents' permission? What about your education? Your O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's?" McGonagall asked, looking at the twins. Hermione shook her head.
"I wanted to ask you first, if it was okay. Then, I have an aunt in Lima, Ohio in America that we could live with," Hermione explained. "The twins are not taking their N.E.W.T's. If we could, we were thinking that we arrive a week before we take the O.W.L's, and we'll still be studying out of books. I have one question, though. Are we allowed to do magic outside of school when school is in session?"
"That shouldn't be a problem Miss. Granger. I see where you're going with this. Get in touch with your aunt first. If she says okay, tell me, and I'll have a portkey ready for you. Now you guys better get your parents' permission or there will be no travelling." McGonagall said sternly. Everyone walked out of the room, smiling and in a happier mood then they were all year.
Now I just have to see if my aunt will say yes. Hermione thought. At least she does know I'm a witch, accepts it, and knows about owl post. Hermione spent the rest of the night composing a letter to send to her aunt. After rewriting it, twice, she used Hedwig and sent it to her family. Fred, George, Harry and Ron all got howlers from Mrs. Weasley, but she caved in after a talk to Mr. Weasley. Mr. Weasley also gave permission for Ginny to go as well.
Luckily, she got a letter from her family a couple days ago saying that her aunt will be visiting for a few days. Hopefully, her Aunt Sue will get the letter before she leaves Britain.
Waiting for the letter to come back was awfully long. The twins and Harry were in a heap of trouble. One for pranking; and two, for speaking out of turn, and also, saying that Who-Know-Who is back. Which he is! Nobody believes Harry at all. It's an outrage!
Finally, that clear night, Hermione spotted Hedwig outside the common room window.
"You guys! It's Hedwig!" Hermione exclaimed. Harry rushed to open the window and grabbed the letter from her. He handed it to Hermione who began to read as everyone crowded around her. It read:
Dear Hermione,
You're very lucky I got your letter. I was on my way to get a new bullhorn for my Cheerios. Of course you and your little friends can escape that prison your held hostage in. I'm leaving in five days. If you're not at your mom's house on Sunday, then you're out of luck and will have to find another way to get to Ohio.
See you soon,
Aunt Sue
"We have to tell McGonagall," Hermione said. "I don't think I can stay here for another five days. Do you guys want to leave here earlier so then we know that we won't be out of luck?" Hermione asked when she was done reading the letter.
"I just have one question. What is a bulkhorn?" Ron asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"It's a bullhorn, Ron. It's what Muggles yell in, to make their voices heard and louder," Hermione explained. Hermione thought she heard Ron say something about weird Muggles.
"Yeah, we should ask McGonagall if we could leave tomorrow. I agree, I don't think I can stand Umbridge for another five days," Fred said.
Hermione led the rest back to McGonagall's office and she said that she will have a portkey ready in two days.
"I have one question. We can use magic to train right?" Hermione asked one more time. It doesn't hurt to ask.
"I don't see why not. Just don't do it in front of Muggles unless you have to," McGonagall said, looking at the twins, who smiled innocently.
"We won't. Bye Professor," Harry said, shutting the door behind everyone.
"What are we going to do for three days?" Ron asked.
"Skip defense and cause mayhem," Fred suggested, innocently. Hermione scowled.
"Skip defense, I'll train us, and cause mayhem," Harry added. George was nodding vigorously.
"I like Harry's," Hermione said. Everyone gasped dramatically. "What? If we skip defense, we still learn it." Everyone agreed with that.
"I say we go to bed and talk tomorrow," Ron said, yawning which caused everyone else to yawn. They got back to the common room where Hermione bid everyone goodbye and headed to bed. She dreamed about her escape to Lima, Ohio with a smile on her face.
The next morning, Hermione got up and met up with everyone at breakfast. Hermione pointed out to Harry, that his plan skipping defense to teach defense won't work because the twins have a different defense period.
"Then we'll just have to have our defense classes after classes in the Room of Requirement then," Harry said. Everyone agreed on that and went their separate ways to their classes.
For the first time ever, in defense class, Harry didn't speak out of turn. For the whole class time, they did like they normally do. Reading a very boring book. Since Hermione finished the textbook she was reading, she had to copy it!
"My hand's tired," Hermione complained to herself. Finally class was over and that meant that school was over for now. Just two more days and then we'll be out of here.
Hermione started walking towards the Room of Requirement with Ron and Harry. The twins were already there, with Ginny, waiting.
Harry paced back and forth three times and then a door appeared.
Inside, there were practice dummies, three huge bookcases, and some mats for karate. Hermione ran right towards one of the bookcases and started looking through them. Some were about shields, some were about Muggle defenses and weaponry, and one was even on dark objects.
"We have a whole library in here!" Hermione exclaimed happily.
"Let's start training," Harry said, fingering his wand.
"Sure, mate," Ron said.
They had trained for an hour and afterwards Hermione was pretty worn out. Harry had them practice disarming charms and other simple jinxes. Why couldn't the two days come sooner? Why?
Finally, the time has come and the two days have arrived. Thanks to Harry, Hermione mastered a disarming charm, the patronus charm and a few others. Everyone was double checking they have everything they need.
Professor McGonagall actually had two portkeys ready. She would go to Hermione's house and activate the second portkey to have it go all the way to Lima, Ohio, and then she would apperate back. Hermione thought that that is a good idea. They get to avoid the hustle and bustle of the airport and trying to get around it.
Hermione noticed that the twins had packed their pranks as well. She rolled her eyes at that.
After everyone grabbed the portkey they were thrown into the Grangers' living room. Hermione had landed on top of both Harry and Ron. Ginny landed on top of her twin brothers.
"Sorry," Hermione said, helping the two up.
"Forget it," Harry answered.
Hermione ran and hugged her parents and her aunt. Her aunt was wearing a pink track suit. Introductions were made and then everyone had lunch. The adults had lunch in the dining room, and once all of the students got their plates, Hermione guided them back into the living room. They all sat down on the floor and began eating their grilled hot dogs and some potato chips. Hermione explained about Muggle schooling and some Muggle devices. The Weasleys were fascinated by them.
After lunch and goodbyes were said, the people going to Lima grabbed onto the second portkey. Hermione landed once again in a living room. Followed by the others.
"All of your rooms are on the top floor. Mine is down here. One of the rooms has a bunk bed. I want the twins in there," Sue said, annoyed by that fall. Harry and Hermione had fallen on her. "While your unpacking, I'm going to think of some nicknames for you." Harry and Ron shared a room, Ginny and Hermione shared a room, and so did the twins.
Ron and Harry's room, surprisingly looked like Ron's at the burrow. A nasty color of orange on the walls that clashed with Ron's hair. The only things missing were Ron's Chudley Cannons posters. Harry did not miss those.
"Don't you think Hermione's Aunt is a little scary?" Ron whispered to Harry.
"Definitely," Harry whispered back. They walked out of their room and headed towards Hermione's. On the way there, they heard the twins arguing on who got the top bunk.
"I'm older so I get the top bunk!" Fred exclaimed.
"You are older so that makes you perfect for the bottom bunk!" George countered.
"Oi!" Ron yelled getting their attention.
"How about two weeks Fred gets the top bunk and in another two weeks George gets the top bunk and you just take turns," Ron said. Harry patted him on the back.
"What a brilliant idea Ickle Ronniekins!" Fred exclaimed and hugged him.
The twins' room had beige painted walls and oak furniture. The twins even had a television in their room, when Ron and Harry didn't. Ron thought that that wasn't fair. Harry silently agreed.
Hermione's and Ginny's room were also beige, with white ceilings and a separate bathroom (Ron and Harry's room was right across from one). The carpet was a light purple and shaggy. Everything in there was a light oak, lighter than the twins'. Hermione was unpacking her books and putting them on a bookcase when Harry and Ron joined her and Ginny.
"Creating a mini library, Hermione?" Harry asked with a hint of amusement.
"If I'm not, how are we going to train and study?" She asked.
"I just thought!" Ron exclaimed, with a slap on his forehead. "We have to do two sets of studying! Both Muggle and Magical!"
"I'll help you guys, but you will not copy," Hermione said glancing at the two boys. They nodded, not wanting to anger her.
Hermione unshrunk hers and Ginny's bookbags.
"Since it's Sunday, I need to get my school stuff ready. I'll help you when I'm done," Hermione nodded at them and the two boys left the room to do the same.
As they walked past the twins' room, they were actually reading! They didn't want to disturb them, so they hurried past to their own room to find their bookbags.
