A/N: This is my first fan fiction and is a dark Hermione story. This will be about her early years as a Slytherin Princess. Please review with any feedback you have. I will try to update Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. I am busy with school and sports but I will try. Enjoy!

P.S. I do not own anything. J. K. Rowling does.

"Hermione dear, please come to the kitchen. Your father and I have something important to speak with you about," Jean Granger called from the table to her daughter, Hermione. It was Hermione's eleventh birthday today. She was a very bright and independent young girl. She loved books and was a voracious reader.

"I'm coming Mum!" she shouted from up in her bedroom. She quickly raced down the stairs. "I'm not in trouble am I?" Hermione asked timidly. She looked innocent with her bushy brown hair and chocolate eyes.

"No darling you're not," Jean replied with a smile. "Your father and I have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while. Seeing as how it's your eleventh birthday we decided you were ready."

"Honey," her father, Tom, said as he looked at her sadly. "Have you ever done something you couldn't explain? Something out of the ordinary?"

"Promise I won't be in trouble Daddy," Hermione asked cautiously.

"I promise."

"Well one day in the library, there was a book I was looking for. I couldn't find it anywhere. I was about to give up when I noticed it right on the table next to me. It definitely wasn't there before. I thought I had just imagined the whole thing. Did I Daddy?"

"No sweetie. Look, here's the truth. I'm a wizard and your mum is a witch."

"But Mum's too pretty to be a witch!" Hermione pouted.

"A witch is not a hideous green skinned creature. A witch is simply a female with the ability to use magic."

"So you and Mum are magicians?"

"It's a little more complicated than that. See my dad, your grandpa, was a very powerful wizard. Some people followed him and thought he was a great man. Others thought what he was doing was evil. His name was Lord Voldemort. Granger isn't our real last name. It's Riddle. We decided to be the Grangers for your safety. Since you're the Dark Lord's granddaughter, some people might want to hurt you."

"So I'm actually Hermione Riddle? Not Granger?"

"Yes sweetie. Pretty soon you should be getting a letter from Hogwarts. Hogwarts is a special school for people like us. You need to pretend you are a muggleborn student." Tom said with a hint of disgust in his voice.

"What's a muggle?" Hermione asked with interest.

"A muggle is a non-magical being. You have to pretend to be a witch from a muggle family."

"Do you have any questions, Honey?" her mother asked.

"I think I just want to go read and process it all," she replied.

"Of course Honey, take as much time as you need. We love you," her dad said with a warm smile.

"I love you guys too," Hermione replied as she walked slowly back upstairs.

'A witch,'she thought. 'That sure would explain some things, just how is it all possible! I wonder if I'll get a chance to meet friends at this Hogwarts place. I sure hope so. Mum and dad wouldn't lie to me, so it must all be real. I'm excited, and nervous. Dad said people might want to hurt me. Why? Just what did my grandfather do? Hopefully there will be a great big library at Hogwarts. I could read all about my Grandpa. Dad made him sound like a big deal.'

Hermione sat staring out her window and thinking for a long time. She came up with a list of questions for her parents. She hoped they had the answers. She sat staring out at the sunset. She decided she'd had a very long day and crawled into her big cozy bed. She started to drift into sleep.

That night she had a very restless sleep. She dreamt of what Hogwarts might be like. She also had very scary and disturbing dreams where snakes her and told her to follow her Grandpa. They told her to continue his great work. The snakes said that if she failed she would be severely punished.

She woke up abruptly. She quietly crawled out of bed and wiggled into her parents bed. She then fell into a quick, dreamless sleep.

A/N: So what do you think? Please review with feedback and tips. Let me know if you enjoy the story so far. I have no idea how long this story will be but I do know it will cover Hermione's first year in Hogwarts.