The Grey World
Harry Potter Story
Pairing: Sirius Black x Hermione Granger x Regulas Black
Rated: M
Prologue
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It had all started simply enough a young Hermione Granger supposed as she eyed the chestnut haired man in front of her and her parents.
He looked so young, she decided, to be claiming he was her grandfather's brother was almost absurd.
Uncle Hector he said to call him had the very strange proof though a moving picture of himself and her grandfather Samuel.
Her father Daniel and mother Helen looked at the man as if he grew another head.
Samuel had met and fell in love with a muggle, her grandmother Agatha and he gave up his magic a good choice his uncle had said when it became apparent her father had no sign of magic himself.
"It sometimes skips a generation." the pureblood had said his father was a squib he had mentioned to the 9 year old. Hermione wasn't an idiot and assumed it meant her father didn't have any magic of his own. "Not that there's anything wrong with that. Not like we come from a family of blood purists." he had muttered.
The assignment was so simple, to trace your lineage. Just a simple extra credit assignment; not like she had needed the points. It was too tempting to learn her grandfather, who when he was alive never spoke of his family, had a brother. One who lived remarkably close to her private school.
It was only too easy to find directions on how to get there and present her research to the man who had answered the door. She didn't expect it would lead to all of this though.
"So you're saying my father was a wizard and my daughter is ..."
Seeing Daniel trail off Uncle Hector easily answered for him, "A witch. That's correct. No doubt smart as a whip too. Gets that from her dear old Uncle."
Another family trait besides magic she'd apparently inherited was the rambling when nervous gene. She was thankfully silent as she thought everything through.
It did make sense. Every time she was bullied at her school like the time Bella Turner had tore a page out of one of her favorite novels and turned a horrifying shade of pink, or Mikey Portus had pushed her in the dirt by the jungle gym and found himself neck down in the ground.
Hermione looked at her parents and her mother looked faint while her father looked like he might be sick at any moment.
"Perhaps I should show you lot Diagon Alley. Give a chance to show you all what magic is."
He gave Hermione a conspiring wink and she found herself anxious to learn what Diagon Alley is.
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