Disclaimer: Anything you recognize, I do not own. Everything else is a figment of my imagination and I took the characters out to play for awhile
Beta: Kateera
Chapter One:
"Father, please be serious. You can't expect me to go along with this absurd plan," she all but shouted at him.
"Hermione, I am 100% serious. Your mother and I feel it is in the best interest of you, our daughter, if we go ahead with our plans."
"Dad, I am begging you, I have never begged you for anything before but this is just too much. I have friends and people I care about and I can't just up and leave or abandon them; not when they need me, not when I need them."
"Honey, as much as I love your friends, we just can't let you fight a bloody war. This is a war that will change everyone's life. We didn't even know about it until the end of last school year. You have two more years at that school and the dangers are just getting worse. We are not willing to sacrifice our only daughter to the wizarding community."
"Why can't you trust that I will do the right thing and stay as safe as I possibly can? Dad, I can't go back to a muggle school knowing all I know about who I am and what I can do! It just wouldn't be right! I have to go back to Hogwarts, it's my second home."
"Unfortunately for you darling, you don't get a say in this. We don't like making you miss your last years at Hogwarts, but until we deem it safe to renter the wizarding world, you will not be going back there."
Hermione stomped her feet, let out an angry growl and fell back onto the couch, "you can't seriously think that taking me out of Hogwarts will make me any safer; it's rumored Professor Dumbledore is the only person You Know Whoever feared. You would do this, even if it meant I hated you?"
"Although we would like you to see our side of this, yes, if you hate us at least you would be alive."
"Hermione," her mom spoke up for the first time, "We love you, we lost 4 children before we had you. All of the tears and anguish I felt over that wouldn't even compare to what I would feel if I lost you. I want to see you grow into a lovely young woman who becomes a successful witch, marries a handsome wizard, and has children of her own someday. If that were to be cut short, I don't think I could live with myself. All we are doing is what we see fit as your parents to do. We do it out of love, not any other motive."
"If you guys go through with this," said Hermione in a low voice, "then I will never forgive you. Ever. Are you prepared to deal with that?"
"In time we hope you will see our side. We leave first thing in the morning to take you to your new school," her father said with a finality in his voice.
"I don't think I will ever understand." Hermione whispered with a tear rolling down her cheek as she got up and went to her room. Closing her door, she collapsed on her bed where she let the tears flow freely.
Hermione jerked awake, not realizing she had fallen asleep. She looked at her clock and noted the time was 2:07 in the morning. Without much thought to what she was doing she got up and reached for her wand. Not seeing it on the nightstand she realized she left it downstairs. 'Well I'll worry about that later' she thought. First she needed to pack her trunk and get her things ready. She was not going to let her parents ship her off to a muggle boarding school. She knew Harry used the Knight Bus before and he told her how he had done it. She was sure she could do it. After her trunk was packed she looked around and said a silent goodbye to her childhood home because she wasn't sure when she would see it again. She walked out and quietly made her way downstairs, making sure to avoid the creaky stair half way down. When she got to the bottom, she set her trunk down by the door and headed into the den to search for her wand.
"Hermione." The sudden noise made her jump. "Why would you think about running away? How can we make you understand why we are doing this?" Her father said with pleading in his voice.
"Dad, I can't see why you are doing this because it's not the right thing to do. I want you to trust that I am smart enough to make the decision for myself."
"We can't trust you to make the right decision. We already know your decision is the wrong one."
His reply rang in the air as she saw him playing with her wand.
"Now darling, I want you to realize how serious we are," he said as he stopped twirling her wand through his fingers and snapped it in two.
Hermione flinched as if he had struck her. Tears started flowing and she couldn't stop them. She couldn't do anything but stand there in silent shock, feeling as if a part of her was just ripped in two. Her mom came up behind her to try and hug her but Hermione recoiled and moved away.
Her father took notice of her mom and turned to speak to her. "Darling, would you please grab 'Mione's trunk? I built a nice fire and we can get rid of the rest of her magical things in here."
Her mom gave her a sad smile but went to grab her trunk. As they pulled out her books, Hermione was half hoping they wouldn't burn but as her parents threw them in the fire, she watched them go up in smoke. She stood in silent tears as they finished throwing her things in the fire. Finally she found her voice and it was filled with venom that she didn't even know she had.
"I'm not sure what is worse; having a daughter who died fighting bravely to protect the people she loves or a daughter who might as well be dead because she wants nothing to do with her parents ever again. I hate you, and I will never forgive you."
With that Hermione turned around and sat by the door until her parents told her it was time to leave. She didn't say one word to them, not even goodbye.
Hermione didn't know where she was going. Her parents didn't divulge that information. They dropped her off at the airport and as her mom came to give her a hug, Hermione stepped aside before she could reach her. Her dad gave her the ticket and Hermione looked at the gate number, leaving without so much as a glance at her parents.
When the plane landed, all she could see was clear blue water that was breathtaking. It was bittersweet, of course, knowing that she would rather be arriving at Hogwarts. She grabbed her bags and headed towards the entrance where she saw a man in a black and white suit standing with a sign that said Welcome Hermione Granger. She made her way over to him and he greeted her very cheerfully. All she could do was give a small, tentative smile in return. He led her out to a limousine, helped her into the car, and put her bags and trunk in the back. When he sat in the drivers seat, he turned around and let her know that there was a little bit of a drive and to make herself comfortable. They stopped after what seemed like an endless parade of ocean views and the driver helped her out of the car. A woman was waiting at the entrance to what she could only assume was the school.
"Hello Miss Granger, I am Professor Underwood. We hope you had a good flight. We would like to welcome you to your new school, and we sure hope you come to like it as much as we do."
With those words of welcome Hermione was ushered through the gate where she read Aurora Woods Academy on the front of the building. She gritted her teeth and followed the woman into the building wishing she was anywhere but here.
A.N: Thank you for reading, this is my first fic and I am super excited about it! I hope you guys like it and constructive criticism is always appreciated! Please leave a review! Cookies for all who do!