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Chapter One

Hermione Granger gasped as she stared at the two pink lines of the Muggle pregnancy test. She couldn't be pregnant. Absolutely couldn't be!

If she had been sexually active, it would be understandable, but the fact of the matter was; Hermione Granger was still a virgin.

It had been a matter of instinct to take the pregnancy test. She had missed two periods, had been throwing up every morning, and was beginning to use the restroom quite frequently. Then, she had gone to the doctor's office out of sheer hope to get a prescription to cure her of the symptoms she was suffering from.

The Muggle doctor's first question had been, "are you pregnant?" Of course, she had told him that there was no possibility that she was, but now, only a week later, was she staring at the stick with two pink lines.

The first question was how, the second; who? There was no such charms to tell her who or how, but she did know that she had to tell someone about it. First, she needed to make sure that she was actually pregnant.

The first thought was Hogwarts, so that she could kill two birds with one stone. With that thought in mind, she stepped to the fireplace, and ignited the floo.

"Hogwarts Infirmary!" she yelled into the fire place.

It was her luck that she stumbled out of the fireplace and into the last person she wanted to see: Severus Snape.

"Miss Granger," he drawled, "what, in the name of Merlin, are you doing here?"

He held her at arm's length, and looked down his large nose in disgust. It was evident that he wanted to see her there as much as she wanted to see him.

Hermione narrowed her eyes and pulled herself away from him.

"I am looking for Poppy," she said searching the room.

Severus folded his arms, his trademark scowl on his face.

"She is on vacation, and will not be returning for a couple of weeks. Is there something I can help you with Miss Granger?"

"No thank you sir. I will just head to. . . ." Hermione fell to the floor in a faint.

Luckily, Severus caught her before she completely hit the ground, saving her what would have been a nice sized bump on the head.

Severus carried her to one of the empty bed. Seeing as it was summer holidays, there were many beds to spare. He then did a diagnostic charm on her to be sure that she was alright.

What he found was that the witch was pregnant.