Author's Note:
Hi guys! Well, here goes my first story. Oh, and if anyone's wondering, yes, I'm a loyal Draco/Hermione shipper.
Falling
For Li Ann Giordano: You're an awesome friend and you're always there for me. Thanks for everything, and most of all, the inspiration for this chapter.
Prologue
A girl sat on her bed in a pool of moonlight. It was dark, oh yes, very dark. The moonlight poured it's glow into the room, yet offering no warmth. A sob found its way out of her mouth. She hated it here. Oh, how she hated it. She wanted to go back, back to her friends. Back to school. Back to Hogwarts.
These people – these Muggles – oh, how she hated them. She hated living a lie. She wanted to go back home. Her real home. She could still remember that day... it still felt like yesterday. She was still very, very young, when her mother threw her to these Muggles. These despicable Muggles, and damned her to becoming a Mudblood.
She had been friends with Draco. It still broke her heart every time they fought, every time he called her a Mudblood. They had been friends!? Why!? Why!?
Her mother crouched down in front of her, eyes level with the young girl.
"Why, Mommy? Why? Why do I have to go live with them? Mommy? Why????"
Mother looked close to tears. Her long, silky black hair rested in pools around her shoulders as she pulled her only daughter into her arms. The two females were practically twins. They were identical down to the last drop of blood.
"I-It's just that it's not safe for you to be here any longer. It's for your own good. When it's safe enough, I'll find a way. I'll find a way to find you. I promise, okay? I promise that I'll find you someday and we'll live happily ever after, 'kay? So no worries. Serena, I promise. I won't make you live with them forever."
They both gave each other watery smiles, before Mother uttered the fateful words.
"From this day on, you, Serena Monera Vatrian, shall now be known as Hermione Jane Granger."
When the words rolled off her tongue, Cassandra Vatrian found it hard to keep tears from rolling down her cheeks. To see her beautiful young daughter turn into a stranger... it was heart-wrenching. It was a memory that would haunt her for her whole life. She watched those beautiful, silky strands of black hair transform into awfully bushy brown hair. She watched those piercing pools of dark eyes transform into bland brown eyes. She couldn't take it anymore. Cassandra wrenched her eyes from her daughter and fled the room, leaving her husband to take the girl to the Muggles.
Tears spilled out of her eyes, down her cheeks. She didn't care about the danger any more. She had to find her true parents no matter what it took. She fingered her earrings. They were her last memento of those glorious times. They were small drops of turquoise, with green snakes coming off of them, like a chandelier. Oh, how she missed them. She wondered how they were doing.
In the middle of that pool of light, she had never felt so alone before. So lonely. So utterly and completely by herself.
Author's Note:
I know it's short, but this is just, like, a little preface to the actual story. The real story starts after this. It just introduces "my" characters, and who they really are. This is, as you probably can tell, is AU. Well, how'd you like it? Reviews, Reviews!
I'll try to update as soon as possible.
