Hogwarts Academy

Hey guys! I've been reading a load of Harry Potter fanfics (even though I despise Harry Potter!) based on a Marriage Law and thought I'd try my hand at it.

The basic idea for this story is that Dumbledore wasn't killed and Snape didn't die either. Voldemort's dead and everything's hunky dory for a while. Dumbledore started a small magical university within Hogwarts and Hermione is one of the students. While she is there a Marriage Law comes into effect. Also there's a bit of a twist with everyone's favourite potions professor as well as a few original characters.

I don't own Harry Potter, any of its characters or their world. I do own copies of several of the books though…

Chapter 1

Hermione

I stood outside my new accommodation trying to stop from crying. It was just over a year since Voldemort had been killed and I was back at Hogwarts. After the final battle Dumbledore had started a magical university alongside the school. I was one of the lucky few to be accepted, only 52 pupils were accepted. Harry was another one of them but Ron had refused to even apply. For the past six months he'd been acting really weird, he'd become really secretive and refused to even let me hold his hand, let alone kiss him. Sighing I opened the door to the tiny cottage to meet my new roommate.

The second I opened the door I was assaulted by seven cats.

"Clytiau, Cymi, Manon, Teigr, Palfgan, Lili, Cerpyn-Dol! Stop it! Let her get in!" A tall girl with short black hair, bright blue eyes and pale skin said in a strong Welsh accent. Immediately the cats backed off and sat looking at me warmly.

"Sorry about that, it's not often they take to someone so thoroughly. I'm Isolde Caine." The girl smiled, holding her hand out to me.

"Hermione Granger." I replied with another smile.

Isolde and I got on famously. It was like we'd been friends for years even though we'd only known each other for a short time. Once I'd gotten everything settled I noticed her clothes for the first time. She was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans with flat black shoes and a white poet's shirt with a black leather waistcoat. Even though it looked very 80's it suited her perfectly. Crookshanks was happy as well, he seemed to get on particularly well with a the Ragdoll cat.

Soon she had me sat on the sofa of our small living room with a cup of tea and some peanut butter, choc chip and cherry cookies (AN: BTW, if anyone wants the recipe then PM me, I have the most GEORGOUS recipe!).

"How come you have so many cats? And which is which?" I asked curiously.

"They all sort of adopted me, Professor Dumbledore agreed that I could bring them because if I hadn't then they'd have just followed me anyway. The Scottish Fold is Clytiau, the Cymric is Cymi, the Siamese is Manon, the Toyger is Teigr, the Birman is Palfgan, the Snowshoe is Lili and the Ragdoll is Cerpyn-Dol. Clytiau, Cymi, Manon, Lili and Cerpyn-Dol are all female while Teigr and Palfgan are male." She smiled. (AN: I will put pictures of them on my profile)

Later that afternoon there was a knocking on the door. Moving Cerpyn-Dol off my lap I went to open the door as Isolde (or Izzy as she asked me to call her) had Manon and Teigr on her lap.

"Hello Harry." I smiled as I opened the door to one of my best friends.

"Hey Hermione, I just wanted to see how you're doing." He smiled back as I led him through to the living room.

"Great! Harry, this is Isolde Caine, my roommate. Izzy, this is Harry Potter, one of my best friends. All the cats are Izzy's apart from Crookshanks." I smiled before individually introducing each of the cats. They took to Harry straight away too.

We spent hours talking and in the end Izzy went through to the kitchen and cooked lasagne for us, still chatting to us through the door.

"So what're you taking Harry?" She asked while we were eating.

"Defense against the Dark Arts, Charms and Transfiguration. I would take potions but Professor Snape hates me and I'm not that fond of them." He replied.

"What about you?" He asked her.

"Care of Magical Creatures, Astronomy, Defense against the Dark Arts, Divination and Potions. I sort of need them all for my future." She explained quickly, I got the feeling that there was something that she wasn't telling us but that she didn't want to elaborate. She looked at me questioningly while eating a mouthful of lasagne.

"I'm taking Potions, Transfiguration and Defense against the Dark Arts." I answered with a smile.

"Don't you think that Snape'll pick on you like he used to?" Harry asked anxiously, bless him, he always was concerned when Snape picked on me.

"I don't care if he does! Harry, I'm not scared of him." I sighed.

"He'll leave you alone as long as you're friends with me." Izzy said softly.

Isolde

"He'll leave you alone as long as you're friends with me." I said softly, I needed to reassure Hermione and Harry but I was scared about how they'd react to my secret. Everyone else I'd told had run from me, terrified.

"Why?" Hermione asked.

"There's something that I haven't told you, I haven't told many people about this actually. Hermione sensed that I have a secret." I said quietly, gathering my courage. They were both waiting for me to continue.

"I'm not actually human, I'm half-Dragon. And more than that I'm actually the Dragon Queen." I almost whispered. I tensed myself for them running and screaming from me. Neither of them moved.

"You're not freaked out?" I asked, gob smacked. No one had ever taken this so calmly, well, apart from my father, my twin sister and Seth, but I didn't really like to talk about him.

"No, you can't help who you are." Hermione smiled reassuringly.

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with Snape?" Harry said.

"Well…he's not exactly human either." I began.

"What?!" Hermione gasped, Harry looked equally shocked.

"He's not human. He's actually half-Dragon too. No relation though!" I giggled at their shocked expressions.

"Snape's part Dragon? Does he know this?" Harry asked.

"Of course he does! I don't think he knows exactly who I am though but he'll soon find out if he messes with either of you!" I growled.