Hello loves, this, incase you missed the name, is Secret Revealed. And yes, it is set in their third year. Now, a few things you ought to know, just because Hermione is my favorite character.
!RANDOM TRIVIA ABOUT HERMIONE JEAN GRANGER!
1.) Did you know that Hermione was actually twelve throughout her 1st year? She was born on September 19, 1979, a year before Harry was born, who's birth date is on July 31, 1980.
2.) Did you know that Hermione's original last name was going to be Puckle?
3.) Did you know that originally, Hermione had a sister? But J.K. Rowling didn't know how to fit her in, so she just up and disappeared….like she was never there?
Well, now, you might not understand why I told you this, but I figure I might just use this to my advantage.
A little girl with big brown eyes and curly brown hair excitedly loaded a trunk into a trolley, rambling to her parents as they looked on in joy. They hustled up to a brick wall, right between platforms nine and ten. Passengers on other trains hurried by, ignoring the family as they went on with their lives. But for the little girl and her parents, they stopped in front of the wall.
"I remember when sis went through it." the little girl exclaimed excitedly. "Come on Mum. We've got to go in. I bet she's already there!" she gasped at the thought, smiling broadly. And without a second thought, ran at the brick wall, disappearing into it. On the other side, the sign for Platform 9 ¾ hung above the entryway. She grinned and looked around while her parents rushed through, obviously happy that they knew of the magical entrance. For it was knowing it was there that allowed you to go through, muggle or not.
As soon as her parents made their way through, the little girl was off, search the crowd for said sister. "Emily! She's probably on the train." The little girl, now known to us as Emily, ran back to her parents.
"Well, I'll be off then. Bye Mum. Bye Dad." Emily gave them each a hug. "I'll write."
"Tell your sister that we love her, and that we hope she writes as well." her father nodded, hugging her back. "Who'd of thought that we'd be blessed with two magical daughters?" he whispered. "You never showed the slightest sliver of magic like your sister did. We thought you were normal like us. I'm so glad you get this chance."
"Thank you Dad. I'm going to go find sis now." With that, she hopped onto the train, carrying her pet carrier that held her newly bought tuxedo cat, Prince. Her father followed her down the aisle, tugging at the trunk. They reached an empty compartment, setting the trunk down in the luggage row. She gave a final goodbye to her parents and sat down, waiting for them to leave the train. She watched through her window as her parents exited the train and platform, looking mighty happy.
Emily stood, good to the door of the compartment and sticking her head out. A nearby student hurried down the aisle, looking harried. "Excuse me, do you know where my sister is? She's a third year." Emily asked. The girl, who looked smaller than Emily, started.
"I'm sorry. I don't know where your sister is. I don't even know where my brother is!" she moaned desperately. "He was suppose to wait for me, but he ran off with his friends and now I don't know what to do! I don't even have a place to sit out the train ride yet!" she panicked. Emily suppressed a laugh.
"Come sit with me! We'll look for our siblings together!" She smiled, holding open the door to the compartment.
"Oh! Thank you so much! Thank you!" she looked ready to cry. Emily nodded, helping her load her trunk into the compartment. A mewl alerted her that she still hadn't released Prince.
"Oh! Prince, I'm so sorry." She apologized, holding the kitten in her lap. Looking up, she eyed the girl who sat across from her. Her messy black hair was tied in a sloppy pony tail, her blue eyes hid behind large glasses. She was already wearing the Hogwarts uniform. "Did you show up in that?" she asked. Looking down, the girl blushed.
"Y-yeah. I was just so excited, I just sorta threw it on." Emily grinned.
"I'm Emily. I know what you mean. I'm so excited to be here. Mum and Dad and me were so happy when sis got her letter, and we didn't think I would get one, so I was ecstatic when I got mine." she grinned happily.
The girl looked up again. "I'm Callie." Emily shook her outstretched hand, quickly ducking outside to as another passing student, who said he didn't know either brother or sister. Emily sat down dejected. A few minutes later, the train started to move beneath their feet. All thoughts of their older siblings escaped them as they squealed.
"We're off! We're off! We're off to see the wizard, who so kindly invited us!" Emily sang, encouraging Callie to join.
"But I don't know that song." she protested shyly.
"I don't either." Emily laughed. "I made it up." Callie grinned, before making up a new verse. Their compartment soon found home to three other girls.
"Hi. Can we sit here? All the other compartments are full." one girl explained. Emily took delight in mentioning that they all looked exactly alike.
"Well, sure. We're triplets." one of them said as they sat down. "We are-"
"Tabitha." "Tamara." "Tatiana." they said together. The one who claimed to be Tabitha smiled. "I prefer my name, so please, just call me Tabitha."
"You can call me Mara if you want to." Tamara noted.
"Tat or Ana is just fine for me." Tatiana supplied. Emily and Callie blinked, nodding. The three sisters giggled and brushed away their platinum blond hair, out of their eyes. All five of them sat in silence for a minute, before the triplets and Emily started to laugh. Callie supplied a shy smile.
"Which house do you want to be in? We personally want Hufflepuff, but any of them will do really." Tabitha flipped her long blond hair out of her face again.
"Our Mum was in Slytherin, and Dad was in Ravenclaw." Tatiana told them. Emily recalled her older sister mentioning the houses. Slytherin, she had been told, was the worst house you get in, in her mind. Not a witch or wizard in there hadn't gone bad. Ravenclaw was for smarties, and know-it-alls. Emily wondered why her sister wasn't in that house. Hufflepuff was for dunderheads, although, that wasn't what her sister had implied, but that's pretty much was she meant.
"My Mum was in Gryffindor. Dad a muggle." Callie's voice seemed stronger. "My brother is in Hufflepuff though. He says it's alright, a really good house." They all looked at Emily.
"Ah, my Mum and Dad are muggles. But my sister in Gryffindor. I really hope that's the house I get put in." Emily grinned. "My sister is the greatest ever." she exclaimed, causing the others to start a laughing fit at her facial expression. They talked a while longer, till the train stopped.
"Are we there?" Emily asked. Was the ride that short? The rain made it impossible to tell if it was near dinnertime, so she couldn't be sure.
"No, it's not near enough long a trip. We've still got a couple hours to go." Tamara frowned. "I wonder if the train broke down. Tabitha stuck her head out the door, looking up and down the corridor.
"Nothing, nobody else knows what's happening ei-err!" Tabitha screamed as they were plunged into darkness. Emily felt someone move to the seat beside her. Callie?
They all waited in the darkness, wondering what was happening. They were all in the same row of seats, almost in the same seat when the door started to slide open. A gross, bony hand clutched the wall, pulling itself inside. All of their breaths hitched and stopped. Emily felt a coldness sweep through her body, and for some reason, she felt like everything happy had been sucked out of the world. Beside her, Callie whimpered. The thing glided in, and Emily got a look at it, but what did it matter? She forced herself to focus on what it looked like. A gray cloak hid it's body. From the sleeves, brittle, bony hands hung at its side.
She gasped fearfully as it came closer, so close she could of reached out and pulled at the fabric if she had dared. Callie cried out, shrieking as it got closer to her. Emily didn't know what she was going to do, but she pulled out her wand and faced the thing. "G-get away from us. Go aw-away. L-leave us…leave us…leave…" she struggled, feeling faint as it faced her. She crumpled. Feet pounded the ground and she moaned, wanting them to stop. She lifted her head slightly, watching in awe as the triplets chased the thing out of the compartment. One of them, she though it was Tabitha, but it could be Tatiana, ran over to her and helped her back into the seat.
"Are you ok?" she asked. Emily's hand shook as she reached up and pressed it against her own cheek.
"I'm all clammy." she stated. "W-what was that?" she asked.
"It was a dementor. They guard the wizard prison Azkaban. I don't know what one was doing on the train. But I saw a bunch leaving other compartments as well." she shuddered, obviously scared at the though at so many of them on the train. Remembering Callie's terrified shriek, she turned to her, relieved to see her still conscious. Prince was thwacking her hair. Emily lifted her kitten up and away, setting him on the floor.
"Callie, Callie are you alright?"
"C-colton. Colton." she whispered. "I want Colton." The triplets asked who Colton was.
"He's her older brother. We couldn't find him when she boarded the train." Emily explained. "Callie, we'll find him when we get to the school, but I don't want to go out there with the dementor right now." Emily apologized. Callie nodded, sitting up.
"I-I don't like that thing. It…made me remember stuff. Like when I got lost at a Quidditch match, I was alone for five hours, lost in the surrounding woods." Callie shuddered. "It was scary." she shivered. The lights flickered on and a half minute later, the train was moving again. They sat, huddled up together for the rest of the ride, not speaking except for when Tabitha said they needed to change into their school robes.
Well, what did you guys think. Oh, you can probably guess what her last name is, but I'm not going to say it until the sorting ceremony. Ta-ta for now and tootles and all that good stuff. Bye!