A/N: This is a adopted story from sunriseshades she made 'Little Hermione' when she was 14 and has agreed to let me adopt it I will keep the original chapters but for chapter 13 shall be different because Author's note doesn't count.
Potions lessons that involved both,Gryffindor and Slytherin students were always tense and this morning seemed no different. There always seemed to be an invisible line that divided red and green ties,the only form of communication were insults and Severus Snape found it highly had set the fifth years on a task to create a aging potion that,once taken would age the user ten years. He did it so that so if any one who planned one marrying one of their peers,will see what they will look like in a ten very much enjoyed playing God in his student's lives.
"Very well." He stood from his chair and slowly began evaluating then colours forming in the cauldron all stemmed well "Take one spoonful each in you take anymore you'll be stuck as a twentyfive year old self" he lied an increase to the potion would of made you forty but he merely didn't wish to deal with that
Slowly as each student hesitantly consumed their potion and their faces screed in pain and their wimp arms became muscular and their acne gone,Lavender Brown left out a cry of aggravation because her flat chest had barey changed at all.
"Um..Professor?" Came the nervous voice of Neville Longbottem,Snape turned on his heel and nose already upturned in annoyance.
"Yes" He answered slowly, he enjoyed watching the boy sqruim especially now that the boy was sqruiming in his 6 foot tall body
"Hermione.. She's gone... I made her disappear." His low voice cracked in fear as the Potion Masters eyes went black.
"You did WHAT!?" He demanded sharply, taking long strides to the desk that had shared with Miss Granger,in the place where her robes,which lay in a heap on the stone a blind moment Snape was at a loss for could a boy born to such incredibly gifted parents be incompetent enough to vanish a girl from a aging potion?Then a small solemn whimper could be heard coming for the disregarded cloth on the floor,and a lump that slowly grew made itself until a stark naked child appeared, causing shrieks of manic laughter. Snape would of laughed cruelly at the bazaar situation,however now that a Professor Umbridge had been sent from the Ministry to spy on Hogwarts and it's inhabitants he realized it wouldn't be appropriate if he and his students were seen snickering at a naked toddler.
"Granger!" He demanded the girl's attention "Are you in any pain?"
His worst fears were confirmed when the brunette merely stared at him in fear he could feel a headache forming in the front of his temple. It seemed the potion had regressed Granger's mental abilities too he kneeled down and quickly wrapped the too big robes around the child and guided her to the detection of the door.
"Silence!" He barked at his students who were chattering loudly he felt the child jump slightly and mentally cursed himself "You will work in complete silence until l return from taking Miss Granger to the hospital ward" He soften his tone only slightly before striding in the direction of help.
Minerva Mcgongall had a headache; school had only begun two weeks ago and yet the scrutinizing gaze a particular pompous pink squeaking ministry worker brought an awful presence and pressure on her shoulders,thus why she decided to take a stroll though the corridors and ensure that professor Umbridge was not seeing things she shouldn't.
"Morning Severus" She said instinctively haven seen the billowing black robes from the corner of her eye a small bundle of brown hair followed him and and for a few more steps Minerva thought nothing of it,until she remembered Professor Filtwick was teaching a class,as should Snape be!She retraced her steps untill she was stand opposite to the potion's Master and glanced at a child scandalously.
"Severus,is that a child with you?" she could barely keep the shrill tone in her voice from escalating.
"No Minerva,I told Fillus to try some anti-wrinkle cream and it seems to work wonders" He answered in his usual sarcastic drawl
"Don't get sharp with me Severus!" Occasionally she could not help but see her colleague as the student he once was to her and it still felt odd when he spoke to her in such a casual manner. "Where did you get her" yet before he could answer she crouched so that she was eye level with a little girl,who looked positively terrified "And whats your name wee one?" she said in her softest child looked hesitant and waited a few moments before answering.
"Hermione"
McGongall froze and slowly stood until she was staring straight in Snapes pained eyes
"Severus are you telling me that somehow Hermione MY Hermione has been regressed to a child?!" Her tone was deathly calm,as she didn't wish to frighten the child
"Blame Mr Longbottom as he is responsible for making a royal mess of what should have been a simple potion" He said sharply "I was attempting to solve the issue by taking her to Poppy."
"In nothing but a robe that is far too big?!" Minerva half shrieked however seeing that little Hermione began to tremble she wavered "Hermione,come here sweetheart we going to make you feel better." she said taking the toddler in her felt rather odd holding such a small child as she had not done in many year, however the impressionability of the little one brought out something that could only be described as Mother instinct
"Am I sick?" Hermione asked in a solemn voice, it was clear that she had the same maturity from a young age and how her hazel colored eyes filled with knowledge
"No sweetheart,not exactly but it's time to visit the very lovely nurse."
"In all my years: never heard of such a thing happening,the-the ingredients are completely different from regression spells!" Madam Promphey vented as she wracked through her cupboards of this point Albus had been informed of the incident and the four adults remained in the Hospital Ward with a rather helpless child,who had not relaxed in fifteen minutes that he had been there.
"Severus surly you must know a potion to aid Miss Granger?" the headmaster said as his ever relaxed light tone as he sat right net to the child and place a arm around her shoulders
"I do know of one but it will take months at least to make." Snape drawled
"B-but Hermione has OWLS this year!" Minerva fretted
"Shes years ahead of her peers, you know that Minerva" Dumbledore responded easily before turning to the child "Say,Hermione do happen to know how old you are my dear?" he asked kindly
"Four!" she said with a hint of pride in her voice
"She must confused Hermione turned 15 a week ago the potion made her de-age ten years" Minerva pointed out
"Ah' He never thought he would have to share this, and dearest Minerva would be likely irked for not telling her this "Miss Granger was placed ahead of her year at her primary education making her one year younger han her peers"
Snape raised a eyebrow and Mcgongall flailed her long arms in the air in the means of exasperation "Did you ever think to tell me this Albus? That one of my Cubs were younger that way I could of kept an eye on her!What about her first year? She was only ten!" the head of Gryffindor house seemed horrified.
"You know how mature our Hermione is she handles herself well" Dumbeldore was about to continue when he felt someone tug on his sleeve he turned to the small child with nothing but kindness written in the lines of his face.
"Excuse me" she said politely childlike tone "Are you Father Christmas?"
All the adults in the room shared a look of amusement at Hermione's innocent state a normal responsible man would of said 'No I not and Santa lives in the North Pole' but luckily for Hermione Albus Dumbledore wasn't any of those things today "how clever you are! Why,As a matter of fact I am!" He scooted closer to the girl who looked like he held all the answers to the universe and clung on to every word he said "So what would you like for Christmas? (Thank you guest for corrections) He smiled enjoying at his usually serious student'a face full or innocence "A cat please if it isn't too much trouble,maybe a magic one so no one can see it 'cept me" she suggested.
"I will do my very best to get you a cat as soon as I can,One to call your own!"the old wizard promised
"And on the topic of Mummies and Daddies" Snape prompted as the headmaster sighed
"She cannot return Severus" He said "With all the memories and emotions it could stretch her brain causing her to see the; Past present and future or all at once."
"The future Albus! You must be joking."
"I'm quite serious Severus." He said debility looking in the eyes around him
"Maybe we should take her away from the castle perhaps?" Minerva suggested
"It pains me that it happened at a time like this Harry and Ron will need her brains more than ever now that she's gone." Albus sighed
"So where will she go?" asked Minerva almost accusingly that was the question that caught Hermione's attention and looked with great interest as to what the adults where saying
"There is only one place safe enough."
A/N ooh cliffhanger! i'd like to thank sunriseshade for letting me adopt the story the next update will be tomorrow as i redeem this story regular posts will be on Saturday because thats the one day Im not busy after this week I will do shout outs and take suggestions thank you for letting work on this brilliant story :)
-Hermione Lyra Malfoy nee Riddle