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Hermione Granger was a normal 17 year old girl.Well about as normal as could be expected from a student from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , and a best friend of Harry Potter. Hermione was kicked back on her bed with an apple reading through her school books for the upcoming year when the doorbell rang. A few minutes later the doorbell rang again.Figuring no one was gonna get it she sighed and put down her book. Hermione poked her head into her parents room to see why no one else had gotten the door. No one was there, but from an open window she heard giggles coming from her backyard. Pushing the curtains aside she saw her mother and father gardening.But what really caught her attention was how into each other they seemed. The way they looked at each other, like to new lovers. Hermione smiled and made her way downstairs thinking about how she wanted what her parents had. The doorbell rang again signifying the impatience of the person on the other side.
"I'm coming!" she yelled Taking the last four stairs at a jump she hurried towards the door and opened it.
"P-P-Professor Dumbledore?! Professor Snape?!"
"Hello Ms. Granger. May we come in? We have some things to discuss with you." Dumbledore told Hermione.
"Oh of course! Come in, come in." Hermione opened the door wider in order to allow passage to her guests. "Should I get my parents?"
"Yes Ms. Granger I think that would be wise." Dumbledore replied.
"Okay, just hold on for one moment." She said and turned on her heal to fetch her parents.
She walked out into her backyard wondering what was wrong. Certainly the headmaster didn't come to visit his students for any good reason.
"Mum! Dad!" She called to her parents "My Headmaster is here and he would like a word with us all."
Arlene Granger's face assumed a worried expression "Is anything wrong dear?" she asked
"Truthfully Mum, I don't know." Hermione said
"Alright, go in and tell them we'll be there as soon as we've washed up." Matthew Granger told her.
"Will do Dad." Hermione replied and then walked back into the house to relay the message to their guests.
Ten minutes later everyone was seated in the living room .
"Is something wrong Mr. Dumbledore?" Mrs. Granger asked.
"It's Professor, Mum." Hermione told her mother.
Professor Dumbledore waved his hand signifying that his proper title was of no importance right now.
"First, if you'll excuse us Ms. Granger , we must speak to your parents." Dumbledore said
"Okay,I'll be up in my room then." Hermione stated
Hermione walked out of the room wondering what was going on. This was defiantly strange.Hermione flopped back down on her bed and picked up her book.After a moment she slammed it down again, aggravated because now she couldn't concentrate.She spent the next ten mminutes mind racing with questions and what she hoped were answers.When she heard the knock on her door she literally jumped up and threw the door open.There stood her mother and Father. Both looked very pale and shaken, but only her mother had tears pouring down her cheeks.
"Hermione, There are some things we have to tell you." Her mother managed to choke out.
"Does it have something to do with why my Headmaster is here?" Hermione asked
Her mother nodded "Professor Dumbledore thinks it would be best if we told you alone, You see honey, When your father and I got married we tried as hard as we could to have a baby.We tried for three years.Then we found out that I wasn't capable of conceiving, but we wanted a baby so bad.So we adopted."
"Me, You adopted me." Hermione deadpanned.
Arlene Granger just nodded.
"Professor Dumbledore will explain the rest downstairs.He just thought we should be the ones to tell you that." Her father said gently as he led his wife out of the room.
Hermione sat there for a moment taking in what her parents had just told her. After a moment she got up and walked downstairs and into the living room where everyone was sitting quietly.
"You have something to tell me Headmaster." Hermione said quietly as she sat down
"Yes, Ms. Granger, you are aware of the current state of the wizarding world, and the war." Dumbledore said
Hermione snorted "Kinda hard not to be aware of it considering my bestfriend."
Dumbledore let out a chuckle, "Yes well, what is not known to many, including you and Messers. Weasley and Potter is that both Voldermort and the Ministry are looking for a certain person." Dumbledore said staring at her meaningfully over the tops of his half moon spectacles.
"ME!?!" Hermione yelped "Why me?"
"Because you are not Hermione Anne Granger.You are Hermione Anne Riddle." He told her
Hermione watched him for a moment and then burst into laughter. "Oh I get it.This is a joke."
Snape sighed "No Ms. Granger, it is not." He said , speaking for the first time.
Hermione looked at all their faces searching for some kind of reassurance that this was infact a joke.
She moaned "Beautiful, just friggin beautiful."
"Erm.yes, well I have talked it over with Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin , and we all feel it would be best for you to disguise yourself."
"Disguise myself?"
"Yes, and seeing as how everyone will be looking for a girl, we think it would also be best to make you a boy." Dumbledore replied "Professor Snape has been kind enough to brew you a potion that will do just that. That combined with a few charms that will insure that youdon't have to take the potion every morning, I mean imagine if while sleeping in the boys dormitory you woke up as a girl, and what if someone saw you? Ecspecially since we are going to tell everyone you are dead."
"You what?" Hermione asked incrediously
"Well how else are we going to explain away you absence, besides it will buy time for us to figure out just what to do about you." Dumbledore said
"Why do I have to disguise myself?" She asked
"Well you can bet that Voldermort will be after his only living child, and the ministry will also want you.This is the safest for you Ms. Granger." Dumbledore said.
But Hermione had stopped listening "What do you mean his only living child? There was more?"
"Yes, See you were part of a set of triplets.Your sisters died a few shortly after being born."
"Oh."
"Ms. Granger there is one more thing before we get on with this." Dumbledore said "You are going to go stay with Professor Snape's Brother, Angelo, He has gladly decided to help out anyway he can. Atleast for a while now Angelo will be your 'father' and his wife, Sabrina, will be your 'mother'.And now, Severus, the potion if you will."
Snape handed the potion to Hermione. Hermione uncorked it and sniffed it. "Blech, that smells unholy!" She stated.
"Well it isn't supposed to smell like roses Ms. Granger." Snape replied
"Oh well, here goes nothing ." Hermione said then downed the potion. "Oh, that's horrible!"
The burning started slowly but once it got going it spread fast.Hermione felt as though her whole body was on fire.There was a great roaring in her ears so she could only faintly hear someone mumbling an incantation.After a few seconds of that sensation the burning subsided almost as fast as it had spread.
"Well that's that." Professor Dumbledore said "I'll be going now, Ms. Granger, Professor Snape will take you to your new home tonight. Mr. And Mrs. Granger, I'm sure you understand."
"Of course Professor." Mr. Granger replied.
"Until later Seveus, Ms. Oh, um er, Mr. Granger." Dumbledore nodded at them and then disapperated.
Hermione stood there for a moment looking around and fidegeting uncomfortably.
"Is there something wrong Hermione?" Mrs. Granger asked.
"Well it's just that all the sudden my jeans are really, um, tight." And with that she rished to her room to find a pair of pants more comfortable for her souther regions.
Hermione Granger was a normal 17 year old girl.Well about as normal as could be expected from a student from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , and a best friend of Harry Potter. Hermione was kicked back on her bed with an apple reading through her school books for the upcoming year when the doorbell rang. A few minutes later the doorbell rang again.Figuring no one was gonna get it she sighed and put down her book. Hermione poked her head into her parents room to see why no one else had gotten the door. No one was there, but from an open window she heard giggles coming from her backyard. Pushing the curtains aside she saw her mother and father gardening.But what really caught her attention was how into each other they seemed. The way they looked at each other, like to new lovers. Hermione smiled and made her way downstairs thinking about how she wanted what her parents had. The doorbell rang again signifying the impatience of the person on the other side.
"I'm coming!" she yelled Taking the last four stairs at a jump she hurried towards the door and opened it.
"P-P-Professor Dumbledore?! Professor Snape?!"
"Hello Ms. Granger. May we come in? We have some things to discuss with you." Dumbledore told Hermione.
"Oh of course! Come in, come in." Hermione opened the door wider in order to allow passage to her guests. "Should I get my parents?"
"Yes Ms. Granger I think that would be wise." Dumbledore replied.
"Okay, just hold on for one moment." She said and turned on her heal to fetch her parents.
She walked out into her backyard wondering what was wrong. Certainly the headmaster didn't come to visit his students for any good reason.
"Mum! Dad!" She called to her parents "My Headmaster is here and he would like a word with us all."
Arlene Granger's face assumed a worried expression "Is anything wrong dear?" she asked
"Truthfully Mum, I don't know." Hermione said
"Alright, go in and tell them we'll be there as soon as we've washed up." Matthew Granger told her.
"Will do Dad." Hermione replied and then walked back into the house to relay the message to their guests.
Ten minutes later everyone was seated in the living room .
"Is something wrong Mr. Dumbledore?" Mrs. Granger asked.
"It's Professor, Mum." Hermione told her mother.
Professor Dumbledore waved his hand signifying that his proper title was of no importance right now.
"First, if you'll excuse us Ms. Granger , we must speak to your parents." Dumbledore said
"Okay,I'll be up in my room then." Hermione stated
Hermione walked out of the room wondering what was going on. This was defiantly strange.Hermione flopped back down on her bed and picked up her book.After a moment she slammed it down again, aggravated because now she couldn't concentrate.She spent the next ten mminutes mind racing with questions and what she hoped were answers.When she heard the knock on her door she literally jumped up and threw the door open.There stood her mother and Father. Both looked very pale and shaken, but only her mother had tears pouring down her cheeks.
"Hermione, There are some things we have to tell you." Her mother managed to choke out.
"Does it have something to do with why my Headmaster is here?" Hermione asked
Her mother nodded "Professor Dumbledore thinks it would be best if we told you alone, You see honey, When your father and I got married we tried as hard as we could to have a baby.We tried for three years.Then we found out that I wasn't capable of conceiving, but we wanted a baby so bad.So we adopted."
"Me, You adopted me." Hermione deadpanned.
Arlene Granger just nodded.
"Professor Dumbledore will explain the rest downstairs.He just thought we should be the ones to tell you that." Her father said gently as he led his wife out of the room.
Hermione sat there for a moment taking in what her parents had just told her. After a moment she got up and walked downstairs and into the living room where everyone was sitting quietly.
"You have something to tell me Headmaster." Hermione said quietly as she sat down
"Yes, Ms. Granger, you are aware of the current state of the wizarding world, and the war." Dumbledore said
Hermione snorted "Kinda hard not to be aware of it considering my bestfriend."
Dumbledore let out a chuckle, "Yes well, what is not known to many, including you and Messers. Weasley and Potter is that both Voldermort and the Ministry are looking for a certain person." Dumbledore said staring at her meaningfully over the tops of his half moon spectacles.
"ME!?!" Hermione yelped "Why me?"
"Because you are not Hermione Anne Granger.You are Hermione Anne Riddle." He told her
Hermione watched him for a moment and then burst into laughter. "Oh I get it.This is a joke."
Snape sighed "No Ms. Granger, it is not." He said , speaking for the first time.
Hermione looked at all their faces searching for some kind of reassurance that this was infact a joke.
She moaned "Beautiful, just friggin beautiful."
"Erm.yes, well I have talked it over with Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin , and we all feel it would be best for you to disguise yourself."
"Disguise myself?"
"Yes, and seeing as how everyone will be looking for a girl, we think it would also be best to make you a boy." Dumbledore replied "Professor Snape has been kind enough to brew you a potion that will do just that. That combined with a few charms that will insure that youdon't have to take the potion every morning, I mean imagine if while sleeping in the boys dormitory you woke up as a girl, and what if someone saw you? Ecspecially since we are going to tell everyone you are dead."
"You what?" Hermione asked incrediously
"Well how else are we going to explain away you absence, besides it will buy time for us to figure out just what to do about you." Dumbledore said
"Why do I have to disguise myself?" She asked
"Well you can bet that Voldermort will be after his only living child, and the ministry will also want you.This is the safest for you Ms. Granger." Dumbledore said.
But Hermione had stopped listening "What do you mean his only living child? There was more?"
"Yes, See you were part of a set of triplets.Your sisters died a few shortly after being born."
"Oh."
"Ms. Granger there is one more thing before we get on with this." Dumbledore said "You are going to go stay with Professor Snape's Brother, Angelo, He has gladly decided to help out anyway he can. Atleast for a while now Angelo will be your 'father' and his wife, Sabrina, will be your 'mother'.And now, Severus, the potion if you will."
Snape handed the potion to Hermione. Hermione uncorked it and sniffed it. "Blech, that smells unholy!" She stated.
"Well it isn't supposed to smell like roses Ms. Granger." Snape replied
"Oh well, here goes nothing ." Hermione said then downed the potion. "Oh, that's horrible!"
The burning started slowly but once it got going it spread fast.Hermione felt as though her whole body was on fire.There was a great roaring in her ears so she could only faintly hear someone mumbling an incantation.After a few seconds of that sensation the burning subsided almost as fast as it had spread.
"Well that's that." Professor Dumbledore said "I'll be going now, Ms. Granger, Professor Snape will take you to your new home tonight. Mr. And Mrs. Granger, I'm sure you understand."
"Of course Professor." Mr. Granger replied.
"Until later Seveus, Ms. Oh, um er, Mr. Granger." Dumbledore nodded at them and then disapperated.
Hermione stood there for a moment looking around and fidegeting uncomfortably.
"Is there something wrong Hermione?" Mrs. Granger asked.
"Well it's just that all the sudden my jeans are really, um, tight." And with that she rished to her room to find a pair of pants more comfortable for her souther regions.