First chapter of my sort of crack fic, Too Many Grangers. I'm using characters from my various stories, The Inevitable, The Lost Child, The Power of the Wolf, Singer, The Wolfs Girl Series, Devilish, Chasing the Past, Guardian Angel, Magical Medicine and Mirror Image. From my other account, MysteryM, there the characters from Memory of a Dream and Crossing of Destinies. Hope you enjoy this :D
Chapter One
Accident
Hermione rushed into Professor Snape's new classroom in the Defence Against the Dark Arts corridor. She was late, that she was oh too painfully aware of, because Ron and Lavender had been blocking the portrait hole yet again.
"Stupid Lavender. Stupid Ron." She muttered.
"You're late." Snape drawled.
He was sat behind his desk with an inky black quill clutched in one hand and a parchment trapped under his other hand. He was scowling at her as he always did and Hermione swore she caught sight of the name 'Potter' on his desk.
'Great, now he's going to be even more angry.' She thought.
"Sorry sir, I got held up." She said apologetically.
Snape sneered. "Twenty points from Gryffindor."
"But sir!"
"Care to make it another twenty?" He raised his eyebrow pointedly and she fell silent, looking at her shoes.
Snape nodded, silently celebrating that he had discovered a means to keep the annoying little know-it-all silent for once.
"The artifacts on that desk are to be cleaned. Do not touch them, do not knock them over and do not even think to ask me what they are. Just clean them carefully and get out. If I find one speck of dust on them, I will not be happy." He instructed.
Hermione frowned. "How am I meant to clean them if I don't touch them?"
"Use your imagination, Miss Granger."
Hermione pulled her wand from her robes and aimed it at a vase. Before she could anything, Snape said something that she didn't catch and her wand flew from her hand and into his grasp.
"No magic. I detest wand waving when other ways will suffice." Snape snarled. "You don't know how your magic will react with the objects. Stupid girl. Use the duster that's on the desk, or have you forgotten how to do basic tasks without magic."
Hermione glared at him and snatched the duster off of the desk, muttering. "Stupid Snape. Thinks he's so much better."
"I heard that, Miss Granger. Detention tomorrow."
Hermione jumped as her professor spoke from right behind her. She turned and the duster caught on a brass pot. Reflexively she reached out to catch it. Her hand burned where the brass touched her skin and she dropped it.
"No!" Snape cried, horror on his face.
There was a blinding flash of light and Hermione began to feel dizzy. When the light cleared Hermione and Snape had to blink a few times to clear the spots from their vision, as did the others.
"How did I get here?"
"Why are there more of me?"
"What's going on?"
"Is this some sort of trick?"
"Great, surrounded by humans."
"Am I hallucinating again? I thought that was over."
"What the hell?"
"Did a demon do this?"
"Great, I'm the oldest one."
"Don't count on it."
"Time travel?"
"Maybe."
Hermione gaped at the people standing in front of her. They mostly all looked like her. One had darker hair, one was older and one had golden eyes but they all looked like her. She frowned and looked at Snape, who was staring back with a horrified look.
"What happened?" Hermione whispered.
"I'd like to know the same thing." The oldest Hermione said. "Did we time travel?"
"I don't think so." Another one answered. "Some of us look different."
"Maybe we are from different timelines?" Another one suggested.
"Oh, that could be fun." The one wearing a red corset and leather trousers smirked.
The original Hermione Granger walked over to the other Hermione Grangers and began to inspect them. She paused at the Hermione with pale golden eyes. They were more a topaz colour really. She stepped back quickly and gasped.
"She's a vampire."
Snape nodded quietly, too shocked to say anything.
"An Italian vampire if I'm not mistaken. The species originated from a union between a veela and a Transylvanian vampire. They overtook their older predecessors in the mid-1800's and now are the dominant breed. The Transylvanian vampires are near extinction while the Italian Vampires are thriving. Their characteristics include red eyes, flawless appearances, an impenetrable skin that sparkles in the sun and extreme strength and speed. They are nearly impossible to kill and are incredibly deadly…" She trailed off as she looked the deadly version of herself.
"Well done, Miss Granger, but now's not really the time to recite facts." Snape snarled.
He was taken aback when several of the Hermiones turned to him and told him to shut up. He blinked dumbly and swallowed hard.
"Wait, why are your eyes golden?" Hermione leaned forward and looked at the other's eyes.
"I don't drink human blood. My family and I survive on animal blood." The vampire Hermione smiled.
"Wow, so you only feed on animals. That's amazing." Hermione breathed.
"It's hard, but you learn how to do it." The vampire Hermione shrugged.
"You must be a member of the Cullen family." Another Hermione said, looking at her alter ego with interest.
"I am. I married Edward Cullen." The vampire Hermione smiled.
"What about Bella?" The other Hermione tilted her head questioningly.
"Jacob Black imprinted on her."
"Really?" The other Hermione raised her eyebrows. "Huh."
"You smell funny. There's a hint of wet dog about you. Kind of like Bella." The vampire Hermione scented the air as she spoke.
The other Hermione rubbed the back of her neck. "Uh, well, in my reality Jacob Black imprinted on me and we're married."
"Hang on, how many of us are married?" The oldest Hermione called.
Four Hermione Grangers raised their hands. The others Hermiones peered at them curiously and the original Hermione seemed surprised.
"Right, so I think you should be the first ones to introduce yourself." The oldest Hermione reasoned.
"Stop right there!" Snape called suddenly. "We ought to go to Dumbledore."
Four of the Hermiones grinned and one grimaced a little. She seemed very uneasy, but she seemed to push it from her mind and follow the others.
Dumbledore was going to have a real shock.
Please Read and Review. So chapter one is complete. Next chapter all the Hermiones, all 12 of them, introduce themselves, figure out names as they can't all be Hermione Granger, and find a place in the school :D
