"": dreams.

Italics: thinking.

Bold: Letters and notes.

-/-: time lapse.

Chapter one- An unmarked letter.

Hermione was sitting in the back of the library as usual, when a small, pure black owl flew through the open window to her left. It landed in front of her and held its leg out. Reaching over, Hermione took the letter that was attached to its leg. The owl hooted and flew off as quickly as it had come, Hermione could only watch it fly away. Looking back at the letter she held in her hand, she turned it over and over but found no name to indicate who it was from. She carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter. Unfolding the parchment, her eyes scanned the words that littered the page, gasping as she read what was written.

Mudblood,

I'm saying this for your own good, so listen up. By tonight you need to be out of Hogwarts and meeting me at this address: 22 knockturn alley. It will be a series of apartments. Meet me there at 8 o'clock. Don't ask any questions, just come.

Hermione started in shock at the letter, before looking around to see if someone was watching, hoping this was a joke. Seeing no one, she read the letter again and again. Being the witch that she was, she started to collect data from the information written. 1. Who calls me a Mudblood? 2. Who would want to meet in Knockturn Alley? 3. Who would care enough to want me out of Hogwarts? She kept the list in her head as she went through a list of personal of the school. She couldn't think of anyone inside the school that would write this. Shaking her head, she packed up her books and notepad and walked out of the library. She walked past Malfoy who gave her a sad face which shocked her. Malfoy never looked at her that way, why would he? He hated her. Walking faster, she continued on to the Gryffindor common room. Harry and Ron were once again in the middle of a game of wizard chess. She walked past them and up into the girl's part of the common room, she placed her books on her bedside table and the letter on her bed. Since she didn't have any more classes for the day, she changed out of her robes and into a simple pair of jeans and a plain white button up. She grabbed her copy of the Grimm's fairy tale and walked back downstairs, and sat in one of the oversized single lounge chairs, beside the boys. She curled her legs underneath her and opened the book to the last page she was on, quickly getting lost in the tales.

-2 Hours later-

Hermione quickly took a look at the clock and gasped, it was 7:30 already. She closed her book and ran up the stairs, grabbing her cloak and used a portkey she had created to get to Diagon Allay in case of emergency, to the outskirts of Knockturn Alley. Putting the hood of her cloak up, Hermione walked into the Alley, looking for the block of apartments. Finding them easily enough she walked up the many sets of stairs until she found number 22. Reaching out she knocked on the door quietly, the door instantly opened and she was pulled in harshly. Finding her feet she came face to face with one Draco Malfoy. She pushed back and looked around the brightly lit room, seeing three other people. There before her stood a very young looking, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange. Hermione stared in shock, her mouthing hanging open at the scene before her.

The three adults looked like they were her age or a little older. They also looked seriously pissed off. The three adults moved into the next room leaving Draco and Hermione alone. Draco grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the next room too. Chairs sat around a large round table, spell and potion books lay sprawled across the table. Draco dragged her over to the table and pushed her into one of the chairs. She looked over the books that lay before her, reading the content to try and come up with what was happening by herself. The four other people in the room took the other seats and looked at her. Looking up, she decided it was time to speak.

"S-So what am I doing here?" she said quietly, hearing Bellatrix tsk at her question.

"You Granger, are here to change us back to normal. As you can see, we are, for some reason young again. But unfortunately we cannot find the right spell or potion to change us. That's where you come in." Lucius explained, voice dripping in disgust. Probably because he's talking to a Mudblood, Hermione thought to herself. Although she didn't want to do this, she found it an interesting case. She looked up at the other people, particularly Draco's face. A look of pure sadness was present. She almost felt sorry for him. Having his father and mother suddenly be only a few years older than himself must be hard. She then looked over to Bellatrix, but instead of the normal crazy and mad expression she normally saw, Bellatrix had a face of humour. Their eyes locked and Hermione felt a shiver go through her. Bellatrix, since getting younger, had turned into the prettier version of herself. Her hair was now sleek and long, her eyes bright, lips plump. Hermione hated to admit it but she was beautiful. Hermione felt a small blush tint her face as she ripped her eyes off of Bellatrix. She breathed deeply and nodded.

"I-I will help you, if I must" She said simply, grabbing one of the books in front of her seeing the page depicting an aging potion. "Will you answer my questions, so I can see if I can fix this?" The three adults looked at each other, communicating silently, before nodding.

"We will answer any questions you have, just fix this" Narcissa agreed softly, giving her a small smile in reassurance. Hermione nodded again, and opened her bag which she still had on her shoulder. She pulled out a notebook and quill, before asking questions, jotting down any information she thought might be relevant. It took two whole hours before she was confident she had collected most, if not all of the significant information. She packed away her notebook and a couple of the books she thought she would need, before standing up and making her way to the front door. Draco and Bellatrix followed her however.

"Thank you Granger. I mean, for doing this for my family" Said Draco. Although shocked, Hermione smiled and nodded in acknowledgement

"I'll be keeping a very close eye on you, my little Mudblood" Bellatrix whisper to her, moving to stand next to Hermione, their bodies almost touching. Again, a blush crossed Hermione's face. The now beautiful face of Bellatrix was so close to hers, their lips only a hair's width away. Hermione quickly nodded, and ran out the door, making her way quickly out of Knockturn Alley, before using the same portkey to transport herself back to Hogwarts. She arrived outside of Hogwarts gates, before making her way up to the common room. Once there she change into her bed cloths, and tucked herself in, but not before grabbing the Grimm's Fairy tales again reading the rest of the chapter she left before. She went to sleep that night, thinking about what had occurred that night and how she was ever going to get Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange back to their normal selves.

Hey guys, it's Soul! Now if you have been reading my other stories you would know this isn't really my style, however I've been trying to get my partner to read my fics, but of course she won't cause there not in her preferred pairings, so she got me to write this for her. Well here you go baby, here's your fic hope you like it! And I hope everyone who reads this like it! Read, Follow, Favourite and Review!

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