Hermione Jean Granger was an eleven year old girl, with waist length black hair and grey/hazel eyes. She was a normal pre-teen girl, but she had no friends. Everyone was scared she would attack them, most girls were just jealous and the boys thought she was pretty and thought by ignoring her was the best way to deal with her crush.

Hermione was sitting in her room, her parents had gone to the shops picking up food, it was mid-July and there was a tap on the window. Hermione turned and saw an owl, she let the owl in, she felt very confused. The owl impatiently stuck out his leg, Hermione got the hint and detached the letter, she opened it.

Dear Miss Hermione Jean Granger, you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you would like to go to our school, we can help you keep you powers under control. We await your acceptance owl by no later than 31st July. Your shopping list is in the envelope, I will personally be around your house on the 1st August, because of your situation, we can sort it out from there. Professor Minerva McGonagall.

Hermione heard her parents walk through the front door, so she ran downstairs into her kitchen.

'Mom... mom... mom..., is it real? Is Hogwarts... real?' Hermione said panting.

'What is Hogwarts darling?' Jean asked her daughter.

'It is a school Witches and Wizards, and if, mom, you think about it it sort of explains why the vase blew up last year, and why the car key flew over to me the over day. I was angry and the vase smashed and I was frustrated on where the car keys where and so they flew to me. You saw it happen.' Hermione said, Jean looked worried. 'Mom, am I allowed to go?'

'Yes Hermione, you can go. However me and your father need to have a word with you before dinner. So how about at three-thirty, in half an hour, we all go to the living room, and we will talk to you.' Jean said and Hermione nodded before going back upstairs. Hermione decided to look at what she needed for school. One thing caught her eye.

Students may bring an Owl OR a Cat OR a Toad.

She knew better than to disrupt her parents more than once. So she went downstairs and into the family room. She turned on the television and started watching Tom and Jerry.

Meanwhile in the kitchen...

'Howard, we have to tell her, she will find out at school, I would rather she find it out from us instead, she is a smart girl she will figure it out and anyway McGonagall, is bringing him around on the 1st August. he may be a year younger but we can look after him rather than them horrid people. I will tell her I am a witch because at least we won't be lying if I say that.' Jean said to her husband Harold.

'Fine Jean, let's go in the Living Room and call her in.' Howard said and together they walked into the living room.

'Hermione, dear, come on.' Jean shouted and Hermione came in.

'Yes mother and father? Is it time for the meeting?' Hermione asked nicely and calmly her mother nodded.

'Hermione dear, sit down this will be a shock. Your surname is not Granger, it is Black-Potter. You have a little brother his name is Harry. Your full name is Hermione Lily Dorea Jean Black-Potter. Your parents are James Potter and Annabelle Black. Your living uncle is Sirius Black, he is in the Wizarding prison for killing thirteen people. But enough about him. We are sorry for not telling you before and there is one other thing. James, your real dad is, my brother and when you were one Harry was born, when you were three Voldemort, a very evil Wizard not all are good, decided he wanted to kill your brother. Well your dad and Harry's mom protected Harry but with a consequence, they both died, your mother died from a heart attack when you were seven years old, you didn't go live with her at first because she was shunned from her family except by Sirius, she couldn't afford to look after you, she might have had more children but we will not know until 1st August. Harry's mother was called Lily Potter nee Evans, because you and Harry did not share the same parents exactly you was not allowed to move with him to the Dursley's, Lily's older sisters house, you came here, it is beside me on why Dumbledore, the person who chose where you had to go, didn't also give my nephew to me, but oh well, and in four days when Professor McGonagall arrives, she will bring Harry and he will come and live here permanently, he will be going to Hogwarts next year, you have a lot of family being a Black and it technically does not count as family. Your mothers names were Orion Black and Walburga Black. My parents Charlus Potter and Dorea Potter nee Black died of natural causes, when I was in my fifth year at Hogwarts, me and your mom were best friends, her and Sirius were twins so were me and your father, Lily and her group hated us Marauders, there is an object named the Marauders Map, on the front if you say "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" it will open and it will read "Messer's Moony, Angel, Wormtail, Polo, Padfoot and Prongs" then after so no-one can read it you say "Mischief Managed" Moony was your Godfather Remus' nickname as he was a werewolf, Angel was me as I can turn into a dove, Wormtail was Peter Pettigrew the person behind the reason that you dad is dead, as he sold your family to Voldemort, he could turn into a rat, which is what he was. Polo was your mom because was a massive white dog, Padfoot was your uncle/Godfather Sirius as he turned into a massive Black dog and last, Prongs was your dad, he turned into an amazing and majestic Stag. There is one thing you can't do and that is, you cannot tell Harry anything other than he is a wizard, you are a witch and who is true family are, nothing about the map, you can explain Lily isn't your mom, do you understand?' Jean said explaining, Hermione nodded, silent tears running down her cheeks.

'I am not angry at you, I understand why you did do this, as it was for my best, I am excited, I would love to know more about Hogwarts and about my families, would it be ok if I still called you mom and dad though? I mean, it wouldn't feel right for this morning to be calling you Mom and Dad and now after lunch not calling you it and instead, Aunt Jean and Uncle Howard, so please can I?' Hermione asked, practically begging, Jean was in tears by this point.

'Hermione, are you sure you aren't mad? Thank you Hermione it means a lot that you still want to call us your parents.' Howard said, Jean nodded in agreement.

'I am positive I mean where would being mad get us? Nowhere? So there's no point. I love you like you were my parents nothing will change that.' Hermione said.

'Hermione just so you know Sirius was innocent, we were there when Sirius was asked to be a safe keeper for the Potter's, he declined because it would be too obvious as he was James' best friend and so Peter was chosen and only me, Sirius, James, Lily, Annabelle, Peter, you and Harry knew, Peter was the spy though so it was pointless, then when Sirius confronted him, he shouted "Lily and James Sirius, how could you?" Then he cut off his finger blew up the street and turned into a rat and ran into the sewers, god knows where he is now. Dead for all I care.' Jean told Hermione.

'That's fine. Mom, one question, the letter said I am allowed a familiar; an owl or a cat or a toad, when can we go get one? Also where am I supposed to get them?' Hermione asked curiously.

'You will go with Professor McGonagall to Diagon Alley, she will hand you over to the Weasley's, and as you are heir to Black and Potter families, you can go into both vaults and you will have the keys as will give you them to the goblin and he will take you and whichever Weasley's are going with you. From there you will get your money Galleons, Sickels and Knuts. You will ask the Weasley's politely to take you to the shops you need to visit, Harry will be going with you, there is are seven Weasley children but only six will be going the eldest child is out of school and is nine years older than you making him twenty he is called Bill, he hasn't got a job just yet. Charlie the second oldest, is in his last year at Hogwarts, Percy is in his fourth year, then Fred and George who are in their second year, then Ron who is a year younger than you and then there is Ginny the youngest child and only girl she will be going when you start third year.' Jean explained Hermione nodded. 'Hermione, we have been talking for quite some time, go watch television or something, while I make the food.'

'Ok mom.' Hermione said then left into the living room, Jean was right, Hermione had looked at the clock and see that it said 4:38, they had been talking for an hour, Hermione sat down then something popped into her mind, and she ran into the kitchen.

'Mother? Sorry to bother you but have you got a picture of either of my parents and their families, I don't mind if you don't, but if you do can you show me them please?' Hermione asked.

'Yes, dear. I understand, I have an album or two maybe three and you can keep some of the photos I have a spare album somewhere...' Jean said and trailed off, motioned for Hermione to follow and then they went upstairs.

When they got upstairs Jean went into her wardrobe and pulled out a box. She stuck in her whole arm, the box was not big enough for that. Was it?

'Hermione this box has an undetectable extension charm on it, no matter what you put in here it will fit and it won't way anymore either.' Jean explained seeing Hermione's confused look. Hermione nodded and Jean went back and pulled a long rectangular box out of the other box. Then she pulled out what appeared to be a wand. She pointed it at the box, and several other boxes flew out, she placed the wand back in its box then put the wand box in the bigger box she opened the box with the number one on top and pulled out an empty photo album on the top it said "Hermione Black-Potter's Family and Friend Photo Album" Jean handed it to Hermione. Then she continued to open more boxes three had full albums in two were stuffed with copies of the photos, and the last had Hermione's fathers invisibility Cloak and The Marauders Map.

'Mom that is a LOT of photos.' Hermione joked.

'Yeah and there now yours, the other three you can give back to me before Harry arrives, do not show him the cloak or the map, this was the original the duplicate one is probably in Hogwarts if you can check the caretakers office he might still have it. Bring it here if be does. Now go and sort them out if you want, I can help, dad can do food.' Jean said. Hermione nodded. They went into Hermione's room and emptied the photos onto her bed gently and carefully, then they sorted them from The Marauders years at school 1-7 and then afterwards until 1980. Jean had already put an undetectable extension charm on the photo album. In these photos there was something weird, the photos were moving and in the first one she could see James and Jean smiling and waving then Jean would hit him on the head and then they went back to smiling and the cycle repeated itself over and over again. Hermione and Jean spent an hour sorting through and had only gotten to the Marauders sixth year and they still had over fifteen piles left.

To be continued…