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Hermione looked at the black lake in longing, she wanted to go and swim in the black lake but couldn't not because of the rules but because it was too cold to go to swim and she didn't want to get sick. She looked at the book in her hand, it was her favorite book almost everyone in school believes that her favorite book was the Hogwarts, A History but the truth is her favorite book was Moby Dick.
Her uncle disapproved when she mean Uncle she meant the man who raised her like a daughter. Her uncle and aunt didn't know that she had figure out the truth about herself but she didn't want to tell them that she knew well because when they tell her it would be funny to see their reaction but it was hard not to tell them that she. Hermione wanted to know more about her mother and her father.
She dropped her book when she heard the lake telling her that it was her home. It was this same feeling, wherever she was near the lake or sea she would hear the water telling her that it was where she belongs but she always denied herself to go there but this time she wasn't going to deny herself to go to the lake this time.
Hermione looked around and then smiled in relief this have become her habit since she had been expelled from school for exploding the school's gym when she was seven. She could have sworn that the gym teacher was a monster not the monster like Snape but a real one. She shuddered when she remembered the face of the gym teacher till this day that face gave her nightmares.
She walked towards the lake silently not knowing that she was being watched. She didn't know why but the lake didn't feel cold whenever she put her feet in the water it was something that Krum notice doing the second task. She didn't know why maybe because she spend too much time in the water as much as Harry and Ron would like to think that her only hobby was reading but it wasn't it was one of her many hobbies which consist of swimming, reading, dancing and horse back riding.
Hermione took a deep breath and dive into the lake. She was shocked to find that she didn't feel wet and wondered why was that. She continued to swim around not noticing that the merpeople were watching her behind the seaweeds in surprise and were whispering excitingly about her. Hermione felt the need to breath and was about to go up for air when she heard a man's voice in her mind. Open your mouth, you will be able to breath in the water as easily as you do in land said the voice.
She didn't know why but she listened to the voice and opened her mouth, she was shocked to find that she could easily breath inside the water without the need to go up for air. She started to explore the lake not noticing that the sea creatures were looking at her in respect and fondness. Hermione didn't know where these abilities came from but she didn't want to know the reason as she felt like she was at home in the water.
The merpeople couldn't believe that they had the daughter of Lord Poseidon with them and knew that she wasn't suppose to be born like his son. She was different from their lords other daughters and sons not because of her scent but because the way she carries herself in such innocents. They couldn't attack her not wanting to have the wrath of their lord so they watch her knowing that they have to protect her.
Hermione knew that she couldn't be in the water for a long time without someone wondering where she was. She swam back to the land not knowing that she was being followed by the merpeople. The youngest out all of them were still whispering in excitement to their mothers having never met a child of their lord who was a half-blood.
Hermione looked at her clothes in amazement, it wasn't wet in fact her clothes were perfectly dry without a drop of water in sight. She knew no witch and wizard have this ability because they would have written it down so the question was what is she?
She felt the air around dropping a few degrees which she found unusual seeing as it was daylight and not nighttime. Her body started to shake when she realized what was happening to her, the same thing happened to her when she was seven which means that she was in grave danger. Damn it if only she had something like a weapon with her and then she slapped her forehead, she had forgotten that she was witch.
"I know you are out there," said Hermione trying to be more brave than she felt. Where was her Gryffindor bravery when she needed it. She shuddered when she heard the laughter, it was pure evil that laughter could even make Lord Voldemort cower in fear. She turned around and saw her old gym teacher.
Her gym teacher hadn't changed a bit since the attack, she still looked as ugly and scary as ever even more so which Hermione thought was impossible. Her gym teacher had the same leathery wings like bats, claws, a mouthful of yellow fangs and glowing eyes which were giving her a angry look. She gripped her wand waiting for her gym teacher to attack her.
The gym teacher didn't attack her immediately like she did nearly ten years ago no she was looking at her in amusement like she was amusing her by the way she was threatening to hex her. Hermione was about to let her guard down when the gym teacher was attacked her.
Hermione started to cast every offensive spell that she knew but saw that it wasn't effecting her gym teacher. What is she thought Hermione as she tried to defend herself by the attacks from her former gym teacher. The thing which Hermione was calling her now was about to kill her when a boy came out of no where and stabbed it in the back. Hermione was in shocked that the thing remains were dust. She looked at the dust then to the boy and blinked. She rubbed her eyes and looked around trying to find the boy but saw that he was no where to be seen.
"Miss. Granger what are you doing out curfew?" asked Firenze. Hermione gulped and cursed herself in her mind, how was she going to make out a lie about this time. As Hermione was thinking away out of getting into trouble she didn't notice the troubled look that Firenze was shooting at the dust and than at Hermione.
"I couldn't sleep sir so I decided to go for a walk when I fell down," lied Hermione. She cursed at herself, that had to be one of the worst lies she had ever told seeing as she got a deep cut in her legs. Firenze nodded and looked at the stars. He knew she was lying but for her sake he will go along.
"Miss. Granger if I see you here again after curfew, I won't hesitate to send you to the Professor's Dumbledore office and if I were you Miss. Granger, I would go to the infirmary," said Firenze sternly.
Hermione nodded at him thankfully and went to the infirmary knowing what lie she was about to use. Firenze looked at the dust in worry, he had heard stories about half-bloods and monster from his american kin who in his opinion are one of the most barbaric centaurs he had ever seen.
If Granger was attack which he suspects from her wounds than that means she isn't completely human, she isn't safe here but something isn't adding up. Why is the monster only attacking now when she is only sixteen and not when she was younger like she was thirteen or twelve like her kind and why a fury of all things that was all the thoughts of Firenze.
No something wasn't adding up, he had seen Granger in the hallway and she had never been attack before only when she was with Potter and that was against Voldemort so why now. Her scent had changed but why now when she is sixteen and who was protecting her before. It just didn't make sense maybe he should inform Professor Dumbledore about the latest development.
Poseidon wasn't happy with his brothers but when was he ever happy with them but this time he was angry that Hades had send a fury after his youngest child and his only daughter. He had broken the oath twice and he accept full responsibility of his actions but that doesn't mean Hades has to attack his daughter.
It was rare for him to be this angry and the only time he had ever been this angry was when Zeus had accused him of stealing his stupid Lightening bolt. He rubbed his forehead and tried to calm down trying to see the good side of this which was only one thing that was his daughter was alive and not dead but she had to be saved by that boy. He growled when he thought of the way that boy was staring at his daughter.
He had watched his daughter after he had found out about his ex-lover death. He was proud of her for being too quick-witted and having brains that could rival the children of Athena. He smiled when he remembered how she won her primary school swimming race and receive awards for her smarts. She was like Ann in so many ways but she was like him also. She had inherited his temper which unfortunately got her in so much trouble in so many of her schools.
He was going to have a long talk with Ian about Hermione's safety in this school of hers. Poseidon wondered if Ian actually knew how much trouble that his niece went in that school. If Hermione was anything like Ann than it was safe to say that she didn't tell him or else Ian would had pulled her out of her school. He growled when he remembered the Krum's boy, that boy had been touching his daughter and he didn't like it one bit.
He had given the boy punishment of course along with the rest of his classmates by making their trip back home hard. Nobody touches his daughter and gets away with it. He heard ahem. He turned around and saw Triton looking pissed at him. His son must have found out about Hermione.
"Father, I heard interesting news from the merpeople in England," said Triton tapping his foot impatiently. The merpeople like to gossip so it was a shock to hear that he had a half-sister that he never knew about.
"Really what was it about?" asked Poseidon trying not to look interest about the news. His son raised his eyebrows and gave him the look that said 'you know what I am talking about'.
"Well it seems like that you have fathered another demigod again and this one is a girl and a witch is that true father that you fathered another child?" asked Triton angrily. His father needed to keep his pants to himself especially when he made that oath with his uncles, it affects everyone but most of all the demigods. He wasn't surprise when Zeus broke the oath first.
"Yes it is true," admitted Poseidon. Triton sighed at this revelation, how could he believed that his father would keep his pant on as the mortals would say.
"Is it hard for you not to chase after all these woman father is that hard for you?" asked Triton.
"Triton understand that I try as hard as I can to resist but it is hard, Ann and Sally weren't like the others," said Poseidon lovingly. He love the both of them when he heard of Ann's death, it was like a punch in the gut.
Triton didn't believe him, his father had one type of girl and that was a girl who was rebellious. His father should feel lucky that he had ordered the merpeople not to mention it in front of his mother. Amphitrite was always angry and jealous of his father's affairs and the children of the affairs especially the daughters. If she finds out about Hermione there will be a chance that his half-sister would not live till her eighteenth birthday.
A/N I am going to put a poll on who Hermione should be with since I can't decide on who. Oh and before I forget please review this chapter.
