The second chapter is right here. With adorable Teddy in the picture, I want everyone to fawn over him. Of course, Hermione being super protective of Teddy, she will be reluctant of letting him close to vampires. But she will find a way to protect him soon. She is a walking talking encyclopedia.

Harry will be angry with her when he will find out so will Ron. I think one of them will over react. But that's far away.

Now on with the second chapter…

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Chapter - 2

Stefan got inside the living room of the Salvatore mansion and found Damon, who was busy pouring the blood from the blood bag in the glass. Damon looked at him swiftly as he worked on pouring.

"Would you care for one?" Damon asked nonchalantly. Stefan walked inside the room, ignoring Damon's taunt and the enticing smell of the blood.

"No. Thank you. I am not hungry, just ate." Stefan replied as he took a seat on the sofa. Two can play this game, especially when it is his older brother.

"Aren't you worried that one day all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back?" Damon asked with his all-too-famous smirk and looked at his brother innocently. Stefan just smiled at his brother.

"I mean, surely they talk." Damon continued.

"I am just happy that's a, uh…not a blood bag and not a sorority girl supplying your dinner." Stefan replied back as Damon took a sip of his blood still smirking in amusement, but his icy blue eyes never left the hazel one.

"I like this. You walking on eggshells around me because you think I am gonna explode." Damon drawled abruptly as he rested his elbows on the top of a chair and twirled his drink in the glass.

"It's very suspenseful. Is Elena worried too? I bet I'm your every conversation," Damon taunted and smirked. But Stefan has his own retorts to Damon's witty remarks.

"Have you heard from Katherine?" Stefan itched on the Damon's sore spot, because he had his own little smirk when Damon's smirk vanished and he narrowed his eyes looking thoughtful.

"I think the Lockwoods have a family secret, because the Gilbert device affected them. Vervain didn't, so they are not Vampires. They are something else." Damon brushed off the subject and pulled on the one his mind has been wandering on.

"Is that your new obsession?" Stefan asked raising his eyebrows.

"Oh, you'd rather some unknown supernatural element running rampant in our town, fine. I'll drop it," Damon said sipping his drink again and bit out. Stefan gave his own nod of mock understanding.

"We haven't seen the last of Katherine. You do know that right? We have no idea what she is up to." Stefan came back to the topic again and Damon still plastered that smirk on his face.

"Sure we do." Damon said simply as if it was obvious.

"She came back to profess her undying, eternal love for you, so I'm gonna let you deal with her 'cause I have more important things to do, like explode." Damon drawled but Stefan could notice a slight bitterness in his voice. Stefan smiled all too knowingly.

"Cheers." Damon raised his drink and walked away. He really had lot more important things to do. And first thing in his mind was to figure out the supernatural element in Lockwoods.

"Hello, Andromeda." Hermione said sweetly as she faced the emerald green fire. Andromeda smiled.

"Call me Andy dear. Tonks was persistent to call me that and I think I kind of like it," Andy sighed wistfully and Hermione looked sad. She shook her head.

"Okay, I will call you Andy." Hermione smiled as she steered off the depressing subject.

"So, what did you call for, dear? Is Teddy alright?" Andy asked worriedly. Hermione gave a reassuring smile.

"He is more than okay. He is sleeping right now. May I, er, I wish to go for an Annual Carnival held in Mystic Falls high school and I want to visit so I could, um, get used to school and all. If you don't mind can you please babysit dear Teddy?" Hermione asked grimacing a little as she felt rather immature for leaving Teddy the first day. Andromeda brightened and beamed at her.

"Sure I would love to! Move from the fireplace I am coming." Andy said. Hermione moved away and the fire flared green and her breath was caught as an exact replica of Bellatrix Lestrange but exhaled in relief when she saw the friendly face, the eyes which were devoid of cruelty and pseudo-insanity Hermione have seen the glimpses of. Andy walked from the fireplace and hugged her.

"Don't worry yourself Hermione. You are a teen and every teen deserve to live a teen life. I will take care of Teddy. So don't beat yourself and get ready." Andy smiled and Hermione smiled back, feeling better. She hugged her again.

"Thank you Andy, you are the best." She said and walked to her room. Andy smiled at the retreating figure and sighed. She knew how fiercefully protective Hermione was of little Edward, even more than Ginny. She was happy for Hermione who was trying to live normal after the pain and loss from the war. She walked to upstairs to the crib which was in Hermione's room and placed a kiss on the forehead of his sleeping grandson.

"You are so loved grandson. Aunt Mione, Ginny and Granny Andy love you so much. Godfather Harry loves you so much." Andy sighed at his peaceful sleeping face, touching the strands of his sandy hair.

Hermione got out of the bathroom after a face wash and smiled at Andy, she ducked down and gave a kiss on Teddy's cheek and walked to her wardrobe. After much digging, she decided on a tight cream long sleeved shirt and black skinny jeans with a black fitting leather jacket. It complimented well with her hourglass figure and she applied eyeliner and mascara and dabbed a little lip gloss. She pulled on white leather boots and combed her hair again.

Once again checking she turned to Andy.

"Well, how do I look?" she asked nervously and Andy grinned.

"You look beautiful and in muggle terms you look… hot." Andy said the term rather uncomfortably. Hermione laughed and hugged Andy.

"Seriously what's with the term 'hot', it's like they are burning on a furnace." Andy said frowning. It would take her ages to understand muggle slang. Hermione laughed again as she grabbed her wand and her beaded bag. She tapped her wand and transfigured it into a nice black bag which suited her dress. She slipped her wand in the pocket of her jacket she especially made to keep her wand and turned to peck Teddy on the cheek.

"Take care Andy, love you. Love you too Edward," Hermione smiled and explained everything to Andromeda, about diapers and food in the fridge. Andy snapped her fingers and called Trixy. With that Hermione waved and apparated to a rather secluded corner of the school where she was sure no one would notice her and walked to the school.

"The ringtoss is out of the bart and homer dolls and team Jacob ts." Bonnie informed as Elena and she walked, checking all the places.

"Okay, I can grab someone from Science Club. Also, we lost a speaker in Karaoke booth-" Elena rambled on and was cut off by Bonnie who stopped walking.

"Hey, it's all good, Elena. Take a beat and look around. This is a huge success!" Bonnie smiled at her best friend. Elena pulled on a mocking thoughtful look as she looked around.

"You mean I can do more than just wreak vampire havoc?" Elena asked in mock serious tone. Bonnie joined in with her own faux serious look.

"Go figure." And both of them grinned.

"Hey isn't that Hermione?" Bonnie said suddenly pointing in her direction. Elena followed her gaze and she looked a little open mouth at the brown haired beauty looking around in fascination while eating cotton candy. She tore a bit and placed one in her mouth with her index finger coated with black nail paint as she looked around. She looked completely unaware of the hot looks the males were giving her as she continued to walk. All in all she was smoking hot.

With the black skinny jeans and her white shirt and jacket her hourglass figure was something to drool upon. Elena finally found a match for her own slender figure. She turned to her petite best friend who was looking at her with awe.

"Hermione!" Elena called out loudly. The called brunette's head snapped in their direction and she beamed and waved back. She walked towards them and smiled.

"The principal invited me to the Annual Carnival and I decided to come. I am impressed, it is brilliant, and whoever planned this." Hermione said looking around. Bonnie and Elena shared a grin.

"We planned it; our best friend is the one who usually plans things like this. But she is hospitalized so…" Bonnie trailed off looking a bit sad. Hermione gave her own sympathetic smile.

"Oh I see. That's nice of you. If you don't mind, would you care to show me around? I am rather alone here," Hermione sighed already waiting for rejection as they were the organizers of the Carnival, hence they must be busy. But the rejection never came.

"Sure. We would love to!" Bonnie said and Elena nodded. Hermione beamed and tucked a curl behind her ear.

"Thank you." She said and Bonnie took her hand as Elena looked at a dark guy who was working on a stall.

"Hey, uh, Carter right?" she called the tall muscular guy with dark skin and friendly smile. He looked at them while his eyes lingered on the hot British girl but he smiled at Bonnie.

"You're with the carnival." Elena said. Carter walked towards them while Bonnie pressed her lips in anticipation. Hermione noticed this and gave her a nudge with her elbow and gave her an encouraging smile. Bonnie blushed and gave a rather silly grin.

"That'd be me." he said.

"Ok. Great." Elena nodded and noticed as Carter was looking at Bonnie, who was smiling hesitantly. Hermione and Elena shared an all too knowing smirk.

"Wow. What you need, beautiful?" Carter asked Bonnie who giggled in response. Elena and Hermione looked at the exchange with interest. Elena raised her eyebrows at her friend's reaction.

"Um, what do you know about Karaoke speakers?" she asked nicely with her own flirtatious grin as she raised her eyebrows. Carter grinned back.

"Why don't you show me the problem?" Carter asked eagerly.

"Yeah, Bonnie. Show him the problem." Elena smirked all knowingly as she pointed at Carter. Bonnie grinned at Elena and looked back at Carter, who was looking at her expectantly.

"Ok, come on." Bonnie said as she followed Carter. Elena let out a low whistle, happy for her friend. She grinned at them and turned to Hermione.

"Would the beautiful lady do me the honor of accompanying me?" Elena asked in a deep voice, still in a giddy mood, all her problems thrown in the bin of her mind for now. Hermione smiled but looked unconvinced at the 'beautiful' term, but nodded.

"Sure handsome." Hermione said and Elena grinned again. The two girls started walking.

"So, how far are you enjoying Mystic Falls?" Elena asked conversationally. Hermione looked a little thoughtful.

"Honestly, I find it good and all. I did my research and all about the history and I found it rather intriguing. So I decided to live here a bit, change of scenery and all. I haven't been to many places as I just moved today." Hermione said and Elena looked impressed.

"You did a research on the history of Mystic Falls, seriously?" Elena asked and Hermione nodded. They found a bench at a rather secluded corner and sat down.

"I am a rather curious person and a fan of History. My friends say that I should marry a library." Hermione smiled remembering the fight Ron and she had and he pulled out this comment before she turned him into a toad.

Elena laughed and shook her head.

"Why did you come here, don't answer if you don't want to." Elena added at the distressed look on Hermione's face. Elena wondered that what was so missing in her home town that she decided to move in such a small town as Mystic Falls. Not to mention far.

Hermione sighed and Elena noticed she was fighting an internal battle, probably debating on whether to tell her or not. She was quite concerned for the girl as she noticed her bright eyes suddenly darkened a little. She turned to Elena.

"I just want to forget. My past has been rather traumatic and I-I wanted to get away from it. My friends supported my decision. They were concerned about me and I finally decided to send myself here. I will think about going back, but not after a year or two-" And just like a dam broke, Hermione looked at the girl, she wanted to talk to someone and she found that she trusted that kind girl, Elena. Even being a soldier, her mind has been constantly active and she found herself often analyzing people, like they were a threat or not, but she found Elena quite comfortable and nice. She could feel it, the warmth and compassion from her. Hermione stopped her mid rant as she looked at the surprised look on Elena's face and cursed herself.

"Sorry for the ranting. I must be feeling-" Hermione was cut off by a strong hug Elena gave her.

"Don't feel sorry at all. You have nothing to feel sorry for, okay? You can talk to me, I am all ears. Don't feel sad. Just try and move on, I know it will work out, I am sure of it. And I will be here to help you if you want." Elena shushed, feeling an odd bonding with Hermione. She was very nice but a little broken, and she was here to help her fix that.

"Thank you." Hermione said quietly as Elena let go of her.

"Did you ever talk to your parents? They must have come with you, or not?" Elena asked, but frowned at Hermione's eyes and expression contorted in pain.

"They… they died six months ago." Hermione revealed. Elena's eyes widened and she gave her a one arm hug. She gave her an empathetic look.

"I won't tell you everything is going to be alright and all that crap, I won't give pity. I know how it feels like though." Elena said, her eyes fresh with tears. Hermione smiled a sad watery smile and gave a comforting squeeze to her hand.

"Guess we are pretty much same." Hermione said and Elena nodded in agreement, not trusting her voice. She suddenly cleared her throat and stood up abruptly.

"So let's have some fun. We shouldn't ruin it while thinking about our past." Elena said and grabbed Hermione's arm.

"I should give you a school tour and you should meet my boyfriend, Stefan." Elena grinned and Hermione gave her a curious look.

"Is he hot? With bright hazel colored eyes and strong body, and all possessive with 'I will send you home by eight' type?" Hermione said jokingly as she guessed while studying Elena. Elena stopped mid step to gape at her openly.

"What? Am I right?" Hermione smiled and Elena nodded.

"Except the possessive one. He is not really possessive. He is kind and understanding. He always support my decisions and very protective of me. He is hot, yes. Hazel eyes right again. Strong body, yep." Elena stopped as Hermione gave her a smirk.

"What?" Elena asked.

"So you explored all of that strong body, huh?" Hermione asked cheekily and raised an eyebrow. Elena spluttered and blushed.

"I guess I am right then. Let's go look at your boyfriend, I want to see him myself. While do let me know about the school interior." Hermione said as she walked. Elena followed.

"Well this is the playground as you can see." Elena pointed and Hermione nodded rolling her eyes. Elena nudged her and playfully glared at the British beauty.

"I am trying to do a fine job of a tourist guide, let me do it." Elena said and Hermione took a mocking serious look and urged her to continue, a small smile playing on her lips.

"So on the far left corner is the cafeteria and here where we are going is the Gym. Oh and wait, let me see." Elena stopped in the middle as she took out the clipboard from a girl and assessed it. Hermione noticed a very handsome bloke cutting through the crowd and coming right beside Elena.

"Elena." The man with icy blue eyes said his voice a little urgent. Hermione couldn't help but look at him, immediately her eyes widened as she felt her magic humming in her body, warning her to be careful of this guy. She gripped her jacket, just prepared to take out her wand to save Elena and herself from this strange guy. Whoever or whatever he is, he is not safe, at all.

She noticed Elena looked a little annoyed as she turned to him slightly and avoided his eyes.

"What do you want Damon?" she looked at him briefly as she turned to the clipboard again. Damon looked a little impatient. Hermione was oddly reminded of Harry, when he at times turned desperate and impatient when he wanted to tell her something important and concluded that the man was rather impulsive, and crude when things doesn't go his way.

"I know I'm the last person you wanna see right now, but I need you to come with me." he said, while narrowing his eyes at Elena's glare at the clipboard when she refused to meet his eyes. Hermione could also tell that something happened between them, something big, which set Elena off like this and Damon regrets it immensely.

"Whatever it is, I am not interested." Elena said finally meeting his eyes.

"Yeah, I need you to come with me right now, Elena." Damon pressed on urgently while giving her a look. Elena gave him a frown as Damon tilted his head to a direction. Hermione frowned, she didn't like when people got too busy to look around and not realize that she existed. So she sighed out loud. Damon and Elena got her attention.

"Go on, I will find Bonnie on my way." Hermione said as she turned to leave. She got an ego of herself and she didn't like being called off. At all.

"I am sorry Hermione!" Elena said regretfully. Hermione raised a hand and waved while her back turned on them.

"Don't mind." Hermione said nonchalantly as she turned and start her exploration.

"Who's she? She's hot." Damon asked busy looking at her ass and Elena glared at him.

"None of your business Damon, now let's go." Elena said as she walked and Damon kept up with her strides.

"Hermione… nice name, exotic. I like her, she doesn't take a no. She has attitude. She would be a great pastime." Damon smirked and Elena pinned him with a more deathly glare.

"No, you won't Damon, or I swear I will stake you with my own hands." Elena said harshly. Damon rolled his eyes. While he didn't show, he was quite surprised at the 'protective sister' behavior of Elena. He decided to talk about it in more detail, but for now he had more important matters at their hands.

Hermione laughed at the Stallman, who looked a little annoyed when Hermione threw all the rings accurately at the ringtoss and handed her a large teddy bear in the bag. She gave a sweet thank you as she added it to the collection of her toys (it was her eighth) and whistled happily, excited to play with Teddy as she noticed Bonnie walking.

"Hey Bonnie!" Hermione waved and Bonnie stopped, with a slightly dreamy expression and grinned at her. She got wide eyed as she eyed the bag full of goodies.

"You won all that?" she asked disbelievingly. Hermione flipped her curls and smirked proudly.

"Hell yeah. You should have seen the boy's face; he wanted me to just disappear like Houdini." Hermione said as she scowled and muttered something unintelligent under her breath. Bonnie laughed out.

"Sorry, your expression was funny. Care to walk around with me a bit?" Bonnie asked and Hermione nodded. They walked a little, talking enthusiastically about the attractions in Mystic Falls. Bonnie told her about the Mystic Grill.

Bonnie noticed Matt looking rather down. She frowned and took Hermione's hand as she walked up to him.

"Hey Matt? What happened? You look so down…" Bonnie trailed off.

"I just… I don't know." the guy called Matt who sighed tiredly while leaning against the wall. Hermione couldn't help but notice he was muscular and very handsome with vibrant blue eyes like sapphire and dark blonde hair. He looked caring and gentle, but to Hermione she could see a tired boy with all heavy weights on his shoulders, as many things depended on him. She has seen that posture and that look many a times in Harry.

"Your girlfriend?" Hermione blurted before she cold shut up. She severely reprimanded herself internally and her witty mouth which often had the mind of its own. Matt looked at the beautiful brunette.

"How did you know it was my girlfriend?" Matt asked, rather astonished. This girl, he met her for the first time, just asked her whether it was his girlfriend. He looked at Bonnie, who shook her head, telling him that she didn't tell her. Was he that obvious? Or was it just a very wild guess?

"I'm just good at reading people." Hermione shrugged. Matt still looked at her, but nodded slowly. Bonnie decided to interrupt.

"Sorry, forgot to introduce! She is Hermione Granger, just moved today and Hermione; this is my good friend Matt Donovan." Bonnie introduced and Matt smiled at her genuinely and shook Hermione's hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Matt smiled and Hermione found that she liked his deep booming voice.

"Same here." She smiled. Bonnie crossed her arms and stared at Matt. Matt sighed and started. He didn't mind Hermione listening to her. He didn't care at this point, he was just tired and he wanted someone to listen to him.

"She's obviously pissed at me for something, but for what no clue." Matt leaned back again and crossed his arms and sighed. Bonnie frowned and shared a look with Hermione.

"What happened?" Bonnie asked worriedly.

"She freaked out, and she's been like that all day, cool one day and crazy and neurotic the next." Matt said, while waving his injured hand exasperatedly. Hermione's eyes narrowed down on it. She wanted to heal him, or at least reduce the pain, but she couldn't.

"She almost died. It's bound to mess with her head," Bonnie said while trying her best to soothe down her worried and irritated friend.

"It's that hospital one, Caroline?" Hermione asked and Bonnie nodded. Matt sighed again, Hermione felt sorry for him. He awfully sounded like Harry. After so much time, she had heard such a heavy, burdened sigh. Bonnie continued using Hermione's reference.

"Yeah, plus she is 'Caroline'." Bonnie said like it explains everything. Hermione frowned at that, she heard Ron calling her like that once. It was pretty annoying, so to say.

"Yeah, I am used to the insecurities and all that. That's who she is, love it or hate it. But this seemed, I don't know… different, more… I…I can't explain it." Matt said as he closed his eyes. But Hermione understood him. It seemed like the same case with her and Ron and she knew their relationship isn't gonna last.

"Don't you think there must be something wrong, something going on with her personally and she wouldn't tell you? I mean she must have her reasons. You should try and talk to her." Hermione said. Matt stared at her.

"But what is it she can't tell me? I mean, I am her boyfriend." Matt finally said and Hermione shook her head.

"That's for you to find out Matt. Try to understand her and give her some time. Maybe she will talk to you about it? There are some things which are hard to talk about, even with your closest ones. Maybe she doesn't want you to find out. It could be anything, so don't distress yourself and try to find out the root of the problem." Hermione advised and Matt looked a little thoughtful.

"You are right, I guess. Thanks." He smiled, and she smiled back.

"It's okay, don't thank me. But you can help me explore the school and stalls with Bonnie. I am new here and looking for fun and I only managed with these much," Hermione sighed as she pulled the bag to show the goodies she won. Matt grinned and looked impressed.

"Wow, you must have a good aim." Matt said with a low whistle. Bonnie rolled her eyes and snaked her hand through both of their arms.

"Now let's go!" she said enthusiastically.

"You have no idea." Hermione replied to his comment, but no one heard it.

"Wow that's two more!" Bonnie exclaimed and clapped. Hermione grinned at Matt who huffed but smiled as he admitted his defeat.

"You have already won this six times. I won't even try anymore and bruise my leftover ego." Matt grinned and ran a hand through his hair.

"But I was just having fun!" Hermione whined as she hopped to equate the weight of the piling goodies she won. Matt smiled at her again and took them from her, but Hermione protested.

"I can carry them; you don't need to strain yourself." Hermione said but Matt shook his head and tried to take them again.

"No, I am really fine." Hermione smiled.

"I know you will be fine. You are the strong type, but I will carry them for now, I am a gentleman after all." He puffed his chest mockingly and Hermione laughed. She felt a little jittery and blushed a little at his compliment. He thought she was strong. She thought it was very sweet.

"I am not?" Matt asked Bonnie in mock disbelief and Bonnie grinned.

"No you are not." Bonnie said with a playful look. Matt huffed but she could see a smile playing on his lips. She was happy as Hermione lifted his dampened spirits, and reminded herself to talk to Caroline. For the first time, she had seen Matt laugh this much, he looked so carefree and happy.

"Hey man, coming for a game?" a lanky guy with blonde hair asked, grinning at Hermione and was looking up and down at her appreciatively.

"Not now Derek." Matt said. The boy pulled a horrified look.

"But you promised dude! And I am dead without you, which is unacceptable. So excuse me chicks, I am taking him." Derek winked at Hermione and pulled his rather forcibly. Matt gave them apologizing looks while going with Derek.

Hermione waved at him, smiling when Matt looked at her helplessly. She chuckled at his ordeal. Bonnie just silently observed the start of the Chemistry she had sensed from her girl sensors with a smirk on her face.

Next time on the HPxTVD…

Elena looked devastated, her eyes widened as she looked at Hermione, who raised her eyebrows and walked towards them.

"Smeared blood on her face, veins in her eyes. Vampire. Knew there was something off about that guy. Elena, why are you befriending Vampires?" Hermione asked as she uttered her assessment out loud, her eyes flashing furiously at Elena. Elena blinked, trying to hold back her shock and fresh wave of tears. Hermione looked murderous as she walked to the body of the dead Carter…

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