"I will apparate both of us to the headmaster's off-" He began before I cut him off.
"But what about my files? And what happens when people realize that I am gone?" I asked, slightly relieved that I could put that two and two together.
"I have burnt your files and I have obviated everyone's memory of the both of us. So we are both free to go. Now please grab both trunks and then grab my arm firmly." He said. I obligated. I squeezed my eyes shut and then felt as if I was being sucked through a tube. When we stopped I almost fell, but steadied myself in the nick of time. I now have added aparating to the list of things to NEVER try again, which included the time-turner and flying on Buckbeck. One thing was for sure, I did not like aparating.
"Severus, did you have any luck?" A voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Well, Albus, I was wondering if you could see if Miss Granger had any spells, charms, or curses." He said. My mind still not functioning properly had no idea what was going on and my brain did not like it one bit. Professor Dumbledore looked at his college with interest. The headmaster pointed his wand at me and muttered a long set of words, then pointed to a blank sheet of parchment. His eyebrows shot up quite far, they looked almost hidden beneath his silver hair. The potions master glanced at the paper and visibly paled.
"Miss Granger, you have quite a few spells on you. Would you like me to remove them for you? I shall let you know what I am altering before I remove the spell." The wise man said, after he regained his composer. I looked at him and slightly reluctantly, but eventually nodded. "The first one, Miss Granger, takes off the colour charm on your hair." I glanced at him again and nodded, ever slightly. Dumbledore muttered what sounded like gibberish to me and then I felt a tingling on my scalp. The next spell removed the colour charm on my eyes. There was stinging on my eyeballs enough to make me tear up but not cry. Professor Snape looked at Professor Dumbledore who was staring at him after he finished the last spell, the potions master giving the smallest of nods.
"Miss Granger, you are not Hermione Jane Granger, but Rose Katherine Hermione Snape, Severus' daughter. This means that you are not a muggle-born witch, but in fact something you have desired to be since young Mr Malfoy called you a mudblood. You are a pureblood witch, and part of one of the most ancient blood lines." The headmaster said. I looked at him as if he had two heads.
"So if Professor Snape is my father, then who is my mother?" I asked once it occurred to me.
"If you look at yourself now Miss Gr-" Professor Dumbledore started before I cut him off.
"I suppose you should call me Rose, because that is the name I am most used to. And I can hardly call myself a Granger; much less have people called me that." I said.
"Okay then Rose, if you look at yourself now, you need not ask that question." Dumbledore said. Sn- I suppose I should call him father – father conjured a mirror for me. That will definitely take some getting used to. I glanced in the mirror and saw Lily Potter, the woman I saw when Harry showed Ron and I his photo album. I glanced again and saw that it wasn't Lily Potter but someone who looked exactly like her, only this person had sapphire eyes and shorter hair.
I must have looked like I had my doubts because my father said "Your mother was Lily Potter. And yes you are related to Harry. Before I inform you of how everything came to be I wish to inform you that you have three brothers, on of which is Harry."
"What about the other two, are they older or younger?" I asked.
"Technically they are all younger than you, but you are all quadruplets. That information will be explained by a letter and diary your mother left. And if you have any questions, I believe that Sirius Black and Remus Lupin cam answer some of your questions because they were in on it as well." Father said.
"So then, how did this happen?" I asked, quite curious now.
"Your mother and I had a secret relationship that Potter, Black and Lupin helped us with. Eventually after school we got married, and then she had you and your brothers, on different days, just like the past elementals. You were first. We hid for quite a while, at least you, your mother and your brothers did. The dark lord wanted you, and your brothers, mainly you the most though because you were the one that would follow in your mother's footsteps. And then one afternoon, I took the four of you out to the park where you were kidnapped by Death Eaters. I rushed home with the three boys and told Lily that she needed to leave because soon the dark lord would figure out that we were married. She took John, or Harry, and left, Potter, her brother took her in and she changed her name back to not Evans, her adopted one, but Potter her real one, and everyone assumed that they married each other. Potter, Black, and Lupin made sure that no one knew about her relationship with me. She cast a glamour charm on Harry that could only be removed but herself or would fade away 14 years after her death." Father said, telling me what happened long ago. My eyes had widened considerably.
"Severus, before you continue I must interrupt. Your house is now the Order's Headquarters. The Weasleys, Sirius Black and Harry will all be going there quite soon. Sirius will arrive with the Weasleys, who intend to arrive next Monday. Harry will be taken from the Dursley's in approximately two weeks. We will have a couple volunteers to go and get him." Albus said making his presence known once again.
"Sir, could I go and get Harry as well?" I asked, quite keen on seeing my old friend and newly found brother.
"Quite sure Rose, but Severus will tell Harry about his family ties. Then you may tell him everything else." The headmaster said.
"Yes Professor, but what is this about the Order and Headquarters? I asked, curiosity getting the better of me once again.
"The Order of the Phoenix is an Anti-Voldemort movement. The headquarters resides in the Snape Manor. Severus had offered to allow the Order to use it for its meetings and allow the Weasley's and Black a safe place to stay." Dumbledore said smiling.
"So are we going there? Soon?" I directed this question to my father. "Maybe now?" After he didn't get the hint. I was ecstatic about having a home to live inn besides an orphanage.
"Fine. Both of your brothers are in the receiving room right now having a staring contest over who gets the last chip. And their staring contests usually last for a couple hours, only because they become hungry and call it a draw." Father said, smiling slightly. I had to do a double take, 'cause since when does the git of the dungeons smile? My life is probably only going to get weirder.
"Ah yes. Before you go though, I would like to discuss a couple things with Rose. One of them being that, I do not believe you shall have Muggle Studies, but Divination, and you will have three extra periods a week to practice your powers with your brothers. And two, you shall have animagus lessons with professor McGonagall twice a week and Metamorphmangus lessons with one of our aurors on Saturdays." Dumbledore said.
"And I also expect you to go out for quiddich." Father added, with his infamous smirk, "And you had better keep up your grades too, because this is O.W.L. year." I rolled my eyes.
"So when do we leave?" I asked.
"Now." Father said, "We will be going by floo powder. It is Snape Manor so I shall see you there." He said before grabbing my trunks and disappearing with a small pop.
"Rose before you go, you may tell Ron about some of this and I will be personally teaching you and your brothers to apparate. Good Luck." The wise old man said.
I took a pinch of floo powder and thanked him before clearly saying "Snape Manor!" And went in the fireplace.