First meeting.
The next morning Hermione woke up when someone smacked her across her face. Her mother was standing over her.
"Good morning my little sunshine" she said in a low voice.
Hermione glanced at the clock on her nightstand it showed 7 am.
" Mom, why are you waking me up so early?" Hermione replied sleepily.
" What did I tell you about calling me mom?!" her mother hissed in her face.
Hermione looked at her mother with fear, the sweet tone her mother had used earlier made her believe that last night was just a nightmare. However this proved that last night had been real.
"That I shouldn't because you are not my mother" she said in a scared voice, unable to meet her mother's eyes.
"That's right. So never call me mom again. Oh, by the way me, and the man you insist on calling father are going away today. If you are lucky we will be back this evening, but don't count on it.."
"But today is my birthday, you can't leave me today" Hermione said in a heartbroken voice and with tears in her eyes.
"Oh yes we can and we will. I will not celebrate the day you came into our life" she said in an evil voice and you could see the hatred in her eyes while looking at Hermione.
"So have a happy birthday all on your own." with that said Hermiones mother started going towards the door, but when she reached it, she stopped with her hand on the handle.
" By the way.. don't touch anything we have payed for and that means food. Is that clear?"
"Yes" Hermione replied.
"Good" she said after hearing Hermione's she went out of the room slamming the door behind her.
Hermione let herself fall back against the pillows with tears falling freely down her face.
...
Little did she know that right outside her window there was a grey tabby cat with strange markings around its eyes watching her, and that the cat had heard every word that was spoken between Hermione and her mother.
Minerva McGonagall had always looked up on the muggleborn children just to make sure that they were not mistreated or threatened because of the ability they were born with. What she just saw between two people who are supposed to always love each other made her heart break into pieces. She would never have admitted it to someone but she cared deeply for this little girl, just like she was her own daughter. And now that she had proof of how she was treated she swore that she would do anything to get her out of there... She looked inside one last time before going to talk to Albus, and what she saw made her heart hurt even more, the poor girl had cried herself back to sleep.
ALBUS' OFFICE AT HOGWARTS
"Albus you can't stop me, I'm going to take her away from those people and nothing you say will change that!" Minerva screamed at Albus.
"I'm not trying to stop you Tabby, but are you sure that you can take care for her?" he replied, attempting to be the voice of reason, but failing.
Minerva was getting really mad at this point, all she know was that she wanted her little one out of there and that she wanted to take care of her. So she took a deep breath and looked Albus right in the eyes, and held his gaze while she said, "Albus you are my best friend, and know me better than anyone so you should know that I would be able to take care of her and that I've always wanted a daughter of my own."
By now tears had begun falling from her eyes, and she didn't fight when Albus gathered herr into a warm embrace.
" I know Minnie, I know and if you're sure, I will help you in any way I can, I promise to always be here for you no matter what."
Minerva leaned back from his embrace and smiled at him and he smiled back at her.
" Well maybe you should go to you're future daughter and wish her a happy birthday." Albus whispered in her ear.
She looked into his blue twinkling eyes and then at the clock and saw that it was 12 am by now, so she nodded and left his office. She appeared in front of the Granger house and transformed into her cat form. As a cat Minerva could hear a noise coming from the back yard. Minerva started go to the back yard to see what or who had made that noise only to find a special person sitting under a big tree.
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Hermione was sitting in her back yard dressed in a simple yellow summer dress and her hair in a high ponytail, she was leaning her back against the only tree in the garden and was looking at the present that laid in her lap. She slowly picked up the card and began reading.
'Dear Hermione today is your fifth birthday and I hope you have a wonderful day; well as wonderful as you can expect considering your living situation...But ether way, hope you are all right and I look forward to see you again after the summer break. And I hope that this present will find you well.
With Love,
Kate McGore'
Hermione had tears rolling down her face by now, because she never thought that someone could care so much for her that they would buy her a present. She had not received a present in 2 years, not since the day that the strange things had started to happen to her. She put down the card and slowly begun unwrapping the present. Inside was a book of fairytales. Hermione started looking through it and saw that it had all her favorite stories in it.
FLASH BACK
"So Hermione do you like this semesters fairytale theme?." asked
"Oh yes, very much! I just wish that I could read them at home too.." Hermione said while looking at the floor.
"Don't you have a fairytale book?"
"No Ms. I don't."
END OF FLASH BACK
Suddenly Hermione heard a noise and looked all around her, until she saw a grey tabby cat sitting in the grass looking at her. She slowly got up and started going towards the cat and kneeled in front of it, saying softly,
"Hi there I'm Hermione and you're cute, would you like to be my friend?"
The cat just looked at her and then climbed up to her lap and rubbed its head against her cheek.
"I take that as a yes!" Hermione said happily and got up with the cat in her arms. She sat back under the tree and looked at the cat and know she could tell her everything she couldn't tell anyone else.
" You are my first friend, so please don't leave me like everyone else does, even my parents have left me so please be my friend for always.."
The cat just rubbed it's head against her cheek and purred as answer.
" Good! Then you will need a name, let me think... What about...tabby?" Hermione asked the small animal in her arms.
"Meow" the little cat replied.
She was just about to say something when her stomach started to make noises from hunger. She hadn't eaten since last night and was beginning to become really hungry. She sat Tabby down on the grass and got up,
" Wait here I just need to go to my room to get something to eat."
With that said she went inside the house. But when she got back to the back yard Tabby was gone and in her place was a lady in a emerald dress leaning against the tree.
Hermione stopped dead in her tracks and just stared at the women for a couples of seconds, until the strange women notice her and smiled at her while walking towards Hermione.
"Who are you,and what do you want, I don't have anything I can give you so please leave." Hermione said in a low frightened voice as she took a step back from the woman who was slowly coming to stand in front of her.
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Minerva didn't know what to do when she saw Hermione back up when she got close, but decided to let her know that she wasn't there to hurt her. She put a finger under Hermione's chin and lifted it so she could look her in the eyes
"I'm not here to hurt you Hermione, trust me. I'm here to help you." Minerva said to the little girl.
"Like the fairy godmother in Cinderella?" Hermione asked.
Minerva had to smile at this, she had never been seen as a fairy godmother but she could get used to it.
"Kind of, you just need to know that I would do anything for you my dear" Minerva replied.
"Why?" Hermione asked a bit confused.
"Why what?" Minerva responded, just as confused as the little girl standing in front of her.
"Why would you do anything for me?" Hermione clarified in a small voice.
"Because I really like you and want you to be happy" Minerva stated, hating Hermione's so called parents even more.
"Why do you like me you don't even know me?" Hermione asked again. She just couldn't understand how this woman who she didn't even know could like her, but her own parents couldn't.
"Oh yes I do Hermione, and you know me as well. I understand if you don't remember me, but I could tell you if you like." Minerva said with a smirk.
"I would really like that." Hermione said to the woman.
"Alright lets sit under the tree and talk dear" Minerva said.
Minerva took Hermione's hand in hers and started guiding the little girl towards the tree, with the thoughts and hopes that Hermione would one day very soon become the daughter she had always wished for.
