Chapter 2

'Back for another adventure...' she thought, 'but this time, Ron and Harry won't be here with me.' And then she remembered 'but I have Leo, and my three other brothers and sisters, and my new parents!' Leo looked at her, a bit worried. She gave him a big smile and hurried to catch up with him.

The family entered the forest, still carrying the trunk. They stopped once they were undercover and Alrick turned over.

'I'll take the trunk, Adora will Apparate you two to the house. Are you ok with that Hermione?' He asked.

She nodded, smiling.

'Very well, take hold of my arm' told her Adora

Hermione closed her eyes, holding Adora very firmly. A few seconds later she opened them again and stayed speechless.

She wasn't standing in front of a house; she was standing in front of a huge palace!

Ok, maybe not a palace, but the house was so huge she was getting a stiff neck just by trying to see the top of it!

'Wow!' Breathed Hermione, Leo laughed

'It's quite impressive isn't it? But look around, it's even more beautiful!'

Hermione did as she was asked and… She just stopped breathing!

The manor was proudly resting in a valley. Everywhere was wildness, not a track disturbed the beautiful scenery.

'Look over there, that's a waterfall! It falls in this lake. We can go for a swim if you want?'

Hermione nodded. She faced the manor again, not baring to see such beauty at once, it burnt her eyes!

She turned towards the big wooden door

'Can it open?' She asked, looking at it with big eyes

It must have been three times her size, if not more, a big golden S carved into it. All around it, roses adorned the wall.

Adora, her new mother, laughed

'Look darling'

She took her wand and pointed at the S, touching one end of it. Nothing seemed to happen, but then, she passed right through the door, as if it didn't exist.

'A disillusion charm…' breathed Hermione

Her father looked at her and smiled

'It is quite a simple spell, but very useful!'

Hermione, glad to hear her father talk to her, smiled back

'Yes, and I read they use it at Hogwarts to, in the great hall there is an enchanted ceiling.'

'I know, I've been there too.' Her father told her as they passed the door, her brother following just behind.

'You were? In which house were you?'

'I was in Slytherin'

'Is that why there is a big S on the front door?'

'No, that is because it is the initial of our name, Sangaur.'

'Oh yes, I should have thought about it…' He laughed, and it was a warm laugh. Hermione immediately loved it

'Don't worry; it's the same thing anyways. The Sangaur are one, if not the oldest pure-blood family. Slytherin's mostly bore pure-blood pupils, and most pure-blood pupils go to Slytherin…'

'I'm a pure-blood witch?' Asked Hermione, dumb-struck. Her father looked at her

'Why, is that a problem for you?'

'No, no of course not! It's just… Well, all of these years, some people have been calling me a mud-blood… It's almost funny to know I'm the opposite of what they said I was…' Her father's eyes hardened

'Who called you a mud-blood?' Hermione looked at him and was almost scared of the look of anger her father had

'Don't worry its ok!'

'I just don't want you to be sad or hurt' Alrick told her. That made her very happy

'Thank you.'

She thought of Malefoy, what a shock it would be to him to hear that she was a pure-blood witch! And what more, that her family was one of the oldest pure-blood families in the world! But then she had a thought that she didn't like at all

'I have a question. I heard all of the pure-blood families were related, one way or another does that mean we are related to the Blacks and Malefoy?'

'Well… The world is… Let's say it is divided in two, when you're up to pure-bloods. On one side, there are the Blacks and the Malefoys and probably a few other little pure-blood families, but very insignificant ones, and on the other side, there are the Sangaur and the Aureavis. They are a French pure-blood family. The way you can know our two families have mangled together is by looking at our name. Sangaur is a contraction of sanguis aurum in Latin, which means golden blood. Aureavis is the contraction of Aurea avis, which means golden bird. In both of our names, there is gold.' Hermione was starting to understand

'But what is the community of Malefoy and Black?' Her father shrugged

'There isn't any.' Hermione stayed thoughtful for a moment.

'Do you know the Malefoys well?' Asked her father

'Draco Malefoy is in Slytherin in my year so I wouldn't say well, but I've met him.'

'Which house are you in?' Asked her brother.

'I'm not in Slytherin she said, glancing at her father, but in Gryffindor.' He smiled.

They had arrived at the end of the long corridor and were now standing face to light crystal and golden doors.

'I was in Ravenclaw.' Told them her mother and she pushed the doors open

The room that had just been revealed was the living-room.

Just as the rest of the "house", it was a splendid place. Very cozy and welcoming, the room stayed very natural. In the middle of the room sat a delicate wooden table and on each side of it were two big sofas of a pearl color. In a far corner stood a wooden piano. Not a grand piano, but an upright one. Somehow, Hermione preferred it like that. The wall on her left and the one facing her were, as the ones outside the manor, adorned by plants. It could have given a looked of devastated place to the house, but on the contrary, it made it seem alive!

When Hermione turned to the right wall, she gasped.

'Don't tell me this is… An aquarium?' She turned towards her parents and back to the transparent wall. 'A whole wall for an aquarium?' Not letting them time to answer she exclaimed.' And are those… Are those Lionfish? Wow, they're even more beautiful in real than on the pictures! And look at this coral! My goodness, how beautiful can it get?'

Her brother laughed and she turned to him

'What? I've never seen anything like this before!'

'You've never seen coral?' Leo asked in disbelief

'No, why, have you seen some?'

'Well, I spent my life swimming by them!'

'I'm sorry? Where were you?'

'In Australia, but my tutor loved the see so we went for a lot of excursions and he brought me with him. I loved going under water, you are right, it is very beautiful.'

That piece of information took the huge aquarium right out of her mind

'You lived in Australia? That is so cool! Really, and did you see kangaroos?' She asked him

'They aren't that impressive you know.'

'Would you like to see your room Hermione?' Asked her mother.' Lila, Keith and Feather have gone for a swim in the lake; you can go and join them afterwards if you wish.'

'I would be delighted!'

'All right, this way then.' Her father indicated the way.

They passed through an archway in the aquarium and along another corridor. It felt very strange to be walking under water thought Hermione, but she liked it. They arrived at the end of the corridor and went up a flight of stairs. They arrived on the first landing. On one side of her was a big wooden door but her father brought them in the opposite direction. They went up and down a few other staircases before arriving in front of a much smaller staircase. Alrick Sangaur turned towards her.

'From that point on and above, it is your place. You will have your own apartments.' He told her.

They then started climbing what seemed like a flight of steps that would never end. When they got to the top, she gasped. The room was, of course, beautiful, all in the red and gold tones as any Gryffindor room ought to be, but the view she had… There were no words to describe it!

'I'll let you unpack now.' Her father told her.' Oh, and just so you know, your godmother and some friends are coming to dine with us tonight.'

'All right! Uhm, at what time do we dine?' Asked Hermione

'I will ask you to come and great them at about seven thirty tonight, is that good for you?'

The girl nodded.

'Right, let's just get done with this.' She gave a flick of her wand and all of her belongings flew out of her case into the drawers. She caught a black swimsuit in mid-air

'I'll just go get changed,' she told her brother as he nodded, and she headed towards the bathroom.

A pool occupied the middle of the room, and she guessed it must be the bathtub. The wall facing the entry was a mirror, and in the far left corner was a small fountain that must be the sink. She quickly changed, took a towel and came back to her brother

'I'm ready' she told him, and they left the room.

Once outside of the maze the castle was for her, Hermione turned to her brother.

'This way' he told her, and they walked for about five minutes before arriving at the top of a cliff.

Hermione heard them before she saw them. At first, she heard a child scream and another one laugh, and then, an teenager's voice saying

'Keith! Be careful with your sister!'

It was then that she saw them, three people in the middle of the lake, one with her hair tied up in a bun, Lila she guessed, and two kids splashing each other. Hermione felt her heart miss a beat. They were her brother and sisters.

'You all right?' Asked Leo, a smile on his lips

'Sure!' She answered,' let's go and see them!' And she ran down a path on the side of the cliff; Leo laughed and followed her.

'Lila, look, Leo's back!' Cried Feather, seeing, the two of them running down

'There's Hermione!' Cried Keith, eager to meet another friend, and he swam quickly to the shore

'Keith, not so fast!' Cried his sister behind him, and the two girls made their way back too, a little slower thought.

The twins arrived at the beach at the same time as Keith. He was soaking wet, and with a huge smile he came to hug Hermione.

'Hello, he said, I'm Keith!' He had slight accent, French Hermione guessed, but it made him even more charming.

'Hello Keith pleased to meet you.'

'Leo, you're back!' Cried the little Feather, 'oh hello Hermione right?' And she hugged her too, pushing her brother aside

'Keith, Feather, you've gotten her wet already!' Said Lila, but, the two kids just laughed, not feeling guilty in the least little bit. 'I'm Lila by the way, pleased to meet you, finally!'

'Good to meet you too!'

'Come on, let's go swim.' Said Leo, and all five of them ran back in the water.

It was quite warm and they had a lot of fun. After about an hour, Adora came out with a bowl of fruits and cookies. Keith saw it first and give a mighty cry

'Cookies!'

Leo turned around and the little boy immediately realized his mistake

'No, they're mine!'

'Hahaha, you wish!' Was the only answer he got, and both boys raced back to the shore, closely followed by Feather. Lila and Hermione came back too, a little slower. It was only once she was out of the water that Hermione realized how hungry she was. She sneaked up between the three other ones, and just as Leo was about to take one of the biscuits, she snatched it away

'Hey! That was mine!' She laughed teasingly, backing up

'Hum, what a delicious cookie! Oh, I'm sure it's the best one that has ever existed!' She said, taking a bite of it.

Her twin's eyes narrowed, and giving a mighty cry he ran towards her. They rolled in the sand and finally, he got back up with a sandy peace of cookie in his hand

'Got it!' He cried, and he gave a Hermione out of breath because of laughing hand to get back up.

The three other ones were laughing too and her mother just shook her head in a way that said "how old are you?"

At six o'clock they all made their way back up to the manor to get dressed. Adora lent a dress to Hermione for dinner and promised she would bring her shopping the next day to get more formal clothes.

Time went by very quickly and all five kids were sitting in the library when the clock struck seven thirty.

'So where were you all of these years?' Hermione was asking her sister

'I was in Norway. Father and mother said they would explain everything at dinner, why they had to leave and all.'

'And that is what we will do.' Rang a voice behind them.

Their parents had come up, accompanied by the guests. Hermione couldn't very well see them, but she knew one of them was her godmother.

'Children, may I present you our friends of long date, Narcissa and Lucius and their son Draco, and your godmother Hermione, Bellatrix.'

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Hi! First of all, thanks a lot for the reviews and for all the support like putting my story in favorites and all. I'll try to update faster but I'm going on vacation for two weeks. Don't worry, I'll wright there ^^

I'm also righting other stories but I'll put those ones online once I'm finished with this one :-D

So what do you think of Bellatrix being Hermione's godmother? And the Malefoys are here too ^^

And finally, I just wanted to answer to

Shorty653, I wright like that (with the - ) because it's how I'm used to wright (I think it's the french way of doing it, kind of ^^ a bit simplified) but you're wright, I should be doing it with those thingies - ' - and it's much less confusing ^^ So I just changed this chapter and from now on it will be like that ;-D thanks for pointing it out ^^

I hope you enjoy it!