"Why did you bring me here, am I supposed to be your prisoner!" Hermione howled from the dungeon room they had put her in, everything she did had no effect.
"We don't want to hurt you Hermione," Remus said through the wall.
"Bugger off, if you didn't want to hurt me you wouldn't have told me my best friends in the world where dead," she yelled back unsure of where to direct her voice as the echo of Remus' voice made it unclear as to where exactly he was.
"They where my parents," a voice much clearer then Remus' come, Hermione turned to face the James look alike.
"Who?" she asked her natural curiosity getting the better of her as she sat carefully ready to spring if the look alike tried anything to hurt her.
"My father was James Potter," Harry began ignoring her 'No shit' look as she stared at him, "And Lilly Potter, or Evans was my mother," Harry stared shocked as she burst out into laughter.
"You mean they actually got together, no way," she smiled broadly. "They must have been great parents huh?"
"Actually I don't know," Harry said softly, she looked up surprised. "They… they died when I was one, Voldemort killed them. Then he tried to kill me but the spell backfired, I was sent to live with my aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon. They treated me pretty bad but then I found out I was a wizard, um… my first year I found Voldemort going after the Sorcerers Stone using our DADA Professor as a vessel and I stopped him. Second year he possessed my best friends little sister and she let loose a basilisk which is-"
"It's a large snake that can kill someone if you look directly into his eyes, the call of the chicken kills it blah blah blah," she interrupted; Harry nodded his eyes wide and continued.
"So I killed the Basilisk then third year Sirius escaped from Azkaban because my parents went into hiding and they thought he was the secret keeper so when they where attacked obviously they thought he was the bad guy. We helped him get away, not much with Voldemort that year except with Pettigrew who was on his side. Then my fourth year during the tri wizard tournament he portkeyed the cup and me and Cedric Diggory grabbed it at the same time, he killed Cedric and took my blood to get his body back. Fourth year Sirius was killed falling through a veil in the department of mysteries, fifth year Dumbledore was almost killed by a death eater but escaped and… and here we are at the beginning of seventh year," Harry shrugged and looked to her for her opinion.
"Why are you telling me all this?" she asked cocking her head to the side.
"Nobody will tell me, tell me what my parents where like… I just want to know them," she could see tears leaking from the boy's bespectacled eyes, he held out her wand palm up. She took it and stuck it behind her ear before settling in more comfortable.
"I remember when your dad decided that he was going to marry your mom…"
"This is incredible," Hermione stared up at the castle, this was her first year at Hogwarts, she smiled at James Potter a friend she had met on the train who smiled back as they stared up at the castle.
"Hey, look at her," he pointed to the boat next to them where a red head stared in wonderment at the castle.
"What about her," a cocky boy introduced as Sirius Black followed James' finger.
"I'm gonna marry her one day," James proclaimed.
"Yah right," Hermione rolled her eyes.
"I'm serious, look gimme your hands," she complied rolling her eyes again, "I James Potter swear that by the end of my life I will have married the cute redhead in boat eight."
"Your dad was cocky, he walked right up to her and asked if she'd be his girlfriend and she turned him down flat. But that was Lilly; I was the only Mauderer to have a friend who despised one of us…"
"Hey your that super witch right?" Lilly Evans inquired of Hermione the third month of life at Hogwarts.
"Most people just call me Hermione," she shrugged and made to keep walking but was stopped by the girls surprising question.
"Can you help me study, your really smart and I just need some help with this potions thing it's really not my cup of tea," she turned to find Lilly Evans' deep green eyes pleading with her.
"I don't know, I mean you might have to deal with James and Sirius hanging about," Hermione shrugged.
"I'm ok with that."
"Your dad did everything he could to impress her but she was having none of it," Hermione's eyes had grown misty with the memories of her friends.
"What kind of things?" Harry asked leaning foreword to the only real connection he had left with his parents.
"Oh everything, he pranked teachers, pranked students, he even pranked himself once, see what he didn't get is that Lilly liked him fine the way he was it was his cocky attitude that turned her off."
"How did he figure that out?" Harry asked.
"Well he and Lilly where fighting at the end of sixth year and at the top of her lungs she yells out, "If you would just grow up James Potter maybe I would go out with you," then she runs onto the train and lo and behold James is grown up."
"Harry we need to talk," Remus entered holding open the door.
"Gonna ruin everything I have Remus, gonna ruin this too… don't forget to mention who my partners where," Hermione's cold laugh followed them from the dungeon.
"Remus will you tell me what's going on?" Harry jerked his arm from the werewolf's grasp and the man sighed putting a hand to his forehead massaging his temples.
"She's not what you think Harry, she your father, and Sirius where… they killed people Harry. She was the worst, manipulative and beautiful all wrapped into one, she killed without mercy and without a second thought," Lupin grabbed Harry's shoulders forcing the boy to look up at him.
"Why are you telling me this, what does it matter?" Harry asked his eyes filled with a pain that Lupin had never seen. He dropped his hands in shock staring into the emerald green eyes, "She's the only connection I have to my father Remus, the only person that knew him that will tell me anything."
"Dumbledore's probably going to ask her to continue working as an assassin, Harry I just want you to be prepared for the killer that you'll see in her," Remus leaned back against a desk. He watched Harry survey the room and took it in with him, a small green rug before a hearth with no fire. A wooden chair was the only decoration aside from the desk Remus sat against and the chair before it. He smiled ironically realizing that this was the room James, Sirius, and Hermione had used to plan their attacks, he looked to a large door that held a moving portrait. He looked into the eyes of the animals, an eagle, a tiger, a stag, and a black shaggy dog that all looked away from him.
"Lupin I appreciate your… your caring for my well being but I need some connection to my parents, I need some link with them and if she can give me that then I'll take my chances," Lupin flinched with the slamming of the door and turned his head from the picture. He stared at it as the figures took on their human shapes, the tiger and bird came together to form Hermione while Sirius and James's Anamagus forms transformed back.
"Am I doing the right thing old friends?" Lupin inquired of the portrait. James stepped foreword while Sirius clamped his hand over Hermione's mouth most likely stopping her loud argument.
"He's right Moony, it's his choice… I know you never did but I for one trust Hermione with my life and that of my son, you need to get her back in the game. She wouldn't have come to this time unless she was meant to be here," James helped grab Hermione who had broken free and had her mouth free.
"Bugger off you stupid werewolf, I hate killing people you stupid bastard. Just because I hide it better I've- oomph," James and Sirius had wrestled her to the ground.
"I do think you should leave now Moony before she figures out how to get out of this portrait and kill you," Sirius smiled his eyes alight with happiness. When the portrait had been created the occupants had been told they could only leave their animal forms when Lupin or Dumbledore where in the room as to not risk their identities.
"Your back," Hermione stared at Harry from her position in meditation on the floor.
"Yup," Harry sat across from her staring right back.
"He told you?" she inquired cocking her head to the side a few locks of her hair falling across her face.
"Yup," Harry agreed smirking slightly.
"And you came back, brave boy," she laughed lightly.
"Are you planning on killing me?" Harry asked moving to sit next to her leaning against the bunk her back was against to keep her back completely straight.
"If you hear Lupin tell it after he found out what we did I'll kill anything that moves" she stretched out her legs and clambered up onto the bunk motioning Harry to join her. He sat leaning against the headboard of the cot and she took the position at the foot.
"For starters you should know that we did it because there was nobody else, nobody was willing to do it. It was the hardest decision the three of us ever made, Sirius and James used to have to wake each other up after nightmares so that nobody would know. And since I couldn't tell anyone in my dorm I had to compartmentalize which is why Lupin always thought that I didn't care. My nightmares where in my head," she sat back closing her eyes against the pain of memories.
"Dumbledore approached me and my best friend Ron with the job last week, our best friend Ginny, Ron's baby sister was going to be our familiar at the school before you came Dumbledore was going to announce to the order our acceptance of the conditions," Harry pulled absently at the quilt covering the bed.
"I figured you might," she smiled softly, "Your dad he was so terrified every time but as soon as the adrenaline kicked in he was off like a rocket."
"I spoke to Dumbledore and he thinks it's a good idea, would you like to be our third?" Harry asked cocking his head to the side.
"You know your mom was something of a seer. She alwiase used to say that I was born only to see the beginning and end of the war, my goal in life was to bring wisdom of the past to the future course I don't believe it I'm not much for divination," she smiled lightly and her finger traced a tattoo on her wrist. She saw the direction of Harry's gaze and pulled up her cloak, "Your dad and Sirius had them too except they only had one."
"Can I?" Harry asked holding out a tentave hand.
"Go ahead," she nodded, Harry brought his hand down on the tattoo of a Japanese Katana along her forearm, she gestured him to step back and closed her eyes. A blinding flash of white light surrounded her arms and the blades where held in her hands, she held one out to Harry who took it with wide eyes.
"You'll notice your dad and Sirius weren't big for short sleeves or tank tops," she shrugged and accepted the blades back. "Though there's where more bulky then mine they both had claymore's one for each. Sirius' was on his left hand because he's left handed though so you could tell them apart.
"Miss Granger, if I could have a word, alone," Albus Dumbledore interrupted the conversation his eyes hard as he stared at the girl in the room, Harry exited and took a seat on the cold dungeon floor as he waited.
