Hi, all! Here comes the next chapter. It's little short but I hope you enjoy it anyway. Please note that this I my first time ever to write a story.
2. The daughter of Merlin's blood.
After Hermione had left the book she got from professor McGonnagal she went to look for Harry to talk to him about what was bothering him. She found him on the trail to Hagrid's hut on his way back to the castle.
"Did McGonnagal ask about last year?" Harry asked as soon they met on the trail.
"No" Hermione answered. "She wanted …" Hermione hesitated. She wondered it was a good idea to tell him about the book, and decided that it was not at the moment. " show me my family tree. It turns out that I'm related to both you and Neville and a lot of other people here at the castle. Can you believe that I'm related to that dunderhead McLaggen. I still can't believe that I agreed to go out with him."
Harry laughed at her last comment and said, "Yeah, but you must agree that it was a splendid way to make Ron jealous."
"Yeah, it was" Hermione sighed. "Anyway, I also found out that the last witch in my family was Natalie Longbottom and according to Phineas Nigellus, she went to Hogwarts when he was headmaster at Hogwarts. He also told me that she was exactly like me except that she was in Slytherin."
"What?" Harry said with disbelief in his voice. "How could she been Slytherin if she was like you."
" I know what you think, Harry", Hermione said "but according to Nigellus Slytherin's was not that bad at his time at Hogwarts. He even called Malfoy a brat."
"I agree to that" Harry said. "Anyway, Hermione. I wonder why McGonnagal told you about this today, she has so many other things to do, like make sure that the castle is repaired and such. I also wonder why she has not told you before if she knew."
Hermione didn't know what to answer. Apparently Harry guessed that there was more to the story than she had told him. When Hermione didn't answer he started walk along the trail towards the castle and she followed him. When they reached the front door to the castle Hermione said, "Harry, you are right. There was some more things that McGonnagal told me, but I can't tell you for the moment. Anyway I'm not only one here who keeps thing to myself."
"What do you mean?" Harry said with a surprised look at his face.
"Oh, come on Harry. I can see that something is bothering you. I have known you for over seven years and I learned to see when something is bothering you."
For several moments Harry didn't say anything and then he said, "Let's go to a empty classroom."
Once in a empty classroom at the second floor Harry turned to Hermione. "I know Voldemort is dead" he started, "but I can't be happy about it because something keeps telling me that it's my fault that so many died. What if we tracked down the horcruxes faster then we did, maybe, Tonks, Fred, Lupin and the others wouldn't be dead. I know it's stupid to think this way, but I can't just help it."
"I guessed it was something like this" Hermione said slowly. "I don't really know what to say because the last day I have felt the same thing." This seemed to cheer Harry up a little bit. "I think it just a effect of the stress we have been going trough. Hopefully it will fade away over time."
"I hope so" Harry said because I can't stand with thought for the rest of my life." Before they departed from the classroom Hermione gave Harry a hug and said "Try to be busy and talk to Ginny, that might help you to hold those thoughts away. You also know that Ginny would be very crossed with you if you don't talk to her."
The following days Harry seemed to be happier and Hermione guessed that her little talk to him had helped him. All students who remained at the castle helped out with the repairs who needed to be done, which gave Hermione very little time to study the book. She didn't tell anyone about the book but she told the everybody that she had found out that there had been wizards and witches in her family. The only thing she didn't told here was the fact that she and Harry seemed to be related to Merlin.
When Neville heard that she was the great granddaughter of Natalie Longbottom and what Nigellus had said about her. Neville told her that Natalie had worked for Ministry's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and that she had tried to convince the ministry that house elf's, centaurs, and goblins should have the same rights as Wizards and witches. When Ron heard about this he had teased her for days and reminding her about S.P.E.W.
Even if Hermione knew the story that the book contained she read it from the start because she thought this somehow could be important. Two weeks after the battle she had read trough the book. She could establish that she didn't know all the details. For example Harry had never told her about Snape's memory of his parents he had seen in Dumbledore's pensive in their fifth year. The night she finished the book she was at the Burrow because it was the day before Fred's funeral. When she put away the book the thought about why she had got the book. Had she got the book because someone in the past had known about Voldemort and wanted to make sure he was stopped earlier? She didn't know if this was possible, but it was the only option she could think of. With this only this only option in mind Hermione started to think about how she was supposed change the events both in reality and in the book. She had almost fell asleep when something appeared to her, something she had read, but where was it? After a couple of moments it came to her, the author's note on the first in the book. She scrambled out of bed and grabbed the book from her bag. Eagerly she opened the book and read the following:
The events in this book can only be changed by a daughter of Merlin's Blood. She must visit the parents of the one who defeated the dark lord.
The love of her life must follow otherwise her cause will fail.
The book contains a portal to the past, wish only will open with her blood.
Beware if she and her beloved one fails the dark lord never can be defeated.
Beware again if she choose not visit the past the child of the dark lord will take power.
Hermione thought she was going to faint. She couldn't believe she missed this when she read it back in the Heads office. But when she thought about it was not what the text had said back then, it had said something different but she couldn't remember what. It was the only the new text that was going trough her head. The events in this book can only be changed by a daughter of Merlin's Blood. That must be her because the family tree had said she was descended from Merlin. She must visit the parents of the one who defeated the dark lord. So she and Ron must travel back in time and at this thought she started go really scared because she started to realize what she was supposed to do.
The love of her life must follow otherwise her cause will fail. The love of her life must be Ron she thought, there was no one else she love so much as Ron. At least she was not going to be alone in this. The book contains a portal to the past, which only will open with her blood. It's nice the book told me how to do this. Beware if she and her beloved one fails the dark lord never can be defeated. This was something she never would allow if she could stop it, not after what she, Harry had went trough. Beware again if she choose not visit the past the child of the dark lord will take power. This last sentence made it clear for her that she and Ron had no choice in this.
Just as she put the book in her bag Ginny made her way in the room. She caught sight of Hermione's face and said "What the hell happened to you. You look like a ghost."
"Can you please go and get Ron" Hermione managed to croak before she sank down on her bed. Ginny immediately went to fetch Ron as she was asked, and was back with him and Harry and Mrs. Weasley, a couple of minutes later.
"What happened?" Mrs. Weasley said worriedly.
"Yeah, what happened, you look like you are going be to sick or something" said Harry.
"Nothing happened" said Hermione but it was obvious that they didn't believe her. "Can I please talk to Ron alone."
"Sure", Mrs. Weasley said while she as dragged Ginny and Harry along with her. Trough the door she and Ron could hear Mrs. Weasley say "You don't think she is pregnant?" Hermione snorted at this and so did Ron. Ron walked to the bed and sat down beside Hermione.
"What happened, Hermione?" Ron said after a while. Hermione thought a moment before she answered. "Something has happened and it has to do with something Professor McGonnagal gave me." Hermione decided that it was no idea to tell Ron the hole story right now, she would have time later and she didn't need to lay time on convincing Ron at this so she just grabbed the book from her bag again and handed it to Ron who took it from her with a puzzled expression. Next she took a quill and pushed it to her finger. It started to bleed.
"What …" Ron started.
"Just open the book, Ron" Hermione interrupted him. He did so and Hermione drop the blood on the book. What happened next she did not exactly knew. The only thing she could remember afterward was it was almost like travel with port key, but the difference was that there also a lot of images that flipped trough her mind. Seconds later she lay in a small room with a fireplace and couple of chairs.
She heard Ron's voice beside her "What the hell happened?"
"Ron" Hermione said. "I think we are in the past."
"What? How in the hell did that happen? This must be a joke or something."
"No, it's not … " Hermione started but in just in that moment the door to the room opened and a man and woman stepped in.
They caught sight of Ron and Hermione and the man said "Oh, I didn't know that somebody was in here, sorry." He started to turn around to the door , but before he reached it Hermione said "James Potter, and Lily Evans, we need to talk to you." The man turned around to face her when Hermione heard a thud. It turned out to be Ron who had fainted. Hm, I thought I was the one who was going to faint Hermione thought.
