Chapter 3- the truth comes out
A month passed since Hermione came back to life. She had become better friends with Parvati, Lavender, Neville, Dean and Seamus than she had with Harry and Ron. Her grades stayed the same but she had become interested in Quidditch, she was now Chaser on the team.
A notice came out a few weeks after her first game.
ATTENTION:
Dew to popular demand every one will have an email and instant message account placed on magical computers and lap tops. You will be able to choose your own personal addresses.
Signed
Albus Dumbledore
When Hermione looked at the notice she thought back to when she, Harry and Ron kept in touch through emails.
FLASH BACK
"Here's my email address." Said Hermione handing each of the boys a scrap piece of parchment with: gryffindorbookgoddess written on it.
"Cool, so we'll keep in touch while you're in France and Ron's in Spain?" asked Harry.
"Definitely mate. Here's mine." Ron handed a piece of parchment with: redprince.
"Ok well here's mine too." Harry's was: scarredforlife.
"We'll see you soon Harry. I'm only going away for three weeks and Ron's going for two. Chances are you'll be invited to the Burrow before you know it." Said Hermione.
The trio hugged tightly and went their separate ways; Ron to his family, Hermione to her parents and Harry to his aunt and uncle.
END FLASH BACK
When Harry and Ron saw the notice they felt a wave of pain wash over them s they thought back to the day when they all swapped email addresses.
"Let's keep the same addresses that we had when we gave them to Hermione, as a memory of her." Said Ron.
"Yeah. You know sometimes I think she's still here. And I don't mean in the spiritual way, you know the new girl Helena? Well she reminds me of Hermione in so many ways; the way she walks, talks, laughs, answers questions, hands in homework. Only difference is; she plays Quidditch and Hermione never played." Confessed Harry.
"I know what you mean; it's like she's Hermione's twin."
A month later the emails and instant messages were set up. Students would spend hours on the computers and lap tops to talk privately to one another. One evening when Harry and Ron were on the instant messaging page they noticed a pop up.
Gryffindorbookgoddess has just signed in.
"Harry look."
"It's Hermione's email address."
"Let's chat to her."
Scarredforlife: hi, Hermione?
Gryffindorbookgoddess: who's this? How did you get my email address.
Redprince: Hermione is that you?
Gryffindorbookgoddess: … … … yes
Scarredforlife: but how? You're dead.
Redprince: I was there when you died.
Gryffindorbookgoddess: well it's a long and complicated story. You see I was brought back to life because Draco loves me. Dumbledore explained the whole thing to me.
Redprince: where are you? Are you still at Hogwarts?
Gryffindorbookgoddess has signed out.
"Harry she's gone."
Harry didn't reply. Hermione was alive and could still be in school, the school's instant message programme was only set in the school but Hermione had a lap top so she could connect with the school even if she was in the muggle world, she was smart enough.
The next day Hermione woke up later than she intended. As she looked round she saw a lot of her things were just thrown around the room, she sadly looked down as she remembered why.
FLASH BACK
"Ugh how could I have been so stupid? Now they're going to come looking for me." She steamed as she threw her clothes from her trunk and cupboard around the room.
She looked over at a picture of Harry, Ron, Ginny and herself that was taken last time she was at the Burrow. They were all laughing and smiling at the camera and then laughed harder when Ron tried to strike a male model pose but only fell over on his backside. Tears formed in her eyes as she thought back to that happy day; Ginny had just been named Prefect and Harry had finally admitted how he felt about Ginny, the tears fell down her cheeks and she sobbed her self to sleep.
END FLASH BACK
She got out of bed and began tidying up her clothes. She looked back at the picture; there was only Harry, Ron and Ginny standing there now, they looked incredibly sad. Where had the picture of her gone? She then realised that because she 'died' then the Golden Trio had died too.
As Hermione entered the Great Hall she was blocked by Blaise.
"Hey Helena, you ok?"
"Oh, hi Blaise. Yeah I'm great thanks. You?"
"Yeah, could be better but I think I'll get over having McGonagall before lunch and Binns first thing after breakfast."
"Yeah, I don't mind McGonagall so much but I can't handle Binns."
"Yeah. Hey can I talk to you about something?"
"Sure what about?"
"Draco, yourself and Hermione Granger."
Hermione did a double take.
"Ok. Let's take a walk."
The two walked out the Hall not knowing that Harry and Ron followed them under Harry's invisibility cloak. As Hermione and Blaise walked around the grounds they spoke of different topics; Quidditch, school work, friends, family and love. When it got to the topic of love Hermione felt rather uncomfortable.
"So Helena, ever been in love?"
"Once, it wasn't that long ago but he didn't love me back, or so I thought." She knew it was a dangerous subject so she added a lie. "I was in France and there was this boy I loved but he treated my love as a silly girlish crush, when I left I received a message from a friend I had made there that the boy in question did indeed love me and regretted denying me. I must have been about 14 at the time, he was nearing 15."
Blaise nodded and he knew instantly it was Hermione.
"You can stop with the lies Hermione."
"What did you call me? I'm Helena remember? You didn't even like Hermione, you along with Draco made her life hell, so when she found out she loved him you persuaded him to play along and then break her heart causing her to kill herself with a knife of the Phoenix Pearl Witches coven. That's when Ron walked in and held me in my last moments. Do have any idea what it was like to look in your best friends eyes as you die?" Hermione's tears were pouring quickly down her cheeks. "Do have any idea what it's like living a lie because all you want to do is hold the one you love and tell them you're alive because their love brought you back from the dead but you can't cause everyone thinks you're dead."
"I'm sorry Hermione. You know; you just admitted that you're Hermione cause only Hermione would know the look in Weasley's eyes as you died."
Hermione sobbed and Blaise held her.
"Dumbledore told me to have a new life and name to protect me. Guess I'm not much of an actress; I made a few mistakes by knowing too much about a dead girl's past and the school's teachers. I just don't want to be hurt like I was again."
"Draco loves you Hermione, no one can deny that. Why do you think Pansy's backed off; she knows that she has no chance with him. You have to tell him though, although I'm guessing that he already knows," Hermione looked at him confused, "he guessed the night you were re-sorted. I'm thinking he knew right away."
Hermione nodded, she sniffed and the two continued their walk around the grounds leaving Harry and Ron standing invisible, gaping at the scene they just witnessed.
"You were right Ron, Hermione is alive and in the school."
