A Broken Melody
Hermione's POV
We walked into the house, Draco and I still bickering, and poor Harry looking like he was ready to scream and bash his head into a wall. Grinning mischievously, I snapped out my hand and slapped Draco's ass, making him yelp, jumping and looking back at me with wide eyes, snickering, I stuck my tongue out at him, playfully, shrieking when he lunged at me and swept me up, bridal style.
"Mudblood! Mutant filth! Filthy half-blood! Blood traitor!" Mrs. Black insultingly screamed at us, making Sirius, Remus and Tonks come running out of the kitchen, wands at the ready.
"Oh for the love of all things holy, will you shut up, you banshee screaming bitch!" I shouted back at her, causing Sirius and Draco to start laughing
"You dare insult me, you filthy little Mudblood?!" She shrieked, making me wince and rub my ears. How the hell does someone get their voice that high?
"Yes, I dare, you desperate, pathetic excuse for a witch! I mean, for god's sake woman, you put yourself on a wall! How demented are you?!" I yelled, throwing my hands in the air as Draco put me down
"You filthy little Mudblood!"
"Oh, will you get a new insult already or can you not think with that small inbreed brain of yours?!" I insulted, sending a hex bolt at the portrait, something I wish I could have done a long time ago.
"I knew there was a reason I liked you." Sirius told me, still laughing, making me chuckle as I leaned against Draco, throwing my arm over Harry's shoulder. The boy really was way too short and scrawny. Still chuckling, Sirius stared at my hair, tilting his head like a dog- yes, pun intended- "Why is your hair red?" I opened my mouth to explain and complain when Draco interrupted me.
"Don't get her started. She'll go on forever." He quipped and I glared at him, smacking him round the head
"So, why are you three here? Or more specifically, why is Mr. Malfoy with you?" Remus asked, curiously, before glancing at Draco, "No offense."
"None taken. Trust me; I realize how far I've fallen." Draco remarked casually and I smacked him round the head, making him swear, "Will you stop bloody hitting me, woman?!"
"They found out their mutants." I offered, squeezing their hands comfortingly as I leaned my head against Draco's shoulder
"Okay, I get that could be confusing, but it doesn't explain everything, Hermione. Why are you all here? Why aren't you at home?" Remus questioned, leading us into the kitchen where he started making us hot coco. Ah, Remus and his chocolate solves everything quirk.
"Uh, well, you see, Bellatrix wanted me to join the death eaters but I didn't want to and she just kept harping on it until I got really mad and everything turned grey and the next thing I knew she was… stone. So, my parents told me to pack and hide so that Dumbledore or V-Voldemort wouldn't kill me." Draco explained, looking down at his hands and I leaned into him, running my fingers through his hair, causing him to relax and smile at me thankfully.
"Um… some… things happened at my house so I packed up and went to this café where I bumped into them and Hermione explained everything to me. Apparently, I have aerokinesis, it's actually pretty wicked." Harry told them
"What things?" Sirius asked suspiciously, eyes narrowing at the way Harry favored his left side, making Harry go wide-eyed and get all panicky, evidenced by the way the wind picked up outside.
"Sirius, let it go, he's freaking out, I'll tell you later." I projected to him, making him tense up and blink rapidly before subtly nodding in agreement
"So, I have Telepathy and, more recently, a sort of Telekinesis. My, uh, parents didn't pick me up today so naturally I was a little worried and, uh, when I got home I found Dumbledore leaving and my mother was missing and my father was… dead." I told them, letting out a shuddering breath as I looked down, taking deep breaths, trying to stay in control, something that was made easier when Harry and Draco pulled me into their sides, Tonks kissed my forehead, and Sirius and Remus held my hands.
"What were they like? They had to be pretty awesome to raise a badass like you." Sirius said, making me give a watery smile as I thought about my parents, my amazing parents.
"Yeah, they were."
No One's POV
Magneto, Pietro and the Brotherhood walked through the mansion, uninterrupted, Charles must have told them not to attack. Ignoring the staring of the students, they stalked down the halls towards the study. Using his powers to open the door, Magneto swept dramatically into the office, stopping in front of the desk of a very amused Professor.
"Erik, what are you doing here?" Charles asked, lip quirked up in amusement at the entrance of his old friend, he always did have a thing for dramatics, I mean he had to, look at his cape, it was freaking pink!
"I got a tip from an old friend that a war between mutants and wizards is going on in England and was wondering if you and your X-Men would like to join us?" Erik invited, looking rather smug, he had been right, war was inevitable, Charles deftly ignored the smugness radiating off his friend, it would do no good to boost his ego, he was already insufferable.
"Would be delighted too, old friend." Charles replied, projecting a message for his team and mentally groaning at the gloating he would undoubtedly have to hear for the entire plane ride, the man was incapable of letting anything go.
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A half-hour later, they were all buckled in and on their way to England. Logan and Victor were glaring at each other, occasionally snarling and growling. Jean and Scott were giving each other goo-goo eyes and sending lovey-dovey messages which was the other reason Logan was in a bad mood. Erik was gloating just like Charles predicted which was driving him up a wall, seriously, he was considering jumping out of the plane, anything had to be better than this. And Mystique? Well, she was just bored out of her fucking mind, she was considering jumping out with Charles. As everybody was wrapped up in their own things, an illusion of a raven haired woman dressed in all red appeared in front of Pietro and Erik, making them lean forward, eyes wide at the sight.
"Wanda." They breathed in shock at seeing the girl who had been gone for so long. After her daughter turned seven, and the events that followed, she had decided she wanted a normal life for her baby girl and had disappeared to never be seen again… until now.
"Father, Pietro, I need help. It was only inevitable that we would get involved with wizards, what with… everything, but even though a lot of them are prejudice against mutants, I thought I could handle it, I thought between my husband and I, we could protect my daughter and we could have… but… He found us." Wanda explained in her heavy Sokovian accent, at the last part Erik and Pietro both straightened up, exchanging concerned looks, "They killed my husband and they're taking me somewhere, I have no idea where but I can't take Him on my own and I don't know if they have Anya or not. I've gotten in too deep and I need your help to get out. If He doesn't have Anya then that means she is out there by herself with no idea of the danger she is in and I need you to find her and protect her. She'll be in England under the name Hermione Granger." Hearing the name, Kitty took out her computer and went to work trying to find her, "Don't worry about me, I'll find my way out, I always do, nothing will keep me away from my daughter, I just need you two to protect her until I can get there and then we'll find a way to end Him… once and for all. I'll see you soon, Father, Brother, I love you both so much." And with that the illusion disappeared, leaving the jet in complete and utter shocked silence. Looking over at his friend, Charles put a comforting hand on his shoulder and reached his mind out to him, "You're not alone, Erik, you're not alone."
And that was the beginning of the reconciliation between Charles and Erik.
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