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The Secrets and Curse of Veela's
Chapter 3 False Gryffindor
Hermione couldn't believe what had happen, her parents lied to her, all the times they could have told her about magic about not be a muggleborn, all the times she was called a mudblood, they could have told her. She had to hear it from her biological father, the man who tried to kill her at the department of mysteries just months ago, she need time to process, so now for the pass two days she didn't talked to either of them. An now Hermione was a muggle night club waiting on some friends she invited.
"Hey Granger" said a female voice and Hermione looked in the direction it came from, Four Slytherin girls was making their way to her table. Pansy Parkinson, Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, and Millicent Bulstrode came to the table and Hermione stood to greet them "Glade you girls are here needed something real" she said hugged them.
"what got you down, stressed from the Golden Trio" Pansy saying the last part bit of sarcasm since she knew Hermione hated the name people came up with for her and the two dunderheads. The other girls giggled at Pansy's comment.
"If it was only that" Hermione replied with a sigh, at that point they knew there was something serious going on and Daphne decided to speak up "let's order some drinks, we haven't talked all together in a while" the other girls nodded in agreement.
Hermione smiled and nodded as well "sure lets", with that they sat down and waved a waiter down to order drinks. After a few shots and mixers, she felt relaxed and started to have fun. She never thought of any of the Gryffindors as true friends, they all didn't get her, they were too load.
In fact, first year before the troll attacked her Pansy was the one that found her crying in the girls lavatory, when Pansy asked why she was crying, and she learned that her own house was making teasing her she was livid. She had Stated 'how could they tease you, you're the only one yearning them points in their class, where's the loyalty to your own house'. That's when she started secretly hanging out with the Slytherin Girls. She helped them with their studies and they shared tips on how to manage her hair.
Unknowns to them they were being watched "traitors how can they be hanging out with her" Draco whispered being mostly mad that his house is consulting with a Gryffindor. Tom was trying to see if he could read their lips but wasn't having much luck, "Draco stay focus, is this how she usually acts" he asked having his arm crossed.
Draco looked at Tom and then back at Granger "well I'd say no, seeing her like this seems more genuine then what she's like at Hogwarts" he said thinking about the smile she gives to the Gryffindorks Pothead and Weasel, now that he sees this smile she was definitely, putting on an act.
"Interesting she finds better comfort in another house than her owe" Tom responds, they continue to watch, but Tom got frustrated in not knowing what they were saying and case a 'notice me not' charm and a 'listening charm' to hear their conversation.
"So, Hermione will you tell us what's got you so down" asked Pansy taking a sip of her Pornstar Martini
Hermione sighed "Fine if you must know I found out …" she began but was cut off by Daphne "that you shouldn't have tricked the sorting hat", Several things happened at once first Astoria, Millicent, and Pansy all who were taking a sip of there drinks started choking, Hermione eyes widen and tried to 'shh' Daphne, but it was too late and they heard.
Millicent was the first to speak "you tricked the hat, HOW?"
"What did you do…" Pansy added
"What house were you supposed to be in" Astoria asked
Hermione glared at Daphne "well..." she tried to recover the situation, but Daphne did it again "you see guy's our Hermione here got her Hogwarts letter a year early before everyone because her birthday is on Sept. 19th, so she went to Diagon Ally and read all about Hogwarts and the houses, so when she got there the hat wanted her to be in a completely different house, but Hermione thought she wouldn't fit in there cause of her heritage so she tricked it into yelling Gryffindor… isn't that right Hermione" Daphne said sweetly looking innocent.
Pansy, Astoria and Millicent was godsmacked and was gapping at Hermione, all Hermione could say was "Daphne I told you that in secrecy…"
"So, it's true" asked Pansy a bit hurt she wasn't told, Hermione nodded to confirm.
"Which house was the hat going to place you in Ravenclaw?" asked Astoria
Then came a laugh "no watch it be Hufflepuff" said Millicent, then all except Hermione laughed
"I'd never be a bloody Hufflepuff" she glared.
"Yeah Hermione was supposed to be… A Slytherin" Daphne announced to the group, the other stared in shocked.
Then Pansy, Astoria and Millicent all yelled "WHAT!"
Hermione gave up, she then leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms, then gave them a true Slytherin smirk "so what if I did trick the hat, yes it wanted me in Slytherin, but what's better a Slytherin in Slytherin or a Slytherin in Gryffindor" she stated still smirking as she took a sip of her Bramley Somerset Temperley Sour.
At Tom's and Draco's table they had similar reactions to the news, Draco was drinking his glass of Slingsby London Dry Gin and started choking "she…'cough' tricked… the hat" he managed to say from coughing.
"So, they were arguing" tom responded as he continued to listen, and when Daphne revealed she was supposed to be in Slytherin, Tom had let his calm demeanor fell and both boys were gobsmacked. But Tom was knocked out of his shocked when she saw Granger smirked, he felt his heart jumped and he then smirked at what she said. 'interesting' he thought. Wheels started turning in his head and his plan for Granger started to change.
They continue listening and Draco finally recovered "can't believe Granger was supposed to be in Slytherin" he said still not grasping it.
Daphne looked at Hermione and smirked "see only Slytherin think like that… now sorry for interrupting what were you going to tell us"
Hermione looked at them and her smirk falter, remembering why she wanting to talk to them in the first place, "when I got home to my family there was someone else there as well" she began thinking back when she got in.
~Flashback~
Hermione was sitting at the breakfast table sitting as far away from Dolohov as possible, "well why is he here" she asked waiting for her parents to explain themselves.
"Hermione like I said please let me get to the end before you ask any questions" he mother said, and Hermione nodded in agreement. "First, I'll start by tell you that I'm not a muggle I was a Witch I went to Hogwarts my name was Jane Eleanor Milner, my parents were, are purebloods. I was in Slytherin with Neomi Nara Denali, she was and still is my very best friend. I had an accident, I was on the Quidditch team I was a Chaser, during a game against the Gryffindors, James Potter had Sirius Black send a bludger at me, Potter then cast a spell on the bludger to hit four times harder. I almost died I should have died but I was luck that Neomi told Antonin what was happening and had cast his own spell and kept me from falling to my death" Jane started her story and said James Potters name with such venom.
Hermione was thinking that he was luck he was dead cause if he wasn't she could have sworn that she would go and kill him herself, she say her mother take a breath and continued "When I woke up in the Hospital wing after I had missed a month of school and I found out that the combination of the force of the bludger with Potters spell had damaged my magical core to the point I couldn't perform and magic at all, I was basically a squib. I dropped out of Hogwarts after and went to a muggle school my Parents sent me money so I could survive but other than that I never contacted them ever again, then I met David hear during college and after we graduated with our degrees in dentistry he proposed, I found out that his father was a Rowle but was born a squib and changed his name to Granger, so technically David is a squib as well, after we got our practice up we wanted to start a family, but I found out that Potter's spell just didn't steal my magic but it made me infertile as well I even went to St. Mungo's to make sure but it was because of the accident"
Hermione listened intensely to her mother and at first, she was thinking she was a pureblood and that's what they were going to tell her but when her mother said she was infertile she had a sickening feeling on where this was going.
"Hermione we always love you no matter what, but your mother thought it would be safer for you to be here, you see your mother not only a very marvelous witch, but she is a Veela and as you well know every Veela has there mate Antonin is hers, when you take a mate from there Veela they are in the most pain imaginable, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to care and protect you, she also thought the ministry would arrest her for her support in the war, Do you have anything to add" jane said now looking at Antonin.
Hermione was in complete shock now she didn't want to hear it she didn't want to know anymore but glanced at the man that's supposed be her father and tried to keep the tears that was threatening to escape.
"Alyc… Hermione, I'm sorry about all this if I knew that it was you in the department of mysteries…" Dolohov started but Hermione couldn't listen and cut him off.
"What you wouldn't have tried to kill me or any of the other I was with I doubt that" she said snapping at him
"Hermione that was uncalled for" Jane looked at Hermione shocked at her behavior.
"I'm sorry but what would be your reaction to your parents saying that they had lied their entire life about themselves and a find out that my real parents didn't want me or my real father tried to kill me" Hermione said standing up "You could have told me when I got my Hogwarts letter or when I was preforming accidental magic or how about when I told you about me being called a Mudblood what about then" Hermione started to raise her voice bit by bit "What is even My real name cause according to the Elf it's not Hermione" that's when the tears started to breach.
"Alycia your birth name is Alycia Sinri Dolohov" Dolohov spoke calmly "you have every right to be upset, but don't think for one second we never wanted you, your mother love you she never wanted to give you up she thought you would be safe here and for a time you were" Dolohov stood up slowly "for the longest time I had believed you were dead, that won't excuse that I tried to hurt my own daughter, and I won't stop trying to earn your forgiveness" he said moving around the table to stand in front of his daughter.
"how could you not have recognized me" Hermione knew it was a stupid question, but she wasn't being logical at this point.
"Missy Alycia… don't be mad at Master he wouldn't have known you doesn't look like yous… Lou-Lou was order to but a Glamour on yous so yous be safe" Lou-Lou said tugging on Hermione's sleeve.
"I'll come off after you go through the Veela change on your birthday, but if you want Lou-Lou can take it off now if you want, your mother would also like to meet you" Dolohov said not wanting to push too much, but he knew Neomi wanted to see her as soon as possible.
Hermione looked at Lou-Lou and what she said about being a glamour and then Dolohov talking about being a Veela and that the glamour would be lifted on her birthday, then he gave her the offer to lift it now if she wanted to. Did she want to, did she want to admit to all this, did she want to accept that she is a Dolohov and not a Granger, she looked at the Grangers then she looked at Dolohov. She couldn't do this right now, she was being a coward, but she didn't want to accept this not now "I need time to think about this" she said pulling her arm gently away from Lou-Lou and walked out not waiting for a response.
~End Flashback~
"Who Hermione" asked Astoria
Hermione wanted to say that it was Antonin Dolohov and that her parents told her that she wasn't there's and in fact she was actually, the Daughter of Dolohov but all she said was "I was told I was adopted" her friends gasped at that statement.
"Do you know who your real parents are" asked Pansy, Hermione nodded
"Who?" ask Millicent, Hermione then shook her head.
"it's okay Hermione when your ready we are here" Daphne stated and placed a hand on her forearm
Hermione thought about telling them right there, but she couldn't tell them meant that she would accept it all and she wasn't ready to accept at all, but she could tell them most of it. "Thank you, but I'll tell you this the reason that the hat wanted to put me in Slytherin was because both of my biological parents were in Slytherin" she said then she mumbled something else that made them look at her questionably.
"What was that last part just now Hermione" asked Millicent, and the others was curious as well.
"Well I said that I don't actually look like this and that on my next birthday after I go though Veela change the Glamour will be lifted, or I was given the option to get it lifted now" she said in a low voice hoping the would miss most of it.
"Wow" was all that they said and then Hermione looked nodded and looked at her drink.
"I need something stronger than this" she said pushing her drink back a bit.
"Well I'm glade you said that, because I did happen to snag this from my father's stash" Millicent said pulling out a bottle of Firewhiskey.
"Alright Millie" Pansy shouted and waved the waiter over and asked for five empty glasses, "and I know the perfect game for this to it's called 'Never have I ever' what do you say you guys want to play" she added.
"never heard of that one Pans" said Millie, Astoria nodded not hearing about that one as well.
"Well how it goes is you say, 'never have I ever' and then you say something you haven't done and if you have done it you take a drink" Hermione explained to the group. Hermione showed Pansy how to play this game when they first started to hang out, it was very interesting to here who she was into and wanted to snog.
"Alright here we go I'll go first then we'll go around the table, never have I ever got a tattoo" said pansy with a smile. To her and everyone surprise Hermione and Daphne took a drink.
"Hermione! I know about Daphne's but what do you have?" asked Millie
"It's a phoenix and it's on my right shoulder blade" Hermione admitted. "Daphne what's yours?" she added
"It's a snake and a rose on my hip" Daphne answer blushing.
Pansy looked to her left "your turn Astoria", Astoria nodded "never have I ever wanted to snog a Gryffindor" all took a drink except Hermione and Astoria. Hermione now was enjoying this game very much now.
"go on tell us who you wanted to snog" Astoria said eager to hear this.
"Seamus Finnigan" Millie confessed.
"Oliver wood" Daphne Confessed and signed not caring if she to admit it.
"did you snog him Daphne?" Hermione asked seeing her expression
Daphne nodded "it was third year at the game against Gryffindor and Hufflepuff and we talked under the stands and I had meant to kiss him on the cheek, but he turned, and it turned into a serious snog session" Daphne sighed remembering it fondly.
Then they looked at Pansy and she turned bright red and then mumbled under her breath. "what was that Pans couldn't hear you" Millie said with a smug look.
"Fred Weasley" she admitted turning an even brighter shade of red.
Hermione started giggling and the others was looking at her like she was crazy, "you want to snog one of the Weasley's" Astoria announced, and Pansy shot the whole glass a Firewhiskey.
"okay, okay it's my turn, never have I ever thought Draco Malfoy was sexy" Daphne said waiting for the ones to drink.
Everyone except Daphne took a drink "really Hermione you too" Daphne said disappointed
"yeah I'll admit he's sexy looking, but then he opens that mouth his and he's so annoying" Hermione said and all of them started to laugh.
Tom and Draco were still sitting at the table, when Granger mentioned the adoption Draco commented "well that explains why she was supposed be in Slytherin" he said finishing his drink.
Tom had tuned Draco out long ago and his soul focus was on Granger, when they started to play there little drinking game he couldn't help but crack a smile that she had a tattoo, then when the Malfoy crack came around he couldn't help but let a laugh slipped. "Let's go we don't need you to have a conniption" Tom said as she grabbed Draco when he stood up ready to rush over there.
Draco was not happy that he was being laughed at by a bunch of half drunken girls "there's going to be hell to pay with school comes around" he said turning to leave.
Tom turned to take one last look at Granger and smirked 'very interesting in deed" he thought
After a few more rounds of the game all of them were well passed drunk "you know I… I … I think you all should crash at my place cause it… it'll be… to dangerous… to to… for you to go home" Hermione said slurring and tripping over her words.
There was a collective of moans of protest, but after them bickering a bit they all agreed, Hermione had the waiter call a cab, Pansy left the money for the drinks on the table, "you know Pans…. I think you… that you paid too much" said Millie getting into the cab and sliding over.
"nooo…. I didn't I… I…. know how… much to give out…" Pansy said getting in and sliding in.
Daphne and Astoria both didn't want to talk they were half way asleep when the waiter helped them into the cab. Hermione sat up front a gave the driver the address, when they got to her home she paid the driver and tipped, she then started to get her friends to her front door.
Daphne was able to help Astoria and Millie was able to walk on her own for most part, but Pansy couldn't walk straight, and Hermione had her lean on her, "we're almost there" Hermione said grabbing her keys from her pocket and unlocked the door. When they all got into the house Hermione closed and locked the door.
When she did lights came one and they all moaned in pain from the light "Hermione jean Granger do you have any idea what time it is" Jane Granger said with David standing right next to her with both having their arms crossed.
"I was out with my friends, anyways that's not my name and you're not my parents" Hermione said not meaning it but knew it would hurt them, and when she sees the hurt in their eyes she regrets it.
"It's late you girls go to bed and we'll talk in the morning" David Granger said pulling his wife towards and up the stairs to bed.
Hermione stood there for a moment but then Pansy almost fell forward and Hermione had to hold her up "Lets go we have a guest room that has a queen size bed we can share" she said dragging Pansy up the stairs and to the guest room. When she got Pansy in the bed she went to the hall closet and got some extra comforters and fluff duvets to make a make shift bed on the floor, Millie flopped on the covers and rolled in the first duvet and was off to sleep.
Daphne place Astoria next to Millie and cover her up and crawled into the bed near Pansy, Hermione stretched and took off her jeans and crawled in next to Daphne and covered them all up "night" she said, and she too was fast to sleep.
The next morning was the worst they all woke up with splitting headaches, but what woke them up was the spell of food, "Hermione what smells so good" asked Astoria that sat up stretching and looking around.
"mmmm…. My Dad's probably cooking breakfast" Hermione said sitting up and rubbing her eyes. She looked to her right and saw Pansy still passed out and Daphne had already gotten up and was stretching at the end of the bed, "Pans wake up breakfast…. Pans" Hermione said shaking her awake.
Pansy grumbled and then rolled out of bed "ah Fuck that hurt" she said hitting the floor with a thud "hey what spells good" Pansy said standing up.
They all rolled their eyes and started to make there way down stairs, Millie was up but she doesn't like talking in the morning until she had something to eat, when they got down stairs and entered the kitchen Pansy, Millie, Daphne and Astoria went tot sit at the breakfast table.
Hermione went over to her dad "morning… about last night I'm sorry I didn't mean what I said" she said quietly since she still had a headache.
"I know you didn't but I'm not the one you need to apologize, even though we aren't you biological parents we still love you as our own, you really hurt your mother" he said, Hermione nodded "I know, where is she?" she asked, and he told her still upstairs.
Hermione went up stairs to her mother's room "mum you up…." She asked opening the door, "what is it Hermione" her mother answered.
Hermione sighed "I'm sorry I didn't mean what I said no matter what you and dad will all ways be my parents" she said going over and sitting next to her on the bed.
Jane looked at her daughter "I know your hurt and I'm sorry, you were right you had the right to know, I just was afraid that when you found out that you wouldn't love us no more and then I'd loose the only daughter I'd ever have" she said cupping Hermione's face and then pulled her into a hug when she saw a tear.
Hermione hugged her mother back "I'm sorry mum no matter what happens you're always going to be my mum I promise" they sat there hugging for a moment.
When they both came down stairs Hermione went and joined her friends at the table and they all enjoyed having breakfast, afterwards the girls had to get home since their parents would be worried, Pansy said they all stayed at Pansy's since her parents was out of the country for the summer.
Hermione was laying in bed one day weighing her options about all that had happened, she wondered what she'd looked like she still hasn't met her biological mother yet and she was nervous about it all. She owled Dolohov or her father to see if they could set up a meeting, she still had a lot of questions about this Veela thing, like 'what does the change feel like', 'how will she know that she finds her mate', 'or will she even have a mate'.
To her discomfort Hermione didn't know much about Veela's at all, just then she decided to go to Flourish and Blotts they must have some books on the subject and could answer a few questions she had. Hermione got dress in jeans a nice red shirt with a lo cut back that showed off her tattoo. She left a note for her parents and grabbed her jumper and slipped it on, she grabbed her beaded bag and was off, taking a cab to the leaky cauldron.
Arriving at the Leaky cauldron was the same as always, Tim was behind the bar, someone was sweeping, and one was sleeping in a chair in the corner, she made her way to the back and entered Diagon ally. Walking down the street she notices it wasn't as busy like it was when the new school term comes around, she made her way to Flourish and Blotts entering "excuse me do you have anything on Veela's" she asked the shopkeeper.
"Upstairs magical creatures" the shopkeeper said sending some books flying to be returned to the shelves.
Hermione nodded in thanks and headed up the stairs, she looked through the isles going down the Isle that was labeled Magical creatures, she schemed the book bindings until she saw a book Neville mentioned 'Magical Creatures and how to identify them', she flipped through the pages until she got to V's, "Thestral, Unicorns, here" she said seeing a book about Veela's.
Hermione opened and began to read 'Veela are described as looking like incredibly beautiful women, with moon-bright skin and white-gold hair that fans out behind them despite the absence of wind. They have the ability to hypnotize and mesmerize most men with their seductive dance, who will then try to impress them.
Veela are thought to have their own type of magic which does not require a wand. When Veela are angry, however, they transform into something more like Harpies — their faces turn into cruel-beaked bird-like heads while long scaly wings burst from their shoulders, and they can launch balls of fire from their hands. Veela seem to be quite an irascible race.
No much is known about Veela's since most Veela clans don't let outsiders in or near their land, many have tried to study the Veela's but was cursed after trespassing and soon met an unfortunate end'. Hermione couldn't believe there was hardly any information about Veela's.
Hermione replaced the book but must have pushed to hard cause she heard a thud, and someone say "ow, what the…", she quickly went around to the next isle "I'm so sorry I was putting a book back and it… must have push one of the shelf" she said looking at the person that got hit. When she saw him she was stunned, the guy had short dark brown hair green emerald eyes, that she could get lost in, "are you ok" she asked looking at him not seeing him before even though he looked to be about her age.
Tom was looking at the ancient runes section when a book fell on his head "ow what the…" he said looking at where the book had fell and then hear footsteps. "I'm so sorry I was putting a book back and it… must have push one of the shelves" he hears a female voice said and when he saw who that voice belonged to, he was not excepting to meet up with Granger yet.
"are you ok" she asked, and he nodded, 'snap out of it' he thought to himself.
"Well I think it's customary to introduce one self before assaulting one with a book don't you think" Tom said binding over and picking up the book that had fallen off the shelf.
Hermione blushed a bit "Hermione Granger, an I'm truly am sorry about the book" she held out her hand.
Tom looked at her and plastered a pleasant smile on "It's a pleasure Miss Granger, my name is Thomas Lestrange" he said grabbing her hand and bring it up to his lips to kiss her knuckles gentle.
Before Hermione could react to his name, "Tom you ready to go… oh look what the cat dragged in hello Granger" came the voice of Draco Malfoy, "Granger I see you met my cousin, what bring you to Diagon ally on a fine day like this" he added coming to stand next to Tom.
"Draco you know this beautiful girl, I'm quite jealous" Tom said glancing at Draco, Draco rolled his eyes "She goes to my school Tom, but you don't want to associate with this one she a mudblood" Draco responded
Hermione was about to snap back at him but didn't get a chance "Draco that was very rude you should apologize… well if you aren't" Tom said moving away from Draco and walk a bit closer to Hermione, "please Hermione accept my cousins apology on my behalf, I'll be attending Hogwarts this year as well, I hope to see you there" Tom said smoothly and with the same pleasant smile.
Hermione was shocked at what was happening this guy that seemed to be Malfoy's cousin was defending her, wasn't he supposed to be the same as Malfoy, all prejudiced, cruel and stuck up "apology accepted it was a pleasure meeting you Thomas" she said and she glanced at the book in Thomas hand, "If I may suggest Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms is more interesting read on Runes" Hermione said making to turn and leave.
"Tom, if you will Thomas is so formal" he suggested, and he saw her glanced back and nodded, she than left the upstairs and soon he heard the bells of the shop ring indicating she had let the shop.
"well that went well for the first interaction" Draco said stepping forward to stand next to Tom once again.
Tom nodded in agreement and smirked, it went very well indeed.
A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews i'm grateful for the suggestion, i found it easier to type up this chapter, I hope you continue to read and review my work, i'm still looking for a Beta just getting time between work and working on this. I started typing and couldn't stop cause i didn't want to loose my train of thought about how i want this chapter to go.
