She sees a shadow in the corner of the kitchen candlelight. Not that it's a big shadow, but it is the shape of a body.
"Show yourself." Hermione yells at the figure.
"Please mistress, I am but your house elf Gigi." The shadow says.
"Then show yourself to me." The elf comes out of the shadows and reveals herself.
"James." Hermione calls out.
"Whose here?" James calls out.
"It's a house elf." She calls back.
James walks into the kitchen and sees the elf.
"Hello Gigi." He tells the elf.
"Master Potter what are you doing here?" then the elf looks at Hermione
"You shall tell no one I am here, not even Lily." James told the elf.
"Of course master. Shall I finish cleaning?" Gigi asks.
James nods his head and leads Hermione back to the living room.
"Now where were we?" James asks.
"I think right about here." Hermione says pressing her lips to his, but their kisses don't last long as the clock dings midnight.
"James its late you should get home, we both have work." Hermione tells him.
He nods in agreement "I just don't want to leave your side." He smiles at her.
"I know, but we still have lives and yours just happens to be the biggest of the two." They have one more kiss and he leaves.
Hermione walks into the kitchen and looks for Gigi. When she finds the elf, the kitchen is clean and ready to be used again.
"Gigi please come here." The elf obeys "Please bring me a cup of tea, and a piece of chocolate." The elf bows and then disappears, then reappears with what her mistress wanted. "Thank you" again the elf bows and disappears.
Hermione takes her tea and chocolate up to her room and sets it next to the bed. Looking at the messy blanket of what her and James almost did made her feel sad, so she fixed them then climbed into bed and slept.
Dawn comes to soon. Thought Hermione as she woke from the sunlight hitting her face. She goes to the bathroom and showers and gets ready to figure out the first part of her mission.
Before leaving for work she grabs her broom and some pictures from her time at Hogwarts. She grabs a hand full of Floo powder and off to work she goes.
When she arrives and boutique of roses waits on her desk. She smells the flowers and puts them aside. She places the pictures she brought on the desk and puts her broom in the corner behind her desk. She quickly writes a note to anyone who might want her and leaves it on her desk. Ten seconds later she's in the Three Broomsticks and is on her broom and flying to the castle. She gets to the gates and sends a Patronus charm to the headmaster's office. The spell is lifted from the gate and Hermione flies up to the door, and walks in. Headmaster Dumbledore meets her in the entrance.
"Hermione it's so good to see you. Its been to long." He says
"Yes too long." She says and gives him a hug.
"So the Minister has you on a mission, how is it going?"
"Fine, actually that's why I'm here. The first part is a riddle, and well actually I think the whole thing is a riddle, but the first part is to find were I first found love. And Hogwarts is the first place I could think of." Dumbledore nods in agreement.
"Well Miss Granger your welcome here as long as you need, I believe you can stay in Gryffindor tower again. I think Professor McGonagall will have a room for you."
"Thank you sir."
"You welcome, it's always good to have old students wandering these hallways. It has gotten quite without you, Harry and Ron." As he remembers all the mischief they had gotten into when they came to school here. "Well I shall be leaving the Minister would like a talk when I get back to my office and I shall tell him you arrived safely."
"Thank you again headmaster." They walk in different directions.
Hermione headed to the common room in which she had called home several years ago. There was a student who was trying to get in when she appeared. She made it to the portal and as soon as The Fat Lady saw her she smiled. The kid that had been trying to get in looked behind him and just stared. Soon enough a girl appeared out from behind the portrait and said.
"Joe what are you doing out here, you have a test to study for, what are you looking at." Then she to just stares but then gets the courage to say
"Bloody hell your Hermione Granger, the Hermione Granger. I've read about you in the new Hogwarts A History. How you and Harry Potter, and that Ron Weasley guy."
"Oh you read Hogwarts A History, it was my favorite book when I was growing up. Oh well were are my manners you know me, but I have yet to learn yours." Hermione says with a smile on her face.
"Well I'm Emma Jones and this is my best friend Joe Longs. Were both fifth years, and I'm a prefect."
"Well its nice to meet you by any chance could you let me into the common room, I've only just arrived and Professor Dumbledore never told me the new password."
"Sure, it Phaedra, why she choose that I'll never know." The portrait opens and we walk in. Many eyes turn to us, but we just walk by and go to McGonagall's office.
"Ah Miss Granger you've come at last, you may go Miss Jones I believe you have a test tomorrow."
"Yes professor." Emma answers and walks out of the office.
"So Miss Granger I believe you need a room, so come with me." She is lead to a small but cozy room with a window and fireplace.
"Thank you professor."
"If you need anything let me know." And with that she takes her leave. Then she turns around and says "I shall see you at dinner and you may either sit with the other Gryffindors or you may sit at the head table. Which shall it be?"
"I think for tonight I shall sit at the head table, then during the rest of my stay I shall sit with the others."
"Very well I shall inform Dobby." And then she leaves and closes the door.
Hermione looks around the room and then hears a small knock at the door.
"Come in." She calls.
"Miss Granger" It's Emma
"Please call me Hermione, Miss Granger makes me sound old." The girl nods
"Hermione I was wondering if you could help me study for my test. I mean its not like I'm stupid it's just that I need some help."
"Sure what subject is it?"
"Potions. Professor Snape, is really counting on everyone in our class to at least get an O on it."
"Well that's Snape for you," Emma brings in her book and they get to work. When the clock strikes eight they both walk down to the Great Hall.
When they reach the hall Hermione looks up at the head table and sees all her old teachers and even Hagrid, but when she looks down the row and sees her empty seat and then another empty one she guesses that Dumbledore must have one more guest coming. She tell Emma bye and walks up to the table, but as she sits down the halls doors open again and she sees