Chapter-3 Deem It Worthy

After meeting Sirius, Hermione was numb, ever since she woke up in Zamara's townhouse she was trying to come to terms with the fact that this was real, and shaking Sirius's hand had done it.

He was alive... he felt warm to touch... he was eleven years old.

She really was back in time, she was going to change everything... it was really possible!

Hermione was pulled out of that particular train of thought when she walked right into a poor girl.

"Oh dear! I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking-" she looked up and froze when she realized that she was staring into Harry Potter's eyes.

This cannot possibly be happening right now...

"It's my fault- I'm sorry I was distracted by... Everything!" Lily Evans giggled.

Zamara must've had caught the look in Hermione's eyes because she had quickly taken over the conversation.

"Yeah this place is something else isn't it? Are you shopping for Hogwarts too?" Zamara asked the redhead.

"Yes! We were just about to head to a Mr. Ollivander's store to get my wand" a blind person could see Lily's excitement.

"Oh what a coincidence! We were on our way there too, let's go together!" Zamara suggested and Lily quickly agreed.

As they made their way over to the store Ezra made introductions and struck up a conversation with Lily's parents.

"So both your daughters have magic?" Asked Mrs. Evans

"Everyone in my family has magic... but it skips some people sometimes, nothing to worry about" he quickly assured them

Mr. Evans chuckled at that, "Well it skipped almost everyone in our family, Lily is the only one that has magic, I thought that professor from her school was taking a piss right until we walked in here... still can't fully believe it if I'm being honest with you..."

"It's a difficult adjustment to make I can understand, but I think having some magical friends will help Lily with being a first generation witch and you can always contact me if you need any help with being the parent of one" Ezra offered as he handed over a business card to Mr. Evans

"I actually already have a friend who is magic!" Lily informed everyone "His name is Severus, we offered to bring him along but his mother refused." It was clear that she was upset about this... and Hermione took it upon herself to cheer her up.

"Well you can just introduce him to us on the train, we could all ride together if you like." Hermione suggested.

"Oh that would be lovely! I've been so nervous and Severus is not the most reassuring person." Lily winced at bad-mouthing her friend.

"He sounds like my kinda' person Lily." Zamara winked.

When they made it into Ollivander's, Hermione was reminded exactly how creepy the man was...

"Oh my god this guys is such a weirdo..." Zamara whispered to the girls when the man in question went to get some more wands for Lily to try, and all of them promptly broke into giggles.

Hermione ended up with the same vine wood wand that she had in her original timeline and Lily got a swishy willow one.

Mr. Ollivander was sorely disappointed when he tried to sell a wand to Zamara.

"Oh Mr. Ollivander, if Azana witches were capable of channelling magic through wood and creature hair, they'd be a great deal more affordable to be married to." Ezra grimaced, as he paid the wand maker for both Hermione and Lily's wands. The Evans protested but Ezra waved them off.

As both the parties made their way to the next stop which was the apothecary, Lily asked Zamara the question that Hermione wanted to know too...

"Zamara how will you do magic without a wand?"

Zamara held up her right hand and pointed at the ring on her index finger, "Your wand channels your magic, my ring helps me with the same Lily." She explained.

The ring in question was a thick gold band with a large emerald at the centre... hardly a graceful piece of jewellery but strangely beautiful nonetheless.

"That's so fascinating..." Lily's mom said.

"It's just a cultural difference" Ezra shrugged

The group did the rest of their shopping together, Lily gelled well with both Hermione as well as Zamara, and Lily's parents were charmed by Ezra almost effortlessly.

They swapped numbers and were invited to the Evans' home for a meal before the girls went off to Hogwarts.

Hermione could barely wrap her head around the fact that she had met an eleven year old Sirius Black but now an eleven year old Lily Evans was her friend.

You are starting to sound like a broken record Hermione... everyone who was dead in your time is now alive because you are back in time, how hard is that to grasp?

Pretty hard.

Hermione took the car ride home to calm herself and explaining to Zamara who the people they had met in Diagon Alley were.

"Well that explains why you looked like you were in pain... I'd say you've had a tough life Herms but this poor Harry guy cannot catch a break." Zamara said as she made her way into the living room, an emotionally exhausted Hermione followed behind.

"Harry's the only reason I'm here... I have to make sure that he's happy this time round." Hermione whispered.

Suddenly Hermione Granger was enveloped in a tight rib cracking hug.

"Don't worry fake sis... Operation Happy Harry is go! And we will succeed because I have literally never failed at anything ever." Stated Zamara

Well that cannot be true

"No for real, I never do anything that even has a tiny chance of going tits up... that's the secret to having a perfect record." She winked "Now, I'm gonna' go get myself some thai food. You want some?"

"I still think that what you said is virtually impossible but sure I'd love some."

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Over the next two days Hermione learnt that after spending almost an entire day at Diagon Alley, Zamara was not even remotely done shopping, she had also taken it upon herself to get Hermione a whole new wardrobe.

Hermione had tried protesting but then she had to give in when it was pointed out to her by Ezra that the only things she had to wear were the clothes that she had come back in time in and the outfit that Ezra himself had provided her with when they went to the Alley.

So she spent her time playing 'try another outfit' for Zamara, thankfully her tastes were a bit more practical than the kind of things Parvati and Lavender would pick, even though every single thing she bought was ridiculously expensive.

And of course every single piece of Hermione's new designer clothing featured the Krumwell crest, a golden runespoor with it's tail curled, so that it formed the symbol of infinity.

The badge of pureblood royalty... you've certainly come a long way.

When Hermione expressed her concerns about playing the role of pureblood princess to Zamara, her reaction put Hermione at ease.

"Hermione are you honestly worried about trying to fit in with the racist idiots who consider themselves the elite? Don't be ridiculous, you are a Krumwell now and that makes you superior to every pureblood in this country... Feel free to act however you want, people will learn how to fit in better with you not the other way round."

Then she went on to rant about how the 'narrow minded, prejudiced trash' in England was the reason her family left this country in the first place.

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The next week came with a new complication.

The complication was a letter with the Hogwarts wax seal.

A letter from Dumbledore in fact. He wanted an audience with Mr. Krumwell, and the minister for magic was going to be in attendance as well.

They are clearly on to us... game over... now they will put me in Azkaban

"Mars, Hermione is making that face again" Ezra informed Zamara

"Hermione stop thinking whatever you are thinking, this is the first time any member of the Krumwell family has set foot in England in almost a century, they're probably curious and want to get in some ass-kissing time before we are outed to the general public."

"Are you sure they aren't going to throw us in Azkaban for time travel?"

"Hermione we are the one's who would tip the department of mysteries if someone were blundering through time... Don't worry, Mars is right, they just want some private ass-kissing time." Ezra told Hermione as he wrote back a reply granting said audience, the next day. Hermione let it go for a while and briefed her companions on her plans for Severus Snape.

"Dumbledore is a legilimens!" Hermione was back at panicking

"What does that even mean?" Zamara asked

"It means that he can read minds." Ezra told Zamara "and you can relax Hermione, I know how to defend my mind from intruders."

"Why can't they just call a mind reader, a mind reader? Why do English people have to make words up all the time?" Zamara grumbled.

"Wait! What happens of the international press finds out about Krumwells in England? Wouldn't your relatives in America have questions about this?" Hermione asked

I still think these people aren't fretting enough.

"No they won't." Said Zamara simply "there's like 300 Krumwells alive in the world right now and none pf them care about each other... unless someone tries to take their money. So, we'll just make sure to not touch a single penny from the family accounts and we should be fine."

Ezra then left to run some errand for Zamara and Hermione took this opportunity to ask the question she really wanted to ask-

"Why didn't you?"

"Why didn't I what?"

"Why didn't you just tip the department of mysteries about me?"

"Because I deemed your cause worthy... and now you should too Hermione."

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