Chap 6
- Last Time -
"The winners are, Puck and Hermione! Well done guys," he said. I hugged Mione and smiled as the girls hugged her and the guys patted my back.
"Well done Mione," a male voice said from the doorway and I'm sure we were all blinded by the size of Mione's smile.
- Now -
- Mione POV -
"Harry? What are you doing here?" I asked as I raced over to him. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly.
"Came for a visit to see how you were doing," He said. I pulled away from him and smiled.
"Well I'm doing great, didn't D and Blaise say anything?" I asked him.
"They did but I wanted to see you myself plus I have something else to give you," Harry said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope. I took it and opened it.
"Oh my God! When did he propose?" I asked as I read the letter.
Dear Hermione
You are invited to celebrate the engagement of:
Ronald Bilius Weasley
And
Luna Rayne Lovegood
At the Burrow
December 20th
We hope you can be present.
"He proposed maybe a week and a half ago," Harry explained.
"I'm so proud of him," I said. I heard someone clear their throat and I turned. The whole club was staring at me funnily.
"Oh right, Harry this is Finn, Mike, Sam, Blaine, Kurt, Artie, Noah, Tina, Quinn, Rachel, Santana, Brittney, Mercedes and Mr. Schue. Everyone, this is Harry my best friend ever," I said. Harry nodded at the club and they reciprocated.
"Look, wanna go out for dinner tonight? I've been ordered by Ginny to find out how everything is going for you," Harry explained.
"Sure. I've got to get some homework done first," I said. Harry nodded and kissed my head.
"I've got work to do anyway so give me a call when you are ready," Harry said. "Did you hear about school?"
"No," I said. I knew Harry was being guarded about Hogwarts.
"It's been reopened. Ron and I were asked if we wanted to go back but we are happy where we are," Harry explained.
"Wow. Tell me more tonight. I've got to go sing," I said. Harry nodded and kissed my head. He walked out of the room and I turned back to my friends.
"Mione, are all men in Britain hot? I'm getting that impression," Quinn said and I laughed.
"Just my friends. Feel honoured, I only surround myself with the best people," I said. Everyone in the room laughed at that.
"Alright guys. I have decided that we won't be doing our ballads this week. Instead, your challenge this week will be boys vs. girls," Mr. Schue said and all my friends got excited.
"Girls, stay in here and talk about songs, boys move to the auditorium," Mr. Schue said. The boys all jumped up and started leaving the room.
"We are gunna own you!" Noah yelled back with a grin.
"Bring it Puckerman!" San and I said.
Once the boys were gone, we moved our chairs into a circle and started planning.
After 15 minutes, we had gotten nowhere and just as Rach and San started arguing, Britt grabbed my hand and pulled me up.
"I'm bored. Let's dance," she said. She turned some Rihanna songs on and we started dancing.
"Girl, can you teach us those moves?" Cedes said as I danced to Pon De Replay.
"Most probably. It just involves a lot of hip and ab work," I said. As a kid I also took Belly Dancing classes and I did them during the summer (when I could) because it helped keep my fitness up for war. I shook my head as the war memories started to return.
"We should do this song. Mione could teach us the dance and we could divide the lyrics up," Rach said.
"I think we should let Mione sing lead for it cause it is a song that has instructions on how to dance and she is teaching us. We could all do the backup vocals and then work out who else can sing bits," Tina said.
"Cool. We need to decide on costumes as well," Cedes said.
"How about genie outfits?" I said. "We can just go down to a costume shop and buy some cheap costumes."
"Perfect. Those boys won't know what hit them," Quinn said with a grin.
"Girls," Mr. Schue said as he walked into the room. "Figgins has decided the glee club need to perform for the school again. Our competition will be performed in front of the whole school next Friday at the last assembly of term."
"Thanks Mr. Schue," we said. He nodded at us and left.
"Ok. Tomorrow we go get our costumes," I said. Everyone nodded and I started working out some easy dance moves for the girls to learn. We soon decided that San, Britt and I would perform the harder moves and I would teach the others some simpler moves.
That night Harry picked me up at 6 and we went out to the Breadstix for dinner.
"So what happened with school?" I asked after we had ordered.
"Well McGonagall decided it was time to re open the school. The repairs had been made from where the ahem happened and the teachers are all back there. The seventh years will have do work over the Christmas holidays so they can catch up on the beginning of term but they are all happy to do that," Harry explained.
"What will Ron and Luna do about the wedding?" I asked.
"The wedding will be held during summer break. After that will you be staying in England?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. I may want to do my senior year hear with these guys. I haven't decided Harry," I said honestly.
"We will all support you either way. We just miss having you around constantly. If you do decide to stay, break the news to Molly gently. She already hates how far away you are," Harry said.
"I bet. When you go home, tell her she will see me in a few week. Christmas Break is next week and I will definitely be there for the engagement party," I said.
"She's just happy she got to hold your birthday party. So Mione, something Blaise and Draco said has been weighing on my mind," Harry said. I nodded for him to continue and he smirked "apparently you have chemistry with one of the guys in glee and I'm going to believe that it was that Noah boy you were singing and dancing with. Do I have to go big brother on him?"
"Harry James Potter! Noah and I are friends. He has been very good to me. You will not go into big brother mode because if you do, I will castrate you!" I said. Harry flinched and nodded but still had a smile on his face.
We finished dinner talking about England and what I had been doing here. When we were done, Harry drove me home and kissed my cheek.
"I'm gunna head home but I love you and I'll talk to you soon. If I don't see you, I'll see you at the party. I'm sure Molly wouldn't mind if you bought your friends," Harry said as he walked me to my front door.
"Ah Harry, The Weasley's are magic! I haven't gotten around to explaining that part of my life yet," I said.
"Oh right, maybe next time," Harry said. He kissed my forehead and walked back to the car.
"Mione, can we talk?" Aunty Sue asked as I walked into the living room. I sat down beside her and looked at her. "Mione, what did you mean when you said the Weasley's are magic? What part of your life haven't you explained yet?"
"You heard that?" I whispered. She nodded and I sighed. "Aunty Sue, this is something my mum, dad and I have kept a secret for years. When I was 11 I found out I was a witch as in magic wand, flying broomsticks everything."
"You're telling the truth? You are seriously a witch?" Aunty Sue said softly. When I nodded she sat back in her seat.
"The boarding school I went to was called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There are many laws dictating who can be told and who can't be. I was given permission to tell you when my parents died because you would be taking care of me but I guess I just kept forgetting to mention it. I'm sorry it has taken this long," I said.
"It's ok honey. Can you show me some? I think I need to see it to believe it," Aunty Sue said. I nodded and raced up to my room. I felt under my bed and found my trunk. I opened it and under all my robes and books, my wand lay hidden. I opened the box it was in and caressed it fondly. When I picked it up, I felt the same warmth I had felt six years before when my wand chose me.
"Ok, what do you want to see?" I asked.
"Anything," Aunty Sue said.
I pointed my wand at the book that was sitting on the coffee table and I levitated it. I made it spin around in the air a few times before putting it back in its spot.
"That... Wow," Aunty Sue said.
"You can't tell anyone," I said. Aunty Sue nodded and hugged me.
"Thank you for sharing that with me. Now, what are you doing tomorrow?" Aunty Sue asked.
"Shopping with the girls for glee costumes. Want to catch a movie tomorrow night then go shopping on Sunday?" I said.
"Sounds like a plan," Aunty Sue said. I kissed her cheek and walked up to my room. I put my wand into my bedside table and got changed into my pyjamas.
- Puck POV -
We were sitting in the assembly on Friday and us guys were pretty excited. We had just performed our bitchin' version of Jason DeRulo's In My Head and we were waiting for the girls. We hadn't seen them all morning and we were pretty excited to see their performance.
"So you've seen the boys of New Directions, please welcome the girls," Mr. Schue said. The school applauded and we waited for the music to start. Before it did, the lights went down and we couldn't see anything.
The band started steady beat started as the lights on the floor lit up. Cedes and Tina were standing near the front row aisles on each side and Rach and Quinn were in the row in front of us (we sat in an aisle with Artie) and all were swaying their hips slowly and clapping the beat. Quinn started singing the main words and the others provided back up.
The lights then came up on the stage and my mouth dropped (as I'm pretty sure did every other male jaw in the room if they hadn't already). San and Britt were on either side of Mione and all three were moving their hips in time to the music. Mione took over the main vocals and I watched as her, San and Britt began moving their hips much faster than the other girls who were providing backup vocals.
I took a good look at what Mione was wearing and had to adjust myself. She had on purple see-through pants and a purple bra thing with sheer sleeves coming out from the straps. She had gold glitter lining the bra edge and some gold decorations around her belly button. Wrapped around her stomach connecting to her belly button piercing was a gold chain that had gold coins dangling off it. There was also some glitter sprinkled on her amazing abs. Her hair was straightened and up in a high ponytail with a plait around the band. There was also a gold headdress resting on her head that had a silver diamante hanging down and resting on her forehead. She was bare foot and her feet had gold decorations on them as well.
I noticed all the girls were dressed identical except for the colours and Mercedes was wearing a gold sash that connected the pants and top and the other girls had no head dress. Mione was in purple, San was in red, Britt was in light blue, Quinn was in pink, Cedes was wearing gold, Tina was in dark blue and Rach was wearing green.
We were all fascinated as the girls sang and danced to the song. I couldn't help but watch Mione as she swayed her hips, moved around and dropped down. Halfway through the song, the four on the floor walked up onto the stage and moved to the back. They all kept dancing and as the song ended all the girls were either sitting or kneeling around Mione who was standing and smiling.
There was silence before every guy in the hall jumped to their feet applauding, cheering and whistling. The girls remained in their seats but still applauded and cheered. The girls bowed and ran off the stage. We got to our feet and walked backstage while everyone else walked out.
- Quinn POV -
"We just killed it!" Tina said with a grin.
"That was awesome," Britt said before hugging Mione. Mione was smiling brightly and panting slightly.
"No gym for me this week, that was a workout and a half," Mione said and we all laughed.
We heard a knock on the door and once Rachel said come in, the boys and Mr. Schue piled in.
"Wow! Girls that was amazing," Mr. Schue said with a huge smile. He high fived all of us and moved aside for the boys.
"We concede defeat to your awesomeness," Blaine said as he started bowing. "Where did you learn those moves?"
"Mione taught us," I explained and all the boys turned to the girl in question.
"What? I have done belly dancing for a long time. These girls are just lucky I didn't make them do pole dancing, that is hard," Mione said. "What? It helps with upper body and leg strength."
"I am learning so much about you," Mike said with a grin. Mione threw her water bottle cap at his head and it hit him right between the eyes.
"Ok, we need to get changed. Shall we meet you guys in the cafeteria?" I asked. The boys all nodded and walked out of the room.
"Mione, what happened to your arm?" Tina asked and when we turned we noticed Tina looking at a bite mark on Mione's right arm. Mione paled and looked down before turning to Tina.
"I was bitten badly by a dog last year. That's the scar from it. I needed stitches," Mione answered.
"Ouch! Bet that hurt," Rach said. Mione just nodded as she grabbed her clothes and slipped into the bathroom to change.
- Mione POV -
I can't believe I was that stupid! How could I forget to glamour my bite mark when I was covering the others? During the battle I was bitten by Greyback on both my arm and leg. Thankfully I was in my animagus form at the time so I just came out of the fight with two faint bite marks.
I quickly threw my clothes on and washed the makeup off my face before walking out of the bathroom.
"Ok. I'm gunna go to the cafeteria. I'll meet you lovelies there," I said. The girls all nodded and I walked out of the auditorium.
The rest of the day passed by quickly but I could feel something was off. The boys and I walked to our lockers after Spanish before meeting up with everyone else and walking to the doors of the school. We noticed a large group of people congregating in the car park and no one was getting on their buses and we wondered why.
Blaine pushed the door open and as we walked out, I heard people start calling out my name. I looked up and paled. The wizarding paparazzi were swarming towards us.
"Hermione! Hermione!" They called out. I tried to turn around and run back inside but I was surrounded. I was separated from the glee kids who were looking on confused and worriedly. I noticed Kurt run inside while I turned to try and escape the paparazzi.
"How do you feel about the impending marriage of Ron Weasley and Luna Lovegood? Does it make you jealous considering your past relationship?" A nasally voice asked and when I looked up I noticed Rita Skeeter right in my face. It took all I had to not punch her in the face but I didn't want to add fuel to the fire.
"Hermione! How are you coping since the tragic murder of your parents?" Another reporter yelled out.
"Is it true you are pregnant with the love child of Draco Malfoy which is why he has been giving you money?" A reporter yelled.
"Are the rumours true that you are engaged in a three way relationship with Mr. Draco Malfoy and Mr. Blaise Zabini?" Someone yelled out.
"Get Away!" I cried as I tried to push through. I suddenly felt a strong arm around me and I noticed Coach Bieste pulling me away. I was passed into Mr. Schue's arms who, with the help of Noah and the club dragged me through the remaining reporters and inside. I was escorted straight to Figgins' office where Aunty Sue pulled me into a hug.
"Miss. Granger, I don't understand," Figgins said. Quinn closed the door behind her and sat beside Sam.
"I need to make a call," I whispered. I walked over to Figgins' desk and picked up his phone. I dialed the familiar number and waited.
"Hello?" Harry's voice said.
"Harry, I need help," I said.
"Why? What's happened Mione?" He asked. I heard other voices in the background and I knew it was the Order.
"Is Kings there?" I asked. I heard the phone pass hands.
"I am here Mia. What is wrong?" Kings' comforting voice asked.
"The paps found me. Skeeter is here and I'm gunna do what I did in 4th year," I said as I alluded to the time I found her in animagus form and put her in a jar.
"I will deal with it Small One. Are you safe at the moment?" Kings said and I smiled.
"Yes. My wonderful friends saved me. Please hurry or I'll do something stupid," I said. Kings laughed and I could tell he was shaking his head.
"Sit tight Small One. I will be there in an hour," Kings said.
"Thanks Kings. Love you," I said before hanging up the phone. I turned to everyone and said "the cavalry are coming."
"Don't they have to come from England?" Artie asked.
"Nope. Kings and Harry are in Columbus doing some business. They should be here in an hour," I replied quickly.
"Cool. So we just have to sit tight for a little bit," Blaine said.
"Why don't you kids get started on homework?" Aunty Sue said. She ushered me to sit in Figgins' chair and Noah handed me my bag. We grouped up so we could work on our homework until Kings and Harry came.
One hour later, a knock was heard. We all looked up and I saw not only Kings and Harry but Rem, Sev, Blaise and Draco.
I jumped up and opened the door. I hugged Harry, Drake and B before turning to the three men.
"Hmm, who to hug first," I said as I pretended to think.
"Me because I just saved your behind Small One," Kings said. I laughed and hugged him tightly.
"Sev next cause he hates being hugged," I said. I hugged him quickly and smiled when he rubbed my neck gently.
"Finally Rem," I said. I hugged my favourite professor tightly and smiled as he kissed my head. I inhaled his woodsy scent and nuzzled into his coat.
"Missed you," I whispered.
"Missed you too bub. Been having fun?" He asked.
"Loads. Everyone, these are Remus, Severus and Kingsley. Kings, Rem, Sev, these are my friends Finn, Rachel, Sam, Quinn, Artie, Britt, Kurt, Blaine, Mercedes, Mike, Tina, Santana and Noah," I said. "Oh, and this is Principal Figgins, Mr. Schuester and my aunty Sue."
The men and Aunty Sue all shook hands and my friends nodded in hello.
"So the paparazzi are gone. Skeeter has been informed if she comes near you again without your permission she will be arrested," Kings explained.
"Why would I want that bitch near me?" I asked seriously. Rem, Sev, Kings, Harry, Drake and B cracked up laughing. "No I'm serious."
"You are priceless Princess," Rem said.
"Thank you, I try," I said.
"Come on. Let's get these kids out to their cars. I'm sure they want to get home," Kings said.
We all gathered up our things and walked out to the now empty parking lot.
"Mione, movie night at my place tomorrow, you in?" Kurt asked.
"Sure. Text me what time," I replied. He hugged me and then raced over to Blaine's car.
"You ready to go home Mione?" Aunty Sue asked.
"Yep. Let's go," I said.
Just as we were getting into the car, I heard Noah calling out my name.
"Here is your Spanish book. You left it on the table," Noah said as he handed me my folder.
"Thanks Noah. Hey, do me a favour," I said. When he nodded, I went on. "Can you come shopping with me tomorrow please. I want to buy Rach's birthday present but I don't know what to get her."
"Of course. I'll pick you up at 9," Noah said. He kissed my cheek and walked back to his car.
"Mione, something you want to tell me?" Aunty Sue said.
"No ma'am. We are just friends," I said. Aunty Sue smiled and I noticed her shake her head.
- Unknown POV -
"The paper has arrived," one of my servants said as they handed me the Prophet before running away.
I looked down at the head story: War Heroine living like a Muggle. Below the heading was a picture of Hermione Granger in all her glory. She was surrounded by a large group of people and was smiling and laughing.
Hermione Granger, war heroine, has seemed to have abandoned her wizarding roots. The young woman was seen by this reporter leaving a muggle school in the small American town of Lima, Ohio. Many believed that the tragic death of her parents a month ago caused the teen to decide to leave the wizarding world. While it is true, the loss of a parent is devastating, young Miss. Granger doesn't seem too phased.
Story continued Page 4.
I turned to page four and noticed a large array of photos. Most were of Granger and an unknown male. He had his arm around her shoulder and hers was around his waist. They were smiling and laughing as they seemed to be shopping. In one of the photos, the male would kiss her head and smile at her before the picture restarted.
Miss. Granger was seen in the company of this unknown young man on Saturday. They seemed to be extremely close always touching, either holding hands or hugging. Could this boy be the reason Miss. Granger no longer feels the loss of her parents? This reporter believes he should be informed of her past.
However, the known heartbreaker was seen the next day in the company of three other men and her boy toy was nowhere to be found. Even in her muggle life, she can't seem to make up her mind.
This reporter will hopefully keep you informed of the situation involving Miss. Granger.
Rita Skeeter
I closed the paper and started laughing.
"I know where you are now mudblood. No one can protect you," I hissed. I slammed my hand down on the photo of her and threw the paper into the fire. I watched as the photo burned and I couldn't help but laugh.