Chapter 7: Meeting Professor Dumbledore
"Who are you?! Where did you come from!? How did you get in here?" Albus shouted.
Hermione could only stutter her name for the rage in his eyes was so great that it nearly made her soil her pants. "H..Her..Hermione, sir."
Nearly screaming Albus repeated his unanswered questions. Until someone else in the room cleared their throat Hermione could only see Albus and feel the crackle of magic that surrounded them both. At the sound of the voice behind him he calmed down just a bit and removed his firm hold on her but never removed his wand from underneath her chin.
"Albus do calm yourself; you're acting as if you were a cat surprised by a rather unpleasant dog. It's rather obvious to see that this young girl is terrified and has no clue where she is. Come now release her at once and allow her to sit." Headmaster Dippet reached over to calm Albus' hand on the shaking girl's neck and gently pulled him away. With a gentle smile he reached for the girls hand and escorted her to the chair by his desk.
"Dear girl you must excuse Professor Dumbledore he has had many shocks in the last few years. And to be quiet honest you did show up rather mysteriously in my office. So please have a cup of tea and answer the questions when you have calmed yourself to an appropriate level." He handed her a cup of tea and gave a stern look to Albus. Albus took the seat next to her and gave her an apologetic look before grabbing a cup of tea as well.
Hermione only needed a few moments to regain control of her emotions; she cleared her throat before she began.
"I am Hermione Granger; I am a student here at Hogwarts in the year 1995. I am assuming that my fall with Severus Snape in Headmaster Dumbledore's office that my time turner may have malfunctioned. I am not sure why I am here exactly, or when to be more precise. All I know is that my destiny has been chosen for me in the form of a prophecy and that I am the only living soul on Earth that can prevent grave devastation." Hermione hung her head so low it nearly laid in her lap. Only her and Harry had ever uttered those words. It was such an immense amount of pressure on her shoulders she could not help but feel the gloom that surrounded her words.
Headmaster Dippet and Professor Dumbledore could only stare at each other. The child sitting before them gave a very dreadful proclamation to their future.
"Miss Granger, would you please share this prophecy with us and any other information you may see fit to share."
"Actually sir, Headmaster Dumbledore, uh, from the future said that I could give you some memories to put in your pensive. If you would please hand me my bag and I can give you the vile it is contained in."
Dumbledore got up and grabbed her bag. Searching through it first to be sure there was nothing dark and handed her the bag. She opened a compartment on the front and handed him the memories. They put them in the pensive and dived in so to speak to figure out this mystery. After what seemed like an eternity they both emerged pale faced and silent.
"My dear girl, we are at your service. My name is Headmaster Dippet. You already know Professor Dumbledore. However, at the current time, he is the Transfiguration professor. Our school year begins tomorrow. We will of course have to create a new identity for you and a back story. But according to the memories we have just seen a majority of that is already complete. Do you understand so far?"
Hermione gave a weak nod. She wondered what was in those memories, before Headmaster...no...Professor Dumbledore continued.
"Miss Granger, you are to pose as my daughter. Your name will be Hermione Dumbledore. We will create all the necessary paperwork. Your mother will have allegedly died at birth and I had no knowledge of you prior to this summer holiday. You would have lived as an orphan in a muggle orphanage near Surrey. Your status will be half-blood. It is to our belief that you are to befriend a boy by the name of Tom Riddle. He is a Slytherin student, very cunning, charming, but he has a very dark side Miss Grainger. He has fooled nearly everyone at this school. You need to be aware of his past as well as what he is capable of young lady before we throw you into the serpents den."
At this point Hermione was scared to death. She mustered up all she could of her Gryffindor courage and listened very carefully to everything Dumbledore said. He had never steered her wrong before and she supposed he wouldn't now. She would do as he says. Tom Riddle would become her tutor to help her catch up with the rest of the third years. Meaning she would be placed in Slytherin and housed close to his dormitories so they may tutor after classes and dinner. She must look as if she is exceptionally powerful to gain his interest and that she knew she could do well.
"Miss Grainger, did I do that to your arm?" Albus said to Hermione, after he noticed her grasp on her arm, with sorrow filled eyes. He raised his wand before allowing her to speak and healed her broken bone.
"Thank you Professor Dumbledore for healing my arm, however, I am afraid I broke it prior to my arrival. If I am to pose as your daughter, how shall I address you?"
"In classes you shall address me formerly, in front of Tom, you will address me as father or whatever you feel comfortable with in that regard. I will get you to the Slytherin dormitory now, you shall meet Professor Slughorn, he is the Head of House. You will also meet Tom. He has been here for the summer and will probably be curious at your introduction. Especially seeing as the Gryffindor Head of House is me."
"Yes sir, I would assume that he will be curious. I am ready to go whenever you are, Headmaster Dippet thank you again for all of your help and kindness."
"Not a problem dear. Let me know if the need arises for any assistance."
"I will sir." Hermione nodded with a grateful smile to bid him farewell and followed behind Albus to meet her new Head of House and Tom Riddle.
AN: DISCLAIMER:
I DO NOT OWN THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER/JK ROWLING. I DO NOT MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF THIS OR ANY OTHER STORY I HAVE WRITTEN. I SIMPLY PLAY WITH THE CHARACTERS.
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