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The rest of the day went by slowly. Hermione, Ron, and Harry looked over their course books in one of the lounges for a while. The boys eventually got bored and headed out back with the twins and Ginny to play two on two quidditch. Hermione took time to properly go through all of her books, finding that this year would extraordinarily easy as most of it had already taught to her by Severus and Remus. She would be miles ahead of those in her year. She still made notes on the subjects not covered by her mentors and nearly two hours later she emerged from the lounge and right into the eyes of Fleur.
"Are you done studying?" The French girl asked.
"Yes. This year should be easy." Hermione told her.
"Good, now you can contact Remus with that question you had." Fleur gave a stern look that was meant to convey how serious this was, but all it did was turn Hermione on. A low growl came back from the back of Hermione's throat. "Remus first." Fleur said and sauntered away with an extra sway in her hips.
She sent Remus a patronus and went ahead and asked Severus to join them. It was a familiar but frustrating sight to the others in the house. Remus would arrive, greet everyone and the three would disappear down to the basement.
"What do you suppose they're talking about?" Ron asked Harry in a hushed tone as they watched the door close behind Snape.
"Don't know, but I'm sure Hermione will tells us when we get to Hogwarts." He said absent-mindedly rubbing his scar.
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"What is it? Are you in pain?" Remus asked her.
"I still have some of the potion left and I'm going to brew some more before we leave to Hogwarts." Severus said pulling out a vile with healing and pain-killing draught in it.
"No, I'm not in pain. Quite the opposite actually." The two men looked at her confused.
"If there is nothing wrong then why have you called us?" Severus asked putting the vile back.
"Damon healed me." She said. The two looked even more confused and she remembered they didn't know who Damon was. "You got Moony and I got Damon." She said to Remus.
"You named it?" He asked a little shocked. Moony was a nickname Sirius had given his wolf, but it was really more of a joke. Remus nearly cracked his skull in half every time he called him that at school.
"Fleur named it. She said it was how she told us apart. I'm Hermione and it's Damon."
"Does that make Potter Pythias?" Severus asked as he sat down.
"Pythias?" The older wolf asked confused yet again. Severus rolled his eyes, 'dunderhead'. Hermione chuckled at the potion masters stray thought.
"It's a muggle myth. The story of true friendship." Hermione explained to him.
"Of course the dark lord is no Dionysius. He will kill you if he catches you." Severus said to her.
"I know."
"Wait!" Remus said recalling why they were down here. "The wolf healed you?" Severus was brought back to the reality as well and both men stared at Hermione.
"Yes. The other day when I woke I had a deep bruise on my back and Damon asked to heal me."
"Impossible." Severus said, not believing her for a second. Remus too looked skeptical. Hermione sighed and stood up. She put her back to them and lifted her shirt to show them it was gone.
"Impossible." Severus said again, this time his voice holding shock as well as disbelief. He had treated her himself and Remus was standing next to him the whole time. There was no way it was gone without help from…
Remus spun her around and pushed her back into her chair. "I need you to tell us exactly what happened."
Hermione nodded and told them everything. How the wolf asked to help, to be trusted, how it felt when the raw magic slowly coursed through her veins, and most shocking, how it gave her back control when it was done. The two men sat dumbstruck.
"Has this ever happened before?" Remus asked.
Hermione turned red. "When I was asking Fleur about it she said the veela helped, but she had to be transformed and then a thought struck her. She began thinking back to our times together. There were several encounters that didn't happen on a full moon, yet I transformed." The two men looked comatose at this confession.
They didn't know whether to be angry at her for sneaking out more than they thought she had. Angry about not telling them she could change at will, thought they were still confused at how that was even possible. Or lastly angry that she gave up control in a house full of people not willing to harm her, even to save their own lives. Remus finally spoke.
"I need a drink."
"Get me one too." Severus said.
Hermione sat and watched the two men polish off a bottle of firewhiskey while pacing across the basement, stopping and turning to ask a question but shaking their head instead and continuing pacing. After a while Hermione grew impatient.
"Are you two gonna help me figure this out or just stumble across the basement?"
"Right, we really should work on this." Remus said sitting in a chair and waiting for his head to stop spinning.
"First thing, are you sure you can transform when it is not a full moon out?"
"It wasn't a full moon the other night." Hermione answered.
"Right." Remus blushed at her hidden meaning. Severus smirked.
"When you gave up control are you sure there was no resistance when you went to get it back." Severus asked.
"Non what so ever."
"This is completely unheard of."
"I actually have a theory." Hermione said looking at the two men. They nodded for her to go on. "Well, it's just, when I was bitten the first thing that Severus did when we got back was start dosing me with wolfsbane, lots of it. What if the effects weren't that I not only couldn't transform all the way, but that I can also transform when I want?"
The two thought about it. It was true the wolfsbane had stopped her from completely transforming, but this?
"Can you do it right now?" Severus asked. Remus looked at her with the same question in his eyes.
"I can try."
Hermione stood up and moved her chair back. Remus and Severus drew their wands, not knowing what to expect and stood back as well. The two of them looking slightly threatening helped call up Damon faster. The wolf slowly began to rise from deep within and Hermione felt herself begin to change. Raw magic swam threw her body and she felt the changes begin to happen. It was strange, the process had never been so slow, and Hermione could feel everything. She felt her bones and sink stretch, her joints duplicate and pop, her jaw pop out of place as it repositioned and reshaped itself, and finally her muscles swell. Her senses heightened and she could feel the shock and awe radiating from Remus and Severus. She could also feel the nervous energy coming from the floor above them. Opening her eyes she watched the two men slowly approach her, wands still drawn.
"Hermione?" Remus asked. Moony was pulling at his chains harder the closer they got.
"Yes Remus." She answered back in a deep voice.
"Amazing." Severus said and began running a quick diagnostic test. Everything came back fine, a faster heartbeat and higher adrenalin levels were common with werewolves when transformed.
"Can you change back now?" Remus asked still in awe.
Closing her golden eyes she began slowing her breathing and heart rate with meditation technics they taught to her. Damon fought at first but eventually released control back to Hermione. The two men watched as the werewolf before them morphed back into the young teen girl they knew.
"That is amazing." Remus said as he eased Hermione into a chair.
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At dinner everyone had an eye on Hermione. Earlier Remus and Severus had burst through the basement door and stormed off, Remus mumbling about old contacts and one in a million something-or-another, and Severus nearly sprinted up the stairs and shut himself in the library. Hermione was the last to come up and she looked slightly exhausted.
"So, Mione, what was it you three were talking about?" Ron asked in a very nonchalant tone.
"They're not asking you to go out again are they, not after what happened the other day?" Molly asked in a panic.
"No, we were just finalizing the plans for me at Hogwarts." She told them. Most accepted the answer except Harry and Fleur. The latter knew why she was lying and the first was determined to find out why.
As dinner came to a close Hermione went to her room with the excuse of going over the course work again. The Weasley's stayed down stairs as they were expecting a fire call from Charlie. Fleur gave a yawn and excused herself from the family gathering, Harry followed soon after, he said he was going to see Sirius. The two, unknowingly, headed straight for Hermione's room. Fleur having the head start made it first.
She walked over to the tired girl laying on the bed and kissed her lightly.
"Mmm. I love your kisses." Hermione said against Flues lips.
"And I yours." She said sitting on the edge of the bed. Hermione placed her head on Fleur's lap and relaxed further. "What did Remus and Snape have to say?"
"That it is impossible for me to give up control and not have to fight to get it back. That it was stupid of me to do so in the first place. And that it's utterly fascinating." She paused to look up at Fleur. "I think they want to experiment on me."
Fleur laughed at that. "I will not let them poke and prod you out of curiosity love." But Hermione was serious. She was about to tell her about the looks they had when she changed in front of them but stopped. Senses still heightened she caught a familiar sent coming up the hall.
"Shoot." She sat up and distanced herself from Fleur leaving the veela confused. She was about to ask what was the matter when Harry knocked on Hermione's door.
"Mione are you in there?" Fleur got up and opened the door for him. "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to interrupt." He said to his fellow tri-wizard champion.
"No problem 'Arry, I was about to leave. I just wanted to check on Hermione first." She said to him and walked out of the room. Harry's eyes had stayed on her as she walked out of the room.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked, her voice a little low seeing Fleur's veela pull still had an effect on people. Ron had gotten better at fighting it since Bill married Fleur, but he too had his moments.
"Oh sorry, um, I just wanted to check up on you, you seemed a little worn out at dinner."
"Still recovering from the other day." She told him.
"You know I can always tell when you're lying." He said to her taking a seat beside her on the bed.
Hermione looked at him and sighed. "I can't tell you Harry, not yet."
"Is it bad?" asked the young wizard.
"No, not really." He nodded and resolved to wait until Hermione could tell him.
"So," he said changing the subject, "you ready for Hogwarts?"
"Yes, isn't it exciting?"
Harry smiled at her. For Ron Hogwarts was school, an amazing school, but a school none the less. For Harry and Hermione it was stepping into another world. A world they all ways dreamed of and found to be real. As dark as the times were, it never took the awe away from that first glimpse of the castle, that feeling of safety, wonder, and love. It was home and they were only a day away from it.
"So, have you worked out a schedule yet or are you waiting to see our class schedules first?" Harry asked her. For a second Hermione was confused, but then remembered she was supposed to train them while at school.
"About that, I need to speak with Dumbledore first."
"Why?" Harry asked, starting to get annoyed.
"Well things have changed now. I need to speak with Dumbledore about how safe it is for me to train you and Ron."
"But you said…."
"Those plans were made before I was bitten and I've yet to come to terms with and learn to fight with my wolf." She told him.
"But you did fine the other day." Harry told her. He was angry that everyone around him knew more than he did were able to help and participate, that everyone treated him like a child but expected him to save the world.
"Harry I nearly lost control."
"You would never hurt us Mione!" He argued.
"Neither would Remus but Moony nearly tore us to bits third year!" She pointed out.
Harry didn't have a comeback for that. It was true Remus would never hurt Harry, Ron, or Hermione, not even Malfoy. Moony however was a different story.
"Hermione," Harry said in a pleading voice "he is coming for me. I need to be able to stand on my own. We don't know what will happen and this maybe my last chance to learn how to do that."
Hermione knew he was right. "I'll speak with Dumbledore after the welcome feast."
Harry nodded his thanks and left her. As he walked down stairs he heard the Weasley's goodbye to Charlie. Fleur heard the goodbyes as she snuck back into Hermione's room.
She closed the door and silenced it behind her. Tomorrow she and Bill would leave for Shell Cottage and Hermione would spend her last day before Hogwarts without her mate. They had no intentions of wasting the night sleeping.
Fleur devested her clothing and walked over to Hermione on the bed. The brunette pulled her into a searing kiss and laid her down.
"I will miss you." She said to the girl beneath her.
"And I you, but we will have the training sessions and Hogsmead." She said pulling Hermione's shirt off her. She could feel her body changing along with Hermione's and when she looked up into amber eyes she watched them fade into gold. Hermione watched blue eyes being swallowed by blackness and quickly devested the rest of her clothes and tossed her wand off the bed. Fleur crawled backwards to the center of the bed never breaking eye contact with Hermione. Hermione slowly stalked towards her, body still morphing as she did. They could each smell the want and sense the need coming off from the other. Hermione crawled up between Fluers legs, spreading them farther apart as she did. She stopped and lowered her head to Fluer's sex. The veela was dripping with lust and Hermione grew drunk off the sent. Tentatively sticking her tongue out she tasted the veela. Fluer tossed her head back and let out a moan and lifted herself from the bed, offering all of her to her mate. Hermione smiled at the gesture and took advantage. Again drawing her tongue along the slick sex adding more pressure and grazing Fleur's clit. There was a sharp intake of breath and Hermione repeated the move again before lightly sucking the small bundle of nerves into her mouth. Fleur moaned and her body jerked as Hermione lightly sucked her. Fleur's hands soon made it into Hermione hair and she was holding her there. Hermione moaned into the girl and eased two fingures inside her, slowly turning and thrusting. Fleur was matching her thrust begging for more. A sharp gasp and the feel of Fleur pulling and holding Hermione's fingures told her the veela was close and with one final thrust Hermione pressed down on her g-spot and sucked her hard, Fleur reached her release.
Hermione withdrew and slowly trailed her way up Fleur's body, licking, nipping, and kissing each bit of flesh. She reached Fleur's breast and took her left nipple into her mouth, lightly bitting it then massaging it with her tongue. She moved to the right and repeated the action then licked and kissed along Fleur's neck and jaw.
"You are heaven." She grunted into Fluers ear. Fleur wrapped her legs around Hermione and began grinding herself against her toned stomach. Light whimpers filled Hermione's ear and fuled her desire, Hermione growled and positioned herself. Ink black eyes met gold and they connected on every level. Hermione howled at the feel and Fleur let out cry of passion.
Harry had gone up to ask Hermione another question and seen Fleur sneak back into the room. "Odd." He turned back and went to his room.
