CHAPTER TEN

Summary: Hermione has recently found out that she is a witch and is off to attend her first year at the prestigious Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Wizarding World. There she meets a strange family of red heads, the famous chosen one - Harry Potter, a tight nit group of pranksters and Quidditch players that don't feel quite complete, along with meddling professors and ghosts. What will happen when long kept secrets are finally revealed? Will the new bonds of friendship and love that develop at Hogwarts create the saviours that are needed?

Disclaimer: All canon/original characters, plot line and rights belong to the author J.K. Rowling. Non-canon events and characters belong to me. I am not making a profit from posting this story. Some of the characters may be OOC and the plot is a mixture of both canon and non-canon with some of the main events from Rowling happening differently to canon.

Updated: 19/09/18

Page count: 6

Hogwarts - Wednesday 4th September 1991

Hermione woke at six in the morning which seemed to be her routine now. She got a shower and washed her hair and dressed before she headed to the boys' room. When she entered, she closed the door behind her, smiling at the boys sleeping forms before putting on her game face.

She walked into the middle of the room, taking a deep breath she lifted up her wand and spoke the incantation.

"Aquamenti," she whispered, with her wand pointed at Lee first, then she moved it to Fred and then George then back the other way and she continued this pattern for about thirty seconds, laughing the entire time. Well she had to make sure they got out of bed, didn't she? She collapsed on the floor holding her sides when she ended the spell.

"AHH!"

"WHAT THE HELL?"

"SHITE!" Were the replies she received from the now fully awake thirteen year old boys.

They were all soaked from head to toe. They all looked at each other and then the laughing girl on the floor of their bedroom. They all shared a nod, leapt out of bed and jumped on top of her squashing her beneath them. She managed to get free five minutes later and they were all laughing.

"What was that for, Princess?" George asked as he shook his head, resulting in water flying everywhere.

"I did tell you I would show you boys my appreciation for the Bopsy incident."

"Yeah, but how is this," Lee indicated between himself and the twins. "You showing us your appreciation, Love?"

"Well now you don't have to shower," she replied through laughter.

The boys just looked at her and shook their heads. 'She truly is something else!' they thought.

Eventually they got up off the floor, the boys headed to the bathroom and Hermione got their things ready and cleaned their room. They weren't messy by any means, they just had a few things out of place so she righted them. She sat on Fred's bed with the curtains closed and when they had their trousers on she got off the bed and helped them with their ties and sorted out the twins' hair for them.

They headed down to breakfast after collecting their already packed bags off Hermione. They all had a routine and they had only met Hermione four days ago but it was like they have known each other for years. They fit together in their little group perfectly; they complemented each other.

Breakfast went fast and then it was time for lessons. Her schedule for Wednesday was:

Wednesday

7:30 – Breakfast

9:00 – Herbology, Professor Sprout, All

10:30 – Charms, Professor Flitwick, Gryffindors & Ravenclaws

12:00 – Lunch

1:00 – Defence Against the Dark Arts, Professor Quirrell, Gryffindors

3:00 – END of classes

5:00 – Dinner

Midnight – 01:00 – Astronomy, Professor Sinistra, Gryffindors

They walked her to her first class; herbology which turned out to be rather uneventful except for the note taking, the death glares she received and learning about Devil's Snare.

George escorted her to her next lesson kissing her on the cheek and making his leave; charms which was similar to herbology except they learned how to do a Severing Charm. Hermione was the first in the class to perfect it which she did in only five minutes.

The boys walked with her to lunch where they sat and ate in their own comfortable bubble ignoring anyone who tried to talk or flirt with them and only focusing on each other, which Hermione found hilarious. They walked her to her defence against the dark arts class where she learned about ghosts.

The boys still had lessons for another hour so she made her way to the common room. On her way she was once again stopped in her tracks by Lavender. Hermione was pushed to the ground, Lavender leaned over Hermione and kicked her in the stomach and then left. Hermione rushed to the nearest bathroom where she splashed cold water on her face and looked at her stomach in the mirror.

She could already see a bruise beginning to form and it was going to be quite painful, and she was sure she had been winded as it hurt for her to breathe. She removed her wand from her robes and began muttering the incantation for the Glamour Charm which instantly covered up the injury. Now she just had to make sure she wasn't too obvious about the pain. She could do that. Couldn't she?

Hermione rushed back to her dorm, grabbed her book off of the night stand and went to wait in the boys' room. Lying down on her back with the book open resting against her propped up legs it wasn't too painful for her stomach.

The boys walked in to find Hermione reading and they said hello and then went to work at their cauldron. They continued in the way they had the night before, with her reading and talking to the boys as they worked.

They walked down to the great hall for dinner and sat in the familiar positions –despite her grumbles that she would sit somewhere else, but they ignored her words- as she put food on their plates and they filled the goblets with the desired drink, namely pumpkin juice. Whilst the boys were still eating dessert Hermione had fallen asleep with her head buried in Fred's neck, with one of his was arms wrapped around her shoulders. The boys quickly noticed that she appeared to be cold so George removed his cloak and put it around her. They really had to do something about her cloak being destroyed; she would freeze without one. Hermione sighed happily in her sleep and the boys all smiled softly.

That's when the trouble started.

Angelina didn't like the way the boys were looking at Hermione or the way she was curled up in their laps like the night of the welcoming feast. So she decided to do something about it. Angelina got up from her seat and sat in the now empty seat next to Fred. She tried to convince him to wake Hermione up and get her off his lap but he blatantly refused as did George and Lee. She huffed in annoyance.

Angelina used one hand to grab Hermione by the shoulder and the other to grab the arm that Hermione had around Fred's waist. She yanked hard and because Fred, George and Lee weren't expecting it, Hermione was pulled roughly off their laps, she hit the bench seat and landed on the floor, banging her head.

Before anyone knew what was happening Fred, George and Lee where stood up on their feet and walking towards Angelina who was backing up as they advanced on her. The only thing that stopped them was the groan of pain that Hermione made. She sat up slowly and the boys rushed to her side. She had probably just saved Angelina's life in that moment.

They helped her stand up, she pulled George's cloak tightly around her and she smiled gently at her boys letting them know that she was fine. They let out the breath they didn't even know they were holding. Hermione looked at Angelina and she just shook her head at her before making her way out of the great hall and back to the common room. The boys looked at Angelina and glared at her and she paled slightly, but when they left the great hall a smirk appeared.

Everyone in the hall thought that she must have a death wish and luckily for Angelina, the professors hadn't noticed or witnessed the incident. Well except for one. Professor Snape.

He had been watching the dynamic between The Weasley Twins, Lee Jordan and Hermione Granger unfold since the sorting hat ceremony. He was intrigued by them and the bond of friendship they had built; it seemed to be unbreakable after only four days of knowing each other. He wanted to keep an eye on them especially, Hermione. He had noticed her holding her stomach when she stood from the floor but no one else had. He knew that whatever was wrong hadn't occurred with the incident that just happened as she had hit her head and not her stomach.

Hermione walked into the boys' room and curled up in a ball on Fred's bed, wrapping George's cloak around her tighter and she didn't care that it hurt her stomach. When the boys walked through their door they weren't surprised to see Hermione there. They knew she felt more comfortable with them in their room than she did in her own. But they couldn't blame her, after all, her dorm mates were hags. Fred and George laid down on either side of her on the bed effectively wedging her in the middle of them and Lee sat with his legs crossed at her feet. They stayed that way in a comfortable companionable silence for twenty minutes, until Hermione finally spoke.

"Are you boys okay?"

"Us? Are you okay? You're the one that got bitch handled and practically thrown to the ground," Fred spoke first.

"You mean manhandled?" she asked, but she knew what his answer would be.

"Nope, said it right the first time," he replied and she gave a slight giggle.

Fred and George loved to hear her laugh. They had noticed that whenever she wasn't around them the feelings of being complete, content and relaxed disappeared with her. So did the feeling of their skin being on fire, of their magic humming and their bodies tingling. But when she was around they always reappeared and stayed there until she'd left their presence. It didn't take a genius to know that she was special. That she was different.

She would always be special to them, but they didn't want to think about that until they were older. Who knew what the future would bring? They wanted to enjoy the time that they had with her now. Thanks to the feelings they could sense when she was in the room without even having to look up. But for some reason they knew that she would always be in their lives, that she was always meant to be in their lives and the thought of this didn't bother them one bit. Sure, they've only known her for four days but they couldn't imagine their lives without her in it. And they didn't want to. Ever!

Hermione was unknowingly having the same thoughts as Fred and George. Whenever she was around them she felt complete, happy and like that the missing part of her that she felt for as long as she could remember had been filled. Even now she felt content even with the pain she was in. Her magic was practically singing and her body was tingling. Over the last few days she had learned to become accustomed to the feelings, seeing them as being normal. But for her they were. She didn't ever want to live a life without the twins and Lee being in it. Don't get her wrong, those feeling don't appear when Lee was around like they do when the twins are, but instead she gets feeling of family around Lee. But the twins were different.

The boys left her to read and they went to work at the cauldron.

"Hey, Princess?"

"Yes, Georgie?"

"What was that spell that you used on us this morning?"

"Aquamenti," she replied.

"What?" the three boys spluttered.

"Love, that's a sixth year spell. How do you know that?" Lee asked.

"I read about it in a book and tried it out. I managed to perfect it in about thirty minutes," she shrugged.

They all looked at her speechless; she was a first year who had only been at Hogwarts for four days and she had perfected a sixth year spell?

"Seriously?" asked Fred disbelievingly and she nodded.

"Spitfire, like Lee said, that's a sixth year spell and a lot of them have trouble casting it, never mind perfecting it," Fred explained in awe.

"It was actually really easy, Freddie." They appeared to be stunned. "Do you want me to teach you?"

"Can you?" they all asked and she nodded.

"I think so," she frowned thoughtfully.

With that said they all gathered around Fred's bed, Hermione sat up slowly but she still winced. Luckily for her they were all getting their wands and didn't notice. Hermione read out the passage on the Aquamenti spell and showed them the incantation and wand movements. They managed to perfect it an hour and thirty minutes later, and they were ecstatic.

"So are you okay, Princess?" George asked.

"Yes, I'm fine, I promise. I have a bit of a sore head but that should be gone by tomorrow. Why don't you guys continue with your work and I'll read my book?" Hermione said.

"Are you sure?" Lee asked.

"Positive, besides, the more spells I can perfect, the more I can teach you and the more we're able to use in pranking."

They all looked at her with pleased, smug smiles.

"Read away then, Love; don't let us stop you," Lee said, handing Hermione her book.

"But you are stopping me," she said with a laugh and the boys jumped away from the bed and all but ran to work at the cauldron.

Hermione fell asleep reading in Fred's bed and they didn't have the heart to wake her up. So instead George and Lee pushed their beds on either side of Fred's so there was more room. They all went to brush their teeth and change in to their pajamas. When they returned to the room they removed Hermione's shoes, George's cloak and the book from Hermione's grip. They lifted the covers with Fred and George climbing in on either side of Hermione and Lee sleeping beside Fred. They all fell into a deep sleep and unknown to them, they moved closer together in their sleep until they were cuddled closely.

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Hermione woke up at eleven-thirty, when she remembered that she had an astronomy lesson at midnight. She tried to get up but she was stopped by something heavy. She looked and saw two arms; one wrapped around her waist and the other her stomach and it was hurting the bruise but she wasn't bothered. She looked to see herself, Fred, George and Lee all snuggled close together and they were sleeping peacefully. She quickly but gently removed their arms and got out of bed. She put on her shoes and penned a quick a note to her boys in case they woke up before she could wake them up in the morning.

'Hey boys,

I went to my astronomy lesson, so don't worry about me, yes I am well enough to go George (I'm rolling my eyes at you right now) so don't worry about me. I'll see in the morning.

H'

With that completed she quickly grabbed her school bag and ran to her lesson. She made it just in time. She sat down at the front of the room. The layout of this room was different to the other classrooms. They were in a circular room and instead of desks and chairs there were pillows and cushions on the floor. They were in an open tower and she didn't have a cloak as she didn't want to take George's, so she would just have to make do with what she was already wearing.

Professor Sinistra was an average sized woman who wore brown robes and a witch's pointed hat and she was dark skinned like Lee. She began the introduction to the class and Hermione took notes. Thank Merlin the lesson is only an hour long otherwise she would've probably frozen to death. The lesson seemed to fly by and so she was quickly able to make her back to the common room. She debated going back to the boys' room but she didn't want to risk waking them or being caught, so she went to her dorm room where she readied for bed and went to sleep.