DADA
Hermione woke bright and early, ready for the day. She showered and dressed, then headed down to the Great Hall, to eat breakfast. She was basically the only one there, she liked to get a head start at breakfast, that way she could go to the Library before she had to make it too her classes. Hermione sat down at the nearest table, and grabbed two pieces of toast, and two strips of bacon, and put them together. She poured some pumpkin juice, and sat quietly and ate. When she finished her sandwich, she grabbed her juice, and drank it. She got up from the table and started to leave the Great Hall. Only to be stopped by Barry.
"Hey Harmony, this is Emma Rowan. She's Head Girl. Did you want to sit with us?" he asked.
"Oh I already finished my breakfast, but thank you for asking me. I'm actually headed to the Library. See you later?" she said hopefully.
"Yeah, we'll see you later." he said.
"It was nice to meet you, Emma." Hermione said.
"You too, Harmony. I hope we get to talk soon." she said.
"Oh course, let's say…lunch?" Hermione asked.
"Alright. See you then." Emma said, and walked into the Great Hall with Barry.
Hermione walked to the Library, she still had an hour before her first class started, and she just wanted to catch up on some reading. She didn't however, plan on running into Tom and his Slytherin 'friends'.
"Look what he have here. Miss Unity. I must say, you are delectable." one Slytherin remarked.
"Well, thank you. But I'm sure you'll never find out." Hermione snapped back.
"Oh a feisty one. I like that." he said as he tried to touch her cheek with the back of his hand.
Hermione being faster with her wand, had the Slytherin boy on the floor, on his knees. "Now I know you weren't about to touch me, without my say so. Were you? Think real hard before answering that question." Hermione said thru clenched teeth.
"No, no…. I wasn't. Swear." he whimpered as Hermione twisted her wand, which twisted his arm, "Ouch, ouch! Don't…you'll break it."
"Then you will learn not to touch someone without permission." she sneered, but let the spell go. "Don't do it again. Besides, there's only one that has permission. And I would hate to see what he does to you, if you even think about me that way." She whispered that last part in the Slytherin boys' ear.
When she was getting ready to walk away, she smiled at the rest of the Slytherin's, and said, "Sorry to meet under these circumstances, I'm Harmony. Hopefully I'll see you all in classes. Bye." and she walked away, leaving some very confused Slytherin's in her wake, and a very turned on, Mr. Riddle.
"That bitch! I swear, I'll get her back." the boy said.
"I told you…don't do it. I told you…you 'd get hurt. She's like us, in every way, but she is also every other house also. You can't sneak up on her, and you can't bully her. Take your loss like a man." Riddle said.
"As you wish, my lord." he replied.
"But there is something intriguing about Miss Unity. I think we must find out what that is. Power like that should be used, and I think I know how to do that." Riddle said with a smirk. "There. Now they will not question why I around her. I can get to know her, and make my decision." They went on their way to the Great Hall, leaving Harmony to go to the Library.
Hermione took her time in the Library, she grabbed a book, and settled down to a desk. She read for about 50 minutes, then decided to head to Defense against the Dark Arts class. She took the book with her, and hurried out into the corridor. She didn't want to be late to class and have to sit in the back, so she hurried a little faster. When she got there, she wasn't the first one there. There were a couple Ravenclaw's there, and couple Griffyndor's. And of course there was Tom Riddle. Hermione caught his eye, and gave him a nod, she walked into the classroom, and looked around. "I could sit next to Tom without him asking me too, or I can wait until he does…hmm I think I'll wait." she thought to herself as she was about to sit at the table next to Riddle's.
"You can sit here. It would be nice to sit with someone who wasn't a complete idiot." Tom said to her.
She looked at him and smiled, "Okay." She went over and sat down next to him. And just then she felt that chill run down her back, and she gave a little shiver.
"Shivering already, I see…" he said to her.
She leaned in real close to him, and said, "Maybe…want to take care of it for me?" and winked at him.
"You might just be the death of me…" he mumbled.
"That's what I'm hoping for…" she smiled at him.
That comment confused Tom, but he didn't have time to ask her about it, because the Professor had just come in.
"Please turn to page 178. Today we are going to be learning about Boggarts. And for your entertainment, I have captured one. Once you read the first 3 pages, we'll get started." she said.
Hermione already knew about Boggarts, she had already seen one. Never for herself, but it always took different shapes for all of her friends fears. How bad could it really be? She knew the spell, she could handle this. Once she noticed that everyone else was just about done reading she acted like she was too.
"Alright class, I'm sure you are finished reading, not line up. Anyone care to go first?" the Professor asked.
"I'll go." and Ravenclaw said. He approached the Boggart and it turned into a giant squid. The kid swallowed hard, and prepared to cast the spell. "Riddickulus!" and nothing was happening.
"With feeling, dear boy…try again." Professor said.
"Riddickulus!" he said, and the squid tentacles were stuck together, making him fall over. Everyone was laughing.
Next up was Hermione, "Alright, Harmony, give it a go!" the professor said.
Hermione stepped up to the Boggart and it turned into herself, lying on the floor, crying…everyone was confused by this, but Hermione knew exactly what it meant. This brought tears to her eyes, she didn't know how to make this funny…then she glanced at Tom. Suddenly, she pointed her wand, and yelled "Riddickulus!" then there were three raven-haired children running around her, and she had a slightly swollen belly. And the Hermione Boggart was laughing, and chasing the children around. Hermione herself, was also laughing.
"Alright, next, Tom…you're up." the Professor said.
Tom Riddle stepped closer to the Boggart and when it turned, it turned into this big tall figure, cloaked in black, with a snakelike appearance. Hermione gasped, because she had seen this before…it was Lord Voldemort, Hermione couldn't believe it. This is what she was looking for, this was her way of getting him to turn to the Light side. If she could convince him, what she was saying was true, he would be saved. Everyone would be saved.
"Riddickulus!" he said, and the figure cracked into a thousand pieces and exploded into tiny light glittery particles.
"Alright class, I think that's enough for today. Tomorrow the remaining students will get a turn. Off you go." the professor said.
Hermione went to her seat, and grabbed her things, she turned to Tom, and said, "Please Tom, come to the Portrait of Julieta the Sweet tonight at 9. There is something that I want to talk to you about." She didn't wait for a reply, she knew he would be there. If not because she asked, but out of pure curiosity.
The rest of the morning went by fairly quickly. Then came lunch, Hermione remembered that she had to sit with Emma and possibly Barry, but she really didn't mind him. She knew how to handle advances that weren't welcome. She met Emma and Barry outside the Great Hall, and they all walked in together. They talked about a few different things, and ended up talking more about Hermione than anything else.
"So where are you from?" Emma asked.
"I'm from Britain, I used to live in France. I went to Beaubatons, before the accident." Hermione said skillfully.
"Accident? What happened?" Barry asked.
"Well, my parents were the victims of a terrible crime. I was out one night with my friends, and when I got home, I found my parents dead. Initially, they thought that I had killed them, I mean, can you believe that? Kill my own parents…well, I made them do Priori Incantatem on my wand to prove that I didn't do it. And I didn't do it. But then, Dumbledore found me, and had me placed at the Orphanage, because I have no other relatives here. And that's where I met Tom Riddle, and he told me all about Hogwarts. It was a very unfortunate thing that has happened to me. But it has made me stronger, even though I am still sad inside." Hermione finished.
"Oh Merlin, Harmony, I'm sorry to bring it up. I didn't know. Please forgive me." Emma said.
"No it's okay. Talking about them helps a little. It's good to let things out, I can't keep it inside forever." Hermione said.
"Wow, you are a tough girl…I heard what you did to Markus." Barry said.
"Markus? Oh, you mean the Slytherin boy…well, I had to do something…his advances were unwanted. I had to show him he was wrong." Hermione said as a matter-of-factly.
"You really are something, aren't you? You do embody every house. I'm impressed. I never thought that I would get too see such a thing. I've read about them…so rare." Emma said.
"I know. I couldn't believe it either. But I'm glad. Now I can get to know everyone here, like it should be. Everyone mingling with everyone else. No houses to divide us. Something other years would only dream about." Hermione said.
"Wow, look at the time. If we don't hurry we'll be late to our next class." Barry said.
The three of them jumped up from their seats, and hurried out into the corridor. Hermione went to Potions, and the others went their own way also. Potions class was self-explanatory. She didn't have a problem brewing the potion for the day, she just had a hard time concentrating on the task at hand. She was really worried about Tom coming over to her Dorm tonight. When she finished her potion, the Professor checked it, and said, "Wow. This is amazing! You are a wonderful brewer. Looks, like you could give Tom a run for his money."
Hermione just smiled, "Thank you Professor, but I assure you…Tom is probably loads better than me."
"Either way, you may leave Miss Trivett. 10 Points to…well, to every house I guess. Giving points to you, is challenging, when it gives them to every house as well." the Professor said.
"Isn't that the way it should be, Sir. No restrictions, and no division. Unity. It's a great thing." Hermione said.
"Miss Trivett, you are a wonder! If everyone could be like you, I think I could like my job better!" the Professor laughed.
Hermione giggled, and left the room quietly. She didn't have any other classes today, so she went to her Dorm, to get her homework finished, so she could have the remainder of the week, for free time. She never got enough of that the first time around. She was going to enjoy it this time. Starting with Tom coming over tonight.