Chapter 12
She stood before him. His presence demanded praise but the one thing she was tempted to do was spit on his nicely polished shoes, turn and leave, but she knew she couldn't do that not with out consequences.
His blonde hair waved in the wind as he spoke up.
"Hermione Granger the ministry sees it fit to test your skills to see how much this school has actually taught you," he said sneering at the fact that Severus was right beside her. There was something different about he man something had changed. A glimmer was in his eyes, hope and love.
"I understand," she said unwavering, out of the corner of her eyes her friends stood there beside Dumbeldore looking at her. She knew that in an instant if she needed them they would be there to protect her to keep her from danger.
"We know that your intelligence is beyond superior to ours so we decided that it is best to test you in defending yourself," he sneered Hermione looked shocked.
"What?" she said taken back," I thought I was just going to have to demonstrate spells nothing else."
"Well you thought wrong now wand at the ready," he said raising his wand.
What was happening everything was so contorted, it felt like a bad dream. The skies were gloomy dark clouds surrounding everything. Feeling of death lingered in the air.
Drawing her long shiny brown wand that she cared for more than anything else, she drew it up in a defensive stance. Closing her eyes she took a couple of deep breathes than opened her eyes.
She, Hermione Granger could do this, she had Snape and he wouldn't leave her.
Ever thing tuned out, the only thing she saw was Lucius, she could hear his heart its unsteady beat. He was scared. Everything was more in tune; she could see his hand twitching from ten feet away.
Seeing his eyes change she knew instantly that he was going to attack.
"Expelliamus," he yelled at her.
"Sixi," she whispered the spell was stopped easily by it.
"Perineum," he yelled a blade, looking like a cloud pelted for her, before she knew it she moved. The blade just nicking her robes slicking the shoulder. Blood seeped down her shoulder but she only felt the pain for a second before she didn't' feel it anymore. The blood started reddening her shirt.
She was unfazed something had changed. Everything had changed. It was as if she was a knew person.
Dumbeldore saw the change and as we, all know he saw it coming in the first place.
(Cause he knows everything right)
Severus looked at her shocked as she dodged spells and barely a whisper sent her own that Lucius could barely even dodge. The man was getting weaker with age, or maybe it was the fact that he knew he could never defeat her she was to strong. Nevertheless, he saw the blood falling down her arm were she had been nicked. It was indeed a lot of blood wanting to move forward he looked at Dumbledore he shook his head, to tell him to wait and see what happens.
Finally, her lips didn't even move but a spell shot out of her wand red and pulsing as it hit the man square in the chest dropping him to the ground.
She looked at what she did. She did it she beat him.
"Great job," Severus said hugging her, her arms trapped lifting her from the ground. He pulled here away and spoke in incantation and her arm was repaired.
"I can't believe I did that," she said looking up at his as he set her down. They knew they couldn't show PDA's but in their minds, they knew they could later.
Soon she was being smothered by her friends. She was a little light headed by the blood she lost but other than that she felt amazing.
"Bludy great job," Ron said hugging her.
"Thanks guys, but hold on a second," she said pushing past them to walk over to Lucius who now recovered and was standing there. Walking up to him, his cold gray eyes watching her.
"I just want to say good job," she said putting out her hand; she saw the sneer that covered his face.
"Not bad," he said taking her hand in a rough shake. Smiling at him, she turned and left. Feeling his eyes on the back of her head, she just looked straight ahead at her prince charming the only man for her. His hands in his robes he looked at her, smirking.
"Now what's so funny," she said looking at him.
"Oh nothing other than the fact that that was pretty cool," he said as they started walking towards the others.
"Yah that was pretty cool I've never felt like that before it was like something took hold of me and told me what to do," she said smiling at him.
"Tell me about it later but I think right now we have a different problem," he said and wiping around she saw her parents standing there. Anger etched on her fathers face wasn't a good thing, she knew she was going to pay for what she had done to Malfoy, and the man with them was some how involved in it all.
"Exceptionally splendid," McGonagall said coming forward to hug her," you did excellently you used everything we taught you."
"Thanks Professor," she said looking at the woman, her eyes brimming with tears," thank you for believing in me, you've been more likes a mother to me than I could ever imagine."
"Anytime dear," she said stepping back, smiling couldn't' believe what she had just said. Now the real problem faced her it was evil ugly and definitely, nasty and its name was her parents.
"Violence is not to be tolerated," her mother screeched people winced from the tone. She had to be tested god her mother was stupid she had no choice it was either fight back or she was going to get hurt.
"It wasn't violence its called self defense, and besides like you two would know the difference," she said cheerfully at them.
"Don't get witty with us," her father said.
"Me witty never," she said mockingly as she stood with her hands on her hips looking at them. Everyone knew that pose well when she was angry or very very cocky.
"Hermione I believe that we would like to take this inside," Dumbeldore said, standing in-between them.
"Yes sir," she said, as he led them inside. She didn't even really follow the old man but kept close to the man his woodsy smell keeping her in its grasp. His arm wrapped around her shoulder intimate but to others was so unusual of him and showing support but to her a fire built. His touch sent her skyrocketing. She wanted so desperately to feel those skilled hands on her everywhere. Touching and teasing rough yet soft, sending her skyrocketing.
Snapped out of her thoughts as she looked around to see that she was in Dumbeldore's office she sat down, on the little couch beside his desk, Seveus following beside her.
"I believe you two have some important business to discuss with Hermione," Dumbeldore said looking at her parents.
"Yes but we would like to speak to her alone," her father said looking at Harry, Ron and Ginny, and especially Snape.
"They stay," Hermione said, her mothers mouth opened to disagree but she stopped her," either they stay or you don't talk to me at all."
"Fine then," her mother, said her nose rose in the air.
"Hermione you are our only child and in being so there are certain things that you need to do, for the family of course," her father said not faltering with his words.
"Like what?" she asked.
"Well, we are a rich family and whoever you marry will immediately inherit a large sum from what your grandparents left you millions of dollars," her mother said, Hermione looked around shocked she was rich.
"You mean I'm rich," she said smiling, maybe things were looking up.
"Not until you marry, but we have already arranged that," her parents said. Then was when the man stepped forward.
Clutching Severus's hand, she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"No," she thought she had said it but the voice was deep and dangerous looking at Severus, she smiled.
"You have no right to answer for her," her father said," this man is an old business partner and a well educated wizard, he is a good match, no a great match."
"No," this time Hermione said it herself," you have no right to chose my husband for me, and besides there's someone else."
"Whom?" her mother asked.
"None of your business," she said her voice sharp," when have you ever been so interested in who I might date mom."
"You're our daughter you will do what we tell you," they said together.
"No I will love who ever I want I will marry who ever I want because I want to, my love is for me to give." She stated.
"I am officially and adult here, I will do what I please," she said standing, and then looked at the man beside her parents," and beside with the pocket money I've been given and the odd jobs that I've been doing I've invested I don't' have a lot of money but I have enough to get along until I get a job."
"You should be ashamed of yourself," she said to the man that her parents wanted her to marry," pervert."
"Don't speech to him like that," her father warned stepping closer.
"Or what your going to hit me try it," she said stepping forward, her fathers head shot down to were her wand was poking into his stomach fear crept into him.
"Don't push me cause I will, bye mom dad, you know the way out and it was nice for you to visit, now if you don't mind I have some important things to discuss with my headmaster thank you, oh and I will marry who ever whenever I want" she said turning from them. She was tired of seeing them.
She waited then sighed when she heard the door shut.
"Feel better don't you," Dumbeldore said she chuckled.
"Yah I do, other than the fact that when I marry we won't have to worry about money," she said.
"Well we have something else to discuss, something much more important, that will involve all of you," Dumbeldore said.
They all looked at the man in bewilderment.
"It seems that Lucius wasn't just sent by the ministry it seems that Voldermort has his eye on you my dear, and a very tuned eye at it to," he finished and everyone turned to look at Hermione grabbing Severus's hand with all her strength, he gripped it right back looking at her.
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I know this chapter is a little longer than what I do, but I really wanted to get everything in there. Please review, I don't care how mean they are just tell me everything you thought was wrong or good with my chapter thank you and keep on reading.
