"Okay. So basically what'd happened is Hermione, you've told everybody about you being a 'Caller', everyone found out that Thyme is your brother (which nobody was supposed to know), Severus and you are in love, the Order and Albus now know you are innocent, and Poseidon is going to be attacked on Halloween. Oh, and Harry Potter is your Godson, Severus." Lucius said, quite amazed at all that had happened as he sat down.

He was never this shocked by anything - except perhaps what happened at the revels. He looked from face to face.

"Lucius, are you mad?" Hermione said in the smallest voice possible. Lucius turned to look her in the face. He could tell she was scared what his answer might be.

"Hermione, how long have we known each other and been on good terms?" Lucius asked Hermione, bringing his hand to her chin and lifting her face so her eyes to meet his.

"Four." The usually loud and outspoken Boaconda said in a fragile voice.

"And how long have you been bonded to my son as his sister?" Lucius asked, never removing his eyes from hers.

"Three. Are you mad Lucius?" Hermione was preparing herself for his answer. Lucius gave her an annoyed look. She knew he was mad. And now her father figure would abandon her. "How many times must you call me Lucius, Hermione? I think of you as my own daughter. You may not be my blood, but I feel you are. You're bonded to Draco, in love with my best friend, and helped me cope with the death of Narcissa." An exasperated Lucius said to Hermione. Tears gathered in Hermione's eyes.

Hermione wouldn't allow the tears to fall - not in front of Lucius or anybody. They would think of her as weak.

"Then what am I to call you?" She asked timidly.

"How about dad or father?" Lucius joked as he pulled Hermione into a tight hug. Hermiones hugged back just as tightly. She was able to call him dad. She didn't notice she was crying until Lucius whispered to her.

"You might want to stop crying, so you don't look like a mess infront of Severus." He gently gave her his handkerchief. "Now Severus, I know I don't have to warn you or threaten you. But if you happen to hurt her in any way, you will have to look behind you for the rest of your life." Lucius threatened, noticing with satisfaction that Severus had paled slightly.

Hermione released Lucius and straightened up. She headed to the kitchen with all the men looking after her. "Hey, Hermione. What are you doing in there?" Lucius asked, seeing everyone's confusion.

"Making tea. I'll be out in a second." Hermione replied as she took out the jug from Thyme's refridgerator. She set out six glasses on the silver tray. As she finished filling up the last glass, Severus came in. He put his arms around her body as she put the jug up.

"You know you're really taking a long time." Severus commented he kissed her neck. He tickled Hermione enough to where she started to giggle. This went on for seven minutes until Draco came in.

"You know you really shouldn't offer refeshments if you have no intention of giving them out." Draco said, disgusted by the amount of affection they were showing each other. Hermione and Severus immediately sprung into action - Severus carried the tea, and Hermione carried the sugar. They entered the room to find Harry shifting uncomfortablely with Thyme and Lucius glaring at him.

"Please stop." Hermione pleaded as she sat down on the sofa next to Harry.

"How can you stay in the same room with him?" Thyme sneered. That was the wrong thing to do.

Hermione whipped around and faced him.

"Thyme, if you don't want people knowing about what happened in your third year, you'll back off. And besides, his memories were blocked with any knowledge of 'Callers'. I may not be willing to let him into my life as easy as before, but I would like to start fresh." Hermoine finished as she looked at everyone pointedly, especially Harry.

"What are you going to do with the Weasley's? Surely you won't let them back in so easily." Draco yelled, incensed. He had heard about the slap and insults directed towards his 'sister', but he had yet to tell his father about what had happened.

"I don't plan on letting them back in, ever." Hermione spat as she looked into the fireplace. "What happened Hermione? And don't lie to me, I can tell they did something other than turning their backs on you." Lucius asked in a concerned tone of voice, which was strange for everyone to hear.

"When they followed Harry down here we had a disagreement." Hermione stated, showing she didn't want to discuss it further.

"A little disagreement. Female Weasley slapped her, and the hot-headed male called her a few choice words." Thyme explained exasperatedly to Lucius. He was still fuming about what they had done. "Severus and I were close to cursing her into oblivion. But Hermione here stopped us."

"Let's get off this subject and eat." Severus said out of the blue, sensing Hermione wanted to get away from the converstation. All the men looked at Severus and then back to Hermione. They saw how distant she was and dropped it.

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"This meeting will come to order. We need to come up with a plan to evacuate all students out of Poseidon by Halloween morning." Albus declared as he gathered the attention of the members.

"Albus, why is Granger here? She betrayed us to Voldemort." An outraged member cried. There were unisons of 'yeahs', including from the Weasleys. They could never comprehend what Hermione really was, and thought she was still a traitor.

"We have recently come to knowledge that our dear Ms. Granger was never a Traitor. We have trust her completely. There will be no prejudice against her. May we continue?" Albus exclaimed. There were still members outraged at the situation with Hermione and demanded a straight answer. They were quieted as Severus and Thyme both stood up and gave their shut-up-or-die glare.

"We are going to need emergency portkeys for all students. Floo connections need to be opened at the school, and you need to be able to make holigraph students and of Harry. Elves can apparate anywhere they like, so they can transfer some students along with luggage. Students shouldn't be told about this until the morning at breakfast, so noone gives any head-ups to contacts with Voldemort." Hermoine said in a calm, loud voice that shut everyone up.

Everyone just stared at her as she spoke. No one said a word until Albus spoke up.

"Well, we now have a plan. It's five days until Halloween, so let's get going." That said, everyone began to move except the Weasley's. "Arthur please get you family and head over there so we can get situated." None of the Weasley's moved until Arthur hung his head in defeat and rose out of his chair.

Everyone broke off into sections. One had portkey makers, another strategy, and another with the inner circle (ones who are working or attending the school).

"We need to work together. On Thursday, we will call an emergency meeting for all students in the school. Teachers who are head of their house will call roll. When we are sure that noone is left out, we will tell them where we are going. They won't have time to send word to those who might hurt us. Severus and Thyme will be busy doing their houses as will Minerva. So I need Miss Granger and Remus to lock and seal the doors."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and understanding as he finished.

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"Hermione, what kind of potion are you making?" Severus asked. He never recieved an answer because Hermione was too into her work. Severus got up to go tap her on her shoulder. Just as his hand was about to make contact, he was pulled away. He landed on the floor next to Thyme with an angry look written upon his face.

"Why did you do that?" Severus viciously hissed. Thyme didn't say a word as he got up. Thyme couldn't tell him - he had to show him. Thyme tapped on her shoulder only to wind up on the floor with a wand pressed into his throat. Severus saw her eyes - they held a feral type of look until they settled down. Hermione took in the sight of her brother in shock.

"THYME! What did I tell you about coming and sneaking up on me when I'm brewing?" Hermione shrieked as she removed her wand while holding out her hand for Severus to take.

"Hey why don't you help me up? I'm the one you attacked." Thyme grumbled as he sat up and started to dust off his robes.

"That's because you snuck up on me. Severus why were you down here as well?" Hermione asked as she stirred her potion.

"I was going to tap you while you were brewing. Thyme stopped me and demonstrated - quite gracelessly might I add." Severus finished, looking everywhere but Hermione. She had an amused look in her eyes as she started to poke him in his chest to get his attention. He finally turned his gaze down to see eyes of love staring at him.

"Why were you going to interrupt me?"

"I wanted to know what you were making. So, what are you making?" Severus nonchalantly added while looking over her to her potion. It had a thick dark silver color to it with a smell of cucumber melon. He could see it was bubbling as a laddle came into view to stir.

"It's my cure for Lycanthropy. I've made different batches but I think this will work. I was working on this formula since my third year after finding out Remus was a Werewolf. Even after they betrayed me, I kept on working on the cure. Now this is my latest modification and as I said, I believe it will work." Hermione stated monotonously as she stirred without blinking.

"Your cure for Lycanthropy! When do you plan on telling everyone about this?" Severus asked impatiently.

"Once I'm cleared of everyone's mind and the war is over I plan on publishing my findings. I've spent two years as an apprentice to Thyme. I just have to find a new potion and present it. Then I get my Mistress Degree and I go find a teaching job." Hermione looked around and noticed Thyme had already left the room.

"Hermione will you think about something?" Severus asked in a way that was so unlike him. He sounded unsure of himself and quite nervous.

"Depends. I'm sure I'll do it."

"Will you..."

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Thank you to Severus Fan for editing my chapters. If anybody can guess what I'm going to have Severus say email it to me in a reply or letter. If you're right you'll get the next chapter fresh from my beta.