The next day Remus contacted Professor Dumbledore and asked him to do the ceremony for them. Dumbledore happily agreed. So at 12 pm on Saturday 17th March, Remus Lupin became Hermione Grangers Godfather and Salina Dubinsky became her legal mother. To celebrate the family planned to go out for a meal that night.
Chrimson and Hermione were so excited that Ron and Harry over herd them discussing the upcoming night out.
"I can't believe we're actually going to get out of here for a while" gushed Chrimson.
"I know what you mean. I'm so excited but what am I going to wear?" Hermione said staring in to her closet.
"Go for that sexy looking blue dress with the blue low heeled pumps" Chrimson said.
"It's only dinner or are we going dancing as well?" Hermione asked with a sly smile.
The girls had discovered that if the two of them both gave Remus puppy dog eyes at the exact same time he would do pretty much what they wanted, within reason of course.
Just as Chrimson was about to answer the bedroom door was rudely thrown open. Standing in the open doorway stood Ron and Harry.
Both boys had been very suspicious as to what the girls were up too. They had been whispering and sniggering together all day. Then they were called to Hogwarts whilst the boys had to stay behind. It was making Harry and Ron very uncomfortable. Now to hear they were planning on going out, when it was expressly forbidden had pushed both boys over the edge.
"Just where the hell do you think you're going?" demanded Ron.
"That is really none of your business is it, seeing as you were not invited" Snapped Chrimson.
"Your right it's not any our business but you see it is forbidden for anyone to go out and that includes you. Now where the hell do you think you're going?" Harry said with a smirk on his face. 'Let's see what they can say to that' he thought to himself.
"Oh Harry, why don't you just mind your own fucking business" stated Hermione with her back to both boys. She had enough of them demanding things of her and her sister. The boys hadn't even noticed the changes to her appearance. Her hair was no longer the bushy mess it had been all her life, it was now hung in long, soft, silky ringlets down her back. Her eyes had obviously changed and her figure was more curvaceous in all the right places. Her legs seemed to be incredibly long now and her complexion was flawless.
"Come on Mi, we got to get ready" Chrimson nagged. "You still got to help me decide what I'm going to wear" she said with a pout.
Hermione just laughed at her sisters antics. "Alright, alright. Why not wear the red buster with the black ruffle skirt and the red pumps" Hermione sated.
"You sure?" asked Chrimson although she thought it was the perfect outfit.
"Yes now go get a shower so I can have one after" Hermione said with a chuckle as Chrimson walked out of the door. "AND DON'T USE UP ALL THE HOT WATER THIS TIME" she yelled after her sister.
"YEAH YEAH YEAH" was the reply she got.
Ron and Harry had watched this exchange whilst getting more and more annoyed at being completely ignored.
"Hermione when did you become such a bitch?" Ron said suddenly.
Hermione stop exactly what she was doing and turned around slowly. "What was that Ronald?"
Harry was mad as well but he knew that his best friend had just signed his own death warrant. Harry tried to move back towards the door without being noticed but Hermiones eyes pinned him to the spot.
"I said when did you become such a bitch!" Ron said.
"Now either you are just stupid or you're so full of yourself that you don't know when too shut the fuck up. Let me see if I can help teach you when to stop letting your arse overload your mouth" was Hermiones terse reply before sending a barrage of curses at Ron, who could only eek before being hit with a mix of stinging, burning, disfiguring and boil causing spells.
Ron fell to the floor screeching in pain.
Harry looked at Hermione and saw her staring at him waiting to see what he would do. Harry, for the first time, took a good look at Hermione and gasped in shock as he saw the drastic changes she had gone through seemingly overnight. But it was her eyes that caught his undivided attention.
Harry was about to say something to Hermione about it when footsteps could be heard coming down the hall. It was then that he remembered Ron on the floor.
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Salina was just walking down the stairs to have a quick word with Hermione about the things she saw in her head when she heard a loud screech followed by someone hitting the floor in Hermiones room.
Salina ran down to Hermiones room but came to a stop in the doorway when she saw Ron on the floor in obvious agony. She looked at her daughter standing there with her wand drawn, then at Harry who looked shocked and very scared then down at Ron who was sobbing and whimpering in pain.
"Well he either did something really wrong this time or are you just like to see him in pain" came Remus' voice from behind them all. No one had heard him approaching with all the noise but yet only Harry jumped.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Remus asked.
"Why are you asking her if she is alright? Look at what she has done to Ron!" Harry stated.
"I'm fine uncle Remus but could you please keep him away from me from now on. I fear I may do something drastic if he comes near me again" Hermione said knowing full well that this would confuse Harry even more.
"Uncle?? WHY THE HELL IS SHE CALLING YOU UNCLE?????" yelled Harry. If he was confused before he was beyond that now. 'Just what is going on in this house?' he thought to himself. 'When did Hermione change so much? Is this all my and Rons doing?' Harry just didn't understand anything anymore.
Remus didn't answer any of Harrys questions; he just walked in picked Ron up and walked out of the room again.
"Where are you taking him?" Harry demanded to know.
"Hogwarts hospital wing, I'm not getting involved in this so Poppy will have to heal him"
"I'm coming too" was all Harry said, waiting for Remus to argue.
Remus just shrugged his shoulders and said "whatever, suit yourself"
Harry was shocked by this response. It sounded like Remus didn't care what happened to him or Ron. 'Has Hermione turned everyone against us?' was Harrys last thoughts as he stepped in to the fireplace next to Remus and the now unconscious Ron.
Once the boy where gone Salina turned to her daughter and opened her arms for a hug and Hermione practically ran in to her arms
"You know we are going to have to tell everyone sooner or later" Salina said to her daughter.
"I know, but for now I just want my family to myself," came Hermiones quite reply.
This was how Chrimson found them and without saying a word she walked up and joined the hug.
