Chapter 11

Story of my Life

Hermione

"Harry is the Boy Who Lived. He defeated Voldemort when he was a baby. He and Ron were my best friends in school. Albus Dumbledore was Headmaster even when I was at school. Voldemort is a vile man who tried to kill Harry to make sure that he kept power. There was a Prophacy made that said something about how neither Harry nor Voldemort can live while the other lives. Voldemort went to the Potter house on October 31, 1981, when was one year old. He killed Lily and James Potter and tried to kill Harry. Something went wrong and Harry survived.

"When you turn eleven, you get a letter to come to Hogwarts, this school. There are three types of people in our world, purebloods, those woth magic in their family from the beginning of time, Muggle borns, those who have no magic in their families, and those with a mix. On the first day you are sorted into a house, Gryffindor for bravery, Ravenclaw for wit, Hufflepuff for loyalty, and Slytherin for cunning. I was sorted into Gryffindor along with Harry and Ron.

"On Halloween, a troll was let into the school, and I didn't know about it. They came and saved me. I probably would have been killed if it hadn't been for them. We were friend after that. At the end of the year, we fought a three headed dog, devilsnar, a giant chessboard, flying keys, a riddle, and the Mirror of Erised. Harry was able to get the Sorcerer's Stone before Voldemort.

"Devilsnar is a plant that strangles anything it can get a hold of. You have to relax to get away from it. The Mirror of Erised shows whatever you desire the most. Harry saw his family. The Sorcerer's Stone makes the owner immortal and can turn any metal into gold.

"After that, Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel decided it would be best if the Stone was destroyed.

"In our second year, the Chamber of Secrets was reopened. The Chamber was said to be hidden within the school and could only be opened by the Heir of Slytherin. Students were being attacked. It was only a matter of time before one was killed. Harry found the entrance to the Chamber and found what was attacking the students. I figured it out but was attacked before I could tell them what it was. It was a basilisk, a snake that with one look into its eyes you die. If you see it's reflection, you are petrified. Harry was able to kill the giant snake and destroy the diary that belonged to Voldemort. Voldemort was using the diary to possess Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister. We were all healed and the year ended.

"Third year, a mass murderer broke out of Azkaban, a high security wizard prison. Everyone thought that the convict, Sirius Black, was after Harry. He was the Potter's Secret Keeper and turned them over the Voldemort then killed his old friend who tried to confront him. Dementors were on the ground looking for him. We found out he was an Antimagus, a shape shifter. I had also found out Remus Lupin, our professor, was a werewolf, the real kind. They told us that Sirius wasn't a traitor or a murderer. The real traitor was Peter, who was pretending to be a rat. Sirius, Harry, and I were attacked by dementors, would have been worse than dead. We were saved by someone we didn't know. Sirius was turned over to the dementors. I had a time turner and took Harry back in time. We saved a hippogriff and Sirius. Sirius was on the run again, but we knew me was safe. Peter was still out there looking for Voldemort.

"Fourth year, our school hosted the Triwizard Tournament. It's a competition between three school, Hogwarts, Beaubaton, and Durmstrang. There are only three champions, one per school. Someone tampered with the Goblet of Fire, the thing that did the selecting, and four names came out. The fourth name was Harry. He made it through the tournament until the third task. He and the other Hogwarts champion, Cedric Diggory, took the Triwizard Cup at the same time and it took them to a graveyard. Peter killed Cedric and used Harry's blood to bring back Voldemort to full power. Voldemort and Harry dueled. Harry got away and was able to tell Dumbledore about Voldemort's return. No one believed him. No one wanted to believe him.

"Over the summer, Dumbledore assembled the old members of the Order of the Phoenix, an organization that fought Voldemort when he was first powerful. Harry was attacked by dementors. He was living with his Muggle, non-magic, family so he was put on trial. In the end, he was not expelled. That year was hell. We had a teacher, who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts, what I teach now. She was from the Ministry of Magic and had every intention of making sure we learned nothing. Harry and I started a group that would learn to defend ourselves against the Dark Arts no matter the cost. There were quite a few people who believed us. We called our group Dumbledore's Army. By the end of the year, we had been found out. Dumbledore had left the school, and Umbridge was in change. Voldemort used Sirius to get Harry to go to the Ministry. Harry, Ron, Ginny, Luna, Neville, and I went to the Ministry and were attacked by Death Eaters, Voldemort's followers. The Order showed up and started fighting the Death Eaters. Sirius was killed as he fought his psychopathic cousin. Harry went after her and was attacked by Voldemort. Dumbledore fought Voldemort. By the next morning, everyone new that Voldemort had returned to power.

"Harry was never the same again. He lost his godfather, the only person he saw as a father. The next year the war broke out. At the end of the year, we had destroyed all but one of Voldemort's horcreauxes, something that someone uses to split their soul into pieces. The only pieces of his soul that remained were in him body and his pet snake. There was no way Harry could destroy Voldemort. Harry wouldn't use the Avada Kadavera curse, the killing curse. He was too noble. The end of the year, the war reached Hogwarts. The Death Eaters were killing anyone in their path.

"Voldemort possessed me and used me to kill Ginny and Mrs. Weasley. I was able to fight him. He told me he didn't care that I was a Mudblood, a rude name for a Muggle born. He would let me become a Death Eater. I ran away from him. I found his snake by accident but I killed it with a basilisk fang, the venom is one of the few things that could completely destroy horcreauxes. I did one thing that no one seems ready to forgive me for. I went up to Voldemort and asked to be branded as a Death Eater. As he have me his Mark I stabbed him with the fang, killing him. I still had his Mark. That's what the Order saw. I had killed Voldemort, the Dark Lord. That's what the Death Eaters saw. I was an enemy to everyone.

"Dumbledore protected me until a warrant for my arrest appeared. He helped me go into hiding. He sent me to some friends of his, Phil and Renee. They took my memories of this world, this life. They gave me a new identity as Renee and Charlie's daughter. They gave everyone memories of me.

"Once the Cullens left I began remembering who and what I was. I was brought back here. I became a teacher. The Cullens are old friends of Dumbledore, and he asked them to return for the year at least. They saw me and Edward and Alice talked to me after class. I broke down after I told them what happened to me, and they refuse to leave.

"There were rumors of a new Dark Lord rising. Harry and Ron were following them. After Christmas, Harry showed up and acted all friendly again, like I owed him something. I went off on him, and he said he would write when they needed me. Last week I got his letter saying they needed me and that they, the Death Eaters, had a vampire. He described her, and I knew she was Victoria. I took the Cullens with me. Harry and Ron didn't know about the Cullens. They just saw more vampires. Carlisle and Esme were here at school because they didn't make it in time to leave.

"Victoria started torturing me, and I told the Cullens to hold off Harry and Ron. Alice and Rosalie took care of that, while Jasper, Emmett, and Edward started a fire and tore Victoria up. I had passed out by them. From what I've been told, Edward brought me back here to Carlisle. They tried to stabilize me, and it worked, for an hour. Alice saw me dying so she changed me."

"I thought the leader said you consented," Lily said.

"I did, before they left back in Washington. I never gave up the wish of being like this, and Rosalie hated me because of that fact. She wants to be human again. Now, since I was dying, she's let up.

"My change took a day while others would take three. Ron and Harry were pissed that I fell in love with a vampire. Ron wasn't thinking, but what else is new? He started to yell at me. He asked how I could choose a leech over him. He said he loved me. I asked him questions about how much he loved me, and Edward surpassed him with the things he's already done for me.

"Alice let me look in a mirror and I saw what used to be my Dark Mark. This is the Dark Mark."

I projected the image into their minds. I showed them my arms.

"The venom affected that, too. I'm also more gifted than most. I can see the future like Alice, I can still do magic, and I can project thoughts and memories into others minds. I also have really good self control.

"Today, Alice and I had the same vision, the Volturi attacking the school. They already have a huge guard. This school is too powerful, has to much potential for them to win. We have to destroy the entire coven, the guard, everything.

"Everyone else is searching for friends to help fight. There's just one problem."

"Not all of them are vegetarian," Jacob stated.

"Yeah. Once the Volturi are destroyed, power goes to the largest coven. That would make us the royalty. We can make everyone vegetarian. Even then, there is no guarantee that everyone will follow. At least, we will be able to bring balance between the vampires and the wizards."