The next morning Hermione woke up to the smell of French toast, becon and eggs. She smiled and ran down the stairs, still in her bright green pajamas. She stopped just inside the kitchen, everyone including the Professors where there, she sniffed the air and smiled widely. "Severus did you cook?"
"Yes, How did you know?" he wondered.
"You cooked for Harry, Sirius and I one day because you lost a bet. You make the best French Toast ever, Mrs. Weasley wanted to steal your recipe but you just smiled and laughed." she sighed, "She was heartbroken when she found out you left me the recipe in your will," she laughed. "She was pissed when I wouldn't give it to her."
"Well thank you, Ms. Granger." Severus smirked as she sat down to eat. "Nice green by the way."
"Thanks, Sirius bought them for me." Sirius choaked.
"I did what?" he stuttered.
"Green is my favorite color, you bought these cause you pissed me off so I turned your hair neon pink and you couldn't change it back." she laughed at the looks on the marauder's faces.
"What did I do?" Sirius asked, clearly scared.
"You glued Severus to your ceiling after he told Harry to stop acting like his father because it was a good way to get killed." she stated as she waved wand, changing her outfit to jeans and a sliver hoody. "Which was wrong, Severus."
Severus held up his hands, "Got it, rude. Wont do it." James nodded.
"Well so who is ready for year five?" she asked, Lily scared as she feed Harry, Hermione sighed, "Relax Lily, remember Harry is alive."
They made their way to the living room, everyone sitting where they sat last night. Hermione gathered her notes and squeeled. Sirius jumped, "What was that for?"
"A letter." she whispered, everyone looked concerned.
Dear Hermione and Severus
First, Mia... What the hell were you thinking? Why didn't tell me!? Did you think that I would stop you? I love you Mia, I wish you had told me, I would have added to your notes... which I might have done now. I might have found you timeturner... maybe. Love you.
Second, You two are geniuses! I was in there yesterday, pissed off and threw it. Saw the letter, Ron ran but didn't get to far, Teddy apparentlly takes after his dad. Caught him two blocks, stranded up a tree with six spiders around the tree! It was perfect, he is being held at Malfoy manor. Yeah we got into it, you know how. Lucius left it to you! Can you believe that, thank merlin you sign that paper before you left.
So um... Neville spent some time with Ron yesterday. Man Neville lost it when he found out it was Ron.He is a good man, save his parents Mia. Anyways, your parents car crash wasn't an accident Mia, Ron thought that if you lost your parents, along with Siri, Remus, and To...her being dead that you would marry him so you could have help watching Teddy when I was off working. Don't worry Mia, Goerge is seeing him today. Can't believe we didn't see it, all that time we kept talking about the signs Peter had given, we just looked over it. I miss you. Three more years, if your timeline held up, good luck.
Oh one other thing Mia, Crookshanks' little kitten that we found the other day before you left... He broke into the Ministry and is camping out in front of the V... well you know. Think it has something to do with Siri? How is he by the way, still crazy? Most likely. Stay safe, don't kill Malfoy and remember the plan for Peter... it is his worst fear, don't take the easy way out.
Oh, let my mother know that I love her. My dad too.
Love Ashes and Mini-moon
"Mini-moon? Who is that?" Remus asked.
Hermione sighed and answered without thinking, "Your son." She gasped and looked up at him, "Oh crap I wasn't suppost to say that yet."
"Son?" Remus stuttered, "I have a son? Why would I curse he like that?"
"He isn't a werewolf?" Hermione growled, everyone looked at her. "Yes he has the senses of one, he loves chocolate but he isn't one. And you didn't curse him, he loves who he is because it is all he has left of you. You, who gave your life for him, you are his hero and if I ever hear you talk about him like that again I'll... I'll... I'll lock you in a cage like your parents did!" She screamed at him, her eyes turned yellow, her nails grew shape and she growled. She closed her eyes and took deep breaths as she grabbed her head and regained control.
"Mia?" Remus whispered, "I am sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I just didn't want him to be an outcast."
"It is okay, sorry for yelling and losing control." Hermione looked up, one of her nails caught her ear causing it to bleed softly. "I would have done it, Remus. I did it to Hagrid for suggesting that Teddy join him for his class on werewolves, just to talk about the senses but it pissed me off." she sighed, "Teddy loses both of his parents before he one, all he has is Harry and I. He is my family as I am his."
"Are you a werewolf?" Severus asked.
Hermione shook her head, slowly she stood and then transformed into a white wolf with pale yellow eyes. She howled then turned back into herself, "I am an artic wolf but during the last battle I was scrached by a werewolf in human form so I got the werewolf traits." She sat back down and opened her notes, "We can talk about that later, now fifth year at Hogwart, everyone pay attention."
They all nodded, Dumbledore scooted closer, Hermione smiled, "Harry Potter is spending another summer with his dreadful Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, when a pair of Dementors stage an unexpected attack on Harry and his cousin Dudley."
"What how the hell did they get that far away from Azkaban?" Remus demanded.
"They were working with Voldermort." Hermione whispered. "After he uses magic to defend himself and Dudley, he is temporarily expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for using magic outside of the school, despite being legally allowed to do in self-defence, before it is rescinded. A few days afterwards, Harry is visited by a group of wizards and Mad-Eye Moody and is whisked off to Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, the home of Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, and the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. As Harry learns from Ron and I the Order of the Phoenix is a group of witches and wizards, led by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, dedicated to fighting the evil Lord Voldemort and his followers. The Order is forced to operate in secrecy, outside of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic, which is headed by the dense and corrupt Cornelius Fudge, who refuses to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned. In addition, Harry learns that he and Dumbledore have been made victims of a ministry smear campaign aimed at discrediting them and their beliefs about Voldemort's return. Because of his use of magic, Harry's fate is to be determined at a discipliniary hearing at the Ministry of Magic, which turns out to be an apparent show trial. With Dumbledore's help, Harry is cleared by the Wizengamot and permitted to return to Hogwarts. Harry learns that over the summer Ron and I have been keeping secrets from him because Dumbledore told us to," Her glared at him and he nodded, know that this was one mistake he wouldn't repeat. "Reunited with Ron and I, we returns to Hogwarts and learns that Dolores Umbridge," Hermione growl out her name. "an employee of Fudge, will be his new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. The Sorting Hat, which traditionally sorts all new students into one of four houses, cautions the students against becoming too internally divided. Meanwhile, due to the smear campaign against him, Harry is the subject of unwanted gossip from the student body at large, and a number of people turn against him. Professor Umbridge and Harry soon clash, as she, like Fudge, refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned and punishes Harry when he points out Voldemort's return by forcing him to write lines with a special blood quill that carves "I must not tell lies" into the back of his hand."
"Into his hand?" James demaned, "You are joking right."
"That is barbaric." Severus whispered. "And Illegal."
"He tries to hide it, he doesn't want to tell anyone, he thinks Dumbledore is to busy to worry about what happens to him." Hermione whispered.
Dumbledore frowned, "That is not true. I would have been insane not to care."
"Umbridge refuses to teach her students how to perform defensive spells, and before long, Fudge appoints her High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, giving her the authority to inspect all faculty members and evaluate their skills. In desperation, Harry, Ron, and I form own own Defense Against the Dark Arts group, called Dumbledore's Army, or "D.A". Twenty-five other students sign up, including several of Harry's friends as well as the eccentric Luna Lovegood," Hermione laughes at her name.
"What?" Lily asks.
"You must make sure we are friends with her too. She is a little loopy but she opens our eyes to so much and brings us smiles in the darkest of times." Hermione smirked, "and they meet as often as possible to learn and practice Defense spells, and learn well from Harry. One night, Harry has a vision where he inhabits the body of a large snake, which turns out to be Voldemort's pet snake, Nagini, and attacks Ron's father. Harry wakes up horrified, and Professor McGonagall takes him to Dumbledore immediately. Dumbledore uses the portraits on the walls of his office to raise an alert, and Mr. Weasley is promptly rescued by two members of the Order. The Weasley family, accompanied by Harry and the Order, visit Arthur Weasley in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries." Hermione paused, "It scared Harry alot, he thought that he was turning into a snake and hurting people. He thought that he was as evil as Voldermort. Afterwards, Dumbledore demands that Harry take Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape, for the purpose of protecting his mind against further invasions by Lord Voldemort. During the lessons, Harry learns that a corridor he has been repeatedly visiting in his dreams is part of the Department of Mysteries."
"Those are the lessons?" Severus asked, Hermione nodded, "Got it."
"Harry is unsuccessful at Occlumency because he has such difficulty clearing his mind of all thoughts, making it difficult for him to focus on closing his mind off to all outside influence, in addition to wanting to find out what they mean. Meanwhile, his scar burns horribly every time Voldemort experiences a powerful emotion. The D.A. continues to meet regularly, and Harry's peers show great improvement until they are caught by Umbridge. Dumbledore takes full responsibility for the group and resigns as Headmaster, and Umbridge takes over his position. Shortly afterwards, Harry ends up viewing a memory of Snape's, showing him being bullied by Harry's father James and Sirius, back in their schooldays. Harry wishes desperately to contact his godfather to talk about his father, but Umbridge has been inspecting all owl posts and patrolling the fires of Hogwarts, preventing communication via the Floo Network. Ron's brothers, Fred and George Weasley agree to distract Umbridge so that Harry can use her fireplace to talk to Sirius, who clears up Harry's doubts about his father. Immediately afterwards, they leave Hogwarts, moving to London where they plan to open a joke shop in the wizarding town of Diagon Alley using the money Harry won the previous year in the Triwizard Tournament."
"The students begin taking their O.W.L. exams," Hermione laughed, "I would not be doing Fred and Goegre any justice if I did not tell you. They had had enough of Umbridge and her rules, so they deside to leave school. Right as we are taking our exams, we hear bangs coming up the hall, the room starts to shake. Umbridge opens the door and the Weasley twins fly in on their brooms, that they had to steal back from when she had taking theirs and Harry's. They threw our papers into the air, set off fireworks and sent one after Umbridge. They unnounce their new store that they were openning and flew off into the sky. Now when anyone gets bored or tired at Hogwarts, they threaten to do 'A Weasley'."
"That is amazing." Sirius laughed, James and Remus smiled.
Severus looked worried, "They must have been a handful."
Hermione nodded, "But they made everyone smile, including you. While everyone watched the twins leave, Harry has another vision, this time about Sirius being held captive and tortured by Voldemort. Horrified, Harry becomes determined to save him. I warn Harry that Voldemort may be deliberately trying to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries, but Harry is too concerned about Sirius to pay attention. Harry sneaks into Umbridge's office, and, using her fireplace, transports himself to 12, Grimmauld Place to look for Sirius. Kreacher, the House of Black's house elf, tells Harry that Sirius is at the Ministry of Magic. Harry returns to Hogwarts when he is pulled back through the fire by Umbridge to find that he and his friends have been caught in Umbridge's office. Ron, Luna, Ginny, and Neville, who tried to distract Umbridge so that Harry could use her fireplace, have all been seized by Slytherins and gagged. Harry and I convince Umbridge to follow them into the forest, where they claim to be hiding a weapon for Dumbledore which they had just finished and wanted to tell him about. We really aren't doing that, we are taking her to Gump, Hagrid's brother in hopes that he hurts her." Hermione sighs, "Now I don't normally want people to get hurt but this women was trying my patience but this could have been avoided if you had been nice to Kreacher! You treat him like your mother had treated you and he lied to Harry! You, when Harry tried warn you, Severus completely ignored us. So you could have stopped this too!"
"Sorry, Mia. I will work on how I treat him." Sirius whispered, Severus nodded.
"Once in the forest, Umbridge provokes the resident herd of centaurs, and is taken into the forest by them. Harry, our friends and I use the school's thestrals, winged skeletal horses to fly to the Ministry. I must add that the only people who could see them where Harry and Luna! So it was hard not to be freaked out. Once they arrive, Harry cannot find Sirius and realises that I was right. Harry also sees that one of the glass spheres has his name on it, as well as Voldemort's. Harry grabs the sphere, and Death Eaters led by Lucius Malfoy surround to attack, demanding that Harry hand over the prophecy."
"What?" James yells, Lily grabbed Harry from his arms before he jumps to his feet. "Are you okay?"
"We were fine, just listen," Hermione smiled, "Employing all of our Defence skills, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Luna, Neville and I have moderate success fighting the Death Eaters, but they are ultimately helped enormously by the arrival of several members of the Order, including Dumbledore. In the midst of the fight, Harry drops the glass sphere and it shatters. Sirius is killed by his own cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, when she blasts him through the veil." Hermione closes her eyes to try to stop the sight from coming but she can't, she shakes her head. "Give me a minute." She stands and walks away, her whole body shaking.
James looks at Sirius and Remus, they nod. Sirius stands and moves closer. "Mia, Come here. I am okay, I am right here, see?" she turned to him and smiled. "See there we go. It will be okay, It wont happen, I swear it."
Hermione laughed, "Always promising me things," she whispered, Sirius smirked. "Harry tries to avenge his godfather and follows Bellatrix, but is met by Voldemort at the fountain. Dumbledore appears shortly after Voldemort and the two engage in an intense duel. Voldemort fights Dumbledore to stalemate, then possesses Harry in an attempt to get Dumbledore to sacrifice Harry in the hope of killing him. Voldemort and Lestrange escape, just as Fudge appears at the Ministry, finally faced with incontrovertible evidence that the Dark Lord has returned. Dumbledore sends Harry back to school, where, after Harry has a breakdown, screaming that "he's had enough" of all the pain and anguish and death and destruction, Dumbledore explains that the sphere was a prophecy which stated that Harry has a power that Voldemort will never know: the power of love, given to him by his mother's sacrifice fifteen years earlier. The prophecy goes on to claim that neither Harry nor Voldemort can live while the other survives. Dumbledore takes this opportunity to tell Harry why he must spend his summers with the Dursleys in Little Whinging: because Harry's mother died to save him, he is blessed with her love, a blessing that can be sealed only by blood. Harry's Aunt Petunia, his mother's sister, makes that bond complete by taking Harry into her home. As long as he still calls Little Whinging home, Harry is safe. At the end of the year, the Order warn the Dursleys they will have to answer to them should they mistreat Harry, who returns to them for the summer."
Lily sighed, "He lost Sirius."
"But he still has me." Remus spoke. "Right?"
"Yes, but you are trying to push people away again because you think that because you are a werewolf that you don't deserve them." Hermione snapped, "You idiot, that is what takes you so long to except that you love her, she loves you and you are both stuck with each other."
"Who?" Remus asks.
"Sirius' cousin." Hermione whispered, "Tonks."
"Really?" Sirius asked then he laughs, "That is amaising man, congrats and good luck."
Remus blushes and hits him. "Shut up."
Hermione smiles. "Dumbledore."
"I pushed Harry away in hopes of keeping him out of trouble, appears I only made it worse." he whispers, Hermione nods. "Okay, well I must think, lets have lunch then on to year number six." Dumbledore left, McGonagall followed after saying bye to Harry.
"The year of the Half-Blood prince." Hermione spoke clearly and soft, Severus looked up at her.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Didn't. Read it in a book." she growled.
"Oh no. Harry?"
"Just your luck, right?"
Severus sighs, "I'm a prat. A bloody idiot, how could I have forgotten."
"Are we missing something?" James asked.
Severus nodded as Hermione walked into the kitchen, "Another choice I made because of our grudge, someone gets hurt because of it. I just know it, it is why Hermione is so angry."
Grudge Talk
They all walk into the kitchen as Hermione pulls out left overs. "How bad does this grudge makes things?"
"Honestly?" Hermione starts, "Harry wouldn't have gotten into have as much trouble if Snape had just been a grumpy teacher but Snapes hates him. Harry goes out of his way to ignore him, find out what he is hiding or to just plan annoy him. Before you died Severus, everytime someone mentioned you... no everytime someone tried to mention you Harry went crazy. You were always involved in something deadly, always trying to kill him or help Voldermort. McGonagall jokingly offeried me the potions job after the war, Harry swore that if I took it, he wouldn't talk to me while I was at the school and would ingone the fact that I was over the summer."
"Wow, I am sorry." Severus whispered.
"It is okay, he wasn't to happy when he saw your memory of his father. After the war, everyone that he could get in touch with, he asked for memories of the marauders. That just made it worse." Hermione sighed. "You guys really acted like you were better then the Slytherins, he even compared you to Draco Malfoy once. He was disappointed, everyone told him how great his dad was but those memories made him want to hex you, himself."
Sirius flinched, James sighed. "We were really bad. I realised that after we left Hogwarts."
"Yeah, our houses shouldn't have mattered. Severus was an okay guy, yeah some of his piorities were way out of order but whose wasn't?" Remus whispered.
"Well we are starting over now that is all that matters." Severus added, they all nodded.
Hermione smiled, "I am going to rest, wake me up when they get back." she walked out of the kitchen, up the stairs and into the room that she was using.