"Hey Hermione. Glad we could catch you this morning. The three of us are going to sit by the black lake."
"Ummm excuse you. Who do you think you two are coming up to us like that Weasel."
"I'm coming to save Hermione from you snakes. Just because you beat us with one quidditch match doesn't mean anything. Now we're taking Hermione with us."
"No you're not Weasel. She's a Slytherin now and won't be seen with people like you. Now if you'll move out of our way we're going to breakfast." Draco said while grabbing Hermione's arm and pulling her along.
"Let her go Malfoy. She's our friend not yours. Just because she's a Slytherin now doesn't mean that she's going to befriend you and it's only for a month. In one month she will be back in Gryffindor and away from you. So enjoy it while it lasts."
"You don't know that Potter. Maybe Hermione will stay in Slytherin after the month is over. You never know what might happen or who might get involved."
"Using her first name already Malfoy. She didn't give you permission to call her that. Now get your hands off my bestfriend."
The boys weren't letting up on their arguing. Pansy gently grabbed Hermione's hand and led her away from the boys. Milicent stood behind Hermione to block the boy's views of her. Daphne and Tracey were on either side of Hermione with Pansy in front pulling her along. Hermione hadn't even realized they had made it to breakfast until Daphne tapped her on her shoulder and signaled for her to sit down.
Hermione sat down with the girls around her and started to slowly eat. She could feel not only the students but the teachers looking at her as well. The boys joined them at the end of breakfast with Harry and Ron a few minutes later looking mad. Their clothes were messed up, blood coming out of Ron's noise, bruises on each boy's faces though Harry and Ron looked worse. You could tell that Harry and Ron got their asses kicked.
"You boys and your fighting. Did they hurt you?"
"Of course not. Potter and Weasley tried to threaten us and we laughed them off but instead of leaving thy decided to throw punches our way. They were too proud of themselves to lose so they thought they could win in a fist fight but lost anyway. Now they're probably going to tell the school that we beat them up for no reason. Stupid Gryffindor's."
After the girls walked away with Hermione the boys full argument and fight.
"Hey. You bring Hermione back right now you filthy snakes."
"Oh no. They've lost the only smart person in their house whatever shall they do. I reckon they're worried about failing all their classes now that Hermione's with us."
"I told you not to use her first name Ferret and we are not going to fail. Hermione's still going to help us with our homework."
"No she's not Potter. I will not let you use her any longer. You don't care about her at all. You only care about what she can do for you. The so-called golden trio isn't as good as they seem to be. Using one of your own house mates than treating them like they are nothing is disgusting."
"Oh like you do to everyone else Malfoy. Have you seen the way you treat people. Anyone who isn't in Slytherin or isn't a pureblood is unworthy in your eyes. Just because you're on the sacred 28 doesn't mean you're better than everyone Malfoy because if that were true then I would be on the same level as you."
"Don't make me laugh Weasel. Your family shouldn't even be on that list. Your father is always around those filthy muggle objects and interacting with muggles themselves. People think your family could stoop no lower but here you are going deeper and deeper into filth."
"Then why do you want Hermione so bad. She's a muggleborn but yet you picked her."
When Harry said that Ron's face paled a bit. Harry noticed and looked at Ron curiously. Draco's eyes became full of range along with Blaise and Theodore. Crabe and Goyle were keeping watch for any teachers. Ron Wealsey knew who Hermione was and treated her badly because of it. He knew the truth.
"WEASLEY. I SWEAR ONE DAY YOU WILL REGRET EVER TOUCHING MY FAMILY!"
"YOU ARE NOTHING BUT MONSTERS. I'M GLAD SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER YOU. NOW SHUT UP BEFORE YOU CAUSE MORE DAMAGE OR I'M GOING TO PUNCH YOU SO HARD YOU'LL GO AND CRY TO THAT PATHETIC FATHER OR YOURS."
Draco sneered at him with his glare hardening. He clenched his fists. Blaise and Theodore were ready to jump in and help if needed.
"Weasley. You're worse than I am. I wonder what would happen if the truth got out." Those words are what caused Ron to panic so he yelled in rage and punched Draco in the stomach. Draco instantly shoots back but punches him square in the face. Ron kept trying to hit Draco. Putting all of his strength into his punches but Draco easily dogged and countered them.
Harry stood back but after watching his best mate getting beaten joined the fight but Blaise joined in to fight Harry. The four boys continued to try and punch each other but the Slytherin's were just too fast for them. The Gryffindor boys were putting too much strength into three hits and missing so they were tiring themselves out while the Slytherin boys were landing small to medium punches but being able to doge the punches they were receiving.
Harry grabbed Blaise's clothes to hold him in place to try and get some good hits in but Blaise was stronger and got out of the grip within a few small punches. Draco kicked Ron's feet causing him to lose his balance. The four of them continued to fight now adding kicking to the fighting.
Crabe and Goyle came back saying that a teacher was coming so everyone ran towards the great hall. The Gryffindor boys looked to be in horrible shape. Both had a bloody nose and some had dripped onto their clothes and some bruising. The Slytherin boys clothes had been messed up a bit and had maybe a couple of small bruises from where they had managed to hit them. It was clear that Gryffindor had lost the fight and that seemed to raise the tension so slightly.
That was this morning for it was now the middle of the day and Hermione was sitting near Hagrid's hut just inside the forbidden forest. At some point during the morning she had lost the girls and instead of going back to the common room she decided to get some fresh air. With a pencil and muggle sketch pad in hands she drew whatever came to her mind.
"Hermione!"
Hermione looked behind her to see Gabrielle running towards her.
"Hey Gabrielle. How are you?"
"I'm fine Hermione thanks to you. The guy that tried to hurt me has detention for the rest of the year, lost 400 points from his house, can never visit France, and it's on the front page of the daily profit. See!"
"It's good to see that you're happy and alright. I was worried until I saw you at the game yesterday. I'm glad to know that you're okay now and by the looks of it you seem to be happy even."
"Yep. Oh by the way the flock says thank you. They really appreciate you for saving me and they say sorry if they ever scared you. They didn't mean to, it's just they're really over protective."
"Don't worry about it. They must really care about you and I get it. Seeing someone you care about in so much pain makes you think irrationally. They don't need to thank me either. I was just doing what I could."
"You should feel proud of yourself Hermione. Now a lot of people would have stopped and saved me. In France we all stick together and never harm someone unless we have no other choice. It's so weird here and different here."
"Maybe to you but to me it's normal. Is France really that different from here?"
"Yeah. The culture, food, clothes, and a bunch of other things. I miss being in France with my family or back at Beauxbatons where all my friends are."
"Yeah I can understand wanting to be with friends. Your one of the younger years right?"
"Yeah. I'm a first year but my sister is in her seventh year. Only the older years get to come but I was an exception. Umm who is that guy looking at us?"
Hermione looked behind her to see Victor Krum working out with girls following him but his attention was on them. Hermione felt a blush run to her face as she quickly hid it. Turning her attention back to Gabrielle. "That's Victor Krum. He is the champion for the Bulgarian."
"Yeah but he's been looking at us since he's gotten here. His eyes are always on you. It's almost like he likes you."
"Victor Krum liking me. You must be mistaken."
"Oh come on Hermione. You never once went out with someone or had a crush on someone."
"No. Never really had time for romance. My life has been kinda crazy."
"Well there's a first time for everything."
Hermione rolled her eyes at her. "Well since you miss France so much why don't you tell me about it."
Gabrielle's face lit up and for the next few hours Hermione sat down and listened to everything she had to say. Hermione was surprised by some of the things that were different between France and England.
"Thank you for listening to me Hermione but I'm bored. Is there anything fun to do around here?"
"Well what do you usually do for fun?"
"Oh I love pranking people and messing with them though I'm not allowed to do it because it's improper."
"I'm not one for breaking rules but I am a great strategist so I could help you set some small ones up or some harmless messing."
Gabrielle shot up within seconds and pulled Hermione to her feet. The two girls ran inside the castle with Gabrielle quickly talking about all the different things they could do and Hermione could only nod and smile in return. It was a rare sight to see.
Gabrielle dragged Hermione to the only place she knew of which was the library and sat in a somewhat hidden area before she pulled out some parchment paper and ink. Hermione swore that they had only meant to make small plains but it turned out that they had ended up spending the whole day planning how to prank the Gryffindor's. They were going to spend the next week gathering things that would be needed. Now that it had become late and it was almost dinner time the two were making their way towards the great hall.
"Granger. That you?"
"Yeah. What's up Nott."
"The girls have been worried about you. Apparently you all got separated earlier and they couldn't find you. They were worried that Potter and Weasley had taken you but when we found those two you weren't with them so we figured you had gone to the library but you weren't there either."
"Sorry Nott. After we got separated I went into the forbidden forest for a long while before heading to the library with Gabrielle."
"Alright that's fine just next time let us know. We are protective of ourselves and don't want any of us getting hurt or anything. Hello Gabrielle. Thanks for keeping Granger company today. Now let's walk to breakfast."
"So you're one of Hermione's new housemates or friends or however this thing works. Can you help her and Krum get together. He's been staring at her all the time and goes out of his way to follow her. Get them together for me please."
Hermione turned to look at Gabrielle so quickly with the nastiest glare she could muster before turning away with a blushing rising on her cheeks. Nott just laughed at Hermione's reaction and the three of them walked towards the great hall together but as they got closer the air got tenser.
The doors were open and when you peaked in there was so much tension between the Gryffindor and Slytherin. The other two houses were huddled together at their table trying their best to ignore it but it wasn't working. The other two schools just kind of sat there confused. The three of them walk un-detected and go to their separate places.
"Hermione. There you are. Where in the world have you been?!" Pansy whispers yelled.
"After I lost you guys I ended up going to the forbidden forest for a while before being dragged to the library."
"What in God's name were you doing in the forbidden forest?"
"Well I was going to draw and was before Gabrielle found me and then we ended up talking there for a few hours."
"Geez Hermione wandering off into the forbidden forest. It's not safe there."
"Sorry I didn't mean to make you guys worry."
"It's fine. Just next time don't go somewhere so dangerous. We know you can take care of yourself but still we rather you be safe than not."
Herminoe nodded and smiled. A warm feeling spreading through her. It's the first time someone had cared about her location. Growing up her parents had always kicked her out of the house until nightfall and she was stuck wondering around back allies and dark places. They never really cared when she came back with blood on her or any markings. As long as she was out of the way it didn't matter. The same applied here at school. The Gryffindor's didn't need her unless she was useful so the rest of the time she would be elsewhere. Now though they won't let her walk off. They want her to be safe and it brought joy to Hermione though she wouldn't tell them that directly. She didn't want them to know anymore about her past with her muggle parents.
Dinner was over quickly and everyone was again sent to do their own thing but in Slytherin it meant spending time with friends. So Hermione was dragged by Milicent to the 4th year common room.
"Hermione. There's an owl here for you with a letter." Hermione got up and saw an owl with a letter tied to it's foot. The letter was green with silver writing. She untied the letter and opened it
Our nearest Niece Lyra
Severus has recently told us that you have been found alive and well. I'm so sorry that we could not find you or protect you those many years ago. Severus has told us you are the top student at Hogwarts. We are proud of you for that. I know you probably want to know who we are but that's not a good idea right now with Dumbledore running around the school. By now you must have known what he has done or at least part of it and we hope that you will stop believing him.
Now Severus has told us that you were in need of school supplies, clothes, and some other things so we have taken the liberty to get them for you and before you go saying you cannot accept this we ask that you do. It has been so long since we have seen you and since we cannot see you or talk with you normally this is the only thing we can do. We are trying to make it so you can stay with us this summer instead of going home with those muggles. We know that they don't treat you right.
If you ever and we mean ever need something feel free to write to us. The owl that has sent you this letter has orders to stay with you for this year. We know you have already got an owl but this is the owl that knows how to deliver to us. He will be staying in your room with your other owl. His name is Royal if you were wondering. Also good luck with your potions mastery. We know you can accomplish it. Everything we sent you should be in your room.
Let us know if you need anything. I hope you are doing well.
Your favorite Aunt and Uncle M.
Hermione blinked a few times and reread the letter not believing what it said. She quickly got up and went to her room and couldn't believe her eyes. There were boxes of potions ingredients, stacks of books for advanced potions and other subjects and spells, clothes had been set everywhere around the room, new Slytherin robes were hanging, and a bunch of other things as well and none of it was cheap. Everything was better than top of the line.
The other Slytherin had joined her at some point when she was staring in awe. They were all smirking at Hermione's reaction. They read the letter and seeing Hermione's reaction brought them joy. She wasn't rejecting them but more accepting to them. Not long after that everyone went to bed not wanting to stay up considering they had classes tomorrow but also having to deal with Gryffindor.
Hermione lay awake in bed. It was now 2 am and she lay wide awake. Hermione had gone to bed later than the rest having to put everything away which thankfully didn't take long but she just couldn't fall asleep. The glass giving off little light from the lake gave Hermione enough light to go back into the common room to try and find her book she had been reading earlier. After about 20 minutes of searching someone had come down and found Hermione sitting on the floor leaning against the glass stroking the glass as some mermaids swam by.
"Hermione?"
There you guys go. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as always though I don't really like it. Thank you to all the people to have left reviews wishing me well. I have been resting. Let me know what you guys think of this chapter but I have a question for you guys. I want to start a romance for Hermione and someone else in Slytherin but I'm not sure who. I'm thinking about doing someone in Hermione's year or a year above. Maybe even an oc but I don't know. It can be a boy or a girl. You know maybe Pansy or Daphne or Theodore or Blaise. I also need ideas for the other characters' partners as well. I have no problem writing guys with guys or girls with girls or girls with guys.
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