Chapter Thirty Two: The Eighteenth Year
Monday September 15th
Dora, Draco and Tom were running as fast as their feet would carry them down to History.
Ray, Hanna, Ron and Hermione were running in the opposite direction out of the castle to Herbology.
Why you might ask?
Well naturally they stayed up way late the night before, and didn't wake up until a minute ago.
Last night, Ron had managed to make it up to head tower once Harry had fallen asleep. Up there they spent most of the time practicing Fly, Karate, and Hermione's new magic.
Much to their surprise, Dora and Ray were the first to get the hang of the magic.
Needless to say, there are now seven Marauders maps around the entire school. However, they aren't all branded 'moony, wormtail, prongs and padfoot.' Only the original is.
The other six, brand new looking, are authored by 'The Hogwarts Royalty.' They changed their name after Dora pointed out to them that a flush required five cards.
Yes today is also known as Hermione's Seventeenth year of birth, or well, so they think.
"Sorry were late!" the foursome called as they entered the Greenhouse.
"She's not here yet." Harry pointed out to them.
He had slept well the night they hadn't, and he was up at a decent hour, and more importantly, he arrived on time.
The four breathed once again at this joyous news.
"So, where were you two." he indicated Ron and Ray.
"With Mione." Ray responded.
"Ahh, so where were the three of you?"
"We talked late last night Harry, that's all." Hermione plopped her Bag onto the table by his seat. "What's with the twenty questions?" she gave him an 'I'm worrying about you' look. Harry just sighed and went back to finishing his work.
Hermione exchanged worried look with the other three. Hanna shook her head, and sat by Ron on Harry's other side. Ray did similar by Mione.
The door slammed open, and in walked Snape.
Double take.
In walked Snape.
The class silenced at his entrance.
"Ms. Granger, Ms. Abbott, Come with me."
"Dora and Ray as well." Hermione countered.
"Very well." he nodded, impatiently. "Just hurry, we have little time."
And they exited the room.
The class waited, but no one else came into the green room. Once class was over, the Gryffindors went to Care of Magical Creatures, while the Hufflepuffs went inside to Potions.
However, the Hufflepuffs Missed yet another class.
"Any clue Harry?"
"For the tenth time no!" he stopped and breathed a sigh, the continued on, "Sorry, but I'm getting worried."
Ron nodded his understanding as they approached Hagrid's cabin. "One second Harry." and he took off towards the oncoming Slytherins.
"Where are you going?" Harry called.
"One of the lot is bound to know what is up; they always seem to at least." He pointed to the group.
Harry shook his head and let him do as he pleased.
Ron walked straight up to Pansy.
"What do 'you' want Weasley?" she hissed, and spit his name.
"Funny you should ask, Parkinson." He smiled at her, causing her to do her own double take. "I need a question answered. Where's D-Malfoy?"
"Snape came and took him from History." she seemed to be gazing at his second head. "Why do you care?"
"Mione and Han were taken from Herbology, I was just wondering." He shrugged.
"What would Draco have to do with those two?" she bit at him.
"Well, nothing I suspect, I just noticed he wasn't around, so I wondered if something similar happened to him, if so, then I can guess at what is going on. Thank you for your time." He smirked, and then leaned into her face. "Pansy." he said clear as day.
Turning around he went to join Harry, leaving behind him, a group of very confused Slytherins.
*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~**~~**~*~~*~*~**~~*
The very people in question were currently up in the headmaster's office.
Professor Dumbledore was pacing like crazy, all the staff, minus Hagrid, was around them.
"Never, in all of my years NEVER!" McGonagall, shrieked.
The topic being doubted is your wondering? Well, let's just say that one of the other prefects caught them out of bed the night before, and well, had snitched.
However, this wasn't the reason that they were currently in the headmaster's office.
Though it did have a lot to do with it.
"Perspective magic!" Madame Hooch agreed.
"How on earth were you able to manage hiding it this long?" flitwick asked.
No one gave them a break between accusations of questions to say a word.
Only Snape, Rick and Dumbledore remained silent.
Draco, however, had enough.
"Would you please," he mumbled, "SHUT UP!"
They all stopped mid-sentence and stared at the boy.
"what?" He smirked. "I said 'please'."
"Now isn't the time, Mr. Malfoy." Snape mumbled to the youth.
"I do believe, Severus," Albus started. "That they have far more reason to speak then we do, after all we have said." He stopped pacing behind his desk and sat down in his chair. Starring at the six, he continued. "Now, a simple question, how."
Mione looked him straight into the eyes. "It's a matter of will and perspective." She answered.
"When."
"This past summer." Hermione stated.
"Last night." The rest answered.
"Where."
"In my home."
"Heads tower." They each answered in turn.
"Why?"
"It just happened, sir." Hermione looked at her feet. "I got a letter form Draco, it showed me the piece of the world I kept overlooking, and it well, happened. I saw through the world. There was no reason to it."
"We wanted to learn it." Ray answered for the rest.
"Who."
"All of us and Ron know." Hanna answered.
"Now, do you know what you're working with?" he asked more carefully.
"Yes sir, it's a form of wand less magic. It works mainly with how you view things. If you can see a pen on your desk that isn't there, and will it to be just as you see it," Hermione paused and looked at his desk, where a red and gold pen appeared, "then you can use this magic." The pen vanished. "However, it will remain, only as long as you think and believe that it's really there. Past that, whatever you make has similar properties as leprechaun gold." Hermione finished as if she had quoted.
"Yes, and No, Ms. Granger. This magic is not unlike Harry's ability to talk with snakes. However it is by far worse. This form of magic is controlled by emotions; you can trigger it without a second thought. When we teach young witches and wizards, we beat out this magic from them. Children, as you know, see the world in its truest form." He looked at Hermione, as if she were the only on present. "It is a rather sloppy and dangerous magic, Ms. Granger. That is why we don't let our students practice it."
"We have it controlled!" she argued.
"We shall see." He nodded. "We shall see. And Ms. Granger."
"Hum?"
"Happy eighteenth Birthday."
"Thank you professor."
And they left.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Eighteenth?" Dora asked innocently as they walked down the hall.
"Eighteenth." Hermione confirmed. "In my third year, I used what is known as a time turner. And I re lived so many hours, that I'm officially a year older then I was before." She explained.
"I see."
"I hope so, plus aren't you two skipping classes today?" Hermione smirked at them.
"So what?" Ray shot back. "We get to be with you today, that's far more important. Plus," she pointed out, "we are the resident geniuses of the school, one missed day wont hurt."
"Ah, but I bet a talking to from Dora's mom will." Draco stated.
"My mom's opinion doesn't matter anymore." Dora stated in a cold lifeless voice. "I've seen this, and I'm hooked." She nodded to emphasize her point.
"I see, but you'll have to face her." Hanna kindly let her know. "you can't stay here for you whole life."
"Yeah, but we can stay for the rest of the year!" Ray countered.
Hermione stopped in her tracks. Everyone stopped and looked at her.
"No."
"No?" Dora repeated. "You in no situation to tell us that we can't stay."
"I can't tell you, but I won't let you." Hermione countered. "I won't have you throwing away your lives for me, for this! You haven't learned enough magic to live on this side. If you don't go back, you won't graduate! You'll waste your minds; you will ruin your future!" tears fell. "No, I will not let you do that to yourselves. Sure you can learn magic, but you're going home, you will continue to live as muggles."
"So we can't stay for your party?" Ray felt like crying.
"Now you aren't staying, but I'll be if you don't attend my party." She grinned evilly. "I'm sending you home now, but you'll floo back at five. I'm sure Draco's dad will let you use his fireplace." She explained.
They both smiled.
"You're a cool adult Mione." Ray stated.
"The best."
"No, I just haven't been destroyed be responsibility yet." She pointed out all knowingly.
They all laughed at this.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After they saw off the two girls, Hanna and Tom ran off to Potions, as Mione and Draco walked slowly out to Care of magical Creatures.
"Mione?"
"Yes, Draco?
"How are you planning on explaining why Dora and Ray disappeared?"
"I told everyone that she was not going to be around all the time, I'll just say I told them so." She shrugged as they walked out the main doors.
"I'll use the same, its best if our stories match."
Hermione nodded at this. "We'll tell Ron tonight."
"Tell him what?"
"That Ray and Dora are muggles. He should know."
"Good point, I had best walk faster, if we arrive together, questions and heads will fly, see ya, Mercury."
"Bye Draconis."
And he walked ahead of her taking much larger strides.
Hermione prayed that they day would be evening soon.
*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~
If the universe could read the years of man, they seemed to know that it was her birthday, so her wish was granted.
At almost exactly five the two girls flooed into their fireplace at head tower.
Everyone of importance was there. Ron snuck out again. Snape came to supervise. Dora and Ray were there if you happen to need to be reminded. Draco, Hanna and Tom, were there to greet everyone.
The only person, who 'wasn't' there, besides Harry, was the birthday girl herself.
"Ok everyone get ready, I see her on the map!" Draco called out.
"Nox!" Hanna shouted and everyone hid.
Hermione, standing outside wondered about the sudden noise. But she wasn't dumb, she knew that they were going to surprise her. Smirking she looked at hufflepuffs part of the painting and said "viridian" then to Gryffindor she said "Scarlet." Moving onto Ravenclaw she recited "Sapphire." And last but not least she said to the snake, which controlled the door, "Verde."
The painting turned itself into a door, viva the seven and the night before changing its properties. And she turned the snakelike handle and entered the pitch black room.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Snape had no clue why he was here. But Draco asked him to supervise it so that they could stay up.
Naturally he was the only teacher available to do so, with the circumstances, so he agreed.
When Hanna shouted 'nox' he stepped into a kneel and slid behind a sofa. He had to play along or else he would ruin the party, though he had thought of the aspect. All the endings however, turned out him being cursed horribly by the birthday girl, so, he just played safe.
He heard her recite the four passwords, which weren't supposed to be in place, but her guessed that they put them out of privicy's sake. She opened the door and ..
"SURPRISE!" Everyone called out loudly.
He noticed the fake pain of shock come across her face. Of course she knew this would happen. He stood up, not saying a word.
"Professor!" this time she was indeed shocked.
He nodded. "Happy day of birth Ms. Granger."
"Thank you." She breathed, still shock truly by seeing her potions master there.
"Presents!!!!" Dora and Ray shouted.
Suddenly there were gifts at her feet.
"Mine first." Ray said all knowingly. She walked over to the window and flung open the shutters.
In flew two Owls, one white, whiter then Hedwig, the other blacker the blackest pitch.
"Her name." she pointed at the raven like one. "Is Istar. His name is," she pointed at the white one. "Dagda. I give them to you."
"Perfect names!" Hermione cried and hugged her friend. "Thank you!"
"I'm not done!" Ray whined. "here." She handed a set of documents to her.
"Wait! These are!" she flipped through them.
Ray nodded. "The twins send their best wishes."
"Now mine!" Dora called and pointed at the medium box.
Inside was the dress they had picked out at the store, along with a pair of Faerie Earrings and a bracelet. "Knew you weren't going to take of your dragon necklace, so I didn't bother." She shrugged, and was hugged by Mione as well.
"Now our gift." She shrugged towards Tom, as to indicate him as well.
Under the wrappings was the book they had purchased. Hermione looked like she could stand not getting the rest of her gifts, as long as she had this.
"We take your wanting to read it as a thank you." Tom stated, smiling.
"Alright, professor, did you get her anything?"
Snape hadn't thought of that. So naturally he didn't get a gift. But he did have one in mind.
"Yes, Ms. Granger, your gift from me, is my trust to do any potion you so wish, along with any ingredients you might want or need. I must require that you do them in the dungeons however."
She looked up at him lost for words. "thank you." She managed.
"Ok mine!" Ron decided and tossed a box at her. Inside were those jelly beans from WW in every color imaginable, on one half. On the other was another set of 'regular hair colors'
"Those," he pointed at the non colorful side. "Last a day, so I guessed that you would want colors that looked decent."
"thank you ron." And she tossed a green one into her mouth.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Once it was gone Draco's Present was left.
Yes, she opened everyone else's gifts earlier.
"Accio!" he shouted and a long rectangular present appeared before her.
Eyeing it hungerly, she grabbed it from mid air and untied the green ribbon, finding a card.
Opening it, she read out loud.
"To Mercury,
May your name serve you, not only now but in the future.
Hopefully this will help you go where others cannot, how others cannot.
Love,
Draconis."
Setting down the card, she and everyone else in the room looked at the box, with great curiosity.
She lifted the lid, took out the tissue paper, and gasped.
Before her was the newest, fastest, best broom ever, at least according to which broom magazine.
The moon beam, clod out in her favorite colors, and Mercury inscribed upon the handle in the most glorious cursive she had ever seen.
She picked it up, set the box down, and stood up. "Draco," she breathed, "It's gorgeous."
"Of course," He nodded walking over to her. "Only the best will do for you, nothing less, I wouldn't hear of it." She hugged him, tears of joy falling down her cheeks.
"Happy birthday, Hermione."
"Enough with the mushy thankyous!" Hanna announced. "Time to Party!"
Hermione nodded, and the fun commenced.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
An: There, it's done.
Part two is complete.
Now I should let you know that no I wont be going day by day for all of the days.
No only during the section that I wish to tell.
The first part was the summer. This just ended the second part.
Third part will be starting next chappie.
I want to dedicate this chapter to Tropical Flavored Yama, who is very sick at the moment.
Feel better! ^_^
Thank you all of you who have reviewed and waited patiently.
Sorry this didn't come out sooner, but I needed a break from this story for a bit.
Well, review!
Relena
P.S. this story on my comp read 11 pages with my AN. The longest chapter yet.
Monday September 15th
Dora, Draco and Tom were running as fast as their feet would carry them down to History.
Ray, Hanna, Ron and Hermione were running in the opposite direction out of the castle to Herbology.
Why you might ask?
Well naturally they stayed up way late the night before, and didn't wake up until a minute ago.
Last night, Ron had managed to make it up to head tower once Harry had fallen asleep. Up there they spent most of the time practicing Fly, Karate, and Hermione's new magic.
Much to their surprise, Dora and Ray were the first to get the hang of the magic.
Needless to say, there are now seven Marauders maps around the entire school. However, they aren't all branded 'moony, wormtail, prongs and padfoot.' Only the original is.
The other six, brand new looking, are authored by 'The Hogwarts Royalty.' They changed their name after Dora pointed out to them that a flush required five cards.
Yes today is also known as Hermione's Seventeenth year of birth, or well, so they think.
"Sorry were late!" the foursome called as they entered the Greenhouse.
"She's not here yet." Harry pointed out to them.
He had slept well the night they hadn't, and he was up at a decent hour, and more importantly, he arrived on time.
The four breathed once again at this joyous news.
"So, where were you two." he indicated Ron and Ray.
"With Mione." Ray responded.
"Ahh, so where were the three of you?"
"We talked late last night Harry, that's all." Hermione plopped her Bag onto the table by his seat. "What's with the twenty questions?" she gave him an 'I'm worrying about you' look. Harry just sighed and went back to finishing his work.
Hermione exchanged worried look with the other three. Hanna shook her head, and sat by Ron on Harry's other side. Ray did similar by Mione.
The door slammed open, and in walked Snape.
Double take.
In walked Snape.
The class silenced at his entrance.
"Ms. Granger, Ms. Abbott, Come with me."
"Dora and Ray as well." Hermione countered.
"Very well." he nodded, impatiently. "Just hurry, we have little time."
And they exited the room.
The class waited, but no one else came into the green room. Once class was over, the Gryffindors went to Care of Magical Creatures, while the Hufflepuffs went inside to Potions.
However, the Hufflepuffs Missed yet another class.
"Any clue Harry?"
"For the tenth time no!" he stopped and breathed a sigh, the continued on, "Sorry, but I'm getting worried."
Ron nodded his understanding as they approached Hagrid's cabin. "One second Harry." and he took off towards the oncoming Slytherins.
"Where are you going?" Harry called.
"One of the lot is bound to know what is up; they always seem to at least." He pointed to the group.
Harry shook his head and let him do as he pleased.
Ron walked straight up to Pansy.
"What do 'you' want Weasley?" she hissed, and spit his name.
"Funny you should ask, Parkinson." He smiled at her, causing her to do her own double take. "I need a question answered. Where's D-Malfoy?"
"Snape came and took him from History." she seemed to be gazing at his second head. "Why do you care?"
"Mione and Han were taken from Herbology, I was just wondering." He shrugged.
"What would Draco have to do with those two?" she bit at him.
"Well, nothing I suspect, I just noticed he wasn't around, so I wondered if something similar happened to him, if so, then I can guess at what is going on. Thank you for your time." He smirked, and then leaned into her face. "Pansy." he said clear as day.
Turning around he went to join Harry, leaving behind him, a group of very confused Slytherins.
*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~**~~**~*~~*~*~**~~*
The very people in question were currently up in the headmaster's office.
Professor Dumbledore was pacing like crazy, all the staff, minus Hagrid, was around them.
"Never, in all of my years NEVER!" McGonagall, shrieked.
The topic being doubted is your wondering? Well, let's just say that one of the other prefects caught them out of bed the night before, and well, had snitched.
However, this wasn't the reason that they were currently in the headmaster's office.
Though it did have a lot to do with it.
"Perspective magic!" Madame Hooch agreed.
"How on earth were you able to manage hiding it this long?" flitwick asked.
No one gave them a break between accusations of questions to say a word.
Only Snape, Rick and Dumbledore remained silent.
Draco, however, had enough.
"Would you please," he mumbled, "SHUT UP!"
They all stopped mid-sentence and stared at the boy.
"what?" He smirked. "I said 'please'."
"Now isn't the time, Mr. Malfoy." Snape mumbled to the youth.
"I do believe, Severus," Albus started. "That they have far more reason to speak then we do, after all we have said." He stopped pacing behind his desk and sat down in his chair. Starring at the six, he continued. "Now, a simple question, how."
Mione looked him straight into the eyes. "It's a matter of will and perspective." She answered.
"When."
"This past summer." Hermione stated.
"Last night." The rest answered.
"Where."
"In my home."
"Heads tower." They each answered in turn.
"Why?"
"It just happened, sir." Hermione looked at her feet. "I got a letter form Draco, it showed me the piece of the world I kept overlooking, and it well, happened. I saw through the world. There was no reason to it."
"We wanted to learn it." Ray answered for the rest.
"Who."
"All of us and Ron know." Hanna answered.
"Now, do you know what you're working with?" he asked more carefully.
"Yes sir, it's a form of wand less magic. It works mainly with how you view things. If you can see a pen on your desk that isn't there, and will it to be just as you see it," Hermione paused and looked at his desk, where a red and gold pen appeared, "then you can use this magic." The pen vanished. "However, it will remain, only as long as you think and believe that it's really there. Past that, whatever you make has similar properties as leprechaun gold." Hermione finished as if she had quoted.
"Yes, and No, Ms. Granger. This magic is not unlike Harry's ability to talk with snakes. However it is by far worse. This form of magic is controlled by emotions; you can trigger it without a second thought. When we teach young witches and wizards, we beat out this magic from them. Children, as you know, see the world in its truest form." He looked at Hermione, as if she were the only on present. "It is a rather sloppy and dangerous magic, Ms. Granger. That is why we don't let our students practice it."
"We have it controlled!" she argued.
"We shall see." He nodded. "We shall see. And Ms. Granger."
"Hum?"
"Happy eighteenth Birthday."
"Thank you professor."
And they left.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Eighteenth?" Dora asked innocently as they walked down the hall.
"Eighteenth." Hermione confirmed. "In my third year, I used what is known as a time turner. And I re lived so many hours, that I'm officially a year older then I was before." She explained.
"I see."
"I hope so, plus aren't you two skipping classes today?" Hermione smirked at them.
"So what?" Ray shot back. "We get to be with you today, that's far more important. Plus," she pointed out, "we are the resident geniuses of the school, one missed day wont hurt."
"Ah, but I bet a talking to from Dora's mom will." Draco stated.
"My mom's opinion doesn't matter anymore." Dora stated in a cold lifeless voice. "I've seen this, and I'm hooked." She nodded to emphasize her point.
"I see, but you'll have to face her." Hanna kindly let her know. "you can't stay here for you whole life."
"Yeah, but we can stay for the rest of the year!" Ray countered.
Hermione stopped in her tracks. Everyone stopped and looked at her.
"No."
"No?" Dora repeated. "You in no situation to tell us that we can't stay."
"I can't tell you, but I won't let you." Hermione countered. "I won't have you throwing away your lives for me, for this! You haven't learned enough magic to live on this side. If you don't go back, you won't graduate! You'll waste your minds; you will ruin your future!" tears fell. "No, I will not let you do that to yourselves. Sure you can learn magic, but you're going home, you will continue to live as muggles."
"So we can't stay for your party?" Ray felt like crying.
"Now you aren't staying, but I'll be if you don't attend my party." She grinned evilly. "I'm sending you home now, but you'll floo back at five. I'm sure Draco's dad will let you use his fireplace." She explained.
They both smiled.
"You're a cool adult Mione." Ray stated.
"The best."
"No, I just haven't been destroyed be responsibility yet." She pointed out all knowingly.
They all laughed at this.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After they saw off the two girls, Hanna and Tom ran off to Potions, as Mione and Draco walked slowly out to Care of magical Creatures.
"Mione?"
"Yes, Draco?
"How are you planning on explaining why Dora and Ray disappeared?"
"I told everyone that she was not going to be around all the time, I'll just say I told them so." She shrugged as they walked out the main doors.
"I'll use the same, its best if our stories match."
Hermione nodded at this. "We'll tell Ron tonight."
"Tell him what?"
"That Ray and Dora are muggles. He should know."
"Good point, I had best walk faster, if we arrive together, questions and heads will fly, see ya, Mercury."
"Bye Draconis."
And he walked ahead of her taking much larger strides.
Hermione prayed that they day would be evening soon.
*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~
If the universe could read the years of man, they seemed to know that it was her birthday, so her wish was granted.
At almost exactly five the two girls flooed into their fireplace at head tower.
Everyone of importance was there. Ron snuck out again. Snape came to supervise. Dora and Ray were there if you happen to need to be reminded. Draco, Hanna and Tom, were there to greet everyone.
The only person, who 'wasn't' there, besides Harry, was the birthday girl herself.
"Ok everyone get ready, I see her on the map!" Draco called out.
"Nox!" Hanna shouted and everyone hid.
Hermione, standing outside wondered about the sudden noise. But she wasn't dumb, she knew that they were going to surprise her. Smirking she looked at hufflepuffs part of the painting and said "viridian" then to Gryffindor she said "Scarlet." Moving onto Ravenclaw she recited "Sapphire." And last but not least she said to the snake, which controlled the door, "Verde."
The painting turned itself into a door, viva the seven and the night before changing its properties. And she turned the snakelike handle and entered the pitch black room.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Snape had no clue why he was here. But Draco asked him to supervise it so that they could stay up.
Naturally he was the only teacher available to do so, with the circumstances, so he agreed.
When Hanna shouted 'nox' he stepped into a kneel and slid behind a sofa. He had to play along or else he would ruin the party, though he had thought of the aspect. All the endings however, turned out him being cursed horribly by the birthday girl, so, he just played safe.
He heard her recite the four passwords, which weren't supposed to be in place, but her guessed that they put them out of privicy's sake. She opened the door and ..
"SURPRISE!" Everyone called out loudly.
He noticed the fake pain of shock come across her face. Of course she knew this would happen. He stood up, not saying a word.
"Professor!" this time she was indeed shocked.
He nodded. "Happy day of birth Ms. Granger."
"Thank you." She breathed, still shock truly by seeing her potions master there.
"Presents!!!!" Dora and Ray shouted.
Suddenly there were gifts at her feet.
"Mine first." Ray said all knowingly. She walked over to the window and flung open the shutters.
In flew two Owls, one white, whiter then Hedwig, the other blacker the blackest pitch.
"Her name." she pointed at the raven like one. "Is Istar. His name is," she pointed at the white one. "Dagda. I give them to you."
"Perfect names!" Hermione cried and hugged her friend. "Thank you!"
"I'm not done!" Ray whined. "here." She handed a set of documents to her.
"Wait! These are!" she flipped through them.
Ray nodded. "The twins send their best wishes."
"Now mine!" Dora called and pointed at the medium box.
Inside was the dress they had picked out at the store, along with a pair of Faerie Earrings and a bracelet. "Knew you weren't going to take of your dragon necklace, so I didn't bother." She shrugged, and was hugged by Mione as well.
"Now our gift." She shrugged towards Tom, as to indicate him as well.
Under the wrappings was the book they had purchased. Hermione looked like she could stand not getting the rest of her gifts, as long as she had this.
"We take your wanting to read it as a thank you." Tom stated, smiling.
"Alright, professor, did you get her anything?"
Snape hadn't thought of that. So naturally he didn't get a gift. But he did have one in mind.
"Yes, Ms. Granger, your gift from me, is my trust to do any potion you so wish, along with any ingredients you might want or need. I must require that you do them in the dungeons however."
She looked up at him lost for words. "thank you." She managed.
"Ok mine!" Ron decided and tossed a box at her. Inside were those jelly beans from WW in every color imaginable, on one half. On the other was another set of 'regular hair colors'
"Those," he pointed at the non colorful side. "Last a day, so I guessed that you would want colors that looked decent."
"thank you ron." And she tossed a green one into her mouth.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Once it was gone Draco's Present was left.
Yes, she opened everyone else's gifts earlier.
"Accio!" he shouted and a long rectangular present appeared before her.
Eyeing it hungerly, she grabbed it from mid air and untied the green ribbon, finding a card.
Opening it, she read out loud.
"To Mercury,
May your name serve you, not only now but in the future.
Hopefully this will help you go where others cannot, how others cannot.
Love,
Draconis."
Setting down the card, she and everyone else in the room looked at the box, with great curiosity.
She lifted the lid, took out the tissue paper, and gasped.
Before her was the newest, fastest, best broom ever, at least according to which broom magazine.
The moon beam, clod out in her favorite colors, and Mercury inscribed upon the handle in the most glorious cursive she had ever seen.
She picked it up, set the box down, and stood up. "Draco," she breathed, "It's gorgeous."
"Of course," He nodded walking over to her. "Only the best will do for you, nothing less, I wouldn't hear of it." She hugged him, tears of joy falling down her cheeks.
"Happy birthday, Hermione."
"Enough with the mushy thankyous!" Hanna announced. "Time to Party!"
Hermione nodded, and the fun commenced.
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An: There, it's done.
Part two is complete.
Now I should let you know that no I wont be going day by day for all of the days.
No only during the section that I wish to tell.
The first part was the summer. This just ended the second part.
Third part will be starting next chappie.
I want to dedicate this chapter to Tropical Flavored Yama, who is very sick at the moment.
Feel better! ^_^
Thank you all of you who have reviewed and waited patiently.
Sorry this didn't come out sooner, but I needed a break from this story for a bit.
Well, review!
Relena
P.S. this story on my comp read 11 pages with my AN. The longest chapter yet.