So now we have part 1 of the confession. I had to divide it up because there is so much to tell.

Even when I close my eyes I still do not own Harry Potter or Criminal Minds.

"Granger what is going on? Who was that? And where did all those people come from?" Hotch said as Hermione walked over to the area where the team was.

"I promise to answer all your questions as soon as we are out of here." She pulled out the key chain and held it in her hand and held it out to the team. "You all have trusted me for over a year. I need you to trust me one more time. I promise I will tell you everything."

The team looked at each other. The only one who made a move was Rossi. He was now standing next to Hermione.

"What do you need?" Hotch asked

"Just for everyone to hold on to this key chain. Just a finger will do."

Hotch looked at the key ring in her hand. He did not understand at all. He saw David put a finger on the chain without a moments hesitation. Hotch decided that if David trusted her then he could do.

"Okay. But you have a lot of explaining to do." He said as he placed a finger on the key chain. Following his lead the rest of the team copied him placing a finger on the chain until everyone had a place on it.

Hermione made sure everyone was touching the portkey before she said "Home"

A bright blue light surrounded the group and they were gone in the next second.

They reappeared in Hhermione's living room a second later. As the team landed around the room Morgan backed away.

"What was that?" he demanded to know

"I promise to tell you everything. Why don't you all have a seat." Hermione said as she sat down. The team once again looked at each other. There was no way to explain what was going on. Slowly every member left standing took a seat around the room.

"What I am about to tell you may come as a shock." Hermione started once everyone sat down. "Everything you have ever heard about magic. Witches and wizards, dragons, trolls, faries. It is all true. When I was 11 years old I got my invitation to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. My parents do not have magical powers. I am classified as a muggle born witch. On the train to school the first time I met Harry and Ron."

"Wait a minute. You're a witch? I don't know." Emily said not knowing if she believed her friend.

"Yes I am. This is my wand." Hermione said as she showed them her vine wood wand.

"Magic does not exist." Morgan said standing up.

Hermione sighed as she flicked her wrist at Morgan and his cell phone and wallet flew towards her.

She levitated the items back to Morgan who was stunned. "Yes, it is very real."

Morgan grabbed his items and put them away and sat back down.

"Where was I?" Hermione started her story again "Oh Harry. So Harry was living with his aunt and uncle at this time. See when he was born a prophecy was told about a child who would be able to defeat a very powerful and very dark wizard named Voldemort. Voldemort was obsessed with blood purity. Him and his followers were convinced that anyone who was not born from 2 magical parents was below them, with Muggleborns being the lowest. They believed that Muggle borns like myself brought dirty blood into the wizarding world. The prophecy described a child born to people who had defied Voldemort 3 times. Harry's parents were in a secret group called the Order of the Phoenix and fit those requirements. So they went into hiding, but they were betrayed by someone they thought was their friend. On Halloween 1981 when Harry was just a year old Voldemort entered the Potters home. He killed Harry's father James and then made his way to the nursery. Lily Potter gave her life to protect her son. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry the curse rebounded and killed him instead, leaving Harry alone in the world."

"We were not always friends. In fact the first part of the year I was alone. Since I was muggle born I felt like I had to prove myself to everyone. I was the top of my class and answered every question the teachers gave us. I may have had the grades but I had no friends. My first few months at school were very lonely. Then on Halloween that year a troll managed to get into the castle. I was hiding away in the girls lavatory and Harry and Ron came to find me. We managed to defect the troll and when the professor's came in I took the trouble for them. We were friends since then."

"We had so many adventures in school too many to name now. But I will say that Voldemort was not truly dead and he was very actively trying to return to power."

"He managed to return to his body at the end of our fourth year of school and he called his followers to him. His followers were also known as Death Eaters. He tried to kill Harry again that year but Harry was able to escape."

"Almost immediately our headmaster, Professor Dumbledore who was the only one Voldemort ever truly feared, was able to recall the Order to start fighting him again."

Hermione looked over the faces of the people in her living room. Emotions ranged from curiosity, shock, disbelief, and sadness.

Hermione took a breath before telling the next part of her tale.

"At the end of our 5th year Voldemort managed to convince Harry that he had captured his godfather and was torturing him in the Department of Mysteries in our Ministry of Magic. Sirius was the closest thing Harry had to family. He would have done anything to save him. At the time Hogwarts was under the control of an evil little woman named Umbridge. All of the people we could trust were gone. So we flew to the Ministry to save him. But it was a trap Sirius was not there. That was where I first met Dolohov. He was going to curse me and I silenced him."

Hermione pulled her shirt up to show the team her scar that ran from the bottom of her bra down to her hipbone. She looked at Spencer.

"There was never a car accident. I got this from him. The curse he sent would have set my organs on fire before melting them and killing me. Because he could not say the spell out loud I was able to survive. I was knocked out after that. When I woke up I found out that the Order came to rescue us, but Sirius was killed."

"Loosing Sirius was terrible for Harry. He was so depressed. In our next year we learned that the reason that Voldemort was able to come back was because he had created Horcuxes. This is a very dark piece of magic that will split a person's soul and place a piece of it in another container. From what Professor Dumbledore could find out Voldemort created 7 of these. He was trying to track them down and had found one. Him and Harry went to get it. When they got back though, someone let death eaters into the castle. They cornered Professor Dumbledore at the top of the Astronomy tower. Harry was hidden and saw the whole thing. They killed him that night."

Hermione was crying at this point and did not notice Rossi had stood up and walked over to her. He was holding a handkerchief. Hermione took the piece of cloth and mouthed thank you to him as he sat back down. Hermione wiped her face and tried to calm herself before she continued.

"We knew Hogwarts was no longer safe for any of us. Harry was the biggest threat against Voldemort. Being friends with Harry put both me and Ron in danger as well. Ron's family was considered to be blood traitors because they did not follow the blood fanatics and I was in danger because I was a muggle born."

"The next year we ran."

I hope I did not leave anything out of here. I know I glossed over most of their school years but that is because in the long run it did not have much to do with the ending of what she is telling them. I really love that no one is talking and just letting her tell her story. What do you think Spencer's reaction to all of this will be? Stay tuned part 2 will be up soon.