AN: Thank you for the reads&reviews, knowing people read my story truly motivates me to write more and more, so here we go;

But first,

aidansidhe: I feel that way too, and I can promise an interesting pairing for Harry too in the future I hope J

pottersparky: Thank you so much! And I agree with you on the "hellhole" part… damn you Dumbles! Only thing is I am fairly hell-bent on making Dumbledore a "good" person, yet the antagonist of my story.

RebeliousOne: That seems to be the way I will go :) and I agree with you on all points to be honest.

Prologue 2:

The tall Scottish woman knocked the door with her knuckles a few times. She had just apparated there under a notice-me-not charm for the ever-tedious job of informing the muggle-born first years regarding magic and their future schooling. While she did enjoy the children's happiness and enthusiasm once they learned magic was real, she truly found parents dis-belief annoying. She always was forced to do showcase some flashy spells which made her feel like a monkey on a show. Spells were serious things that took years to learn!

It was with these thoughts Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry regarded the small bushy haired girl in front of her who opened the door.

"Hello Miss, is your family around?" She asked looking over her for her family with a somewhat concerned face, what family made their 11 year old child open the door by her own?

"Oh hi Professor McGonagall" Girl said much to her surprise.

"My parents are working at the moment but I've been expecting you, shall we go then?" Hermione asked as McGonagall worked hard to keep her trademark scowl on her face, how could a muggle-born know about herself?

"W-Wait a second Miss… Granger I presume, how did you know about me?" She asked, baffled.

"You sent me a letter didn't you professor? And you did say you were coming to take me to Diagon Alley didn't you? You are the Deputy Headmistress who sent me the letters right?" Hermione rapid-fired questions seemingly without breathing.

"But-but what about your parents?" McGonagall asked completely confused,

"They are OK with me coming to get magic education professor, after all where else would I get such schooling? I didn't even knew magic existed before you sent me that letter 3 days ago."

"Miss Granger I thi-" she abruptly stopped talking and her eyes glazed over.

"Of course Miss, I will be taking you to Diagon Alley now, let's get a move on then. We'll be using muggle transportation as tradition dictates for your first visit." She continued seemingly forgotten her confusion, she then turned around and started walking towards the street.

"Thanks Ely" whispered Hermione before running to catch up to the tall Scottish woman.

"I got you girl" said a voice she came to knew very well from the back of her mind, Elyna, after inscribing her rune to her shoulder, had always been able to talk to her from her mind even when she was not in the Mortal World. At the moment she was following them invisibly though.

"Good job confusing her enough for me to be able to influence her, for future reference though… letter said "a professor" would come get you, not her."

Hermione smiled sheepishly behind the professor, she still couldn't speak back to Ely from her mind no matter how much she tried.

"Nothing has changed from 500 years ago when I came to the mortal world last too, wizards and witches seem to be much harder to influence compared to mortals like your parents."

Her parents had not taken the news of her new schooling well, they had not believed at first even. After seeing the letter, it had been the last drop when her father screamed at her about how it was not real and she was too old to be making up stories and how it was not a good thing to fake letters, Elyna had appeared. Her appearance had shocked them to silence just before she had waved her hand and blew them a kiss. Which made them promptly shut up and leave the room.

Elyna then had hugged a distressed Hermione, whispering to her how she would always believe her and she didn't need parents who had never seen her loneliness or her being bullied. She had held her for hours, comforting her and giving her promises of how she would never call her a liar and she would always be there for her. It had taken a lot of time for Hermione to calm down and afterwards she had agreed with Elyna that her parents would be best if they had kept enchanted. They would act like everything was normal and ignore anything that was not natural. Elyna also had made sure that they would just think she had went a special school for the gifted when Hermione was to go to Hogwarts.

After a taxi ride, and a short walk that was spent in silence they made it to Diagon Alley, once they were in Professor McGonagall turned to Hermione and her eyes seemed to glaze over once more.

"This is where you will get your supplies Miss Granger, I shall see you at the Sorting Ceremony at the first of September in Hogwarts then, this is your ticket." She handed small slip of paper to Hermione before disapparating with a pop.

Just then a hand was on her shoulder. She looked up to see a beautiful woman standing over her, she did not have her horns or tail this time though. Elyna had truly mastered the art of glamouring for all the times she took Hermione out.

"Hello Sister" Elyna said.

"Shall we see this so called "Wizarding World" then?" with that she took Hermione's hand and what followed was a 4 hour long shopping spree which started in Gringotts.

First thing they did was to enter the Bank to change their muggle money for wizarding gold, what they didn't expect was the Goblin Guards in the entrance to recognize Elyna for what she was.

"Halt" Said the surly goblin guard.

"Your kind is not wanted here, you will wait outside." His rude words had Hermione seething on the inside. Yet she appeared calm outside as Ely and Criss had taught her.

"You must always appear graceful and in control to have true power over people" had said Ely when she was correcting her posture.

"Showing emotions are a weakness 'Mia, and any weakness is to be exploited" had said Criss when he was teaching her how to act.

So she looked every bit of the calm and collected Lady when she walked in and exchanged her money at the teller.

Their slight would cost them dearly however, she thought in her mind. Elyna had protected and loved her and she would respond in kind.

"Their souls will be yours someday Ely, I promise" she said once she was out of the bank again.

"I can't wait Sister, it will be a delicious feast when we kill them all and steal their gold" Ely said with a bloodthirsty grin.

Hermione could only laugh, it still amazed her how this woman, who could be bloodthirsty and cold at one seconds, could be the same woman who adopted her as her sister and helped her so much.

They had then went into Ollivander's for a wand which she barely needed thanks to Luth's lessons, then they went into Archie's Trunks where she bought a regular trunk which Ely had promised her they would enchant once they got home, robes, potion supplies and other things.

Finally it was time to hit the bookstore, Flourish and Blotts. When they walked in Hermione was amazed, there were many books with shiny covers not just in the shelves but flying around, nudging people to be read. She ended up buying 3 extra books as that was all she could buy with her leftover money, which she had took from her parents.

Once they were out of the shop, Elyna dragged her trunk into a sidealley with her following and draw a symbol on the trunk. Which caused the trunk to disappear in a red light.

"Come on then Sis, we still have some daylight left… Why don't we eat some magical ice cream before we head home?" Ely asked showing her the big colourful sign saying "Fortescue's Ice Creams"

Sitting at an empty booth, they had ordered sundae's and had started eating them chatting about what they had seen in the magical world.

Luthen and Elyna had sat her down and taught her all they knew about magical world. While Ely's knowledge was outdated to centuries ago, Luth knew everything. She knew the wars, people, factions, spells… When asked she had said it was part of her duty at their home-world and Ely had seemed to understand. But they had not explained it any further to Hermione.

She had learned about the blood war, how it had started by a madman called Voldemort and how it had ended by a baby called Harry. She had learned how Harry had disappeared after the war and he was expected to show up at the same year as her. From her lessons she knew very well what kind of political power the boy-who-lived would hold even if he was magically weak. She was already thinking about him as a possible ally, which then Ely would said any wizard or witch could only be her subordinates as she would be much more powerful than any of them. Still it had seemed like a good idea to collect people early on as their loyalty would be much stronger then. Although, any who bad mouthed her demonic friends would be enemies… no questions.

She had then continued on to learn about the children who would attend school with her, and their families.

It was this knowledge, which allowed her to recognize a child Daphne Greengrass alongside her sister and mother entering the small bistro.

They all looked similar with their straight blond hair and lady-like behavior. After waiting for them sit down at their table with their ice creams, Hermione waved to the Greengrass heir which she knew would be an important person to get on her side. While Greengrass' were decidedly neutral in times of war, they had a big power on the economy. This was the main reason no one had tried to drag them into the war as Greengrass' alone could hurt the country economy massively which neither side had wanted considering they wished to rule the country after their victory.

Greengrass heir had not responded beyond a slight nod towards her way, which was not really a problem for Hermione. After all she knew currently she was the lowest among all in Magical Britain in standing. She would burn who would deride her, and she would extend the hand of friendship to those who showed her the courtesy of acknowledging her. Young Greengrass was now in that small group of people she would accept as friends once her true power was revealed.

She had then finished her sundae and walked away with Elyna, whom even the Greengrasses had glanced sideways because of her unnatural beauty.

It had been 2 weeks after her visit to Diagon Alley, she had already finished all her books and her lessons from her demonic friends had easily put her at her 3rd year magically.

Today thought, she did not have school and she would not summon her demonic friends. She headed to the library with a skip in her step. She then settled on a chair with a novel she had already read before and started waiting. Maybe hours had passed when her mood started to get down and her hopes began to vanish when she heard him clearing his throat behind her.

"Luke!" she screamed tackling her with a hug. She then started rapid-fire rambling about her life, how she was a witch and what her demonic friends was teaching her.

"Easy, easy my dear." Luke said with a smile, hugging her back. He started stroking her hair which caused her to blush.

"So my dear, it seems many things happened since I've last seen you, so you will be a witch then."

"Yes I will be go to Hogwarts and learn to be a Witch!" she rambled enthusiastically but then her enthusiasm seemed to deflate. She stepped back and looked Luke and in the eyes and she almost seemed tearful.

"Oh I am so sorry, I won't be able to see you at Hogwarts won't I? M-maybe I won't go then, Luth can teach me everything I need anyway." Her voice had gotten lower and lower as she spoke looking at the ground. She had truly not considered her best friend, one who had given her, her demonic friends… one who was there for her for the first time would not be there.

She then felt his hand on her chin, he raised her head to look her in the eyes. Then he did something she never expected. He kissed her softly in the cheek.

Of course Hermione knew about romance and boys from all the time Ely had talked about them, she even knew she harbored a crush towards Luke, how could she not? But she had never expected him to reciprocate. After all, he was this amazing knowledgeable boy, who apparently had a very busy life… she was amazed he even had been her friend let alone like her… that way. She thought of all these in that briefest moment he kissed and with a fierce blush she opened her mouth only for Luke to silence her.

"Do you really think my dear, if I wanted to, could any School, Witch, Wizard hold me from seeing you?"

She could not say a word. She had just realized… what did she know of Luke? They had sit together and talked a lot but he never had mentioned his private life. It was always about books, people or Hermione.

He also was the person to give Hermione the book which had let her summon demons, although he had not wanted them to know him.

Luke smiled, almost as if knowing what she was thinking.

"All in due time my dear, but know that whenever you call, I will be there"

And then she had blinked, and he was gone.

"Luke? Luuke?!" she had called out and looked around but he was not there. Just when she was walking back to her house a wind had blown her hair, and with the wind was a whiper in his voice;

"Hermione"

And she knew he was watching. She realized he was always watching, even when he was not there… he was always watching.

Finally it was the day she was to head to Hogwarts. She had taken a taxi with Elyna who had been adamant about seeing her off, and claimed it would be odd if she were alone. It was when they entered the Kings Cross station she could not believe her luck. There he was, with black hair, green eyes and a trunk just like the ones sold at Diagon Alley which gave away that he was a wizard even if the snowy owl in the cage he held didn't. and the lightning bolt scar above his right eye told Hermione exactly who this was.

"Hello, are you headed to Hogwarts too?" Hearing these words Harry turned around to see a young girl her age, alongside the most beautiful woman he had ever seen who was maybe 20 years old.

"Y-yes, uhm hi" Harry said, not having much confidence because of his upbringing.

"Well then, let's go" Hermione said grabbing his hand and starting to drag him towards a seemingly brick wall in between platforms 9 and 10.

"W-wait where are we go-" he was saying just as Hermione literally threw him by the hand into the wall.

Cringing he expected to hit the wall, but it never happened. He opened his eyes to find himself in a platform with magical families and their children galore.

He saw Hermione materializing from behind her and moved to the side, Hermione walked into the platform with a straight posture, pushing Harry's trunk on the trolley.

"Nice to meet you" she then held her hand out.

"I am Hermione Granger, first year witch. Hope we'll be friends"

"F-friends?" Harry asked, unsure if he had heard her right.

"Of course, after all a school is a place to make friends as much as to learn knowledge isn't it?"

"Yes, I.. I would love to be friends. I am Harry Potter" Harry said shaking her hand shyly.

"and I am her sister Elyna, Mr Potter. I'd love to chat with you a bit but you children need to catch your train." Ely said, pushing them towards the train. She, of course, did not forget to add;

"He seems so cute Sis, if you won't have him… I want him when he's older." In her mind to Hermione… smiling when she heard her sisters exasperated sigh. It had been an ongoing argument between them that Ely though Hermione should've started to show interest in boys and Hermione had argued she was too young for that…. Of course Ely did not know she already was very much so interested in a boy named Luke, although she still thought herself too young to be seriously considering romance.

Walking into the train, Harry and Hermione quickly found an empty compartment and sat down, as soon as they sat down Hermione asked;

"Hey Harry, you wouldn't tell anyone if I did a little bit of magic would you?"

Eager to see more magic and please his new friend Harry just nodded with a smile.

"Sero" she intoned with her wand pointing at the door and a red flash happened.

"Now no one should be able to bother us."

"Bother us?" Harry asked, confused.

"Oh Harry, I am a muggleborn you know? I just don't want some purists to come and insult me."

"Purists?" Harry said the foreign word with an even more confused expression.

"People who think they are better than me… or you for that matter because their family has a lot of wizards." Hermione explained patiently. She had only used the word for him to ask of course, she knew that Harry did not know much about the Wizarding world. Way he dressed and the fact that he did not know where platform 9 ¾ was a dead giveaway.

"That's stupid." He said and that was the start of a long and productive chat about the magical world, it's factions, their leaders and their actions.

"Voldemort, killer of my family… I'll remember that name."

"So it was this Dumbledore person who took me after the war?"

"Is it truly not normal for orphaned wizarding children to go to Muggle houses?"

"What do you mean I should've been notified about my family and my holdings?"

"I had guessed Hagrid was not supposed to be the one to take me shopping and stuff, but you think really they were trying to push me to Gryffindor?"

With every new revelation by Hermione, which were things most wizards&witches would know; Harry lost more and more of his shyness and it left it's place to righteous anger that he had been wronged from a very small age. Thinking about all these he never noticed Hermione watching him with a smile on her lips.

"That's it Ely, that's my first lieutenant in the war you so want me to wage against wizardkind to rule them all. He'll be a precious ally… and maybe even one day he'll be among us who rule. You would like that wouldn't you? He's, as you called, cute after all." She whispered to herself, knowing trains noise and Harry's thinking would not allow him to hear what she had said.

"You have grown so well Sister, I am proud."

"First years over here" bellowed the half-giant. Smiling to himself he searched for the little Harry Potter he had helped over the summer. He saw him after a while, in deep conversation with a girl around his age with brown hair, so deep he didn't even notice them passing by Hagrid; girl leading them into a boat with 2 other girls, one with a lady like attitude and straight blond hair and another with red hair and a smile on her face.

Seeing Hogwarts for the first time, Harry was amazed. Here it was… the school that would save him from Dursleys. He then looked at the girl next to him. This girl had told him so much he was supposed to know prior to coming here. He was glad he had met her, and he was glad he would not be the "puppet" as Hermione said, of Dumbledore when he entered the school. He never even noticed the other two girls standing across him and Hermione.

Daphne Greengrass prided herself in her ability to observe. When she had claimed a boat, she had expected her acquaintances from old families to join her. It was not to be however, a red haired girl had came and sit beside her with a bubbly attitude. She knew she could not walk away because this girl was Susan Bones and while she was from a decidedly Light family, her family held important positions in Ministry.

Just after a boy and a girl had sat down in front of them, seeming in deep conversation. She had of course recognized the girl from before. While Daphne did not believe in blood purity, she still saw most muggleborns as inferior as they had no true knowledge of how wizarding world worked.

She still observed though, and her observations vere fruitful. From the snippets she could hear she noticed the boy was asking her questions about Hogwarts and Professors and she was answering them. It didn't even seem like she was quoting book information like most muggleborns tended to do. Daphne was fairly certain she had heard that "Professor McGonagall, Transfiguration Teacher is very strict but seemingly fair."

While this was known information to someone from a magical family, how would a muggleborn know this? This Hermione girl would be worth watching. It was at that time she saw the fabled scar in the forehead of the boy sitting across him. Even with all her training, Daphne was an 11 year old witch who had grew up with his stories. While she knew logically most those stories were false, it did not change the fact that she was maybe 2 feet away from a celebrity. Even she could not stop the slight blush and the widening of her eyes once she noticed.

Oh yes, this Hermione girl would definitely bear watching.

When they reached ashore, they were led to the castle by the half-giant. Only interruption was an argument between a blond boy and a loud redheaded boy.

"Blood purists there Harry, You can see both of them are wizardborn, yet how they deride and insult each other. Those were the kind of people I wanted to avoid. They would be even worse towards me."

Hermione whispered towards Harry, making sure he would not gravitate toward either the Weasley or Malfoy kids. She had researched and knew those would be the extreme ends of the Dark and Light faction families joining this year. She wanted Harry to be away from neither of those factions as their charismatic leaders had ways of creating or ensuring loyalty which she did not want in people who would be close to her. Only faction she would make inroads with would be the Neutrals as they did not have such leaders and they would be somewhat easier to pull to her side. Light side would not accept her because of her affiliation with demons, and Dark side would hate her because of the blood running in her veins. She would, although, raise above both… defeating them. She would rule, and in doing so she would re-pay her demonic friends. She would make a world, in which only the youngest of children would be taken by her non-conditionally… rest would either prove themselves or die.

"Hannah Abbott"

She heard the hat call out, which led her to think about the houses. Gryffindor, would give her easy access to Light side faction families, but she did not trust herself to kill them all in the first day for being shortsided. Slytherin wouldn't be so shortsided but she would instantly be at a disadvantage because of her of her blood. Hufflepuff would welcome her, but she did not wish to go into the house of people who held great "loyalty" in their hearts. As she only wanted them to be loyal to her. Ravenclaw was out from the start as she knew they were academics and gaining the loyalty of academics would be much easier compared to others. She wanted to be in a position where she could gain most allies in the shortest time, and start her conquest with those allies.

"Hermione Granger" Her name was called. She walked slowly to the hat, being careful in how she walked. From outside she seemed every bit of the pureblood lady with her posture and expression.

"This is good" she thought to herself. Confusion is good.

She then wore the hat.

A second passed.

And then another.

Then the hat opened his brim and shouted:

AN: Thank you for reading my dear readers! Reviews are always appreciated, I endeavor to respond every review if possible J

So… Houses? Which house should our Demonic Hermione should be in you think? Should she be the bullied Gryff? Hated Snake? Underestimated Puff? Or Forgettable Raven?... or maybe whatever house she joined she would go above expectations?

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