Hermione smiles broadly as she opened the car door and got out.
They were parked in the driveway of a large Victorian style house.
They were on the top of a large grassy hill. The front of the house
had a patio where a woman who looked in her late 40s sat. Her hair
was red-brown streaked with gray.
"Aunt Lauren" Hermione yelled running up the stairs to the patio and into the woman's arms.
Aunt Lauren pushed Hermione back and looked at her. "You look so grown up. My little.niece a young woman."
Hermione grinned then turned as Harry and Ron came up behind her. "Aunt Lauren these are my best friends, Harry and Ron, from school." Aunt Lauren turned her hazel eyes on them and smiled.
Nice to meet you."
"You two, um..Ma'm," Ron stumbled out.
"Call me Aunt Lauren, both of you. Oh what lovely red hair he has. Just like your late Uncle Jeffrey." This she directed at Hermione who laughed. Ron blushed.
"Come on," Briget urged taking Hermione's hand. "We can go down to the stables and go rising together."
"Now Briget," Aunt Lauren said. "She just got here. They all have to be shown their rooms and I'm sure Hermione wants to go see her, her mother and father."
Harry looked at Briget and was surprised to see her mouth set in and angry scowl. "She doesn't have to go see them. She can come if she wants too, she sees them all the time."
Aunt Lauren looked worried but Hermione hurried and said, "She's right. I have to show Harry and Ron where their rooms are and I have to let my parents know I'm here, but then I'll come right down to the stables, ok."
Briget's face lightened and she nodded. "You're right, I'm sorry." She hugged Hermione. "I missed you. I'll go wait down by the stables for you." She turned and started of around to the back of the house and Hermione turned to Aunt Lauren. "The rooms on the second floor right." And Aunt Lauren nodded.
Hermione lead Harry and Ron in who followed silently till they got to the second floor. "Did you see how angry Briget got?" Harry asked.
"She probably just doesn't like Aunt Lauren dictated what she has to do. She is 17 after all."
"Yea but your.er Aunt Lauren wasn't dictate what SHE had to do, she was dictating what YOU had to do." Ron pointed out.
Hermione huffed and stopped infront of a door and opened it. "Just get of it. She just missed me, that's all." They walked into the room. It was huge with 2 king sized beds, a desk, dresser, and a large window that over looked a gigantic field with a lake that sparkled like diamond in the sunlight. The walls were pale red and the room had a maroon carpet and drapes.
"Maroon," Ron snorted. "I hate Maroon." Hermione and Harry laughed.
"This is you and Harry's room," Hermione said through short laughs. She pointed towards a door on the left wall, "That goes into my room and the door across the hall is the bathroom. You can put your clothes in that dresser." She started to wards the door that went into her room.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"I'm going to change out of my robes then I'm going to say hello to my parents then go down to the fields to ride. Meet me down there when you're all settled." With that she disappeared through the door.
Hermione looked around her room. The walls were painted light lilac, her favorite color, with matching carpet and drapes. She walked towards a closet and opened it. Clothes were already inside. She opened her dresser and pulled out a pair of faded jeans and a light blue T-shirt with a picture of a water sprite on it, then pulled on a coffee colored jacket and a pair of matching riding boots then pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She had missed it here so much. She couldn't wait to see it here when snow first fell.
She went downstairs taking them in twos and went in the kitchen where she found her parents in the kitchen with a pair of mug in their hands. She hugged them.
"Hi mum, dad."
"Hello Hermione dear." Mrs. Granger said then looked Hermione over. "Where are you going?"
Hermione opened the refrigerator and pulled out an apple. "I'm going riding with Briget." Hermione straightened up smiling and turned to find her parents frowning slightly. "What's wrong?"
"N-nothing. Just be careful honey."
Hermione smiled again. "Don't worry, I'll be find." She turned and ran out of the kitchen, "bye." She let the screen door on the back door slam behind her. She stood in the back yard and took a deep breath enjoying the scents. Then started down the hill towards the large wood stables.
Briget was already there holding the reins of two horses both mares. A large brown and white spotted one and cream colored one with a golden mane and tail. Briget smiles holding out the reins of the cream one.
"Seri," Hermione exclaimed stroking the horses muzzles. Seri snorted into Hermione's hair affectionately.
"She missed you," Briget said. "I didn't let anyone else ride her except me. I knew you wouldn't mind if I rode her."
"Thank you so muck Briget, of course I don't mind." Briget smiled then swung up into the saddle.
"Ok you lily livered varmint, you're gonna give back the gold you stole or get takin down." Hermione laughed at Briget starting the game they use to play when they were bothered younger and swung into the saddle to.
This felt right. It felt right. She was in here element here where she could be free. Briget was right; there were some things that you could fly on without magic. "You'll never catch my lady sheriff." And with that she spurred Seri foreword and Briget can after her on the brown and white mare.
Wondering when the mystery will start. Beware the next chapter. Muahahahaha ( evil laugh
"Aunt Lauren" Hermione yelled running up the stairs to the patio and into the woman's arms.
Aunt Lauren pushed Hermione back and looked at her. "You look so grown up. My little.niece a young woman."
Hermione grinned then turned as Harry and Ron came up behind her. "Aunt Lauren these are my best friends, Harry and Ron, from school." Aunt Lauren turned her hazel eyes on them and smiled.
Nice to meet you."
"You two, um..Ma'm," Ron stumbled out.
"Call me Aunt Lauren, both of you. Oh what lovely red hair he has. Just like your late Uncle Jeffrey." This she directed at Hermione who laughed. Ron blushed.
"Come on," Briget urged taking Hermione's hand. "We can go down to the stables and go rising together."
"Now Briget," Aunt Lauren said. "She just got here. They all have to be shown their rooms and I'm sure Hermione wants to go see her, her mother and father."
Harry looked at Briget and was surprised to see her mouth set in and angry scowl. "She doesn't have to go see them. She can come if she wants too, she sees them all the time."
Aunt Lauren looked worried but Hermione hurried and said, "She's right. I have to show Harry and Ron where their rooms are and I have to let my parents know I'm here, but then I'll come right down to the stables, ok."
Briget's face lightened and she nodded. "You're right, I'm sorry." She hugged Hermione. "I missed you. I'll go wait down by the stables for you." She turned and started of around to the back of the house and Hermione turned to Aunt Lauren. "The rooms on the second floor right." And Aunt Lauren nodded.
Hermione lead Harry and Ron in who followed silently till they got to the second floor. "Did you see how angry Briget got?" Harry asked.
"She probably just doesn't like Aunt Lauren dictated what she has to do. She is 17 after all."
"Yea but your.er Aunt Lauren wasn't dictate what SHE had to do, she was dictating what YOU had to do." Ron pointed out.
Hermione huffed and stopped infront of a door and opened it. "Just get of it. She just missed me, that's all." They walked into the room. It was huge with 2 king sized beds, a desk, dresser, and a large window that over looked a gigantic field with a lake that sparkled like diamond in the sunlight. The walls were pale red and the room had a maroon carpet and drapes.
"Maroon," Ron snorted. "I hate Maroon." Hermione and Harry laughed.
"This is you and Harry's room," Hermione said through short laughs. She pointed towards a door on the left wall, "That goes into my room and the door across the hall is the bathroom. You can put your clothes in that dresser." She started to wards the door that went into her room.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"I'm going to change out of my robes then I'm going to say hello to my parents then go down to the fields to ride. Meet me down there when you're all settled." With that she disappeared through the door.
Hermione looked around her room. The walls were painted light lilac, her favorite color, with matching carpet and drapes. She walked towards a closet and opened it. Clothes were already inside. She opened her dresser and pulled out a pair of faded jeans and a light blue T-shirt with a picture of a water sprite on it, then pulled on a coffee colored jacket and a pair of matching riding boots then pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She had missed it here so much. She couldn't wait to see it here when snow first fell.
She went downstairs taking them in twos and went in the kitchen where she found her parents in the kitchen with a pair of mug in their hands. She hugged them.
"Hi mum, dad."
"Hello Hermione dear." Mrs. Granger said then looked Hermione over. "Where are you going?"
Hermione opened the refrigerator and pulled out an apple. "I'm going riding with Briget." Hermione straightened up smiling and turned to find her parents frowning slightly. "What's wrong?"
"N-nothing. Just be careful honey."
Hermione smiled again. "Don't worry, I'll be find." She turned and ran out of the kitchen, "bye." She let the screen door on the back door slam behind her. She stood in the back yard and took a deep breath enjoying the scents. Then started down the hill towards the large wood stables.
Briget was already there holding the reins of two horses both mares. A large brown and white spotted one and cream colored one with a golden mane and tail. Briget smiles holding out the reins of the cream one.
"Seri," Hermione exclaimed stroking the horses muzzles. Seri snorted into Hermione's hair affectionately.
"She missed you," Briget said. "I didn't let anyone else ride her except me. I knew you wouldn't mind if I rode her."
"Thank you so muck Briget, of course I don't mind." Briget smiled then swung up into the saddle.
"Ok you lily livered varmint, you're gonna give back the gold you stole or get takin down." Hermione laughed at Briget starting the game they use to play when they were bothered younger and swung into the saddle to.
This felt right. It felt right. She was in here element here where she could be free. Briget was right; there were some things that you could fly on without magic. "You'll never catch my lady sheriff." And with that she spurred Seri foreword and Briget can after her on the brown and white mare.
Wondering when the mystery will start. Beware the next chapter. Muahahahaha ( evil laugh