A/N: Well, here's part three… in here, find out what's wrong with Herm, etc. Thanks to anyone who reviewed my last part… The first scene goes back to Nanigi and Voldie, so you know… Enjoy ;) Please R/R
Voldie: Okay master… they're ready, the Death Eaters have gathered in the forest!
Nagini: Perfect… now, time for me to do a bit of magic, Tom, you may go now. Get to the riddle house and wait for the signal.
Back at Hogwarts, Madame Pomfrey took Herm in and shooed Harry and Ron outside to wait.
Madame Pomfrey: (emerging from behind a curtain) She's resting now, but the trouble isn't over,
Ron: What's wrong with her?
Poppy: I don't know, but I'm going to try and find out while she's sleeping, I'll see if I can get a look at her shoulder. (Disappears and after a bit, comes rushing out again)
Harry, GET DUMBELDORE DOWN HERE! NOW!
Harry: But—
Poppy: NOW! HURRY!
Harry dashes out and runs to Dumbledore's office, and begins banging on the door
Harry: Professor Dumbledore, come quick its herm! It's Herm!
Peeves: Well, Well, Well, what's all this? A wee student beastie knocking at the headmaster's door, are we now?
Harry: Peeves, what's the password to get in?
Peeves: Well, little beastie, why should I tell you?
Harry: Please Peeves; if you know it, you've got to tell me! It's important!
Peeves: Well, if you are going to use that tone—(Door opens)
Dumbledore: Why, hello, Harry. Come in, please.
Harry: I can't, it's herm, and something's wrong with her, Madame Pomfrey wants you to come immediately! (Dumbledore's face turns white)
Dumbledore: I knew it was bound to happen… (Dashes down the hall with Harry trailing after him.)
Suddenly, as Harry is running, a piercing pain seemed to split his scar, causing him to fall near the Gryffindor Common room.
Meanwhile, Nagini launches her plan
Nagini: Yessss, now that I have gotten a bit of that Tom's hair, my polyjuice potion will be complete in exactly tttttttthree days! By then, Hogwarts will be broken into, and I can destroy Harry… oh itssss so sssimple!
As Tom runs to his house, Ideas flood his brain. (A/N: In this scene, all of this is being thought, not said.)
Voldie: Oh why was I such a fool to let Nagini control me? What a stupid lad I was then, unaware of what becoming friends with a mysterious snake could do to me! Snake, Ha! If Nagini were only a snake… If only she were a registered amagi, then this would never have happened! And now, I am forced under the imperius curse to practically murder my family-and more! Only luck can save Harry now… unless… (Runs to house and closes the curtains) If only, If only I could break out of this imperius curse and warn Harry and Dumbledore before it's too late… no, Nagini would find me out of course, and that would be the end of me… So what? I've got to try… I can't stand the thought of Nagini coming back to power… Yes… I must try, tonight, if it's the last thing I do! (Shut's his eyes and whispers a chant under his breath, Opens his eyes, closes them and tries again) Yes, yes? Has it worked? YES! I AM FREE! But no, I mustn't dawdle; I must get to Hogwarts before Nagini finds me out… (Runs into the forest towards Hogwarts)
Nagini: Weird… I suddenly feel lighter… ah, musssst be a side effect of the polyjuice potion… (Continues working)
A few hours later, Harry awakens in a bed in Madame Pomfrey's office
Harry: What? What happened?
Dumbledore: Thank goodness you're awake… are you alright? What happened? I lost you in the hallway, you were on the ground unconscious… can you remember
Poppy: Albus, Harry is not in the condition to answer questions…
Dumbledore: This is urgent, as urgent as Miss Granger's position…
Harry: (Shoots up in bed) Where's Herm? Is she all right?
Dumbledore: No worse off than you… Now, try to remember what happened, Harry,
Harry: I-I-I'm not sure, my scar hurts too much to think…
Dumbledore: So, did your scar hurt?
Harry: Yeah, I guess. See, really weird things have been going on—
Dumbledore: Poppy, can you leave us alone for a moment? I have to speak to Harry.
Poppy: Fine, but only for ten minutes.
Dumbledore: Thank you (Poppy leaves) Now Harry, you tell me these strange things, and then I'll tell you about—I'll see if I can help you.
Harry: Well, I-I-I've been having this weird feeling for the last few weeks, that, something, is going to happen… and then, well I got this letter—
Dumbledore: From whom, Harry?
Harry: It didn't say. It just told me to beware, and had a copy of my family tree…
Dumbledore: I'm sorry to interrupt again, but… did you notice anything…
Harry: Herm did… I found out who my grandfather was…
Dumbledore: Oh, Harry, I was going to tell you, when you were ready…
Harry: In a way, I'm glad to have found out… It's something I think it's important for me to know…
Dumbledore: I'm glad you feel that way, on account of what a shock it must've been…
Harry: Yeah, so then Herm was trying to find out for me why, he… wanted to kill his son in the first place… It just doesn't make any sense. But any way, I found a photo of –him- with my dad—and a snake. (Dumbledore's Face turned white) But, the weirdest thing was that he looked so normal! You said that he started practicing dark wizardry when the was sixteen, but, he must've been thirty in the picture… so then I wrote a letter to Sirus, to tell him what's going on…
Dumbledore: I'm glad you did, Harry.
Harry: Yeah, and then, Herm got hurt, I guess, and that's when we took her here, and then I got you, and, you know the rest.
Dumbledore: Yes. A strange story indeed. Trouble is upon us; I feel it in my bones.
Harry: Yeah, but will you tell me what's wrong with Herm?
Dumbledore: It's a bit hard to tell, but I suppose you should know the truth. Hermione should too, but she has endured a lot of pain, more than you, and is not in the condition to hear it. Anyway, I guess I should begin about fifteen years ago, about eight months before you were born; Hermione was born to a wizarding family.
Harry: But—her parents are muggles, right?
Dumbledore: I'll get to that. But anyway, Hermione was born during the peak of the Dark times, during Voldemort's highest time of power. Er… her parents knew they were in great danger, and didn't want Hermione to be hurt. So, when Hermione was about three months old, her parents made a hard decision, and took her to live with a muggle couple. The muggles were informed that her parents would be back… (Deep breath). Right after that, the wizard couple had another child, but since the parents thought they were safe, they kept this one. When the child was one, the parents were going to claim their first child… but… they were murdered. The only survivor was…
Harry: (realizing the end of the story) Me? (GASP!!! Long silence…)
Dumbledore: Yes… you were taken to your relatives because Hermione's adoptive parents were not to be found… and well…
Harry: So… Hermione is my—sister?
Dumbledore: Yes.
Harry: But, you haven't told me the rest—what's wrong with Herm?
Dumbledore: Well, you know how your scar hurts whenever Voldemort is particularly strong?
Harry: Yeah…
Dumbledore: Well, right before Voldemort tried to kill you, he went to the Granger House, but he decided to go to the Potter's first… I don't know what made him change his mind, but, anyway, before he left, he set a spell on Hermione that she wouldn't be able to leave her bed until he… returned to kill her… but then, he reached his downfall and the spell was broken, leaving a scar on her shoulder
Harry: But then why hasn't it hurt her before?
Dumbledore: Because Voldemort wasn't as close to her… so my theory is that it only hurts when his power gets to a certain level… so judging that it hurt the first time tonight… Voldemort must be plotting something…now, you need some rest, and please, Harry, don't tell Hermione, I would like to. So, try to sleep. (Leaves the room, leaving Harry stunned and unable to sleep)