Hermione made her way down the corridor, hoping that the girl would stay there long enough for her to get the permission slip, find the book and make the potion…if she could pronounce the words. Spells like this were pretty envolved…she might need a million and one things…or she might need one thing. She hoped that it would be something she could get and not "one hair from the head of an extinct Porlondoe" or something like that.
She hurried as fast as she could to DADA Teacher Melinda, she knew she would be late for class but this was more important. She knocked on the door and when Melinda called "Come in!" it took her several tries to open the door. Melinda made her nervous.
Melinda looked up and raised an eyebrow. "Miss Granger…shouldn't you be in class?" She asked. Hermione nodded and braced herself for the incredible lie she was about to tell…she knew it was wrong…really wrong…but she had to do it. "Er…yes…I am…Should I mean. But I need a book from the restricted section of the library and I need a permission slip…so I was wondering…could you give me one? Please?" Hermione asked. Melinda set the book she was reading down and looked closely at Hermione…leaning in a little. "Why, Miss Granger? What do you need the book for?" She asked. Hermione took in a deep breath and smiled. "Oh! Professer Dumbledore…he was talking to me at dinner and I said I was really interested in the spell that made Hogwarts true form, and it's inhabitants invisible to the muggle eye." Hermione smiled again. "Hmm…well…I supposed I could." She scribbled her name on a piece of paper and handed it to Hermione. "I'll forget about this little lie if you promise you won't do anything stupid, Miss Granger." Melinda said. Hermione's head snapped up. "What?" She asked. "Come now, Hermione." Melinda said. "We both know that Dumbledore didn't tell you to get a book from the restricted section of the library. You want it yourself. You can't bear not knowing how anything is done. can you?" Melinda asked smiling. "I admire that in a student." Hermione blew out a breath and smiled. "Thank you." She said walking out of the room before Melinda made her feel too guilty with her praises.
She took a deep breath and entered the library. She handed the librarian the scrap of paper, she stared down her nose at it and then mumbled that everything seemed in order. Hermione exhaled and walked to the restricted section. She scanned the shelves carefully looking for the book she needed. "No…no…no…no…" She kept on saying…until finally Hermione came across the book she needed. She smiled as she read the title "Hogwarts: Magic Of A School" She grabbed it off the shelf and ran out of the library…deciding that would look extremely suspicious she slowed down through the door. She smiled as she walked out and headed up to her room. She knew it would be suicide to perform a complecated spell in her room…but she needed to be near the girl. She ran up the stairs looking to the left and right of her, then walking to the common room. She muttered the password and then climbed in going up to her room. It was handy that she had been working summer jobs all year. She had earned enougb muggle money to be turned into wizard money. She had bought a "Collapsible Cauldron" one that fit perfectly in her pocket and her suitcase. She grabbed it out and then threw it on the floor. It clanged and then squeaked open. She opened the book and scanned the Contents section of the book. There were the most interesting titles in that book, she wished that she had time to look at them all…but the girl was getting restless…she might move any moment. And Hermione had a feeling that she would need the girl for the spell she was to perform. She scanned the page expertly…checking off the ones she didn't need… "Magic Windows, Magic Locks, Magic Staircases….no no no…" It was a full ten minutes, with many misleading titles…when she finally found the right one. "Outside World Spell." She read. "To mask the true form of this school all four of the wizards devised a simple…Oh I KNOW this already!" Hermione said impatiently. She read quickly…and then her heart stopped. She saw another form in the doorway…a Woman and three men. The girl was frantically pushing herself away from them. Hermione screeched with impaitence and read on. "To remove the spell of the "Unseen" mix parsley flakes, and Permion juice into a cauldron. And shout the words…
"The unseen, Now seen." Then sprinkle lightly on the object you wish to see…
Hermione screamed! "PARSLEY? We don't have any PARSLEY! This is HOGWARTS a MAGIC SCHOOL! What is this book playing at?" She yelled and threw down the book. She ran into Harry's room. She knew he would be mad…but she had to do it! He must understand that…when she explained it to him. She grabbed the Invisibility Cloak and ran to the door pushing it open. She ran down the stairs…far and farther until she reached the Kitchen. She tickled the fruit and then pulled off the cloak as the door opened. "Do we have PARSLEY?" She yelled. She hated asking things from the house-elves…but she had no other choice at the moment. "Yes yes! Dumbledore loves his spaghtetti!" A houseelve said smiling and running. He came back with the parsley and Hermione shouted a THANKS and then ran out the door, pulling the cloak back on.
When she got to her room the girl and the men and the woman were talking. The men and woman seemed to be talking calmly but the girl on the other hand was talking very heatedly it seemed. Hermione rushed to her cauldron…Permion Juice…she did have.
"No! I will not go back! I refuse to go back to that horrible school where everyone treats everyone like an idiot! Everyone is cruel to each other…makes fun of each other! Says horrible insensitive things to everyone! And YOU never giving us breaks…always keeping us busy…NEVER believing me when I told you how Mildred was so cruel to…" She stopped. She felt strange. She looked behind her…she had the strangest feeling that someone was behind her. She thought she saw a face…she looked back. Everyone was staring at her. She felt so weird. Then she saw someone coming through the door. "Look!" She yelled. Everyone looked…but of course no one could see what she was seeing….she was going to the real Hogwarts…slowly. Hermione saw her chance…she poured the entire thing on the girl…giving up on the Sprinkling Lightly. And Genivieve dissapeared. They looked for her….for two days they looked…
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Genivieve screamed getting behind the bed and warding off Hermione. "I won't hurt you! I promise!" Hermione said holding out her hand. "WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED?" Genivieve screamed. Hermione tried not to smile. She sat down on the bed. "NOT…not too close…" Genivieve said. Hermione nodded, and began slowly. "This is….Hogwarts…."
Genivieve fell asleep under the invisibilty cloak underneath the bed in Hermione's room. It had taken three hours to explain everything. Genivieve was almost in shock…she couldn't believe it…Hermione had managed to get her to take some sleeping potion and then she put her under the bed, wrapping her in the invisibility cloak. She really didn't know who she was fooling. She wouldn't be able to keep this from Dumbledore…he would find out somehow. After all…she couldn't stay in that room forever…she would have to come out sometime. She couldn't leave her there when school was over.
When school was over she should have gotten horrible lectures from the teachers and a shower of questions about where she was and what she was doing…but Hermione thought a moment…she didn't know how long she would last against McGonnagal's questions. She got up from the bed and pulled out her potion bag. She remembered that Boomslang Skin pulverized until it's liquid can make you break out in rashes. So she rubbed it on like it was perfum and then put herself into bed, first carefully placing the near empty bottle on the floor. She felt so tired of lieing, and the rashes weren't helping anything. She almost cried twice.
It worked though. Everyone assumed the she had been too sick to go get help, she said when she had gone back to get a book, she had left the bottle open on it and she hadn't noticed, it had flung out all over her and she had only enough strength to pull herself back into bed.
Harry and Ron came to her while the attendant nurse, Miss Mulinai was applying soothing cream, that would help the rashes and heal them in time. Harry and Ron waited until she was finished to talk to Hermione. "Not very long, Boys…" Miss Mulinai said smiling and winking. Ron blushed furiously and Harry elbowed him.
"We're really sorry for whats…" Harry began. "I brought her here." Hermione said sitting up excitedly. "What? Who? She's delerous isn't she…let's get Miss Mulinai again shall we?" Ron asked smiling. "NO! I brought her HERE….the girl…" Hermione said. "The outside girl." Ron's smile vanished and Harry leaned towards her. "You're joking Hermione." He said. "No…I'm not. I brought her back four hours ago!" She said. Ron had gone quite pale. "Hermione! You of all people should know the consequences this could bring!" Harry said. "She found out her parents died Harry…in a car crash. She was sobbing…I felt so horrible! All those thing she wrote in her diary…she was unhappy…I couldn't help myself!" She sputtered. Ron ran a hand through his red hair, sighing. "This isn't happening." He said. "Look! I thought you all wanted to meet her! We have been with her for a while now. I was actually beginning to consider her a friend. I thought you guys thought the same." She said. "We did…but this…Hermione." Ron said. "No…Hermione's right. I was rescued when I was with horrible people…found out my parents died horribly…she deserved to be rescued too. We won't be able to keep it secret for long though, Hermione…I wouldn't be surprised if Dumbledore already knows about it somehow…he knows everything soon." He said. Ron looked surprised at the sudden defensivness of Harry…but he knew he was right. "Where is she?" He asked. "She's under my bed…asleep…WITH the invisibilty cloak on!" She added when she saw Harry begin to say something. He smiled and nodded. "Well done…now…I suppose she will be hungry…but how in the world do we get food up to her? You are staying here all night I expect." He said. Hermione nodded miserably. "And she's got the invisibility cloak so I can't take it to her that way either…" Harry said. Ron sighed…"I think this is one….we will have to let Ginny in on." He said. "But can we trust her?" he added. "Of course we can! You idiot! She's been through some of the things we have…she'll be perfect." Hermione said. Ron sighed. He seemed to dislike the idea of letting Ginny in on this. Hermione hit him and smiled. "It'll be alright…just explain it to her. She cares about everyone you know that. She will definatly help someone in trouble. She cries at the sight of discomfort…especially with animals." She said. "She'll do it."
Ginny seemed terribly excited at the thought of doing something like sneaking up to Hermiones room, keeping away from her roomates. "I AM FINALLY IN one of your ADVENTURES!?" She yelled. Harry slapped his hand over her mouth. "You will be right back out if you don't lower your tone!" Ron said warningly. "And this isn't an adventure! This is serious! She could be badly hurt if anyone finds out about her. You know how the Slytherins are with muggles! I wouldn't be surprised if they killed her…made it look like an accident…no..this is not an adventure… it's serious." Harry said. Ginny seemed a little ashamed but she just smiled and nodded.
She got a plate of food from the kitchen and soon had it up to Hermiones room. She bent down under the bed and screamed. She hadn't expected to see a lone face peering out of the cloak. The rest of the body was hidden but the face was there. Genivieve woke up and screamed too. Ginny held her hand to her heart and then knelt down again…
"I am so sorry! Hermione…" "What are you DOING?" someone shouted behind her. Ginny screamed again and then looked at the person behind her. "Oh no…" She whispered.
