Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all associated names, things, spells, places etc. belong to J.K. Rowling, Raincoast Books, Bloomsbury, Scholastics Inc. Warner Bros., and her publishers, I guess. The name O'Keefe and the name Calvin were borrowed from The A Wrinkle in Time books, by Madeleine L'Engle, which are awesome books. The name Carlton was borrowed from Vanessa Carlton. And, the name Ella is borrowed from a book I adore, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. They're making a movie out of the book, with Mia from Princess Diaries (Anne Hathway). I own Amethyst Carlton, Emmie/Emerald Carlton O'Keefe, Victoria Carlton O'Keefe, Jonathan Carlton O'Keefe Calvin O'Keefe and Lila Malfoy (but not the name O'Keefe, Calvin or Malfoy!). I own some of the plot, me thinks. Avril Lavigne owns Anything but Ordinary.

This Chapter is dedicated to Cho Chang, Silveretta and Draco'sGoodGirl721, thanks for all the advice!

The Real Me

Last time.

"This is your room. Good night." Victoria told her, and with that she left. Hermione opened the door, and if she had been more awake, she would have been stunned by the elegant room. She found that someone had brought some of her stuff for her. She quickly changed into her pajamas, and collapsed onto the bed, and fell asleep soon after.

Chapter 13 A Bad Breakfast and Lila

Hermione rolled over in bed, to face the window. The sun was shining and it seemed like a beautiful day. Today was Thursday, the Masquerade Ball was tomorrow, and then those judges were coming on Saturday to talk to her about a contract. She was going to be very busy these next few days. "Just great", Hermione muttered, wishing for a normal life again. A perfect life, without all these complications. Perfect. The word still haunted her. Perfect Hermione Granger, teacher's pet, know-it-all and a mudblood. Her life before wasn't as perfect as it seemed. Now, it was even less perfect. With these thoughts in her head, she got up, feeling a bit cheerier.

Hermione found the door to her adjoining bathroom and took a quick shower. She cleared her head, and sang at the top of her lungs, after casting a silence charm around the room. She sang,

"Sometimes I get so weird

I even freak myself out

I laugh myself to sleep

It's my lullaby

Sometimes I drive so fast

Just to feel the danger

I wanna scream

It makes me feel alive

Is it enough to love?

Is it enough to breathe?

Somebody rip my heart out

And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die?

Somebody save my life

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

To walk within the lines

Would make my life so boring

I want to know that I

Have been to the extreme

So knock me off my feet

Come on now give it to me

Anything to make me feel alive

Is it enough to love?

Is it enough to breathe?

Somebody rip my heart out

And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die?

Somebody save my life

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please.

Let down your defences

Use no common sense

If you look you will see

that this world is a beautiful

accident turbulent succulent

opulent permanent, no way

I wanna taste it

Don't wanna waste it away

Sometimes I get so weird

I even freak myself out

I laugh my self to sleep

It's my lullaby

Is it enough?

Is it enough?

Is it enough to breathe?

Somebody rip my heart out

And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die?

Somebody save my life

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

Is it enough?

Is it enough to die?

Somebody save my life

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please

I'd rather be anything but ordinary please."

Hermione stopped singing and finished her shower. She uncast the silencing charm, and left the room, without pausing to admire the beauty of the spacious bathroom. After a lot of throwing clothes around and trying things on, Hermione decided on an outfit for the day. She got to be Ella today, not Hermione, so no one would be shocked by her appearance. She was going to savor this day. Then a thought struck Hermione. Would she ever be able to look like Hermione again? I mean, she had an interview about a contract on Saturday, and they were expecting Hermione, not Ella. She'd have to ask Amethyst.

Hermione pulled on the clothes she had decided to wear. A black shirt that said in purple letters, "I'm up here" across the chest and an arrow pointing up, and black jeans. Hermione knew the clothes weren't hers, and figured that they were Victoria's. Where in the world would she get a shirt like that? She added a few purple streaks to her black hair, which complemented her outfit and her eyes nicely. While starring in the mirror, it occurred to Hermione that without the streaks in her hair, and if she had emerald eyes, like Emmie did, then she'd look like a female version of Harry. Hermione laughed at the thought, but it also reminded her of her friends, and Draco. They probably thought she ran away or something. "I hope Dumbledore told them some excuse." Hermione thought, and then pushed all her upsetting thoughts out of her mind, and opened her door. Only to come face to face with her so-called Father. Snape.

He had his hand up, as if he was going to knock on the door. They looked at each other in surprise, neither sure of what to do. So they stood there, not saying a thing, just watching each other. That's how Amethyst found them.

"Good morning you two!" she said, sounding a lot like Emmie. "Morning", Hermione and Severus mumbled back, sounding a lot like each other. "Oh cheer up! Have you two made up yet?" she asked with a pointed look at her ex-fiancée. "No", he replied, sounding slightly annoyed. "Okay, Ella, your father is sorry, very sorry over what he's put you through and begs you for your forgiveness. And I've already told him how sorry you are." she told Hermione with a smile. Hermione smiled back, and felt herself begin thrust into her professor, Amethyst making them hug. "Hugging Snape-er my father.." Hermione thought, not sure of what to feel.

Apparently he didn't either. They broke away sooner than Amethyst would have liked. She grimaced, but said, "Breakfast is in the living room. Professor Dumbledore arranged for houseelves to bring us out meals here. Now, lets all have a family breakfast!" Neither Severus nor Hermione were fooled, they could tell her smile was forced. Hermione brushed past them, assuming they needed to talk. She explored a bit, and eventually found a grand breakfast in the living room.

She found that Amethyst and Snape hadn't followed her, and no one else was anywhere to be found. She ate breakfast humming Sk8er Boi, and reflecting. She was caught in a sort of love triangle. Hermione was clueless when it came to this sort of thing. She finally decided to talk to Victoria about it. She was already very close to the girl, and felt she could tell her anything.

As if on cue, Victoria burst into the room. She was not alone though. A tall girl, who looked about the same age as Victoria, came in after her. She had blonde hair that was almost silver, and gorgeous blue eyes, a sapphire color. Hermione seemed to feel an aurora of power around her, and leapt to her feet, and had to stop herself from bowing. The girl smiled at Hermione.

"Hi!" the girl said, sounding excited, a bit like Emmie. Before the girl could say anything else, Victoria broke in, "Ella, this is my best friend Lila, Lila this is my cousin Ella, or Hermione, whatever." She finished rather lamely, but it did not seem to bother the girl, Lila. "Hey, it is so awesome to meet you! I think were going to be great friends! As Vickie said, I'm Lila, Lila Malfoy."

Malfoy? She was so caught up with the whole Draco Harry situation, she thought she heard the girl say Malfoy. "I'm sorry, what did you say your last name was?" Hermione asked, certain of her hearing mistake. "Malfoy, Lila Malfoy." Lila told her with a smile. "What?" Hermione asked in disbelief, sounding panicky. "Mal-foy." Lila told her slowly and clearly, giving Victoria a look that clearly said 'what is wrong with your cousin?'. Hermione sank to her chair and asked, "Are you related to a Lucius Malfoy, and a Draco Malfoy", she asked, hoping it was just a coincidence.

"Why yes, Draco is my brother, and Lucius my father." She spat out the word Lucius and father, very venomously. She said Draco lovingly though. Hermione's jaw dropped. First off, she never knew that Draco had a sister. Why wasn't she at Hogwarts? Hermione let her questions drop away, and she decided the best idea would be to faint. So she did.

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Hermione felt a hammering headache at the side of her head, and groaning, she sat up. Her eyes fluttered open to meet with a smiling face and blue eyes. It was Lila. When she saw Hermione's eyes open, she said, "I think we got off on the wrong foot." She said it hesitatingly and softly, but it sounded like she was screaming it to Hermione's poor head. She resisted the urge to cover her ears though. "Yah", Hermione told her in the same tone, and her companion smiled. Hermione looked around the room to see Victoria and Sirius. They were standing in the corner of the room, and both looked angry. The peculiar thing was that they both seemed to be yelling, but Hermione couldn't hear them. Seeing her interest, Lila told her, "I put a silencing charm on them. They give me a headache." Hermione grinned and knew that she would be good friends with this girl.

Hermione watched Lila get up, take out her wand and mutter a few words. The next second she was met with the loudest voices she had heard. They were apparently very angry with each other. Very angry. Then next second she was met with even louder yelling, "SHUT UP YOU TWO!" Lila yelled, and Sirius and Victoria shut up, looking a tad bit scared. Hermione made a note inside her head, this girl was more than she seemed. She had managed to scare Sirius and Victoria, and they could be scary themselves. Hermione was impressed, quite honestly.

Hermione managed to find her voice and say, "Where's Amethyst?" The others exchanged looks. Finally Sirius informed her with a disgusted look on his face, "She's talking with Snape." He apparently had never got over the fact that one of his best friends had fallen in love with Snape. He looked quite sick at the fact, actually. "Well, where?" Hermione asked, her tone impatient.

"I don't think they want to be disturbed." Victoria said. "Well, to bad, I mean they're my parents right? Where are they?" Hermione demanded. She was given a vague, "Second door on the left", by Victoria, and with that Hermione left the room. She went to the second door on the left in the nearby hallway. Hermione listened for voices, and hearing none, she opened the door to see if she had the right place. Oh, she had the right place. But she was now hoping that she had never found the right place.

The site in front of her eyes made her want to puke. Her parents were in there all right, and they were.

End of Chapter 13

A/N: First off, so sorry it was so short!!! I intended it to be longer, but this was a good place to stop, so I did. Before I forget, thank you to everyone who put me or my story on their favourite list!!!! I had no idea I was on any, I just noticed!! Huge thanks! I'd like to thank my beta- readers, Silveretta and Draco'sGoodGirl721! You're awesome! And, of course, everyone who reviewed:

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