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. Michelle Branch owns herself
and "Everywhere".
Okay, I know you guys must be a bit confused with all these new characters I've added. Thank you Arime Setta for bringing that to my attention! Here's a short description of them and how they are related to Hermione.
Amethyst Carlton: Hermione's mother, her ex-fiancée is Snape
Emerald Carlton O'Keefe: (nickname Emmie) Hermione's aunt, Amethyst's sister
Calvin O'Keefe: Hermione's uncle, Emerald's husband
Victoria Carlton O'Keefe: (nickname Vickie) Hermione's cousin, Emerald's and Calvin's daughter
Jonathan Carlton O'Keefe: Hermione's cousin, Emerald's and Calvin's son
Lila Malfoy: Draco's sister, Victoria's best friend, Snape's godchild.
The Real Me
Last time.
The site in front of her eyes made her want to puke. Her parents were in there all right, and they were.
Chapter 14 Anger and Sadness
"KISSING?" she screeched starting the couple, and they turned away from each other towards her disgusted face. She didn't give the two a chance to explain themselves, she turn and fled the room, slamming the door behind her. Hermione glanced at her watch. It was the middle of the afternoon. She must have been knocked out for awhile. Hermione wandered back to her room and changed, eager to get out of her sweaty clothes, that had seen too much today. She changed into jeans and a white top with flowing sleeves. Adding lip gloss, she found her way back to the living room, and was glad to find Lila and Victoria there.
"I am scarred for life!" she declared to them, earning smiles from the two girls. "Yah, we heard", Victoria told her obviously trying to keep from laughing. She failed miserably. The 3 girls collapsed on the couches and giggled madly. After awhile, they weren't sure why there were laughing. After a long time, the giggling ceased. Hermione's stomach growled. They voted to go to the Great Hall and eat, since they were famished. Still giggling a bit, they left their Guest Room suite, and soon found themselves in the Entrance Hall. Dinner had started, and almost everyone was already there. Lila did the honors of opening the doors, and quite loudly. Everyone turned to look.
"What the hell are you doing here?!?" The trio heard someone yell. The yell came from the one and only Draco Malfoy. He wasn't talking to Hermione, thankfully. He was staring start at Lila. "Great to see you, too!" Victoria told him with a smile. He turned to her and said, "O'Keefe", with a nod. "Victoria", Vickie corrected with a smile, but she no longer held his attention. He didn't appear to have noticed Hermione, he was back to looking at his sister, Lila.
"I'm here cuz I missed you Dragon!" Lila squealed and gave him a huge hug. Laughs erupted in the hall. Malfoy was being hugged by a girl, and one who called him "Dragon". He shoved her off and asked her, "Why?" apparently not accepting her earlier answer. "Fine, fine", Lila said, "If you must know, I came to visit Victoria and Ella." She told him, gesturing to the girls on either side of her. Draco turned his attention from Lila to Victoria, and then to "Ella". His mouth dropped, recognizing her from the night before. Most of the hall did too, and gasps were heard throughout.
The doors behind them suddenly burst open and in walked a laughing Emmie, a serious Calvin, a worried Amethyst, and a cheerful Snape. "Wait Snape cheerful?" thought both Hermione and the author. The whole hall seemed shocked at their Potion Master's behavior. Well, everyone accept Lila, Victoria and Dumbledore. Lila walked up to Snape and engulfed him in a hug.
"Uncle Sevie!!" she screeched, for the whole hall to hear. He gave her a pained look, and told her quietly, "Don't say that again at Hogwarts!" "I couldn't do that, it's your name!" she shot back with a grin. Apparently, he gave up. "Snape giving up?" thought Hermione and the author in wonder. Lila turned and grabbed Draco, Victoria and Lila, and led them to the Slytherin table, and made them sit down. She began chatting nonsense immediately. The adults sat at the Teacher Table. Hermione longed to be there instead of where she was. The table seemed to be having fun, they were talking loudly and laughing, probably recalling old memories.
Hermione stared at her plate, wanting to get up and join the Gryffindor table, yet she knew she couldn't. She just continued staring at her plate. If she had been her normal, watchful self, she would have noticed a few peculiar things going on. Like a black dog sitting under the Gryffindor table by one of her best friend's feet. And she would have noticed earlier that an owl was trying to get her attention.
The owl was sitting in front of her, watching and waiting for her to notice her. Finally, the snowy white owl bit her arm. Hermione screamed loudly, causing the whole hall to turn and look at her. "Ouch! That really hurt", she thought. Hermione looked up at the owl. It was Hedwig, with a letter addressed to Hermione Granger. Everyone was still watching her, in particular the 2 people who had sent the letter to Hermione Granger, their best friend, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Hermione knew exactly what they were thinking, "Hedwig never delivered a letter to the wrong person before, but that girl sitting at the Slytherin table is not Hermione, it's impossible."
Hermione told the owl to go away, and she did. People were staring at her though, because when she spoke, she hadn't said it in English. She spoke a weird language to the bird, that few humans in the world knew. Hermione didn't even know she had spoken another language, so she continued eating her dinner calmly. Hedwig flew to Harry, and the chatter of the hall returned. Shortly after, Hermione got up, glad to leave her enemy house's table. She exited the hall, yet again unaware that someone was following her. Yes, against Ron's warning, Harry had followed her, his mind set on finding out why Hedwig made a mistake.
Just as Hermione reached the portrait of the beautiful woman, and was about to utter her name, she felt another's presence and spun around, regretting her action instantly. She was met with a pair of emerald eyes and a lightening bolt scar. It was Harry Potter, one of her best friends, and one of the people that confused her most right now. And he was someone she was in love with.
"Excuse me, miss", he began politely, "What's your name?" Hermione almost laughed. She could tell he was trying to be patient and polite, but inside he wanted to strangle the answer out of her. Well, she'd test his patience.
"I'm E", she said grinning. "E?" he asked, confused. "Yah, E for short." She informed him, trying to hide her huge smile. "Short for what?" Harry asked her, a hint of impatience creeping into his voice. "Ella" Hermione told him simply. "What's your last name?" he asked, as red as Ron, trying to keep from yelling. "Why that's none of your business good sir. You haven't even told me your name." Hermione said, putting on a southern belle voice (A/N: I know she probably wouldn't know what a southern belle was, just pretend she does please.)
"Oh, I'm Harry Potter", he said, half surprised half grateful that she hadn't recognized him. "Charmed, I'm sure", Hermione told him, still in the same voice, trying desperately to not giggle. She was going to succeed until she saw Victoria, Lila and Draco heading her way. She burst out laughing. Harry looked at her like she was crazy.
Victoria looked at Harry and asked, "Who's your friend?" Before Harry or Hermione could say a thing, Draco spoke, "That's Potter, you don't want to talk to him", speaking to the three girls. "Why is that?" Hermione snapped, "We were having a lovely conversation." She said in a matter-of- factly tone before dissolving into giggles. She felt sorry for Harry, not sure why she was laughing, totally clueless. She finally managed to stop laughing, as everyone was staring at her like she was crazy, even the girls who she had been laughing with earlier. After one last giggle, Hermione said, "Well, I must be off", and she turned and said the password and was through the portrait before anyone could stop her. Maybe that wasn't the best idea to flee the situation, but it was the easiest one right now.
Hermione heard no one come after her, so she headed in the direction she thought her room was. And she was right! Soon Hermione found herself in the unfamiliar room, and felt herself longing for her dormitory. Sure it was no where near as nice as this, but she was used to it. "Oh well", she told herself, "Might as well enjoy the space and quiet while you can!" Hermione found her cd player and turned it on, music filling her ears, and sang at the top of her lungs, caring not if someone heard,
"Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I am not alone
Whoa, oh, oooh, oh
And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
It's you I breathe
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me?"
As the music stopped, Hermione stopped singing and sighed. All of her emotions were confusing her very badly. She loved Harry, and yet she loved Mal- er Draco at the same time. She had crushes on them both at different times, but what she felt now seemed like more than a crush. She was so damn confused (A/N: Was going to use a very unhermioneish word there, but in the interest of keeping the rating down, did not). She decided to push these thoughts out of her head, and find Amethyst and ask her if she could ever look like Hermione Elizabeth Granger again. She was not used to being this Ella person. She still felt the same. How wrong our heroine was. Soon she would find out just how different she was.
Hermione, not being able to read what the author wrote, left her room and started to search for Amethyst. Humming "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, she carelessly walked through the many halls of Hogwarts. Soon she found herself at the end of the song and at The Great Hall.
Hermione pushed open the doors as softly as she could, only to find herself face to face with a pair of cold gray eyes. Malfoy, her arch- enemy, the person who had constantly bothered her and her friends until recently, and someone who she was very much in love with. Hermione felt her insides freeze at his glance. "What in Merlin's name am I supposed to do now?" she silently asked the heavens, looking up for a sign. None came.
Hermione didn't notice Malfoy's eyes flickering over herself, examining his new prey. If she did, and had any sense left, she would have run for it. Poor Hermione didn't, and only stopped looking for her sign when Malfoy finally spoke.
"Ella, was it?" he asked with a voice that was not quite a drawl, and a smile that was not quite a smirk. Hermione could only nod in response. She noticed that the Great Hall was empty besides them. Of course, Hermione isn't an elf and her eyes did not see a big black dog lurking in the shadows in the farthest corner. She returned her attention back to the platinum haired-boy in front of her.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. I see you already know my sister. Pity you met her before me. She has probably given you the wrong impressions about Malfoys." Hermione's temper flared as he said this, checking her out, making sure she could tell he was. "Did he not just say he loved me when was it, 2 days ago?" she asked herself. Fists clenched, she responded as calmly as she could, "No, she didn't not give me the wrong impression. I already knew what Malfoys were like before I met her." With that, she turned on her heel, and left Draco Malfoy stunned. For the second time of course, because of her losing her temper and their 3rd year, which resulted in him having a very sore check!
Hermione walked into the Entrance Hall, subconsciously reaching for her necklace. With the usual heart amethyst one she usually wore, she felt two other necklaces there. Hermione realized what necklaces they were. They were the Gryffindor and Slytherin necklaces she received with her letter for Amethyst. She looked down at her right hand to see the amethyst ring with 2 jewels sitting nicely on her 2nd finger. Unfortunately for Hermione, she had forgotten that the necklace and the ring were a set, and each jewel represented somebody. Hermione instead pulled herself out of her thoughts, and just as she had done that, ran into someone. It was Professor Dumbledore.
"Oh, Miss Gran- er should I say Miss Carlton-Snape, I've been looking for you, you're need in my office." Dumbledore told her, his eyes sad and he was not smiling. Hermione thought nothing of it, and followed him into his office. She found Snape and Amethyst in there, their faces grim. Hermione began to catch on, and asked, "What's going on?" She did not get a verbal answer. Dumbledore motioned for her to join her "parents" on the velvet sofa. He then handed her a newspaper.
Hermione at once recognized it as the Daily Prophet, the magical newspaper in the U.K. But her heart fell as she scanned the front page. The headline was "Muggle Couple killed, Dark Mark found over house." Hermione's eyes turned to the picture included with the article. Her house was on the front page, with the Dark Mark hovering over it. Hermione read the beginning of the article, "Anne and Harold Granger, a muggle couple, whose daughter currently attends Hogwarts, and is friends with the famed Harry Potter."
When Hermione spoke, she sounded very vulnerable to the adults, "They are dead?" She seemed beyond tears when she received a nod from her headmaster. Amethyst tried to hug her, but Hermione moved out of the way and was out of the room in a flash, tears just beginning to stream down her delicate porcelain face.
She ran through the halls, going nowhere in particular. She soon found herself on the Quidditch Pitch. She was so upset she did not notice that the Gryffindor house team was practicing on the field. She threw herself onto the ground, kneeling and crying softly. The team noticed her, as she was in their way, and when they approached her, they could hear her crying. None recognized her, and she was wearing muggle clothes. Harry was pushed forward by his team mates, which now included Ron, and he approached her cautiously.
"Excuse me miss, are you alright?" Harry asked cautiously. Hermione's head snapped up and she was met with concerned emerald eyes. The Gryffindor team all instantly recognized her upon seeing her face, as they had all been there at the little fight in The Three Broomsticks. None could believe that the strong-willed girl, was this girl on the ground who seemed completely broken.
Hermione looked into his eyes, not sure off what to say or what to feel. She decided on anger, "Of course I'm not okay, you idiot! Does it look like I'm okay?" she screamed through tears, surprising everyone, even herself. She wanted to apologize, but anger over took her and she pushed the team aside and ran as fast as she could in the direction of the beautiful lake on the Hogwart's grounds.
End of Chapter 14
A/N: First of all, I'm sorry it took me this long to get it out, but I am so busy with a play I'm in, tons of school and just you know, trying to have fun once and awhile too! Sorry about the length too. But it'll probably take this long to get them out more often then not, because till March Break I am swamped with activities and school! I'll try to update soon and as often as possible though. Hope you liked this chapter. And thanks to Draco'sGoodGirl721 for helping me decide on the song!!! And, thanks to my awesome betas who put up with my stupid mistakes, Silveretta and Draco'sGoodGirl721!!! You guys rock! Anyways thanks to everyone for reviewing:
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Okay, I know you guys must be a bit confused with all these new characters I've added. Thank you Arime Setta for bringing that to my attention! Here's a short description of them and how they are related to Hermione.
Amethyst Carlton: Hermione's mother, her ex-fiancée is Snape
Emerald Carlton O'Keefe: (nickname Emmie) Hermione's aunt, Amethyst's sister
Calvin O'Keefe: Hermione's uncle, Emerald's husband
Victoria Carlton O'Keefe: (nickname Vickie) Hermione's cousin, Emerald's and Calvin's daughter
Jonathan Carlton O'Keefe: Hermione's cousin, Emerald's and Calvin's son
Lila Malfoy: Draco's sister, Victoria's best friend, Snape's godchild.
The Real Me
Last time.
The site in front of her eyes made her want to puke. Her parents were in there all right, and they were.
Chapter 14 Anger and Sadness
"KISSING?" she screeched starting the couple, and they turned away from each other towards her disgusted face. She didn't give the two a chance to explain themselves, she turn and fled the room, slamming the door behind her. Hermione glanced at her watch. It was the middle of the afternoon. She must have been knocked out for awhile. Hermione wandered back to her room and changed, eager to get out of her sweaty clothes, that had seen too much today. She changed into jeans and a white top with flowing sleeves. Adding lip gloss, she found her way back to the living room, and was glad to find Lila and Victoria there.
"I am scarred for life!" she declared to them, earning smiles from the two girls. "Yah, we heard", Victoria told her obviously trying to keep from laughing. She failed miserably. The 3 girls collapsed on the couches and giggled madly. After awhile, they weren't sure why there were laughing. After a long time, the giggling ceased. Hermione's stomach growled. They voted to go to the Great Hall and eat, since they were famished. Still giggling a bit, they left their Guest Room suite, and soon found themselves in the Entrance Hall. Dinner had started, and almost everyone was already there. Lila did the honors of opening the doors, and quite loudly. Everyone turned to look.
"What the hell are you doing here?!?" The trio heard someone yell. The yell came from the one and only Draco Malfoy. He wasn't talking to Hermione, thankfully. He was staring start at Lila. "Great to see you, too!" Victoria told him with a smile. He turned to her and said, "O'Keefe", with a nod. "Victoria", Vickie corrected with a smile, but she no longer held his attention. He didn't appear to have noticed Hermione, he was back to looking at his sister, Lila.
"I'm here cuz I missed you Dragon!" Lila squealed and gave him a huge hug. Laughs erupted in the hall. Malfoy was being hugged by a girl, and one who called him "Dragon". He shoved her off and asked her, "Why?" apparently not accepting her earlier answer. "Fine, fine", Lila said, "If you must know, I came to visit Victoria and Ella." She told him, gesturing to the girls on either side of her. Draco turned his attention from Lila to Victoria, and then to "Ella". His mouth dropped, recognizing her from the night before. Most of the hall did too, and gasps were heard throughout.
The doors behind them suddenly burst open and in walked a laughing Emmie, a serious Calvin, a worried Amethyst, and a cheerful Snape. "Wait Snape cheerful?" thought both Hermione and the author. The whole hall seemed shocked at their Potion Master's behavior. Well, everyone accept Lila, Victoria and Dumbledore. Lila walked up to Snape and engulfed him in a hug.
"Uncle Sevie!!" she screeched, for the whole hall to hear. He gave her a pained look, and told her quietly, "Don't say that again at Hogwarts!" "I couldn't do that, it's your name!" she shot back with a grin. Apparently, he gave up. "Snape giving up?" thought Hermione and the author in wonder. Lila turned and grabbed Draco, Victoria and Lila, and led them to the Slytherin table, and made them sit down. She began chatting nonsense immediately. The adults sat at the Teacher Table. Hermione longed to be there instead of where she was. The table seemed to be having fun, they were talking loudly and laughing, probably recalling old memories.
Hermione stared at her plate, wanting to get up and join the Gryffindor table, yet she knew she couldn't. She just continued staring at her plate. If she had been her normal, watchful self, she would have noticed a few peculiar things going on. Like a black dog sitting under the Gryffindor table by one of her best friend's feet. And she would have noticed earlier that an owl was trying to get her attention.
The owl was sitting in front of her, watching and waiting for her to notice her. Finally, the snowy white owl bit her arm. Hermione screamed loudly, causing the whole hall to turn and look at her. "Ouch! That really hurt", she thought. Hermione looked up at the owl. It was Hedwig, with a letter addressed to Hermione Granger. Everyone was still watching her, in particular the 2 people who had sent the letter to Hermione Granger, their best friend, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Hermione knew exactly what they were thinking, "Hedwig never delivered a letter to the wrong person before, but that girl sitting at the Slytherin table is not Hermione, it's impossible."
Hermione told the owl to go away, and she did. People were staring at her though, because when she spoke, she hadn't said it in English. She spoke a weird language to the bird, that few humans in the world knew. Hermione didn't even know she had spoken another language, so she continued eating her dinner calmly. Hedwig flew to Harry, and the chatter of the hall returned. Shortly after, Hermione got up, glad to leave her enemy house's table. She exited the hall, yet again unaware that someone was following her. Yes, against Ron's warning, Harry had followed her, his mind set on finding out why Hedwig made a mistake.
Just as Hermione reached the portrait of the beautiful woman, and was about to utter her name, she felt another's presence and spun around, regretting her action instantly. She was met with a pair of emerald eyes and a lightening bolt scar. It was Harry Potter, one of her best friends, and one of the people that confused her most right now. And he was someone she was in love with.
"Excuse me, miss", he began politely, "What's your name?" Hermione almost laughed. She could tell he was trying to be patient and polite, but inside he wanted to strangle the answer out of her. Well, she'd test his patience.
"I'm E", she said grinning. "E?" he asked, confused. "Yah, E for short." She informed him, trying to hide her huge smile. "Short for what?" Harry asked her, a hint of impatience creeping into his voice. "Ella" Hermione told him simply. "What's your last name?" he asked, as red as Ron, trying to keep from yelling. "Why that's none of your business good sir. You haven't even told me your name." Hermione said, putting on a southern belle voice (A/N: I know she probably wouldn't know what a southern belle was, just pretend she does please.)
"Oh, I'm Harry Potter", he said, half surprised half grateful that she hadn't recognized him. "Charmed, I'm sure", Hermione told him, still in the same voice, trying desperately to not giggle. She was going to succeed until she saw Victoria, Lila and Draco heading her way. She burst out laughing. Harry looked at her like she was crazy.
Victoria looked at Harry and asked, "Who's your friend?" Before Harry or Hermione could say a thing, Draco spoke, "That's Potter, you don't want to talk to him", speaking to the three girls. "Why is that?" Hermione snapped, "We were having a lovely conversation." She said in a matter-of- factly tone before dissolving into giggles. She felt sorry for Harry, not sure why she was laughing, totally clueless. She finally managed to stop laughing, as everyone was staring at her like she was crazy, even the girls who she had been laughing with earlier. After one last giggle, Hermione said, "Well, I must be off", and she turned and said the password and was through the portrait before anyone could stop her. Maybe that wasn't the best idea to flee the situation, but it was the easiest one right now.
Hermione heard no one come after her, so she headed in the direction she thought her room was. And she was right! Soon Hermione found herself in the unfamiliar room, and felt herself longing for her dormitory. Sure it was no where near as nice as this, but she was used to it. "Oh well", she told herself, "Might as well enjoy the space and quiet while you can!" Hermione found her cd player and turned it on, music filling her ears, and sang at the top of her lungs, caring not if someone heard,
"Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I am not alone
Whoa, oh, oooh, oh
And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
It's you I breathe
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me?"
As the music stopped, Hermione stopped singing and sighed. All of her emotions were confusing her very badly. She loved Harry, and yet she loved Mal- er Draco at the same time. She had crushes on them both at different times, but what she felt now seemed like more than a crush. She was so damn confused (A/N: Was going to use a very unhermioneish word there, but in the interest of keeping the rating down, did not). She decided to push these thoughts out of her head, and find Amethyst and ask her if she could ever look like Hermione Elizabeth Granger again. She was not used to being this Ella person. She still felt the same. How wrong our heroine was. Soon she would find out just how different she was.
Hermione, not being able to read what the author wrote, left her room and started to search for Amethyst. Humming "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, she carelessly walked through the many halls of Hogwarts. Soon she found herself at the end of the song and at The Great Hall.
Hermione pushed open the doors as softly as she could, only to find herself face to face with a pair of cold gray eyes. Malfoy, her arch- enemy, the person who had constantly bothered her and her friends until recently, and someone who she was very much in love with. Hermione felt her insides freeze at his glance. "What in Merlin's name am I supposed to do now?" she silently asked the heavens, looking up for a sign. None came.
Hermione didn't notice Malfoy's eyes flickering over herself, examining his new prey. If she did, and had any sense left, she would have run for it. Poor Hermione didn't, and only stopped looking for her sign when Malfoy finally spoke.
"Ella, was it?" he asked with a voice that was not quite a drawl, and a smile that was not quite a smirk. Hermione could only nod in response. She noticed that the Great Hall was empty besides them. Of course, Hermione isn't an elf and her eyes did not see a big black dog lurking in the shadows in the farthest corner. She returned her attention back to the platinum haired-boy in front of her.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. I see you already know my sister. Pity you met her before me. She has probably given you the wrong impressions about Malfoys." Hermione's temper flared as he said this, checking her out, making sure she could tell he was. "Did he not just say he loved me when was it, 2 days ago?" she asked herself. Fists clenched, she responded as calmly as she could, "No, she didn't not give me the wrong impression. I already knew what Malfoys were like before I met her." With that, she turned on her heel, and left Draco Malfoy stunned. For the second time of course, because of her losing her temper and their 3rd year, which resulted in him having a very sore check!
Hermione walked into the Entrance Hall, subconsciously reaching for her necklace. With the usual heart amethyst one she usually wore, she felt two other necklaces there. Hermione realized what necklaces they were. They were the Gryffindor and Slytherin necklaces she received with her letter for Amethyst. She looked down at her right hand to see the amethyst ring with 2 jewels sitting nicely on her 2nd finger. Unfortunately for Hermione, she had forgotten that the necklace and the ring were a set, and each jewel represented somebody. Hermione instead pulled herself out of her thoughts, and just as she had done that, ran into someone. It was Professor Dumbledore.
"Oh, Miss Gran- er should I say Miss Carlton-Snape, I've been looking for you, you're need in my office." Dumbledore told her, his eyes sad and he was not smiling. Hermione thought nothing of it, and followed him into his office. She found Snape and Amethyst in there, their faces grim. Hermione began to catch on, and asked, "What's going on?" She did not get a verbal answer. Dumbledore motioned for her to join her "parents" on the velvet sofa. He then handed her a newspaper.
Hermione at once recognized it as the Daily Prophet, the magical newspaper in the U.K. But her heart fell as she scanned the front page. The headline was "Muggle Couple killed, Dark Mark found over house." Hermione's eyes turned to the picture included with the article. Her house was on the front page, with the Dark Mark hovering over it. Hermione read the beginning of the article, "Anne and Harold Granger, a muggle couple, whose daughter currently attends Hogwarts, and is friends with the famed Harry Potter."
When Hermione spoke, she sounded very vulnerable to the adults, "They are dead?" She seemed beyond tears when she received a nod from her headmaster. Amethyst tried to hug her, but Hermione moved out of the way and was out of the room in a flash, tears just beginning to stream down her delicate porcelain face.
She ran through the halls, going nowhere in particular. She soon found herself on the Quidditch Pitch. She was so upset she did not notice that the Gryffindor house team was practicing on the field. She threw herself onto the ground, kneeling and crying softly. The team noticed her, as she was in their way, and when they approached her, they could hear her crying. None recognized her, and she was wearing muggle clothes. Harry was pushed forward by his team mates, which now included Ron, and he approached her cautiously.
"Excuse me miss, are you alright?" Harry asked cautiously. Hermione's head snapped up and she was met with concerned emerald eyes. The Gryffindor team all instantly recognized her upon seeing her face, as they had all been there at the little fight in The Three Broomsticks. None could believe that the strong-willed girl, was this girl on the ground who seemed completely broken.
Hermione looked into his eyes, not sure off what to say or what to feel. She decided on anger, "Of course I'm not okay, you idiot! Does it look like I'm okay?" she screamed through tears, surprising everyone, even herself. She wanted to apologize, but anger over took her and she pushed the team aside and ran as fast as she could in the direction of the beautiful lake on the Hogwart's grounds.
End of Chapter 14
A/N: First of all, I'm sorry it took me this long to get it out, but I am so busy with a play I'm in, tons of school and just you know, trying to have fun once and awhile too! Sorry about the length too. But it'll probably take this long to get them out more often then not, because till March Break I am swamped with activities and school! I'll try to update soon and as often as possible though. Hope you liked this chapter. And thanks to Draco'sGoodGirl721 for helping me decide on the song!!! And, thanks to my awesome betas who put up with my stupid mistakes, Silveretta and Draco'sGoodGirl721!!! You guys rock! Anyways thanks to everyone for reviewing:
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