A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update, the internet was giving me problems. I hope you enjoy this chapter, it full of twists.

Chapter 7: She is Not Broken and The Dark Lord Arises

Hermione and Draco spent a while in their room. Then they parted with a kiss and walked back to their common rooms. Winter holidays were in three days and a lot of the students were getting ready to leave. Hermione flopped down on the common room couch and smiled. The only Gryffindors that where going to be here over the break was herself, Harry (Because Sirius and Remus were coming here to Hogwarts, they were supposed to be here yesterday but for some reason or another they were delayed), Angelina, Alicia, Ginny, and a 2nd year Alexander Lorenx. The only other people she knew that were staying were Draco and Sarah Blake. Hermione had some problems with Sarah. Sarah was a tall beautiful 5th year girl, she had long golden blond hair and hazel eyes, her skin was the color of golden wheat and boys drooled over her like puppies would over a bone. But Sarah had decided to follow Hermione everywhere asking her about homework and spells and such. Hermione was so happy the girl was a Ravenclaw. The girl was nice she just freaked Hermione out a bit. Hermione knew that there were also about a dozen other students staying too. Just then a beautiful golden-brown colored owl with black tips on its wings came swooping and dropped a letter on her lap. Then it took off back out the window. The letter was addressed to her in dark blue ink. She did some charms on it to make sure it was safe and then she opened it,
Dear Miss Granger,
I would like for you to meet me in my office today at five I have something very important to discuss with you. Some other people will be present for the meeting. I hope you do not mind. But this meeting must happen as soon as possible. I know that you finished all of your mid-terms on the first day so you do not have classes.
Thank-you for your time,
Professor Severus Snape.

'What the heck? Snape sounded civil in that letter.' Hermione thought to herself. She decided to leave now since it was almost five now. On when she got down to the dungeons she bumped into Draco again.
"Love, what are you doing down here?" He asked her while planting a soft kiss on her lips. Hermione blushed at his affection, more him call her 'love' then kissing her. Then she sighed when she remembered why she was down here in the dungeons.
"Snape wanted to see me. He said he wanted to have a meeting with me to discuss something important with me. Oh, and he was being civil too. That means I must be in some sort-of trouble." Hermione said shaking her head. Draco didn't say a word; he knew the reason why Snape called Hermione to his office. "Draco are you alright?"
"I'm fine, he might want to discuss our project with you, since it is your potion." He answered smoothly.
"Great now I can hear what is wrong with it." She said with a sigh. "I mean why else would he want to see me."
"I don't know." Draco said. Hermione gave him another kiss and continued down the hallway. Draco watched her and when she reached the corner she turned right but turned around to look back at Draco.
"Liar." She said and then disappeared around the corner.
"Shit, I think I am trouble." Draco said aloud to no one. He also wondered how Hermione knew he was lying. Then he decided that he would wait for her in their room. He knew after what she was about to hear she would be there soon.
Hermione went to the back of the potions classroom to the dark elm door which led to Snape's office. She took a deep breath, for some reason she felt much trepidation. Like a piece of her future lay beyond that door and she almost laughed out loud. She realized that she was being very foolish and Snape most likely wanted to see her to complain about her potion. 'Heartless bat!' She thought to herself as she knocked on the door.

"Come in." Snape voice came through the door. 'Did Snape's voice just crack?' Hermione thought as she opened the door. When she walk in and saw who was inside she felt her heart jump. Snape was sitting on his brown leather couch next to the hearth and Remus Lupin sat next to him and next to Remus was Sirius Black. Hermione knew that Snape hates Remus and Sirius and now he is sitting next to them and looking nervously at her.
"Hermione please take a seat." Remus said to her and offered her the seat in front of them and the couch. Sirius offered her a small slightly goofy smile. Hermione sat down on the soft leather chair and it was rather comfortable.
"Would you like some tea?" Snape asked Hermione his voiced sounded gentle. Hermione sat there very shocked and shook her head 'no'. They sat there in silence and Hermione started thinking. Through hooded and lowered eyes she looked around the room. Snape had added a sitting room since the last time she was here. The leather couch and sofa, which she was sitting on, was a brunt light brown and had black and green throw pillows on them. The rest of the room was stone but the warm brown really made the room a little less harsh. Sirius, she observed, was has handsome as ever and had gain much of his weight back over the summer. He was wearing deep blue robes and his hair was as long and shaggy as ever, guessed you couldn't change some things. Remus looked a lot better too. He was going to come back next year to teach DADA. He looked a lot younger since she last saw him, but his relationship with Sirius was the main reason for that. Hermione was happy for them when they realized their feelings for each other, finally. Harry seemed very happy too. Remus was wearing new light bronze colored robes. Snape like always wore his dark black robes. His face looked paler but much younger, she would call him handsome but he was old enough to be her father. Hermione felt same thing with Remus. It was very weird it was like something was telling her that it was wrong to think them handsome but yet she had no problem thinking it about Sirius like that, and they are all the same age.
"Miss Gr....Hermione?" Snape started and Hermione looked at him, "Remus and I have something to tell you."
"Hermione I know your real mother." Remus said, "She was my younger sister and Hermione you don't know how much you look like her. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw you." Remus had tears in his light blue eyes and Sirius taken his hand and was holding on tight. "She died when you were very young she had been sick for a while. I also know your father." At this she looked over at Snape. Hermione looked at Snape and her breath caught in her throat. Tears were running down his pale cheeks and his hands were shaking.
"I didn't know the Grangers were like that." Snape said his voice was shaking, "I promised Amanda, your mother, on her death bed that you would be safe. You were only two years old and there were still problems with death eater attacks. Amanda and you were a secret. I had to give you up they would have risen you to be something evil. You see You-know-who is well... Amanda was Remus half sister and she is the heir of Gryffindor and You-know-who..."
"It's Voldemort!" Hermione said, "I have to go. I have to let all of this sink in. I am sorry." Hermione jump from her seat with tears rolling down her face and ran out the door. She ran from the classroom and from the dungeon and she ran toward her room, well now it was her and Draco's room. She ran her finger along the wall and said the password. She ran inside and gasped. Ginny and Draco were making out on the couch and she was sitting on his lap. They broke apart and looked at her with wide eyes and Draco pushed Ginny off his lap and on the couch next to him and got up.
"Hermione wait," He said but Hermione turn and was already out the door and was running toward the Gryffindor tower.
"Dam you Fred and George!" Ginny cursed out loud. "Draco it was them and their stupid lust potion injected candy. I am so sorry we have to talk to her."
"What have I done?" Draco said as he fell back onto the couch and buried his face in his hands.
Hermione ran all the way to the Gryffindor tower and at the painting she barely got the password.
"Golden Fire," She said between sobs and ran into the common room.
"Hermione?" said a voice. She looked up and Harry was sitting on a couch in front of the fire reading a book. When she saw him she ran and threw herself into his arms. Harry wrapped his arms around this sobbing friend. He gently stroked her hair and rocked her in his arms.
"Harry I have done stupid things." She said as she pulled away and looked into his emerald eyes. "Very stupid things." Then she began to tell Harry the whole story from her early childhood until up until a few moments ago. Everything came pouring out the whole and complete truth. Harry just sat there holding her as the story came pouring out. He never said a word or never judged her.
"It's okay Mione," Harry said, "We are teenagers we are supposed to make stupid mistakes. Hermione you are the strongest person I know. Hermione it is the honest truth when I say you are the most beautiful and amazing person I know. Albus Dumbledore isn't the only one Voldemort should fear. Hermione you have been to hell and back and you are not broken. Hermione I..."
"Please Harry I am just too tired," Hermione said, "Harry please just hold me."
* * *
"She won't forgive me." Draco said.
"No, she won't," Ginny said, "Draco there was no lust potion and you wanted me and you kissed me back."
"How could you do that?" Draco said as he walked out of the room. Ginny followed him out the door and down the hallway with a sneer on her face. She grabbed him by the arm and spun him around.
"She nearly died and then you came to the rescue. You don't disserve her." Ginny hissed, "First Harry and now you. I loved her long before either of you two."
"What?" Draco said totally shocked. That was the last thing he was expecting her to say.
"She will forgive me although," Ginny said a creepy smile was sliding onto her face, "Especially when she finds a mostly drunk hot chocolate in her rooms. The one her roommates saw me drinking as we were doing homework. The one you gave me with the lust potion in it. Hermione is the best potion brewer I know, even better then her father. Oh, yes I know about that. I make sure I know about everything that goes on in Hermione's life. She is Harry Potter's best friend and she is always in danger. I have to keep her safe and protected. I should have known about the Grangers, but I didn't. I failed her but I won't again. Draco you were born from bad blood you would have hurt her sometime soon. I just sped it up."
"Ginny you have gone nutters," Draco said as he slowly and secretly reached for his wand, "You need help you are insane." Ginny reached in her pocket and pulled out Draco's broken wand and threw it at his feet.
"No Draco," Ginny said as she raised her wand, "I am in love."
"Ginny wait!" Draco said.
"Crucio," Ginny said and Draco couldn't miss the spell. It hit him and he fell to the ground in pain. "Petrificus Totalus." Draco felt his body go stiff and Ginny stood over him a few moments a sneer on her face and triumph in her eyes. Then she left him the swiftly walking toward the Gryffindor tower.
* * * Harry had gone to bed and Hermione was going up to bed to. She had dried her tears and Harry wanted to talk to her tomorrow. She walked into her room to find Angelina and Alicia there. They were wrapping Christmas presents to send home. The waved and smile and Hermione smiled back. She went over and sat on her bed, the sheets were a bit messy and there was Ginny's favorite mug on her end table. It was dark blue and had gold lettering on it that said, 'Bookworms Rule!' She picked it up and there was a bit of what looked to be hot chocolate in it. She picked it up and was about to hurl on to the floor when she smelled it. Hermione had an every good and very precise nose when it came to potions. She slowly sniffed it. It was a semi-powerful lust potion.
"When did Ginny get this?" Hermione asked Angelina and Alicia.
"She went down to the kitchen," Angelina said, "Said that Draco made them each a mug."
"She didn't finish it," Alicia said, "Said it was a bit off, she thought the chocolate had gone stale." Hermione got up and rushed toward the door and half way down the steps she ran into Ginny. She was sobbing.
"I..I didn't mean it Mione," She sobbed out while wrapping her arms around Hermione. Ginny was about 1 ½ inches taller then Hermione.
"I know Ginny, I know." Hermione said, "The chocolate wasn't stale. Malfoy put a lust potion in it." Ginny looked up into her eyes and leaned her forehead against Hermione's.
"I should have been able to fight it," She sobbed. "You have been my friend for so long and you have been through so much. I would never hurt you Mione, I love you."
"I love you too Gin." Hermione said. "Harry wants to get a butterbeer tomorrow, please come with us. How about for the winter break I come to your dorm, since you will alone, and we can stay up late and have fun?" Ginny smiled and then kissed Hermione's forehead and Hermione did the same to Ginny, they had been doing it for years.
"Night Mione and sleep sweet." Ginny said as they got up and Ginny walked down the few steps to her dorm.
"Sleep sweet Ginny." Hermione said with a smile and went back up to her bedroom. She walked in and gave Angelina and Alicia a look that said, 'I will tell you in the A.M.', and then she changed into her silk silver night pants and silk silver nightshirt. She crawled into bed and said a spell to close the curtains. "I hate you Draco Malfoy and you will pay!" She whispered with pure hate in her voice as she closed to eyes and fell asleep.
* * *
"My Lord your son is a spy," said a kneeled Lucius Malfoy.
"I know I shouldn't have let Snape raise him," Voldemort hissed, "But where my son failed me in loyalty and power my Granddaughter will make me proud."
"Ser..." Lucius started.
"Yes, he does," He hissed, "It is the girl Hermione. Come Lucius you should have realized with her power." Lucius remembered the fight last year outside Hogwarts' gates. They had no idea who the death eaters were but they fought back. Lucius touched his shoulder without thinking about it. He touched the spot where he knew the scar was.
"Yes my lord." He said.
"I feel her anger and hate growing as we speak. I might feel sorry for whomever that hate is for. They will pay, she will make them pay." Voldemort began to laugh his high hissing laugh as he felt his granddaughter's hate grow as she drifted off to sleep. For he was ready to attack and soon Hogwarts' would fall.