AN- means change in time

Means in another place at same time.

'' are when someone is talking in their thoughts (like Harry talking in Hermione's memories during occlumency)

This chapter has a lot of AD MM in it I hope you don't mind!! Hermione features a lot but Harry doesn't. Sorry.

"Henry King?"

"Yes. I went to Hogwarts with him, he was the year in front of me actually" Minerva began an explanation "he always wanted to be an auror, he was smart, very intelligent. When the order heard about how He who must not be named (Hermione rolled her eyes) was going to attack the potters he was asked to go and stand over them." Minerva's voice was steady but flat. There was no emotion in it. "Voldemort himself killed him. No one bothered to tell me, I didn't find out until I got back from helping Dumbledore take Harry to the Dursley's. We were never married so maybe that's why people neglected to tell me that my child's father had been killed. We weren't together as such, actually we weren't together really at all. It was history. I cared for him still but when I made my decision to give you up he left." Minerva's voice was faltering slightly. "I was scared of the dark lord, still am. I didn't want him to come after you. I am from a pure-blooded family, one of the only pure-blooded families not to join the dark side. Naturally the dark lord wanted my family killed, including you. Henry didn't agree with my decision that the only way to keep you safe was to give you up so he left and that was that. When I learned of the Dark Lords fall I immediately regretted leaving you and letting Henry get away. How was I to know that only a year after giving you up, giving everything in my life up, that it would all be over. Albus helped me, he helped me grieve and become strong again. Dumbledore gave me a job when I left Hogwarts and then named me Deputy not long after. However when I found I was pregnant I left Hogwarts to become a mother, I wanted to be Molly Weasley. After the attack and the fall of the Dark Lord he gave my job back to me. I was also named deputy again."

Hermione had been listening hard. It was the first time she had heard a lot of her mother's past all at once. Suddenly it came to her. "You love him don't you?"

Minerva looked at her daughter. How could she possibly know that she loved Albus Dumbledore? She was so intelligent and caring and compassionate, must have come from her father she thought. Then she heard herself saying the words "yes, I do"

"Well…have you ever done anything about that?" Hermione was shocked at her mother's openness. They never talked about love lives

"No"

"If you don't mind me asking um why?"

"Because I am a professional. You do not mix work with pleasure, if things go wrong then not only am I looking for a job, I will lose a dear friend."

"You never know until you try. I was so scared with Harry. He was my best friend; the only one who bothered to look for me in my first year after Ron had been being mean. I would have been killed by the Troll if Harry had listened to Ron going on about me"

"What do you mean 'being mean to you'"

"Ask me later on and I'll tell you as that isn't the part of the story I wanted you to listen to just then."

"Okay later then"

"Yes okay…anyway the point is you never know until you try right?"

"Yes I suppose, Hermione I need you to promise me you wont tell anyone or do anything about this"

"Of course I wont, I promise" Hermione said very sincerely.

"Good now about this 'being mean thing'"

"Do you remember Halloween in my first year?"

"Of course I do, you almost gave me a heart attack!"

"Well the real reason I had been in those toilets is because Ron had said something about me not having any friends. I didn't go to the feast at all and had no idea there was a troll in the castle. Anyway Harry and Ron realised I wasn't at the feast and came looking for me. Before they could find me the Troll had, well you know the rest."

"You mean I took points off Gryffindor for nothing? Why didn't you tell me that you had no friends?"

"Firstly you would have taken points off Ron and Harry for not informing you that I was missing with a troll on the loose and secondly it didn't worry me then that I had no friends"

"Oh yes and is there anything else I don't know about?" Minerva said jokingly.

"I was almost caught out of bed by filch in that same year." Replied Hermione with a mischievous grin.

"You mean after I had caught you already?"

"No long before that incident with the dragon."

"Anything else"

"I made a polyjuice potion in my second year."

"You what!"

"Don't panic"

"Is that how you became a cat?"

"Yes"

The light-hearted talk between the two women carried on for a few hours. Hermione kept Harry and Ron out of the Stories as much as possible, she knew that her mother would figure it out though.

Later that evening

"Good evening professor Dumbledore" Hermione said politely.

"Good evening yourself Miss Granger"

Minerva walked into the room "oh hello Albus"

"Hello Minerva. I understand Hermione will be learning occlumency."

"Yes, I will teach her if it is okay with you?"

"Be my guest I'm sure she will pick it up rather easily anyway."

"Harry is in the living room, he has been working hard today"

"Interesting, I will see you two later" and Dumbledore walked away towards the living room.

"Okay Hermione how much do you know about occlumency?"

"Um well I've read the book by Orlando Bottle."

"You understand it well then I presume"

"Yes I suppose so"

"We will get right into it then, I will try and enter your thoughts and you will have to try and push me out ok?" Hermione nodded "1…2…3…Legilimens"

Minerva could the images running through her daughter's head. The Troll was standing over her. Fluffy was drooling on Harry. Ron was being knocked out by Mcgonagall's giant chessboard. Harry was lying in the hospital wing asleep and Hermione was crying. Hermione was running up to Penelope Clearwater asking if she had her mirror with her. Harry was speaking parsletongue at the dueling club. Harry was running along the wall telling them he could hear voices.

Minerva stopped. "I know it's hard but you just have to try as hard as you can."

"I'm trying but I can't block you out."

"We will try again okay, 1…2…3…Legilimens"

Once again the images were flashing before their eyes. Hermione was running into Harry and Ron's dorm at Christmas. She was doing the DADA exam and entering the trunk when she saw Harry lying in front of her dead she cast the spell 'riddiculus' and it turned into her mother, then Ron, then her parents before turning back into her mother who was telling her she had failed everything. Harry was hanging onto his broom by one hand and Hermione's face was scratched to pieces. Ron was telling her she was a 'scarlet women'. Harry was trying to catch his golden egg. They were in the department of mysteries and Harry had grabbed her arm and was dragging her away. It was a DA meeting. She was having career advice. Harry was telling her about his kiss with Cho and it was obvious how jealous Hermione was-

Minerva could feel herself being thrown out. Hermione had fought her out of her mind. They had a lot to discuss when this was over. Minerva looked at her daughter who was beet red.

"I never heard about the boggart" Minerva was growing concerned by how much she didn't know about her daughter

"No one did. I told them all that it was just you telling me that I had failed everything"

"Yes I heard about that part."

"Everyone did. They thought it was a huge joke."

"And would you mind explaining the image at Christmas?"

"That was 3rd year when it was only us three staying in Gryffindor tower. It was lonely by myself and I knew they wouldn't come down straight away so I went up."

"Okay that's fine just one more comment. It was awfully obvious how jealous you were of Miss Chang"

"It cant have been that bad because Harry and Ron never noticed". Hermione said absently

Just then Dumbledore and Harry walked in the room "noticed what?"

"Nothing" said Hermione who was staring at her mother "have you finished"

"Yup how about you guys"

"Yes I think we have finished for the night haven't we Hermione?"

"Yes" Hermione muttered now not looking at her mother and definitely not looking at Harry who was trying to make eye contact. "I'm going to bed I'll see you tomorrow professor Dumbledore, mum"

"Goodnight dear" both replied in unison, neither could see the knowing look on Hermione's face as she walked up the stairs.

"I think I'm going to go to. Thank-you professor."

"Goodnight Harry" Harry followed Hermione leaving the two adults in the kitchen.

"Hermione was looking a little bit…ruffled tonight Minerva" Dumbledore had that twinkle in his eyes.

"If you knew the things those 3 get up to around Hogwarts…"

"Yes Harry has some memories like that to. But they are still children and need something to laugh about when they get older."

"Roaming the school at night, almost getting eaten by fluffy…this is all your fault you know" Minerva said in a joking voice.

"And how do figure that professor" even more amused by his deputy's accusation.

"It was you who gave Harry James' old invisibility cloak. Almost all their adventures happen under that cloak."

"When you put it like that I guess it is my fault. I accept full responsibility for you daughter's and her friends' adventures."

"You encourage them as well"

"Not really. I just don't do anything about it."

"I know…you knew they were looking up Flammel and you did nothing. You also saw them in Hagrid's hut in their second year and once again you did nothing."

"Well…I didn't want them to get into trouble and I knew that if I told them not to they were more likely to do it. Plus if you knew what other students got up to you would be glad that that is all they are doing." Dumbledore's moustache twitched.

"Sometimes I'm glad I can become invisible because the situations I walk in on could have been very embarrassing."

"You mean you never put a stop to it?"

"Well it depends really who they are what they are doing. I just scare them enough to put them off track."

"It's a wonder we don't have toddlers roaming the school."

"Yes well…are you sure you will not have your own grandchild roaming Hogwarts soon?"

"Definitely not! Hermione has been warned, however I must admit I do have concerns"

"I'm sure Harry is too scared of you to touch Hermione anyway."

"Is he scared of me? Am I unapproachable to my students?"

"No Minerva, your Gryffindors are very proud of you and they respect you enough to know that they can talk to you in confidence."

"I've always hoped that they can come to me and that they do not see me as a dragon."

"They do not think you are a dragon I can assure you. They know that you are human and would fight for them no matter what."

"I would help any of my students my lions especially. I only get made at them and take and give points from to and from them because I want them to know that there are consequences with everything you do, everything is not easy in real life."

"As you know better than anyone else my dear. That night when you were stunned I snuck back into the castle and up to Gryffindor tower. I wanted to check on them, as I knew if it were anyone else you would have checked them. I got up there just before the 5th years. Most of the house was awake and in the common room anyone who wasn't down there was when the 5th years arrived. You don't know how pale they all were Minerva. Anyway the 5th years had been in an astronomy exam when it happened. They explained to the whole house what happened and surprisingly weren't interrupted. They were all concerned for you Minerva they stayed up all night even though they had some more O.W.L.'s the next da-"

"Fools" Minerva muttered

"The point was they were scared Minerva. Scared that their role model and leader wouldn't pull through. They kept saying to each other 'she'll be alright, professor McGonagall is strong' but each was thinking how much you had done for them. They say there sick and pale each wanted to go and attack Umbridge themselves. You didn't see the look on their faces Min.

"Again I show that there are consequences to our actions. I made a decision and nearly got killed in the process"

"Not for the first time might I add" Dumbledore knew that there was something else troubling HIS beloved deputy. "I sense there is something else troubling you professor please share"

Minerva looked at the headmaster that had stolen her heart. "Today Hermione asked me about Henry. And what a coincidence there were definitely consequences to those actions weren't there"

"You must let go of the past Minerva. Henry was foolish to let you go it was selfish of him, he didn't even consider your feelings."

"I know but it doesn't make it easy"

"Minerva please let go of the past, you know that someone else can love you a lot more than Henry, someone else does." And with that he apparated away leaving Minerva sitting at the table lost in her thoughts.

Upstairs

"Hermione are you okay?"

"I'm fine Harry"

"How was the occlumency?"

"Hard and embarrassing"

"Why what happened?"

"Nothing it doesn't matter"

"Hermione you are my girlfriend I want you to share things with me, even if they are embarrassing." Harry wound his arms around Hermione's waist.

"One of my memories was when you were telling Ron and I about your 'wet' kiss with Cho. And then Mum was just commenting about how it was obvious I was jealous. Did you know I was jealous?"

"No. So it isn't embarrassing is it"

"I never thought that I could have blown my cover so easily. Everyone must have seen through it. I thought Parvati and Lavender were just guessing"

"It doesn't matter now, forget it, it's in the past and you don't have to keep a cover anymore"

"I suppose so," Hermione said leaning into Harry when suddenly she pulled back "oh no"

"What? What's wrong?" Harry said alarmed.

"I just thought Lavender and Parvati! They are going to be unbearable"

"Why"

"One because they will say 'I told you so' and two because Lavender liked you"

"Don't worry 'Mione I will be with you"

Hermione snorted as she rested her head on Harry's shoulder "it doesn't scare me Harry, it just annoys me."

"Oh well I'll still be there"

"I know Harry, I know."

AN- I know that was a bit longer chapter it was to make up for the short one last time. This also featured a lot of MM and AD hope you don t mind. Please Review.