Hermione walked into the library the next night. She had decided to do the project to prove that stupid geek wrong. Harry was already sitting at a table at the back. She walked over to the table and dumped her bag on top of one of the books. Harry looked up and narrowed his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" asked Harry accusingly.
Hermione raised her eyebrows. "I was under the impression that we were doing a project."
Harry shook his head "Not a project, a biography – of you."
"I feel flattered," replied Hermione sarcastically.
Harry rolled his eyes and went back to his book. Hermione sat down at the table and took some parchment out of her bag. Harry raised his eyes from his book and looked at her.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
Hermione rolled her eyes "The project."
Harry sighed, "Okay, if you're so desperate to write your biography, here's a book."
Hermione took the book from him and smiled sweetly "Thank you Potter." She got to work.
Hermione returned to the library the next day and walked to the shelves detailing the rise and fall of the Dark Lord. She caught sight of an interesting looking book and pulled it out. "Forces of Nature: How love saved the Wizarding World" She carried it over to the table that she and Potter were working at and showed it to him.
"Look Potter, here's the perfect topic for our project. We can research why the curse rebounded and caused Voldemort's death."
Harry glanced at the book and looked up at Hermione. "Why would you want to risk your reputation as a hero? What if we proved that you just got lucky?"
"I don't care if we prove that or not. I think that me surviving had something to do with my parent's deaths and I would lose my reputation to show that my parents did not die in vain," replied Hermione seriously.
Harry nodded "Okay, let's do it."
Hermione smiled, sat down, and opened the book. "Why don't you check if there's another copy? Then we can both take notes on different chapters at the same time."
Harry nodded and left to check the shelves as Hermione began to take notes. He soon returned and opened at a different chapter, taking his own notes.
"Look!" exclaimed Hermione, pointing to the page she had open.
'Love sacrifices are among the most potent in the wizarding world. Sacrifices made by loved one's such as parents are extremely powerful, but there is one form that is more powerful: When one twin sacrifices their life, either knowingly or unknowingly, the magic that protects them is passed onto the living twin. This gives the remaining twin twice the amount of protection than twins usually have. This may have been the case for when Hermione Granger defeated the Dark Lord in 1987."
Hermione looked at Harry excitedly. "This is it, Harry! What if I had a twin? A twin that died? Let's check my family tree!"
She got up and rushed to the section that had the books that chronicled the family trees of the prominent wizarding families in the wizarding world. "G…G….Granger" murmured Hermione as ran her finger along the indexes of the books. She pulled out the 'Granger' book and carried it over to the table. Harry peered over her shoulder as she opened the book to first few pages. These pages had the actual family tree detailed on them, whilst the back pages contained descriptions and biographies on each member of the family. Hermione ran her finger down the family tree until she reached the bottom. Written in curly writing were the names 'Hermione" and "Juliet.'
"Juliet…I had a twin sister named Juliet" murmured Hermione in shock. Harry, on the other hand, was looking near the top of the family tree.
"Hermione, look! Here. You're related to Rowena Ravenclaw!" he exclaimed pointing to the name. Hermione stared at the name.
"I'm an heir?" she whispered in surprise. Harry nodded.
"I'll check my book. Maybe there's a chance I could be related to someone famous. I didn't know that the family trees went as far back as that!" he said as he rushed off to the family tree section. He was back a minute later, clutching the 'Potter' book in his arms. He opened it to the correct page and ran his finger along the top of the tree.
"Wow! I can't believe this! I'm related to Godric Gryffindor! I'm related to a founder! I can't believe it," exclaimed Harry in surprise. Hermione looked over at the book.
"Hang on…does this mean we have powers or something?" she asked slowly.
"I don't know" replied Harry. "Maybe we should go see Dumbledore."
Hermione nodded. "We'll go there in the morning." They picked up their bags and left the library, each lost in their own thoughts.