A/N: Lol. I guess I won't leave you guys hanging long. Here's the next chapter you've been waiting for.
Chapter 7.
When the others found out, they were completely shocked. Lily went straight to Hermione to see if she was okay. Hermione just laughed. "Yes, Lily. I'm fine. It was a close shave but I got away without any injuries. Except the ones from who ever threw me down the stairs." She said. Sirius and James were cracking their knuckles with anger. "When I find out who it was I'm going to hex them so bad that they're going to have tenticles growing out of their faces for a month." Sirius growled.
Hermione snorted abit. "Well, you can have your chance later. I think Malfoy and Snape were there. But like I said, I'm not sure." She said. James growled grinding his teeth. "Snape and Malfoy, huh? Well I guess we'll be paying them a visit." He said sending a cruel smirk to Sirius.
Remus was reading a book near one of the desks. "I don't think that would be wise, Prongs." He said. James looked at him. "What do you mean, Moony?" He asked.
Remus lowered his book and looked squarely at his friend. "Just think about it. If it was them and you tried to do anything to them, they will know that Hermione told us. It might just make it worse for her. You know how Lucius Malfoy works. He's just a bigger bully than we are to others. You have to admit it. But he's very good with hexs and curses. If he wanted to, he could have hurt Hermione very badly. You know he won't heisitate using one of the Unforgivable curses on anyone. Remember when he did it to Matthew Stroganoff? Matt wouldn't tell anyone who did it because he was terrorfied of Malfoy doing it again." He said.
Sirius gritted his teeth. "I'd love to see him try to do it to any of us. I'll knock his damn head off with my fist." He growled making a violent jab in the air.Lily rolled her eyes. "Sirius, does everything have to end with violence with you?" She asked annoyed. Sirius shot her a look. "HELL YEAH! I'm not going to tolerate him hurting any of my friends!" He exclaimed.
Hermione cringed abit. "Sirius, calm down. Besides, we don't even know if he even did it. Hermione just said that she didn't see who did it. She's not sure." Lily said. Sirius grumbled.
"Still, I would like to pay him a visit anyways." He said. Everyone was quiet for a moment. Remus stuck his nose back into the book. Sirius then grinned. "Well anyway. This calls for a celebration. Hey, Mione. What do ya say? The two of us get some Butterbeer on the Hogsmeade trip?" He asked with a grin.
Hermione saw Remus's head shoot up and he sent a small glare at his good friend. She could have sworn that she saw jealousy. She smiled and looked at Sirius. "Sorry, Sirius. But I've already got a date for the Hogsmeade trip."Lily smiled brightly. "Oh really? Do tell. Who's the hot date?" She asked.
Hermione saw that Remus was now blushing behind his book. He was trying to sink lower in his chair. Hermione laughed abit and nodded to Remus. "Remus is my hot date." She said trying not to laugh.Remus peeked over his book looking at Hermione trying to figuare out if she really meant that he was hot.
Sirius grinned a doggy grin. He went over and threw his arm around Remus's shoulders making him drop the book. "Why you old wolf! Never guess you had it in ya." He said with a laugh. James was smiling brightly too. Remus brushed his arm. "Whatever. We're just going as friends anyway." He said still blushing. Sirius threw his arm around his shoulders again placing him in a headlock. He began rubbing his fist on Remus's head. Remus struggled. "Ow, ow! Sirius, knock it off!" he muffled. Everyone was laughing while Remus and Sirius started a wrestling match. From the corner Peter was watching with abit of jealousy in his eyes.
Later Hermione found out that Dumbledor had gotten rid of the Runespoor. She was sitting with the gang at dinner time when a shadow fell over her. Everyone looked up. Hermione turned around. It was Lucius again. He wasn't smiling. "Well, I heard that someone threw you into a pit with a Runespoor. I promise you, Hermione, that when I find out who it was, I will punish them." He said with a smile now. Hermione put on a sarcastic smile. "Oh my hero. But that will not be nessessary. We already have an idea who it was." She said.
Lucius Malfoy's smile faded. "Oh really? And who would that be?" He asked. Sirius smirked abit. "Oh, I think you know exactly who, Malfoy." He said. Lucius's lip curled. "Careful, Black. You don't want your mother to know that her little traitor is making friends with Mudbloods." He whispered while looking at Lily. Sirius gritted his teeth and started to stand up but James grabbed his arm holding him down. Everyone was looking angrily at Malfoy. He just sneered and turned away.
Hermione wanted so bad to just hex Malfoy. She forced her eyes over to Lily who was looking away angrily. "Lily, don't listen to that Ken doll." She said. Lily's eyes went wide and she tried to hold in a laugh. She coughed a few times and looked at Hermione. Remus was smiling trying not to laugh. James, Sirius and Peter looked at each other. "What's a Ken doll?" Peter asked.
The other three laughed. "It's a Barbie." Lily said.
Question marks all over the three Marauders' faces. Hermione looked surprised but she laughed. "You don't know what a Barbie is?" She asked. The three shook their heads. "It's a doll for little girls. Barbies are usual seen with pink." Lily told them.. The boys all snorted laughs.
Everyone went upstairs to bed. Hermione sat up abit later doing some homework. Her feet dangled above her and swinging in the air. The other girls were asleep. Hermione was thinking of Harry and Ron again. She was wondering what they would be doing right now. She missed them terribly. She let out a sigh and decide to go downstairs to the common room to sit by the fire. She pulled on her night robes and started down the stairs but she heard whispering. So she froze and looked around the corner of the stairway.
The four Marauders were sitting in the chairs and on the couch. All four of them were whispering. Hermione was going to go back upstairs but something James said stopped her. "Sirius, you can't be serious. Taking Hermione with us to the shack is too dangerous. She's not animagus." He said.
Hermione stared into the dark while listening. Sirius snorted. "How do we know? She is Dumbledore's niece isn't she? Most likely she's learned to be animagus."
Remus shook his head. "I'm not taking any risks, Padfoot. I don't want to see her get mixed up. What if something goes wrong? What if I bite her or something? I'd hate myself if I bit her." He told his friend. Sirius sighed. "Come on, guys! She's a smart girl. She's as smart as you, Remus. If she doesn't know how to be an animagus, she can learn. We can help her. We know how to do it. And didn't you say that we needed a girl in the group?" He asked.
James snorted. "No. Actually that was you who said we needed a girl in the group." He said. Peter nodded still abit annoyed with Sirius. Remus was thinking. "I do agree that Hermione could be a Marauder. But she can't do the full moon trips. Okay? I don't want to see her get bitten." He said. Sirius nodded. "Fine, fine. She won't go with us on the full moon. But let's try and get her to be an animagus with us." he said. The others nodded.
Hermione quickly went back up the stairs. She couldn't believe that The Marauders wanted her to be one of them. In their group. She felt herself smile abit. She went straight to her bed and climbed in and stared out into the darkness. She felt happy that she was being accepted by Harry's dad and his friends.
A few days passed and the first Hogsmeade trip had came. Hermione was wearing blue jean bell bottoms with flowers at the bottom. She had put her hair up in a braid. She pulled on a white jumper and went downstairs to the common room.
Everyone was waiting. Lily and James arm in arm. Sirius waved at Hermione when she came down. Remus was sitting down on the couch watching Peter lose at wizard chess with a familiar 16 year old. He looked abit like Neville. Hermione tilted her head looking curiously at him.
James glanced at the boy when he saw Hermione looking at him. "Oh. Hermione, this Frank Longbottom. Frank, this is Hermione Dumbledore." He said. The boy looked up and smiled.
Hermione had to keep herself from gasping and looking shocked. This was Neville's father. She just waved brightly. "Hi, Frank." She said. Frank waved. "Hey." he said and went back to his game.
Which was finished really soon. Peter lost big time. They were all going down. Hermione and Remus walked side by side. Sirius had another date this time with a Ravenclaw. They were all walking to the coaches.They all sat together to go the village. Hermione was looking out the window.
Finally they arrived in Hogsmeade. Climbing out they seperated to do their own things. Remus looked at Hermione. "So? What do you want to do?" He asked. Hermione shrugged. She didn't know very much about Hogsmeade in the past. "You lead. It's been a while since I've been here and there must be some new things. We could just walk around and check things out that way." she said. Remus shrugged.
So they began walking. They began walking through each shop having a good time. They went to Zonkos where Sirius and James was with their dates buying as many jokes as they could fit in their pockets. Hermione laughed when she saw Remus rolled his eyes.
Then they went to an ice cream parlor Hermione didn't remember seeing in her time. They sat together eating sundas. Remus looked like he was thinking deeply about something. Hermione bit her lip knowing she couldn't hide what she heard too long. She smiled abit. "Um......Remus?" She asked. Remus looked up as if startled by her. Hermione tilted her head. "I've got a confession to make." She said.
Remus looked abit confused. Hermione looked around making sure no one could hear her and leaned forward. "I kind of heard what you and the other three were saying the other night. Something about a full moon and being animagus." She said. Remus's face went very pale. He looked down into his ice cream starting to turn red. Hermione shook her head suddenly. "Oh. I'm sorry if I made you angry. I don't mind at all. And I certainly won't tell anyone. Not one soul." She said. Remus looked up in surprise. "Really?"
Hermione smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I swear I won't tell." She said. Remus smiled faintly. "Thanks." He said softly. Hermione nodded. "So is it really true about you?" She asked.
Of course she knew it was true. But she wasn't suppose to know about it. Remus nodded slowly. "Yeah. Every full moon. James, Sirius and Peter come to accompany me. It's much better when I have someone with me. I don't get so lonely." He said. Hermione tilted her head abit.
Now was the time to really ask her future DADA teacher what it was like. "So......is it really terrible?" She asked. Remus looked like terrible was the wrong thing to say. "More than terrible. It's......I don't know exactly how to put it. But it's really painful. It's like.......you could never really know what it's like. I guess it's like regrowing bones or something. Only worst." he said. Hermione chorted. "Then my friend would know how you feel." She said without thinking.
Remus tilted his head. "What?" He asked. Hermione looked at him and held her breath. "Well.....one of my friends loves Quidditch alot. He was playing a Quidditch game when a bludger hit his wrist and broke it. Um.....there was this guy who tried to heal his wrist. But instead of mending the bones, he removed them from his arm. So they had to regrow his bones. Said that it hurt very bad." She said. Remus winced when Hermione said that her friend was hit by a bludger. "Ouch. James was hit by a bludger before. Right in the head after he caught the snitch. Knocked him out for a week." he said.
Hermione smiled looking pained. "Owwie." She said. Remus laughed. They were quiet before Remus looked up at her. "So? Would you like to learn?" He asked. Hermione looked up. "Learn what?" She asked. Remus smiled even more. "How to be an animagus. James, Sirius and Peter think you could learn pretty fast. Since your all smart and all." He said in a low whisper.
Hermione smiled. "I would love to. But wouldn't that get me into trouble if I get caught?" She asked. Remus grinned. "The key word is if." he said. Hermione smiled brightly. She gave a nod. "Alright. I'm in. This should be very interesting." She said. Remus nodded.
They went to a book shop and Hermione decided to get a diary to keep everything in it. Remus bought it for her. "Oh. You don't have to do that, Remus. I have money and I could buy it myself." She said. Remus shook his head handing the bookshop owner the money. "I don't mind, Hermione. And last time I looked, I asked you out on a date in the first place. The guys are the one's who suppose to buy the treats." He said with a grin. Hermione laughed. "Thank you." She said. Remus nodded.
They met up with the others at The Three Broomsticks. They all drank butterbeer as Remus told James, Sirius and Peter that Hermione wanted to learn how to be an animagus in low whispers so that the girls wouldn't hear.
James, Sirius and Peter just grinned at Hermione as they turned back. They began talking about Quidditch, classes, girls Sirius was planning on asking out and snogging with, what pranks to pull on Severus Snape, and their favorite subject, more pranks to pull on Snape. Hermione laughed abit while Lily rolled her eyes. Hermione then decided that she wanted to get everyone some more butterbeer. When Remus offered to help, she said to relax. She didn't want Remus to be spending all his money. So he was quiet about it.
Hermione walked up to the counter and asked for eight butterbeers. The tender had to go in the back to get some more bottles. While she was waiting, she had the feeling someone was watching her. Before she could turn around someone grabbed her arm and she felt herself yanked aside. She tried to cry out and yank away but someone had their hand over her mouth. She was pulled out of The Three Broomsticks and to a back alley.
Her kidnapper pinned her against the wall. She got to see who it was. Again Lucius Malfoy and his gang of Slytherins. They all looked angry, annoyed but had cruel smiles on their faces. "You have been ignoring me for the last time, Dumbledore. You will hear me out or else." Malfoy growled stepping back. Hermione narrowed her eyes at him.
"I don't have to do anything you tell me." She snapped. Malfoy narrowed his cold eyes at her. "You will or there will be trouble." he warned. Hermione mockly shivered. "Oooh. I'm trembling with fear. Back off, Malfoy." She said starting to walk towards the end of the alley.
But some of the Slytherins blocked her path. Amoung them was a girl that had black hair that ran to her back. Her cold eyes on Hermione. And Hermione knew those eyes. This was Bellatrix Lestrange. Well actually it was Bellatrix Black at the moment. She wasn't married yet. "Your not going anywhere without listening to Lucius." Bellatrix said coolily.
Hermione looked around. She was completely surrounded by Slytherins. This was definitely a bad thing for her. She knew she couldn't take them all on. Hermione swallowed hard. Her eyes searched for anyone that would pass the alley that she would know.
Fair enough, Frank Longbottom was passing. Hermione's heart gave a leap. "Hey, Frank!" She called quickly before any of the Slytherins could stop her. Frank had heard her just as he passed. He walked backwards looking in the alley and froze at the sight of the gang of Slytherins and Hermione. He took a step in looking around. "Hey, Hermione. What's going on?" He asked uncertainly. Hermione heard Snape cursing silently. "I'm in a spot of trouble. These guys are bothering me. A little help here, please?" She asked ignoring Snape. Frank studied each of the Slytherins who all leered at him.
His face went abit paler. And now Hermione could see why Neville was such coward.
"Uh........I wish I-I could, Hermione. But I have to meet my girlfriend right now." He said with a small squeaky voice.
The Slytherins all sniggered at Frank as he quickly left the alley. Hermione felt her fear rising up. "Nice try, Dumbledore. That was very foolish for trying to get help from a Longbottom. That will be a penelty for it." Malfoy said taking out his wand and starting to advance. Hermione cowered just abit. Her heart started to pound as she backed into the wall.
"On second thought.......STUPEFY!" Red sparks shot out and hit Malfoy knocking him off his feet. Everyone jumped and spun around. Frank Longbottom had came back and had his wand out. Hermione whipped out her wand as she seen Snape did. He was getting ready to jinx Frank. She raised her wand. "Impedimenta!" She bellowed. Snape flew back and landed on Malfoy. Several of the Slytherins grabbed their wands. Bellatrix aimed at Frank.
"Expelliarmus!" She snapped and Frank went flying back across the street. Hermione gasped as she saw him land on his stomache.
There were several yells of surprise as other shoppers and students saw what was going on. Another Slytherin aimed his wand at Hermione. Her eyes went wide and she waved her wand as the Slytherin tried to perform a nasty purple beam at her. "Protego!" She yelled. The shield surrounded her protecting her from the curse. The Slytherin kept the spell coming and Hermione started to slide back on the ground.
Just then......"Expelliarmus!" Someone yelled. The Slytherin's wand shot out of his hand. The spell stopped.It was Remus that Hermione saw. His wand aimed at the Slytherin. James, Sirius, Peter and Lily all had their wands out too. "Mione! Are you alright?!" Sirius called to her. Hermione hurried past the remainder of the Slytherins on their feet to where her friends stood.
Frank had finally stood and had his wand out. Hermione stood next to Lily. "Yeah. I'm fine." She said coldly looking at Malfoy who was now standing up. His cold blue eyes full of anger and hatred. Hermione caught sight of Professor McGonagall storming towards them. She looked furious. Everyone saw her now and lowered their wands quickly stuffing them back into their pockets. She stopped by James. "What is going on here?!" She demanded. No one spoke. They all stared. McGonagall was starting to get angry.
Then Frank Longbottom hurried forward. "It's my fault, Professor." He said. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. "Lucius was flirting with Hermione and I knew that she was here with Remus Lupin. So I thought a few harmless jinxes would clear up the infaturation." He said giving Malfoy a dirty look. Hermione looked like she was going to protest but Frank gave her a look. She shut her mouth. McGonagall rolled her eyes. "Very well. Ten points will be taken from Gryffindor. And I'm afraid you will have detention, Mr. Longbottom." She said. Frank just nodded.
McGonagall gave Malfoy and the other Slytherins a warning look before striding away. Everyone looked at the Slytherins who glared back. Malfoy tossed his long white blond back and fixed his robes. "Your brave for defying me again, Dumbledore. But you will learn to respect your betters." he said coldly. He lead his gang away.
Sirius just snorted. "Well, don't expect her to respect you! She's better than you!" He called after him. The Slytherins shot Sirius a dirty look but continued on their way. Bellatrix was the only one to stop. "Expect a letter from your mother, Siri. I really doubt it'll be any good news!" She snapped and left. Hermione looked at Sirius. His face went abit pale but he looked like he was going to ignore her.
Remus looked at Hermione. "Are you alright? We got abit worried that you decided to ditch us." He said. Hermione smiled at Remus. "I would never ditch you guys. Malfoy grabbed me and dragged me outside." She said. James looked outraged. "We'll have to come up with a very good prank on him." He said. Peter nodded annoyed. Lily rolled her eyes and looked Hermione over. "Are you sure your okay?"
Hermione laughed abit. "I'm fine. I've had worst things happen to me. Believe me." She said turning away. She was thinking about several things that had happened to her before. The others walked with her. Hermione looked at Frank. "By the way, Frank. Thank you for helping me back there. I owe you one." Frank shook his head. "No you don't. Gryffindors need to stick together. If we don't, things could get very kooky around here." He said with a grin. He turned and walked away. Hermione shrugged.
'I'm still going to pay you back. I think when I get back to my original time I'll try and help Neville alot with things. Maybe even visit you in St. Mungo's.' She thought.
"Let's go back to the school." Remus suggested. Everyone nodded. They all went back to Hogwarts. The Hufflepuff girl decided to just stick around the village. Lily hurried ahead to change for dinner. So that left Hermione and the four Marauders. "Hey, Hermione. Moony, here, just told us that you want to learn animagi. We'll start at once." Sirius said in a low whisper.
Remus cleared his throat very loudly. James rolled his eyes. "Well, actually right after the full moon. Remus thinks it'll too be dangerous if we take you with us." He whispered. Peter stepped closer. "Well, he's right, isn't he?" He squeaked. Sirius gave Peter a look. "Now your starting to sound like Moony."
Peter blushed. For once Hermione felt bad that Peter was being picked on. He reminded her of Neville too much. "Leave him alone, Sirius. They're right. It's too dangerous right now. I need to learn first. I know a few things about animagi already. I just have never tried any of it." She said.
James nodded. "Okay. See if you can practice at all. You might just be able to get it on your own. But right after the full moon, we'll try and help." He said. Hermione nodded. The five went up the stairs together. Never noticing that Severus Snape was watching darkly from behind a pillar.
A/N: Well, there you go. How was this one?
Chapter 7.
When the others found out, they were completely shocked. Lily went straight to Hermione to see if she was okay. Hermione just laughed. "Yes, Lily. I'm fine. It was a close shave but I got away without any injuries. Except the ones from who ever threw me down the stairs." She said. Sirius and James were cracking their knuckles with anger. "When I find out who it was I'm going to hex them so bad that they're going to have tenticles growing out of their faces for a month." Sirius growled.
Hermione snorted abit. "Well, you can have your chance later. I think Malfoy and Snape were there. But like I said, I'm not sure." She said. James growled grinding his teeth. "Snape and Malfoy, huh? Well I guess we'll be paying them a visit." He said sending a cruel smirk to Sirius.
Remus was reading a book near one of the desks. "I don't think that would be wise, Prongs." He said. James looked at him. "What do you mean, Moony?" He asked.
Remus lowered his book and looked squarely at his friend. "Just think about it. If it was them and you tried to do anything to them, they will know that Hermione told us. It might just make it worse for her. You know how Lucius Malfoy works. He's just a bigger bully than we are to others. You have to admit it. But he's very good with hexs and curses. If he wanted to, he could have hurt Hermione very badly. You know he won't heisitate using one of the Unforgivable curses on anyone. Remember when he did it to Matthew Stroganoff? Matt wouldn't tell anyone who did it because he was terrorfied of Malfoy doing it again." He said.
Sirius gritted his teeth. "I'd love to see him try to do it to any of us. I'll knock his damn head off with my fist." He growled making a violent jab in the air.Lily rolled her eyes. "Sirius, does everything have to end with violence with you?" She asked annoyed. Sirius shot her a look. "HELL YEAH! I'm not going to tolerate him hurting any of my friends!" He exclaimed.
Hermione cringed abit. "Sirius, calm down. Besides, we don't even know if he even did it. Hermione just said that she didn't see who did it. She's not sure." Lily said. Sirius grumbled.
"Still, I would like to pay him a visit anyways." He said. Everyone was quiet for a moment. Remus stuck his nose back into the book. Sirius then grinned. "Well anyway. This calls for a celebration. Hey, Mione. What do ya say? The two of us get some Butterbeer on the Hogsmeade trip?" He asked with a grin.
Hermione saw Remus's head shoot up and he sent a small glare at his good friend. She could have sworn that she saw jealousy. She smiled and looked at Sirius. "Sorry, Sirius. But I've already got a date for the Hogsmeade trip."Lily smiled brightly. "Oh really? Do tell. Who's the hot date?" She asked.
Hermione saw that Remus was now blushing behind his book. He was trying to sink lower in his chair. Hermione laughed abit and nodded to Remus. "Remus is my hot date." She said trying not to laugh.Remus peeked over his book looking at Hermione trying to figuare out if she really meant that he was hot.
Sirius grinned a doggy grin. He went over and threw his arm around Remus's shoulders making him drop the book. "Why you old wolf! Never guess you had it in ya." He said with a laugh. James was smiling brightly too. Remus brushed his arm. "Whatever. We're just going as friends anyway." He said still blushing. Sirius threw his arm around his shoulders again placing him in a headlock. He began rubbing his fist on Remus's head. Remus struggled. "Ow, ow! Sirius, knock it off!" he muffled. Everyone was laughing while Remus and Sirius started a wrestling match. From the corner Peter was watching with abit of jealousy in his eyes.
Later Hermione found out that Dumbledor had gotten rid of the Runespoor. She was sitting with the gang at dinner time when a shadow fell over her. Everyone looked up. Hermione turned around. It was Lucius again. He wasn't smiling. "Well, I heard that someone threw you into a pit with a Runespoor. I promise you, Hermione, that when I find out who it was, I will punish them." He said with a smile now. Hermione put on a sarcastic smile. "Oh my hero. But that will not be nessessary. We already have an idea who it was." She said.
Lucius Malfoy's smile faded. "Oh really? And who would that be?" He asked. Sirius smirked abit. "Oh, I think you know exactly who, Malfoy." He said. Lucius's lip curled. "Careful, Black. You don't want your mother to know that her little traitor is making friends with Mudbloods." He whispered while looking at Lily. Sirius gritted his teeth and started to stand up but James grabbed his arm holding him down. Everyone was looking angrily at Malfoy. He just sneered and turned away.
Hermione wanted so bad to just hex Malfoy. She forced her eyes over to Lily who was looking away angrily. "Lily, don't listen to that Ken doll." She said. Lily's eyes went wide and she tried to hold in a laugh. She coughed a few times and looked at Hermione. Remus was smiling trying not to laugh. James, Sirius and Peter looked at each other. "What's a Ken doll?" Peter asked.
The other three laughed. "It's a Barbie." Lily said.
Question marks all over the three Marauders' faces. Hermione looked surprised but she laughed. "You don't know what a Barbie is?" She asked. The three shook their heads. "It's a doll for little girls. Barbies are usual seen with pink." Lily told them.. The boys all snorted laughs.
Everyone went upstairs to bed. Hermione sat up abit later doing some homework. Her feet dangled above her and swinging in the air. The other girls were asleep. Hermione was thinking of Harry and Ron again. She was wondering what they would be doing right now. She missed them terribly. She let out a sigh and decide to go downstairs to the common room to sit by the fire. She pulled on her night robes and started down the stairs but she heard whispering. So she froze and looked around the corner of the stairway.
The four Marauders were sitting in the chairs and on the couch. All four of them were whispering. Hermione was going to go back upstairs but something James said stopped her. "Sirius, you can't be serious. Taking Hermione with us to the shack is too dangerous. She's not animagus." He said.
Hermione stared into the dark while listening. Sirius snorted. "How do we know? She is Dumbledore's niece isn't she? Most likely she's learned to be animagus."
Remus shook his head. "I'm not taking any risks, Padfoot. I don't want to see her get mixed up. What if something goes wrong? What if I bite her or something? I'd hate myself if I bit her." He told his friend. Sirius sighed. "Come on, guys! She's a smart girl. She's as smart as you, Remus. If she doesn't know how to be an animagus, she can learn. We can help her. We know how to do it. And didn't you say that we needed a girl in the group?" He asked.
James snorted. "No. Actually that was you who said we needed a girl in the group." He said. Peter nodded still abit annoyed with Sirius. Remus was thinking. "I do agree that Hermione could be a Marauder. But she can't do the full moon trips. Okay? I don't want to see her get bitten." He said. Sirius nodded. "Fine, fine. She won't go with us on the full moon. But let's try and get her to be an animagus with us." he said. The others nodded.
Hermione quickly went back up the stairs. She couldn't believe that The Marauders wanted her to be one of them. In their group. She felt herself smile abit. She went straight to her bed and climbed in and stared out into the darkness. She felt happy that she was being accepted by Harry's dad and his friends.
A few days passed and the first Hogsmeade trip had came. Hermione was wearing blue jean bell bottoms with flowers at the bottom. She had put her hair up in a braid. She pulled on a white jumper and went downstairs to the common room.
Everyone was waiting. Lily and James arm in arm. Sirius waved at Hermione when she came down. Remus was sitting down on the couch watching Peter lose at wizard chess with a familiar 16 year old. He looked abit like Neville. Hermione tilted her head looking curiously at him.
James glanced at the boy when he saw Hermione looking at him. "Oh. Hermione, this Frank Longbottom. Frank, this is Hermione Dumbledore." He said. The boy looked up and smiled.
Hermione had to keep herself from gasping and looking shocked. This was Neville's father. She just waved brightly. "Hi, Frank." She said. Frank waved. "Hey." he said and went back to his game.
Which was finished really soon. Peter lost big time. They were all going down. Hermione and Remus walked side by side. Sirius had another date this time with a Ravenclaw. They were all walking to the coaches.They all sat together to go the village. Hermione was looking out the window.
Finally they arrived in Hogsmeade. Climbing out they seperated to do their own things. Remus looked at Hermione. "So? What do you want to do?" He asked. Hermione shrugged. She didn't know very much about Hogsmeade in the past. "You lead. It's been a while since I've been here and there must be some new things. We could just walk around and check things out that way." she said. Remus shrugged.
So they began walking. They began walking through each shop having a good time. They went to Zonkos where Sirius and James was with their dates buying as many jokes as they could fit in their pockets. Hermione laughed when she saw Remus rolled his eyes.
Then they went to an ice cream parlor Hermione didn't remember seeing in her time. They sat together eating sundas. Remus looked like he was thinking deeply about something. Hermione bit her lip knowing she couldn't hide what she heard too long. She smiled abit. "Um......Remus?" She asked. Remus looked up as if startled by her. Hermione tilted her head. "I've got a confession to make." She said.
Remus looked abit confused. Hermione looked around making sure no one could hear her and leaned forward. "I kind of heard what you and the other three were saying the other night. Something about a full moon and being animagus." She said. Remus's face went very pale. He looked down into his ice cream starting to turn red. Hermione shook her head suddenly. "Oh. I'm sorry if I made you angry. I don't mind at all. And I certainly won't tell anyone. Not one soul." She said. Remus looked up in surprise. "Really?"
Hermione smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I swear I won't tell." She said. Remus smiled faintly. "Thanks." He said softly. Hermione nodded. "So is it really true about you?" She asked.
Of course she knew it was true. But she wasn't suppose to know about it. Remus nodded slowly. "Yeah. Every full moon. James, Sirius and Peter come to accompany me. It's much better when I have someone with me. I don't get so lonely." He said. Hermione tilted her head abit.
Now was the time to really ask her future DADA teacher what it was like. "So......is it really terrible?" She asked. Remus looked like terrible was the wrong thing to say. "More than terrible. It's......I don't know exactly how to put it. But it's really painful. It's like.......you could never really know what it's like. I guess it's like regrowing bones or something. Only worst." he said. Hermione chorted. "Then my friend would know how you feel." She said without thinking.
Remus tilted his head. "What?" He asked. Hermione looked at him and held her breath. "Well.....one of my friends loves Quidditch alot. He was playing a Quidditch game when a bludger hit his wrist and broke it. Um.....there was this guy who tried to heal his wrist. But instead of mending the bones, he removed them from his arm. So they had to regrow his bones. Said that it hurt very bad." She said. Remus winced when Hermione said that her friend was hit by a bludger. "Ouch. James was hit by a bludger before. Right in the head after he caught the snitch. Knocked him out for a week." he said.
Hermione smiled looking pained. "Owwie." She said. Remus laughed. They were quiet before Remus looked up at her. "So? Would you like to learn?" He asked. Hermione looked up. "Learn what?" She asked. Remus smiled even more. "How to be an animagus. James, Sirius and Peter think you could learn pretty fast. Since your all smart and all." He said in a low whisper.
Hermione smiled. "I would love to. But wouldn't that get me into trouble if I get caught?" She asked. Remus grinned. "The key word is if." he said. Hermione smiled brightly. She gave a nod. "Alright. I'm in. This should be very interesting." She said. Remus nodded.
They went to a book shop and Hermione decided to get a diary to keep everything in it. Remus bought it for her. "Oh. You don't have to do that, Remus. I have money and I could buy it myself." She said. Remus shook his head handing the bookshop owner the money. "I don't mind, Hermione. And last time I looked, I asked you out on a date in the first place. The guys are the one's who suppose to buy the treats." He said with a grin. Hermione laughed. "Thank you." She said. Remus nodded.
They met up with the others at The Three Broomsticks. They all drank butterbeer as Remus told James, Sirius and Peter that Hermione wanted to learn how to be an animagus in low whispers so that the girls wouldn't hear.
James, Sirius and Peter just grinned at Hermione as they turned back. They began talking about Quidditch, classes, girls Sirius was planning on asking out and snogging with, what pranks to pull on Severus Snape, and their favorite subject, more pranks to pull on Snape. Hermione laughed abit while Lily rolled her eyes. Hermione then decided that she wanted to get everyone some more butterbeer. When Remus offered to help, she said to relax. She didn't want Remus to be spending all his money. So he was quiet about it.
Hermione walked up to the counter and asked for eight butterbeers. The tender had to go in the back to get some more bottles. While she was waiting, she had the feeling someone was watching her. Before she could turn around someone grabbed her arm and she felt herself yanked aside. She tried to cry out and yank away but someone had their hand over her mouth. She was pulled out of The Three Broomsticks and to a back alley.
Her kidnapper pinned her against the wall. She got to see who it was. Again Lucius Malfoy and his gang of Slytherins. They all looked angry, annoyed but had cruel smiles on their faces. "You have been ignoring me for the last time, Dumbledore. You will hear me out or else." Malfoy growled stepping back. Hermione narrowed her eyes at him.
"I don't have to do anything you tell me." She snapped. Malfoy narrowed his cold eyes at her. "You will or there will be trouble." he warned. Hermione mockly shivered. "Oooh. I'm trembling with fear. Back off, Malfoy." She said starting to walk towards the end of the alley.
But some of the Slytherins blocked her path. Amoung them was a girl that had black hair that ran to her back. Her cold eyes on Hermione. And Hermione knew those eyes. This was Bellatrix Lestrange. Well actually it was Bellatrix Black at the moment. She wasn't married yet. "Your not going anywhere without listening to Lucius." Bellatrix said coolily.
Hermione looked around. She was completely surrounded by Slytherins. This was definitely a bad thing for her. She knew she couldn't take them all on. Hermione swallowed hard. Her eyes searched for anyone that would pass the alley that she would know.
Fair enough, Frank Longbottom was passing. Hermione's heart gave a leap. "Hey, Frank!" She called quickly before any of the Slytherins could stop her. Frank had heard her just as he passed. He walked backwards looking in the alley and froze at the sight of the gang of Slytherins and Hermione. He took a step in looking around. "Hey, Hermione. What's going on?" He asked uncertainly. Hermione heard Snape cursing silently. "I'm in a spot of trouble. These guys are bothering me. A little help here, please?" She asked ignoring Snape. Frank studied each of the Slytherins who all leered at him.
His face went abit paler. And now Hermione could see why Neville was such coward.
"Uh........I wish I-I could, Hermione. But I have to meet my girlfriend right now." He said with a small squeaky voice.
The Slytherins all sniggered at Frank as he quickly left the alley. Hermione felt her fear rising up. "Nice try, Dumbledore. That was very foolish for trying to get help from a Longbottom. That will be a penelty for it." Malfoy said taking out his wand and starting to advance. Hermione cowered just abit. Her heart started to pound as she backed into the wall.
"On second thought.......STUPEFY!" Red sparks shot out and hit Malfoy knocking him off his feet. Everyone jumped and spun around. Frank Longbottom had came back and had his wand out. Hermione whipped out her wand as she seen Snape did. He was getting ready to jinx Frank. She raised her wand. "Impedimenta!" She bellowed. Snape flew back and landed on Malfoy. Several of the Slytherins grabbed their wands. Bellatrix aimed at Frank.
"Expelliarmus!" She snapped and Frank went flying back across the street. Hermione gasped as she saw him land on his stomache.
There were several yells of surprise as other shoppers and students saw what was going on. Another Slytherin aimed his wand at Hermione. Her eyes went wide and she waved her wand as the Slytherin tried to perform a nasty purple beam at her. "Protego!" She yelled. The shield surrounded her protecting her from the curse. The Slytherin kept the spell coming and Hermione started to slide back on the ground.
Just then......"Expelliarmus!" Someone yelled. The Slytherin's wand shot out of his hand. The spell stopped.It was Remus that Hermione saw. His wand aimed at the Slytherin. James, Sirius, Peter and Lily all had their wands out too. "Mione! Are you alright?!" Sirius called to her. Hermione hurried past the remainder of the Slytherins on their feet to where her friends stood.
Frank had finally stood and had his wand out. Hermione stood next to Lily. "Yeah. I'm fine." She said coldly looking at Malfoy who was now standing up. His cold blue eyes full of anger and hatred. Hermione caught sight of Professor McGonagall storming towards them. She looked furious. Everyone saw her now and lowered their wands quickly stuffing them back into their pockets. She stopped by James. "What is going on here?!" She demanded. No one spoke. They all stared. McGonagall was starting to get angry.
Then Frank Longbottom hurried forward. "It's my fault, Professor." He said. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. "Lucius was flirting with Hermione and I knew that she was here with Remus Lupin. So I thought a few harmless jinxes would clear up the infaturation." He said giving Malfoy a dirty look. Hermione looked like she was going to protest but Frank gave her a look. She shut her mouth. McGonagall rolled her eyes. "Very well. Ten points will be taken from Gryffindor. And I'm afraid you will have detention, Mr. Longbottom." She said. Frank just nodded.
McGonagall gave Malfoy and the other Slytherins a warning look before striding away. Everyone looked at the Slytherins who glared back. Malfoy tossed his long white blond back and fixed his robes. "Your brave for defying me again, Dumbledore. But you will learn to respect your betters." he said coldly. He lead his gang away.
Sirius just snorted. "Well, don't expect her to respect you! She's better than you!" He called after him. The Slytherins shot Sirius a dirty look but continued on their way. Bellatrix was the only one to stop. "Expect a letter from your mother, Siri. I really doubt it'll be any good news!" She snapped and left. Hermione looked at Sirius. His face went abit pale but he looked like he was going to ignore her.
Remus looked at Hermione. "Are you alright? We got abit worried that you decided to ditch us." He said. Hermione smiled at Remus. "I would never ditch you guys. Malfoy grabbed me and dragged me outside." She said. James looked outraged. "We'll have to come up with a very good prank on him." He said. Peter nodded annoyed. Lily rolled her eyes and looked Hermione over. "Are you sure your okay?"
Hermione laughed abit. "I'm fine. I've had worst things happen to me. Believe me." She said turning away. She was thinking about several things that had happened to her before. The others walked with her. Hermione looked at Frank. "By the way, Frank. Thank you for helping me back there. I owe you one." Frank shook his head. "No you don't. Gryffindors need to stick together. If we don't, things could get very kooky around here." He said with a grin. He turned and walked away. Hermione shrugged.
'I'm still going to pay you back. I think when I get back to my original time I'll try and help Neville alot with things. Maybe even visit you in St. Mungo's.' She thought.
"Let's go back to the school." Remus suggested. Everyone nodded. They all went back to Hogwarts. The Hufflepuff girl decided to just stick around the village. Lily hurried ahead to change for dinner. So that left Hermione and the four Marauders. "Hey, Hermione. Moony, here, just told us that you want to learn animagi. We'll start at once." Sirius said in a low whisper.
Remus cleared his throat very loudly. James rolled his eyes. "Well, actually right after the full moon. Remus thinks it'll too be dangerous if we take you with us." He whispered. Peter stepped closer. "Well, he's right, isn't he?" He squeaked. Sirius gave Peter a look. "Now your starting to sound like Moony."
Peter blushed. For once Hermione felt bad that Peter was being picked on. He reminded her of Neville too much. "Leave him alone, Sirius. They're right. It's too dangerous right now. I need to learn first. I know a few things about animagi already. I just have never tried any of it." She said.
James nodded. "Okay. See if you can practice at all. You might just be able to get it on your own. But right after the full moon, we'll try and help." He said. Hermione nodded. The five went up the stairs together. Never noticing that Severus Snape was watching darkly from behind a pillar.
A/N: Well, there you go. How was this one?