Chapter 24: Happy Anniversary
(I know that anniversary means year, but it's the one month anniversary so deal)
"Blaise, how long have you been there?" Hermione asked him
"Long enough your majesty" he said angrily as he bowed. "So I guess I wasn't worthy enough to know?"
"No!" she ran up to him and put her arms around his neck. "It's just that I couldn't. I'm not to be presented to the wizarding world until later. I wanted to tell you so badly."
"Well this was a wonderful anniversary present" he said. "Finding out why you turned into a princess in potions class that time"
"Blaise-"
"No, I understand. I get that if anyone knew then you would be in danger."
Flashback
"Hermione, you will be reporting to professor McGonagall at midnight tonight." A letter from Cassara read.
Hermione put down the parchment and continued to make her way to dinner.
All of a sudden a rose appeared, floating in front of her.
It was a beautiful long stemmed, red rose, not fully in bloom yet, which gave it a calm, romantic look to it.
Hermione reached out slowly and took the beautiful flower into her hand. The thorns had been magically cut off so she did not prick herself.
Hermione placed the petal to her nose to inhale the beautiful scent when it began to bloom.
Blaise's head appeared in the center of the rose. It blew a kiss at her and nodded his head over his shoulder, signaling her to follow the now moving flower.
It led her to a small picnic on the quidditch field.
She looked around and out of the darkness walked Blaise.
'This is the night I finally get her' she heard him think.
"What?" She accidentally thought aloud.
"What? Didn't you remember that this is our one month anniversary?" Blaise asked. He took her hand and led her to the picnic. "Here, I have a surprise for you."
Hermione sat down and looked at the foods in front of her.
There were chocolate and vanilla covered roses, oysters, red wine, truffles, raspberries, pineapple, pine nuts, nutmeg, mustard, licorice root, honey, ginger, figs, carrots, sweet basil, avocado, arugula, asparagus, almonds and aniseeds.
Hermione recognized all of the foods from a potions book she read once. These were all aphrodisiacs.
"Blaise, um, what were you expecting tonight?" She nervously asked
"What do you mean love?" he asked as he began to nibble on her ear.
"Blaise, listen," she turned to face him, nervous about what he was expecting to happen tonight. "Let's just eat first"
"Of course love" he moved over, placing her on his lap. "Here, have a chocolate covered almond" He took an almond in his hand and brought it to her lips, but she did not open them.
"Listen Blaise, I think that we should just not eat first. How about we look at the stars?"
"Of course Hermione" Blaise said, disappointed.
"Hermione" she spun around quickly and saw Draco standing behind a tree.
'What the hell are you doing here?' she thought to him
'YOUR GRANDMOTHER!' She heard him think.
"Um, Blaise, I'll be right back." Hermione got up and quickly went behind the tree where she pinned Draco against it by pressing her lower arm to his neck. "What about my grandmother?" she whispered.
"She found out about you. She wants to officially present you to the wizarding world as Princess Hermione Athena Tiana (that's her other middle name)!" Draco told her in a harsh whisper.
"How do you know?" Hermione asked, but Draco wasn't looking at her, he was looking at her boyfriend who was standing just a few feet behind her, listening to every word. "Draco?" she turned around to see what he was looking at. "Blaise!"
End Flashback
"Why couldn't you tell me though? We've been together for a month!" 'And I haven't gotten in your pants once! But once I do then I can say that I did the princess! SWEET!'
"Well sorry, but one month isn't enough, and you wont even get any longer to get a chance to know more." Blaise looked at her in confusion. "In case you didn't get that, and by the look on your face you didn't, WE'RE THROUGH! SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BUSY HANDS, EXPECTATIONS AND APHRODISIACS AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS! Come Draco."
The boy took a breath, afraid to breath or even make a sound during what just happened and began to turn towards the castle, but not before the spirited brunette said one more thing.
"Oh, and say bye bye to your memory." Hermione tried to fling Blaise away from her, but nothing happened. She tried again, but still nothing! "Or at least say bye bye when my spell takes affect in ten minutes. Not nearly enough time to tell anyone what you have just found out."
Hermione took Draco by the arm and ran to her mother's room as soon as they were out of Blaise's sight.
"Mother!" she panted when they got there "My powers! They're gone!"
"Hermione, sit down and tell me the last thing you remember doing" Cassara said as she brought Hermione to the couch. "Nick! Come in here!"
"Well, I was breaking up with Blaise-" she began
"And she did a smashing job" Draco interrupted
The two women shushed him just as Nick walked into the room.
"A group shush, what did you say?" Nick joked, receiving a group shush from the two women. "Geez, just askin'. So what's the matter?"
"Hermione was just telling us. Please continue honey"
"Well, I was breaking up with Blaise-"
"You mean that ignorant little-"
"Let her get past the first sentence people!" The boys put their hands in their pockets.
"You wanna go watch some football?" Nick asked Draco, not wanting to get into any more trouble.
"Lead the way" Draco said, not caring that he had no idea as to what football was.
"Now hopefully you won't be disturbed" Cassara said as the men left the room.
"Well I was breaking up with Blaise and-" Hermione began once more.
"Cass! Where is the remote control?" Nick called from the other room.
"One moment honey." Cassara said with a sickly sweet voice.
"AAAHHH!" Nick screamed from the other room. "KILLER OTTER!"
"So you were breaking up with Blaise and?"
"Well, I was breaking up with Blaise because the only reason why he wanted to be with me was to get into my pants-"
"Which you were only too eager to give him" Cassara butted in.
"What do you mean mother?"
"Well, not only did I see you the time you took him under the bleachers, but also the way that you acted when you were around him. You became, as you hate, a Slytherin Slut. Sorry Hun, but that's the truth." Cassara gave Hermione a weak, supportive smile.
"Well, um" Hermione thought back to her relationship. Making out in the Slytherin common room, and pretty much the rest of the school, the dancing, everything. Yes, they did talk and just do other stuff, but she did practically give herself to him a lot of the time. "Oh mother! You're right!" tears came to her eyes.
"Hermione, don't cry" Cassara comforted her daughter and took her into her arms. "Now just finish your story"
"Well, um he found out that I'm me and then I broke up with him and then I tried to fling him away and he didn't budge. So I tried it again and he still didn't budge. I told him that he would forget in like ten minutes and then Draco and I came straight here. But what about my grandmother?" Hermione finally finished her story.
"Well, your grandmother found out about you, THANKS TO YOUR FATHER, and wants to present you to the wizarding world as 'not dead'. She feels that it is proper" she rolled her eyes "and well mannered. Wow, that is all I can say, wow! But about your powers being gone, that usually doesn't happen for a few years, like until you are eighteen. What could be-Hermione! Have you ever used a time potion, charm or item?" Cassara asked when she saw the guilty look on Hermione's face.
"Well, um, yes" She responded in a small voice.
"HERMIONE ATHENA TIANA RIDDLE! HOW DARE YOU! DO YOU NOT KNOW THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT? WHAT DID YOU USE?" Cassara was pissed.
"A time turner, but only so that I could get to all of my classes." Hermione answered quickly. "But what does that mean?"
"Well, it means that because of that your powers developed two years. Actually, I am quite surprised about something" Cassara thought deeply (aloud).
"What mother?"
"Well, I was just wondering, if, power-wise, you are eighteen, then why did it take until now for any of your powers to take affect."
"Well, I think I know who can answer that for us." Hermione looked at the door leading to the room which the boys were in.
"NICK!" Cassara called, knowing what Hermione was thinking. "GET YOUR ASS IN HERE THIS INSTANT!"
Nick rolled his eyes and got up from where he was comfortably sitting.
"Yes Cass?" Nick asked as he walked into the room. He looked up at his wife "WOAH! Cass, what's up with your eyes?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THEM NICK!" Cassara said, her eyes ablaze. "I just heard the funniest thing honey" Cassara said in a sickly sweet voice. The flames left her eyes. She put on a wide, psychotic smile and walked towards the man in front of her. "Do you want to know what it is?"
"Um, the diamond bracelet I made you?" He gave a guilty smile.
"Wrong. I just heard that Hermione's powers didn't develop until they were at their eighteenth year. The year that they are supposed to stop for a few years. Would you happen to know how that happened?" Her voice dripped with sickly sweet venom.
Nick looked surprised. "No, well, I actually placed a spell on her so that they would not show until she turned eleven, knowing that she would be coming here for school and that Dumbledore would help her."
"What? But that cannot be. They did not begin to progress until she turned eighteen, well her powers at least." Cassara was worried.
"Eighteen?"
"Yes, she used a time turner which aged her two years."
"What should we do? I mean-wait. What if she never got her powers until they were supposed to disappear? She would be out of school, unprotected and-"
"Vulnerable. DAMN YOU TOM!" Cassara looked up at the ceiling.
"Mother," The two adults had forgotten that Hermione was in the room. "what if Volde-I mean Uncle Tom placed a spell on me through Harry? The two have sort of a psychic connection through blood or magic or something. Also, I read somewhere that I shall be receiving my own power which shall begin to blossom and develop?"
"Yes, but we do not know what the power is. It would be anything from shape shifting to flame throwing. You will always have mind reading though, that is like a family thing that wont die." Cassara thought. "But back to Tom. He probably wanted to capture you so that he could use you and your powers. He would have married you off to some important official, you cannot get pregnant unless you are married, our family is just like that, and raised your child. I wonder who th-"
"Draco" Hermione whispered.