Chapter 3: Back To Hogwarts

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all looking for a carriage when they heard someone yell, "Hey, Potter!"

They all spun around to see Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle standing there wands raised, so out of reflexes Harry, Ron, and Hermione had theirs out two. Harry then stepped in front of Ron and Hermione and said in a mock baby voice as Bellatrix had did to him, "What Malfoy? Are you sad you don't have you big bad Daddy? Oh do you miss him? Poor thing." Everyone who had been listening laughed and Malfoy turned red. "I'm going to kill you for that you just watch, you'll pay," said Malfoy and with that he walked away Crabbe and Goyle behind him. So Harry, Ron and Hermione continued to look for a carriage. Then when he came to one carriage that had 3 girls in it he froze. He looked at the girls again there was two twins that he didn't recognize and there was another girl that to his surprise was identical to Hermione!

"What's wrong mate?" asked Ron but when he spotted the girl his mouth dropped open. Then Hermione came along and asked, "What are you two lo-" she cut off when she saw the girl. "Who a-a-are you?" Hermione asked the girl. "Nicollette Granger, why?" she said with the exact same voice as Hermione's, then looked up at her and screamed. "Who are you?" the girl named Nicollette asked, "Hermione Granger, we have the same last name and we look alike, what house are you in? What year are you in and why haven't I ever seen you before?" Hermione replied quickly. "Well, I'm a transfer student from America therefore I don't have a house yet and I'm in 6th year, you?" Nicollette said equally as fast as Hermione did. Harry, Ron, and the 2 twins were just staring at the pair of them. "I'm also in 6th year and I'm in Gryffindor, when's your b-day?" said Hermione. "Jan. 8, and yours?" answered Nicollette, "same" said Hermione. "Okay, this is weird now Hermione what's your parents names?" asked Harry. "Michael and Rachel Granger," answered Hermione. Harry then looked at Nicollette waiting for her answer then she replied, "same."

"My parents are muggles and I live with them so you must be an orphan, right?" said Hermione, "No, I'm not an orphan I live with my parents and my family is pure blood," replied Nicollette. Both Hermione and Nicollette were wearing the same exact expression on their face. "Well, we can ask Dumbledore about it when we get there okay? But for now do you girls mind if we sit here? Everywhere else is full," said Harry. "Oh and by the way this is Ron Weasley and I'm Harry Potter," Harry said. "Harry Potter? I've read of you in a book about England once you're the one who defeated Voldomort," exclaimed Nicollette, "Yeah, hang on you say his name?" asked Harry. "Well of course I say his name I mean why shouldn't I? Oh right you people are afraid to say his name," said Nicollette, who was trying not to laugh. "No, I've always said his name it's just good to see someone else doing it to," laughed Harry, he was beginning to like her.

Hermione then turned to the twins and asked, "What's your name?" The two girls pepped up and replied in turn as Fred and George would,

"Well"

"We're"

"Ashley and"

"Andrea"

"Wilson" they said the last line together.

"Well nice to meet you Ashley and Andrea. What house are you in? I don't ever remember seeing you. What year are you in?" said Hermione "Well you haven't seen us because we are also transferring from America we're in our 5th year and we don't have a house yet," answered Ashley. Ashley and Andrea both looked about Ginny's height, they had blue eyes, brown hair that reached their shoulder, and little dimples on their cheeks that showed when they smiled.

They just talked the whole way there and also they shared a carriage to continue their discussion. When they entered the Great Hall the students filled into the brightly lit room, the ceiling showed the sky outside as it always did, and the four house tables sat in their original spot. At the staff table all the normal teachers were sitting chatting happily except for Hagrid and Professor McGonagall, who were both probably with the first years. Harry scanned the staff table searching for the new D.A.D.A. teacher. To his dread Harry saw that Snape was sitting down chatting with the teacher sitting to his right, he half hopped that Snape would have retired or something but it was highly unlikely. Sitting on Snape's left was a teacher he had never seen before which probably meant it was the new D.A.D.A. She looked very young for a teacher. She had dark brown eyes, brown hair that was straight at the top but half way down her back it curled, and she was as skinny as Professor McGonagall, she was actually quiet pretty. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to sit at the Gryffindor house table Nicollette, Ashley, and Andrea went with the first years to get sorted into a house. Professor McGonagall explained the sorting hat to the 1st years and the transfer students the sorting began.

"Nicollette Granger," called Professor McGonagall.

There were whispers going around and a lot of people were staring at Hermione.

"Mmmmmm another Granger well why don't we put you with your sister, shall we?" said the sorting hat.

"Gryffindor!" shouted the sorting hat so Nicollette went to sit with Hermione, Ron, and Harry at the Gryffindor house table. Hermione thought about what the sorting hat had said, Well why don't we put you with your sister, did that mean that Nicollette was her twin sister but how could that be? Hermione asked herself. She could tell that Nicollette was thinking the same thing. Ashley and Andrea were also sorted into Gryffindor. The sorting ended Dumbledore stood up, "Welcome new students and welcome back old students," he then told them about the rules. "Now that we got that out of the way I'd like to introduce to you your new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Harris" there was a greet round of applause especially from the boys, including Ron. He seemed to be gocking at her, Harry assumed he to noticed how pretty she was. After the Feast Hermione and Nicollette went up to Dumbledore.

Chapter 4: The Truth

"Oh yes Ms. Granger and Ms. Granger why don't you come to my office," said Dumbledore. So they followed him to his office, "Now, girls before you ask I'll tell you that you are indeed sisters and both your parents are indeed pure blood. Yes Hermione the muggles you live with are not your parents you where accidentally given to the wrong parents because they have the same name as your original parents I'm sorry about this but I didn't know until I enrolled Miss Nicollette Granger over the summer now any questions?" Dumbledore said this way to fast for the girls so the sat there in silence until Hermione finally spoke, "Then were is the girl that is really my paren- I mean the muggles child?" "She went to a foster home as a baby but we are working on getting back to her real parents and at the end of the semester you will go to live with your sister and you parents," replied Dumbledore. "Umm Professor? Can I sleep in Hermione's dorm I want to get to know her better," "Certainly, we have already arranged it you will be in the empty bed next to hers, now if you don't mind it's getting late and an old man like me needs to sleep," said Dumbledore and with that the girls got up and left.

The girls walked back to the Gryffindor Tower in silence, none of them knew what to say, Hermione had just learned that all her life she had been living with people she thought as her parents but her parents were all along living happily with her twin sister, Nicollette Granger. They both had way to many thoughts running through their heads to have realized that they had long before passed Gryffindor Tower, they were now walking down a dark dusty passage that they had never seen before.

"Where are we?" asked Nicollette, "I don't know I've never been here before," answered Hermione. The passage went on a little ways then went strait down with a rusty latter. "Lets go back the way we came shall we?" suggested Nicollette, "Yes I think that's a good idea," Hermione agreed. So the girls turned around to go the way they came but the passage was blocked there was just a wall, "What's going on here?" asked Nicollette panic running through her voice. "I have no idea," answered Hermione who was now patting the wall to see if it was liked the barrier at the Kings Cross, but it appeared to be solid.

"What do we do?" asked Hermione, "I think I know, maybe we should just follow the path and maybe it will lead out into a place that you know of, and just in case there are any obstacles on the way we should keep our wands out," said Nicollette, Hermione nodded in agreement.

So the two girls pulled out their wands and cautiously set down the passage. The stones on the walls had mold growing through them, the candles were barley lit to were the girls had to squint to see five feet ahead of them, and to the girls horror there were little bugs crawling all over the floor. It was impossible not to step on the bug so the girls allowed them to crunch under their feet.

When they finally came to the tunnel that went straight down in which a latter went through they both looked in it afraid of were it might lead and what might be down there.

"I'll go first," said Nicollette. Well, she isn't in Gryffindor for nothing that's for sure, thought Hermione. "Alright if you want to," replied Hermione but then added not wanting to sound like a wimp, "I mean, I'll go if you don't want to, it doesn't matter to me." At this Nicollette snickered, "Ooh no I'm fine it's not a problem."

So the girls went down the latter, Nicollette in the lead. There were no candles in the tunnel so it was pitch-black.

After what seemed like hours their arms and legs started to ache then finally Nicollette felt the floor and stepped off of the latter, "Finally floor I thought we'd never come to the bottom of this thing," commented Nicollette.

"I know, I was beginning to get worried myself," added Hermione.

The floor seemed to be dirt but the girls weren't sure due to the fact that it was still too dark too see.

"How are we ever going to find our way in the dark?" asked Nicollette, but she quickly realized what she had said and slapped herself in the forehead while saying, "Duh." She then said, "Lumus," and the entire passage showed up with the light coming from her wand.

"Well, well, well is it not the Grangers," said the cold voice of a woman behind them that Hermione recognized all to well. The girls slowly turned around and gasped at what they saw.

There were at least a dozen hooded men and women, which meant a group of Death Eaters including Bellatrix, had come to get them.