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"The ritual we will use is an ancient one that will require us to disrobe."

Hermione (as he had begun to think of her) stared: "We have to be naked!?"

"Of course. You have to be naked for all the purifying rituals."

"There is more than one?"

"Of course. They have ones to cleanse a person of Black Magic, disease, a lot of things!"

"Oh…what's in this for you?"

"Truly?"

She nodded.

"I want a friend. Draco is a fine companion, but he will always bow to my wishes. My family has been around for more than four thousand years, on both sides. The Malfoys have only existed for fifteen hundred years…" he paused and sighed. "The Eurics, on the other hand, have been around for three-thousand years, so you are a near equal in family presence. They have amassed a great wealth in both Britain and France, so there is no monetary envy. And…to put it bluntly…Draco is an idiot; I need someone to talk to who can talk about something besides his or herself—" he smiled at her "—and I've chosen you."

"Oh," she said in a tiny voice. "If I were a Mudbl…a Muggle-born, would you still do this?"

"Unlikely, but if you were a Mudblood, I'd have never noticed you."

"Oh…fine…we better get undressed."

When they were both naked, Harry began explaining things.

"The words of the ritual are not specifies; they just have to tell the Magic what to do, so we can use English. We'll also need to slit your palms; I have a boot knife we can use. Any questions so far?"

"What are the physical effects?"

"It will remove any traces of Muggle heritage, so I imagine, if what I read about the Euric family is true, your front teeth will shrink to a normal size, your hair will darken and become more manageable, and you'll also be paler."

Her eyes lit with understanding: "So I'll look like my mother?"

"Yes."

"Oh, that's not bad at all; she's beautiful." She giggled a bit. "All the male patients at their dentistry request her."

He smiled, "Let's get started then. Place your hands next to one another with your palms up."

She nodded her consent, and he pressed the knife to her palms.

The blood started to seep out. He placed the tips of their wands on each cut.

Blood Impure

Become Pure

A glow of magic shined from the pooling blood.

Blood of the Common

Become that of the Lord

The blood began to creep up the wands.

Blood not Magic

Magic take hold

Her skin began to shine. Her veins were pulsing.

Remove traces of the Father

The Mother's child, pure

There was a flash of light and the blood pulsing on the wand shot back down to her palms.

So mote it be.

Hermione looked at herself in Professor McGonagall's full-length mirror. Not bad, she thought admiringly. Her hair had straitened and was now a dark brown—almost black, her lips were pale pink and fuller, and she was now almost paler than Bla-Harry she reminded herself, and that was saying something!

She was interrupted from her musing when Harry said, "You might want to get dressed; we have classes tomorrow."

"What will I tell people about my change in appearance? They will definitely notice."

"Tell them that knowledge is power and they are powerless. In the meantime, you will explain the change to your parents. You may borrow my owl. I will also begin to teach you Pureblood etiquette, after I get my other pupil."

"What?"

"I have begun to befriend Neville Longbottom; he is of a good sort."

"Oh…I like Neville, but isn't he already a Pureblood?"

"From what I've heard, his Grandmother, Uncles, and Aunts have been trying so long to startle magic out of him that they forgot about his education."

"Why are you going to be friends with him?"

Harry sighed, "I owe him a blood debt…The Blacks and the Longbottoms swore Brotherhood five hundred years ago at the end of the Giant Wars. My cousin Bellatrix and her husband broke that Brotherhood when they drove his family to insanity. I will restore it."

"So you're going to be friends to restore your family honor?"

"No. They were Lestranges; it put no taint on our name. However, they were still family, and debts carry…but I really just want to continue tradition. My father was friends with his father, my grandfather was friends with his grandfather, my great…well, you get the point."

"Yes, I do."

She now had her clothes on. "I'll see you in the morning." She giggled, "I can't wait to see everyone's faces!"

"Come and sit with me at the Slytherin table and then see their faces."

She laughed, "I will."

"Good night, Hermione."

"Good night, Harry."

The next morning people were indeed shocked, and even more so when this strange girl they had never seen before sat down at the Slytherin table.

"Hello, Harry."

He nodded from behind the paper. "Hermione."

"Can I borrow that after you're done?"

"Of course." He finished the paper and handed it to her.

"Thank you."

"Who is this?" a petulant voice asked.

Harry turned around and saw Draco standing behind him. "Hello, Draco. This is my new friend Hermione Granger"

Draco looked shocked. "The Mudblood!?" he asked incredulously.

"Actually she was a Halfblood…until last night when I performed the Purity Ritual. Now she is a pureblood…of the Euric line."

"A…what?"

"She is a Pureblood."

"How is that possible?"

"It's magic."

"But…what…" he shook his head confusedly and stormed off.

"He doesn't look too happy."

Harry arched his eyebrow: "You think?"

She smiled: "As often as I can"

"Good. Let's go and collect Neville; we have joint Herbology with all four houses today."

"Okay."

"Hermione?"

"You recognized me!"

"Your eyes—what happened?"

"Harry performed a Purifying Ritual on me."

Neville turned wide eyes to Harry. "It takes a lot of magic to perform the ancient rituals!"

"Yes, well, let's go to Herbology, shall we?"

"What? Oh yes. I had forgotten."

"You're sure we have to use fertilizer 'B'?"

"Yes."

"Positive?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear?"

"Yes."

"Will you allow me to teach you Pureblood Etiquette?"

Neville sighed "Yes, Harry, it's fertilizer—WHAT?"

"You already said yes."

And Now,

Just because I love you…

…I won't give the next chapter away.