In the shadows
As soon as Hermione got to her room, she locked the door, pulled out her laptop, and turned it on.
It hummed to life.
"Good evening Hermione" the female voice said "how may I assist you?'
"I need to contact Dumbledore, its urgent"
It made some dialing noises then with a ping Dumbledore's head appeared in the screen "hello Hermione, I'm glad you learned how to operate the laptop"
"Yes…headmaster there are some new…complications that have come to light" she said in a strained voice, as if searching for the right words.
"What is it Hermione?"
"Gracella and Zack didn't know that Draco and I were being threatened by his father. And we weren't informed of Gracella's past, what Lucius did to her family, how her father had died working with the W.B.I. why weren't we told this? And don't tell me it's because you didn't know because if he helped fight Voldermort then he would have had contact with the order." Hermione finally breathed and waited for Dumbledore to answer.
Dumbledore looked down took off his half moon spectacles and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"To tell you the truth Hermione. I didn't think Gracella would be your guard." He wiped off his glasses and placed them back over his eyes. "She is so young I didn't think she would have advance so far in such a small amount of time. I'm sorry but the thought of her being your guard was the last thing to enter my mind." His voice sounded weary and worried and as he looked up his eyes didn't hide the fact that he was worried. The usual clear blue was now pale and darkened.
Hermione ran her fingers through her hair and tried to calm her pacing heart. She should be use to fearing for her life but the fact that they were not completely informed scared her even more. "Dumbledore is there something else you aren't telling me?"
"Well…it's about Gracella. Her family, they weren't ordinary wizards and witches. They had an extreme power, one that dates further back then Hogwarts' time. That's why here family…I believe that is why her family was so sought after my voldermort. I don't know how to say this but you all might be in more danger than you were before"
"Wha…what do you mean more danger?" Hermione jumped back and stood up. She started pacing the length of her bed/
"Well if Voldermort finds out whom Gracella is she might be sought out so he can drain her family. He needs the last member of the family in order to gain there power. Haven't you felt it? Thousands of years of magic are radiating off that girls being. If Voldermort gets his hands on that immensity power, I don't know what we shall do…"
There was a tense silence followed by this. Hermione felt as if she had just been pulled out of on fire and into the pits of an inferno. She stood still next to the laptop and looked up forcing the tears out of her eyes.
"So the war might come here?" she said in a low voice. Fearing that someone might be hearing and also fearing the answer.
"Yes, but we must prevent that. You must keep your eyes open at all times"
Constant vigilance, Hermione thought to herself as she chuckled slightly
"Dumbledore….I have felt that power. I've been on the receiving end. Don't ask how just know that if that's just a taste of it. I'd hate to see what voldermort would do with it. I'll inform Draco first thing in the morning."
"Yes well we had better go to bed. I imagine that you'll wanted to be well rested for your first time in a muggle high school"
With all the excitement going on Hermione had all but forgotten about the real reason she was here
"Yes I will. Thank you Dumbledore and have a good morning"
"Goodnight Hermione, stay safe and please do keep me updated"
With that the feed had disappeared, Dumbledore was gone, and Hermione first time in her life didn't want to go to school the following morning.
Knock knock
"Hermione dear, did you forget about dinner"
Dammit, Hermione thought, I did
"I'm sorry mom I did. I had dinner with Draco's family. Sorry maybe another time?"
"Yeah" her mother said as she opened the door and stood at the entrance "listen I'll be gone tomorrow night I'm going to go visit your dad on set. Do you want to come?"
"Mom school starts tomorrow and I'll be having a lot of catching up to do" Hermione answered as she looked at her mom and saw her nod slowly
"Ok well I'll be back on Thursday. If you want to invite your friends over, except the boys I'll be okay with that"
"Maybe" Hermione yawned, "I'm exhausted. I'm just going to go to bed"
"Okay goodnight"
"Night" she said as her mom closed the door.
Then Hermione stood up and went to her bathroom changed then stood staring in the mirror. That morning she was in London with the ministry of magic trying to run away from a problem, but right now, she was in America facing a completely different one.