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"To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is
the next way to draw new mischief on".
-Othello
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Chapter 2 – August 2, 1997
Harry and Hermione sat at the Head Table playfully badgering each other. Hermione looked around and couldn't find a better place to be. Her parents were in the States and were safe; Ron was safe in Romania; and she just found out that she had a twin brother, who was with her for the past six years. Hermione was still in shock and therefore had mixed emotions about everything.
She had no real reason to be mad at any one; no one really knew where she was. She knew that when someone had a Secret Keeper, whatever they were hiding couldn't be found, in this case Hermione was the 'object' being hidden. Sirius was her Secret Keeper and when he died last summer in a raid in Diagon Alley, everyone remembered about Harry's twin sister, Hermione Lily Potter. By this time she was so old that no one would know where to even start looking for her. Dumbledore didn't know that she was Harry's twin sister, and her adoptive parents only know what they were told. If she was to be mad at any one, it would be Lily and James. She didn't understand why they would separate their only kids, twins at that.
This made Hermione think more about Lily and James. She didn't know how to approach them. Call them mum and dad or Lily and James? She would feel weird calling them mum and dad, but she would also feel weird calling them Lily and James, they were her biological parents after all.
Remus watched Hermione carefully and could see that the wheels in her brain were already starting to turn; they would be seeing Hermione's temper soon. He smiled at he watched her peek a look at Harry and smile to her self. He was happy that this beautiful girl, his godchild, was back and he had a reason to continue in life. He had a godchild to take care, two if he took Harry under his wing too.
Severus Snape watched Hermione also and everything was starting to make sense to him. Of course, Hermione would never be told that he was her second Godfather; he didn't find a reason for her to know. He knew there was a reason there was this aura around her that made him watch over her and now it made sense, she was his godchild and he somehow could feel that ever since her first year. She was the smartest witch he came across since the time he went to school with Lily.
"Hermione," Harry said, trying to pull her out of her other world.
Hermione continued to think about what she needed to talk to Lily and James about and never realized that her brother was trying to talk to her.
"Hermione!" Harry screamed and Hermione still didn't notice him.
Severus chuckled to himself as Remus gave him a knowing look. Remus would have some talking to do with Severus later re-guarding Hermione. Harry finally got tired of trying to get Hermione's attention so he did the next thing he could think of; he poked her in the side really hard.
"Ahh," Hermione yelped as she jumped off her chair and looked at Harry who was trying to hold his laughing in. Hermione just glared at him, causing the rest of the adults to start laughing. Hermione glared even harder, matching Snape's glare perfectly. Severus looked at this with pride in his eye.
"Hermione," Harry gasped out between laughing, "I was just going to ask if you wanted to go swimming in the lake tomorrow. Or was there something you had in mind?"
"I…" Hermione started, "I want to go visit the Dursley's. I know Harry, don't even say it, I know you don't want to go, but I need to. I need to see the rest of my family."
"Hermione, I will not go to that horrible house!" Harry said, jumping up out of his chair.
"Fine, Harry, don't go! I don't need you to go, I will go on my own," Hermione said, and then turning to Dumbledore and the rest of the adults, she directed the rest of her conversation to them, "Professor's I think I'm going to be going to bed now, goodnight."
"Goodnight, Hermione," Remus said, giving Severus a knowing glare and Remus smiled a satisfied smile when he heard Severus sigh in defeat.
"Goodnight, Miss Potter," Dumbledore and McGonagall said at the same time. They shared a smile with each other.
"Miss Potter, Hermione," Severus said, causing Hermione to turn around and look at him in wonder.
"Yes, Professor?" Hermione asked him.
"Hermione, I will take you to your Aunt and Uncle's. There is also something that we need to discuss," Severus said.
"Thank you, sir," Hermione said, turning back around and starting to walk out of the Great Hall again.
"We will be leaving right after breakfast, Hermione," Severus said, Hermione nodded in acknowledgement and then continued to leave again. "And Hermione," Hermione stopped and turned around, "it's great to have you back, Miss Potter." Hermione smiled and walked out of the Great Hall and towards her Head Girl rooms.
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Hermione woke up the next morning a bit nervous about going to the Dursley's today. She wished Harry would have been going with her, but she wasn't about to make him do something he didn't want to do. She sighed and got out of bed and looked at her clock. It was eight thirty and breakfast would be in another hour. So she used her time wisely.
She jumped in the shower real quick and then got out and put her hair in an elegant twist in the back of her head. She then put on a pair of her light blue hip huggers and a powder green t-shirt. She then huffed in frustration when she realized her clothes didn't fit. She would have to wait until breakfast to get it fixed.
She walked out into the common room to find Harry playing his game and he was already in a trance. She was also quite shocked to find him awake this early in the morning. She smiled softly as she looked at him and then continued out of the tower, she needed to find someone to fix her clothes pretty soon or she was going to loose her pants.
As she walked into the Great Hall she only noticed Remus and Severus sitting at the head table and they were having a hushed discussion. They quickly stopped talking when they saw Hermione walk into the Great Hall. She smiled at them and stopped walking when she stood in front of the table across from them.
"Remus, can you fix my clothes? My pants are too big!" Hermione huffed.
"Hermione, have you been eating," Remus started to ask but Hermione cut him off before he could say anything else.
"Remus, I shrunk 3 inches when Dumbledore reversed that damned spell. Therefore my pants are a bit too long. Can you fix them?" Hermione said.
Remus didn't even have time to take out his wand when Severus waved his hand and Hermione's pants shrunk to fit her properly. Hermione smiled with thankfulness and sat down across from both of them to eat some eggs and fruit.
While all three of them were in the middle of eating Remus started talking, "Hermione, there's something that we, Severus and I, think you should know."
Hermione nodded in understanding and put down her pork to focus her attention on her two professors.
"Hermione, we're both your Godfathers. Your parents decided that both you and Harry needed two Godfathers," Remus said.
"Well, whose Harry's second Godfather?" Hermione asked.
"I am," Remus answered, sharing a sideways look with Severus.
"Then wouldn't that make you Harry's Godfather?" Hermione asked.
She's catching onto this faster than I thought she would. Severus thought. "Yes, Hermione, that would make Remus Harry's Godfather, and me yours."
"You're…you're my Godfather?" Hermione asked in disbelief, "I thought Lily and James hated you!"
"Well, James did," Severus said, "but Lily and I were old friends while we went to school together. One thing led to another and when I became a spy for the Order, Lily had you and Harry and I was made one of your Godfathers because I would be able to protect you."
Hermione nodded and went back to eating her breakfast. A few minutes later Harry walked into the Great Hall, gave Hermione a glare and sat down in the chair next to her and started eating his breakfast. He wasn't trying to be rude to her but he was really upset that she would even think of asking him to go to the Dursley's with her, he completely and utterly despised them.
Hermione sighed in frustration and turned her attention to Severus, "Professor Snape, do you think we can get going now?"
"Call me Severus, Hermione. And yes, we can get going. Remus I trust you can have your part of the conversation with Harry without us?" Severus asked, looking at Remus.
Remus nodded to Severus and Hermione then got up and headed out of the Great Hall with Severus walking behind her. Once they got to the edge of the school grounds he pulled Hermione close to his body and quickly apparated with her. Once she noticed what he was doing she found herself in a strange neighborhood.
She was standing in the middle of the street and there were two rows of houses, all looking exactly alike. It looked like a generally nice neighborhood, middle class, and not too much crime and she really couldn't see how a family like the Dursley's could get away with neglecting Harry for so long without someone else noticing it.
Severus led her up the driveway, Hermione noticed that there was an expensive car sitting in the driveway, of number 4 and they both stood at the door. Hermione finally got the courage to ring the door bell and waited until she could hear someone stomping towards the door. She was shocked when an obese teenage boy answered the door.
"Aunt Lily?" Dudley asked stupidly. He knew he had seen this girl before in his mum's old photo album, but he was always told she was dead.
"Uh, Dudley," he nodded, "is your mum or dad home?"
"Yeah, both of them," Dudley said as he stepped away from the door and let Hermione and Severus into the house. He then led them into the kitchen where Petunia and Vernon were sitting at the breakfast table.
Petunia dropped her fork and Vernon gasped in surprise. "Lily?" Petunia asked, getting up from the table.
"Um, no. I think it would be best for us to talk about this," Hermione said, not sure how to bring up the fact that Vernon and Petunia had just picked up a niece.
Severus just stood in the background trying not to be seen when Petunia ruined his efforts. "Severus? What ever are you doing here? I haven't seen you in ages!"
"I am here to accompany her," he said, pointing to Hermione, "it's her you need to pay attention to. I think we will be talking more after this is done."
Petunia nodded and pulled a chair out for Hermione to sit in, "Have a seat dear."
Hermione sat down and looked at her aunt and uncle. "Petunia, do you remember when Harry was born?"
"Yes," Petunia nodded, "I remember it like it was yesterday. Lily was so happy, so was James. James was so proud of his son and Lily was so proud of her daugh-" Petunia cut herself off when she realized what she was saying. She looked at Hermione again and everything clicked, "Oh my God! You're Hermione, Lily's daughter!"
Hermione nodded and looked down at the table. She didn't know how Vernon and Petunia were going to take this. She was scared Vernon was going to hate her, kick her out of his house and that Petunia was going to treat her like she treated Harry.
"Hermione-" Petunia started.
"Get out," Vernon raged. His face was already turning red and he was angry. Dudley had paled and was looking scared, he was too scared to move away from Hermione. Vernon realized that Hermione was another one of those 'freaks' and he wanted her out of his house.
Hermione looked on in horror and stood and backed away from the table in fear. Severus stood behind her to comfort her and to make her feel safe. He would not let Vernon hurt her, not while he was there to protect her. Hermione's eyes watered up and she was desperately trying to stop her tears from escaping her eyes. Apparently one escaped and Petunia noticed it.
"Hermione, dear," she said, walking towards Hermione and pulled her out the front door so she could talk to her alone. "Look, I'm sorry about Vernon, he's not into the magical world, not as much as I was. Vernon and I were close to James and Lily, believe it or not, we were. Vernon could never accept that James and Lily died and Harry didn't. We didn't even remember you were there, I don't know why-"
"I had a Secret Keeper who kept me and my location away from everyone; no one knew where I was. No one remembered me. Then when the Secret Keeper died last summer, everyone remembered me but had no clue where I was or where to start looking for me," Hermione said, sadly.
"Oh, dear, I'm sorry. You and Harry look so much like James and Lily it's uncanny. We love you, you and Harry, but it's hard for Vernon, it's hard for me too. 17 years later and Vernon is still taking this hard, just as hard as I am and I lost my only sister. It's hard to see you and Harry look just like Lily and James, Harry reminded us of James and Vernon didn't accept that, he was upset.
" Please, don't owl me. I don't mean to be rude but I can't have these owls coming to the house. If you need me for anything, give me a call," Petunia scribbled their number onto a piece of paper she found and handed it to Hermione, "please tell Harry that I'm sorry and that we do love him."
Hermione nodded, "I will."
"Thank you, Hermione," Petunia said, hugging Hermione, "I think it would be best for you and Severus to be leaving now."
Hermione nodded and walked inside where she found Severus and Vernon in a heated argument. Hermione walked into the kitchen where she found Vernon and Severus staring each other down and yelling into each others faces.
"Get out of my house, you freak, and take that girl with you!" Vernon screamed.
"Dursley," Severus spat, "you should feel grateful that 'that girl' decided to even come here! You don't deserve to be able to meet her, but she wanted to. She's ten times better than you will ever be!"
"GET OUT!" Vernon roared.
"Bastard," Severus snarled as he turned around and noticed Hermione standing there with Petunia.
Severus stalked over to Hermione and then out the door. Hermione hugged Petunia quickly, told her that she would try and be in touch soon and then walked out the door to see Severus pacing in front of the house. She quietly walked over to Severus and placed her hand on his shoulder, causing him to stop pacing.
"Thank you, for defending me," Hermione said softly, she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, "you will be a good Godfather."
Severus showed Hermione one of his rare smiles and wrapped her in a hug as he apparated her back to the edge of the school grounds. Hermione looked at her watched and noticed that lunch would be starting any minute. They had spent about 3 hours at the Dursley's.
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Hermione and Severus walked into the Great Hall and four heads turned their heads to see the pair walk in. Harry was happy to see that there were no visible marks of abuse from Vernon and Petunia, and although Hermione's eyes were puffy, she didn't look like that she really had been crying.
"Ah, Hermione," Dumbledore said as she sat down next to Harry, "how did your meeting go?"
"Actually, it went quite well, sir. Can you, by chance, put a phone in our common room?" Hermione asked before she bit into a sandwich.
"A phone?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I told Petunia I would be in touch with her soon. I think, Harry, that what she told me, although she said to tell you, I think it would be better and would mean more if you heard it from her," Hermione said, looking at Harry.
Harry paled, not wanting anything to do with his abusive aunt and uncle, and nodded. He would give his aunt the chance to talk to him if she wanted to.
"Of course, dear," Dumbledore said, waving his hand and looking at Hermione, "I just put it in."
Hermione looked at him in amazement, "How can someone make a phone call to me?"
"Tell them to press '0' down for five seconds and that will bring them to Wizarding Phone Company, when they hear a woman talk, they then need to press 0-5-3-7-8 in and that will bring them to your phone line," Dumbledore said.
Hermione nodded and continued eating. Remus and Severus were having a conversation to the side and must have put up a silencing charm because nothing could be heard from them, although their lips were moving. Hermione than looked at Harry and noticed that he seemed to be a bit more distracted that normal and decided to herself that she would talk to him later about it.
Harry was sitting there wondering how all this could happen to him in a matter of two days. He got a twin sister, his best friend no less, and then found out that his aunt had something to say to him. He found out, while Hermione and Snape were gone, that Remus was his Godfather and Snape was Hermione's. He decided that he and Hermione needed to have a talk, and he had a feeling that that talk would be happening that afternoon.
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A/N: Alright, I know this isn't as long as my previous chapter, but I really needed to break everything down so I didn't confuse my self with the different things going on in the beginning. Anyway, I am going to be putting my author notes before I do my answering of my reviews. I'm doing this because I highly doubt someone will take the time to read through all of my answers and then my author notes, so I shall put it first so you don't have to go searching for it. I was so happy when I got over 15 reviews for last chapter! Thank you all so much, and please continue to review! (it makes me write faster)
Also I know Vernon and Petunia are a little out of character, but that's because I can't stand abusive people so I didn't want to make them as evil and grumpy as JK makes them out to be. So please don't yell at me for making Petunia nice to Hermione. I seriously think that Petunia would be nicer to someone who looked like her sister because it would remind her of Lily.
Now on to my comments back:
Saku: I am so happy to find that you love this story! Thank you and I hope you continue to review and let me know what you think! rebelangel566: Thank you and I can guarantee that Harry will be very protective of his sister, and George and Fred will come up in chapter 4 or 5, hopefully. queenofdiamonds1: This will be a George/Hermione story. I, like you, like George better. Hyper-Gurl1: Thank you for the cookie. Do I get another one for this chapter? fiery-redhead: Here's your quick post! dains-numberone-fan: Here is the next chapter, tell me what you think. Monica7725: Thank you for telling me you like my story. I was very scared people would hate it. Danni: Yes, there will defiantly be a 'yes, no' fight! I think they are very amusing to watch happen. Since quite a few of my friends are twins, I know what a twin argument looks like, and how funny they truly are.
Oceana Halliwell: I'm happy that this is your favorite story! Thank you for the kind review! BlackGoldSilverTiger: Well I know Vernon and Petunia are a bit out of character and so is Snape, but I like them the way I have them. No, Draco will not be helping Harry and Hermione. Harry, Hermione and the Weasley twins will be the ones to take down Voldemort. Dadswell: I am glad to know you like it, keep reviewing, please. babygirl1832z: Thank you, I'm glad you like it. Please tell me how you like this chapter. sporty12gd4u: I figured Hermione would be a mini Lily since Harry is a mini James. Hope you still love this story! Tinkbelle: I'm glad you decided to check out my stories. I guess Mya would be pronounced 'MY-A' because 'ME-A' kind of sounds a bit odd. George/Hermione all the way! I love that pairing. outlawed-little-angel: I'm glad to know you liked my idea, I was pretty scared people would hate it. Wockygal: I'm keeping the story going. I think too many people would kill me if I didn't. A lot of people seem to love this story.
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