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"-----"-Talking

'-----'-Thinking

(-----)-Me talking

Hermione sat on the airplane to America thinking about her life so far. She realized she was going to America not only to visit her cousin, Ty Vernon, but also to escape from Voldemort. She was suddenly angry with herself for running and being a coward. Hermione huffed at herself as the plane landed.

Hermione had just gotten off her plain and was thinking of her cousin. Said cousin was a very rebellious American witch. Hermione was looking around for Ty, when a woman suddenly tackled her to the ground about her age with long sleek raven hair that probably dragged on the ground if let out of its confines. The woman's hair was wrapped in a ribbon starting in the middle of her back and stopped at her lower back, a fluff of hair was seen only to have another wrap start at about right below her arse and stop at mid thigh, this was fallowed by a fluff of hair that formed a sort of tear drop.

"MAYA!" cried the woman. Only then did Hermione realize it was Ty.

"Bloody hell Ty! You scared me!" Mione cried as they sat up. Ty grinned showing all of her pearly whites. Hermione took this time to really get a good look at her, for they hadn't seen each other since they were but 5 years old. From what Hermione heard from her more snooty relatives she was the real rebel of the family. Ty had slightly darker skin than her, large stormy ocean blue eyes, full pink lips, long shapely legs, trim waist, lean and she had nice curves. She also had three piercing in the bottom of each ear, her nose pierced, the cartilage of her right ear was pierced, and her navel was pierced as well. ' Yes, definitely the rebel...' she thought. Ty stood and helped Hermione up.

"Hope I scared you shitless, Maya. That was my aim." Ty laughed when Hermione nodded her head. "Come on, let's head to my apartment." Ty grabbed one of Hermione's bags and they walked to her new gold Bmw. Ty had moved out of her parents' home after a little incident with their great aunt Martha. Hermione watched all the houses and office building pass by. When they finally got to the apartment building they were met by a group of Ty's friends. One had waist length black hair with Weasley red streaks, bright emerald green eyes, dark brownish-bronze skin, long legs, she was lean but muscular. Her hair was down to her knees but was tied in a dark green ribbon at her upper thighs.

"Sup, Ty?" called the girl as she attempted to keep the boy beside her from a bag of M&M's.

"Nothing, just bringing my cousin to stay for the summer. And why is Jace trying to get your M&M's this time?" Ty said while taking some of Hermione's bag out from within the trunk. The girl grinned and slapped the boy, Jace, in the back of the head.

"Ow! Come on, Cari! You ate all my skittles! You could at least give me a handful!" cried Jace in his deep voice. Cari just giggled a bit and ran to Ty's apartment.

"Don' worry, Maya! You'll meet all ma friends soon. We're havin' a slamin' party to night!" Ty said with a huge grin. Hermione nodded and followed Ty to the apartment.

The apartment was huge! It was more like a penthouse then an apartment. It had three bedrooms, a master bedroom, a master bath, 1 half bath, another bathroom, a large kitchen, a living room, and a second living room that Ty called the 'party room'. Hermione had walked into her room and gasped softly. It was decorated in all shades of blue, her favorite color, and had dark cherry wooden furniture. There was a four-poster canopy bed in the corner with a deep navy blue comforter, silk baby blue sheets, and a cluster of pillows in both shades of blue. There was a medium sized window by the bed with sheer light-almost white- blue curtains; it had rays of golden sunshine streaming through it. The walls were pale blue with a silver blue border on the top near the ceiling. Next to the bed was a dark cheery wooden nightstand with a small lamp on it and a single white rose. 'Ever the dramatic one, I see...' Hermione thought as she continued to look around. There was a walk in wardrobe on the other side of the room by a door, a large desk by the door she was standing in, and a corner filled with all sorts of pillows thrown on the ground to make a nice soft place to relax and read a book. All in all, it was the perfect room for Hermione. She turned and saw her cousin grinning at her with an amused twinkle in her eyes.

"Well?" she asked knowing full well what the answer would be.

"Perfect!" breathed Mione as she hugged her cousin. Ty laughed and pulled back then gave her a once over. Shaking her head she laughed.

"What?" asked Hermione as she glared playfully at Ty.

"You need a new look, and from what I hear from Auntie, you deserve one!" Ty said grabbing her hand and dragging her back to the BMW. Hermione got a bit worried when they first started but after getting her haircut, and a whole new wardrobe, she decided to get some piercings of her own. Plus, she always secretly wanted a tattoo. Ty smiled and took her to a piercing parlor, where Hermione got three holes in the bottom of one ear, two in the other, a piecing in both her cartilage, one in her navel, and another in her eyebrow. Finally they arrived at a tattoo parlor and got matching tattoos on their left hips and Hermione got another on her lower back while Ty got one on her right shoulder blade. Their matching tattoos were lions and Hermione's other tattoo was the name of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. Ty's other tattoo was of a crimson heart with a black dragon wound around it while a flame surrounded both; the dragon's eyes were bright silver blue. They laughed on the way home when Hermione began telling Ty about the Weasley twins.

"Ok, Maya, you need to change so that you're ready for the party. I'm going to take a shower and change, then I'll help you with your make-up!" Ty smiled mischievously and sprinted to the bathroom. Hermione laughed and walked into her room.

45 minutes later

"Come on, Maya! You need to pick something out!" cried the thoroughly annoyed Ty. Hermione giggled and picked out a short, red pleated skirt (like a sailor skirt), a black belly-tank top that had a gold phoenix on the front, and some knee-high lace-up boots. Hermione sat down at the vanity and let Ty go to work. When she opened her eyes she barely recognized herself. Her hair was tied in a half ponytail, the hair in the ponytail was in bouncy curls and the hair on her shoulders was in gentle waves down her shoulder blades. Her eyes were lined with black eyeliner with smoky gray on the rest of her lids, a slit dusting of cream-colored blush, and her plump red lips now looked very kissable. Smiling, Hermione turned to see Ty was putting on her make-up, so she took in her out-fit. Ty was wearing the same type of skirt Hermione was but hers was black and had silver belts crossing from her right hip to her left mid-thigh, she had on a off-the shoulder royal blue belly shirt, a silver bar with blue diamond navel ring in, fingerless gloves that stop just before her elbows and were folded there with a button to hold the fold in place, her hair was in its earlier style and she had on a silver chocker. You could she both her tattoos and Hermione noticed she had another on her lower back. It was the Latin words for 'Magic Goddess'. Hermione smiled to herself about that, her cousin was always over-confidant. When Ty finished her make-up Hermione admired her skill. She had on dark blue eye shadow at first till it fade further up her eye lid to a soft light blue, dusting of pale pink on her cheeks, and a bit of pink lip-gloss that made her lips look fuller. Ty smiled and turned to Hermione.

"Let me get my boots and we can go order some pizza for the party. People should be here soon." She said as she grinned and walked out of the room. Hermione ordered the pizza and Ty walked back in with lace-up boots that came to the middle of her shins. The doorbell rang and Ty chuckled with that mischievous grin back in place.

"Let the games begin!" she cried as she sprinted for the door. Hermione laughed at her and walked to welcome the guests.

3 days before the start of school

Hermione was standing in front of her airplane gate wishing the summer wasn't over yet. She loved it here, in America. Everything was so much fun here. She didn't have to worry about school, Voldemort, homework, Voldemort, deatheaters, and did I mention Voldemort? She sighed and turned to give her new friends a hug. When she turned around it she was surprised to see them all staring at Jace, who was crying his eyes out.

"Do you really have to leave, Maya?" he cried as he clutched onto her. Hermione shifted her eyes around a bit then hugged him.

"It's ok. And yes I do need to leave. I have school. I'll miss all of you though..." Hermione sniffled as she hugged everyone.

"Don' worry, cuz, you'll see us sooner than you think!" Ty yelled at Hermione as she boarded the plane. Too bad she didn't hear the statement.

The train ride to Hogwarts

Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny were all sitting in a compartment when the heard a two female voices talking about how they might have to separate soon. They then opened the door and to everyone's surprise Hermione stood and pointed at them.

"TY ALEXIS NICOLE VERNON! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she shouted as Ty laughed nerviously. Ron was drooling slightly, Harry was staring at Ty and Ginny was admiring their choice in clothes.

"Well, Maya, I told you we'd see each other sooner than you thought. Besides, Ma' decided it was time to come back to 'the homeland'. If you ask me, she jus' wanted me outta the states, cause I was really beginning to rebel on too many things." Ty shrugged and looked around.

"Enough room for two more?" asked the girl beside her. The girl's hair was in a high ponytail while Ty's was in its usual style. After everyone was seated and introduced, not too mention eating their own weight in candy after Harry bought the entire cart, Ron finally asked about Hermione's new appearance and the nickname.

"Oh, come on, Maya! Didn't even tell your closest friends about lil' ol' me? I'm hurt!" Ty said in a fake sad/hurt voice. Cari laughed and clutched her sides.

"Ty, you're lucky I told my mum about!" she cried through her laughing fit. Ty chuckled and threw a chocolate frog at her. Hermione smiled fondly at them.

"Well, my rebellious cousin," Ty grinned at this only to have Cari pounce on her and try to steal the M&M's Ty smuggled on board, "forced me to loosen up." When she finished she easily took the M&M's from both Ty and Cari, grinned and began to eat them.

"Drat! Foiled again!" Cari said dramatically. Ty laughed at snatched the bag back, and handed everyone some. Only then did she relieve there was none for her. Pouting, she threw the bag at the door. When the bag was thrown back she turned and glared at the blonde in the doorway while Cari drooled. Hermione, Ron, and Harry all said in unison (freaking the hell out of Ty),

"What do you want, Malfoy?" Ty was surprised at all the venom in the question, it was almost enough to intimidate her, and it all came from Hermione. The rest seemed surprised also but Cari didn't notice, she was still drooling. (She more or likely had a puddle around her by now.)

"Just thought I'd see where all that noise was coming from, guess I found it. More mudbloods for the gryffindorks I see." Draco said with a sneer. Well, you know what they say, don't play with fire cause you'll just get burned. And Ty was definitely fire at this point.

"HOW DARE YOU! YOU INSOLENATE BRAT! I SHOULD HEX YOU TO THE DEEPEST PIT OF HELL! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE'RE MUDBLOODS? HMM! YOU THINK YOU'RE SO GREAT! WELL, GUESS WHAT, YOU PRAT! I'M THE PUREBLOOD YOU WISH YOU COULD BE! MY FAMILY BLOOD LINE IS THE PUREST THERE IS! AND THE NEST TIME I HEAR YOU UTTER THAT FOUL WORD WHILE REFERING TO ME, MY FRIENDS, OF MY COUSIN I WILL MAKE YOU WISH YOU NEVER CRUSED TY ALEXIS NICOLE VERNON!" Ty screamed right in Draco's face. Her face was slightly red and her fists were clenched so tight that her knuckles were white and a small trickle of blood was dripping from between her fingers. Hermione stared at her. But one thought was on everyone but Cari's minds.

'Pureblood? But everyone knows Hermione/I is/am a muggleborn. How could she be a pureblood?'

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