UNEXPECTED SURPRISES

Summary: It's the summer before the trio's sixth year at Hogwarts, and Hermione receives some unexpected news. How will Harry and Ron react when they learn what it is, and how will they deal with what their best friend has become?

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

CHAPTER 2

MEETING THE PARKINSONS

I was floored by what they had told me. Not only was I adopted, and they didn't see the point in telling me, I was a member of one of the oldest pureblooded families and had a glamour cast on me to conceal my identity! I was so angry with them. "You know," I said quietly, "you could have told me this when I started at Hogwarts. I would have loved to know that then and not have had to endure as much torment and ridicule for being Muggleborn!" I turned and left the room, slamming the door as I went.

There's probably something that I should have noticed before this, something that should have piqued my curiousity. My curiousity, as you know, is legendary. I spend half of my time at school in the library, trying to satisfy it. However, I'm getting off track. Whenever I get angry, and I mean really angry, my eyes change color. They go from honey brown to emerald green to dark blue to red to black. In that order. Harry and Ron have commented on it and called it "creepy" and "bloody awesome" but I just blew it off as them trying to make me smile. Today, when I went up to my room to calm down, I witnessed it for myself. It was extremely scary.


I was in a large room playing with a young girl with jet black hair and bright blue eyes. We had been playing house and she got mad because I wanted her to be the baby. Mummy always called her the baby and told me I was the big sister so I just assumed she should be the baby. We started fighting and then our friend Drake interfered. He was very calm and very pretty with his silver blond hair pulled back in a ponytail. His silver gray eyes flashed in anger.


I woke up sweating and gasping. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what all that was about. Then I began thinking, if someone had tried to ensure my safety, wouldn't the best thing to do be to put a Memory Charm on me to make me believe that this world was the only one I had ever known? Is it possible that was a memory and not just something my overwhelmed mind created in rebellion to what I had been told that night? A quick look out the window told me it was either very late or very early, as the stars were out and a full moon had already risen.

I got up and started walking downstairs only to overhear another conversation. This one wasn't between just Michael and Athena, though. There was a few other people involved.

"We want our daughter back! You raised her and you've finally told her the truth. We agreed that once Maria knew the truth, she would come live with us!" a woman yelled.

"Mrs. Parkinson, please calm down. The fact is, we only just told her a few hours ago. She was in shock and very angry. She needs to calm down and accept the truth, have the glamours and the Memory Charm removed. Only then will she be accepting of what we have told her and then I think she will accept it. She may insist upon still being called Hermione, though. That is the only name she's ever known, and I don't think she is going to--Hermione, quit listening behind the door and come in here," Athena snapped.

I opened the door and slammed it shut, surprising everyone there. I stood there, shaking with anger. "You want to take me away from the only home I've ever known?" I spat at Mrs. Parkinson. She went pale and opened her mouth, but I began speaking again. "No. I will say what I have to say, and you're going to listen and be quiet, or I'll curse you," I growled. "The fact of the matter is, this is my home. You may be my mother biologically, but you aren't my mother. A mother is someone who raises you and accepts you for who you are. You didn't do that. Athena did. She lied to me, though. She never told me I was adopted. That I would have liked to know. However, she did raise me. She did care for me. She was there for me and helped me through the worst parts of my life. I don't ever want to leave her. She is my mother to me." I was angry when I began talking, but when I said I didn't want to leave her, I broke down in tears. How could they so calmly talk about giving me away? I wasn't a possession, I was a person! Why would they ever consider talking about me like that?

I was still upset, but I had an even more important question to ask them. "Why am I going to reverse the Killing Curse?" I sobbed. "I've had to see so many die, and it's not going to do any good to reverse it! It won't bring back Sirius or Lily or James or anyone who's died! All I can do is to fix it so that it can bring back someone who was recently hit! And when am I supposed to discover this cure?"

They both sighed and looked at each other. Mrs. Parkinson began to speak. "Maria, honey, the fact of the matter is you won't find the cure for years, not until after the war is over. The Seer even prophesized the result of the next war. Harry won't survive it." I gasped. How could one of my best friends who had overcome everything not survive? I would be in a state of hell, becoming a servant of Voldemort's! "You and a current enemy of yours will be put in charge of the Dark Lord's research, and you will fall in love. The cure for this curse can only come once you two solve your differences and accept that you are fated. If you can do this before you leave this year, then you will reverse the prophesy and Harry will survive. It's the only way, love."

I was floored. So I was fated to decide the outcome of the Second War? Myself and another person? Who was this person anyway? So, you know, I had to be an idiot and ask that question. "Who am I supposed to fall in love with, anyway?"

Athena sighed. "You're not going to like this, Mia," she warned. "The person you are fated to fall in love with is Draco Malfoy."


And Chapter 2 is finished! Sorry about the long wait for the update, but it should get better now. I had a problem with my file constantly being accessed by others and being altered, so I've had to re-write this chapter a few times. I finally just moved the files over to my laptop, but I don't have internet on that yet, so hopefully once I get it hooked up I'll be able to update faster!

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