A New Beginning
A/N: Sorry for the almost four months delay...I've had the chapter written on paper for a while, but I just haven't had time to type it up, plus I just didn't feel like typing it up...lol. Stupid me...I hope I will be forgiven...lol. Thanks to:
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--Chapter 8--Realizations
---Hermia, 1997---
"So Maddy, where are you from?" asked Harry.
"London," Hermia said, sitting down in the armchair across from Harry (and Ginny) and in between Hermione and Ron.
"Cool...do you like Quidditch?"
"Absolutely, I grew up playing Quidditch with my dad in our back-yard, then with one of my sisters when she was old enough. My dad would have my brother on a broomstick flying around if he wasn't and one, and if Her- my Mum let him because she thinks it's way too dangerous for him. But don't ask if I'm good, because I'm not. I suck at al positions, which upsets my dad."
"Hey, the part of wanting all the kids playing Quidditch sounds like something Harry would do to his kids, if he has any," Hermione said.
"Yeah, if I have any, I don't plan on getting married or having a family any time soon after we graduate," Harry said.
Hermia laughed, which she turned into a cough; her father not wanting to have a family or wife? He was on his second marriage, and had four kids by his ripe old age of thirty-six! Harry looked at Hermia before continuing.
"Why does you not being good at Quidditch upset your father?" he asked.
"He's like the best Seeker I know, or that my family and their friends know," Hermia replied.
"That sounds like Harry...are you sure he's not your father?" asked Ginny, laughing.
Hermia laughed nervously. "I'm sure, my dad is Gary Smith, so unless Harry has two names, is actually thirty-six and is married to a Germaine Smith, then he's not my father."
"Good point," Ginny said. "So how many siblings do you have?"
"I'm the oldest of four - I have two sisters and one brother...but enough about me, what about you guys?"
---Harry and Hermione----
"Hermione, I just got a letter from Kasandra," Harry said after he untied it from the owl's leg.
"What does it say?" Hermione asked, sitting down with Harley in her arms.Jane was busy in the living room working on her homework.
"'Dear Mum and Daddy,
"'I'm sure you're aware that Hermia is "missing". Well I got Hannah to get the map from Hermia's trunk so I could see if she was there. She wasn't anywhere on the map. But I haven't told Professor McGonagall, of course, so there's still a minor search going on. I'm worried though, nobody's heard from her since Friday night. I don't want to alarm you though.
"'Love Kasandra'," Harry read out.
"Oh no, this isn't good," Hermione whispered.
"What is it Hermione? What do you know sweetie?"
"Hermia must have grabbed my quill thinking it was hers before she left for school."
"So, what does that have to do with anything?"
"Harry, please, let me talk, don't interrupt me," Hermione said as Harry nodded. "Well that quill was a Time Tuner that would take you to the past, obviously, but I don't know how far back it would go considering it doesn't have the regular makings of a Time Turner. I'm assuming it took her to an important time in the Gryffindor tower."
"What would an important part in time be at Hogwarts?" asked Harry, starting to pace.
"I don't know there's too many. I think I'll have to go to Hogwarts myself, but it will take me a week to make two of these Turners - one to go back in time, and the other to bring us back - though I don't know yet I'll make it go forward in time, we don't want to have relive those years," Hermione stated, going into deep thoughts.
--Kasandra--
"You know what I hate about the first few weeks of school?" asked Kasandra to her friends.
"What's that?" replied Nick.
"There's never anything to do or to talk about," Kasandra.
"How would you know? This is your first year here," Emma retorted.
"Well what are we doing right now?"
"Nothing really."
"What are we talking about?"
"Nothing important or exciting."
"That's the answer to your question then, Emma," Kasandra said, getting up from the floor and wandering away from the group.
--Draco and Ginny--
Draco wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist as he kissed her neck from behind. "You smell good," he said, spinning her around so she faced him. "The kids are gone for the day, what do you want to do?"
Ginny kissed Draco, not answering him. She stepped away, a suggestive smirk plastered on her face.
"So...what do you wish to do?" he asked, walking closer to his wife in a seductive manner.
"I think you know what I want to do," Ginny said, leading him out of the living room to the stairs.
"Why don't you tell me?"
"OK...I want us to look through all our old pictures and sort them!" she exclaimed, taking him into the attic of their house.
Draco groaned, that was not what he was thinking of, not at all.
"What's the matter Draco?" asked Ginny.
"I thought you meant something else," he replied.
Ginny laughed. "I do, I just wanted to see your reaction," she said before taking his hand and taking him back downstairs to their room.
--Hermia, 1997--
"Hey Ginny, what do we have first?" asked Hermia at breakfast in the Great Hall.
"Um, I think Potions," Ginny said, "With the Hufflepuffs."
"OK," Hermia said, buttering some toast.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron came into the Great Hall and sat by Ginny; well, Harry at least. He threw and arm around Ginny's shoulders and kissed her cheek.
"Morning ladies," Harry said.
"Morning," Ginny and Hermia replied at the same time.
Silence fell over the group as they ate. Finally Hermione spoke up.
"So Maddy, do you have a boyfriend?" asked Hermione.
"I do, but we're long distance. More distant than any couple could be," Hermia replied, referring to Eric.
"So you don't see each other that often?" asked Harry.
"Umm...I - "started Hermia.
"Harry, you're making her uncomfortable, look, she's fidgeting," Ginny said.
"Oh no, it's alright, I'm fine..." Hermia said, looking back and forth between Harry and Ron who had lust in their eyes, which freaked her out. She mentally shuddered because it seemed like her father wanted her.
--Harry and Hermione--
"I'm so glad I wrote down what I did to create that Time Turner," Hermione said, looking over her notes that were stacked neatly on her desk.
"Do you know why it went off when Hermia touched it? I mean, she must have touched it before to take the quill to Hogwarts," Harry commented.
"Hmm...I don't know, it must have gone hay-wire on her...or somehow I set it," Hermione replied.
"What about the possibility of it wanting her to go back to a certain time?" asked Harry, peering over Hermione's shoulder.
Hermione looked up at Harry and shook her head, laughing slightly. "Honestly Harry, do you think that thing really has a mind of it's own? It's only a quill."
"Yeah, you're right sweetie. But I'm just trying to keep the possibilities open because, well, if you haven't heard, my daughter is missing somewhere in the pit of time."
"Calm down Harry, we'll get her back, don't worry. Do you honestly believe I'd leave her there, wherever she is? She's like my own daughter, she is my daughter in every sense of the term, except for the bit about giving birth to her," Hermione said, going back to her notes.
--Kasandra--
"Have you seen Kyle?" asked Kasandra, looking around the common room.
"No…why don't you know Kasandra? You're like his best friend," Emma replied rudely, who was the only one near Kasandra.
"Yeah, so what? I don't cling on to him like you do with Nick."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me just fine Emma. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go find one of my friends," Kasandra said, leaving the Ravenclaw common room.
Kasandra walked down the corridor and ran into Nick, literally. She stuck a strand of hair behind her ears.
"Hey Nick," she said.
"Hey Kassie, whatcha doing?" replied Nick.
"Nothing, I'm just looking for Kyle. Have you seen him?"
"Nope, sorry. I was just on my way to the lake; do you want to come along?"
"Yeah sure, I'll talk to Kyle later. In fact, I forgot why I wanted to see him," Kasandra said before turning and walking in stride with Nick to the lake.
They walked in silence, just enjoying the other's presence. Kasandra really wanted to tell Nick how horrible Emma was to her, but she couldn't bring herself to do so. She didn't want to make Nick mad at her if he didn't believe her. Stopping at the lake, Nick bent down and picked up a rock. He skipped it, causing the rock to make ripples across the top of the lake.
"I noticed how you were talking to Emma earlier, you didn't have to act that way," Nick said.
"What do you mean?" asked Kasandra, confused.
"When you were saying how you hated the beginning of school and what not."
"What?"
"You were acting like a snobby little brat around her, what has she done to you?"
"I don't act any way around her; it's her who acts snobbish around me!"
"Yeah, sure, whatever Kasandra," Nick said, turning away from Kasandra.
Kasandra's jaw dropped in shock. Nick was mad at her, he rarely called her Kasandra, it was always Kassie since they were little. But she couldn't believe the nerve of that boy! Him accusing her of something as stupid as that! It was absolutely ridiculous that Nick didn't believe her, except...he might like Emma, that's why he was acting that way.
--Draco and Ginny--
Ginny put a photo of her family in a frame and onto the wall before turning to Meadow just got home from the Weasleys. "Yes sweetheart?"
"Can I go out and play with May?" asked Meadow, referring to her friend.
"You just got home! But alright, you have to be home for dinner though," Ginny replied.
"Thanks Mum, see you later," Meadow said before leaving the room.
Draco walked in the room to see Ginny staring at a family picture of her, her brothers, and her parents that had been taken the night that they found out that Ron had been cheating on Hermione. He looked down at the picture as he wrapped his arms around Ginny. She turned her head to stare at him while giving him a smile.
"Remember the good times we had before everything happened?" asked Ginny.
"No, because everything went downhill for your family after I graduated and I hadn't been part of your life romantically yet," replied Draco.
"Oh yeah, that's because Harry disappeared right after you guys graduated, that really put a damper on all of our moods...we all loved Harry like he was family...he was family and is family."
"You know what I think sucks?"
"No, what's that?"
"My best mate got my wife to bed before I did!" laughed Draco, earning a smack on his arm from Ginny.
--Hermia, 1997--
They were halfway through taking notes off the board when Snape finally noticed Hermia sitting in the corner, alone like Dumbledore suggested. He sauntered on over to her.
"Ms. Smith, I can't believe you had the audacity to step into my classroom after our chat yesterday," Snape sneered.
"I need the notes, you know the story, Professor Dumbledore told you," replied Hermia, looking up at Snape. "Besides, I'm not disturbing you or the class."
Snape scowled before heading over to a Hufflepuff to breath down their necks instead.
"You stood up to Snape, wow," Ginny whispered, turning around to look at Hermia who shrugged.
"It was no big deal, he can't do anything to me, I'm not a student," laughed Hermia, hoping what she did wouldn't end up biting her ass back in her time.
"Good point," Ginny whispered back before turning back to her paper so Snape couldn't snap at her.
!#$&()
"And then she talked back to him!" Ginny concluded at lunch when she was telling Harry, Hermione, and Ron what had happened in Potions."
"He let her?" asked Harry. "I mean, I've tried, but he gives me hell."
"Of course he did, I'm not a student and I wasn't doing anything," answered Hermia.
"But what got him so peeved at you in the first place? I mean, he hates all Gryffindors, but you're not really one," Ron started.
"I had a run-in with him yesterday before Professor Dumbledore introduced me to the school," Hermia interrupted.
"When exactly did you show up here?" asked Hermione.
"Umm...two nights ago," Hermia said. "Yesterday I just hung around the castle, you know, looked around." She couldn't look Hermione in the eye because of what she read in Hermione's diary and she felt bad for it.
--Harry and Hermione--
Throwing her quill down in frustration, Hermione leaned back in her chair at her desk. Harry stuck his head into the room.
"How's it working out," he asked, going to his wife's side.
"Not to good," Hermione replied, receiving a kiss on the cheek from Harry.
"You'll figure it out, you always do," Harry said, grinning.
Hermione smiled and rolled her eyes. "I still don't know why this has happened. It shouldn't have!"
"Hmm…you'll solve this mystery, I know you will."
"Well thanks for your support Watson."
"You have my faith Sherlock."
Janecame into the office at that moment and looked at her parents oddly. "Since when have you two been into old Muggle literature?"
Hermione stared at her daughter and held in her laughter. "Umm...I'm a Muggleborn sweetie; I grew up with stuff like that."
"So did I at school," Harry laughed.
"I know that, but all you read is magical stuff, so yeah, whatever,"Jane said before leaving.
Once she was gone, Hermione started to laugh with Harry.
--Kasandra--
Where were you at?" asked Kasandra when Kyle came sauntering into the common room.
"Umm...places with people," Kyle replied.
Kasandra lifted her brow in wondering.
"I went to talk with my older brother," said Kyle.
"Oh, I see. I was looking for you earlier to see what you wanted to do," Kasandra said. "Instead, I had to talk to Emma, and then take a walk with Nick to the lake."
"What's so bad about Nick? I thought you two were best friends."
"I thought we were too, but he takes her side over mine, so maybe we aren't anymore."
Kyle looked at how depressed Kasandra was, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She smiled sadly at him.
"Oh well, whatever, it doesn't bother me...it doesn't now, at least, it might later though," she said, sighing. "So what shall we do?"
"I don't know. What I do know though is that this Sunday blows," Kyle replied.
"Yeah, you got that right. At least we have classes tomorrow at this time."
"Don't remind me...being bored I can handle, but having to learn? Ahh! Its absolute madness I say!"
Kasandra laughed at Kyle's stupidity.
"Hey, do you want to play Wizard's Chess? My dad taught me how to play a long time ago, he even gave me his old set," Kyle said.
"OK, my dad also taught me how to play, he gave me his old pieces as well," Kasandra said as they both headed to their dorms to get their pieces.
--Draco and Ginny--
"I'm going to see what Harry's up to," Draco told Ginny.
"OK, I'm sure him and Hermione are just lounging around like every Sunday afternoon," laughed Ginny.
"Yeah, probably," Draco nodded. "Bye, I'm going to Floo there."
"Bye honey," she replied as Draco shouter, "Potter Residence!"
Draco landed in the Potter's living room and he brushed off some of the ash from himself. "Harry, Hermione, either of you home?"
Harry walked into the living room with Harley and smiled sheepishly at Draco. "Hey mate, how's it going?"
"Fine, wondering what the family was up to."
"Hermione's trying to see how she programmed a quill to transport Hermia back in time, Jane's doing homework, and I'm watching Harley."
"Sounds like fun...wait, what happened to Hermia?"
"She accidentally took Hermione's quill to Hogwarts and somehow it transported her back in time," Harry said. "Hermione's been working on that for quite some time now apparently."
"Does she know how to get Hermia back?" asked Draco.
"She's working on it, she still has her notes from before, or so she claims."
"Well I hope everything turns out alright. I was going to see if you wanted to do anything, but I can tell you're busy, so I'm going to go back home. See you later," Draco said.
"See you," Harry replied before Draco Disapparated.
When Draco was in his own house again, he told Ginny what had happened to Hermia.
"Oh my, I hope she's alright. I wonder if she ended up somewhere in our time at Hogwarts," Ginny mused.
!#$&()
--Hermia--
Sighing, Hermia sat at the Gryffindor table for dinner.
"Hey, what's wrong Maddy?" asked Ginny, noticing that something was up with her new friend.
"Colin made a pass at me in the common room before I came here," replied Hermia.
"Did he use his 'you look like a model so let's put it the test. I'll take pictures of you posing in bed' line?"
Yeah, it was something like that," laughed Hermia.
"Go figures, that's the only pick-up line that boy has," Ginny said, rolling her eyes.
"Has it ever worked?"
"Not to my knowledge...It hasn't worked, has it Harry?"
Harry looked at them; he really didn't want to be included in their conversation about Colin's sex life. "Umm...I think it worked on Luna, 'cept it wasn't in bed, it was under a tree."
"Really; Luna's never told me this," Ginny replied.
"Oh yeah, it happened, I witnessed it. I couldn't look at them for quite a while."
"You poor thing!" cooed Ginny, kissing Harry.
Hermia rolled her eyes and looked away from the couple wanting to gag. It was bad enough to see her parents or Ginny and Draco doing that...but her dad and Ginny? That was disturbing. It would be like seeing Hermione and Draco doing that, but then again, that wouldn't be as bad as Harry and Ginny because they weren't related by blood, well, at least not by Hermione's blood.
--Harry and Hermione--
"Are you done for the night?" asked Harry when Hermione came into the dining room for dinner.
"For now, when we're finished eating, I'll probably go back and work on it some more," Hermione replied, sitting down.
"What are you working on Mum?" asked Jane, looking at Hermione.
"Something happened to Hermia and I'm trying to help her," Hermione replied.
"What happened to her?"
"Somehow she got placed back in time. Or so we think," answered Harry.
Janelooked at her parents, confused or shocked, it was a mix between the two.
"She took one of my quills and it was Time Turner," Hermione said. "And I don't know exactly how it worked.
"But you are going to get Hermia back, right?" asked Jane.
"Of course we will sweetheart; we can't leave her wherever she is."
"OK good,"Jane said before turning to Harry. "Daddy, when is your next game? I want to go badly."
Harry smiled; he always loved it how his daughters got so enthusiastic about Quidditch. He only hoped Harley would be the same. "Next month, and don't you worry Angel, you'll be going."
Janegrinned and ate some of her food. Hermione looked at Harry and smiled.
--Kasandra--
"You win again," Kyle said when Kasandra check-mated him.
"You know it, I'm one of the best," Kasandra replied.
"I can't believe it though. My dad's the best and he taught me."
"Well you don't always take after a parent. Like their talents or whatever. I sure don't. Quidditch maybe from my dad, but that's it."
"Too true, I don't have any of my parents' talents," Kyle said, rolling his eyes.
"Anyways, I'm hungry, lets go to dinner," Kasandra said as her and Kyle's chess pieces fixed themselves and they both grabbed them.
"Alright, now that you mention dinner, I'm hungry," Kyle replied as they left the common room.
They slowly made their way into the Great Hall, barely talking. As soon as they took a seat at the Ravenclaw table, Nick and Emma shifted down more, ignoring Kasandra and Kyle.
"Great Merlin, look at how they're acting!" hissed Kasandra to Kyle as she grabbed some food.
"Just ignore them like they're doing to us. Soon they'll just forget why they're ignoring us and talk with us again," Kyle said.
Kasandra looked at Kyle, quite confused.
"My mum told me that when my brother ignored me for a day after I broke his broom," Kyle blushed.
--Draco and Ginny--
"Mother just Flooed in, she wants the family over for dinner," Draco announced, walking into his kitchen.
"Again? I think that old woman is getting lonely, always inviting us over," Ginny muttered, putting back the apron she had just grabbed.
"Well it has been years since Father was put in Azkaban," Draco replied, hearing what Ginny remarked.
"If we're going, you better go heard up your children while I change my blouse, Summer threw some of her food at me when she got home earlier, and I haven't gotten around to changing it.
"OK honey, I'll go gather up our children for Mother's."
Draco left the kitchen and Ginny shook her head. She of course felt not grudges against the old Mrs. Malfoy anymore, but she didn't like spending so much time with her in-law. There was just something about her that Ginny couldn't figure out, nor did she want to.
Ginny shook herself from those feelings and headed to her room to change.
A/N: I know Colin's "pick-up" line was cheesy, but it was the best I could come up with…lol.
I decided to update this before the four month anniversary of NOT updating...lol. So sorry for the long wait! I apologize and I'll try to get the next one up soonER than before.
Oh yeah...for the next few chapters, I think I'll just stick to writing about Hermia, Harry and Hermione. Tell me your thoughts on that! Thanks!
