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At five the next morning Hermione was awakening by Johann, who was gleefully banging on a pot with a wooden spoon. Up! up! it's time for charms! then apperating!

What is it with you guys and the early mornings? Hermione mumbled as she stuck an experimental foot out to see how cold the floor was.

The best time to work, I assure you.

Okay, . . . I'm not convinced, but I am up.

She threw on cords and a sweater and headed for the kitchen. Remus was there, drinking his usual 3 parts sugar to one part tea. He gave her an impish smile. Ah Johann's methods are effective I see.

Very. Where is he?

Right here.

Hermione looked up. Johann was standing in the doorway. It is now time for you and I to work on charms and for Remus to read this. He dropped a thick sheaf of parchment on the table.

Johann and Hermione went in the living room. Remus idly began to read. When he reached the fourth sheet, though, his eyebrows went up. He read it again. he shouted, Where is this from? How did you get it?

It has long been the property of the German ministry of magic. It's only a copy of a much older work. Interesting, no?

Remus coughed. Interesting? You think. How old is the original?

It is from about the year four hundred. You might like to know that the original is a family heirloom of one Severus Snape.

How do you have all this information?

Ivan, my friend, was not the only one to report his findings to Dumbledore.

You are strange. You think this is true? That it's happening?

Yes, I do.

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Meanwhile: Severus Snape moved silently to a corner of his dungeons and poured a potion into a blue vial. Slowly a block swung out from the wall and Severus grabbed the papers he wanted before it slammed back. Dumbledore had suggested he do a little reading.

He hunched over his desk in his messy little office reading until he found what Dumbledore must have been referring to: The prophecy of Inari, wherein Enelda foresaw a strange sequence of events involving the Council of the West. Thus far, the events involving Hermione, Vera, Ivan, and Remus followed the prophecy precisely. What came next was very interesting. Snape read it four times. Then he started to laugh. He laughed until he cried.

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Hermione and Remus had tramped out into the woods. It was now about two in the afternoon. Hermione, I want you to apperate back to Johann's.

What happens if I screw up?

There's a spell I can use to find you.

Good. Well, here goes.

With a pop. she was gone. Remus followed. They met back in the living room. Hermione was grinning like an idiot. Then she thought of something. She turned to Remus, There's no such spell, is there?

Nope. Now is a time to take risks. And you did it. See, your apparation license just arrived. He took it from the ministry owl and handed it too her.

Johann walked into the room. Congratulations Miss Hermione. Now, Remus and I have discussed something and there is a document we both feel you have a right, an obligation to see.

Hermione gulped. What could it possibly be or say?

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a/n: The prophecy is coming next chapter, and the next chapter is coming soon. In the meantime please review.