a/n Thank you to all of my reviewers! Here is the next chap.
"So are you really my uncle?" Hermione asked before she could stop herself.
Dumbledore smiled at her. "Yes I am your uncle. Your mother Ellen was my sister. When she died she told me to take you. She didn't want to leave you with your father. Ellen was a seer, she had seen what Tom was to become and didn't want you part of that. So I took you and not wanting Tom to realize who you are, I put you in a muggle orphanage." Hermione just stared at him allowing everything to be absorbed.
"Why didn't you tell me any of this when I came to school?" She asked.
"I foolishly tricked myself into believing that you were too young. Then that you wouldn't want to know. After that I just tried to forget about it, can you forgive me?" Hermione didn't answer right away and there was a knock on the door.
"Professor, something has come up that needs your immediate attention." Professor McGonagall stuck her head into the room.
"One moment," he turned back to Hermione. "I have to tell you, you can no longer keep your last name Granger. But I offer you my last name since you are related to me. You can choose between Riddle and Dumbledore." With that he strode out of the room leaving Hermione to her thoughts.
When Hermione got back to the common room she was greeted by an angry Malfoy sitting on the couch. She stiffened and had the feeling that he was not in a good mood. His arms were crossed and he was staring angrily into the fire waiting for something.
"Where were you?" He bellowed at her. Draco had gotten up to go to the bathroom, only to find her door open and no Hermione.
"I was talking to my uncle," she answered eyes glinting dangerously.
"Yeah, well I have to keep an eye on you. So tell me when you're going somewhere ok?" He grabbed her arm and pushed her up the stairs and into her room. He could not explain the panic he felt when he realized that she wasn't there. He had no choice but to wait for her. This was never going to happen again.
The next morning dawned bright and early leaving Hermione in a good mood. She smiled to herself before remembering what had happened the day before. She was going to have to tell Harry and Ron, but she was so scared. They would hate her if they found out who she was. Taking a deep breath she took out some parchment and wrote down two notes, one to Harry and Ron asking them to meet her after lunch. The other to her uncle telling him that she was happy to accept his last name.
Quickly Hermione got up and left the common room, deliberately not telling Malfoy where she was going. Or even that she was leaving, she would not report to him like he was her nanny. There was no way in hell that she was going to be any where near Malfoy. She quickly went up to find an owl.
Draco woke up with the sun in his eyes. The first thing on his mind was to go make sure Hermione was keeping out of trouble. He went to her room and knocked on the door. No one answered. Quietly he opened the door to find Hermione gone. Scowling, he quickly got dressed and rushed into the Great Hall. Not finding her he turned around to leave, just in time to see her settle into the Gryffindor table. Giving her the eye he went over to his own table. She smiled broadly at him and went on eating.
Lunch came by too quickly and Hermione waited anxiously for her two best friends to finish eating. When they finished all three of them left to take a walk by the lake. Little did Hermione know that Draco was lurking just in the shadows.
"What is this about Hermione?" Harry asked once they were a bit away from the castle.
"Yeah, what is going on?" Asked Ron. Hermione looked into both of her friends eyes and took a deep breath. She had rehearsed this in her head so many times, but now all thoughts seemed to flee from her. She might as well tell them the better news first.
"Well you see I found out something, Harry, Ron I was adopted. My real parents were both wizards." They stood there stunned.
"Wow, that's great Hermione!" Harry said and hugged her.
"Yeah Hermione that is great," Ron said and hugged her too.
"Yeah, and it turns out my mom was Dumbledore's sister." She said knowing that the next piece of information wasn't going to get such a welcoming.
"That means that your Dumbledore's niece." Harry said happily hugging Hermione again. Ron was jumping up and down in glee.
"This is awesome Hermione," he said a broad smile on his face.
"Yeah, well that's it shall we go up to the castle then?" Both hr friends nodded and Hermione followed them back up to the castle. Still wondering why she hadn't told them.
Draco stayed in the shadows. She hadn't told them who her father was. But he knew, and he could tell. H raced back up to the castle keeping Hermione in sight.
a/n Hmmmm. Is Draco going to tell? Find out in the next chap.! Tell me what you thought about it!