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Chapter 5: Forgiving
"Hermione! Hermione! Hermione! HERMIONE!" Zia looks for Hermione everywhere. She asked all the lake creatures and plants that she saw and bumped into. But it seems they never saw Hermione.
Zia was now losing hope when she saw a bright light on the lake floor. She approached it and saw Hermione talking to a mermaid.
"Hermione!"
Hermione swam to the depths of the water. When she reached the lake floor, she approached the starfish. It was no ordinary starfish, its color was shiny red. When you look at it closely, it wasn't glitter that made this lake creature so shiny, it was crystals. These crystals are very special. It was the most precious crystals in the wizarding world. The Kadisha or The Shiny Star Fish was belonged to Queen Aaliyah, The Queen of the Lake. The Kadisha serves as the home of the Queen and the creatures in that lake. It shouldn't be stolen or even remove to its place, for it also serves as a lifeline for the Queen and all the creatures that lived in it.
Hermione tickles the starfish. "Who is it?", a voice said to her. "Queen Aaliyah, it is, I, Hermione." When the Queen heard this, the starfish burst a bright light. Hermione covered her eyes with the help of her hands to block the binding light.
Minutes later, the blinding light fade away. Hermione smile when she saw Queen Aaliyah. Queen Aaliyah is very beautiful but was also an amazing mermaid. She's different from the other mermaids in the lake. Her fins were gold. Her straight waist-length hair was black as the midnight sky. She has three rhinestones that were place at the end of her lavender eyes. Her pale skin was smooth and silky when touched.
"Child, I know you've been crying. What's the problem?"
Hermione runs to Queen Aaliyah and hugs her. "Oh, Queen Aaliyah, I hate her! I'll never talk to her again! I can't believe she shouted at me! I hate her! I hate her! I" Queen Aaliyah covers her mouth to silence her.
Ever since Hermione became friends with the Queen when she was in 5th year, she always runs to Queen Aaliyah every time she has a problem. With the help of Queen Aaliyah, Hermione understands and solves her problems. The Queen is her mother in Hogwarts. She always was there for Hermione and she knew Hermione's life secrets.
"Child, don't be mad at her. She doesn't mean to shout at you. Trust me, she doesn't mean it."
Even though she was in the water, Hermione was now crying. "But she shouted at me! IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL! Queen Aaliyah, I can see it in her eyes that she was mad at me! I can't forgive her!"
The Queen holds her face. "Child, you should forgive her. She deserves a chance from you. Don't be bitter to your sister. Give her another chance."
"Hermione!"
She looked for the voice that called her name and she saw Zia.
"Zia!"
"Mia!" She hugs her sister tightly.
"um…Zia? Don't you think I should breathe?"
"Oh…" Zia breaks their embrace. "I'm so sorry! It won't happen again! I promise! I'll never shout at you! Can you forgive me? Please! I will do anything! Please, just forgive me!"
"Anything?" Zia nods. Hermione grins widely. "Ok, YOU, Jadzia Kalika Abshier Dumbledore, will stay with me at Hogwarts until I graduated here and give me a make over!"
Zia's smile disappeared. "Mia, you know I can't stay here. I hate Daddy right now. Also, I have fashion shows to attend. You know I can't postpone those shows. Modeling is my job and I love my job. I can give you a make over but staying with you plus this place. I can't do it."
Hermione was hurt on what Zia's saying. "You CANT or you WONT?"
Zia rolls her eyes. "Ok. I'LL TRY!" Hermione cheers up. "But, I'm not forgiving you, just that. You will try!" She envelops Zia to another hug.
"Queen Aaliyah, this is" When Hermione was introducing Zia to Queen Aaliyah, the Queen vanished.
"Where did she go?" Hermione mumbles to herself. "Mia, what's the problem?"
"Do you see Queen Aaliyah? The mermaid I was speaking to a moment ago. She's the Queen of the Lake. I was supposed to introduce you to her but she vanished. I have to" Zia shuts Hermione's mouth. "Mia, you talk to much. Shut your mouth. You're face is going blue. Are you cold?"
"Yeah."
"Come on, lets go." She grabbed her sister's hands and leads her to the top of the lake.
Harry was walking to and fro. "Two hours! They've been there for a WHOLE TWO FUCKING HOURS. Where are they? Hermione you have a LOT to explain to me when you get back.", he told himself. "Who is she? Why did she say 'I have to save my sister'? What does Hermione trying to keep from me all this time?" He looked up at the lake when she saw two bodies burst out of the water surface. He sighed in relief and runs at the lakeshore.
"Hermione! I'm glad you're back!" He gave her 'I-cant-breathe' hug. "Don't do that! I'm so worried!" He backs away and examines every inch of Hermione's body. Hermione was getting irritated on Harry's protectiveness. He's been over-reacting about this. "HARRY!"
Harry stops on his tracks on examining her best friend. "Just…just…give me your cloak!" Harry detached his cloak from himself and hands it over to Hermione. Harry looks at Hermione who place his cloak to her shoulder. "Excuse me?"
"Oh…here are your sandals." Harry gave her black lace-up heels. "It's not SANDALS! It's a BLACK NINE WEST LACE-UP HEELS! ARGH! Mia, do you have any FRIENDS that CARES for FASHION?"
Hermione dwells on her mind for a bit. "Well…there's Lavander and Parvati. Anyway, Zia don't scare Harry! For heaven sake, he's a BOY! Boys don't know anything about fashion! Except gay men or boy or guy."
"Her..."
"Ah! Don't ask anything! Save it tomorrow!"
"Bu..."
"AH! No but's!"
"Ca..."
"Ah! Shut it, Harry! Now, can you please escort me to my room? Zia cant because she has to go to AlbProfessor Dumbledore."
"Sure. Lets go." He guides Hermione inside. "Harry, wait!" Harry pause for a moment. Hermione runs to Zia. "Thanks a lot, sis! Love yah! G'night!" She places a kiss on her sister's rosy cheeks. "G'night. Take care, ok? Love you too! I'LL TRY! Now, you go to YOUR ROOM! MS. HERMIONE KAILYN ABSHIER GRANGER!", she shouts like a hysterical maniac. She spanks Hermione's butt and waves goodbye to her younger sister.
Hermione giggles while catching up with Harry.
After seeing Hermione and her friend gone, she sat on the grass and begins to puts her heels again. Zia flattens her clothes and stormed inside the castle. She was walking up the corridor stairs, down the hall and when she turned her left she was bewildered at what she saw.
"Sev…" He looks up at her blue forget-me-nots eyes. "Zia…" Professor Snape did what his students wont expect him to do, he smile and blushed.
She walks over to him. "Hi! How are you?" He was rubbing his head and was now blushing furiously. "Good…good…and you?"
"I'm just fine. Living life to the fullest! I have a job now. It's modeling. You know, modeling muggle clothes by top designers. You?" Professor Snape opens his mouth when Zia stopped him. "Wait, don't answer that. I already know that and I think until now that's your job, right?" Snape nods. "I'm really sorry but I have to go. I have so many problems right now that I can't think straight enough for myself."
She walks past Snape but Snape grab her wrist. "Are you staying here?"
"I can't answer that. I have to go to talk to Daddy. I'm really sorry, if I would leave you…again. Bye." She looks down on the floor, tries to hold her tears that was flooding her eyes and walks away leaving Snape…again.
Hermione leaps on her bed and close her eyes. When sleep came over to her, Harry taps her on the shoulder. "Mia, you have to go freshen up because if you don't you would be sick tomorrow morning. You're wetting your bed. Come on, get up." He grabs Hermione on her shoulders and legs. Hermione opens her eyes. "Get me down, Harry. I'm tired! Please, let me sleep. I promise tomorrow I'll shower and take a bath."
Hermione undressed in front of Harry. Harry looks away. She puts away all of her clothes until her bra and undies were the ones left to cover her body. She turned her back on Harry and goes to bed. "Hermione, what's on your top right shoulder?" She closed her eyes. "Its a tattoo. Goodnight, Harry. I'm sorry if my sister gets mad at you. She hates people who don't even care a tad bit about fashion. Sorry. Also, questions will be answered tomo..." and sleep came over to her.
Harry notice that Hermione was asleep, he gets out of her room. He closed the door behind him, "Goodnight, Hermione." and decides to go to his room to rest.
"LEMON DROPS!" The gargoyle in front of her stood and step aside. Zia enters and climbs the spiral staircase. Stopping at the end of the staircase, Zia knocks at the wooden door that has a carving on it that has initials of her Daddy, AD.
"Come in." Zia opens the wooden door and enters the cozy office room of her father. "What do you want to talk about?" She sat in front of her father's desk. "We had a deal. You promise me something but it seems you don't keep it."
Dumbledore leans closely to her. "Princess, I'm sorry. It won't happen again."
Zia stands up and was really angry. "WONT HAPPEN AGAIN? HOW MANY TIMES DID I SEE TEN BODYGUARDS STANDING AROUND THE CLUB WHILE I WAS DANCING! I WAS LIKE A FUCKING PERESIDENT'S DAUGHTER WHO WAS SURROUNDED BY TEN FUCKING IDIOTIC BODYGUARDS!" She was breathing so hard. She continues with a calm voice. "We had a deal, Daddy. I can go live my life in the muggle world but I will be accompanied by one bodyguard. But what happened? I WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TEN FUCKING IDIOTIC BODYGUARDS!"
"Princess, please calm down. Sit down, first." Zia sits. "Why are you doing this, Daddy?", tears begin to fall down her cheeks. "Don't you trust me?"
Dumbledore sighs. "Of course, my princess. I trust you but"
"But, what?"
"I'm scared. I'm scared that your mother will get you from me. If she finds out that you're living in the muggle world, I know she'll do anything to get you away from me. I'm really sorry." Dumbledore removes his glasses and he was now crying.
Seeing her Daddy cries, she walks over to him and hugs him. "Daddy, even though she would find me I will never ever leave you. I will and always am your princess. Sorry if I shouted at you. But," she looks at his father's watery eyes, "promise me you would get rid of those nine fucking idiotic bodyguards! You're just wasting your money on them. They all just stand around me, all day."
Dumbledore chuckles and wipes his tears. "Yes, princess. I promise." Zia brightens up but Dumbledore can see something's bothering her. "Princess, do you have a problem?" She sits on Dumbledore's lap as if she was a five-years-old girl and rests her head on her Daddy's chest. "Daddy, Mia wants me to stay here."
"That's nice. What's the problem with that? Don't you want to spend some quality time with your sister and me?"
She looks up at the midnight sky ceiling of her father's office room. "Daddy, you know I cant. I mean, I have a job. I like modeling. I've strive so hard just to be where I am right now. I can't lose it now. I'm afraid Mai would get mad at me if I don't stay here. Tell me, what will I do?"
"Princess, in life you have to choose one and also to sacrifice one. Yes, it's hard to sacrifice but that's the only way to your future. What are you going to choose? Your job or Mia?"
"I want both, Daddy."
"Then, lets make it both." Zia was confused and looks at her father. "How?"
"Aren't you forgetting about something?" she thinks for a while. "Its four days from now." She closed her eyes. "Oh, I give up! What?"
"September 30. Its Mia's birthday." She was so confused as to why it is connected to her 'choice'. "Ok. Now, I'm really confused."
"First, I would ask you, what's your choice?"
"Daddy, I've already said that. I want both!" Dumbledore shakes his head, "No, you don't understand me. I mean, what is the most important for you? Your job or Mia?"
"Of course, I would chose my sister. But I also want my job. But…I don't know. Honestly, I really don't know what to do." She stands up and rubs her forehead.
"My suggestion is, why not have a nine months break from your job and spend it with your sister. So that you get your sister plus you save your job."
"Daddy, I cant just ditch all those fashion shows!" Dumbledore walks over to her. "No. You can't understand me, again! I'm not saying that you stay here right now and don't ever come back there. Tonight you'll write to your sister a letter. It contains that you can't be with her because you have a lot of things to do. Tonight you will go back to the muggle world. Tomorrow you'll fix your 'nine months rest'. After that you'll come back, if they approve it. Then we'll talk some things. Is that ok with you?"
Zia smiles at her father's plan. He seems never running out of plans. "Yeah. I'm fine with that. I'll go now to my room and write to Mia then ill just send it with the use of 'the flying animal'."
"Princess, it's an owl." She walks towards the door. "Yeah. Whatever, Daddy. Now, you go ahead and rest I know you have a lot of things to do tomorrow. Bye. Goodnight. Oh," she forgets to kiss her father goodbye. She walks over to Dumbledore and plants a kiss on her father's cheeks. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, my princess."
A/N With a family secret revealed...would Hermione be able to explain it to Harry? And would Harry accept her explanation? You will find out...on the next chapter! REVIEW PLEASE!