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She was walking slowly through the dark corridors, with every step bringing her closer to the Gryffindor common room her anxiousness was multiplied ten folds.

What the hell was she going to tell them? How do you tell your best friends that you've been lying to them for, well, as long as you've known them? And how exactly did she expect them to react? 'no problem Mione (if that's even your name), we don't mind being lied to for six fucking years! Finding out you don't even know what your best friend is, is no reason to get upset!'

Hermione didn't even notice that she was pacing in front of the fat lady's portrait until it opened and someone bumped into her. It took them both a couple of seconds to get up but the next thing she knew she was staring into Ron's blue eyes.

'Blimey Mione! What are you doing here? I was just coming to get you from your room, Harry, Ginny & I were wondering if…'

'Ron, Ron! I really need to talk to you guys, could you get Harry and Ginny and come to my room?' She asked.

With a slightly puzzled look on his face Ron nodded and went back into the common room.

Ten minutes later the entire group was assembled in front of the fireplace in the heads common room. With Malfoy gone for the night Hermione didn't have to worry about anyone overhearing their conversation, not that it did much to calm her overstrung nerves.

Hermione looked at the confused and worried faces of her friends, took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself, and started speaking.

'Well, I honestly don't know how to say this, but I'm going to try, I just need you to promise not to interrupt me until I'm done, ok? You can ask whatever you want afterwards'. She waited until they nodded and then continued.

'I'm sorry, truly sorry for what I'm about to tell you or rather for what I told you up until now..'

'Hermione, what..' Harry began but was caught of by Hermiones hand rising up in the air and gesturing him to be quiet. 'Don't Harry, just…please, I asked you not to interrupt me, it's hard enough as it is. After I'm finished you can ask anything, scream at me if you want, I'll even understand if you never speak to me again. But I need to tell you this now'

'Hermione, what could possibly be so bad? We've always told each other everything, what could've you possibly lied about?'

Hermione got up and walked towards the fireplace, she ran her hand through her hair and sighed 'That's just it Harry, everything…everything you know about my life outside of Hogwarts, is a lie.'

'Oh god, well, here it goes… You know me as Hermione Granger, and I guess it is my name as I was raised by the Grangers, however by the old laws, I should be called Hermione Silvestri.' The outrage on the faces of her friends was clearly visible however none of them spoke this time so she went on.

'I don't know how much you remember from our history lessons but you should know a little about Silvestris. They, or rather, We are one of the oldest beings, magical, our powers are very raw and primal. As our name suggests, we are the wild ones. I can't tell you much since my powers have always been restrained and not even I know what is their full extent, but that is about to change, which brings me to the most important part of my story.' She paused, their reaction to what she was about to reveal frightened her the most.

'I am not an only child, I have a sister. Sebastian and I were born on the same day. We were practically inseparable until it was time for us to go to school. Now, as you know our parents are muggles, however, we have a guardian that is a wizard, so all magic concerned matters were taken care of by him.'

They were confused and she knew it, hell who wouldn't be? But there was nothing she could do to make it easier so she just went on.

'Look, you know that as far as the rest of the world is concerned, Silvestris are extinct. They were haunted down and murdered because people, even wizards, were afraid of them. My real parents metthe same fate. They were living in hiding and mother was due in a month when the attack happened. I don't know the details but I was told they were both gravely wounded, father managed to apparate my mother and himself to Hagridscabinat the last minute as they both passed away. My sister and I were extracted from the dead body, barely alive. It was said that had we been human we would have died as well, however, Silvestris have a stronger bond to life, so we survived.

After making sure were strong enough, our guardian gave us to a muggle family, the Grangers, who raised us until we were 12. At that point we were supposed to begin our magical schooling, and this is were the story gets complicated'. At this, Hermione received a cynical gaze from both Harry and Ginny and a snort from Ron.

'Well, really complicated', she corrected.

'Our guardian said that once we started practicing magic, certain changes would take place, our physical form was to change somehow and we were supposed to develop strange abilities, however we never learned the true nature of these changes since measures were taken to prevent them. By measures I'm referring to the apparently only thing that could have been done to stop the changes and that's separating Sebastian and I.'

'But why?' came a barely audiable whisper from Ginny. Hermione was so intently concentrating on her story while staring at the flames that were dancing in the fireplace, that she hardly registered the question. She turned to look at Ginny with tired eyes and replied, 'So we could live.'

A heavy silence was maintained in the room for a few seconds until Hermione decided to go on with the story.

'The biggest fear of those who were close to Sebastian andI was that once people found out what we truly were, we would be haunted down and murdered, like the rest of our clan. So our guardian decided that we were to be separated, thus keeping our powers and metamorphosis under control. It seems that Silvestris do not develop their unique characteristics if they are kept isolated from their kind, and so while being apart, we were just normal witches. However it was decided that as we turn 18 we were to choose whether to stay separated or to unite. As you know I am about to turn 18 at midnight, and so is Sebastian of course, and, well… we have decided that we no longer wish to be apart'.

'Wait a minute, are you saying that…'

'Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying'.

'What? What the hell are you all talking about', Ron stated loudly, looking more confused then ever.

Hermione couldn't help but smile at her friend's clueless expression, 'Well, Ron, Sebastian will be arriving at Hagwarts. I am to wait for her in Dumbeldores office at midnight and I wanted to know if you, Harry and Ginny would like to join me?' her fear and hope were clearly visible in her eyes, it was a crucial moment for her and she did not know what she was to dohad they declined her offer. Luckily she never found out.

Ron only nodded, not trusting himself to speak at the moment.

Ginny smiled and said 'Hermione, this situation is far from being resolved, but tonight you just need your friends to be there for you just as you've always been there for them, so yes, of course I'll be there'.

All eyes turned to Harry, this was it, with his response he could make or break their friendship. He looked into Hermiones eyes, his own green orbs conveying a small amount of uncertainty 'Mi, are you sure we should be there?'

She could feel her heart breaking as the words left his mouth, but luckily he realized his mistake on time. Harry quickly moved towards her and took her hands in his. 'Please don't get me wrong, Mia, I'm not declining, I just want to make sure you truly want us to be there. After all, she's your sister and you haven't seen her for so long, it might be better if we just waited for you back here.'

As her heart beat started slowing down Hermione managed a small smile. She looked at her friends and said 'For six years, I wasn't able to tell you who I really am, but I could always tell you how I felt. I never concealed my emotions from you or altered them in any way, I love you guys, you're my family, and I want you to be there with me when Sebastian arrives'.

'In that case, we'll be right there, standing next to you. You can always count on us Mia, always', Harry replied as the four stood there, looking at eachother, with their hands linked.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------well, here's the second chapter, thanks for reading :) hope you liked it..are things making a bitmore sense now? should i continue or should i stop? let me know...