Author's note: This is the chapter where Paige switches bodies, so there will Hermione's side of the story as well. Thanks for reviewing Barbas. Everyone please review this fan fic, whether you like it or not.
Disclaimer: Again, I don't own the Charmed or Harry Potter characters (even though I wish I did).
Hermione's story
"Come on Hermione!" called Harry Potter to one of his two best friends, Hermione Granger.
Hermione sighed as she tried to brush her big bushy brown locks. "I'll be one minute!" she replied.
She gave up on brushing her hair. She placed the hairbrush on her chest of drawers, next to her two treasured photos- one of her family and one of her, Harry and Ron Weasley, (her two best friends), collected her books and went out of the girls dormitory to Harry and Ron.
"About time" Ron complained.
"What do girls do to take so long?" asked Harry.
Hermione smiled, ignoring them both. She knew they were only teasing-like they did every single day when they waited for her in the morning. Hermione, Harry and Ron went down the staircase to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Once everyone were seated at their house's table,(Hermione, Harry and Ron at the Gryffindor table), Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, stood up for the announcements.
"I have nothing much to say" he said in his slow deep voice, "Except that the exams have been postponed for a further date, due to certain magical issues". Albus looked around at the cheering students.
Only Hermione wasn't cheering, for she quite liked the exams. Harry and Ron saw the look on her face.
"At least you'll get more studying in" whispered Harry to her, knowing very well that that comment would cheer her up. And he was right. He and Ron watched her amusedly as Hermione grinned.
"Oh, and one last thing. Please could Miss Hermione Granger see me in my office after breakfast has finished? Thank you". With that, the Professor Dumbledore sat back down at the head of the staff table.
Hermione stopped grinning and looked at Harry and Ron, them looking back at her in awe.
"What have you done Hermione?" Ron asked, keeping his voice low.
Hermione tried to look as the announcement didn't matter, shrugging, but she was very worried inside. Maybe Professor Dumbledore had found out that she had done seven pages of homework when the class was only set five pages.
"Oooo, Hermione Granger. Been a naughty little girl has she?" said a mean voice behind Hermione.
Hermione knew full well who that voice was. She glanced at Ron and Harry, who were scowling furiously at the owner of the mean voice. She sighed and turned around. Standing there was Draco Malfoy, their worst enemy. He was always mean, especially to her, since she was the friend of Harry Potter, Malfoy's number one enemy. Recently Malfoy had called her a Mudblood (someone who had only one of their parents that was either a witch or a wizard), and she had slapped him across his cheek. The red mark from the slap still showed faintly on Malfoy's face.
"Oooo, I like the red mark on your cheek. It makes your eyes shine out" Ron said sarcastically. Harry spluttered and Hermione smiled, trying not to laugh out loud. Malfoy turned on Harry.
"Think it's funny do you Potter? Well, I'd rather have a red mark than a big ugly scar" he spat out.
"Did it hurt then Malfoy? The big red mark on your face I mean?" Ron asked innocently. Draco scowled.
"I wouldn't mess with the hand if I were you" Ron continued, "Oh, hello Professor McGonagall !" he exclaimed. At that, Malfoy shut up and hurried away as Professor McGonagall (the head of Gryffindor) didn't really like Draco.
Ron burst out laughing and Harry joined in. Hermione frowned puzzedly, then turned round to Professor McGonagall, but there was no-one there. Ron had tricked Draco Malfoy in order to make him go away. Hermione laughed, then turned back to the boys.
"Thanks Ron. I didn't know what to say. Anyway, I guess I'd better go and see what Professor Dumbledore wants with me. I'll meet you in the common room, if I come from Professor Dumbledore's office before the first lesson starts".
With that, Hermione hurried away towards Professor Dumbledore's office. When she got there, she frowned when she saw the gargoyles. She didn't know the password. She saw Professor McGonagall and scuttled over to her.
"Excuse me Professor, but could you give me Professor Dumbledore's password? He wanted to speak to me about something" Hermione asked politely.
Professor McGonagall nodded, for she knew why Albus wanted to speak to Hermione. "The password is 'sherbet lemon'. They're his favourite muggle sweets, did you know?" and she carried on to teach her first Transfiguration class.
Hermione started to say thank you, but the professor didn't hear her. Hermione turned back to the gargoyles.
"Sherbet lemon" she said clearly.
The stone door opened, and Hermione stepped onto the staircase, which took her around up to the office. Finally the staircase stopped going around and Hermione stepped out. Professor Dumbledor was sitting at his desk. He looked up and smiled at her.
"Ah, Miss Granger, here you are. Don't worry, you're not in trouble". Hermione sighed thankfully.
"I cannot say much information why you're in my office as I am not allowed. As you know, in announcements I said that there was a magical issue...", Hermione nodded. "...Anyway, you are included in this magical issue. All I can say is that you will not be here at Hogwarts for a couple of weeks. There is another type of magic out there in the world, which is split into two parts-good-colour of white and bad-colour of black. You will be in the good part of that type of magic. There will be three main people there which you will meet. If you wish, you may take a few treasured belongings of yours. If you wish to say goodbye to Harry and Ron, you may. You will be leaving in an hour exactly. Good luck. That is all the information I am allowed to say. You may go now" Professor Dumbledore explained.
Hermione stood there dumfounded, then slowly walked out of the office, then she turned back to Professor Dumbledore. "Excuse me Professor, but may I ask-why am I involved in this?"
Dumbledore smiled. "That I'm not allowed to say. You'll have to go now, quickly, if you wish to be ready and say goodbye to your friends. Once you've finished packing, come back to me" then he smiled and put his head down and continued in his work.
Hermione stepped back onto the staircase which took her back down, then she went into the common room. Harry and Ron stood up.
"Blimey Hermione, you've been long. If we don't hurry, we'll be late for lesson" exclaimed Ron.
Hermione sighed. "I'm not going to lesson. In fact, I won't be going to lessons for quite a while. I'm going to pack some belongings. You two go to lesson" she said.
"No way! Why aren't you going to lessons?" asked Harry.
Hermione sat down and hurriedly explained it to them. Harry and Ron gaped at her.
"Oh, Harry, do you think I'll be able to borrow Hedwig, so I'll be able to keep in touch with you two?" she asked.
Harry gazed over to Hedwig, then turned back to Hermione. "Sure, why not. You'll have to tell us what you're doing" he said.
Hermione nodded, then went into the girls dormitory. Harry and Ron cautiously followed her.
"You two, you're not allowed in here!" cried Hermione. Harry went out, then returned with a photo.
"Here. This is a photo of me and Ron, so you don't forget us" explained Harry explained.
Hermione took it gratefully, then handed a photo of her to Ron.
"And this is a photo of me so you tow don't forget me".
She smiled. "I'm going two miss you two so much" and hugged them both. Ron looked as if he was going to run away. So did Harry, but Harry shot Ron a warning glance. A we-aren't- going-to-see-Hermione-for-ages-and-she's-a-really-good-friend-so-you-can-at-least-hug-her- goodbye look. So Ron smiled awkwardly and hugged Hermione back.
Hermione got on with her packing as Ron and Harry watched, kind of miserably. Soon, Hermione finished packing and turned to the boys. Harry handed her Hedwig and Hermione kissed both Ron and Harry on the cheek. They both went red. She laughed.
"That was to remember me by. I've got to go back to Professor Dumbledore now. Okay, well, see you"
"See you" the boys echoed.
Hermione went back to Dumbledore's office, said the password and was soon standing in front of Professor Dumbledore. He put his hand on her shoulder.
"I wish you luck with all of my heart. Ah, I see you've got Hedwig is it with you?". Hermione nodded. "Good thinking Hermione. If you will, write a letter to me when you send a letter to Harry and Ron. Just in case. And if you're ever in trouble, either tell the three people you will meet or tell me in your letter and I will come over there and help, but I don't think you will be needing me. Now, we must wait for a few minutes for the magical issue to work. Please sit down, help yourself to a biscuit."
Hermione took a seat, and waited...
Paige's story
Reminder: Phoebe's had her dream and now the three sisters are looking to see what or who the creature is and what it wants with Paige. They have two hours, then they're meeting back to discuss what they've got.
Two hours later, Paige, Piper and Phoebe met back in the living room.
"Okay, Phoebe, have you got a spell written?" asked Piper. Phoebe nodded.
"Yep, I've got it. It's not very good though." Phoebe admitted.
Piper waved her arm. "It doesn't matter, just as long as we've got one"
At that moment, Leo orbed into the living room. Paige, Piper and Phoebe all looked up at him. Leo smiled weakly, then turned to Paige.
"Um, well, bad news Paige. That creature is some form of a demon. The Elders don't know the name of him, but they know that he's going to appear in the next hour. They say pack some of your treasured belongings for protection. Don't ask why. They won't tell me anymore except that I have to give you this" he explained and handed Paige a brand new diary book. (Author's note-Paige doesn't know it's a diary)
"Why do I need to pack my most treasured belongings?" she asked.
"Paige, I've just told you not to ask. I don't know anymore than you do. The Elders also said to carry your belongings in a suitcase and take it around with you everywhere you go in the next hour. Don't put it down whatever you do, or else there will be private personal consequences they said. And no, I don't know why, so don't bother asking. Go and pack now. I'm not allowed to say anymore than what I've just said" Leo ordered.
Paige glanced at her sisters, very puzzled-just like Hermione, who looked equally puzzled. She got up onto her feet and went up to her bedroom to pack. Piper and Phoebe got up and followed her, wondering what all this was about. Leo smiled secretly with relief to himself. His hard task for the Elders was done.
Upstairs, Piper and Phoebe watched as Paige packed, feeling very very puzzled. Piper stood up and went out, then came back with a suitcase and a photo in her hands. She handed them to Paige.
"Thanks Piper" said Paige gratefully. Piper smiled back at her.
"I don't know why I've given you a photo of us three. Hormones I think. I have a feeling that Leo's not told the whole truth. I mean, you wouldn't exactly carry a suitcase around with you for a demon, would you? Take the photo. I've a feeling that you'll want and need it, so take it. I might be wrong, but take it, just in case. And if I'm right, then write to us. Okay?" ordered Piper.
Both Paige and Phoebe looked at her strangely, but Piper stood her ground, smiling. Paige placed the photo, some clothes, the book (that Leo had given her), some paper, a pen, a camera, and a few written spells in the suitcase. The suitcase only just closed.
"I guess I'd better work on that potion now. Piper, I guess you and Pheebs are going to look for the demon in the Book of Shadows, right?" Paige said.
Phoebe and Piper nodded. Then they all went downstairs to work on the attack and defence against the demon. At the bottom of the staircase, Piper and Phoebe headed towards the living room and Paige, carrying the suitcase around with her, headed into the kitchen.
When Paige got into the kitchen she finished her unfinished potion. She started adding different ingredients, testing out, when she heard a faint noise. She tuned to where the noise was, only to find the demon!
"Piper, Phoebe, get in here now!" screamed Paige.
Piper and Phoebe ran into the kitchen, but the demon took Paige and shimmered into the living room. He then waved a hand over her. Everything blurred and swirled. Paige, still holding the suitcase and the potion, threw the potion weakly towards the demon. The demon shimmered out.
Paige felt dizzy. She saw white smoke, then fell to the ground, helpless.
Hermione's story
"This is it Hermione" said Professor Dumbledore, "Good luck"
Hermione nodded. Colours blurred and swirled around her. She felt dizzy. She saw white smoke, then fell to the ground helpless as she heard the last two words.