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Paige's story
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Paige Matthews" said Professor Dumbledore.
Paige looked up, not feeling very well and saw him.
"Oh my God! Who are you?! Wait a minute, where am I?! And how do you know my name?! shouted Paige.
Dumbledore sighed, then started to explain. "Let me introduce myself. Ahem. I am Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, School of witchcraft and wizardry. That is where you are my dear Paige-Hogwarts. The Elders told you to pack your suitcase, didn't they? Well, you had to pack your suitcase because you were coming here."
Paige got onto her feet. "How do you know the Elders? And how did you know I was coming here? How did I get here? Why have I come here? Are you some sort of spy?" she yelled questioningly.
Professor Dumbledore sighed again, knowing this was going to be a long conversation and a lot of questions and answers.
"I know the Elders, well, because, I am an Elder."
Paige stared at him in awe. "You're an Elder? Then how come you're down here and not up there?"
Dumbledore sighed again, this time heavily. "I wanted to share my knowledge of magic with other people. That's why I was delighted when I became Hogwarts's headmaster. Oh, by the way, I would prefer if you told no-one that I'm an Elder. Only few people know. I don't like to make a big thing of it. Anyway, the Elders didn't really appreciate me being down here instead of up there where I should be, so I don't really do Elder responsibilities anymore. I keep in touch with them but...I prefer it down here. To answer your other questions-another Elder told me about this, since I was involved in it, you came here by switching bodies with a student here at Hogwarts, you have come here because it's your destiny and no, I'm not a spy" he answered in his slow deep voice.
Paige listened to, this, Professor Dimbledore's explanation, answering all her questions. She couldn't believe what was happening to her.
"Actually, it's Professor Dumbledore" said Professor Dumbledore.
Paige glanced up at him, staring into his piercing blue eyes. "Excuse me for asking, but, how did you know I thought Dimbledore and not Dumbledore?"
Dumbledore smiled. "I can read minds, just like all Elders can do. Don't worry, I don't usually read people's minds. Yours was just a one off."
"Oh. Um, I'm honoured, I think. Do you know a Whitelighter called Leo, by any chance? Blond-brown coloured hair?" asked Paige.
"Hmmm, Leo, Leo, Leo, Leo, ah yes, Leo! Married to Piper is it? Your half sister? Yes, I know Leo. Just seen him a few days ago. You know, he was the one who told me about this body switch" replied Dumbledore, thinking back.
Paige was outraged. "You mean to say that he knew all this and he didn't even tell me, or Piper, his very own wife. Hang on, Piper suspected that Leo wasn't telling the whole truth, and she was right! Thank god I listened to Piper!" exclaimed Paige.
Professor Dumbledore took Paige's arm and led her over to a full sized mirror. Paige glanced in it and saw her reflection.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed.
Staring back at her was a girl around 13 or 14 with big bushy brown hair.
"Who (pause) did (pause) I (pause) switch (pause) places (pause) with?" she whispered in a hushed voice.
"You switched places with Miss Hermione Granger. She is a very intelligent student here. She is in Gryffindor house. Her two best friends are Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Here is all the things for you that you will need in lessons. Oh and by the way, each day you will have to record what you have found out, and write your discoveries in the diary Leo gave you and also write all your feelings. I can't tell you anything more about Hermione Granger, for you will have to discover that out for yourself. At the bottom of the staircase, by the entrance of my office will be Professor Minerva McGonagall, teacher of Transfigurations and a very good friend of mine. She will show you to your first class. Each class today you will be escorted by a teacher. They all know who you really are, but none of the students do. I think that's all for now. If you want to speak to me, just come to the entrance and say 'Sherbet Lemon'. Did you get all that?" Professor Dumbledore asked Paige.
Paige stood there dumbstruck. "I, I think so. I have to do lessons? And homework? And on top of that, write in a diary every day? And I have to pretend to be this, Hermione Granger even though I know hardly anything about her?!" she asked.
Dumbledore nodded. "Afraid so my dear Paige. Now, I suggest you hurry up. Don't want to be late to your first class now, do you?"
Paige sighed, and nodded. Then she took out the photo Piper had given her and looked at it. She saw Piper in the middle, laughing with Paige at what Phoebe had said. She missed Piper and Phoebe already, and she had only been at Hogwarts half an hour. She held it close to her chest, then tucked it in her school robes. Hideous robes they were as well.
"May I suggest that you get some decent school uniforms around here. I mean, it's hideous" Paige pointed out. She smiled, then went downstairs to meet Professor McGonagall.
Hermione's story
"Paige, Paige, are you all right?" asked concerned voices.
Hermione opened her eyes to find two women and a man staring down at her.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" she asked.
Phoebe looked at Piper, concern spread on her face. She turned back to Hermione.
"Um, sweetie, I think you had a knock on the head when you fainted, about ten minutes ago. Leo and Piper and I have been waiting for you to wake up. We're your sisters, remember?" she explained.
"And brother in law" Leo put in.
"And brother in law. And we live here, remember?" continued Phoebe.
Piper looked at Hermione suspiciously. She realised that Paige was standing in a different body structure than to what she usually had. Paige usually stood up quite straight, but Paige now seemed all scrunched up. Piper frowned.
"I think we have to ask you, who the hell are you and what are you doing here?" she questioned, getting straight to the point.
Phoebe looked shocked. That's when Hermione got what Professor Dumbledore had told her. She would meet three main people-this must be them!
"I'm not Paige. I'm Hermione Granger, a student in Hogwarts, School of witchcraft and wizardry. Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, told me that something was going to happen to me, and that I would meet three people. I guess that's you guys" Hermione told them.
Leo stood up, a bit nervously, as both Piper and Phoebe noticed. "Um, Piper, Phoebe, I kind of forgot to tell you about this. I was the one that told Professor Dumbledore about this. What's happened, is that, well, Paige and Hermione have switched bodies, and they must live each other's lives for some weeks. I'm not certain how many. Nobody can reverse it because it's destiny. You see, Professor Dumbledore is an Elder, and one of the greatest at that. You mustn't tell anyone this by the way Hermione" Leo explained.
Piper and Phoebe looked furious and shocked at the same time. Then Phoebe looked as if she was about to cry. Piper began to speak.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me, of all people, your very own wife! Let me guess, you weren't allowed to tell us about the switch because The Elders forbid you? Well, I'm sick of that stupid rule. Next time, you tell me, all right? Married couples aren't meant to keep secrets from each other, especially important issues, like this. You understand?"
Leo nodded. Hermione looked thoughtful. Phoebe was still upset at the loss of her sister.
"Well, um, I know that this is a bad time, but, do you think that you could just, um, show me around? And do you think I could hear a bit more about you three, now that you know I'm not really, this, Paige? And would I be able to put my suitcase down somewhere, and write a letter to my friends?" asked Hermione.
Phoebe smiled sweetly, beginning to warm to this girl that had just appeared in Paige's body.
"Whoa, one question at a time!" exclaimed Piper. "First, me and Phoebe will show you Paige's bedroom, you can put your bags down in there and write your letters to your friends. Then we'll do a kind of introductory circle, just for you. How about that? Is that all right for you?"
Hermione nodded, then smiled. Leo glanced at Piper, saw the bemused look on her face and smiled with relief. Phoebe smiled at Hermione warmly. Leo put his arm around Piper's shoulders. Piper glanced at Hermione, and smiled.
Up in Paige's bedroom, Hermione looked around, and placed her suitcase on the bed. She went over to the desk in the corner, and started writing.
Dear Harry and Ron,
It's Hermione speaking, or should I say writing. I finally got here. If you want to know where I am, I'm in a woman's body and have just met her two sisters and brother in law. They seem really nice. The woman who's body I'm in is called Paige. I don't know her last name yet. I'm getting to know Piper, Phoebe and Leo (the two sisters and brother in law)a bit more in about half an hour, so I'm writing to you two straight away. By the time you get this from Hedwig, you'll probably of met her, but in my body. How are you two anyway? I'm missing both of you lots even though I've only been here a short while. The only thing I'm greatly puzzled about is that how my suitcase and Hedwig got here if I switched bodies. I'll have to ask Piper, Phoebe and Leo later. They might know. It's weird being in someone else's body. I only arrived here about twenty minutes ago. I'm going to look around and get to know the others properly, and who find out who exactly Paige is. It's quite interesting to be involved in this 'experiment'.
Anyway, see you soon. Write back as soon as possible.
Love
Hermione Granger
(now known as Paige)
Hermione signed her name at the bottom of the letter, then went over to the bed, and opened the suitcase. After a few minutes of scrambling around, she finally found an envelope, and slid the letter inside it. She went over to Hedwig, who hooted and flapped her snow white wings indignantly.
"Sorry Hedwig" apologized Hermione, "Here, take this to Harry and Ron, okay, Harry and Ron"
She let Hedwig out who took the envelope from Hermione's hand and flew off on a long journey home to her owner. Hermione smiled and sighed. She felt quite lonely, in a unfamiliar house with strangers. She got up back on her feet and set off downstairs. Hermione went into the room that she had woken up in. Piper and Phoebe were in there waiting for her. As she stepped into the room, Piper and Phoebe looked up and smiled.
"Hi Piper, hi Phoebe. Um, where's Leo?" asked Hermione.
Phoebe glanced at Piper giving her a He's-your-husband-and-not-mine-, you-have-to-tell-her- , I'm-not look. Piper silently and sarcastically thanked Phoebe in her mind.
"Well, Leo's just off doing his job, in fact..." Piper trailed off as Leo orbed into the living room, smiling hello to everyone else in the room.
Hermione gawped. Piper groaned. Phoebe sighed, then put her head in her hands. Leo looked at them in confusion.
"What did I do?" he asked. Piper struggled not to laugh. She turned back to Hermione.
"...As I was saying Hermione, Leo was at work. Your, Professor Dumbledore is it?, must of told you that Phoebe, Paige and I are all good witches. We're just more advanced witches then you pupils at Hogwarts. Anyway, I'm Piper Halliwell, the oldest of us three sisters. My special powers are freezing time and blowing things up, pretty cool powers I guess. Leo's my husband, who's called a Whitelighter, someone kind of like an angel, watching over you, and if you get hurt, Whitelighters heal you. Phoebe is the middle sister. Her power is premonitions, seeing sort of dreams in the past and in the future, and she's just discovered a new power-hovering or flying in the air. And Paige, she's the baby of us sisters. She likes flirting with the men, like all the time. Her powers are orbing, that's what you call it. Like when Leo just appeared in the living room now, he orbed in here. Paige is a half Whitelighter, so she can orb and heal innocents, just like all Whitelighters, but she hasn't exactly caught the hang of it yet. Also, she can for example, hold out her hand, shout out an object, and it will appear in her hand. All together, we make The Charmed Ones, the most powerful and strongest witches in the world. We're also known as The Power Of Three. Look, you try some of Paige's power. Hold out your hand" Piper explained.
Hermione looked uncertain, then held out her right hand, trembling a bit. Piper. Phoebe and Leo all smiled reassuringly at her.
"That's it. Now, shout out an object that you see, and it should appear in your hand. Don't worry if you don't do it the first time, Paige didn't. She didn't even believe that she had the power. So, go on, shout out an object" Piper instructed.
Hermione, hand still shaking, opened her mouth to speak, and looked around the room for an object.
"Um, um..." she said as she tried to think of an object.
"Try a candle" suggested Phoebe, "One that's not lit I mean"
"Um, okay, Candle!" cried Hermione, but nothing happened. She felt really disappointed. Leo smiled comfortingly.
"Try it again, hardly anybody gets it the first time" he urged. After four attempts, Hermione wanted to give up, but she told herself to try just one more time.
"Candle!" she cried, and was shocked when she looked down and saw a candle appear in her right hand. She looked at Piper, Phoebe and Leo, who all cheered for her.
"All right"
"See, you can do it. If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again"
"I think we can call it a day. We'll all have an early night. You can explore the house tomorrow if you want Hermione, and practice the power more, and we might be able to start trying the next power Paige has" said Piper.
Hermione smiled. "I think I'm going to like it here"
Paige's story
Paige sat in the girl's dormitory, exhausted from the first hectic day at Hogwarts, sighed and groaned, remembering that she had to write in the diary. She went over to her suitcase and pulled it out, and started writing.
27th March, 2004.
Dear Diary,
Okay, so I'm at Hogwarts, and I'm in someone else's body. How freaky is that? Anyway, I've just had my first and last lesson of the day, called Transfigurations. Oh, by the way, note to Hermione Granger- No offence, but your fashion sense needs loads of improvement. Anyway, Transfigurations is when you sort of shape shift. I'm quite pleased because I can make myself turn into a little bunny rabbit. Also, because I arrived in the middle of the school day, I only had to have the one lesson, to get to know how I feel about this. Tomorrow, I'll probably have to do the whole day's lessons, so I'm turning in now. Can you believe it, me, Paige Matthews, going to bed before ten o' clock at night? This body switch has made me tired, I guess. I met Hermione's friends as well today. They're both quite cute, but not the material for me. Also, I've had a hard time playing Hermione Granger. Everyone was staring at me when I didn't answer any questions in Transfigurations. Apparently, Hermione always knows the answers to every question, before it's even asked! Anyway, I'm turning in for the night. Good night Diary.
Paige Matthews
(Now known as Hermione Granger)
As Paige signed off the diary entry, she yawned, and quickly changed into the pyjamas. She looked at them with disgust. She groaned again and not bothering to clean her teeth or brush her hair, she clambered into the uncomfortable small bed and fell to sleep, wondering what the next day was going to bring her.
