The Worst Summer of Her Life
Harry Potter Alternate Universe: First Year
A/N: Great reviews! Love that your loving the story. I plan on doing my own version of each book and maybe a continuious piece for their children but that's all up to how many people like that idea and my stories.
It was exam time, which distracted Luke from saying anything to Sirius. Hermione had been driving everyone up the wall with studying for exams, Harry and Becca could tell she was stressing out big time but even they could only take so much.
"If she takes first year exams this bad, how's she gunna take the real big ones that are actually important?" Becca asked the two boys, they were watching Hermione flip through pages of her books and taking notes.
"First year exams are important too." Hermione said, Harry laughed at the stunned look on Becca's face.
"How does she do that?" Becca whispered to Harry, he shrugged.
"I spent little time talking so my hearing skills improved." Hermione said not taking her eyes off her book. Becca had observed Hermione since she met her, she could see that Hermione was hesitant on letting the real side of her out. She put on that mask for so long, she thinks its her. Hermione wouldn't talk much about her family, which Becca didn't push as she didn't want to talk about her family either.
Soon exams were done and over with, much to the relief of Ron and Harry. Hermione on the other hand was worrying about her scores.
"Hey, Ron and me are going to see Hagrid. We'll see you two later." Harry said, leaving Hermione and Becca in the common room. After five minutes, Becca pulled Hermione up and they went for a walk around the castle and they bumped into an anxious Ron and Harry.
"How was Hagrid's?" Becca asked, they told the girls everything. Including the part about playing music and Fluffy'll go to sleep.
"Who do we go to?" Harry asked Hermione, she thought about it.
"McGonagall." Hermione said, they took off for her classroom, making her jump when they reached her. Before she could get a word out, they started.
"Someone is going to steal the stone tonight. You need to go and make sure no one does." Harry said, Becca and Hermione had just caught their breath and Ron was slowly recovering.
"I don't know how you know about the stone but I assure you that its safe. Thank you for being concerned but you should go and enjoy the day while its sunny." McGonagall said and they left, waiting until they were further from the door to talk.
"I cant believe she's gunna let him get away with it!" Ron exclaimed angrily, Becca shook her head but agreed with him.
"And she's suppose to be smart." Harry said, Hermione hit him on the arm. "Ow! What was that for?" Hermione was about to answer when an unwelcome visitor spoke.
"My, my, my, Four Gryffindors all inside on a wonderful day. If you weren't careful, someone might think you were up to something." Snape said glaring at Harry.
"Well, I wouldn't count this as inside exactly, but whatever you say." Becca said, they all turned their backs on him and walked away.
"What are we gunna do?" Ron asked, Harry looked at the retreating back of Snape then back to the group.
"We go through the trap door, tonight and protect it ourselves." Harry said, Hermione and Becca shared an uneasy look. Ron smiled excitedly.
They had all gone to bed for a couple hours, they decided to dress in dark clothing and keep to the shadows. The last thing they need is to be spotted and get more detention. Harry and Ron were waiting in the common room when Hermione and a sleepy Becca came down the stairs.
"She fell asleep. Its hard to wake her up." Hermione whispered when they got over to them, Becca hit Hermione's arm playfully.
"Ready?" Harry asked, Becca and Ron nodded and Harry turned to Hermione.
"As I'll ever be." Hermione said, Harry smiled and they started toward the portrait when they saw another person.
"Neville?" Becca asked, he stood up and blocked their way.
"I overheard you." Neville said, Hermione looked at Harry's face, it was determination. "I'm not gunna let you get Gryffindor into anymore trouble. I'll fight you if I have too." He put his fists into a boxer's stance, his voice quivering a bit.
"Neville, I'm really sorry about this." Hermione said and stepped forward, she waved her wand. "Petrificus Totalus!" Neville gasped as his arms pinned themselves to the side of his body and his legs slammed together before he flashed blue and he was about to fall, when Ron moved forward and caught him. He pulled him over to the couch.
"Bloody hell, Hermione." Ron said when he came back, Becca looked at Hermione, her fear showing on her face. "You're scary, brilliant but scary." Hermione smiled.
"Thank you, Ronald. Imagine if Neville actually made me mad." Hermione said teasingly, Ron and Becca looked scared until Hermione and Harry burst out laughing.
"Lets go, before you give them a heart attack." Harry said and they walked out slipping the invisibility cloak that just fit all four of them. They stopped at Fluffy's door, Ron looked at Becca.
"Are we seriously going to go into the same room with a three headed dog, willingly?" Ron asked, Becca smiled at him.
"Who said anything about willingly?" Becca said and smiled, Harry shook his head as he put the cloak in the bag he brought with them. They all stepped into the room and heard a harp playing softly and Fluffy was sleeping, a faint snore came from one of the heads. Harry saw the trap door already open.
"Looks like Snape already made it down." Harry said, Hermione grabbed his hand but looked away, he smiled at her. The harp's music started to fade and Harry looked around. "Can anyone sing?" He asked the group, Becca looked at Ron who scoffed then her eyes moved to Hermione who was staring at the floor.
"Hermione?" Becca asked, Hermione took her hand back from Harry and looked at Becca nervously.
"I don't know if I sing good, I used to sing while I played the piano." Hermione said, Harry gave a sigh of relief.
"Go for it, I'll go down first and call up to let you know if its okay." Harry said and jumped down, Hermione started singing quietly but only Becca and the dog could hear her voice. It was beautiful and Becca noted to get her to play the piano at home. "Its good!" They heard Harry call up, Ron waved to Becca and jumped in.
"Alright, Hermione, lets jump together." Becca said, Hermione stopped singing and they jumped but not before one of the heads tore part of Hermione's sweater. They landed on something soft. "Are you okay?" Hermione nodded, looked at her sweater and took it off.
"Devil's Snare!" Hermione yelled as the plant started to trap them. "You have to relax, if you don't it'll only kill you faster." Ron started struggling, she huffed and relaxed before she felt herself hit the floor.
"Hermione? Are you okay?" Harry yelled, Hermione sighed.
"Will you listen to for once!? I am smart as you keep reminding me!" Hermione yelled, Harry smiled and gave a small laugh before relaxing. Soon, he too, fell to the floor not expecting a fall.
"Ow! Thanks for the warning Hermione." Harry said as Hermione helped him up.
"Sorry, Harry. Prepare yourself for a fall." Hermione yelled up to them, Harry smiled at her and noticed he still had a hold of her hand, he let go. Becca came down and landed on her feet, crouching at the knees and smiled at them.
"He's not coming down the easy way. Um, Devil's Snare, likes the damp…" Becca said trying to remember the rest.
"But sulks in the sun!" Hermione finished for her and waved her wand. "Incendio!" A bright blue light shot from her wand and the plant retreated throwing Ron to the ground.
"Lucky we didn't panic." Ron said as Becca helped him up but ended up falling next to him laughing.
"Lucky we have two smart girls on our side, time to go. Don't look at me like that." Harry said to Becca and they made their way to the next room with a large door on the other side. A broom hovered in the middle of the room and some weird creatures were fluttering above them. Hermione and Becca moved to the door and tried the unlocking spell but it didn't open.
"They're keys, the one with blue wings, they're bent so I'm guessing that's the right one. Harry you go get it and me and Ron'll wait to catch it." Becca said, Harry got on the broom and raced to the one while the others were attacking him. He caught it and threw it to Ron who unlocked the door, the three ran into the room and shut the door after Harry came in. Now they found themselves surrounded by large statues. The minute they stepped up, fire lit the room from torches on the walls and they found themselves staring at white statues.
"It's a chessboard!" Ron exclaimed excitedly, Becca sighed, she really hated this game.
"Lets play." Harry said and they started toward the board, since Ron knew the game the best, they let him be the leader.
"Okay, Harry take the bishop, Hermione, the castle and Becca the rook. I'll take the knight." Ron said, Harry took a deep breath.
"How come you get to be the knight? Trying to impress someone?" Harry teased, Ron looked at Harry and laughed. They all took their places and, soon, nearly all the black pieces were gone due to the white pieces being merciless. Ron searched for something until his eyes landed on Becca.
"I have to move, don't I?" Becca asked, sure she was scared but she wasn't going to show it.
"No, you don't. Ron move something else." Harry said, Ron nodded and looked around again. Becca had to move.
"Harry, its me. Look at me, what would you rather have happen, me move or Voldemort come back?" Becca said, Harry looked at her and saw determination in her eyes.
"She's right Harry." Ron said, drawing Harry's attention toward him. "She needs to go forward so I can take up my place then you can checkmate the king." Becca seeing her opportunity, stepped forward only for the knight to step forward and hit her with the flat of his sword, knocking her unconscious.
"Becca!" Harry and Hermione yelled, Harry looked at his cousin and sighed. "Sirius is gunna kill me."
"That's if Luke doesn't first." Hermione said trying to lighten the mood, Harry gave her a sad smile.
"My turn." Ron said, Harry was about to protest when Ron cut him off. "You need to stop Snape, you're the only one that can." Ron told him and moved his piece forward, it stopped in front of the queen. He gulped. "Check!" She lifted her sword and plunged it into the horse's side causing Ron to fall from the horse, also unconscious. Harry moved forward and stopped in front of the king.
"Check mate!" Harry yelled, the king dropped his sword announcing the game was over. Harry moved to Ron and Hermione moved to Becca. Becca was starting to wake up.
"Finish." Becca whispered, Hermione nodded and moved over to Harry.
"Its not done yet." She said, Harry nodded and they made their way over to the next room. A troll lay unconscious and Harry smiled.
"Thank god we didn't have to fight this one." Harry said, Hermione nodded in agreement. This troll was larger than the one they fought and they moved around into a smaller room. A purple flame ignited at one end and they moved to a table, they saw seven different shaped bottles. Hermione turned around and saw a black flame shoot up at the entrance, trapping them. Hermione looked at the bottles before turning back to Harry, he nodded and they moved closer.
"Snape's." They both said to themselves before Hermione picked up a note. She sighed as she looked at the bottles before looking at the note, taking care to look at each bottle before separating them all so that three bottles stood together, two other bottles stood off to the side, the smallest and a round bottle stood closest to them.
"The smallest bottle lets you go through the purple flame while the round one will take us back the way we came." Hermione said and Harry looked at the bottles and shook his head.
"There's not enough for both of us." He said, Hermione gulped. "You take the round one and go back. Get Hedwig and send a message to someone trustworthy and make sure those two are okay."
"You're a great, wizard Harry. I'm honored to be your friend." Hermione said and threw her arms around him, giving him a hug and surprising both of them. "Sorry." She whispered as she pulled away, he smiled at her.
"I'm the lucky one, without your wicked knowledge…" Harry started but shook his head.
"Come back alive." Hermione said, he smiled at her and picked up the round bottle and handing it to her.
"I'll try. Go on." He said, she took a drink of the bottle before shivering.
"It feels like ice." Hermione said, he nodded and watched her go through the flames before turning to the purple flame and took the drink. He shivered then walked through only to see the last person he imagined to see, standing in front of the Mirror of Erised.
"You?" Harry said unbelievably, the man turned and smiled evilly.