Chapter 4
Hermione decided that it was time to go and find Moonbreak in the fields out the back of the castle. He had obviously been waiting for Hermione to come and see him because he was stood right outside the back door.
"How are you my old friend" Hermione said as she was petting him. Moonbreak whinnied and bent his front legs so that Hermione could get on 'I won't let you fall this time my girl' Hermione heard in her head. She couldn't believe that he could still talk to her, she had thought that the time apart would have broken the bond they had developed from the time she was a year old. She got on and headed up into the sky. Pensety and Emily were already up there flying above the trees, Hermione caught up and motioned for a race. Neither of them ever won these races, they always ended them before either won, it was just another reason to go fast. They got done with their ride and ended up rolling around on the ground acting like they were four again.
"Did you know that father is sending us to Hogwarts." The thought ran through Hermione's head that Emily might not know.
"Yes, I was the one who came up with the idea." After a pause Emily went on to say "I know what happened." She received a questioning look from Hermione at the comment. "Come on Hermione I always know what happens to you, as you know what happens to me. You were taken by Dumbledore and put under several spells that cut your mind off from me, then you started having dreams about us and you performed a spell on yourself and came back to me." Emily said dreamily.
"How did you know that Emily?" She got up laughing "Don't tell me that you've forgotten we're twins, sometimes we just know things."
"Hey, come back here, were are you going? I have a great idea!" Hermione said all this very quickly. Emily turned around and waited for Hermione to catch up. "Lets duel."
"That's a silly idea Hermione, we blew up the entire west wing of the castle when we were four because you had the bright idea for us to duel. How about we go shopping instead. We'll get you some clothes and the school things we need. Oh and before I forget we will be getting to Hogwarts a day early so that we can make any changes to our living quarters that are necessary. I think we can safely say that Dumbledore is untrustworthy."
Hermione collapsed on to her bed, exhausted from a day full of excitement. In the morning she would be heading back to Hogwarts, she wasn't looking forward to it but she was glad that she got to spend some time with Emily. She crawled to the top of her bed and went to sleep hoping that the next day would go well.
They were all packed and ready to go, all that Hermione and Emily had left to do was say goodbye to their father and then they were off. It was a tearful farewell, the King was unhappy at seeing his daughters leave but knew it was for the best. Stepping through the gates of Hogwarts they were surprised to see that Pensety and Moonbreak were already settled in close to Hagrid's hut. The girls were met by professor Magonigal at the front doors and led to the headmasters office.
"I was under the assumption that you would not be arriving until tomorrow, this is very inconvenient." Dumbledore was obviously annoyed and looking for a rise out of the girls. Hermione cutt Emily off who was about to give him exactly what he wanted.
"I was feeling so terrible about what I said to you at the castle that I couldn't wait another day to tell you that I was sorry and that it would never happen again. I am truly sorry sir." 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer' thought Hermione as she plastered a positively wonderful smile on her face when Dumbledore excepted her apology.
"I believe that you are supposed to choose a teacher as you guardian have you decided who will be filling the position?" said Dumbledore, only slightly placated by Hermione's previous statement.
"I have professor but Emily wishes to see a list of the teachers at the school this year so that she may decide for herself. I know that we have missed the first two days of school but I'm sure we will be able to catch up." smiled Hermione. Dumbledore passed the list to Emily who immediately started crossing off names until she came down to the last two. "I thought that Mr. Black died two years ago?" Emily questioned.
"He reappeared two months ago and I thought that he would make a very good Duel teacher." answered Dumbledore. Hermione raised her eyebrow at his tone of voice, it seemed that Dumbledore was anything but happy about Sirius' return. She looked at the two people that Emily had narrowed her choice down to, Remus and Sirius.
"Have you made your selection." asked Dumbledore.
"I have chosen Professor Snape as my protector and I believe that Emily wishes either Sirius or Remus as hers." she gave Emily a questioning glance to ask which one it would be.
"I feel that Professor Black will take good care of me." said Emily
"Well with that out of the way it is coming up for Dinner time which will be a great time for you to be sorted. If you would follow me please." Dumbledore took the sorting hat off the shelf rather roughly and swept out of the office heading in the direction of the Great Hall. "I don't think he liked our choices" laughed Emily.
If Hermione didn't now better she would swear that Dumbledore was nervous when he introduced them to the school. She went up to the stool first and placed the hat on her head. 'Hmmmmmmmm, well, well, well look whose back, I see you've figured out who you are. Excellent, excellent, I can now place you in the correct house. Lets see, there is loyalty and bravery when it comes to those you love that's Gryffindor, of course there is your intelligence and power that belongs in Ravenclaw, but there is also hate and a rather large capacity fro cunning. Very difficult indeed, I think I will put you in SLYTHERIN.' Hermione smirked as she rose from the her seat, she knew Harry and Ron had their mouths open gaping at her but she didn't even blink an eye. She just hoped that Emily would be joining her.
Emily took her place on the stool next and after a tense two minutes the hat shouted SLYTHERIN. When she sat next to Hermione she said "The hat told me I had filthy mouth." Hermione broke down laughing. After recovering enough to speak she asked Emily what she could have possibly said to make the hat think that. "I it were to get off, it tried to put me in Hufflepuff because the headmaster told it to split us up." Hermione shook her head "What would I ever do without you Emily."
"Loose your temper and end up killing some one." stated Emily. "Yeah I can't really argue with that." Hermione giggled.
Thank you very much for reading. Things will start getting more exciting from here on out. Thx for the suggestions. I incorporated some into this chapter, but you will have to keep reading to find out what idea I decided on. And I really look forward to reviews. So thank you to all those who have reviewed: Sassy Mionie's Pride, Megan Consoer, Slytherin Lady, Hawkeyehellsing, and GurlOfTheNight.