Chapter 19: Hermione's Haunting Past

A/N: Here's another round of shout outs.

To GurlOfTheNight: Sorry about the delay, here's the next chapter.

To Viktor Krum's lazyllama 101: I know that everyone wasn't expecting that, but he is really rich and Pansy loves him.

To Scarlet Storm: Well we know they'll have to do just that.

To moonyluvur: To answer your question about the house elf, she was there to tell Pansy that her mother had died.

To Rhiannon-shaxington: Don't worry about Pansy and Fred, their going to be alright in the end and their going to defy the Ministry.

To the Jersey Girl Next Door: No, she's not a werewolf, she's something else.

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"Today were going to be turning stool into statues," Professor McGonagall told her Advance Transfiguration students. "I hope that all of you have written down the notes that I told you last week."

Several people nodded, including Hermione. Professor McGonagall handed out small stools to each of them and then returned to her desk.

"Get started."

Everyone pulled out their wands and tried their hand at trying this lesson out. Hermione just waved her wand and the stool before her, changed. She looked over at Harry and Ron, wondering how they were doing.

"Don't worry about them, Hermione," Pavarti said. "They'll come around."

"I hope so," Hermione muttered. "This whole thing is getting on my nerves."

The windows rattled at her words, telling the students that it was starting to get cold. Hermione wasn't looking forward to the winter that was coming, as it would be even harder on her now that she had a baby. The bell rang, telling them that the lesson was over and gathering up her things, she followed Pavarti out of Advance Transfiguration.

"So what do you have next?"

"Advance Arithmancy," Hermione said, checking her watch. "And I better go; Professor Victor promised a huge pop quiz."

Pavarti gave her a look that told her 'I feel sorry for you,' and then she disappeared.

Hermione climbed the floors to her Advance Arithmancy and joined the rest of the selected few that had managed to get the right grade. Hermione looked around for Lavender, but didn't see her.

"Has anyone seen Lavender?" Hermione asked.

Everyone shook their heads and Hermione had a bad feeling that something wasn't right. She turned around and hurried off to see the Headmaster.

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Dumbledore was shocked to see Hermione when he told whoever had knocked on the door to enter. He was expecting Severus.

"Headmaster, Lavender didn't show up for Advance Arithmancy," Hermione reported.

Dumbledore looked at her.

"Do you have any idea why she's not there?"

Hermione shook her head, which worried him.

"I'll inform Minerva at once," she said. "Oh, the Slytherin Quidditch team has requested your broom."

Hermione moaned.

"Tell them they'll have to wait like everyone else," she said. "I've already filled out one order and I don't have time today to fill out another one."

Dumbledore nodded and Hermione left.

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By dinner time, news that Lavender Brown was gone had reached all four houses. The Gryffindors were worried about Lavender, as was Hermione. Harry had a view on how come Lavender was gone.

"I think her parents might have removed her," he said. "I mean, not a lot of parents want their children coming here. Not with Voldemort around."

Several people flinched at the name.

"Well I think that she eloped," Ron said. "I got a letter from Fred that said that he eloped. Wouldn't tell me the witch's name."

"I thought he was gay or something," said another Gryffindor.

Ron went red.

"And who told you that?" he barked.

"Lee," she answered.

"Remind me to kill Lee," he snapped.

"So have you moved into your new quarters?" Hermione asked.

"No, Granger," he said. "And I'm not going too. My wife can stay where she's at, because theirs no way that I'm consummating my marriage."

He took a drink of his pumpkin juice and then got up and left.

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Lavender opened her eyes, looking around. She was in a huge bedroom that had velvet coverings. She slowly got up, but screamed out in pain. She felt all wrong, though she didn't know why.

"Mistress is up," said a small voice.

Lavender saw that the voice belonged to a house elf.

"Where am I?" Lavender asked.

"You're in Riddle Manor," the elf said. "And your husband wants me to fix you a hot bath and get you ready for dinner. None of his friends are here."

Lavender looked confused, but allowed the bath to be drawn and after twenty minutes the elf led her down to the dining hall. The elf opened the door and Lavender walked in.

"Master, your wife is here," the elf said.

"Thank you," he said.

Lavender noticed his figure was in shadow, which brought confusion to her. Then he stepped into the light and Lavender let out a horrible scream.

"I'm glad that you've decided to ssshow your ssself," Voldemort hissed. "Please sssit down."

Lavender felt like running, but she did as she was told. The elf gave her her soup, but she didn't eat. She was worried that it was poisoned.

"Don't worry, my dear," Voldemort said. "I'm not going to poison you."

Lavender looked at him.

"And how do I know that?"

Voldemort grinned at her.

"Because you're pregnant with my child," Voldemort answered. "And I would never kill my own child."

Lavender fainted.

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Hermione headed home, still hungry. She couldn't understand why she was still hungry after all that she had eaten. When she arrived home, she noticed that Remus was eating the food that always magically appeared when people were at home.

"Hermione, are you alright?" Remus asked when he saw Hermione's pale face.

"I think so," Hermione said. "I just don't feel like I'm well."

"Why don't you lie down."

Hermione decided that this would be a good idea. She headed to the bedroom and that's when a rack of pain hit her. She screamed in pain, falling to the floor.

"HERMIONE!" Remus screamed, seeing and hearing her fall.

He raced over to see Hermione whole body changed. Fear flowed through him as Hermione's nails grew and her teeth extended. Her ears went up and became pointed and a long tail came out from under her robes. He quickly stunned her and then raced to inform Hogwarts of what happened.

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"So what happened to her?" Professor McGonagall asked after Madam Pomfrey checked her over in the hospital wing.

"After my examination of her, I've discovered that she is suffering from the potion, which was designed during her second year, is worn off."

"What exactly happened during her second year?"

Severus answered that question.

"During Mrs. Lupin's second year she attempted to brew the Polyjuice Potion, a potion that I don't cover until the sixth year. She did it perfectly until she added a cat hair. I designed a potion that would hid, not cure, her condition. I believe that with her expecting, it has caused the potion to disappear. This is the end result."

"Is she a werewolf?"

Severus shook his head.

"She's a werecat," Severus said. "However, I need to run tests before we can tell anything for sure. I will be observing her for the next several days to see what happens and then I shall make my report."

"Let's hope this doesn't turn into a living nightmare."

Note: Well that was unexpected. Next chapter: Ron wakes up to an expected surprise, which is scary to him, Harry and Luna have their turn, and Draco delivers some unexpected news.