Authors note: I do not own any characters created by J.K. Rowling. Full credit goes to her for all situations and information mentioned in any of the 7 books or interviews, etc. as well. However, the storyline of this fanfic is all me and the little voice in my head.
*age 11*
"Witch"
I stared at the woman, trying to see if she, somehow, was trying to trick me.
But she seemed so serious, stern even, that I didn't know whether or not to believe that to be possible.
I wondered if I should ask her again what she meant, if she could repeat that, if…
But somewhere deep down inside of me, it was as if something clicked, felt right, and sighed in relief.
My parents were looking just as doubtful as I was, gobsmacked even.
But I saw a light beginning to glow in my mother's eyes, a smile beginning to form on her face.
And I knew that she was thinking of everything that had ever happened, every weird thing that occured when I was around, whenever I was around.
And I saw her look from dad, to the woman, to me, back to the woman, to my dad, back to the woman, then to me.
I noticed how my dad was looking utterly confused, almost afraid to know what exactly was going on.
Afraid of what that word really meant, of what that concept meant for his daughter.
Afraid of what this would mean for the brilliant future she was set out to have.
And afraid of what would change, concerning – everything really.
I looked at the woman, who had a peculiar expression on her face, almost as if she had seen this scene one to many times already.
I tried to form words, a coherent sentence, but I all could think was: could this be? Could this really, truly be true?
I remembered every book I had read, almost all of them about something magic or magical.
I started to hope that maybe, just maybe, this truly was real, this really was true.
I started to think that maybe this was my chance to start over.
I started to wish that this was all that: a chance to start over, an explanation for everything strange about me, maybe even another life where I wasn't just 'know-it-all Hermione', …
'Witch'
'I am, aren't I?'
As I said, sorry about the delayment, I hope it won't happen again, I'll try my best. As you probably noticed: this is the summer before Hermione starts Hogwarts, when she receives her letter and is told she's a witch - any guesses on who tells her? :) As usual: please let me know what you thought, be it good or bad, by reviewing, following, favoriting, … I will be ever so gratefull!