Severus looked at the young girl who he was leading down to his rooms. He was nervous about having the girl stay with him, but he swore he'd protect her. He watched her float down the hallway; she was in her own land, which wasn't a good sign. Severus sighed quietly. Hermione suddenly looked at her Professor with a big smile.
"What is it Miss Granger?" Serverus asked snidely as he opened his rooms. She walked in and she looked around. She sat on the ground in front of the fire and let the warmth soak into her skin she smiled softly.
"I don't know much about magical pregnancies, can you tell me about them?" she asked innocently looking at him with wide eyes. She smiled and tilted her head side to side. He nodded and sat in a chair. He handed her a cup of juice and poured himself some firewhiskey.
"Well, magical pregnancies you can obviously tell very quickly and they last only about 7 months. Since they're so much shorter, the pregnant mother or father, is drained of energy my the 5th or 6th month of pregnancy. The mother or father has a decrease in their magical output. Newborns shouldn't be around much magic so families tend to fill their homes with muggle objects or have the house elves take care of their children in the place of a pureblood. In the magical world there are…more complications in pregnancies but there are also a lot of short cuts. I shall tell you them when the time gets closer. As you near your birth, you will start feeling…needs. Like, you're not safe, and you need to find somewhere else to be. This is where you will birth your baby, your 'safe place'" he explains quietly.
Hermione nods her head in understanding and stares at the ceiling looking at the swirls of paint. She like the way his room was. It was very…earthly. She turned her head and looked at her Professor.
"What's going to happen to me now?" she asked quietly looking at the older man. Her eyes filled with worry and concern. She didn't want to be thrown out of school. She looked around the room taking in all the magic, it might be her last time seeing it.
"You'll be sent to a different school, Hermione. You're going to go to Beauxbatons they have a much better group for you" he said sadly. He didn't want the know-it-all to go, he found he rather liked having her in class. She was responsible.
Hermione looked at him before turning back to the fire and watching the dancing flames. She curled up into a little ball watching the flames and holding her stomach. She sighed quietly and sipped at her juice. She wondered what he meant but didn't want to ask.
"When?"
"As soon as the headmaster can arrange it"
"Why is it better"
"More pregnancies at Beauxbatons they're more equipped"
Hermione gave a curt nod and just stared at the fire until she fell fast asleep on the carpet. Severus walked over and picked her up laying her on the couch and covering her with a blanket. He wondered about this girl and her home, her family how would they react. He shook his head tiredly and went and floo called the headmaster.
"Have you contacted Maxine?" Severus asked quietly looking at the older man, his mentor. Dumbledore gave him a small smile and nodded his head.
"She agreed to take Hermione but she can't stay in the dorms there. She needs to floo back and stay the night here. Are we going to let her go back to the dorms?" Dumbledore said quietly.
Severus shook his head.
"She'll stay with me for aslong as I can support the girl"
Dumbledore nodded and Severus turned to the girl who was asleep. He sighed and walked down the hallways and started the creation of another room for the girl to stay in. Severus smiled and thought about how now it would be like he had a family. A daughter, a grandson and granddaughter. He picked the girl up from the living room and put her in her new room. He conjured a sign that said Hermione's room and hung it up on her door.
He went to his room and got ready for bed. He took one last drink of firewhiskey before going to bed for the night.