Hello Everyone! I hope your enjoying the story! Here comes Hermione sorting! By the way, this story is going to be in third person POV, but I'm going to show some peoples thoughts every once in awhile instead of focusing completely on Hermione. Belinda
James, Remus and Sirius burst into whispers as soon as Dumbledore and Puella left the hall. Peter sat beside Remus, silent as usual.
"What do you think of her?" Remus asked them. Sirius grinned.
"She's hot." He commented. Remus rolled his eyes. "C'mon Remus, you know I'm right."
"Yes, you're right. She's very pretty." Remus admitted. "Happy Pads?" Sirius nodded, chuckling.
"Intelligent too. Very quick with her wand." James threw in. Remus nodded slowly.
"Yes, she moves like she's been trained for war." Remus muttered.
"We all know a war is coming. People have been dieing since our second year. Maybe her dad and mum wanted her prepared." James commented. Sirius nodded. McGonagall quieted the hall down after a bit.
"As you can see, we have a visitor. I will expect everyone to be on their best behaviour! You may talk quietly among yourselves until Professor Dumbledore returns. The moment he enters the room, I expect absolute silence!" She announced. Everyone nodded and continued talking about their 'visitor'.
"Prongs!" Sirius whispered. James turned from staring at Lily Evans to looking at Sirius. "Let's welcome Puella." James shook his head.
"I'm HB this year, Pads. No more pranks." Sirius and Remus' jaws dropped. Remus put a hand against James' forehead.
"No fever. I think he's cracked, Pads." Remus commented, still stunned.
"I'm serious guys."
"Is this about Evans?" Sirius asked.
"Partly, but it's more than that. It's Evans and Puella and this war and everything else. People are dieing and sometimes our pranks hurt people. Madame Pomfrey needs to worry more about people that really need her help. Puella lost most of her family, Evans is muggle born, who knows how many Slytherins are Death Eaters, who knows what's next." Remus shook his head.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm with Sirius on this one mate. I agree that we should calm down a bit, but harmless things that make everyone laugh won't hurt. Besides, what's the harm in welcoming Puella with some glittery letters?" James sighed.
"Fine, but we are calming down. We can't do much anymore anyway without the map." They all sighed. The map they'd created in fifth year had been lost. They'd searched the hallways for weeks without luck. Remus had even tried summoning it, but nothing worked. Sirius and Remus nodded. They waited until Sirius and Remus could hear Puella and Dumbledore, then pointed their wands in the sky. They finished just before the two walked into the room. Each table had words above it, in the House's colors. Slytherin had Welcome to, Ravenclaw had Hogwarts Puella, Hufflepuff had From, and Gryffindor had the words The Marauders!. The beaming smile that Puella sent them was worth it, though Remus frowned in thought. The students and teachers clapped as slowly the glittering words faded, leaving behind the glitters that now floated down t land on each students plate. The glitters then transformed into a Custard Cream so that each person in the hall had one.
"Well done, boys! Impressive! 5 points each to Gryffindor for the four of you." Dumbledore announced. The Marauders stood and bowed. Remus and Sirius heard a small snort come from Puella. "Now, onto business. I would like to introduce you all to this charming young lady. This is Puella Lupus. The last name is similar to our own Mr. Remus Lupin. Ms. Lupus has been home schooled all of her life, but recent circumstances have demanded she come to Hogwarts for her final year. Please welcome her and show her around. Introduce yourselves and meet Ms. Lupus. Now, since we've already sorted the first years, we'll sort Ms. Lupus, then we can eat. Madame, if you please." Dumbledore enlarged the stool and she sat gracefully, looking out at the hall as he placed the hat on her head. It fit, not falling down around her eyes as it had as a first year.
Welcome to 1977, Ms. Granger. I hope you find your stay...enjoyable.
I'm sure I will. Could you please explain to me what you see.
I'm sure you know that in 1991 there was two choices of where to put you. That isn't the case now. You would do well in all except Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw would do well with your talent as with Gryffindor and your bravery. You could even do with Slytherin, as your act will need many lies and much cunning.
Do I have a choice?
Of course, it is our choices that decide who we are. Think well about your choices Ms. Granger. Each will hurt and help you in different ways. Hermione thought about it. She knew that people were getting worried. She closed her eyes, blocking them out.
Gryffindor. I can only trust one person in Slytherin, none in Ravenclaw. I can trust Sirius, Remus, James and Lily at the very least.
If you're sure.
I am.
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat called. The Gryffindor table applauded as she stood and slid over to their table. Before she could sit with the boys, a red haired girl stood in front of her and held out her hand.
"Hello Puella! My name's Lily Evans and I'm Head Girl at Hogwarts. The Head Girl is..." Hermione stopped her.
"I know. I've read Hogwarts: A History before, wishing I could go here, but I didn't want it to happen like this." Hermione let tears creep in. Lily looked shocked.
"Oh Puella! What happened?" Lily questioned. Hermione spun and put her wand at a man's throat as he came up behind her. He froze.
"You've got to stop trying to hex me, love." Sirius grinned at her as she grinned back, putting her wand away. Hermione saw the others behind him, trying to hold back laughs.
"Don't sneak up on me. Next time, I might just damage something on accident." His eyes widened, then he burst into laughter, accompanied by the other three. Lily looked shocked. "Sorry about that Lily, these four are the ones that helped me from the station to Hogwarts. Anyway, you were asking what happened? Death Eaters happened. Maybe we should sit, my legs are starting to hurt." They all hurried to sit, everyone gathering around her. "Have you heard of Death Eaters?"
"Who hasn't?" Lily questioned. I nodded.
"Well, I'm half blood. My dad was a pure blood, my mum a muggle. I didn't know anything about magic until I got a letter from Hogwarts. For reasons I'll explain later, I couldn't go to Hogwarts, so I was home schooled. Well, because I was trained by my dad, we got farther than Hogwarts students are. I'm way advanced. I'm not advanced enough though. I was powerful and You-know-who wanted me. He told my parents to give me to him, but they wouldn't so he killed them in front of my brother, my sister and me. My sister got the chance and ran into the woods nearby. They didn't care about her except for something to hurt me with, and they had my brother for that, so they let her go. We shared a protector, the two of us. Our protector went with her." Lily gasped. She knew what a Protector was.
"Oh my! Having a protector is really really rare! You are so lucky!" I grinned.
"Of course they're rare! What do you expect, people to meet every single animal in the world to try to find their legendary Protector? Even if you knew what kind of animal, it's almost impossible to find. It's even more rare for two people to share a protector unless they're blood siblings."
"Blood Siblings?" James asked. It was Lily who answered as the others let my information sink in.
"Blood siblings are like soul mates, except it's for people who are extremely alike. Sort of like you and Black. There's no way for blood siblings to have a romantic relationship. One person can communicate with their blood sibling or their protector through thought. Also, you know if you're blood sibling is killed, you feel it. One person can only have two blood siblings in their whole life." James nodded his understanding. Hermione nodded to herself.
"Right, so my sister is one of my blood siblings. It's interesting, but I'll continue. Anyway, so my sister ran into the woods. If the Death Eaters would've known that she was my blood sibling, they probably would've caught her, but they didn't. They let her go and turned to me. They told me that unless I joined You-know-who, my brother would be killed. I would've done anything to save him, of course, but my mum and dad expected that Voldemort would come for me. They made all three of us swear that no matter what happened, no matter what the situation, we couldn't join Voldemort. The Death Eaters didn't know about that, of course. They still think they have a chance of getting me. So, a female Death Eater tore off her mask, showing me who she was, taunted me, then started torturing my little brother. He was only eight, but he didn't scream no matter how much she hurt him. He was very strong. She stopped torturing him and both of us knew she was going to kill him. He found the strength to face me, smiled, and mouthed 'I love you big sis' before she killed him." There were tears in her eyes as she imagined the scene she was describing to them.
"So what's going to happen to you now, do you have somewhere to go?" James asked. Lily looked surprised at his compassion. Hermione smiled.
"Professor Dumbledore's going to find a teacher to adopt me and my sister. I made my sister promise that if this happened she'd get to Hogwarts. I just have to hope she survived, and wait for her to show up." They nodded, doubtfully. Hermione knew that they didn't think her imaginary sister had survived, but didn't want to say so. "She's all I have left." Sirius shook his head.
"Nope, you have us now. Welcome to the family Ella." He announced. The other two nodded eagerly, Peter following a second later, less eagerly. Hermione smiled.
"Thanks guys." Lily spoke up now.
"Don't think these clowns are all you have, Puella. I'm here too." Hermione glanced to Sirius and back.
"I know you are. And as Sirius pointed out so subtly, Puella is a mouthful, you all can call me Ella." Lily grinned as Sirius gaped. "I'll see you later, I've gotta get to the hospital wing for some medical help." Lily gasped.
"You're hurt?" Sirius laughed. Lily glared at him.
"Hey! Don't look at me like that! I didn't touch her. I was laughing because when we found her she was bleeding badly and her ribs were broke and she still got the best of me! She healed herself a bit in the carriage so much that no one's noticed that she was hurt at all!" Lily gaped.
"You're really advanced!" Lily exclaimed.
"I've already said that." Hermione grumbled. Lily shot her a hurt look. Hermione sighed. "Sorry Lils, I'm getting a bit cranky. I was woke up at six in the morning to a Death Eater attack, my parents and my little brother was killed, my sister's missing, and I'm injured. I'd just gotten to the station five minutes before the train, where I tried to rest but was interrupted by those four. This has easily been the most exhausting day of my life."
"Oh Ella, I'm sorry. I would've collasped hours ago if I were you."
"You're lucky you're not me. I've been well trained to battle, to have good stanima and to survive. Now, I need someone to take me to the Hospital Wing, then I'll leave you to your dinner." Hermione stood. Remus followed.
"That's ok, Ella. I'm done anyway. I'll meet you guys in the common room." Hermione smiled at him. They walked in a peaceful silence to the Hospital Wing where Hermione saw a younger Madame Pomfrey stocking her medicine cabinet. "Madame Pomfrey!" Remus called.
"Oh Remus! Hello dear! How was your summer?" Hermione closed her eyes as the familiar voice overwhelmed her. Remus took her contentment for pain and quickly explained her story to Madame Pomfrey. Madame Pomfrey quickly fixed up her wounds, though they were still sore. She muttered while she worked, and Hermione listened in.
"My, my! What kind of civilized people go after innocent people? These Death Eaters are more trouble than this world needs!" You have no idea. Hermione thought. "There you are, dear! All done, just be careful the next few days! Off you go dears! See you in a few days, Remus!" She called, hurrying away. Hermione guessed that her protective nature had come from years of war. Remus led her to the common room, and said goodbye. She quickly fell asleep, knowing that tomorrow would be interesting.
How was that? I hoped you liked. Belinda