CHAPTER III
"Ugh I really do not understand why you would like to read that book" Narcissa huffed flipping a page of her own book "The 100 weirdest magical accidents"
"I already told you, I want to know everything I can about my new school" Hermione replied putting Hogwarts: A history in the table and massaging her head. The thing is, since the classes ended for the day Hermione practically begged Narcissa to come to the library, she figured that maybe just for this week she could act like a real new student who does not know anything about Hogwarts and then, she could go on with her search by herself. Of course so far her search on the library wasn't really effective she managed to find a copy of Hogwarts: A history but this copy wasn't nearly as complete as her own copy, there were so many things left out of the book.
"Yeah and I get it but why read that book when you can explore it by yourself! I mean I will obviously be with you otherwise you might get lost or something. Hogwarts it's kind of an enigma there's just so much hidden between this walls" the blonde looked around as to make a point "It's one of my favorites things about this school you'll always find something new and exciting"
"Yeah you'll think that until you're thrown back 20 years in the past without a single clue for how to get back to your own time" Hermione thought bitterly but formed a smile when she heard the next words that left Narcissa's mouth.
"You know we should go and explore someday" she lowered her voice "Just between us, I heard that the marauders: Potter, Lupin, Pettigrew and my cousin Sirius knows quite a lot of passage and I even heard that they managed to find a way to sneak around the castle without being seen, I think it's some kind of artifact"
Hermione couldn't help the huge smile that broke through her face. "That's it! The marauders map! I'm sure there must be something in it that may give me a clue about that room. Gods I could kissed you right now Narcissa. Now the thing is how do I get the map?"
"What are you thinking?" the blue-eyed girl asked with a smile "You'll like that?"
"Yes, I think I really would" Hermione responded closing her book "why don't you show me what you like to do for fun?"
Jumping out of her seat Narcissa grabbed Hermione's hand and dragged her out of the library "I'll show you what fun really is"
Of all the things that there were for Narcissa to show her, why flying must be the one that Narcissa enjoyed the most?
Clutching the handle of the broom, Hermione sighed , closed her eyes in an attempt to calm her heartbeat and slowly leaned forward with the broom following its slow movement "C'mon Hermione hurry up or we'll be late" Narcissa shouted from afar gesturing for her to follow.
"Umm yeah…just…give me a sec" she said before speeding a little bit "Can't I escape of people obsessed with flying and Quidditch? Seriously I think I feel safer on Buckbeak's back than in a broom, damn it even a thestral is safer"
"Hermione?" the blonde asked with a soft voice when Hermione finally reached her "You don't like flying that much don't you?" at the curt nod from Hermione she smiled reassuringly "Don't worry we are close and I'll try to go slow"
Once they reached their destination Hermione realized that they were in the forbidden Forrest "Narcissa? You do know that we're in the forbidden forrest right? It's forbidden for a reason you know"
"Relax I've been here for years now, we're okay. Here follow me" the blue-eyed beauty said before softly landing on the ground. Hermione by the other hand wasn't so lucky and she crashed "Hermione! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, yeah just a…rough landing" Hermione said standing up and brushing the leaves out of her hair "Lead the way please" she gestured forward trying to cover her blushing face by looking around her.
"Are you sure? Okay then…Do you like animals?"
"Yes, Narcissa what's going on? Where are we exactly…?" Hermione couldn't finish the sentence by the scene that was in front of her, there drinking water was a drove of beautiful unicorns "Narcissa...this is…they're…beautiful"
"I knew you'll like them, here, this is Hypnos" she said standing next to a unicorn that was lying in the grass, sleeping "I swear he's the laziest unicorn I've ever seen. This one is Arion he's the fastest one, I named him after the fastest horse in Greek mythology, you know the son of Poseidon and Demeter" Hermione couldn't help the smile that crept upon her lips upon hearing Narcissa introduce every unicorn they were from all the size, some were runnig, others were eating grass or just looking at their surroundings "and this is Cassiopeia she's so full of herself just because she's beautiful you should see her when I brush her fur, what a pain"she gestured to a tall unicorn that flipped her mane and huffed offended, and moved to follow a butterfly.
"How did you find them?" Hermione asked caressing one of the unicorns.
"I found them in my third year…if I tell you something you promise not to tell anyone about it?" at Hermione's nod she let out a sigh before continuing "You see I have a sister who was disowned, she married a muggleborn" she paused looking at Hermione to see her reaction.
"Andromeda…by the look in her eyes it really hurt her when Andromeda married Ted…she didn't called him a mudblood though"
"It's okay go on"
"When she was disowned I was sad, I used to isolate myself from others so that way they wouldn't know how affected I was. It was in my third year that I found out that my sister was pregnant and I broke...I needed time alone so I went to the forbidden forrest (It was the nearest place to go) and I somehow ended here and while I was crying these amazing creatures appeared and I suddenly felt good, comforted at least so this place have been my sanctuary ever since"
"Wow Narcissa I…I don't know what to say. Thank you for trusting me with your story and for showing me your sanctuary" Hermione said and impulsively hugged the blonde. She was about to let her go realizing what she has done but was surprised when she felt the blonde hug her back.
They stayed like that for a while probably more than what would be considered appropriated but when they finally broke apart Hermione could see blue eyes looking brightly at her and the biggest smile plastered in Narcissa's face. It was then that Hermione decided that she would do anything to make the blue-eyed girl look like that again.
"Let's go Hermione it's getting late and I'd hate it if we get detention" Narcissa said breaking them form the state they were in.
"Sure but can we go slowly? I really hate flying" Hermione said apologetically "Of course, I'll remember that for the next time we came back"
After that talk in the forrest Narcissa and Hermione were inseparable it was like they were joined at the hip. Hermione have been in the past for a week and she was having mixed feelings, by one hand she was having so much fun with Narcissa and Lily, and the brunette was sure that she had a crush on the blonde beauty but by the other hand she wanted to come back to her own time there were times where she was with Lily or Narcissa and suddenly the images of Harry, Ginny and even Ron were thrown to the front of her mind leaving her feeling homesick, to top it all she still hadn't found a way to steal the marauder's map yet.
With a huff Hermione flipped the pages of the thick book about arithmancy written by Bridget Wenlock.
"Nice one. It's one of my favorite books I found Bridget Wenlock's work brilliant" said a voice that belonged to non-other that Remus Lupin, the brunette had to blink twice this Remus was a lot more different and why not, handsome than he's older self, for a moment she was speechless "May I sit here? This is where I usually sit" he asked with a small smile.
"Sure, go ahead" Hermione was confused by the friendliness in which Remus was treating her, in this time she was a Slytherin after all and she was sure that Remus disliked Slytherin just as much as the rest of the marauders. He even started talking with her about arithmancy and surprisingly they talked for hours about other books and classes that they liked.
"You know I think Lily was right you definitely aren't like the other Slytherins" He said with a smile standing and putting one of the books he brought with him in one of the shelves behind her.
"Really? And what exactly Lily told you?"
"Oh you know the usual that you were smart, kind and fun" He said with a wave of his hand "To be honest I was sceptic at first, I like Lily she's a dear friend to me but I don't really trust her judgment with friends, I mean she hangs out with Snape and I'm positive that even your housemates dislike him" Remus laughed and Hermione couldn't hold back the snort that escaped from her mouth upon remembering the way Narcissa talked about Snape "But I have to say I'm glad I was wrong about you, It's not like I disliked you at the beginning or anything but about Lily's judgment with friends, after all she does hang out with us too, the marauders I mean at least when James isn't asking her out…" He said laughing awkwardly and blushing madly "I'm rambling aren't I? What I mean to say it's that you're pretty cool and I'm glad I talked to you"
"Thank you Lupin, I think the same about you" both smiled at each other "Please call me Remus" Lupin said while brushing out the dust out of his hands "Very well then you may call me Hermione. Remus what made you talk to me? Since it wasn't Lily's suggestion then what was it?"
"Honestly it was your debate with Professor Hayes in Defence Against the Dark Arts about the few spells that can be used againts an inferius and if they somehow can be redirected to their master. It was truly brilliant"
"Wow thank you" Hermione replied before feeling somebody's arms wrapped around her neck, smelling the sweet scent of flowers the brunette knew exactly who it was "Well hello to you too Lily"
"I have to say this is a sight I thought I'll never see given how stubborn Remus over here is" Lily said showing her perfectly white teeth.
"Hey! I'm not stubborn! It's just that you have a questionable judgment for friendship, Hermione here agrees with me"
"I have to agree with him in this hun, Snape is enough reason to question anyones judgment, sorry" Hermione said giggling which granted her a slight smack on her arm and a scowl.
"Seriously I'll never understand why you too hate him, he hasn't done anything bad to any of you, even when you deserve it" Lily said glaring at Remus who shrugged.
"He's not a good person Lily, maybe and just maybe he's just good towards you" Hermione said matter of factly thinking about how mean the older Snape is.
"Yeah and everybody knows it's because he loves you" Remus added giving her a knowing look.
"He does not! He's my best friend" Lily unwrapped her arms from Hermione's neck and brushing her bangs away she let out a sigh "He's really a sweet guy and you Hermione should give him a chance"
"Lily we already discussed this, I don't like him, period. Look if it'll make you feel better I promise not to talk badly about him in your presence okay?" the brunette said holding one of the redhead's hands.
"Fine. What were you two talking anyway?"
"A little bit of everything, specially books and classes" Remus replied glancing at his watch "I'm sorry girls but I have to go, I'm supposed to meet James, Sirius and Peter in the common room. See you later" he waved at them before leaving the library.
"Then that leave just the two of us" Lily commented "Hey! Do you have plans for the weekend? We're going to have a Hogsmead trip do you want to come with me?" Lily asked her hopefully.
"I'm sorry Evans but she's already going with me" a cold voice replied to Lily's question.
"Hey there Cissy" Hermione greeted glancing back and forth between both girls who were glaring at each other, the brunette already feeling the tension grow tried to attract the blonde's attention "I thought you went to bed"
"No, I went to the owlery I had to send a letter to my sister and on my way back professor Slughorne called me because he wanted to talk to me about the next club's party so we were the whole afternoon discussing and planning it"
"Hmm that's weird, professor Slughorne hasn't told me anything" Lily murmured puzzled.
"And I don't blame him, why would he want you to…"
"Okay...jeez! It's getting late why don't we go back to the common room Cissy? Eh?" Hermione interrupted standing and hugging Lily "I'll try and make some time to spend with you at Hogsmeade" she whispered in the redhead's ear making her blush a deep shade of scarlet.
"Sure…" Narcissa scowled even more upon seeing what Hermione did and quickly grabbed the brunette's hand leading her out of the library "What was that?" she snapped.
"What was what?" Hermione asked puzzled and feeling herself go deep red once she realized that Narcissa hadn't released her hand yet "I just hugged her as a goodbye"
"I don't get why you hang out with her" Narcissa stated wrinkling her nose in distaste.
"I'm sure if you actually talked to her you'll get along, she's an awesome girl" Hermione said feeling a sense of déjà vu,
"You know I can't and honestly I don't want to"
"Is it because of the house rivalry? Because you already know how I feel about it" Hermione frowned giving the blonde a light squeeze "It's not just that, you do know that she's muggleborn right?"
"And what does that mean? Just because her parents are muggle she's not worthy of your attention?" Hermione felt herself grow defensive "I wonder what'll you think if you knew that I'm muggleborn"
"Well yes, my family has some beliefs Hermione and even though I do not exactly share their mindset, if they find out that I was hanging out with a muggleborn they'll disown me. I'm sure Regulus wouldn't hesitate in telling that to her mother and she to my mother" the brunette's frown slowly disappeared before realizing what she just said.
"Regulus. Sirius's brother. It's weird I haven't seen him around and I already have a week here"
"Hey, you okay?" Narcissa softly asked releasing her hand when they made it to the common room "Yeah, I'm tired that's all. Do you mind if I go to bed early?"
"No, go ahead. See you tomorrow" and for the brunette's astonishment Narcissa leaned forward and planted a light kiss on her cheek leaving her gaping and with a dreamy look in her face.
Slightly dazed Hermione made her way to her dorm and it wasn't until she was lying in her bed that she realized that she had befriended Remus Lupin, one of the marauders and that could be her chance to get the map and find that room.
OMG I'm genuinly surprised by the respond to this fic, thank you all you're awsome.
Pachecoissa123: I'm glad that you liked it thanks for reading, I'll try to update sooner I promise.
Seeker-of-Raven: Hey there! I'm glad you liked Narcissa/Hermione/Lily interaction you'll be seeing more of them later. About Narcissa's and Severu's relationship it's quite complicated he's a really complex man and tbh I don't like him that much but you'll see in the future how they're relationship really is.
Karean: Wow que sorpresa verte por aquí. Gracias por leer lo aprecio mucho, no sabia que también te gustaba Cissamione. Y pues si quise desafiarme un poco y tratar de mejorar mi ingles so...espero que actualices tu fanfic pronto no puedo esperar para leer el proximo capitulo.
Scorpiogryffindor: Well tbh I'm not sure about that, I like the pairing but I don't think I could write a whole story for them. You'll see a lot of interaction between them here though :)
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HerCissa: OThanks for reading! ummm I'm not sure if I'll write smut here though I haven't done it before so...but who knows maybe I'll try.
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Fan: Thanks for reading! :) Then it's a good thing you liked Narcissa/Hermione/Lily interaction because you'll be seeing a lot more of them.
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