A/N: Dear readers, I am so sorry that you all had to wait so long, please take these next two chapters as my Holiday gift to you all please read and enjoy and a review would be nice :-P… Happy Holidays Guys!

Chapter 30:

Spring term and flown by as fast as the fall and no one knew how they had survived. Hermione however, was that exception to the rule, she had spent most of her free time brewing with Severus or reading in her grandmother's quarters. She enjoyed herself immensely as she went through the second half of her sixth year. There was only one incident in which Hermione got herself into trouble:

Begin Flashback:

Hermione, Ginny and Luna were walking the streets of Hogsmeade laughing when they ran into her grandparents. "Hello G… Professors."

"Hello Miss Malfoy, are you having a good day?" her Grandfather asked.

"Of course she is, we haven't seen the vermin almost all semester."

"Gin, shut it, or you'll jinx it," Luna said.

"She's right," Hermione said with a giggle.

"Well well, sucking up to the professor outside of class, that's a new one isn't it Won-Won?" Hermione's smile faded and she turned to face the trio.

"Hello to you too, Lavender." Hermione said with a smile, "I trust that you are having a good semester."

"Don't get cute Hermione," Pansy said.

"Too late," Ginny said with a giggle, fake pinching Hermione's cheek.

"I would love to stay and chat but you know how Hogsmeade trips are, too much to do so little time, we had better get going." Hermione grabbed her two friends and started to walk in the opposite directions.

"Don't you dare walk away from us Malfoy."

"You can't tell me what to do Ronald."

"I will tell you what I please."

"Go shag your girls or something and leave us be." Hermione said.

"You are horrible Hermione Malfoy." Pavarti said with a gasp.

"I'm hurt, but I am from the house of Malfoy so yeah it's kind of expected." She smirked and started to walk away again.

This time Lavender spoke, "Ron's right, you and your kind aren't welcome here, you are all a disgrace!" Lavender said. Hermione pulled her wand and now had it to the girls throat, that causing the girl to shut her mouth. Her grandparents her friends and fellow students that had started to gather were looking at her like she had just thrown the killing curse. She didn't even hear her brothers Neville and Harry approach

"You might want to look at the Slytherin you hang out with Lavender, before you say that I'm unwanted, we all know that she will cave to her families pressure and get the dark mark when she turns seventeen so maybe you should think before you open your mouth, it'll be hard but at least try, because next time, there won't be professors around to save you." Hermione said darkly, she lowered her wand as Harry came and grabbed her arm, they started to turn away when she heard what sounded like "Potter Slut," she turned and threw a bat boggy hex at the girl and then returned her attention to her grandparents, "Have a wonderful rest of your day Professors."

"Good bye Hermione." They said.

As they walked away, they heard faint utterances of Ron and Pansy asking if they were going to do anything to punish Hermione because she attacked a student and for once, her Grandfather beat her grandmother to the punch and said something about provoking the young witch so there would be no punishments handed out. Hermione had to smile to herself as she walked into the next store with her friends.

End flashback

The flashback still made Hermione still smile but the event afterward had caused Hermione to cringe just a tad. She had been called into the Headmaster's office where both of her grandparents waited for her and to her surprise, her parents were there too. Her grandfather had given her an earful about controlling her temper.

Flashback:

"But Grandfather, you heard what she said, what was I suppose to do walk away?"

"Yes, Hermione, they have connections at the ministry that could come for you and you are already a target for Tom and you know it."

"I've been a target of Tom's since I met Harry, that's not an excuse! I have been avoiding them as much as possible since these problems began!"

"You have got to control your temper young lady!"

"I am controlling my temper, and I am avoiding Ronald and his nitwit sidekicks!"

"I want you to try harder!"

"Then lock me in a box because I can only control myself, as I so kindly told Severus at the dance!"

"That's another thing; you are spending far too much time with him."

"So I have been all but interning with him since last summer what's the big deal? Oh I get it, you think that my brother's godfather and I are having an affair, well here's some news for you Headmaster, I wouldn't do anything like that at the age of sixteen when I have a boyfriend no less, I have more of a head on my shoulders then you are apparently giving me credit for!"

"We can't give the ministry any more of a reason to snoop around and you know it Hermione."

"Headmaster, as I recall you are in no room to talk, as I recall, you were Grandmother's teacher and you all had an affair in her seventh year!"

"Circumstances were different then and you know it!"

"HOW? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? DO TELL HEADMASTER!"

"Hermione, that's enough, you are dismissed." Minerva said.

"Have a wonderful evening Professor McGonagall." And she left the room.

End Flashback

Hermione had avoided any contact with both grandparents and her family for a good week before she spoke to them again. The Headmaster had approached her in the library and apologized for his assumption about her and Professor Snape that he was out of line. Hermione had heard him out before she told him simply that he should give her more credit in the future. He hugged her and then it was like their feud had never happened. She ate dinner happily with her Gryffindor friends and studied like mad for her end of the year exams. Soon they were over and she was home again.

The summer started off like it normally did she went home and spent some quality time with her family and then she went and helped in the shop for a week taking some of the load off of the twins. However one day, Hermione noticed that George was flirting with another girl. She blew it off of course because she knew that was just how George was, she was glad that he had found some girls that were not immune to his personality. They had gone out to lunch and dinner a couple of times but other than that, they ate inside at one of their houses. Sirius had been cleared of all charges the week before school had been let out so he was free to come to the manor and out on the town whenever he pleased, and he did. He had taken his godson and his friends out numerous times throughout the month of June and threw many parties for all of his friends on the weekends.

Everyone was happy and was enjoying the freedom that they knew would end all too soon with the war on the horizon. However, Hermione got a letter that would shatter her world a bit sooner then she anticipated.

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