Title: Crocodile On The Sandbank
Rating: K
Summary: Isis Granger comes to Hogwarts and meets one Teddy Lupin. Soon their both off on Isis first adventure, one that has many unexpected turns and might end up being deadly.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, their owned by J.K Rowling, but I like to have fun with them.
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To graynavarre: I'm reading the book right now. However I'm staying as far away from the storyline as possible, though I only used the poem and the title. Thanks for noticing.
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Chapter 2: Talking To Hermione
"So have you heard from Isis?" Hermione's boss asked.
"No," Hermione answered. "But they'll give her time to write something."
"I hope so, I already miss her," Hermione's boss said.
Hermione couldn't have agreed more.
She left her office and headed across the museum to where the door that led to the exhibit room was located. Several priceless artifacts had come in and she wanted to see what they contained. Suddenly Hermione saw someone that she thought she would never see. The man had very messy hair and was wearing jeans and a shirt.
"Oh no," Hermione moaned when she saw the scar on his forehead, "Harry. How did he find me?"
Fearing that Isis might have found out who her father was and then set out to find him Hermione hurried to the door. However Harry caught her.
"Hermione," he called out.
"Damn," she muttered and turned to him as he approached. "Hello, Harry."
"Hermione is there a place that we can talk," Harry asked her.
"Um, sure, but what about your classes or whatever you do now?"
"I had one of the assistance take over," Harry told her, "So no worries."
"Fine but make it quick I have some work that has to be done," Hermione told him and she took him to the exhibit room where people were unloading things.
"Hermione, have these things been broken of their curses?" Harry asked her.
"No need for that," Hermione said. "Anyway, Gringotts has been taking too much of Egypt's past and what we get is what we get. I'm not about to have more of it taken."
Her tone made Harry wince.
When Hermione had sent the workers away Harry at once asked her how come she never told him that he had a daughter. Hermione looked at the floor and said. "I didn't want to ruin your relationship with Ginny. When I had Isis she was the most perfect baby that I had ever seen but I knew that one day she might head off to Hogwarts."
"And how have you managed to get by without someone to provide for you?" Harry asked her.
"My father knew someone that got me in and I worked hard to complete Muggle University and then come here. Now what I want to know is how you found out that Isis was your daughter?"
"People talked," Harry answered. "Professor Willow, the Transfiguration teacher, called her a know-it-all and others made certain comments. Neville suggested that I do a Paternity Potion."
"And you did exactly what he told you to do," Hermione snapped. "Look, I don't want this to ruin Isis life. She's a good girl and she's better off not knowing who her father is. The Daily Prophet as well as the Weasley clan will make a big deal about this."
Harry glared at her. "Like I've ever cared with that rag thinks," Harry told her, "Even though my wife works for that rag. As for the Weasley clan, I'll never turn my back on Isis no matter how much they want me to."
Hermione crossed her arms and looked at him.
"Hermione, I don't have any doubt that you're a good mother but she needs her father," Harry told her. "Anyways she is, according to this parchment, a natural Egyptian Dark Curse Breaker. Bill Weasley can help her there."
Hermione stared at him and Harry showed her the parchment.
"But-."
"Please let me at least watch over her," Harry said. "I won't tell her who I am or anything. Just let me make sure that she's safe while she's at the school."
Hermione bit her lip. "Fine, but don't tell her that you're her father," Hermione told him. "I don't want to cause her any problems."
Harry nodded and then left.
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"I wonder why my Godfather wasn't in classes today," Teddy asked Isis during lunch.
"Maybe he had a family thing to take care of," Isis said, her voice depressed.
Teddy patted her on the back.
The rest of the week passed without any problems. During Isis first potions lesson Professor Potter had them brewing a simple potion to cure boils. The students all worked hard on this potion but only Isis managed to get it perfect. This earned Gryffindor ten points. Once the lesson was over the students filed out and headed back to their dorms.
That afternoon, on Teddy's urging; Isis joined him to meet Hagrid. He was the gamekeeper as well as the Professor that taught Care of Magical Creatures. When Teddy knocked on the door it opened and Isis met Hagrid face to face.
"Teddy, glad you could make it," Hagrid told him. "Ah and this must be Isis."
He motioned them to enter and then gave them both tea.
"Saw your Godfather a few days ago," Hagrid told Teddy. "He was leaving the Hogwarts grounds and he looked determined, haven't seen that look in years."
"Do you know where he went?" Teddy asked him.
"No," Hagrid said, shaking his head and then he looked at Isis. "So this is Hermione Granger's daughter. I knew your mum when she was in school. Smart witch, the brightest witch, ever."
Isis beamed with pride.
"So what's she doing now?"
"Oh she works for the British museum," Isis answered. "She repairs artifacts that are brought over from Egypt."
"Well that sounds like something that our Hermione would do," Hagrid said, "Of course some of the Weasley family doesn't like her."
"Why not?" Isis asked.
"Well she sort of dumped Ron, her boyfriend, and disappeared," Hagrid told her. "A lot of people wondered where Hermione went. I'm glad she's doing something with her life. Is she respected in this field?"
Isis nodded, smiling at him.
"Have you been to Egypt yet?" Hagrid asked.
"Yes, my mum took me when I was little," Isis told him.
"Did you go to Muggle School?" Hagrid asked her.
"Yes but I learned more at the museum then I ever did in those stuffy schools," Isis told him. "I can read Greek and read, write, and speak Ancient Egyptian."
"And you learned all this in the Muggle world?"
Isis nodded and Hagrid seemed impressed.
They talked about what Hermione did and what kind of scrolls that Isis had read and then it was time to head back to the castle for dinner. Teddy told her that Hagrid was really amazed at all the stuff that Isis was able to do.
"Do you really think so," Isis asked him.
"Of course," Teddy said.
Later that night Isis was woken up by an owl. She got up and headed over to the window and opened it. At once she reeled back at the smell of the dark curse that was coming from the box. She quickly grabbed her gloves and took the box from the owl. It flew away and Isis knew that it was happy to be rid of it. Isis slowly opened the box and saw a small statue of a man. She quickly grabbed her scroll and a bag and took the statue downstairs.
She placed several wax statues that she always kept around the statue and then unrolled the scroll. As she chanted the ancient words smoke came out of the statue, thick dark and choking smoke, and several times Isis thought she wouldn't be able to continue. And then she saw it going into one of the wax figures that she had created and at once she knew that it wouldn't harm her. She threw the wax figure into the fire and the feel of the black curse disappeared.
She walked over to the box that the statue had come in and read of what remained in the writing. Someone had sent this cursed item to her for a reason and she was determined to find out whom. The next morning Isis was eating breakfast (Teddy hadn't shown up yet) when a girl came over to her table.
"Are you Professor Potter's daughter," the girl asked her.
Isis almost choked on her food. Where had this question come from?
"Wh-What are you talking about?" Isis asked.
"Your in the Daily Prophet, that's why I asked?" the girl said.
She showed her the paper and there her name was, though there was no picture.
"Can I see this?" Isis asked her.
"Sure I'm done reading it," the girl said and returned to her table.
Isis looked at the article and read to herself the following-
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger's Daughter Comes To Hogwarts
Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet Reporting
The daughter of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger has arrived to start her magical education. Both Mr. Potter and Miss Granger are hero's of the final battle that defeated You-Know-Who. The girl's name is Isis Granger, who has been sorted into Gryffindor. Not a lot is known about her or how Miss Granger was able to hide her from the Wizarding World as well as Mr. Potter. As everyone knows Mr. Potter, who married Ginny Weasley a few years after the fall of You-Know-Who, has three children.
How will Ginny Potter, our own Daily Prophet reporter, handle this child even being around and did Miss Granger use a love potion to get her hands on Mr. Potter. I personally think that Headmistress McGonagall should re-evaluate what right this girl has to be to even be a student.
Isis felt her blood boiling. How in the world did this reporter find out about her and who she was related to? In-fact who was Rita Skeeter anyway? Several students were looking at her and soon a black owl landed; a letter in its beak. She took it and saw that it was from Professor Snape.
Isis,
Report to my office when you're done with breakfast. This is very important!
Professor S. Snape
Isis crammed the rest of porridge in her mouth and hurried out.
When Isis arrived outside Professor Snape's office she knocked on the door and a woman's voice told her to enter. When she opened the door she saw her father as well as Professor Snape and the Headmistress. McGonagall told her to close the door and then a small sound told her that something had been done to the door.
"Now that we can all talk without being overheard," McGonagall told them. "Did you read the Daily Prophet article?"
"Yes," Isis answered.
"How in the world did Rita find out?" Harry asked them.
"That I don't know," Snape told him. "But what this means is that the Weasley's will soon find out and we'll have to watch what they'll do."
"I'm sure that Mrs. Weasley will blow her top," McGonagall told them.
"Who's Mrs. Weasley," Isis asked.
"James, Albus, and Lily's grandmother," Harry answered.
"Harry, what are you going to do about this?" McGonagall asked him.
"Are you asking me if I'm going to throw Isis away, act like I don't have another child," Harry asked her, his voice hard. "No, I'm not. Hermione would never give me a love potion, that was below her, and if anyone says differently I'll make sure that their dealt with."
"Am I going to be in trouble?" Isis asked.
"No, dear," Harry said. "You're my daughter and your not in-trouble."
Isis went pink and she smiled.
"I wonder how long it will take Ginny to act," Snape wondered.
"We'll soon find out," McGonagall answered.
It didn't take long for news to reach Hogwarts from the Weasley family. Ron sent Isis a very nasty letter, one that brought her to tears, however she got a letter from a Fleur Weasley inviting her over for Christmas (if she didn't have any plans) or summer break at the Shell Cottage. She got some joke candy from George Weasley as well as a warning letter from his wife (don't eat that candy unless you want to be tricked). Charlie sent her a letter, telling her all about what he did in Romania, and a letter from Bill Weasley, who was a curse breaker for Gringotts.
On Monday she got a letter from the very person that her father was talking about. A red envelope was delivered and Isis saw Teddy going white. At once she asked him what it was as it started smoking around the edges.
"That's a Howler," Teddy told her. "You must have made someone mad."
Suddenly it burst open and a horrible woman's voice filled the Great Hall.
"I DON'T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU FILTHY LITTLE BASTARD CHILD, YOUR NOT TAKING HARRY AWAY FROM JAMES, ALBUS, AND LILY. SO GO BACK TO THAT ROTTEN MUDBLOOD AND STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY."
The envelope shriveled up and the tears welled up. Before Teddy could stop her Isis ran out of the Great Hall. All day none of the Professors could find her and finally Teddy just decided to leave Isis alone, knowing that she would come around when she was ready. However the next morning Isis still hadn't shown up and Teddy was really getting worried. He knew that she hadn't eaten since yesterday and he knew she was hungry and thirsty. Teddy knew the only way to save her was to write to her mother.
He wrote a quick note, telling Hermione that Isis couldn't be found, and then sent it off with the owl that came to deliver his Daily Prophet. The owl flew away and Teddy hoped that Hermione would be able to help them. Thankfully an hour later Hermione showed up and she looked mad. He saw her in the Entrance Hall as he came down from Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"Where is my baby at?" Hermione said; her face filled with worry. "Where is she at?"
"We don't know, Hermione," said Professor McGonagall. "She got a horrible Howler from Mrs. Potter and hasn't been seen since."
"And when has Mrs. Potter had anything to yell at my daughter about?" Hermione asked.
Teddy heard McGonagall sigh. "News leaked out that Isis is your and Harry's daughter," she told her.
"WHAT!" Hermione screamed. "HE TOLD THE DAILY-."
"Hermione, Harry didn't tell the Daily Prophet, someone found out," McGonagall told her. "And then Rita Skeeter wrote about it."
"Oh I had a feeling that Rita was going to appear in this discussion," Hermione snapped. "So where is Isis at?"
"We can't find her," McGonagall said.
"Then lets start looking," Hermione told her.
However the words had no left her mouth then Isis cat appeared. It meowed at them and then headed up the stairs. Teddy wondered if her cat was trying to tell him something. He followed the cat down a series of corridors until he came across a corridor that he had never seen before. The cat was scratching at a statue of a man that was trying to train some creatures and Teddy wondered what the big deal about this statue.
"Are you sure that Isis is here?" Teddy asked the cat.
The cat meowed again and that got Teddy wondering.
"Alright, I need to find Isis and where she's hidden."
The wall at once showed a door and when he opened it he found Isis lying on a bed. Teddy raced over and saw that she was really pale. He lifted her up and carried her out of the room and to the hospital wing.
"Madam Pomfrey," he called out.
The nurse appeared and directed him to place her on a bed.
"Where did you find her?" Madam Pomfrey asked.
"In a room," Teddy answered.
She took out her wand and started waving over her, shaking her head.
"Get Professor Potter in here…now," she ordered and Teddy ran out of the room.
It took five minutes for Harry, followed by Hermione and Professor Snape and McGonagall to come running in. Hermione moaned when she saw Isis lying there and Madam Pomfrey asked him to brew some potion due to the fact that she hadn't eaten or drunk anything for over twenty-four hours.
"I'll get right to it," Harry told her. "Oh if anything happens to Isis I'll kill Ginny and anyone else that talked bad about her."
And he ran out.
"Is my baby going to be alright?" Hermione asked the nurse.
"Once she gets some potions in her," Madam Pomfrey said. "What in the world is going on here?"
"Ginny found out about Isis and she sent her a Howler," Snape told her.
"She was born before they even got married," Hermione moaned. "Why is Ginny treating her like this?"
"Because she sees James not getting anything when Harry dies," McGonagall told her.
"But I've got more then enough money," Hermione said. "We don't need any of the Potter family money."
"I know, dear, but Ginny is blinded by jealousy," McGonagall said. "I'll have a word with George and tell him what happened. As I recall some of the Weasley family like Isis."
"They do," Hermione said.
"Yes, I believe that Fleur has invited your daughter to the Shell Cottage," McGonagall said.
"I'm glad that some people like her," Hermione said.
"I like her," Teddy commented.
Hermione turned to him and stared at him.
"Hermione, this is Teddy Lupin," McGonagall told her.
Hermione smiled at him. "Well the last time I saw you you were a little baby."
Teddy went a little red.
"I'll let myself out," McGonagall told them and left to inform George Weasley of what had happened.
An hour later Harry returned with the potions that Madam Pomfrey wanted. She poured them down Isis throat, one by one, and then told everyone that they had to leave. Hermione didn't want to leave but she finally did after Madam Pomfrey told her that the moment that Isis woke up she would be told. Finally Harry left, a sour expression on his face.
When Isis finally woke up it was late and her eyes fluttering open brought Madam Pomfrey.
"Where am I?" Isis asked.
"In the hospital wing," Madam Pomfrey answered. "Your parents were very worried about you and so were Professor Snape, the Headmistress, and Mr. Lupin."
"Mummy and daddy were worried about me," Isis said to her.
"Yes," Madam Pomfrey said. "Look, I don't care what anyone says you have every right to be here."
"So I'm not being taken out of Hogwarts," Isis asked her.
"Of course not," Madam Pomfrey told her.
Isis looked relieved and then the food appeared and Isis ate without complaint.
When she was finished the door opened and her mum came running in, her face wet from crying. She ran over and gave Isis a hug.
"Oh my precious baby," Hermione moaned. "Oh I don't know what I would of done if anything happened to you."
"I'm sorry mummy but daddy's wife hates me," Isis told her. "She called you a Mudblood and called me a bastard."
At once Isis could sense her mum's anger.
"I'm not going to let her harm you," Hermione vowed.
Isis believed it.
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Harry flooed to his house to face his wife! He had never been so mad at her as he was now. Isis was a good child, someone with a gift worth nurturing and she had almost died at the hands of a jealous witch. All of the Potter children, except Lily, were in school, and that meant that he could have a round with Ginny. He found Ginny cooking a meal for herself and turned when Harry entered the room.
"How dare you send Isis that Howler," Harry snarled. "You almost killed her."
Ginny glared at him. "And how dare you have an affair with that Granger Mudblood. We're married!"
"I didn't marry you until a few years later," Harry told her. "Isis was already born by that time. I want you to leave her alone. She's James, Albus, and Lily sister weather you like it or not and I intend to make sure that she's part of the Potter family tree."
"Y-Y-You wouldn't dare," Ginny hissed.
"Don't tell me what I wouldn't dare," Harry said. "You've always been jealous of me and Hermione's friendship. And now you're dragging a very gifted little girl into this. She didn't do anything wrong and when I have her visit you better keep that Pureblood mouth shut of yours or you'll find yourself without a husband."
Ginny slammed the spoon down.
"Fine," Ginny said. "You want to be with that whore of yours; then you can have her. But I'm keeping the children."
"Like hell you will," Harry snarled. "I'm not going to have you raising them to hate their sister."
"She's a bastard!" Ginny screamed, making Lily start to cry. "And you made Lily cry."
"I didn't, you were the one that was yelling," Harry told her. "And let me add that she isn't a bastard, she's my daughter and she's part of this family."
Ginny shot daggers at Harry and then stormed out. The loud "CRACK" told Harry that Ginny had Apperated.
Harry stayed in the kitchen until James and Albus returned from school. At once James asked his father what's wrong.
"Your mommy and me had a fight," Harry told him. "She won't be around for sometime."
This got both James and Albus worried.
"I'm taking you all to Hogwarts," Harry told them. "From there you can Floo to the school."
"Why isn't mommy coming?" Albus asked.
"Well she found out that you guys have a sister and she didn't like it."
"Did you mess around behind mummy back?" James asked.
"James, where did you hear that from?" Harry asked.
"Mummy mentioned it," James answered.
"No, I didn't," Harry said. "Isis was born before I married mummy."
"Is she nice?" Albus asked, who was always open minded.
"Yes, she is," Harry said. "And she's in Gryffindor just like daddy was."
"I like her already," James said.
Harry rolled his eyes. James liked anyone that was in Gryffindor.
"Come on, pack and we'll leave for Hogwarts in five minutes," Harry told them.
The boys raced upstairs and got packed. Harry, sighing, packed up Lily's things and soon the boys returned.
"Okay, lets get out of here," Harry said and throwing some Floo in the entire family disappeared.
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"Mum, he cheated on me," Ginny told her mother. "He has this ugly girl named Isis."
"Dear, Isis is in Teddy's year," Mrs. Weasley told her. "That means that it happened before you were married. What you're doing is wrong."
Ginny glared at her mother. "Why are you taking Granger's side?"
"I'm not taking anyone's side," her mother told her. "I'm just saying that Isis is part of our family as much as part of the Potter family. She needs her father around just as much as James, Albus, and Lily need her to be in their lives. George seems to like her."
"George likes anyone," Ginny muttered.
Mrs. Weasley rolled her eyes. "Give the girl a chance."
"I will not," Ginny said. "And no one can make me."
"And what if it costs you your marriage?"
"It won't because I'm not going to let Granger take my husband away."
And she got up and left.
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Isis was very happy to be returning to Gryffindor tower and while she settled to the work that she had missed she thought a lot about how strange her life had turned out. True she was happy that her father had accepted her but she didn't want to ruin anyone's marriage. Suddenly the fireplace irrupted and her father and three other people came out. The first one looked around five and the other two looked a little younger and a lot younger. Isis figured that these were Harry's three children.
"Sorry about that," Harry said. "This is James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, and Lily Luna Potter," Harry said. "Everyone this is Isis Sekhmet Granger, your sister."
At once James was asking loads of questions.
"Do you like Quidditch?" he asked.
"Um, I never seen the game before," Isis confessed.
"Oh wait until the match this November, you'll love it," James told her.
"Who named you Isis Sekhmet?" Albus asked.
"My mum," Isis answered. "She goes to Egypt a lot and digs in the sand."
"A curse breaker does that too," James pointed out.
"Well that's what I do too," Isis admitted. "I can see a dark curse and then use my knowledge of the language and break it."
"Is that the same as Bill does?" James asked his father.
"Yes but your sister has a natural talent for it," Harry told him. "Well I'll let you go. Come along, we'll be late for dinner."
And waving they all left.
"Now that was something," Teddy commented as he came down.
"I really like them," Isis said.
An owl pecked outside the window and Teddy went over and opened it. At once the spell of another dark curse hit her as the bird landed. She took the package and saw a letter in its beak. She opened it and read:
Dear Miss Granger,
This statue might be cursed, we don't know. If it is, break it and return it to us. If it isn't then write back and tell us it isn't and return the statue.
Gorek Golope,
Head of the Curse-Breaking Department
Gringotts Bank
"Oh great, not again," Isis moaned but ran upstairs to start work.
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A/N: Oh no, not again is right. Next up: Ginny gets her revenge, Flying Lessons, Isis meets Luna Scamander, Isis brings back the dead, curses her revenger, and Isis gives her siblings a gift.
