Chapter IV
Hermione was having a very strange occurring dream. She and Keller were in Diagon alley; there was shooting going on, whether by magic or the bullets Keller shot. They were getting to a dead end, the Death Eaters approaching and surrounding them, the rat shot her with the killing curse, Keller trying to save her…then pain, screaming and then falling.
Falling as if forever while everything seemed to become brighter in front of her vision and becoming more brighter until she couldn't take it anymore and blacked out while listening to Keller's yelling and stopped. Everything became quiet and dark as she felt so alone. She wanted to call out Keller's name.
Mione…Mione…
That voice, it was calling her, she tried to find the source of where it was coming from. It sounded familiar like she heard it from somewhere? Was it her parents, Lucian, Sonja? Keller?
Keller is that you? The voice didn't answer and she thought now that the voice was her own imagination until it called to her again.
Open your eyes Mione…open them.
At first her lids refused to cooperate as they seem heavy but then as she gain enough strength, she felt them slowly opening and blink in the light of the morning sun that came into the room. She blinked once more before looking around her surroundings. The room was white and there were many beds with curtains hanging around them including hers.
She was in a hospital ward, St. Mungo's she guessed but something seemed off, it looked more to her like the one back at Hogwarts but something wasn't even right. She could feel it in her gut.
She heard a noise next to her and look over on her other side and saw Keller, groaning and muttering incoherent things as she slept.
"Keller! Keller, you alright!" She wanted to run over and embrace her but she too was lost in staring at where they were. Keller, hearing Hermione's voice, woke up slowly and opened her eyes and placed one hand on her forehead and another on her back as she sat up and stretched it until she heard a small crack.
"Ah Elders fuck…that hurt." She groaned, rubbing her back where the soreness of her wings were after they had retract themselves back in her body but felt as if they had twisted and dislocated during the process of what happened.
Wait, what did happen, she looked around the room, shielding her eyes as it seemed too bright for her at first and but soon adjusted to see Hermione sitting in the opposite bed near a window. "Where exactly are we Mione and what happened? Every thing is a blur to me as if I was hit by a moving truck."
"You don't remember?" Keller, rubbing the throbbing pain in her head, winced and then memories came slowly back to her.
"Yeah I remember we were at that place, Diagon Alley, shopping for your things, your friends were there with some others I spied, then those Death Eaters attack us. I shot one or two of those fuckers. Good riddance to bad rubbish I should say. We ran to an alleyway, it was a dead end."
"Sorry about that, my fault." Hermione said sheepishly but Keller waved it off with her hand as if saying to forget it.
"No big deal Mione." She said, "Then more of those son of a bitches showed up, hit you with a spell then me…and then this small cubby guy came in, pointed his wand at you and—" Keller stop and then her eyes instantly turn blue then jet-black.
"I'm going to kill him! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL HIM!" She screech as she moved the sheets off of her, got out of the bed and placed her boot clad feet on the ground and made to walk out of the room and head back out there to go find that goddamn rat.
"I'm going to kill that bastard rodent when I get my hands on him! I'm going to fucking strangle, drown, poison, shoot him whatever it takes and when I finish and bury him, I'll make clones of him and kill all his goddamn clones! He will beg for mercy when I'm through with him! Nobody messes with Keller Elektra Corvin and her cousin and gets away with it!"
She was ready to rush out the door when a sudden yell was heard. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING MISS! GET BACK TO BED NOW THIS INSTANT!"
Hermione turned her head to see a young woman with brown hair and wearing a familiar uniform, not of the St. Mungo's but of Hogwarts.
Madam Promfrey had heard the yelling from her office and came out to see it was the dark haired girl who was doing all the ruckus, screaming, ranting like a banshee and getting out of her bed, making a bee line for the door. She was no better than Sirius or James whenever they came to the wing and were impatient to leave. She tried to get the girl's attention again, "Miss please get back to bed, you have been through a lot and need to wait for the headmaster—"
Keller paid no attention to her as she went to turn the knob and pulled it open and almost went straight into a tall figure blocking the doorway.
"Professor Dumbledore!" Hermione said as the words came out of her mouth without thinking. Keller turn around to stare at her cousin with a questioned look.
"Professor who?" Then looked back at the man standing in front of her.
He was very old, she could smell it in his blood as how well aged, over a hundred, wow and he was with also smelling like something like…sweets? Sugar? He definitely had a high tolerance for candy then.
The man, Dumbledore had a long beard, but not as long as Hermione remembered, was silver like his hair and he was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that swept the ground, and had high-heeled, buckled boots.
His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice in his lifetime.
Keller slowly backed away, seeing as she was feeling an immense power in his presence and went to stand by her cousin's side, watching warily of him as he approach.
"Relax young miss, I have no intention to harm the both of you though there is something about you that seem oddly unusual from you two I'm sensing." He said as he looks from Keller to Hermione, staring from one to the other longer. "Now I believe we have not met but yet you knew who I was Miss…"
"Hermione. I'm Hermione Granger or at least I was…" Hermione looked towards the floor and grab Keller's hand for reassurance and strength, knowing what was to come.
"Was, whatever do you mean by that child?" He asked and Hermione looked up and told him everything, of her real parents, the dreams of the past and meeting her cousin again after twelve years and becoming what she was.
He took this all in with no interruptions or thinking as if were a joke but taking the matter serious as she finished the story. "Well that is quite a feat to have taken all in just a few days you said yet seem that to you, you and your cousin are both related in some way."
"Yes professor Dumbledore, my cousin, Keller and I, we both are the first of our kind, we're hybrids sir. Half lycan and half vampire."
"Ah I see. I never had the privilege to meet one before of that kind. Only a few vampires and werewolves, or lycans as you like to call them."
"Yeah well that's because I think Viktor would rather see us extinct than have us around with the crowd!" Keller snapped, removing her hand from Hermione and crossing her arms over her chest annoyed. Hermione stared in shock at her cousin's outburst. "Keller!"
"It's alright Ms. Granger or do you prefer Ms. Lucian after your real father, anyway Ms. Corvin must have some reason to be against them even if it is her own kind which is by half her blood."
"Yes I do have a reason for that thank you. I have more than one actually: he killed my mom's family, lied to her and blamed it on the lycans, forcing her to hunt them down. He tried to kill my dad then my mom and had already killed my cousin's mom in the first place but luckily my cousin didn't die which I think is still a mystery and oh did I forget to mention he's the one who started the whole goddamn war between the lycan and vampires! Am I missing anything else because I think I pretty much covered enough to make you see why he's an ass to me?"
But Dumbledore gave her an understanding nod before turning to look at Hermione.
"Well from what I can see and what you told me that you both aren't from this time and I'm correct to assume that you both didn't come here on purpose either."
"That's correct, we're from the year 1997. We don't even know how we came here, sir, all we know was that Pett—I mean a Death Eater, shot me with a killing curse and I should be dead!"
Keller turned to give her a look. "Don't say that Mione!" She argued as Dumbledore looked to the two girls, giving thought and consideration on what to do with them.
He was thinking long and hard before coming to a decision, "I think you both should come to my office and we should discuss it more thoroughly after you freshen up and get a change of new clothes. We don't want anyone to know who you are or when you're from."
He pulled out a small pocket watch with different symbols and numbers, "It is now 5:25 and rarely anyone is up at this hour so you two may use the Perfects' bathroom and Madam Promfrey has an extra set of clothes here for you both. Come at around seven when you're done." And just as he was ready to leave, he turned to look at them again, "Oh I forgot to mention that I love Ice Mice." Then left.
Keller thought the guy was nuts as she looked to where he exited. "Ice mice, what the Hell is that? Is that some kind of sick joke or something?"
But Hermione shook her head. "No and I think we should get going and cleaned up just like he said, seeing it's still too early for anyone else to be up."
"Fine by me but still I think this guy is a little weird." She snorted. "Ice mice?"
"Ice mice." Hermione said to the gargoyle in front of her and watched as it move away to reveal a spiral stone staircase that moved like an escalator, to allow them in to the Headmaster's office.
After Madam Promfrey checked them both over and said they were good to go, Hermione practically dragged Keller to the Perfects bathroom on the fifth floor by a shortcut to cut going up so many corridors and taking their new set of clothes and towels.
Luckily no one was in the halls or in the bathroom after they said the password that Dumbledore had given them and quickly stepped in, closing the door back in place. The less people that didn't see them, the easier it would be to get things ready.
Hermione and Keller were discarding their old clothes and heading to the stalls when something fell to the ground at Keller's feet.
"Hey I don't remember having this!" She picked it up and held it to Hermione who looked at it. It looked like the same pendant she had around her neck but Keller's had a red stone set in it.
What could this mean? How could Keller have one as well, she thought there was only her pendant was this but Keller shrugged then placed it on her neck and said, "Not bad huh?"
Hermione nodded, still wondering about it but thought she would have plenty of time to think about it later as the two stepped towards the separate stalls and cleaned up.
After they freshen up and putting on their new clothes, bellbottoms pants and Hermione wore a red T-shirt with a peace symbol on it while Keller chose a black one with the words 'L♥VE, FREEDOM STANDS FOR ALL.'
"I'm not going to be all and all for this sort of thing but it's the only shirt that was my color." Hermione knew that they would have to get some shopping done when they got the chance. They stuffed their old clothes into Keller's bag, which had came into the past luckily, along with her other things while Hermione put her wand in her pocket and left the bathroom.
They went to where the gargoyle leading to the headmaster's office was and said the password. Keller stared in astonishment as she saw it move aside and look to where the stairs were leading.
"So he says that for a password?" Hermione had finish explaining to her of what some of the things that went on in Hogwarts, some from Hogwarts: A History and the rest from her experience, cutting out all the explicit thing but just to let her know what was about the school. "And here I thought it was some weird joke."
The two used the brass knocker in shape of a griffin to knock on the polished oak door, "Enter" and marched straight into his office.
Everything looks about the same from my time, Hermione thought and step into the large, circular room with the windows, at least one of which faces east with a view of some of the mountains surrounding the castle.
The walls with the portraits of past headmasters and headmistresses moving about in their frames or talking, the shelf behind Dumbledore's desk holding trinkets and other assortments of his. Dumbledore was standing by one of the many windows, looking outside while petting a phoenix sitting on a golden perch. Hermione recognized the phoenix as Fawkes, the one in years to come to help Harry against the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.
So many years, she wondered if she would ever get to see her friends again. Keller was meanwhile staring at the portraits, gazing as they said 'hello' to her or yawned or say something before one of them, Phineas Nigellus Black Hermione believed, looked to her, "Don't stand there gawking with your mouth open, close it before I decide to do it for you with thread and needle stitching it shut. Bloody idiot student." Keller turn to glare at him about to say something to him that surely would have been a fiery spat when Hermione caught her gaze and stopped and turned from him, giving him one mean glare before Dumbledore took his seat then conjured two more for them to sit, calling their attention as to why they were here.
"Now as I believe that you two came by time travel by accident, no time turner or spell or whatever involved somehow, it is my regret for me to tell you that you can't go back until we find out how and why it did and try to send you the way you came. I only know that the killing curse was to kill but never send someone back through time." He said, getting to the point of things before changing to another, "My highest regards that you two must not reveal anything about the future that could possible change yours as you know it. Until we find some way for you both to return, you will have to be sorted in and stay in Hogwarts, posing as transfer students from Durmstrung."
Keller looked to Hermione confused. "Sorted, what's that exactly? Like a test or something?"
"It means I have the privilege of setting you into one of the four houses my dear. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin." Keller almost jumped out of her seat as she heard a voice talking in front of her where sitting next to Dumbledore was a battered and old pointed hat.
Did that hat just speak to me! Hermione turned to her cousin, Surprise aren't you?
Of course I am! You never mentioned a talking hat! Here I thought it was just a, a hat! Still staring at the hat in front of her, Keller poked it before it bend and said, "Watch it; I don't like to be poked!" And she stopped. "Sorry."
"Well shall we get this sorted or what? Sorted get it, oh never mind? Get it never mind! Oh forget it!" Dumbledore lifted the hat and placed it on Hermione first.
"Hmm, seems like you got quite a mind here Ms. Granger or do you prefer Lucian then? Hmm…Should be Ravenclaw material with all this knowledge, not Hufflepuff but you're sly and cunning now and you can do some great things in Slytherin, no, you sure, eh well better be Gryffindor!"
"Thank you!" She said as the hat was lifted off her head and placed on Keller's. Keller it seemed took a while before it came to a decision and was taken off her head. She looked at her cousin with fear and anticipation. "Well?"
"I'm in Gryffindor!" She cried, Hermione hugged her before Dumbledore clear his throat, "Now I know that Miss Hermione had showed some knowledge of magic and wonder about you Miss Corvin?" Keller look to the ground, her dark hair falling into her eyes.
"Well I never told my parents, seeing as I don't think they would have liked to find out about it but…when my cousin had been going to this school back in our time, I kind of almost sensed all the magic she had been doing and then tried them myself in private."
"Without a wand?" He asked surprised and she nodded. "Um…here." She pointed to the quill on his desk.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The quill slowly floated from its' holder and over to the ceiling. "Accio Quill!" And the quill zoomed into her hands. Hermione stared at her befuddled. "You can do that!" Keller nodded shyly, "It started after we did a kind of mind link for the first time when we were little you remember."
"I heard of a few rare cases where two people sharing the same mind, giving the other a chance to feel or senses the other's thoughts but never to actual use the magic like that. My guess would have to do with your blood. You said you were hybrids yet different how so may I ask then?"
"Well I'm more on my mother's side as a vampire being the more dominant of the genes, giving me in term inhuman speed, strength and giant bat wings to fly about but still have enough lycan blood and our very great-grandfather's, who was the first immortal of all immortals for the Corvinus family that is, to be able to walk out in daylight without getting fried to a crisp. Hermione I think due to her being born with mortals and swishing around her old parent's gene had her lycan side as the dominant of her hybrid form. Same abilities but no wings."
"Hmm, Interesting." Dumbledore said, "Now Miss Corvin I know that even with wand-less magic, which by the miracle would have taken years to practice but you would still require a wand to practice in your classes otherwise—" He was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Excuse me one moment ladies." He then turned to the door, "Enter." A young man entered the room carrying a slim book in his hand. "Ah Mr. Ollivander how nice of you to come by. Please what do I owe for this unexpected visit from you thought I don't mind it at all?"
"Well um Dumbledore, it concerns about a certain wand that I have had in my shop and seem to think its trouble."
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow. "Oh go on." Ollivander saw Hermione and Keller sitting there, staring at him. "It's all right these two ladies are new here and won't say a thing to anyone."
"Well for the past couple weeks, I had this wand in my shop for almost a long time and every time someone tried to use it, it caused some sort of trouble for them."
"Really? How is that so?"
"Well it's like they are either drained of energy or find themselves badly cut up, losing blood that they are sent to St. Mungo's. I'm relieved they didn't sue me but still I think there might be a problem with it."
"Let see it then." Ollivander placed the box on the desk and pull the top off the case and revealed a red wand cushioned in black-red silk. Keller stared at the wand lying on the black silk cushion that looked almost like blood. She felt drawn to it and without thinking placed her hand on it, running her fingers over it.
"Miss don't you—" But when she touched it, a strange occurrence happened as a slight overpowering current washed over her body as if it was something like her transformation, giving energy and released, to Change. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, they went from glowing blue to molten black to hazel again. Everyone was staring as she held the wand in her hand and then pointed to the bookshelf.
"Accio book!" The book suddenly flew to her and she grabbed it in her open hand.
Ollivander seem astound to see the wand do something other then try to make the person faint or lose blood.
Dumbledore seem impressed. "Now Ollivander do tell us what kind of wand that is?"
"Of course sir. It's a Blood Wood, 9 ½" contains the hair of a werewolf and the ashes of a vampire. It was mixed in as I wanted to see what would have happened if I added the two and see their reaction to the other but the results didn't work as I hoped until now."
"Well Ms. Corvin, looks like we solved one of the dilemmas that we were going to have to find for you," Keller was holding the wand still in her hand, running her fingers over the fine length, feeling the small carvings before turning to look at the wandmaker, "Mr. Ollivander um how much would you say for this wand?"
"Um for you, none as you seem to rid me of it as it causes nothing but trouble but I ask you to take proper care of that wand miss." Ollivander then left the room. As soon as the room was empty with no disruption, Dumbledore turned back to them again, "Now let's get on with the rest shall we? For starters, you will need new names."
"Um excuse me sir, but nobody at this school knows me so I don't think it would be a problem if I kept my old name if that's all right."
"Very well Miss Corvin. Your name shall stay the same. What about you Miss Hermione? Any particular ideas?"
Hermione tried to think of a name she would like and was fiddling with the necklace around her throat. She stared at the pendant and looked up and said, "Yeah I think I have one sir."
By the time it was finished and everything arranged for them, it was almost time for everyone to wake up and go to the Great Hall for breakfast. Dressed in Gryffindor robes lent to them and Keller busy staring at her new wand, holding it gently in her hands as if it were made of glass instead of wood.
"Can you believe it cousin? Now we get to spend time together in the dorms and class." Both of them had at least the same classes, which to Hermione's regret had included Divination.
Oh well, at least all the other classes weren't going to be all that bad, she'll at least see some familiar faces like professorMcGonagall and Flitwick, two of her favorite professors from her time.
"I know this will be great, but listen, remember what Dumbledore said, we mustn't try and do anything to change time as it could very well alter the future."
"Yeah alright fine. Let's go I'm starving. I'm so hungry I could eat a full-grown lycan right now. Oh and we have to find those um, Heads and discuss with them about the shopping for our supplies and stuff."
Hermione led her down to the Great hall where half the students were already coming in from their dorms, some chattering and laughing with their friends. Oh how she wished Harry and Ron were here with her now.
A few looked towards them, first and seconds and a lot of older ones whispering to one another, still looking at them.
Ok…this feels awkward…
Just relax Keller and remember whatever you do don't call me by my real name.
All right, whatever you say…Sonja.
Hermione smiled. It had been decided that she would use her mother's and father's names to become Sonja Lucian.
Nobody would know about her in the future and she would keep it that way. She and Keller took a seat at the end of their house table and Hermione looked around and saw four boys entering through the door.
At first she thought the one she saw coming was Harry and was about to call his name but remembered she was twenty years in the past. That must be his father then!
James Potter was the striking image of his son, an exact replica with the messy hair, well built figure for Quidditch and glasses with the exception he had hazel eyes and didn't have the lightning bolt scar on his forehead.
A handsome boy with black hair like James but seemed a bit more groomed past his shoulder, his long bangs falling in his face while trying to push them away from his silvery blue eyes. That had to be Sirius Black and she knew that Remus and Harry hadn't been kidding about Sirius being handsome and that many girls could fall for his charm. Sirius barked out a laugh at something James said. A small chubby boy looked up to them with mousy brown hair and squinty eyes that looked so much like a rat.
A rat she knew all too well.
Peter Pettigrew. She had to resist the urge to snarl like a mad beast and lunge at him and tear out his throat. Her cousin seemed to be having the same problem she was as she too saw him and recognized him as well from the future. Her cousin gave a low growl in the back of her throat that almost sound like a mad dog ready to attack. Hermione had to stomp on her foot, hard.
"OW! What the fuck was that for!" Keller whispered angrily while rubbing her foot as Hermione turned to mind speak to her so no one else could hear their conversation.
Keller, don't do anything rash or foolish like you were about to do because I was thinking the same thing. But this is completely different, this is the past and Peter for all we know is innocent.
Keller snorted at Hermione's comment. He's innocent my ass! He'll still be a murdering bastard to me and will be in the future. If he knows what's good for him, I'll—
Just promise you won't harm him anyway, it's too risky for our future's sake!
Her cousin just scowled and rolled her eyes, As long as he doesn't come anywhere near me. I won't make any promises that I won't resist to shed his blood!
And Hermione sighed as she looked to the group once more, beside Peter as she ignored him completely just as she stared at the fourth and final member of the marauders.
Remus looked as young and cheerful like everyone else but still came to her as a surprise as how much he looked different than what he would become in twenty years no less.
He was a little pale and tired looking but had to guess that the moon had already passed. His hair held no gray strands but was sandy almost soft gold in the light. His face did have those light scars and he was handsome looking but it was his cobalt blue eyes that made a huge difference in her perspective.
They held so much happiness and laughter, full of excitement instead of sadness and loneliness when time came to pass. She felt that she could stare into those eyes forever.
Oh come on now you're starting to sound like a lovesick pup cousin!
Keller shut up! She turn to her cousin who was looking at her and then to the group of boys and then lying herself down on the table with her head resting on them.
Whatever but please try and keep some of your thoughts to yourself.
Keller closed off her mind and visa versa when Hermione saw the Marauders, mostly Remus walking over to their House table and taking notice of them for the first time. Dumbledore made his way to the staff table and rose.
"May I have your attention please; I have an announcement to make." The room instantly became silent and everyone's eyes were on him. "Now this may seem odd that in the middle of the year we have two new students who have transferred from Durmstrang and have already been sorted into Gryffindor. Now I shall introduce Miss Keller Corvin and Miss Sonja Lucian. Ladies, will you please stand."
Keller and Hermione did, feeling everyone's eyes on them now, especially from the Slytherin's at the mention of their said school. "Now I want everyone to treat them with utmost respect as they are now part of this school's family. And now everyone tuck in." And the food instantly appeared in front of them. Hermione already told Keller this was to happen but she saw the amazement still to see food appear.
Hermione poked her. Better start getting some before it disappears. "Could you please hand me the eggs Keller?"
"Sure Sonja." She handed the platter that had the eggs while making a grab for the bacon. Hermione switched platters as she grabbed some for herself and wondered if she would be ok eating this, if her body could handle this sort of food without a sudden reaction.
Only one way to find out then, best dig in. Hermione was about to take a small bite like Keller was about to do when she felt someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around and stared at a pretty redhead girl with green eyes.
Eyes just like Harry's.
It was Lily Evans, the future wife of James Potter and mother to Harry.
"Hello and welcome to Hogwarts. I'm Lily Evans."
She was about to say her name but Keller gave her a warning glance and a kick to the shin as payback and after seeing what she had been thinking, "S-Sonja Lucian and this is my cousin Keller Corvin."
Lily shook their hands and looked at the two. "You both are cousins?" They nodded.
"Well I'm kind of surprised as I would never think so, seeing you both don't look like one another."
"Don't worry you're not the first one who did. Lots of people said that so when we tell them we're cousins." Keller said after taking a small bite of her eggs and waited. Hermione watched to see what her reaction and then watched as she took a strip of bacon. Lily was staring at her confused.
"Um well, Keller and I both got the stomach virus about two weeks ago before transferring and still feel under the weather so we kind of have to watch what we eat you see." Hermione said making a quick excuse that came to her mind, trying to draw Lily's attention as Keller continue to take small bites of her meal.
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that, that's sucks." Lily said as she took a seat next to her, Keller snorted as she finished the bacon strip. Hermione felt she had so many things to say to her but felt she couldn't as she was staring at Harry's own mother.
Oh if only Harry was here to see this. Just then someone's arm draped onto Lily's shoulder and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Hello Lily love, may I ask who are new lovely ladies we have here sitting at our table. I believe Dumbledore said we had two students but I don't see them anywhere, only two angels sitting next to my lovely goddess."
Lily smile while Hermione stifled a giggle and Keller just rolled her eyes while she spooned another bit of eggs.
Great, just what I need in the morning, someone to probably ruin my appetite by saying crappy junk and such.
Oh Keller…
Lily turned her head to stare at her boyfriend and said, "Now James Potter I do believe you should have some manners other than to flirt, especially in front of your girlfriend. Anyways I think you caught their names already, this is Sonja Lucian," She pointed to Hermione who waved, "And this is her cousin, Keller."
"Ah I would never have guessed you two were cousins." Someone said by their side and Hermione turn to see it was Sirius as he was sitting in between them and moving closer to Keller and Keller was ignoring him while sliding away from him as far as possible, giving him the cold shoulder. Sirius pretend to be insult that she didn't look up or pay any attention to him but turn to Hermione by his side, giving her a charming grin that would make any girl fall for. "The name's Sirius Black but you can call me anything you want Sonya."
Keller finally looked up from her plate and said, "Good, how about I call you stupid and pathetic as her name is 'SON-JA' not Sonya and tell you to leave my cousin and me alone. So shove off." She had enough of having two guys, especially a flirt sitting by them and push him backwards off the bench. Remus and Peter snickered while Sirius was getting up from the ground; his ego took a blow for the worse as the girl, Keller insult and threw him off.
"Oh Padfoot that's a first. Turn down by a girl and shove off."
"Watch it Wormtail!" Sirius said but they double over laughing at his wounded pride as he decided to sit by James instead.
"Padfoot, my friend, it looks to me like someone had finally decided to speak the truth to you." Sirius glared at Remus next. "Shut up Moony!"
Hermione and Keller both listened to this annoying squabble before Hermione turned to Lily, asking if she knew who were the heads they had been told by Dumbledore but she had already known in the future who they were but pretended she didn't. "Yeah Remus and I are the Head boy and girl for Gryffindor why?"
"Well you see our trunks hadn't arrive and we just received bad news from the Headmaster that they were stolen. So my cousin and I need to get new supplies this weekend and new clothes and had to borrow some of the old ones from late years. We're wondering if maybe, you could, um…" Remus perked up as he guessed what she was trying to say. "Of course Sonja. We would be glad to take you to Hogsmeade."
"Thank you um…Moony." She had almost said 'Remus' or 'Professor Lupin' when she remembered that he didn't give her his name and would be suspicious if she had called him professor.
Remus smiled and she thought he looked very handsome. "My name's Remus Lupin but you can call me Moony if you like."
"Remus, I think I like that name, Moony too. They both sound…" Sexy. "…Handsome."
Remus's cheeks were slightly red and Keller looked to her cousin, gapping at her as if she said the stupidest thing and slapped her hand on her forehead.
Handsome did I just hear you call his name 'handsome'? Ok now I think I'm ready to be sick!
"Well then," Keller said, pushing herself away from the table and standing up. "If you will excuse us, my cousin and I, we have to be going to our classes soon and explain to our teachers of our situation with no books or supplies. We'll see you guys later."
She grabbed Hermione's arm and almost dragged her away before Remus called out, "Hey wait what classes do you have? Surely you don't know where it is and we would be obliged to help."
Keller was about to remark that they would find them fine by themselves but Hermione gave her a look and pulled the parchments in which her and Keller's schedule were the same except for maybe one or two classes where Hermione had on different days but still almost alike. She handed it to Remus and he and the marauders looked over his shoulders. Suddenly Sirius pulled back and gave then a cocky grin.
"Well what a coincidence this is! We have the same classes as you lucky ladies have, well except Ancient Runes and Arithmancy for Sonja but I think Remus here is taken those classes right pal? And Muggle Studies and Astronomy for you Keller, well I happen to be taken that so I can show you where those are."
Keller looked appalled and was ready to choose death at whoever's hands than at the suggestion that she would have to go with this guy, a flirt and turn to her cousin, her only salvation, with pleading, demanding eyes to not leave her alone in his presence. Hermione almost had to laugh but decide to rather save her neck before Keller decided to snap it like a twig if she dare to threaten for leaving her alone in his company.
"Well can you guys then show us where it is then, our first class and maybe the rest?"
"Sure no problem." And the marauders having finished, joined to take the girls to their new classes.
She saw that James and Lily were smiling and holding hands and thought it was so romantic to see those two. Keller looked ready to puke. Come on Kell, its love.
Yeah it's love all right but do they have to show it publicly, rather than in the privacy of a closet or whatever.
Hermione was walking with Keller as she seem reluctant to even stand as close to Sirius and he decided to join up with the other boys, discussing something and pretending he was still hurting from Keller ignoring him. Just as she was about to make some comment to her cousin to stop acting rude, somebody grabbed her arm and spun her around.
She turn to see herself standing at a boy with long blond hair and steely gray eyes that looked coolly at her but held some sort of gaze that made her think of a snake hypnotizing it's prey before it engulfs it.
Lucius Malfoy, father of her friends' future archenemy, Draco Malfoy and future Death Eater.
"My my, so you two are from Durmstrang." He said in a sly voice that made her want to throw up. "That school is known for the dark arts and I can see that you have some talent. But what bothers me the most is that you seem to be in the wrong house. You should be in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor. Perhaps if you talk to the headmaster he can probably switch you over to ours and you and I and perhaps your cousin can have some…time together." He was looking her up and down, undressing her with her eyes and she felt a growing anger rising.
Before she had a chance to speak, to tell him to sod off, her cousin came to her side. "Excuse me but what are you exactly doing with my cousin?" She said in a voice that dripped in malice.
Hermione could feel deadly vibes radiating off her cousin's body in a strange aura that she never knew or felt before until now. It was not known it was best to never mess with her when she had sense her was in trouble as she had been about to speak only to find Hermione gone and went to go look for her.
Lucius Malfoy turned to her, not sensing the growing danger but staring at her as well with the same tactic gaze he had on Hermione.
"Ah I was just saying that you were both Slytherin material and that you should consider joining our house if you talk to the headmaster and we could perhaps spent some more time together. My name is Lucius Malfoy by the way, head boy of Slytherin." He went to grab her hand and give it a kiss but Keller quickly pulled it back.
If looks could kill, Lucius would have already been dead and buried six feet under moments ago. "Excuse me, did you say what I think you just said? Us, Slytherin material please as if we would decide to go to that house! You should have your head examined if you didn't figure as to why we left that goddamn school in the first place."
Hermione, a smile plastered on her face, look to him and said, "Thanks for your considerate offer but we would do fine as my cousin so finely said, we left because we couldn't stand so much of the dark and that whole 'pure-blood' crap!" Malfoy looked pissed as she dare insulted his blood by calling it worthless.
His eyes looked to be burning holes in her eyes and said, "Why you little—" But Keller went to step forward but Hermione beat her to the point, literally as she had her wand out in seconds and had it under his chin, putting pressure causing Malfoy to tip his head back.
"I'll have you know that if you say anything to me or my cousin and you shall instantly regret it!"
Keller gave a smirked and she pretend to half whisper to him. "You know you probably should as my cousin is not one to be mess with. Someone did and let's just say he won't be saying anything or French kissing any girls with a tentacle for a tongue."
Lucius glared angrily but kept his tongue before Hermione lowered her wand. She and Keller were walking away, their back turn to him before hearing him called out, "You're making a mistake! You could make friends with us instead of worthless mudbloods, half-breeds and traitors like Sirius Black!" But the girls kept walking until they were as far away from Lucius as they could.
"As if," Keller said as she wiped her hand on her robe, "Bloody asshole, god, what a pervert, I came to seeing him ogling you and hate to imagine what he was bloody thinking? And he dares to kiss my hand, belch! If he tries to do anything to you again cousin, don't hold back to let him know not to mess with us."
"Deal." She and Keller were walking down the corridor before Keller had something annoying in the back of her mind from what Malfoy had said. "Hey Mione, what did he mean when he said Sirius's a traitor?"
"It's a long story cousin, but I'll try and tell you all about it later."She then looked at her questionably, "Why, are you suddenly interest in him?"
Keller gave a scowl and turned her head away, "Yeah right! I'm just asking as to why he said Black's a traitor and nothing about anyone else in our house."
They saw the gang up ahead waiting for them and waved. "Hey where did you guys vanished off to, we were about ready to call a search party to find you gals."
"Sorry but we had a little run in with this snot nose ass. Some Slytherin name Lucy, Loco Malfoy or whatever the hell his name is." Keller responded while everyone stared at her. "What?"
"You mean Lucius Malfoy, that slimy git! What did he want?"
"He wanted us to talk with Dumbledore to switch houses." Hermione said, "As if, I rather wrestle with the giant squid than hang out with his lot."
"Yeah same here! I rather not become one of those Sluterin for that perverted asshole!" Sirius snickered. "Sluterin. Catchy, maybe we should plan to do something to give out that title like—"
"Get all the Slime balls dress in trashy clothes."
"Wear lots of funky makeup."
"Have Snivellus act like a slut! Brilliant, we should get working on it right away!" Soon James, Sirius and Peter were discussing thoughts and ideas for their latest new prank while Remus, Hermione, Keller and Lily rolled their eyes. "Can we get to class now before I have to listen to anymore of this nonsense?"
"Of course Keller, best be going anyways. McGonagall will take points off if we even a minute late, even if she is our house. Best hurry." Remus took hold of Hermione's hand and led her down to the Transfiguration class, while Lily and Keller followed behind not seeing the two faces flush red with touching the other's hand.