The week before their exams, Alexander and Hermione purposely only studied a few hours a day, relaxing the remainder of the time, not wanting to wind up like the others who were having breakdowns left, right and center. Some of their time was spent restocking the potions that Madam Pomfrey relied on during this time of the year, while some was also dedicated to helping the other Gryffindors who needed help, whether they were in first or seventh year. But most of the time, they were outside in the relative warmth that the Scottish climate allowed, revelling in it. They had drawn some odd looks when they swam in the morning as well as their typical exercise.
That week they also attended the final days of Vernon and Petunia Dursley and Albus Dumbledore's trials. They had been called in when their testimony was required over the course of the many months long trial, but hadn't really cared what others said to their defence or prosecution. Of course, the Muggles were furious, though Vernon looked a bit better, having lost weight whilst imprisoned. Dumbledore though had tried to coerce the courts into getting him out of his charges, but that had failed miserably.
After the guilty verdict, the Dursleys were sentenced to spend 30 years each in the 'employ' of the goblins; Bogrod personally took custody of the pair, nodding towards his favourite humans. Dumbledore though, was sentenced to have his magic bound and be imprisoned into Azkaban, the goblins agreeing that he was too frail to be of any use to them. His last request, as the binding could kill him, was to talk to the two demigods.
Following many debates with Severus, the other professors and Amelia, it was decided that they could go see him, only if Dobby was with them. So here they were, standing outside of the room that held the former headmaster, and they saw that not only were there visible Auror guards, there were at least a dozen more under various invisibility modes, just in case the old man got any ideas. The loyal and extremely protective house elf unseen to the human eye but both demigods could sense him standing just behind them.
"Are you sure you don't want me in there with you both?" Severus asked, his concern there for all to see.
"We'll be fine Severus, and should anything happen, Dobby is able to handle it if we aren't fast enough. Don't be a mother hen," Lex joked.
The wizard growled, "I'll forever be a mother hen when it involves the two of you. Turning me grey with all of your antics. Just be safe, Wade and Kelly will have my head if you were hurt."
Hugging him as a way to reassure him, the young pair straightened their backs and entered the room. Inside was pure white, the only things not were the three visible occupants, though Albus wore a dull grey uniform, far from the lavishness that his former robes were. When he saw them entered, he rose slowly, waving his cuffed hands to the seats across from his, "Please, take a seat."
Not taking their eyes from the man, the pair sat down, "You wanted to speak to us?"
"Yes, I wish to make a deal with you. You both tell Madam Bones and the Wizengamot that you do not want me to have my magic bound, and I will not tell her that you are both demigods," Albus smirked, thinking he had the upper hand.
Lex and Mia sat there for a second in silence, before laughing their hearts out, "You think we are afraid of anyone learning who we are? All you would be doing is pushing our schedule ahead a little, but we fully intend on telling the entire magical community that we are demigods. Unfortunately for you, you have no idea who our parents are, or who we truly are; that is something that we are fully aware of. So go ahead, hell we'll do you one better."
Hermione rose and poked her head out of the door, "Madam Bones, can you come in here please, just for a moment."
Amelia was surprised at the request but did as asked, "Yes Miss Granger? What is wrong?"
"Nothing ma'am except that Mr Dumbledore here is attempting to blackmail us into getting his magic not bound. We would simply request that you silence him for the foreseeable future so that he is unable to reveal our secret to the entire world, it would endanger the lives of many more than just ourselves."
"Amelia, you can't listen to them! They're demi…" Albus was silenced by a harshly cast spell from the older witch's wand.
The head Auror waltzed out and called for the binding team, and escorted the young pair out, "How about we go talk in my office? Severus, you are free to accompany us if you wish."
Seeing that his wards were fine, the man politely declined, "I'll watch to make sure it is done, no offence to your people."
"None taken, you can wait for Mr Potter and Miss Granger in the Atrium," the older witch led her companions to the elevators and rose to her floor, then into her office, bringing up the room's wards, "You have complete freedom to speak now."
"Ma'am, the secret that Dumbledore was going to reveal, it's that Hermione and I aren't who we appear to be. We have no idea when exactly it was that we were born, but for 5 months we were loved by very powerful men and women but were then forced to live with a different race so that we would be alive to fulfil a prophecy created that said we would be needed in this time to help defeat the evil that threatened all three worlds. And the years passed by, not that we can remember as we were so young, but November 1980 we were kidnapped from where we were living, our kidnapper is still unknown but the person who ordered it is not," Lex started.
"Voldemort hired someone to kidnap us as we were to be his powerful weapons to overtake the worlds. That day, Severus promised to rescue us from his control, and on Christmas Eve, he did. He placed me with my adoptive parents, my Dad is a friend of his from childhood; while he placed, umm, well Harry's name is actually Alexander. Anyway, he placed Lex with Lily and James Potter, their actual son was a third trimester miscarriage and he felt that placing Lex with them would be best for everyone involved; they hadn't told anyone of their loss. For almost a year, things were fine, until Voldemort killed the Potters and Lex was sent to the Dursleys'," Hermione continued.
"Life with those morons was awful but I survived, knowing that there was something else out there waiting for me, and I found it my first day of school. I ran into a bench, running from the Muggles, and began to talk in, what I thought was my personal language, Ancient Greek. The girl sitting at the bench I ran into could speak Greek too and we became friends, close enough that I would spend every weekend and holiday sleeping on a cot in her bedroom, and I call her parents Mum and Dad too. We bonded over our language, inability to read English, and the odd things that we were able to do that we now know to be magic and our innate powers."
"Then Severus showed up on Lex's given 11th birthday, introducing us to the magical world. He gave us books that we were able to read, and we took to them, as you know. He also told us what we really were, though we found out our heritage from a brilliant centaur." the brunette took a deep breath and looked straight at the fascinated woman, "Our names are Hermione Hippia and Alexander Olympius. My mother is Cassia, the daughter of the goddess Minerva and a Greek mortal, my father is Poseidon. Lex's mother is Asteria, the Amazon daughter of Ares, his father is Zeus. We are the demigod children of two of the Big Three."
Amelia sat stock still, taking in what she had just been told, unbelievable as it was; it made a lot of sense. Taking many deep, calming breaths, the witch smiled at the pair, "And this is what Albus had over you both? Well, I can see your wanting to keep this hidden from everyone."
"Actually ma'am we are going to reveal it, just not until after we've made sure our fathers know that we're safe," Lex answered, "They've been without us for a long time, Firenze said it was many millennia that we were with the Lotus Eaters' safety."
"How are you going to do that?"
Hermione smiled, "We've got someone working on it ma'am but it could still be a while yet. If you don't mind though, Alexander and I should be heading off; Severus is going to be worrying where we are."
Amelia shook the pairs' hands, "It is an honour to know that you trust me with your secret. Stay safe and know that my door is always open to you both."
"Thank you ma'am," the students then left, heading to the atrium of the building, knowing that Severus would have words with them for telling Amelia about who they really were.