Here's another chapter, and thanks again to everyone who has reviewed and everything, this is the most response I've every gotten for any of my stories. I'll really try to update more for this story. It will be harder to update since school has started back up again but since everyone has been so supportive I will really try to update a lot.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, If I did there would have been some changes.

Professor McGonagall took hold of her students arm.

"Hold on tight." She warned.

"Wait hold on tight for what?" But Hermione's question was quickly answered when she felt as if she was being sucked up a tube. "Ugh what was that?" Then she saw that they were in front of a big white house.

"That was apparition. It does take a while to get used to." She took Hermione over to a bench under a tree in the yard. "Now I need to talk to you before we go in ok?"

"Yeah," The girl looked at the house. "It's a pretty house."

"Thank you."

"It's Victorian isn't it?"

"Yes it is." The professor was glad to see that her prize student seemed better. "But I need to talk ok." She sat Hermione down on the bench. "Now you should know that I'm married."

"To Professor Dumbledore, right?" Hermione asked looking at her teacher for about the first time that evening.

"How do you know that?" How does she know that, her professor thought, Albus and I spent years making sure no one would know. She gave her student an explain look.

"Some times at meals I see you and Professor Dumbledore each have the hand next to each other under the table, and I've seen you and him just share secret looks. I'm sorry about knowing, I just inferred it from watching you two." She got red in the face and started to play with her hands.

"Hermione, I don't mind that you found out." She took the girls hand and made Hermione look at her. "I just need you to keep it a secret no one else can know."

"I promise Professor I won't tell a soul."

"Ok, come on dear." She put her arm around Hermione's shoulders "I think we're just in time for dinner." She looked at Hermione, and saw an expression close to elation cross the girls face. Professor McGonagall opened the door and led Hermione into the kitchen.

"Albus I'm back." The man in the kitchen was wearing a bright blue apron.

"Hello my dear, how did it go…?" He cut off because he turned around and saw Hermione. "Well hello Ms. Granger, how are you?" Professor McGonagall had never been so happy for her husband's happy go lucky attitude. She got Hermione to take a seat and turned to her husband.

"I'll explain every thing later." She whispered to him, he nodded and walked the pan over to the table.

"Here you go Miss Granger, hope your hungry I made a lot." He told her. She told him thank you, and sat there. The professors than filled their plates and than sat next to each other and began to eat. Only then did Hermione start to pick at her food. This wasn't lost on Professor McGonagall.

"Miss Granger you didn't have to wait for us to eat to start." She told Hermione softly.

"My parents said that it's rude to eat before adults." Albus and Minerva shared a look. Minerva reached out and put her hand on Hermione's arm.

"Well you don't have to wait for us, to eat, for you to eat." Hermione nodded and starting eating more than she had before. "Also Hermione, feel free to call us Minerva and Albus while you're here, just as long as you know it's back to professor once school starts."

"Ok Pro...Minerva."

Dinner passed with out much conversation, for Albus he began to see why his wife had brought her student here. Minerva was too worried about Hermione to talk and Hermione was too embarrassed. After dinner Minerva took Hermione up to the spare bedroom.

"I think you'll like it." Minerva told her and opened the door. It was a good sized room decked out in Gryffindor colors. A red and gold bedspread, with red curtains and a light gold color on the walls. There was a bookshelf in the corner that had a few books on it, and a desk next to it. There was a closet on the wall closest to the door and another door that led to a bathroom. All of this was topped off by an outdoor balcony.

"Do you like it? It's a guest room that I think you will be the first to use. The bathroom is only connected to this room. So feel free to use it."

"It's beautiful." Hermione glazed at it with her mouth open. "Professor how long will I be staying here?" Minerva was so surprised with the question that she forgot to correct Hermione about calling her professor.

"At least until term starts back up, after that we have to see."

"Ok, um can I unpack, and then I think I want to go to bed?"

"Alright, I'll be downstairs if you need anything, and my bedroom is down the hall to the right." Hermione nodded, and Minerva unshrunk the girl's trunk. Minerva was at the door when she turned back and gave Hermione a hug. "I'm here ok." She didn't have to elaborate anymore than that. "I want you to feel comfortable here alright?" She felt Hermione hug her back. They stayed like that for a few seconds before Hermione pulled back.

"Thank you." She mumbled and wiped away a couple tears. Minerva decided the girl needed some time to think and left her alone.

She walked downstairs and saw Albus sitting on their couch with hot chocolate and ginger newts.

"Thank you." She said accepting the mug and sitting next to him.

"Are you going to tell me everything now?" He asked her as she took a sip of her drink and nodded.

"Ok you know how it started so I'll fill you in from there. I arrived back at the house and it was completely dark. I knocked but after a few minutes unlocked the door and went in. The only light on in the house was a tiny Christmas tree. Then Hermione appeared behind me, and my goodness Albus she looked horrible."

"She looked worse than she just looked?" He asked. He had noticed how thin she was, and how pale she looked. Hogwarts had only let out a week ago, and for her to have gotten so thin she must have been eating very little to nothing at all.

"Yes, I know she's always been thin, but this is horrible. She can't weigh more than 80 pounds (36.287 kg). And you didn't see her Albus, she didn't look the greatest here but earlier. She had a blanket wrapped around her shoulders, she was barefoot, and I hadn't noticed earlier when I was there but she had shadows under her eyes and she looked so cold. And she must have been because that house was freezing Albus, no lights, no heat, and no food. She was eating out of a can. I can only assume her parents told her to make it look like she wasn't there." She spat out parents like it was venom.

"Why would her parents do that?" Her husband asked.

"Oh, yes that is the highlight of our story." Sarcasm and spite dripped off her words. "So I asked her where her parents were. She said they were still at work, but she called them and gave me the phone. I talked to her mother and planned to talk to her about the Chamber of Secrets like planned. However that woman informed me pretty much that she could care less if their daughter got hurt." She was starting to get red; she contained herself earlier for Hermione's sake now she didn't care. Albus rubbed her back and she was thankful for it. "Than the woman told me how they were in France while they knew their daughter was freezing in their home." Albus got a glint in his eyes that very few people ever see.

"They did that to their daughter." It wasn't a question; he frowned although he didn't see the students on a regular basis like Minerva he did care for them.

"Yes, those despicable muggles, and she dared me to do something about it. Oh I'll do something about it; no one harms my cubs and gets away with it." She looked fierce and scary. She was thinking about various scenarios to get Hermione out of that house, but it would be hard. Her husband noticed what she was doing and put a hand on her arm.

"Minerva I know what you're thinking, but if we do anything for Miss Granger it has to be done after the holidays. It's three days till Christmas and if you go to the Ministry now it will just cause you unwanted stress over the holidays. You know the Ministry will do nothing until the holidays are over. Our best bet is to just give Miss Granger a wonderful holiday, and make her feel comfortable with us. I assume you want to get guardian ship of her." Minerva looked at him.

"Yes, if you don't mind, no one else would take in a muggle born except for maybe Molly Weasley but that poor family has enough. And if we find a muggle family she won't be able to attend Hogwarts." Albus held up his hand.

"My dear, I don't mind. I would be nice to have a child here to liven the place up." He said with a smile. She smiled and leaned against him.

"Thank you, but with you here we don't really need to liven anything up." He laughed at her.

"So I have to return back to Hogwarts tomorrow what are your plans my dear?" Minerva took another sip of her now cold drink.

"I think I'll take Hermione out to Diagon Alley and get some more food and get her clothes that fit. And finish some holiday shopping."

"Sounds like a fun day." They talked longer about school, the improvements to keep the children safe, and about how weird it was to not spend Christmas at Hogwarts. When the clock stuck 10 they decided to turn in for the night.

Hope everyone liked the chapter, it was my first real attempt at MMAD hope it was fine. Please review.