I apologize if this chapter is not up to my normal par. I'm really just want to get this chapter done because today marks the 1 year anniversairy of this story. 32 chapters later and here we are. Happy 2011 and lets go class of 11!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter but I do own Michael and Mama McGonagall.
The next couple weeks of their break passed without incident. Harry's birthday came and went with a small party for him. He blushed and smiled and gave them all many thanks. No more word had been heard of Sirius Black, and by this time Hermione and Harry didn't have to pretend to not known about it. Everyone knew about how Voldemort's number one servant escaped. Hermione was also spending some quality time with her uncle. They had gone to the movies, the zoo, and Hermione had even given him a tour of Muggle London. Minerva and Albus had started going to Hogwarts a couple days a week to start getting ready for the new school year. They had to prep the castle, have meeting with the two new teachers, and complete the schedules for every student. Minerva was starting to think that her mother really wouldn't show up with two week left until September 1st.
"Good morning children." Minerva said as she walked into the kitchen one morning to see Hermione and Harry already up. "What would you like for breakfast?"
"I don't know." Hermione said. "What do you want Harry?" He thought about it.
"How about some French toast with bacon?" He asked.
"Sounds good Harry." and with a whip of her wand the ingredients started zooming out of the selves. "Have you two got anything planned for today?" The two teens shared a look.
"No not really, we were just going to be lazy." This wasn't completely truthful but Hermione didn't want to tell her mother what they had planned on doing.
"Do you two want to come to Hogwarts with Albus and I today. Uncle Michael wants to come see the castle again and you two can have free reign of the place." She didn't want them to be here by themselves all day. "Harry you can fly on the Quidditch pitch and Hermione you can use the library and no one will be there."
"I'll come, what about you Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, it'll be cool to see Hogwarts when no ones there!" He said jumping up and down. "We could go see Hagrid too!" He said. Minerva beamed at the pair of them.
"I'm sure he'd like that very much. Oh…" She quickly summoned something with her wand. "I almost forgot it's time to give you two these." She handed both of them their Hogwarts letters.
"Cool." Hermione said looking at the book list. "When are we going to Diagon Alley?"
"We can go whenever you'd like." Minerva told her. "Do you want to go with Ronald when they get back from Egypt?" they had all seen the clipping that had come with Harry's present.
"We should probably wait for Ron." Hermione said. "Can I use Hedwig to send him a note about it Harry?"
"Sure Hermione." Harry mumbled, he was staring at his letter. "Professor what do I do about this Hogsmeade form?"
"What Hogsmeade form?" Hermione asked digging through her letter.
"First of all Hermione there isn't one in your letter because I already took care of it. Secondly Harry I assume you're wondering how your guardians will sign the form allowing you to go to Hogsmeade." He nodded silently. "I've already taken care of it. I sent out all the letters a couple days ago and I went to visit your guardians and had them sign it." His face lit up.
"Really!"
"Yes I simply put on my muggle clothes and told them that the letters had come directly to our house, and because I was in the area shopping I thought young Harry would like it if I got it signed for him." She said all of this with a slight smirk on her face.
"Thanks Minerva!" he got up and gave her a hug.
"You're welcome Harry, but you need to let go of me or the food will burn." She chuckled. Harry and Hermione quickly got onto the topic of what they should do on the first Hogsmeade visit of the year. Albus and Michael came down half way though breakfast. Michael quickly joined in on their choice of topic.
"You have to go see the Zonko's joke shop and Honeydukes is always a great choice."
"Yes Hogsmeade is so great." Minerva said giving them both some food. "Now hurry up and eat so that we can go. Albus you and I have that meeting at 10 with the board of governors."
"Right hurry up and eat everyone." He said quickly eating up the food. Harry and Hermione dashed upstairs to get dressed in their bedrooms. When they came down they were wearing their matching Mickey Mouse polo and shorts/skirt. Their names were embroidered onto the top. Minerva thought that they were so cute. (AN: link to the picture on my profile.)
"Aw don't you two look cute." Michael said sarcastically. "Did Minerva pick those out?"
"Yes." Hermione said happily. Harry beamed to; this was one of the nicest clothes he had.
"They do look cute." Minerva said giving Hermione a kiss on the forehead. "And it's time to go. Albus grab the floo powder. Now when you step into the fire say 'Headmaster's Office Hogwarts' alright. Albus go first." He disappeared and a flurry of green flames, the rest quickly followed him. Hermione and Harry gazed at Albus' office it always impressed the both of them.
"Hi Fawkes." Hermione said going to pet the bird who hooted happily at the sight of both of them.
"Now you to may have free rein of the castle, with the exception of the staff room where we will be having meetings. Meet us in the Great Hall at 1 for lunch and be back up here at 5 o'clock. Got it?" Minerva said slipping into her teaching voice.
"Got it." They said and they ran out of room.
"Where shall we go first Harry?"
"Want to go see the common room? I'd look weird with no one there." Hermione nodded and they ran to the 7th floor. They slid to a stop in front of the fat lady.
"Well hello there." The Fat Lady said. "Have I lost track of time or is it really September 1st?"
"You haven't lost track of time, we're here early with my mom." Hermione told her.
"Oh yes one of the old Headmaster's told me about what McGonagall and Dumbledore did for you. Don't worry dear," she added after seeing Hermione's face. "we don't share the Professors secrets."
"Thank you so can we go in."
"Certainly." She said and she swung open to let them in. It was surreal to see the common room so empty.
"Lets go see my dorm." Harry said running up to the boy's dorm. Hermione following on his heels. "Wow it's weird." Nothing was up on the walls, everything was gone even the bed sheets were gone from the bed.
"Your dorm looks really barren." Hermione said sitting on Ron's empty bed. "I wonder if mine looks the same."
"Lets go see." He said running out of the room.
"Harry wait!" She yelled running after him. "You're not allowed up there." But Harry didn't hear her and he sprinted up the stairs to the girls dorm.
"Hey Hermione which dorm is yours?" He shouted down. She was very confused.
"The last one Harry but how are you up there?"
"Found it and what do you mean?" She ran up the stairs after him. She found him standing in her dorm looking around in interest. "Which is yours?"
"The one by the window, but Harry how did get up here?" He was sitting on her bed.
"What do you mean? You've been in my dorm." She sighed impatiently.
"Well yes Harry, but there's magic on the dorms no boy should be able to enter the girls dorms." She explained. "The founders thought that girls were more trust worthy then boys. So the stairs are suppose to turn into a slide to keep them out." She explained. "Maybe it didn't work because there were no girls up here." She wondered.
"So wouldn't it work now that I'm up here?" Harry asked walking to the staircase which did promptly turn into a slide as Harry stepped onto the first step. They slide all the way down gleefully.
"Well that was fun." Harry said. "Where to now?"
"Let's head to the library." Hermione said climbing out of the common room. Harry groaned but went along with her. After they quickly unlocked the doors they dashed into the library and shut the doors again.
"What do you want to look at?" Harry asked following Hermione through the empty aisles.
"I wanted to take this book out that's in the restricted section." She said pushing open the door that led into the restricted section. "I'm going to find it and hide in a section of the regular library."
"Ron and I have rubbed off on you haven't we?" Harry asked grinning.
"Yep." She said walking back out of the restricted section. "Besides is nothing bad, it's going to help us out in my surprise to mom."
"She's going to be so shocked when you so her. You promise to teach me how right?" He asked.
"Yep you and Ron he wants to." She hid the book in the History of Magic section. No one ever looked there.
"Why is that book in the restricted section anyway? it's not like it's that bad." Harry wondered.
"Most likely because they don't' want anyone to try it without adult help." Hermione told him.
'Then why are you trying it?" he asked.
"Because I'm already halfway there." she told him with a smile. "Come on we might as well make our way to Great Hall for lunch." He nodded and followed her out. They approached the Great Hall stomachs growling and ready to eat when they heard yelling from within.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked reaching for the door.
"Don't know. Maybe Peeves is causing some havoc." He guessed. He was wrong they entered the Great Hall to find Minerva engaged in a shouting match with an older woman, who resembled her closely.
"Who's that?" Harry asked.
"I have no idea." She admitted slowly walking into the Great Hall.
"You know you could have waited at your house for me." The woman said coolly. "After all you did know I was coming."
"Yes mother I knew you were coming." Minerva said exasperated. "But of course I didn't know when you were coming because you didn't feel the need to tell when you were coming."
"Don't you take that tone with me Minerva. I am your mother." Harry and Hermione shared looks of shock and sat at the table watching them. Michael came and sat next to them shaking his head.
"I wouldn't get to close if I were you." He warned. "When they go at it they go at it."
"I don't care mother. I'm a grown women. I'm allowed to leave my house to do my job." Minerva was quickly getting upset.
"Yes your job… frankly Minerva why did you choose this as a job. You stay in this dusty old castle for 9 months of the year, to try to teach a bunch of kids who don't care. And transfiguration who uses transfiguration now. no one uses it." She said cuttingly. Hermione was shocked, she'd never heard anyone talk to her mom like that.
"Oh really?" Minerva said whipping out her wand and transfiguring a table into a tiger. Michael quickly grabbed the kids and lifted them up. Minerva's mother looked shocked and though she tried she couldn't get rid of the tiger that was now circling her.
"I bet you wish you knew transfiguration now." and with a wave of her wand it transformed back into a table. Hermione slowly got up and walked towards Minerva. The two were really yelling now. Hermione slowly wrapped her arms around Minerva in an attempt to calm her down.
"Hermione not right now." Minerva said glaring at her mother. Hermione wasn't deterred.
"Please stop fighting, I don't like seeing you fight." Hermione said. It was true it reminded her to much of her family. She didn't want to see Minerva and her mother acting like that.
"No Hermione I'm settling this now." Minerva said holding her wand out. "Mother if I'm such a disappointment to you why don't you just go back to Mercury and his perfect family." She shouted. "All you do is come and tell me how much of a disappointment I am then why don't you leave." She raised her wand mostly to send out sparks when Hermione grabbed her arm and pulled it back down.
"HERMIONE! Stop it! Leave me alone!" She shouted at her daughter who quickly backed away, shocked. Tears sprang to her eyes and Hermione ran out of the room. Minerva was staring at her shocked.
"Now you made the little girl cry Minerva, honestly." Minerva snapped.
"Silenco!" She shouted. "Shut up!" Then she started running after Hermione.
That's it Chapter 32 Hope you like it. I have to hurry up and post this because my mother is getting mad at me to… need to do my chores . remember though it's this stories birthday!