Hi, me again. I know I've taken a long time to update but the school leavers ball is on Friday so I've been organizing the transport and getting last minute things. Also, writers block hit. Anyway, done now. Enjoy.

Chapter Eight

Back and Telling the Boys

Hermione opened her eyes and smiled as she realized she was in Hogsmede. Looking back over her shoulder, Hermione quickly walked into the castle, worried that Deatheaters might turn up soon. Although she wasn't scared of Voldemort, she had no desire to go back to the mad man she once loved.

Harry paced worriedly in Albus' office as they waited for Professor Snape to return from the meeting so as to find out if Hermione was taken. The door burst open, causing Ron and Ginny to jump. Harry spun round and came face to face with Hermione.

As soon as Hermione stepped into the room, she was engulfed in a hug from her three friends. She smiled and hugged them back, answered all the questions that were thrown at her. "Yes, I saw Voldemort. No, I didn't get cursed. I disabled the wards and apperated. Yes, I know how to apperate."

Albus smiled as the trio that had been waiting for her hugged Hermione and shot a dozen questions at her. "Guys, can you wait outside for a moment?" She asked. The trio nodded and headed out of the door, Harry keeping his hand on her arm until the last minute to ensure she really was there.

"Albus, I need to tell them. Tom knows, as do his Deatheaters, and the Order knows. It's time." Hermione told the elderly man. Albus sighed heavily. "Very well, Hermione. Use your old rooms to avoid being overheard or a commotion." Hermione nodded and headed out of the room back to her Boys and Ginny.

As soon as Hermione left the office, she was once again swarmed by her friends as they demanded to know what was going on. "Not here. Come with me." She told them, turning and leading them away. She took them to her portrait and inside.

Harry, Ron and Ginny stared at the room in awe as they wandered in. Their jaws dropped even more as Hermione was greeted by her raven and Lioness. "Hello, Marvin, Hera. You can't come with me now. Stay." Hermione told the animals, stroking them. "Come on, let's go." She directed this at her human companions. "Go where?" Ron asked. "Follow me." Hermione smiled. The trio approached her and she grabbed each one of them, throwing Floo powder into the fire and shouting out an address they didn't hear.

When they stopped spinning, Harry, Ron and Ginny fell out of the fireplace and into a grand entrance hall. The marble floors gleamed as the sun shone in from the two ornate stain glass windows depicting a Raven and a Lion. A smaller window showed a lion cub led down with both previous animals.

Hermione looked at them and sighed. They were supposed to depict her parents and herself. Her father had had them made when she was seven. Shaking herself out of the morbid thoughts, Hermione led her friends into the grand living room.

Harry sank into a comfy sofa in the living room, staring at the mix of wizarding items, such as the moving portraits and Wizard Wireless, and Muggle items, such as the wide screen TV. "Hermione, where are we?" He gasped out. Hermione bit her lip and looked down at her hands that were folded neatly on her lap. "My home. I haven't been very honest with you."

Ron immediately became defensive. "What? Why are we here? Are you going to hand us over to your Deatheater buddies? That kidnap was staged, so you could meet up with Him. Why else did you get away so easily?" He sneered, glaring at her.

Hermione stood up so fast that Ron recoiled slightly and glared hard at him. "Don't talk about things you don't know, Ronald Weasley. I am not a Deatheater. I escaped because they were distracted long enough for me to disable the wards and apperate." She spat, shaking in rage and her magic making an invisible wind whip around her. She looked very scary and full extent of her power was shown. Harry shuddered.

"How the hell could you do that? You're only seventeen. You haven't learnt how to apperate yet!" Ginny exclaimed, shock and disbelief written clearly on her face and in her eyes. Hermione narrowed her eyes at her. "You doubt me." She snapped. Ginny shook her head. "I don't know, should I?" She shot back.

Hermione laughed bitterly. "I bring you to my home, the one place I haven't ever shown anyone, and you accuse me of being a Deatheater. This is just ridiculous." She rambled. "Where exactly are we then? You can't be Muggleborn if this is your home." Ron argued, glaring hard at her.

Hermione shot him a devious grin and flicked her hand. Her clothes changed to those more suited to the era she had been born in. A blood red gown appeared with a corset top, the cords holding it together gold to match the trimmings. A necklace she wore was a bronze chain with a sapphire on the end. Her breasts were showing over the top of the corset and she looked stunning, sexy yet still elegant.

Hermione bowed mockingly at the trio sat before her. "Welcome to Gryffindor Manor." She announced. The trio gaped at her. "The Gryffindor line died out thousands of years ago! Unless the daughter had a kid that were squibs and they had squibs until you." Ron gasped, struggling to grasp the fact that the girl before him was telling him that she wasn't Muggleborn, but the pureblood heir of Gryffindor.

"No, she didn't even have a chance to do that. Salazar saw to that." Hermione growled, her eyes spitting fire and anger. "Hermione? What do you mean? Then how can you be a Gryffindor?" Ginny questioned, head cocked in confusion.

Hermione sighed and sunk into her seat that had once been her father's, it still smelled of him due to a preservation spell. Her mother's chair had the same spell on it. Their scents calmed her. "I have something to tell you." She began.

Hermione told them her tale and the trio's expressions changed a numbers of times during the story. "How could you forgive Slytherin after what he did to you?" Harry gasped. "Trust me, it took two hundred years for me to do so. When Tom came about, he saw the errors of his ways and regretted ever being that cruel." Hermione replied.

The two spent their time talking until evening. Hermione glanced at the time. "It's dinner. We'd better get back to Hogwarts before anyone notices we're gone." She sighed.

The four friends walked into the Great Hall and Hermione heard all the whispers about her start up. It seemed the Deatheater Slytherins had spread her little secret.

Please Read and Review. I hope you liked this chapter and I've got the next chapter ready. Next Chapter: Hermione tells the whole school and demonstrates her immortality.