Title: The Girl Who Lived (Year 2)
Rating: T
Summary: Hermione Granger-Potter enters her second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With a new Defense Professor, no Harry, things are going not so great. Add the opening of the Chamber of Secrets and Ginny Weasley's unhealthy fascination for Hermione and Hermione really wants this year to just end. Sequel to The Girl Who Lived (Year 1)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling's characters and I'm making nothing from this.
Chapter 5
Professor Lockhart was a damn nightmare; Hermione would be the first to admit it. With the psycho stalker, the threatening message, and other 'things' Hermione swore that someone was conspiring to give her a massive year long migraine. If it wasn't bad enough she had to contend with not only Ginny Weasley's one way attraction to her but Lockhart thinking that he was getting even more famous by being around her. Hermione was on the verge of blowing up.
Things came to a head when Hermione found out that Ginny had beaten Luna Lovegood so bad that the poor girl was in the Hospital Wing. They didn't even have most classes together and it had happened in Herbology. Hermione and Melissa at once ran to the Hospital Wing to see her and to find out what had happened.
"Miss Weasley just assaulted her," Madam Pomfrey said. "Now warning, just starting to beat her up."
"Dear Merlin, what's going on in that girl's head?" Melissa asked.
"I think that's what we all want to know," Madam Pomfrey told her. "I've reported her to the Headmaster for the assault and he's not happy."
"I hope that she gets suspended," Melissa said, "I mean, just attacking Luna."
"When will she be out?" Hermione asked her.
"In a couple of days," Madam Pomfrey replied.
"Come on, let's get our Defense nonsense done," Melissa said and they lift the wing.
When Luna got back from the wing the Ravens snickered at her. Hermione glared at them and then said, "It's great to have you back."
"Thanks," Luna said. "I'm scared, Hermione."
"Of a Weasley," someone asked and the ravens laughed at her.
"Shut up," Melissa snarled. "That Weasley put her in the hospital wing."
"What do you mean, you're scared?" Hermione asked, thinking about writing a letter home to Lily about what happened.
"She's evil!" Luna said, "She vowed to kill me."
"What I want to know is why did she attack you anyway?" Melissa asked her.
"She said 'because I'm in the house that her girlfriend is in.'"
Hermione groaned and said, "Oh great, really, great."
"It's official!" Melissa said. "You have a stalker."
Hermione groaned again.
Hermione stayed in the comfort, and protection, of Ravenclaw tower. Even though both Melissa and she had completed their homework she wasn't feeling safe. She had written a letter to Lily, telling her what happened. Melissa had gone to send it off.
"Aren't you coming?" someone asked.
"No, I'm not," Hermione answered, "I don't trust Ginny Weasley to not assault me as I head to the Great Hall."
"I'll have the elves send you some food."
"Thanks," Hermione said and she left.
When the food arrived Hermione thought over everything. Things were getting dangerous, though Hermione didn't know why her brain concluded this. Ginny had started out as just being a bit annoying, though the attack on Luna Lovegood proved that she was not paying attention like she was supposed to. Something was wrong here and she had a bad feeling where all of this would end up. That night Hermione entered the Great Hall, with four students alongside her.
Professor Flitwick had told her that he didn't trust that something else would happen and wanted her to be protected. After what happened last year she didn't blame him. She sat down at the Ravenclaw table to find Ginny batted her eyelids at her. Dear gods, she wasn't freaking interested in a first year. She moaned and Melissa put a hand on her shoulder. At once Ginny's eyes flashed with anger and Hermione groaned.
Was Ginny going to attack Melissa now?
"HEADMASTER!" A Slytherin screamed, running into the Great Hall. "THERE'S BEEN AN ATTACK!"
Dumbledore at once stood up and Hermione had a bad feeling that she wasn't going to like this.
"Who-?"
"It's McGonagall, sir, she's been attacked," he said. "And there's a message on the wall."
"Show me," Dumbledore ordered, "Severus, get Madam Pomfrey."
Hermione watched Snape nod and then the both of them left. It was only later that everyone found out that someone claiming to be the Heir of Slytherin had opened the Chamber of Secrets and attacked McGonagall. The fear that this year would be worst than last had been proven right.
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"Just like before," Dumbledore said to Severus and Poppy.
"What do you mean, just like before?" Severus asked him.
He looked at his Potions Master and said, "Back when I was Transfiguration teacher the Chamber of Secrets was first opened. Several students were attacked until the heir finally killed one. A muggleborn witch name Myrtle. She was found in the girl's bathroom, dead. Her parents took her death very hard and Myrtle still haunts the place where she died."
"Moaning Myrtle!"
"Yes, the same one," Dumbledore said. "And now the Chamber of Secrets has been opened and we have our first attack. Poor Minnie!"
"Any idea who it is?" Severus asked.
"I have an idea but I don't have proof," Dumbledore said. "That's why we need to keep a very close watch on this student."
"Who is she?" Severus demanded.
"Ginny Weasley," Dumbledore answered.
They stared at him and Poppy said, "No, you have to be wrong."
"And why do you think that I'm wrong?" Dumbledore asked her.
"Because her family is a popular Pureblood family, they champion for muggle and muggleborn rights."
"Poppy, Miss Weasley is violent," he said. "Did you see the attack on Miss Lovegood and I believe she's the one that sent the threatening message to Hermione."
"I'll kill her," Severus snarled.
"Severus, no," Dumbledore said. "We need to find out if she's acting of her own free will or she's being controlled. Lucius Malfoy was in Diagon Alley, wasn't he?"
"Yes, with his son," Severus said.
"And the Malfoy house elf came to give Hermione a warning, didn't he?" Dumbledore asked and Severus nodded. "I'm not a fool, Severus. Nothing happens by chance and you know it."
"Do you think the Malfoy's might be responsible for what happened?" Poppy asked him.
"With Lucius Malfoy, I'm most certain," Dumbledore said. "This year Arthur Weasley is bringing out his Muggle Protection Act. There's a connection between that and this."
"Should I warn Hermione?" Severus asked him.
"Oh I believe that you should," Dumbledore said.
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Everyone was talking about the attack on Professor McGonagall and who the Heir of Slytherin might be. Hermione was worried that the person would strike again and this time target her. She saw Lily when she came to check on McGonagall and get a report to be handed into the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Hermione had read that the only thing that could cure McGonagall was the Mandrake Restorative Drought.
"I wonder if Dumbledore can order mature mandrakes." Melissa wondered.
"Dad says that the Apothecary doesn't have anymore," Maria said.
"Great," Hermione muttered.
During Defense Against the Dark Arts Hermione saw Professor Snape walking in, which was unusual. He glared at Lockhart and then said, "Miss Potter, I would like a word with you."
Dreading what he might have to say, she said goodbye to Melissa, and left with him.
They didn't talk through most of the journey until they went into an abandoned classroom and that's when Snape started.
"Hermione, the Headmaster believes that Miss Weasley attacked Minerva," he said.
Hermione gasped and asked, "Why would she do that?"
"We don't know," Snape told her. "But we believe that Lucius Malfoy is involved. He was there when the Weasley's went to get their supplies and everyone in the Malfoy family knows that the Weasley's are trying to get you into their family."
"I'm not getting into anyone's family," Hermione snarled, her eyes changing colors.
She growled at him, her wolf getting enraged.
"Hermione, control Belladonna," Snape ordered and Hermione pushed her to the back of her mind. "Look, I don't mean to yell at you. But you have to learn to control the wolf more than you have. Anyway, we know that you don't want to join with the Weasley family. Look at how they treated you, thinking that you were a squib. The reason that I'm telling you is that I want you to be on your guard.
"Miss Weasley already attacked Miss Lovegood and I saw the angry look on her face when she thought that Melissa might end up being your girlfriend. Ginny Weasley is dangerous! And now that we have a good idea that she's the one attacking others, I'm going to place a charm on her so that we can see where she's going. I also want to place a protection charm on you as well."
"Yes, sir," Hermione said.
Later she told Melissa and Maria what had happened when she had left. Both of them were shocked, though Maria wasn't surprised.
"She was talked down to by McGonagall, then, she gets attacked," Maria said. "It has Ginny Weasley written all over it."
"I agree," Melissa said. "So what are you going to do?"
"Keep on my toes," Hermione answered. "The last thing that we need is anymore trouble."
Melissa sighed and said, "Why do I have a funny feeling that this is going to end up being a nightmare."
Hermione had a funny feeling that the nightmare had only just begun. For everyone!
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A/N: I forgot to write down in one of the chapters that Hermione's wolf revealed her name to Snape. Also, in this story, Dumbledore pays even more attention to things then he did in the book. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and the next one might be sort, don't know. Oh and thanks everyone that has reviewed by story. Your all aces in my book.