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 9

Halloween came around and Hermione felt like she could walk down the corridor without Ginny Weasley trying to rape her. She hadn't heard how Mrs. Weasley had taken it, like she really cared what that plumped up witch thought anyway. She had gotten a message that morning from Professor Sprout, asking her to come. Hermione had no idea what was going on and she hoped that it had nothing to do with Miss Weasley.

She knocked on the door and waited.

"Enter," Sprout called out and Hermione opened the door. "Miss Potter, do come in and closed the door."

Hermione entered the office, seeing how different everything was from other Professors.

"Miss Granger, I know that the Halloween Feast is coming and I wanted to make this quick," she said. "I understand that your thirteen now."

"Yes," Hermione said, wondering what she was talking about.

"I have gotten word from the Department for the Control and Regulation of Magical Creatures, the office that tagged you last year, that you've reached thirteen a couple of weeks ago and are going to go through a very strange change."

"What do you mean, strange?" Hermione asked.

"What do you know about the mating habits of werewolves?" Sprout asked, in a blunt tone.

"Not much," Hermione confessed.

"Has your wolf been more active?" she asked.

"Only a couple of days before the Full Moon," Hermione answered. "What the hell is going on here?"

"Language, Miss Potter," she said and Hermione felt like this was going nowhere slowly. "The reason that I have asked you is that you're about to enter a phase of your life that no normal teen goes through. It hasn't happened with your half-brother yet, as he's only twelve, but it will happen to you. Your wolf will find the need to mate and I wanted to warn you, in advance, of this."

Hermione stared at her and asked, "Does Melissa know this?"

"Yes, I've had a word with her," she said. "She said don't trust my mum to come to a wedding. All she's going to see this is another generation of freaks being born. I felt bad for her."

"I don't blame her," Hermione said. "So when is this going to happen?"

"During your third year," Sprout answered. "Werewolves are outside the law when it comes to age. And it wasn't uncommon for fourteen year old girls, who had been bitten, to be handed over to other werewolves. It's a way of protecting the Wizarding population."

"But I don't know any male werewolves," Hermione told her.

"I have a feeling that you'll find your special someone," she said. "And then you'll be happy and content."

"Thanks," Hermione muttered.

"Miss Potter, Lily has been informed of this," she said. "And, of course, she just has to bring out a list of eligible single werewolves. I think she's already planning the wedding."

"Oh dear Merlin," Hermione moaned. "She's playing matchmaker."

"I told her that you won't know who your mate is until you turn fourteen and he'll know that you're his mate. It's complicated werewolf politics and there will be several wolves that will love to be married to The-Girl-Who-Lived. You're a very famous and sought after person. Even though you're a wolf."

"Great," Hermione muttered. "Can I please leave and die of embarrassment in peace."

Sprout nodded and Hermione hurried out.

"So you got the werewolf talk," Maria said later that day. "Dad is wondering who will be your mate."

"Oh gods, you talk about this stuff," Hermione said, horror in her voice.

She laughed and said, "It's not a bad thing. Anyway, I hope that you get a werewolf that will treat you like a princess."

"Thanks," Hermione muttered.

"If I find my mate, I don't want my mum to know," Melissa said. "I mean, she yelled at my brother because he was magical. She hates everything with magic in it."

"Don't worry, she won't be allowed to come near you," Hermione vowed.

Melissa smiled at her and said, "Thanks."

"So are we going to be talking about mates for the rest of the year or do you wanted to hear what happened to psycho Ginny Weasley."

Hermione at once was interested and asked, "What happened to her?"

"Nothing," Maria said. "She never came back home."

Fear flooded her and she asked, "Are they looking for her?"

"Of course they are," Maria said. "You don't think that they would allow some psycho bitch to run around. Dear Merlin, I don't want to know what she's planning next."

Hermione didn't want to know either.

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"I can't believe that you didn't tell Miss Potter about what happened," Snape said to the Headmaster.

"Molly kept it to herself until Arthur told me that she hadn't come home," Dumbledore said. "We don't have any idea where she's at. The only way to keep her away from people is to put up a blocking ward."

"Are you going to tell Miss Potter the truth?" Snape asked him.

"I believe that's already happening," Dumbledore answered. "I believe that Miss Lupin is telling her about it. Oh I want to talk to you about the bullying going on in Ravenclaw house."

"That's Professor Flitwick's area."

Dumbledore sighed and said, "Yes, I know that it is. But he's asked me to have you help him."

"What does he want me to do?" Snape asked him.

"A Protection charm," Dumbledore answered. "The charm that's not taught at the school is something that you know every well how to cast."

"Why me?" Snape asked himself.

"I'm sure that you'll do fine," Dumbledore told him. "Oh and it's for Miss Lovegood."

Snape sighed and said, "Tell Miss Lovegood to meet me in my office. I'll cast the charm then."

"Thanks, my boy," Dumbledore said and Snape left the office.

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A/N: Psycho girl is out and causing fear. Yes and what's fear without something else. Not going to tell what Ginny is going to next. Oh well, Halloween Feast is up and the announcement of who Lily will be marrying.