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 11
When Hermione and Melissa had fully recovered from this month's transformation they went to see how Lily was doing with dresses.
"Hay, girls," Lily said, smiling at them. "How are you feeling?"
"A lot better," Hermione answered. "So are you looking at dresses?"
"Yes, finally got the catalog in," she said. "Sometimes I think that muggle post is better."
Hermione and Melissa both looked over Lily's shoulders and Melissa gasped at how beautiful the dresses were.
"I hope you're not doing white," Hermione said.
Lily laughed and said, "No, I'm not doing white. I've been married twice and white isn't an option. I told Severus that I want to do purple."
"Oh I just love purple," Melissa said, sighing. "So rich and regal."
"Are you getting married or me?" Lily asked, grinning and Melissa went pink.
Hermione laughed and then said, "I think purple will be perfect."
"Thanks," Lily said.
Hermione spent hours with Lily, using the time to get away from the fear that Ginny Weasley had instilled into her. Finally when it was time to leave both of them had their wands out.
"You don't think that Ginny will pop up?" Melissa asked.
"I hope not," Hermione said, shuttering. "Do you think that the Headmaster told the Brown family about Lavender?"
"I'm sure that he did," Melissa reasoned.
When they entered Ravenclaw tower they found Luna working on her Potions essay. They both sat down and Luna looked up. She smiled at then returned to her work. Hermione wondered if she suspected that they were werewolves.
"So did you finish your Charms essay?" Melissa asked Luna.
"Yeah," she said. "So where did you both go?"
"To visit Lily," Hermione answered.
"That's great," Luna said, not looking up. "So have you finished your work?"
"Of course," Hermione answered, rolling her eyes.
She might be a werewolf but she didn't use that excuse to be late with her work.
"So have you talked with your brother?" Hermione asked later on that day.
"Not yet," Melissa answered. "I don't know how he's doing and I'm worried about him."
"I can imagine," Hermione said. "Of course I'm not worried about Harry. He was a jerk to me even though he use to be nice."
"It must suck knowing that you both were close," Melissa commented.
Hermione sighed and said, "I got use to it after a while."
"No one should get use to it," she pointed out and Hermione knew that she was right.
During their next Defense Against the Dark Arts class Lockhart showed how really stupid that he was. They were reading from Gadding with Ghouls when he started talking about the attacks on McGonagall and Brown.
"If they had been reading my books then this wouldn't have happened," he said. "Though Brown must of not-."
"Take that back," Hermione snarled and everyone fell silent.
"Miss Potter, I do believe that I know-."
"You don't know anything," Hermione snarled and Melissa tried to get her to sit down. "I bet you're a fake, like some people around here say that you are."
Lockhart got mad and gave Hermione detention.
"I don't know why you did that," Melissa said.
"Because he's got a fat mouth," Hermione said, "I don't care if he thinks that he's so great. To me, he's nothing."
"But he got the Order of Merlin."
"That can be bought," Hermione countered. "No, something is up with him and I'm going to find out."
"And how are you going to do that?" Melissa asked her.
"By talking to Lily," Hermione answered.
Melissa sighed and said, "Why do I have a feeling that this isn't going to go well."
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"I think this will look nice," Lily said Sprout.
"I think so as well," she said. "Merlin, I can't believe that Minerva is going to miss this."
"She would probably blow up," Lily told her. "You know how much she hated Severus when he was a student."
"Don't remind me," Sprout said.
"Lily mum," Hermione's voice said and Lily turned to see that her adopted daughter and niece were standing there.
"Yes," she said.
"Is there any way to find out if someone did something that they claimed that they did?" Hermione asked her.
"Don't tell me, you're trying to prove that Lockhart is a fake," Lily reasoned.
Melissa looked shocked but Hermione said, "Yes."
"That's something I would like to find out," Severus aid and Lily saw him enter the Great Hall.
"Let me make a few calls," Lily told her. "We should find out all we need to know."
"Sounds great," Hermione said and she and Melissa left.
"Do you think that Lockhart is a fraud?" Lily asked her soon-to-be-husband.
"Yes, I do believe that he is," Severus answered.
Lily sighed and said, "Then it looks like I'm checking things out."
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A/N: Oooh, Lockhart is in trouble.