Chapter 18

Somehow, some way, Hermione managed to survive the attack by the snake. When Hermione was released she found out that Fawkes had delivered a diary that turned out to be a soul container. Dumbledore was now sure that Tom Riddle, known as Voldemort, had made more than one. The thought wasn't really that appealing. It took another month before the key ingredient in the Mandrake Draught was ready to be harvested. Hermione saw her father personally see to that.

And, so, two days later all the victims of the snake had been cured of their petrification. Lily glared at Remus as he entered the Great Hall.

"Now listen here," she said, "I know that she's your mate and all that stuff. But you will not touch her and you will not date her until she's of age. Cross me and I cut your things off."

"Listen to her," Severus warned, "She's got a pair of shears with your name on it."

That made Remus go white.

Everyone was glad that the term was coming to a close. Lockhart got into trouble when the Ministry removed the memory charms and the people told them that he had done it. Hermione doubted that he would be able to sell another book now. Ginny was finally caught, thank Merlin, and was heading to Azkaban. She was insane, that's exactly what she was. Of course Severus couldn't miss the veiled threat of 'I'll be coming back for you, Granger-Potter."

"Put her in a really deep hole," Hermione advised Alister.

"Don't worry, I will," Alister promised.

Things soon died down and the rest of Hermione and Melissa's second year went by without any problems. Soon it was time to board the Hogwarts Express to go home. Hermione was excited even though Harry would be there to spend his summer as well.

"Belladonna has graduated and will be coming," Severus told her.

"Oh that's great," Hermione said, "We got along well when she visited."

"She's excited," Severus said, "She will be taking up the post of Divination. Trelawney had a heart attack last week."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that," Hermione said.

"I'm not," Severus muttered, though Hermione heard him.

When the train pulled into Platform Nine and Three Quarters Melissa told her what had happened to her brother.

"He's depressed that mum won't talk to him," she said, "He's going to be staying with Remus and I this summer."

A scared first year Gryffindor appeared and Hermione shook her head.

"I'm sure that he'll have a great summer," Hermione reasoned.

"At least I won't be bullied by Dudley," he said.

"Don't worry, Josh, you won't be," Melissa promised and they left to join with Remus and Maria.

"Come on," Lily said, "I want to get off my feet like right now."

As they left Kings Cross Hermione hoped that her third year would be better than this year had been. Though, Hermione had a feeling that nothing would be better for a very long time.

THE END!

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A/N: Well I hope that you enjoyed the story. Sorry if I made any mistakes. I hadn't really worked on this story in several months and forgot a lot of things. The next one will have, hopefully, no mistakes. Thanks for commenting and reading.