September 1st 1994
Harry and Ron were chatting with Ginny when they saw Hermione come through the barrier onto 9 and ¾. She must have been running very late as the Weasley's had been early and still among the last to board the train.
Then they shook their head as she paused and waited for another Hermione to come through the barrier. She had a brief conversation with the other Hermione when two more came through the barrier behind her. Ron made a strange sound of surprise while Harry started frowning. He was concerned by this. She had missed the World Cup for an illness he had been told.
As the four of them approached Harry noticed they each had some slight differences. The lead one looked the most like the Hermione he knew. T-shirt, denims, jacket and trainers, bushy brown hair falling to her shoulders in waves and brown eyes.
The next one was physically the same except she wore her hair braided in a plait and was wearing a simple blue apron dress with shiny patent shoes She was also clutching a black book of some kind. A simple black purse was slung over her shoulder.
The next one was wearing a T-shirt that had been ripped to show her midriff, her denims were low enough that Harry wasn't sure how they were staying up as she walked in a seductive swaying motion. A silver ring was pieced through her belly button. She was looking at Harry with a hungry smirk. A small glittery purse slung over her shoulder.
The last one was looking sullen and apathetic. Like she had nothing better to do but still didn't want to do this. Her lipstick, eye shadow and hair had all been colored pitch black. She was wearing a tight black sweater, black choker with a silver padlock on it and black short skirt with black leggings underneath and combat boots. She casually flicked a cigarette onto the tracks under the train.
"Hello all of you. I am sorry I missed the World Cup. These are my sisters, Octavia, Beatrice and Cassandra. We better get on the train before we miss it."
"Yeah sure." Harry said uncertainly. Ron had still lost his voice in utter confusion.
"Hey shut the mouth red unless you're spewing slugs again." The dark haired one said.
Ron snapped his mouth shut and followed the four Hermiones to a compartment. Harry, Ron and Ginny sat staring at the Hermiones while the train got under way. The one she had introduced as Beatrice with the midriff exposed pulled out some gum from her purse and offered it around. She took some and started chewing it then applied blood red lipstick.
"Uh Hermione what exactly is going on. I thought you were an only child?" Harry heard himself ask from a thousand miles away in confusion.
"Yes I was until I decided to make a duplicating potion. Do to the difficulty of getting the carnuvia nuts to break open under normal circumstances I determined that using the microwave oven to heat them until they popped open should be sufficient. It was however it altered the thaumaturgical properties of the nuts and caused the potion to explode. It coated myself causing a severe and unpleasant physical reaction. I began to feel intense pain, swelling until Octavia ripped herself from my body."
The one in the blue dress smiled politely and waved, "Uh Hi everybody. Gosh this is really neat being here."
Ron and Harry nodded politely. Ginny just stared at her.
"While we were laying on the floor catching our breath the cauldron tipped over and fell coating us both with the remainder of the potion. This repeated the previous process causing Beatrice and Cassandra to be formed. Beatrice from myself and Cassandra from Octavia."
"Yo sup." The black haired one said then went back to staring out the window.
"Hey Harry. So do you wanna wait for the castle or do you wanna start snogging here?" The midriff baring one said.
"Why are they all like that?" Ron said suddenly.
The four Hermiones all turned to look at him with a varied expression. Hermione looked blankly at him, Octavia was shocked, Beatrice was smirking at him and the one called Cassandra looked at him like he was a bug.
"God what a jerk you are Ron. I never said it before but you are a real prat."
"Really. I mean that was quite rude of you Ronald."
"Ron they are aspects of my personality that have assumed physical form. Somehow microwaving the nuts caused a thaumic shift in their magical properties."
"So how long are they going to last? Can't you get rid of them."
Beatrice got up and punched Ron in the face. Cassandra pulled her wand out and covered him in boils. While Octavia shook her finger in his face, "I'll have you know mister that I am just as alive and have a soul as my sister Hermione."
"Ow ow ow. Okay I get it. You're all bloody mental. I'm out of here. I get enough of the twin shit from Fred and George."
He hobbled out the door leaving Harry and Ginny to fend for themselves.
"Uh Sorry about him. He has the emotional range of a teaspoon sometimes."
"ya think." Cassandra said from her seat.
"Anyhow sisters please let me continue."
Cassandra shrugged and went back to staring out the window. "Okay Hermione. You have the best Thaumaturgical understanding out of the four of us. So you should probably explain it to them." octavia rattled off.
"Thank you. The four of us are physically identical. Aside from any cosmetic or wardrobe alterations." She said giving a pointed look at Beatrice who made a kissy face at her and started filing her nails. "It is our personalities where things diverged. Each of them are an aspect of my personality that somehow was given physical form. I have had some alterations to my personality as a result. I am still capable of feeling the emotions that they are associated with but they are rather blunted. Beatrice is my passion, cruder aspects, and sex drive, Cassandra is my darker side."
"So what's Octavia?" Ginny asked looking at the smiling cheery girl.
"I seem to be the good girl aspect of Hermione." She said smiling at the red head.
"Oh that's nice."
"Yeah you should fucking try living with her."
"Now we've had that discussion before miss potty mouth. That is highly inappropriate and childish. It shows a complete lack of regards for others." Octavia said scolding her sister.
Beatrice just mocked her.
"Uh whats the book you're holding."
She turned it around so that the title was showing. "Miss Primm's book of proper social behavior for witches. Something that I have desperately been trying to get Beatrice to read."
"Yeah right anyhow before miss goody two shoes here bores us all to death you wanna snog?"
"You wanna snog me?" Harry asked in shock.
"Well yeah but Red here would do too. She's got nice lips."
Hermione sigh and looked at Beatrice.
"What you've been wanting to try it out at some point. Why not Red or do you really wanna wait for Lavender to get her head out of her cunny and grow up. If so that's gonna be along wait for a train that don't come."
"Oh dear Lord." Octavia said shaking her head in a tsking tone.
"Whatever, so anyhow Harry you game?"
"Uh. You. Uh. Hermione?" He said turning to her in confusion.
"Yeah she noticed you got good looking last year. She was just too stupid and shy and pissed at Ron to say anything." Beatrice smirked.
Hermione blinked a few times and said "Yes Harry I was going to try and talk to you at some point about this. I do rather fancy you."
"You know I think you might have lost something Hermione. You're talking funny." Ginny pointed out with a concerned look.
"See I told'ya. H."
"As I said some of my personality is altered. I do not deny that. It is rather obvious."
"Okay so not wanting to get punched I am curious if you are all permanent or not."
"Yes. The three of them appear to have fully formed and developed souls, magical cores and fully functional healthy female bodies that are absolutely identical to my own. They are from all tests possible real, unique individuals who just happen to be identical to myself."
"So permanently existing then."
"You betcha buddy."
"And they won't merge back into you?"
"No more than you will."
"Though if you'll let me I'll merge with you, at least part of you." Beatrice said running her tongue over her teeth.
"Uh can I talk to Hermione alone please." Harry said standing up.
Hermione sighed and got up with Harry. Ginny watched them leave with a please don't leave me look.
"So red you wanna snog?"
=====xxxxx=====
"Hermione are you really ok?" Harry said when the found another empty compartment.
"I believe so and the healers at Saint Mungo's have not been able to find anything wrong with me."
"Listen to the way you're talking. You sound all weird and formal. Cold."
Taking a deep breath she tried smiling but it came off forced, "I know. I am sorry Harry. Father says I sound like a Vulcan and he is correct. Parts of my psyche were ripped away to make them. Unfortunately there is no way to put them back. I just have to learn to rebuild those parts or do without them. I am trying to rebuild."
"Okay I'm sorry. You have to admit that even for us this is rather out there on the strangeness"
"Agreed. And this is coming from someone who went back in time to save his own life."
"So they know everything you know?"
"Yes, however their personalities are such that they do not wish to express it. Octavia is rather on the shy side of things while Bea likes boys and gossip and girls. She should get along quite well with Lavender and Parvati."
"And Cassandra?"
"She is the darker side of my personality. The side that Ron is fortunate not to have made more angry. I had made her promise to behave nicely."
"Oh wow that was nice. Okay I'll remember that."
"Please do Harry. I am very concerned about her as she does not seem to have inherited any of my moral or ethical structure. She is very much capable of killing someone I fear."
"Ah okay. And you aren't now?"
"No I am still capable of killing someone just I would have to have a logical and practical reason to do so."
Harry stood there blinking at her for a moment before he nodded slowly.
"Harry one thing the four of us do share is our love for you. It still burns as brightly in my heart as it did before. I care about you just as much as I did and I do not have the shyness to hide it any longer. Bea may be more physically expressive but I want you to know that I do love you."
"Okay Mione. I love you too. After the World Cup I was worried that I might have been killed without telling you how I felt so this works out I guess."
"Good thank you Harry." She said giving him a tight hug that didn't seem any different than before.
He bent down to kiss her only to find her face upturned towards his.
=====xxxxx=====
They came back into the compartment a few minutes later to find Bea smirking at them stretched out on the seat Ginny had been occupying before they left.
"So how's he kiss. As good as we hoped."
"It is very enjoyable. We did not proceed beyond that. I suppose you want to be the one to take his virginity?"
"Well I'd rather he give it to me willingly you know. It's a lot more fun when they cooperate."
"I suppose although we could tie him to the bed as all he has to do is lie there." Cassandra said looking Harry up and down.
"Uh yeah. Maybe later on that one."
She shrugged.
"We should discus with Harry the terms of the girlfriend agreement we all signed and what that will mean for his social and study times." Turning to Harry she explained, "We will take turns dating you. Also there will be study times as we will not always be engaging in carnal pleasures, especially Octavia." She was nodding primly. Her legs tightly closed in front of her.
"Although you will no doubt get the least studying done with Beatrice. Cassandra and I will attempt to balance your studies out. No doubt there will be at least one or more attempts on your life this year if the patterns hold. Probably from the Defense professor as the previous three all did so, not withstanding that Professor Lupin did so mistakenly."
"You have this planned out? You knew I'd ask you out?"
"Analyzing the previous three years I estimated that your feelings for me would be reciprocated when one of us told you. Therefore to ensure that you were protected, pleasured and did not lose any ground with your studies, as you will no doubt have to defend yourself at some point from Voldemort, we worked out an agreement as to who gets you at what times barring any necessary preemption of the scheduled partner due to emergencies or other unplanned contingencies." She reached into her trunk and pulled out a thick sheaf of parchment. "Please look this over and tell us if there are any alterations you desire."
Harry looked around the compartment with a slightly scared and slightly excited look on his face. He got busy reading though as having four Hermiones staring at him was extremely disturbing.
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"Uh Hermione. This part here that says no group sexual activity? That was an option?"
"Octavia requested that one as she desires to remain virginal until our wedding night."
"Wedding night?"
"That is on page 394."
"Oh okay."
=====xxxxx====
"Uh permitted orifices for sexual penetration?
"Index one page 7. There are diagrams."
"OH!."
=====xxxxx====
By the time they got to Hogsmeade Harry was feeling very strange but had signed the agreement and received his copy of it. He was officially dating all four of them exclusively, although Beatrice would be permitted to have liaisons with approved partners and Harry could watch or join in at his choice.
The four of them did seem to be unified in their desire to protect and love Harry. Just in their own ways. Hermione would cover the practical spells as well as potions, ironically, while Cassandra would work with him in Defense. It was his best class so she was mainly going to be a practice partner. Beatrice would be the morale booster and work with him on relaxing and keeping track of things going on. Octavia would work with him on Transfiguration and the other classes.
The four of them had changed their clothes into the school uniform. Hermione, Beatrice and Cassandra stripping of in front of him with no concern. Octavia had left to go to the loo. Octavia's skirt reached her ankles while Beatrice's was at least an inch higher than regulation. Harry shook his head.
When they reached the carriages Ron, Ginny and Neville were looking at him. Beatrice was on his right arm while Hermione was on his left. Octavia smiled warmly and greeted everyone as she walked along. Cassandra just glared daring anyone to talk to her. The five of them wound up in their own carriage as multiple people dove or ran out of the way. Draco looked like he was going to say something but Cassandra narrowed her eyes and hissed at him exposing fnags that Harry had not noticed before.
"Uh do you have fangs Cassandra?"
"Yeah I did that on the train now that I can do magic without those scumbags at the Ministry getting us in trouble. You like?"
"Uh yeah they suit you."
"Sweet."
=====xxxxx=====
There was a bit of an argument between Cassandra and the Headmaster when he announced that the three new Grangers would be sorted before being allowed to sit at a house table. The first years who had to stand next to her looked like they would need clean underwear when she was done. Obviously Hermione's respect for authority had not carried over.
Octavia had primly and properly sat down without any complaint only for the hat a moment later to declare Gryffindor. She took the hat off and brushed his brim when she put him back on the stool thanking him.
Beatrice sauntered up and straddled the stool causing a second year Hufflepuff to start choking as he got to see the promised land. The hat took barely anytime as it screamed Gryffindor and she sauntered off after casually tossing the hat to Professor McGonnegal.
When a frowning and glowering Cassandra sat down the hat took forever. There seemed to be a bit of a conversation going on as her lips had begun to move and at one point her hand went to the brim of the hat causing it to begin to quiver and then a moment later it screamed Gryffindor three times ina rising panic.
She took the hat off and looked into its 'face' before she stalked over to the Gryffindor table. She sat between Harry and Neville causing him to slide down into Dean Thomas who slid into a second year girl.
Minerva had to stroke the hat for a few minutes before it had calmed down enough to do its job. She was looking curiously at Cassandra who sat there bored again. Twirling her wand as she looked at each of her fellow students measuring them.
Moody was introduced and all four Hermione's stared at him carefully. Harry felt a sense of impending doom but tried to shake it off.
Once Dumbledore announced the Goblet of Fire the Hermiones all snorted in simultaneous agreement causing several students to move even further away from them. Once the announcements were done conversations broke out carefully around the Hermione's though.
After the dinner Hermione gathered the sisters together, "We need to research the Goblet, make sure what all of the exact rules on entry and participation are."
"Yeah this is how they're gonna try and kill him this year." Cassandra agreed.
Octavia sighed, "Oh darn. I was actually hoping for at least one quiet year."
"So you think Moody's gonna do it? He seemed rather chummy with Dumbledore."
"He is the primary suspect logically at this time. He is an outsider, and although Ron and the Headmaster seem to know him, as well as he is a famous Auror there are ways to impersonate people."
"Yeah poly-juice anyone." Bea mimed drinking a flask.
"We will need to observe him closely."
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Reaching the girls dorm and the three new beds the other girls were a bit unsure.
"So uh you're all sisters of Hermione?"
"Yep I was raised by wolves in the forests of Romania." Cassandra said with a growl at Lavender who shrieked and hid behind Parvati.
"Oh darnit Cass. Please accept my apologies Lavender for her rude behavior. We were raised in an orphanage until we reached a magical age. They then tried to find our parents only to discover they were muggles. That complicated things."
"Oh really? Wow. Okay."
Beatrice said nothing as she stripped down starkers and got into bed.
"Uh you don't wear pajamas?"
"Nah why bother? We're all girls here. Sides if one of you get lonely and wanna come to bed it'll be a lot easier if I'm already starkers."
"Well you're certainly forward." lavender said with a chuckle.
"You don't know the half of it toots."
"If you'll excuse me I DO wear a nightgown to bed and will be putting it on." Octavia said as she went to the loo.
Cass shrugged and got into bed after changing into a white Victorian burial gown.
Hermione simply changed into her pajamas and went to bed without commenting.
Octavia came out wearing a flannel full coverage nightgown over pajamas. "So do you wanna sit up talking about dental care theories?"
UH good night. Lavender said practically jumping into her bed. Followed by Parvati who merely shook her head."
"What proper gum care is essential to longevity of ones teeth." Sighing she pulled out her book of dental care and rad for a bit before turning out the light and going to bed.
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The Granger girls were alone the next morning as the other ocupants of the dorm had dressed and fled early.
"Tavia I thought you couldn't lie?" Bea asked stretching. Picking up then discarding her bra she got dressed.
"I can lie. I just choose not to do so as its quite improper behavior. As is going with out undergarments. Do you want to get in trouble by Professor McGonnegal?"
"Fine. I'll put the damn thing on for miss pussy."
Octavia just rolled her eyes. "And don't forget the knickers."
"Yes mommy."
=====xxxxx====
Over the next few weeks the school and Harry adapted to having four Grangers with such widely disparate personalities joining them. The four of them stuck to their schedule working with Harry as well as researching the Goblet. Their own home work was dealt with quickly and efficiently. Ron had made the mistake only once of asking them to help do his only to have to go to hospital wing to have his quill removed from his rectum.
Octavia had made friends with quite a few of the Hufflepuffs and some Ravenclaws. Her perky cheerfulness making them just like her. She was optimistic and they felt like talking to her and telling her everything.
Beatrice had become close friends to Parvati and Lavender sharing their likes of gossip, fashion and boys in general. Experimenting with the both of them sexually she proved to have a much higher pleasure threshold than the two of them combined. That scared and impressed them so much they joined her circle of spies and informants quite willingly to learn her talents. Harry was another recipient of her pleasurable talents. However it was to Beatrice's delight discovered that their pleasure thresholds were quite comparable. With the few prefects who passed by an empty classroom wondering if Moaning Myrtle and Peeves were having a contest of some sort. Either way they decided that being someplace else would be a very good idea.
Cassandra had decided to work on the Slytherins. Draco had tried to push her out but there was an unfortunate accident with him having to have a portion of his anatomy regrown after it detached and tried to insert itself rectally. Cassandra having a rather fondness for ensuring things wound up in that particular orifice. Harry looked in his boyfriend agreement to ensure if his orifice was threatened by her. Fortunately it was not. As the diagram showed though hers was not off limits. He was discovering far too many things about his friend Hermione he couldn't believe.
When Draco had gotten back he and his thugs had attempted to punish her which resulted in another hospital trip to have Crabbe's head removed from Goyle's rectum. Draco she had somehow managed to place his head inside his own rectal cavity. Madam Pomfrey had to admit that she had never encountered that particular injury at any point in her career, and hoped to never encounter it again. After that they were quite pleased to smile and be polite to all of the Hermione's not knowing that Cassandra was the only one with the dark powers.
Just before the other schools arrived at dinner the four of them stepped to the front of the great hall. Everyone went silent as Hermione cleared her throat. Harry felt that sliding under the table might be a good idea to be ready to do.
Dumbledore chuckled softly then looked at them expectantly, "Yes Miss Grangers?"
"Sir we have been discussing the situation at this school and have determined that there is a serious problem with repeated attempts to murder our boyfriend Harry potter. This year is no different and we have come to the conclusion that the Tournament will be this year's attempt."
"Ah yes and the proof you have of this?"
"The cup is a quasi sentient object. This means that it could easily be confunded into accepting that a fictional or other real school was also entered. As Harry would be the only individual entered from that school he would be the only one chosen. As the magical contract is legally and magically binding once the name is drawn Harry would be forced to compete. There is no provisions for redrawing or removing yourself from the contest as it is considered that the only way your name would wind up in the cup is of your own free will."
"Ahh yes well thought out indeed." Dumbledore said glancing at Barty Crouch who was frowning at the girls. Ludo Bagman was beginning to sweat and wonder what was going on.
Moody pulled up his flask but before he could drink out of it Cassandra caused it to fly out of his hands and to her. "hey now that's mine give me that back!"
She opened it and sniffed, "This sir is poly-juice potion. I would ask Professor Snape to come and confirm this."
Snape raised an eyebrow but as Cassandra had impressed him with her skill he rose with a look of bored amusement. Reaching her he sniffed the contents of the flask. "It is poly-juice headmaster." he said with an air of surprise.
Moody reacted quickly by jumping up and pointing his wand at Harry shouting "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry tried to jump off the bench but Octavia threw herself in front of the spell taking it full in the face. She fell onto the floor with a sick hollow slap. Harry rushed over and cradled her head. Her face had a grim determination frozen on it as he closed her eyes.
Hermione had also fallen at the same moment unnoticed in the sudden screaming and confusion. Moody was hit by a stunning spell from Snape, and Flitwick. Dumbledore wrapped him in thick heavy ropes then chains. McGonnegal transformed his chair into a giant hand that gripped and held him. He was heavily immobilized and held secure.
Once the subject had been secured Dumbledore shouted in his magically enhanced voice for everyone to be quiet. As he was gathering order Moody began to shift and deflate. Turning into Barty Crouch Junior. This set off another round of confused murmuring and exclamations. The arrival of the other two school came unnoticed until they strode into the great hall to great confusion and the lamentations over the death of Octavia.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione woke up in the hospital wing. She sat up with a start as the last thing she remembered was Moody drawing his wand. She also had a strange sensation of having been hit with the killing curse. She looked around and saw Harry sitting in the bedside chair. He had fallen asleep at some point and with his chin falling to his chest. His arms hanging limply by his sides.
Cass was standing at the foot of the bed staring at her.
"Octavia's dead isn't she?"
"Yeah and you got the ability to use contractions back."
"I know." She sighed sadly.
"I told you if you killed us you'd get those parts of you back."
"I know but I can't do that. You're my sisters."
"Oh hun. We're just bad dreams that walked out of the closet. The only one that matters is him."
Crying softly she asked, "So what happened after I blacked out?"
"Well that was a week ago. It turns out Moody was some guy named Barty Crouch Junior. He supposedly died a few years back. They interrogated him with some Veritaserum Snape had. He revealed this big elaborate plot to enter Harry into the tournament to get him to some graveyard where the big bad was going to use him to get a body back then kill him. Dumbledore and a bunch of Aurors went to the place and found Pettigrew, a big ass fucking snake and some hideous little demon baby thing. They had a helluva time killing the snake until Dumbledore pulled out the sword of Gryffindor and chopped its head off."
Hermione sighed, "So its over?"
"Nah. Dumbledore told Harry about a prophecy and that the big V made a bunch of soul anchors, he called them Horcrux. He don't know exactly how many or what they are but he thinks that diary was one that got Ginny and that there might be another. Might be one in Harry too." She softly said.
Hermione looked at her boyfriend, "So how do we get that one out?"
"Same way it got in."
"The killing curse. Yeah. When the time comes I'll do it."
"Does Harry know?"
"Yeah I told him. He took it better than I expected. He's gonna be a great husband. And if Bea is any judge he's a great lay too."
"Well I'll find out eventually." Hermione snickered.
"Oh yeah she finally got Ginny to go to bed with her too. So you'll find out about that. And Parvati and Lavender, and uh Neville."
"Neville? Wow. I was not expecting that one."
Cass shrugged, "Apparently he walked in on Lav, Parvati and Bea doing the triangle and when she asked him to join in he threw caution to the wind and did so. You should seen his face. The boy couldn't get that grin off for two days."
"I bet."
"So what happened with Pettigrew and the thing."
"Well the thing is in a stasis field being held until they can get the rest of those Horcruxes.
"Well its four in the morning so I'm going back to the dorms. I felt you wake up so came over to give you a friendly face."
"Thanks. I guess we are more linked than they say."
"Yeah. We are."
=====xxxxx=====
Harry and his three Grangers were excused to briefly bury Octavia. He met Dan and Emma Hermione's parents and they welcomed him in warmly. He felt like he was getting a family.
Harry was sad by the loss of Octavia but happy that Hermione seemed to be warmer and happier. He didn't tell her or the other two that though. Ron almost did but Ginny and lavender managed to grab him before he finished the comment.
The next several months saw Harry and his girlfriends going over the history of Tom Riddle with the headmaster in his office,and watching the tournament while rooting for the Hogwarts Champion Cedric Diggory.
They figured out what the various Horcruxes must be, the location of the Ring, Diadem and Locket were figured out. Only the Locket turned out to be fake. Retrieving it Dumbledore survived as well as the ring thanks to Cass and Harry being with him.
However when Sirius was exonerated after the trial of Pettigrew the real locket was found in his house. Kreacher was given the fake locket as a way of thanking him and hopefully improving his personality.
The cup of Hufflepuff was eventually determined to be in Gringotts in one of the Death Eater's vaults. As the treaties only allowed the claiming of dead individual's vaults the new Minister for Magic Amelia Bones authorized the death penalty for all Death Eaters.
By the time of the final task all but the last Horcrux in Harry had been dealt with. Dumbledore had been informed that the Granger girls would take care of that one. He agreed and stood by as they entered an empty classroom together.
=====xxxxx====
"Well this is it eh?"
"Yeah. You got any preference?"
"Well just not in the ass I guess."
Cass laughed. Hermione kissed and hugged him as did Bea and even Cass. Harry stood against the wall as Cass lined up with him. She smiled at him, "Have fun with our girl. Take good care of her okay man?"
"Yeah sure. If this works I will." Not sure what she meant by that.
"Avada kedavra." Cass said almost casually. Like she did everything else.
With a sudden wooshing roar Harry fell.
=====xxxxx=====
Cass and Beatrice looked at each other with a nod when Hermione ran over to Harry. Cass raised her wand and whispered, Stupefy" into Hermione's back.
"You ready?" She asked Beatrice.
"Yeah it's been fun but I think she needs us back together."
"I suppose. Even an angel needs a bit of darkness."
"Well here we go." Beatrice's arms were out to her side and she smiled at Cass who raised her wand and called on the green light to strike her sister then turned her wand on herself.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione woke up in the hospital wing again. She remembered the end of Beatrice and Cass. It was all for the best they had agreed behind her back. To rejoin with her and be one person again. As much as they had enjoyed being their own persons they lacked aspects of the whole. Hermione cried but understood herself a lot better now.
She looked over and saw Harry sleeping in the bed next to hers. A smile on his face as if he had a great dream. She just sat and watched him.
"Ahh Miss Granger. It is good to see you awake." She heard the headmaster say.
"Is it over? Is Harry safe?"
"Yes Harry is as safe as anyone else in this world. The threat from the dark lord is gone." The headmaster chuckled, "And if your dedication to him is any indication he will be safer than many."
Hermione smiled and nodded.
"I am sorry for your loss. Your sisters were interesting people."
"Yeah but they're not really gone." She said with a smile.
