"Alright, now where to start." Hermione spoke, more to herself and Draco than to the rest of the room, but Walburga was the one to answer "How about at the beginning dear" She suggested to her granddaughter.
"Right, right." Hermione started taking a deep breath and looking to her father, "I.. I didn't get the chance to know you." She whispered looking into his eyes with tears that started to roll down her face as he pulled her into a hug.
Draco watching his cousin, knowing this will be incredibly hard for her takes over the start of the story. "Why don't I go over what happened before we were born and then we can use memories to tell them about our lives?" He asked the room but it was obvious the question was for Hermione who still hadn't left her fathers side.
"So before we were born, we don't know a lot of it just bits and pieces we've been told. We know that Uncle Sirius and Aunt Andromeda were disowned. At this point many of you are already Death Eaters, what we also know is that this is all Dumbledore's master plan." Taking a deep breath before continuing, "Dumbledore has been using his position as Headmaster to use the wizarding word as his own chess board." This announcement was met with wide but unsurprised looks. Even from Alphard Black who they assumed from the stories they heard from Sirius would be the hardest to convince. Seems that even if he didn't believe the Pureblood supremacy, he didn't necessarily trust Dumbledore either.
"He for years has been adding positions to the Pumpkin Juice at Hogwarts. He has giving potions to Slytherins to hate Gryffindors as well as Muggle-borns. We know Pureblood's have never been fans but he wanted it to be extreme. Which is exactly what is became." Hermione continued for Draco. "He has also been effecting the sorting for a very long time. For myself that hat was attempting to put me in Slytherin but before it could be announce the hat went silent and shouted Gryffindor."
"To be fair you are a Gryffindor Mia." Draco told her with a pointed look.
Scoffing at him "Oh please we both know I'm more Slytherin than Gryffindor. Uncle Sirius literally calls me 'Little Snake' " she rolled her eyes in response.
"Yeah a snake with zero self preservation" he growled back at her. Just making her smile innocently at him.
"Back to the story, He used the potions and charms while at Hogwarts to manipulate things, he is the reason Uncle Sirius became so extreme in his disinterest with this family. Don't get me wrong he does hate a lot of the Pureblood stuff but he never hated any of you, that on top of the hate he instilled in the rest of you, he was able to turn you all against him and him against you. He was afraid Sirius' views would seep into the family and would make his goals harder." Hermione told them. "Same with Aunt Meda, she is in love with Ted, but she never wanted to run away, she never wanted to be separated from any of you, especially Aunt Cissa and Bella. Dumbledore told her the only way she could be with Ted was if they ran away together and cut off contact with you all." She was able to get out before taking a big deep breath and looking to Draco who only nodded before continuing.
"I'm sure there is a lot we don't know about, things we weren't told because were "too young" according to Uncle Sirius and Aunt Meda."
" You talk of them as if you're close.." Alphard ventured, Hermione and Draco both smiled and nodded their heads to their Uncle. The smile on his face spoke of his gratefulness that Sirius and Andromeda weren't lost to their family forever.
"Mia more than I, but yes we were close with them." Draco took lead of the conversation. "Long story short after Sirius and his friends graduated things went to fucking shit." When Narcissa didn't scold Draco for his language him and Hermione both starred at her incredulously.
"Why are you looking at Cissa like that?" Bella asked
"She didn't scold Draco for his language" Hermione whispered still starring at the women in shock.
'Did I scold you often?" She asked them with a raised eyebrow causing them both to shiver visibly, the others seeing the action just laughed.
"Okay, Okay back to the story, after Uncle Sirius and his lot graduated a prophecy was told to Dumbledore about a boy born at the end of july would could defeat "the dark lord" " She said with an eye roll
"WHAT!" Bella screeched at the thought of her Lord being killed.
Hermione and Draco turned to look at each other before scooting closer to each other seeming to be holding each other like a life line. This movement had not gone unnoticed by the others in the room. Cygnus and Orion stood to step between the kids and Bella seeing the way they reacted.
"Breath Mia, you're ok. You're safe. Its not gonna happen this time. I promise. You need to breath Mi" Draco frantically tired to get his cousins attention. Finally taking a big deep breath she came back to herself before nodding to Draco who also relaxed.
"What just happened?" Regulus demanded after seeing his daughters reaction.
"You'll see in a minute."She Whispered but they all herd. Bella had moved to sit down now feeling guilty for scaring her niece and nephew.
"Anyway there were two families that it could be the Potters and the Longbottom's. Both families went into hiding, eventually the secret for the Potter's gave them up and James and Lily were murdered on October 31, 1981. Harry survived the act and was sent to live with Lily's sister and brother-in-law." She growled the last part.
"Sirius was sent to Azkaban for their murder, he was never given a trial and he was innocent obviously he would never have betrayed the Potters." This comment cause outrage among the family. Even if he had been disowned he was a Black and that would not happen again.
Draco took over from there " Aunt Bella, Uncle Roddy, Uncle Bastan and Barty Crouch Jr, were arrested for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom to insanity. Mia spent a little time with them in the Janus Thickey ward at St Mungo's she was good friends with their son Neville."
"That's why you're scared of me?" Bella asks timidly both Hermione and Draco looked down at their hands shaking their heads no, this wasn't the reason which terrified the rest of the family. Not having anything to say Walburga encouraged her granddaughter to continue "Darling is there more?"
"Oh yes, yes. We can get into memories now." Hermione said opening her bag and reaching in till her armed disappeared.
"undetectable extension charm?" Alphard questioned with an impressed look in his eye. She smiled sheepishly "It came in handy while we were on the run." She said in such a nonchalant way no one said anything. Pulling out a large bowl the girl started to remove memories before instructing Draco to do the same. Saying a spell that put them in the order of her request. She placed the bowl on the coffee table in front of her. Saying another spell a screen displayed in front of them.
"What are you doing?" Pollux questioned his great-granddaughter
"Oh its a spell I created to make it easier for groups to view a memory" Hermione said clearly not seeing the awe the rest of the family displayed at her response.
"Okay so these will be both mine and Draco's memories. They are going to be awful to watch and you're going to be very angry but we just need to get through them and we will answer any questions you have." Hermione told them before instructing Draco to go sit with his mother both knowing Narcissa was not going to have an easy time with this. Hermione sat next to her father and her other side was quickly filled with her grandmother who took her hand in hers as a comfort. To whom she wasn't sure but it helped.
Memories:
"Hi my little Star" Regulus said holding a baby Hermione in his hands. The girl more hair than witch
"dada dada dada" she babbled as she put both hands on his face holding it in place as he smiled at her. He carried her out into the library where Marlene was trying to reach a book on the shelf. Regulus smiled lovingly at his wife.
Regulus pulled Hermione into his side holding her tight as they continued to watch the memories.
"will you be joining us for tea at the Malfoy's?" Regulus asked
"No matter how much Narcissa may like me, her husband decidedly does not and being the Gryffindor that I am I may hex him and Mother would be appalled at my manors." Marlene replied with a mischievous smirk on her face.
The family laughed at the witches comment, including Lucius Malfoy who just shrugged with the same smirk on his face, already deciding he would like the witch.
Regulus had returned to Marlene after changing Hermione. To see Albus Dumbledore with his wand trained on his wife. Seeing Regulus enter the room he quickly disarmed him then made him stand next to Marlene. Attempting to hand their daughter to her mother Dumbledore shot a spell quickly at him Regulus Black fell to the ground bound in ropes as a baby Hermione fell to the ground with a loud thud and began to cry. Marlene went to grab her daughter Dumbledore quickly bound her as well.
The Black were instantly trying to keep their tempers in check, Hermione and Draco made eye contact knowing this would only get worse.
"What do you want Albus" Marlene gritted through her teeth, furious at the fact she was prevented from getting to her daughter. The man didn't give a reason before walking and picking up the baby much to the protest of the girls parents.
"It is for the greater good my dear" Before shooting a killing hex at Marlene.
"No!" Regulus bellowed. Before Albus hit him with an identical curse.
The memory changed to Narcissa and Lucius at the ministry speaking with Dumbledore.
"what do you mean no? We are her family. She is meant to come to us. We are her godparents! At the very least Walburga and Orion as her grandparents." Narcissa all but snarled at the man who was denying her, her granddaughter.
Hermione in his the headmasters arms was sobbing begging for her aunt and uncle to take her and she tried to lean her body forward to them.
"AUNTIE! UN..UNCLE LU!" the girl begged
At this point Hermione had turned and was crying silently into her fathers chest as her Grandmother rubbed comforting circles on her back.
"You want us to take the brat?" an angry looking man asked, looking the child over. They had noticed Albus had glamoured the girl.
No one but Regulus and Walburga noticed the way Hermione had stiffened at the sound of the mans voice.
*Slap*
*Kick*
*Punch*
Memory, after memory of the young witch being beaten, and starved. The bruises, cuts and marks the girl had marrying her body.
The entire room watched in silence. The normally stoic Black Family, all the women were in tears, and the men had clenched fist as they took in every hit, every word, every detail they could to get revenge on this man and women. Regulus just kept ahold of his daughter as if to shield her from the pain.
"You're Harry Potter and I'm Hermione Granger and you are?" an 11 year old girl said to a black haired boy who if you knew the Potters could see the resemblance.
"Malfoy. Draco Malfoy" a tiny Draco said in a tone dripping with arrogance.
Those watching couldn't help but snort at the boy, his cheeks turned a light pink. Hermione just turned her head to him "and there's the interaction at caused Harry to be a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin" Which Draco just chuckled at.
"Gryffindor!" the sorting hat bellowed as Hermione hopped of the stool to move to her table.
"Slytherin!" Draco gave the entire hall a smug smile moving over to the snake table.
A mountain troll walked into the girls lavatory they saw Hermione hiding under the sink as the troll swung his club in the air crashing into the sinks breaking them over her. Hermione screamed as she grabbed her leg which had been obviously broken.
"YOU WERE ATTACKED BY A MOUNTAIN TROLL!" Orion Black shouted furious his granddaughter had been hurt so many times so young.
"If it helps this isn't the worst thing to attack me" she offered her grandfather who looked at her incredulously
Hermione, Harry and Ron made their way through enchanted obstacles to find the philosopher's Stone.
They watched as she went home to the Grangers and was continued to be beaten and starved. They watched as her second year started.
"No one asked you, you filthy little Mudblood." a young Draco Malfoy sneered at the girl.
watching his family gasp in shock, but Hermione shook her head. "You know I'm not mad at you about that Dragon. So stop." Draco just nodded but still put his head down.
"Enemies of the Heir Beware." The Chamber of Secrets has been opened.
"So for the rest of second year.. I was.. well I was petrified." Hermione told her family receiving gasps. Regulus for what felt like the 100th time that day tighten his hold on her.
Sirius Black Escaped from Azkaban
Hermione Slapping Draco across the face
"I still don't apologize for that" She said completely unashamed, a moment of laughter through out the room.
Sirius in the shreaking shack for the first time its long matted hair, his sunken in features.
The reveal of Peter Pettigrew being the one to betray the Potters.
Remus Lupin in mid transformation, Hermione howling to said werewolf
"You howled to a blood fucking werewolf" Walburga was the one to lose her patients with her granddaughter. Hermione just smirked before waving a hand when a flashing sign appeared above her head "GRYFFINDOR" with a smile that had everyone in the room thinking of Sirius.
Watching as dementors went after Sirius, slowly killing him in front of their eyes. Before he could receive the full dementors kiss
"Expecto Patronum" Harry and Hermione patronouses took to the sky ridding them of the dementors.
The two teens used Hermione's time turner to save Sirius getting him to safety. Before the end of the year before seeing her being sent back to the Grangers yet again but this time she left out the memories of that summer.
The events of Quidditch World Cup and the attack after
The start of fourth year and the announcement of the tri-wizard tournament
The first task, Harry flying and beating the Dragon
Yuleball and Hermione's date Viktor Krum as they danced around the Great Hall.
"You look beautiful darling" Narcissa told her niece.
"yeah you bought a hair brush" Draco snarked, the men snickered and Hermione stuck her tongue out at him.
The second task as Hermione had been held under water in the Black Lake all night
Many of the family members growled at that
The last challenge, Harry entering the maze and return with a dead Cedric Diggory.
Alister Moody tied to a chair as the poly juice potion melted from him leaving behind a crazed Barty Crouch Jr.
"Merlin look at Barty" Rodolphus said with wide eyes looking at the boy who was best friends with Regulus and his younger brother Rabastan.
"Yeah I think I preferred it when he looked like Moody even if he was casting unforgivable on us in classes" She said huffing a humorous laugh, oblivious to the way the family turned to look at her. Looking up to see their faces "Uhhh right I can show you those memories later?"
Hermione had gotten off the train after the horrific events of her Fourth year, walking over to the Grangers with her head down.
"Lets go girl" the man spoke, Hermione didn't say a word just nodded her head to the man who gripped her arm roughly and pulled her from the train station.
Knowing what was happening next Hermione lifted her legs onto the couch and curled herself into a ball at her fathers side hiding her face.
"There you are I've been looking for you" the man says as he enters her room, walking over to her bed to lay on top of her. she tires to fight him off, she pushes and wiggles trying to get away. As the women comes in with ropes and begins tying her to the bed. She begging them to stop, to let her go that she doesn't want this. The many begins to beat her, until Hermione's body went limp. The couple continues to laugh at the girl as they begin to undress her.
As the man attempts lie back down on her when the door to the room crashed open and Sirius Black and Remus Lupin stood there with Murderous eyes. Sirius pulls the man from the girl before continuously hitting the man until he too slips unconscious. Remus had just bound the women and got a blanket over Hermione before making his way to Sirius who was pissed for being pulled off the man.
"No Sirius we need to get her out of here. Lets go!" Remus shouted at his best mate
Sirius turned to see the damage done to the poor girl before giving the man another swift kick in the ribs. Making his way to Hermione he wraps the blanket securely around her before appearing.
Hermione is crying into her fathers chest, the sobs are heart breaking. Regulus himself looks, broken, so broken he wasn't able to protect his daughter from any of this but this, this shattered him.
Draco moved to kneel in front of his cousin, "Mia.. you need to breath. You are safe, they are gone and we will never allow anything like that to happen to you again. I promise. Do you really think your possessive as hell boyfriend would ever let that happen?" She had to snort at that knowing full well that her boyfriend would destroy anyone who attempted to hurt her let alone think to do something like that to her ever again.
"Why don't we all take a break lets get something to eat and some tea." Irma Black decided for her family needing herself to take a break from witnessing the horrors her great granddaughter already had to face and she was only 14.