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White. What was it? Oh yes, that's right, Hermione turned over on her other side to see her surroundings, which were eerily familliar. "Where am I?" she muttered. Hermione looked down at the bed post and up again. She knew where she was. "Why am I in Hogwarts? It was closed down last year....."
Hermione saw a small spark of red, and a figure walk out the door. She put her hand on her cheek and muttered, "Oh my god, I must be dillusional."
But that was only the first of several weird things to happen to Hermione Granger that evening. Next, there was a small pop, and Hermione's cousin, Anna Addler, was standing next to her bed.
"Hey Hermy. Heard what happened, came straight away." Anna said quietly, pushing a few strands of her brown hair with red streaks behind her ear.
"Who sent you?" Hermione asked suspiciously. Her cousin would not show up, let alone, in Hogwarts, for something like this.
"No one."
"Someone sent you."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes they did Anna and you know it."
"Fine, Dumbledore sent me. I mean- NO ONE SENT ME!!!! I mean- oops." Anna replied, looking down at her black high tops.
"Dumbledore's supposed to be dead." Hermione said, arching an eyebrow at her cousin.
"So's he." Anna said, twiddling the earring placed on the top or her ear.
"Who?"
"Him. Harry, behind the pillar. Harry I can see you. OUT!" Anna yelled.
Looks like I may have exaggerated a bit. He was sort of behind a pillar and next to Hermione, but Hermione must have had a blonde moment or something not to have noticed.
And, low and behold, Harry Potter came out from "behind" a pillar in the infirmary. "Harry? Were you the one who knocked me over?" Hermione asked.
Harry just nodded. And, with a small crack, Anna apparated out of sight.
If one were to follow Anna back to her apparition site, one would have found she was at the dreary mansion Hermione was at just the night before.
"Potter's alive sir."
"Good work Addler." Tom Riddle told Anna. Yes, Anna, but there was more to this than just the annoyance of a lot of people on the good side.
Anna had spent ages thinking which side she was on, and at the moment, she really didn't know. Just five minutes ago, she was playing for the good side, truthfully. But now, she was playing for Voldemort's side, the ruling side. She didn't want to hurt her cousin or her cousin's friends, but on the other hand, there was a handful of people she wanted to hurt. It was too much, and Anna, being 17, had absolutely no clue what to do. And, to add on to the problem Draco Malfoy had a crush on her. It couldn't possibly get any worse. Or, so she thought...
She walked around in an empty room for a while, pacing, and thinking about what she should do. It was hard. Awful, actually, but Anna had to make a decision quickly.
Meanwhile, at the infirmary of Hogwarts, Harry and Hermione were going up to Gryffindor tower. Or, what used to be Gryffindor tower. Now it was old, and dusty, and full of cobwebs. It was only their luck that Ron wasn't with them, or he would have run off screaming by now.
"Harry, why are we going up to Gryffindor tower?" Hermione asked quizically.
"It's where we're going to stay for the night. I've been staying here. You see, even if Voldemort were to attack me here, he couldn't knock the castle down be-"
"Because the magic, and all the spells cast on it protect it. Harry, I've read Hogwarts a History about six times, I know things like this." Hermione said, stepping through the now, accesible hole of Gryffindor tower. "I see they took the portrait down."
"Sorry Hermione, I forgot what a smart witch you were. Top of our year, no?" Harry asked her smiling.
"Harry, I'm surprised you could forget something like that. Yes. Top of the year." Hermione replied.
"'Mione, did I ever tell you that I love you?" Harry asked softly.
"Of course you did Harry." Hermione replied, matching his tone, and resting her head on his shoulder.
Suddenly, Harry grabbed her shoulders, spun her around, and kissed her. She deepened the kiss to her advantage, but soon, she broke away. "Harry I just don't think I'm ready quite yet, you know?"
"I suppose I do." Harry replied. "But would you at least get up to the Head's dormitory? I know you never got to take your proper place there. That's where I've been sleeping."
"Alright Harry. Let's go." Hermione said, taking Harry's hand and going up the long staircase in the middle of the girl's and boy's staircases.
There was a small pop, and a tall, white haired, long bearded, smiling someone, apparated into the Gryffindor Common Room.
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Wow. After a whole lot of writer's block, and help from Hannah, I finally came up with a chapter two. THANK YOU HANNAH!!!!! But, I know it's short, but after this fic is done, I'm writing a sequel. Oh the joy of it all! Thanks for your reviews guys.