Chapter 2
Hufflepuff would be great but they are highly social and that's not me. I already have a friend in Slytherin and being in Slytherin would cut me off from making friends in other houses. Ravenclaw would be perfect with my studying habits and need for knowledge but I'm more likely to find academic competitors in that house than friends. We'd be academic competitors if I was in any other house... Leaving Gryffindor. Harry Potter is in that house. I could befriend him... He's the reason Voldemort is gone. I could find out how he managed it... "Gryffindor, please, Mr Hat," I quietly whispered.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled and many people seemed shocked or confused at the shock but all of Gryffindor house applauded. The year passed with a troll, a three-headed dog and Harry telling me and Ron that his mother defeated Voldemort by sacrificing herself to save Harry through her love... Sweet but is that it? Draco and I talked quite a bit. Ron and Harry were confused by the fact that the Slytherins left me alone and Draco was civil with me but they accepted when I told them that I didn't know why. My parents had moved into Malfoy Manor and I was to stay there too. The summer passed and Lucius and Narcissa taught me and Draco some spells and duelled with us (I used Narcissa's wand most of the time and Draco used Lucius' wand most of the time. This only changed when I duelled Narcissa and Draco duelled Lucius). Our second year passed and we found out that Harry and I are both Parselmouths. Harry told me that Tom Riddle was Voldemort and we fought. He thought I had known but I hadn't. We eventually talked about it and reconciled. Harry and I are friends again. Our third year passed and I found out that our teacher was a werewolf. I hate werewolves. When Draco and I had gotten home, my parents and Narcissa had sat down with us and Lucius and told the three of us the truth about how werewolves and Lycans were formed.
There was a girl (Narcissa had called her Alice because no one knew her name and I suggested Alice to make it easier) and there was a boy and his twin sister (Draco suggested the names, Jacob and Jessie). Jacob and Jessie both fell for Alice. When they found out that the other had feelings, Jessie had felt sad and Jacob had laughed claiming that he felt sorry for Jessie because she didn't stand a chance against him. He believed that Alice would choose him because he was a guy and Jessie was a girl. In the end, Alice fell for Jessie. This had outraged Jacob and he had attacked his sister. This had made Alice mad and Alice cursed Jacob and Jacob's descendants. The curse turned him into a werewolf. One night, on the full moon, Jacob attacked Alice in his werewolf form. However, Jessie had seen the attack coming and protected Alice but Jacob had bitten her. Knowing what her love would turn into, Alice took Jessie in her arms. She knew she couldn't remove the curse but she could change it. She changed the curse to create the first Lycan. She changed it from the curse of agony every full moon to a strength whenever needed. The Lycan curse allows us to live up to (around) five centuries. Werewolves are cursed but Lycans are blessed. We don't have to turn if we don't want to and we get mates. Werewolves have partners that they call mates but they don't have a mate bond. We do.
After that, everything continued as normal up to the Quidditch World Cup. After the school year started, there was a new DADA teacher, Quidditch was cancelled and the Tri-Wizard Tournament was announced. The days passed and soon it was my birthday. I woke up on my birthday and something felt different. I lifted myself off of my bed and went to have a shower. When I got undressed, I noticed what was different. I have a penis. I've presented as an alpha! But... That's supposed to happen on my 16th birthday not my 15th... Fucking Time-Turner! I look at myself in the mirror and see a few differences: my eyes are now black, my hair is also black (and now tameable) and also I have a penis! That is going to take some getting used to. I was sure I'd be an Omega or Beta. I never thought I'd be an Alpha. After my shower, I use concealment charms on my dick. The day goes by and Fleur approaches me at breakfast (like she has every day since the first day of term). I make eye contact with the Veela Alpha and... She's my mate! I know she's an Alpha Veela but her scent has never affected me like this. I can feel myself getting hard and right now, I'm really glad I used those charms. "Hermione."
"Fleur."
"You presented this morning," Fleur whispered. She must be able to detect the change in scent. "I didn't know you could. We should talk... Mate." I nod and look at the Professor's table. I look over all the Professors and make eye contact with all of them. Dumbledore tests my Occlumency shields and I'm glad I was taught Occlumency by my parents before I started at Hogwarts. I make eye contact with Minerva and I felt the mate bond shift into place. I have more than one mate? And, one of them is Minerva? I saw the look of shock on her face before she gave me a look that said we needed to talk and I agreed. I ate my breakfast and Fleur pulled me out of the room. All morning, people had been staring at me, drooling over me (guys and girls) and it's uncomfortable. Fleur pulled me into an empty classroom and put up silencing spells and wards to keep us undisturbed. "What are you? You are not a Veela." I told her what I was and the story of how Lycans were created.
"I realised after you spoke that you aren't my only mate. I have at least one more."
"At least?"
"Lycans usually have one or two mates but Lycan royalty can have more. My father is the Lycan King and I'm his Princess... But, I don't know him, yet." I told her all about my father and she lowered herself onto one knee.
"I am yours, Princess." I giggled.
"You don't have to do that. I'm not your Princess." Fleur stood with a possessive look in her eyes.
"Alas, Princess. You are mine and you are a Princess... Therefore, you ARE my Princess." She grinned as I laughed. She pulled me closer until our lips were almost touching. "To ensure I am definitely your mate we are supposed to kiss. No?"
"Yes." We kissed. It was sweet and perfect. It didn't last long but it was enough to feel the mate bond snap into place. She's definitely my mate. To complete the bond, we'd have to have sex... Yeah, no thinking about THAT right now.
"Fleur, we still have classes." Fleur nodded and she took down the wards and the spell and we left. The day continued normally until Transfiguration where I was asked to stay behind. After everyone left, Minerva cast the same spells that Fleur had cast before kneeling as Fleur had.
"I've told you to stop doing that," I chuckled.
"I know, my Lady." She stood up. "I'm not worthy of being your mate."
"Yes, you are. The mate bond is never wrong, Professor."
"I thought I told you to call me Minerva when we're alone? We're friends... And, now, mates."
"I know." She chuckled at my words. "Min... You're not my only mate. Fleur..."
"I noticed. I saw the way she reacted to you when you sat down. I saw the realisation of the mate bond in your eyes."
"She kissed me. She's definitely my mate." I saw her eyes flash with jealousy.
"We need to kiss to ensure we're mates but..."
"You're my Professor. It complicates things," I finished. "We could kiss to ensure the bond and then just... Wait."
"We both know the bond will become more intense over time until we can't take it anymore."
"Yes. But, no one will know about this but us, Min. We need to check the bond."
"I know, my Lady." We had a quick kiss and felt the bond snap into place. "Now we just fight it for as long as possible and, hopefully, make it until you've finished school despite the bond calling for us to... Solidify it."
"You mean for us to fuck."
"Language!" I laughed. "So... You're an Alpha."
"Yes. Waking up this morning and going to have a shower was a shock when I noticed that I now have a dick."
"Language! Seriously, my Lady..."
"Sorry, Min." I could tell she knew I didn't mean it. We talked for a little while longer before Minerva took down the spells and I left. The days passed and Fleur and I started dating but we only told Fleur's friends. I haven't told Ron and Harry that I'm gay, yet. Min and I kept talking after classes. And, now, we're finally at the point of the announcement of the Tri-Wizard champions. Victor Krum is chosen for Durmstrang and Fleur for Beauxbatons.
"The Hogwarts champion is..." Dumbledore called out before catching the paper. He stared at it and whispered something. "Hermione Riddle." What? I stared at Harry and Ron.
"I didn't... You saw me mocking Fred and George. You can't break the age line... I didn't enter." Harry nodded but Ron looked pissed.
"Hermione Riddle!" Harry pushed me off and I stood up and followed the way Fleur and Victor had gone.
"Hermione?" Fleur asked. She and Victor looked confused.
"I didn't enter... I don't know how..." Something happened in the hall and we were joined by Harry. "You too?" Harry nodded.
"I didn't enter, either. Ron looks pissed, though."
"I know." Dumbledore and several others came in and accosted me and Harry. They kept accusing us of putting our names in or having someone else do it for us. Fleur and Min looked concerned about me but eventually, we were allowed to go to bed. The year progressed and the first task came up. Harry pulled out one of the easiest dragons (Swedish Short-Snout) but I got the Hungarian Horntail. Harry accio'd his broom and it was similar to the approach I had come up with as we had practised Accio together and knew what the other was going to do (there was no rule against helping other champions. Fleur and I helped each other). I went up and looked at the eggs. I saw the dragon but it didn't move to attack me as I didn't move. I raised my wand and it didn't see it as a threat so it still didn't move.
"Accio Golden Egg." The egg flew from the nest and I caught it. I went back into the tent and heard complete silence from outside and I tried not to laugh too hard at the fact that the rules never said I couldn't do that. The judges burst into the tent.
"She cheated!" Karkaroff said.
"Actually, sir. The rules don't say you can't just summon the egg," I told him.
"You copied the Potter boy!" Madame Maxime said.
"Harry summoned a broom and not the egg. Nothing in the rules state I can't use the same spell as another champion for a different reason. They only say I can't do the exact same thing as another champion. Harry summoned a broom to him. I summoned the egg to me. That's a big difference." Min smirked but tried to hide it.
"She is technically right," Crouch says. We all leave and time continues on to the Yule Ball.