innocence discovered
Hermione had woken up and blushed realizing that one: she was in her head of houses bed room and, two: her boys now knew her deepest fears. she was pleased she was still surrounded by them their mixed scents combined with them either holding her or having a hand on her made her able to concentrate on the fact her boggart hadn’t been the real thing and they were still there for her.
Hermione snuggled into johns hold alerting all three men that she was awake they each kissed her head. She knew they’d want to talk about it, but she didn’t want to.
She just wanted to relax in her boys arms and not let the memory of her boggart fail get to her she had done it in a brash moment to prove she wasn’t as fragile as everyone at school treated her as, only to be faced with something much worse than the knowledge of her father’s demise. The thought of losing her boys frightened her more than she wanted to let on.
John always told her that he and the boys didn’t know what they would do if something had happened to her, that they wouldn’t make it, truth is she wouldn’t make it without her boys the thought of losing any of them made her not want to live. She was convinced if she ever lost all her boys she wouldn’t hesitate before killing herself and being a witch, it made it very easy to complete the deed if that should ever actually happen.
She felt john tighten his arms around her and knew he was thinking about something probably her worst fear or maybe it was losing his son’s to that yellow eyed son of a bitch she couldn’t take the grief that clouded his face. She crawled up in his arms and buried her head in his neck breaking his concentration as she moved.
John looked down at her and pressed a kiss to her head holding her close he didn’t say anything just rubbed her back. Outside she could hear her head of house and headmaster arguing about something she wasn’t sure what, but her headmaster sounded livid and her head of house sounded smug and happy.
“You know we need to talk about this mia.” Sam said breaking the silence.
Hermione sighed and shook her head “No, we don’t sammy we don’t need to talk about this ever because its not real.” She said
John rubbed her back gently
“Yes, we do Severus showed us the memory hermione we need to talk about this if its truly your biggest fear than it is real it just hasn’t happened and its not going to happen ever but its still real because you fear it.” Dean said
Hermione sniffled “I… I can’t stand if he takes you three from me your all I have.” She whimpered.
John squeezed her gently and sam and dean both squeezed her shoulders.
“We are not going anywhere that bastard is never going to take us away from you we are going to end him before he takes away anyone else, we love.” John said firmly.
Sam and dean both nodded in agreement with john the rarity of this happening was little to none as far as the men were concerned, they weren’t going to allow this son of a bitch hurt their girl in any form.
“Promise?” she whimpered quietly.
“We promise baby.” John said softly we are never going anywhere your stuck with us till were all old and grey and annoying you.” He said
Hermione giggled.
The three men grinned at their girl.
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Hermione walked the grounds it was Saturday, and everyone was at the quidditch pitch watching the game hermione was less than happy she didn’t want to watch the game she was always afraid harry would fall off the blasted broom and now draco played for the Slytherins it made it worse. She chose to skip the game and wonder the grounds.
Hermione walked along the edge of the dark forest acting as if she were balancing on something, she used to do this on cars in her father’s auto shop yard with sam and dean running after her screaming at her to get off the damn cars.
She stopped as she saw scabbers rons rat running across the grounds and a huge black dog chasing it. She frowned dogs didn’t chase rats, cats chased rats. She pointed her wand at the rat and intoned the new spell she’d taught herself in order to protect her friends rat.
“Accio Scabbers.” She said and the fat little creature soared into her hands she held him close and saw the dogs silver eyes zero on her and start stalking to her.
She pulled her gun and pointed it at the thing cocking it. “Get away before I put a bullet through your eyes you mangy mutt.” She ordered. But the dog just cocked its head to the side and gave herself an exasperated look.
“Ok that’s it singer your losing your grip on reality dogs do not look exasperated and they do not attack rats johns gonna lock you in a mental hospital if you keep losing it.” She grumbled to herself.
The dog heard her and let out a bark that strangely sounded like a laugh and she backed up as far as she could not noticing she was entering the dark forest. The dog followed her and sat on his hind legs in front of her. Strangely she didn’t feel threatened by the dog she put her gun away but took out her wand keeping it pointed at the dog she thought she imagined it as the dog grinned and walked to her butting his nose against her wand and changing until he was once again human.
Hermione’s mouth dropped the ragged prison clothes, the dark curly hair and the un washed dirty appearance she was without a doubt staring at Sirius Black. She opened her mouth to scream holding onto scabbers tightly. Black quickly covered her mouth with his hand and made a shushing sound.
She stared terrified at the supposed dark wizard as he ran his free hand through his hair. “No, screaming I don’t want to hurt you I just want to talk.” He said.
She swallowed and nodded.
“Can I remove my hand without you screaming?” he asked
She nodded again slowly, and he removed his hand. “W…what do you want I won’t help you kill harry.” She whispered
He rolled his eyes at her and let out a pained but amused chuckle “I’m not here to kill Harry Potter Girl I’m here for someone else harry potter is in danger im here to protect him.” He said
“Bullshit you were put into Azkaban for betraying the potters and killing all those muggles and peter Pettigrew.” She said
He snorted “Without a trial thanks to dear old Dumbledore.” He said
Hermione’s jaw dropped this she hadn’t known, and she believed in innocent till proven guilty she had assumed since he was put in prison, he was found guilty in his trial she never thought he hadn’t already had a fair trial.
“Ok well if you’re not here to kill harry who are you here for then? And why are you chasing scabbers across the grounds in broad daylight?” she asked
“Scabbers is that the name that red headed idiot gave him? His name is worm tail or better known as Peter Pettigrew you don’t believe me conjure a cage put him in it and say reavilio he’ll change out of his animangas form.” He said
Hermione frowned but did as told because she didn’t believe the bastard, she was gonna prove he was lying then get him arrested. She conjured a cage and cast a spell to make it escape proof she saw scabbers trying to escape her hold, but she quickly put him in the cage closing it the rat ran around trying his best to get out which made hermione think maybe just maybe Black was telling the truth. She pointed the elder wand at the rat and said the spell as black had told her to, she knew the reavilio spell it was one her head of house had taught her.
The spell hit scabbers and he changed hermione watched horrified as a rat like man took scabbers place in the cage and she almost wretched thinking about a grown dark wizard sleeping with her friends in the same dorm and before he’d been rons rat he had been Percy’s rat. She couldn’t contain her anger.
“You son of a bitch you slept in a child’s bed! You… you’re a pervert and probably a rapist!” she yelled
Blacks hand landed on her shoulder and she looked up. He squeezed her shoulder gently telling her he felt the same. She pointed the wand at peters left forearm and muttered another spell cutting the clothe from his arm revealing the dark mark she gasped.
“Will you help me? Im Harrys god father I only want to protect him, but I can’t until im free and until this rat is found I’ll never be free.” He said
Hermione looked at him and nodded she pointed her wand at him “Change back into your animangas form and I’ll change the bastard back into his and take you to my head of house and defense professor.” She said.
“What about Dumbledore?” he asked most students even Slytherins tended to think about Dumbledore before they did anyone else. Hermione snorted quietly.
“I don’t trust the old fool as far as I can throw him same goes for his pet bitch Mcgonagall.” She said.
He chuckled “I like you. Your feisty like a kitten, I think that’s what I’ll call you kitten.” He said and changed back into his dog form.
Hermione blushed brightly. “My name Is hermione.” She said and heard his bark like laugh again she pointed her wand at Pettigrew and forced him to change back shrinking the cage and making it indestructible she conjured a collar and leash putting it on Black with him playfully snapping at her as she did so, she looked in his silver eyes and spoke “I promise I’ll do whatever I can to get you to harry he needs family.” She said and sirius placed a big sloppy dog kiss on her cheek. “Ew.” she giggled and moved to the edge of the forest.
looking out she made sure the game was still in full swing she walked back to the castle and to the dungeons where she knew her head of house and defense professor were having tea. She went to Snapes private chambers and knocked.
It took a moment, but the door opened revealing snape, he frowned at her “Hermione shouldn’t you be at the Quidditch match and not holding a dog and rat?” he asked
“I don’t like watching harry and draco play on those death traps, so I was playing on some logs on the grounds by the black lake when I saw this mutt chasing scabbers here I accioed scabbers and the dog backed me into the dark forest.” She said
Snapes frowned deepened “Come in and finish explaining it to me and Professor lupin what happened and how you come to find yourself at my office with the two. Hermione heard Sirius’s huff and excited bark at the mention of professor lupin and figured he knew him. Hermione lead him in the room and saw remus sitting on the small couch tea in hand at the sight of her and the dog and rat he set it down.
“Miss singer.” He said.
“Professor.” She said then repeated what she had told professor snape and she paused seeing both men sharing a look then looking back at her. “then what happened hermione?” remus asked.
“I had my wand pointed at the dog scabbers in my arms and the dog bumped his nose against my wand and changed back to his human form from his animangas form and it was Sirius Black.” She said
Both men jumped up pulling their wands but hermione stepped in front of sirius holding her arms out. “No let me finish!” she said
They both reluctantly nodded and let her finish her story. “I went to scream, and Black put his hand over my mouth he told me he wasn’t gonna hurt me and he just wanted to talk. I said I wouldn’t help him hurt harry and he chuckled he told me he wasn’t after harry he wanted to protect him; he was after someone else. Naturally I called bullshit because of the reasons he had been imprisoned for. He told me he never had a trail which gave me a pause and I listened to what he had to say then he told me he was after peter Pettigrew and that peter was scabbers I thought maybe he was telling the truth when scabbers started acting weird trying to escape my grip, scabbers has been with the Weasleys for 12 years much longer than any common garden rat lives he told me to put scabbers in a cage and make him change back I did as he said and then scabbers changed back into peter Pettigrew I quickly told him to change back and forced peter to change and I brought them here because I don’t trust Dumbledore.” She said
Both of her professors stared at her like she had a second head, but she just shook her head and set the cage down enlarging it she pointed her wand at the caged rat and again said the spell “Reavilio.” And peter changed back into his human form and instantly both Snape and remus had their wands on him.
Hermione pulled Sirius’s leash and he moved closer to her. Remus looked at him shocked and then looked at his left arm where hermione had stripped him of his clothes on the forearm and his expression darkened.
“R…Remus m…my o…old friend.” Peter stuttered
“Can it worm tail you’re the one that betrayed lily and James! You sent Sirius to prison you were the secret keeper, weren’t you?” he snarled his eyes amber.
Peter whimpered
Severus flooed the Arours and within moments Amelia bones and three others stepped through all wearing Arours gear. The four Arours gasped at the sight of peter in the cage and sirius still in his dog form. Severus and remus filled them in and Amelia shared a look with her Arours “this is gonna cause a shit load of trouble for the ministry.” She said
Hermione bent down rubbing Sirius’s fur and he licked her cheek she giggled and smacked him playfully. Amelia’s eyes settled on her “You were the witness?” she asked
Hermione nodded.
“Im gonna need you to come with us as well as Black and the rat.” She said “we’ll Floo your parents from there.” She said figuring she was a pureblood by the slytherin robes.
“actually, Amelia she is Muggleborn I am her magical guardian.” Snape said
Amelia nodded to him “Then we will need your permission to talk to her Severus.” She said he nodded at her and went to his desk writing out a note and handed it to her “This is my express permission to talk to her.” He said.
“Her lawyer is of course mine Lucius Malfoy.” He said
Amelia nodded “Alright Miss. Singer.” She said reading the note “If you will follow me my Arours will take care of the dog and the rat.” She said
Hermione shook her head staying close to sirius “Dog comes with me I made a promise to him and im gonna see it through.” She said firmly. Amelia sighed and nodded “Come along then young lady.” She said and went to the fire place. Hermione pulled sirius with her and whispered to him “I wont let them confuse you with the rat and lock you up or worse.” She whispered.
He barked softly bumping her hand with his nose they stepped into the fireplace and Amelia shouted for her office the other three taking the cage and leaving.