A trip to Hogwarts
"What's this?"
"Giwwyweed!"
"Good! and this?"
"Hemwock!"
"Good! and this?"
"Kelp!"
"That's amazing! and this?"
"Whompin Wiwwow!"
"Merlin's beard! You are a smart young child!" Horace Slughorn exclaimed as he looks at the child sitting on his lap smiling brightly at the young prodigy.
"More! More!" Hermione said as she bounces excitedly
"Hermione it's time for your nap!" Loreta reminded as she walks into the patio
"No! No! No nap!" Hermione whine as she shakes her head no.
"Horace needs to talk to your father Hermione," Loreta said as she patiently reaches for her child's hand.
"No mama! No nap!" Hermione insisted.
"Go on Hermione, I'll be here when you wake up and we'll play again" Horace assured the little girl.
"Pwomise?"
"Of course! Now go to your mother" Horace said as he let go of Hermione
Hermione reaches for her mother's hand before waving goodbye at Horace.
Loreta mouthed a silent "thank you" before going inside the house.
After a few minutes, Hector went outside the patio to talk to his old friend. Even with more than ten years age gap, Hector and Horace have become close friends thanks to their mutual love for Potions.
"Ah welcome back to Britain my friend!" exclaimed Horace as he hugged his old friend.
"Yes, if only for a few weeks" Hector replied as they both sit.
"I must say, that your daughter is a young prodigy shaping up to your family's legacy Hector," Horace said as he sips his tea
"Yes, Loreta and I were very thankful to have her. She's our miracle" Hector replied sincerely.
"I believe she will flourish more, at Hogwarts," Horace said looking at his friend for any reaction.
Hector raises his eyebrow at Horace before replying, "We haven't even talked about it, she's only five"
He knows Horace's love of collecting brilliant and well-connected students and he knew Hermione will be one of them if she ever went to Hogwarts.
"You can't just dismiss it like that, my friend. Hermione is growing up to be a smart young child and with the potential I'm seeing, your daughter will not just be proficient at Potions, to other areas as well and one of the best Transfiguration and Charms Professor a student could ever hope for is in Hogwarts" Horace offered.
Hector sighs he knows Horace is right. He also wanted for her daughter to go to Hogwarts but Loreta wanted Hermione to go to Beauxbaton and with their current residence, the location of Beauxbaton seems to be a better option.
"Loreta wanted her to go Beauxbaton.." Hector admitted
"I know Loreta Hector, as long as Hermione wanted to go to Hogwarts, I'm sure she will agree.." Horace said with assurance.
Horace was right, the moment Horace playfully asked Hermione if he wanted to visit Hogwarts, their daughter readily agreed. Flashing her signature round eyes and pouty lips to her parents and as much as Hector is not immune to that, Loreta too was not. So by the end of their breakfast, Hermione ran to her room to get on her favorite dress and her book, A Hogwarts a History.
Loreta even though reluctant, smiled at her daughter's excitement. Hector had assured her Hermione would be back before supper and don't worry herself. They had planned for the two of them to spend the day together just like before Hermione was born.
"Hermione, do you remember what we told you?" Loreta asked
"Yes, mama!" Hermione answered "don't run the hawwways, don't intewupt when adults are speakin, and always be polite and wespectful"
Loreta smiled before kissing her daughter's forehead "be good"
"Yes mama" Hermione replied before hugging her mother.
"Now, now where's my hug?" Hector interrupted the two.
Hermione giggled then lunged at her father to hug him. She then kissed her father's cheeks.
"See you later Papa!" Hermione said before hopping off and standing beside Horace who is watching the three of them.
"Take care of her" Loreta said to Horace as he took their daughter's hand to go to the floo
"I will. See you later!"
"See you later! Mama! Papa!" Hermione waved enthusiastically before they disappear in green flames.
"Wooow!" young Hermione gasped as she looks in amazement. She never thought that Hogwarts was even more beautiful in person and up close.
She only saw pictures of the school in books and she thought it was already beautiful but what she's seeing right now surpasses her expectation. Her mother had brought her to Beauxbaton last year and she liked the gardens and the flowers and the giant fountain there but Hogwarts is more beautiful to her. She let her Uncle Horace guide her as they walk the grounds.
"Isn't beautiful Hermione?" Her Uncle Horace asked her.
She could only nod excitedly as she looks at her surroundings.
"What's that?" She asked as she pointed to one of the towers
"That's the Gryffindor Tower!" Horace answered.
"Gwyffindor?"
"Yes! the House of Godric Gryffindor!" Horace reply with enthusiasm.
Hermione smiled widely and pointed to the next tower she sees "that?"
"That's the Ravenclaw Tower!" Horace answered again "Rowena Ravenclaw's House!"
"Woow!" Hermione laughed as she continues to ask questions as they walk the grounds of Hogwarts.
When they reached a statue of a gargoyle, her Uncle Horace murmurs something before the gargoyle moves to reveal a staircase. They took the stairs slowly as her Uncle adjusted to her. She slowly took one step at a time not taking her hand away from her Uncle Horace. As the door open, they were welcome by a man that has the longest beard Hermione ever saw.
His eyes were twinkling looking at her and he smiles at her kindly which in return made Hermione shy. She hid behind her Uncle Horace as the man continue to look at her.
"Hello Ms. Hermione, Professor Slughorn tells me you will be visiting us for today.." the man said
Hermione could only nod shyly.
"I'm Head Master Albus Dumbledore, please to meet you Ms. Hermione" the man introduces himself.
"Thank you, Head Master.." Hermione replied meekly. Something about the man made Hermione felt shy like she's afraid to break any rules and make the man mad at her.
"Now Ms. Hermione you can call me Professor Dumbledore" the man offered.
Hermione nodded still hiding behind her Uncle Horace.
"Now why are you suddenly shy Hermione?" Horace tease as she tries to push Hermione at the front. "Now don't worry the Head Master is a nice friend of mine and your grandfather, don't be shy"
Hermione could only shake her head before hiding behind her Uncle again. The two men laughed at her shyness.
"We shall be going Albus, I promise her a tour of the dungeon" Horace said before picking Hermione up
"Just the dungeon? Don't you want her to see the Gryffindor common room as well?" Albus said teasing Horace
"Can't have this young lady, choosing another House than Slytherin Albus" Horace laughed as they exited the room.
Hermione is currently happily stirring the potion her Uncle made. Just hours ago, she helped her uncle crushed some ingredients she can't pronounce and her uncle let her put some ingredients in the cauldron. Then her Uncle asked her if he could leave for a few minutes just to check on something to which she nodded. She's a big girl already and she promised her mummy that she will behave.
Now she sat on the floor of the potions classroom making sure the potion his Uncle made would turn purple. She made sure to stir slowly counting up from one to one hundred.
"Fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four" she counted as she looks at the potion. Her brows furrowed as the potion didn't turn into the color her Uncle told her should turn to.
She heard footsteps walking towards the classroom, "Uncle Horace! It's still red!" she said without looking.
"What are you doing here?" An unfamiliar voice said.
Hermione looks up and saw a man with long platinum blonde hair wearing robes like her daddy's. She then saw the cane the man was using and felt a sudden fear. Her body froze as she looks at the cold grey eyes of the man and suddenly unknown memories flashed inside her mind.
She saw a memory of a girl lying on the floor, "No stop! We didn't steal anything!"
"Liar!" A crazy woman shouted.
She then saw a memory of a ginger-haired boy running, "Run! Mione run!"
Then she saw a flash of green light and the boy stumble.
Another memory flashed and it was a man with the same long platinum blonde hair. He was sneering at the girl "You! You stole my son from me!"
"Avada..."
Hermione suddenly cries because of all the memories. She felt very sad when she saw all those memories that flashed inside her mind.
"Mummy! Daddy! Mummy! Daddy!" She wailed forgetting the potion, the man, and everything around her. She just wanted her Mummy to hug her because she felt sad.
"Mummy!" She wailed louder not realizing that the cauldron had been long thrown to the wall. Jars of ingredients around her have burst and some had fallen from shelves.
"Mummy! Daddy!" She cried even harder when she remembers the girl on the floor and the boy with the red hair.
She hugs her knees and continues to cry. She couldn't hear anything as she keeps calling for her parents. Then suddenly she heard someone sounded like her Uncle Horace before blacking out.