mudblood princess

the broom closet

'Let go of me!' Hermione yelled out.

'Calm down. We just need to clear some things up.' a voice answered her.

'I'm not saying anything until you let go of me and until you put a god damn light on.' Hermione replied angrily.

'Fine.' the voice answered again. 'Lumos'

Hermione blinked a few times. When her eyes got used to the sudden brightness, she looked up at the faces of the two boys that had pulled her into the closet. 'Malfoy, Zabini. What is the meaning of this?' she hissed still very angry.

'Like I said. We need to clear some things up.' Draco simply stated.

'What are you talking about?' Hermione asked.

'We will ask the questions. You just answer them.' Draco said. His eyes met hers. The hard and cold grey against the warm brown.

'Well then get on with it.' Hermione said in a dangerously low voice. She was clearly very annoyed by the two of them.

'Why were you reading books about the Nott family in the library?' asked Blaize.

'I was reading about all the magical pureblood families.' Hermione replied her eyes not moving away from Draco's. They were silently fighting a battle for dominance.

'Why?' Blaize asked her.

'Not that it's any of your concerns but to understand a bit more about this world I'm thrown in. Not all of us were so lucky to grow up surrounded by magic. You never had to question why you were different from the other kids. You already know everything about the magic families. the rules to this magical society. You all were, but I wasn't so excuse me for trying to learn.' Hermione replied still not breaking eyecontact. she then added 'I also read about the magical war between the side of the light and the dark lord. if you want to know.' 

'You want us to believe that it's just a coincidence that you keep returning to the chapter of the Nott's in that stupid book you read in the library?' Draco spat. He decided to not go into the discussion about their upbringing. partly because deep down he knew it was unfair and she would win on this point.

'Yes, it-' Hermione started defending herself but then realised something 'How do you know that? Are you guys spying on me?'

'Like I said we ask the questions here.' Draco answered.

'you guys are crazy. I'm leaving!' Hermione cried out. She was about to turn around and leave when Draco grabbed her by her arm and pushed her against a wall. 'Listen very carefully. Theodore is like a brother to me. No one will ever hurt him. You're not a Nott. So stay away from him. You will never get your filthy hands on the Nott's fortune.'

'What fortune? And why would I want to hurt Theodore?' Hermione asked confushed.

Draco was about to reply when he noticed her necklace. The gold was gleaming in the light that came out of his wand. He could see her name engraved in it and if he looked very carefully, he saw the family crest of the Nott's. He instanly let go of her. 'I have got the answered that I wanted. Now go. And remember it's your word against ours. No one will believe you if you tell them about this.'

'you're such a git. I hope you fall off the stairs.' Hermione said before getting out of the closet.

When she was gone Blaize turned to Draco and said 'you might have gone a bit too far at the end there.'

'It's her.' Draco muttered.

'What do you mean?' Blaize asked.

'She actually is the lost princess. She really is Hermione Nott.' Draco answered.

'What? How do you know?' Blaize asked a bit confused.

'Her necklace.' Draco replied 'It has the Nott crest on it.'

'But how come she hasn't figured it out yet?' Blaize asked. 'I mean she has had that necklace ever since she was a child. She always has her nose in a book about the Nott's. It's imposible that she hasn't noticed that their crest is the same as the one on her necklace.'

'I have got no idea. Maybe you can only see it when you hold your wand close to it.' Draco offered.

'Hhm yes, perhaps you're right. All I know is that we have to tell this to Theo.' Blaize answered. 'I can't wait to tell him about how you manhandled his little sister and pushed her against a wall.'

'Blaize, you will not tell him that.' Draco said, panic in his eyes.

Blaize simply laughed and walked out of the closet. Draco ran after him. 'Blaize get back here! I swear if you tell him about this, I will make you wish you were never born.'

Blaize simply laughed and ran further away from Draco.

Meanwhile Hermione had reached the common room. Where Daphne and Tracey soon pulled her with them to their bedroom and started asking her where she had been all day. And why her arm was so red. And so Hermione told them about her visit to Hagrid and her surprise interrogation in the broom closet.

'So he let go of you after he looked at your necklace?' asked Daphne.

'yes. But i don't understand why. It only has my name written on it.' answered Hermione.

'Let's have a look at it again. Maybe we can find something.' Tracey said.

Hermione pulled out the necklace and the girls examined the necklace very carefully.

'did he do anything special?' asked Tracey after a while.

'Not really. He moved his wand closer so he could see it better.' Hermione said. 'wait, his wand. That's it. He moved his wand closer!'

Hermione quickly pulled out her own wand and moved it slowly over her necklace. They all took a deep breath when they saw that her necklace was changing. They could now clearly see a shiny and beautiful crest, the family crest of the Nott's.

'you really are.' Tracey muttered

'I can't believe it.' Daphne said.

Hermione stayed quiet. Put her wand away and started walking towards the common room. She was shocked. It was as if she was in a trance. her legs moved without her noticing.