"You could come with me"
The first time she heard those words, it had been the summer before her fifth year at Hogwarts.
He had appeared in his blue box while her and her parents were out shopping one afternoon. She had wandered over to it curiously, and was just about to knock when he stepped out, in all his spiky haired, trench coated glory.
"Well hello", he had said excitedly. "And who are you?"
Thoughts of the danger of giving your name to a stranger crossed her mind, but she reasoned with herself that he HAD magically appeared in an out-dated police assailant, and attempted precautions were quickly discarded.
"Hermione Granger".
She watched as his chocolate brown eyes widened with an unidentifiable emotion, like a mix of confusion and excitement and wonder.
"No", he said, drawing out the syllable, "No it can't be. Hermione Granger, who goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley?"
This knowledge of her life would normally puzzle her, but she figured anyone who read the Daily Prophet would've seen Rita Skeeter's pieces about her last year, so it was understandable.
"Yes that's me. You're a wizard too, I assume?"
"It's-it's a pleasure, a pleasure to meet you. In-in real life... wow. Um, I-I'm just gonna, gonna.... go", he stuttered out before he ran back into his box.
Hermione followed, now sufficiently curious about the odd man. As she entered, she noticed the obvious fact that the box was bigger on the inside. Much bigger. 'Definitely a wizard', she thought. The man was running around a large console, pressing buttons and looking at a screen. The console was in the center of a huge room with twisting gold pillars and pulsing lights, which set off a very science-fiction-y glow to the place, like something in the old Star Trek shows her parents used to watch on the telly.
"Um, excuse me, sir", Hermione said cautiously.
The man looked up at her in surprise, as though he had forgotten she was there.
"Yes yes yes, how may I help you Ms. Granger?"
"Well, if you don't mind me asking.... What exactly is this?"
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Come With Me
FanfictionA Harry Potter/Doctor Who Crossover AU Before Hermione Granger's fifth year at Hogwarts, she encounters a strange man with a strange blue box. A collection of all the times The Doctor makes appearances in her life from that point on. Cover art origi...
