Hermione who? {Wattys 2017}

Chapter Fifteen

~ Hermione Granger / Alannah Snape ~

Today is the day of the Halloween Party. Ginny and I are currently getting ready in the Heads dormitory. Draco is in his room getting ready as well.

I'm in my Glamour Charm and I just pulled my dress on that I chose to wear yesterday. Ginny is wearing traditional Muggle nurse scrubs and has fake medical equipment with her like a thermometer. Harry is going as a Doctor, very creative costumes I know.

"That dress is really cute. Where did you get it?" Ginny asks while applying some light makeup to her face.

"Dunno" I reply with a shrug.

"What a great help you are Mione" Ginny replies sarcastically.

I scoff at her before putting on some light eyeshadow and some red lipstick. My hair is in a perfect bun at the top of my head and a few strands of hair are framing my face. I slip into my high heels and turn to face Ginny. I grab my beaded bag and put my wand inside. One of the things the war taught me is to never leave anywhere without your wand.

"You look nice" Ginny comments.

"Thanks Gin" I say with a genuine smile.

"Ready to go?" She asks.

I nod my head 'yes' and we leave my bedroom together. Draco is waiting for me in the Common Room part of the Heads dormitory. He's wearing his usual black suit matched with an emerald green tye. Draco holds out his arm for me and I take it.

"You look great" Draco says with a smile.

"Thanks and so do you" I reply with a smile.

"Are you two lovebirds ready to go?" Ginny asks, placing a hand on her hip.

I told Ginny that Draco and I are actually dating now but I don't think she believes me. It's is Draco after all and he has done some bad things in the past.

Draco and I both nod and the three of us all leave the Heads dormitory. Harry and Ron are supposed to be meeting us at the doors to the Great Hall. I know that Draco will probably want to hang out with Zabini and Parkinson so that's why I'm going to be mostly hanging out with Harry, Ginny, and Ron.

Like they promised, Harry and Ron are waiting for us next to the big doors of the Great Hall. The booming music can be heard throughout the halls of the old castle. It's a wonder that anyone will get any sleep tonight while the party is going on.

"Ginny, Hermione, Malfoy" Harry greets us all curtly.

"Potter" Draco says, returning the curtesy.

"Let's go inside" Ron says quickly, ending any chance of Harry and Draco starting a conversation.

The five of us enter the Great Hall together. All of the other Seventh and Eighth years already in the Great Hall turn to look at the Golden Trio, Harry Potter's girlfriend, and the Slytherin Prince all walk in to the party together. Almost looking like friends but not quite.

The teacher chaperones McGonagall, Dad, and Professor Flitwick are all staring at us just like the other students. The new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher, a woman named Joanna Henderson, is with them and is also staring at the five of us. She is the witch who Dad was talking with at the start of the year feast. She is a decent teacher and doesn't give too much homework so most of the students like her. I don't have anything negative or anything overly positive to say about the new professor.

After nearly a minute everyone in the Great Hall returns to the business they had before we had entered the room. People at Hogwarts seriously need to learn how to not stare at people. Or how to be able to stare without everyone in the room knowing what they are doing.

Draco drops my arm so I turn and face him, a confused look on my face. Is he already leaving me to go hang out with Zabini and Parkinson?

"What's wrong?" I ask him, noticing the scared expression on his face.

"Your Dad is glaring at me. I think I should go find Blaise and Pansy" Draco says quickly, looking extremely scared.

"Okay. See you later?" I ask.

Draco nods and gives me a quick kiss on the cheek before walking off in the direction of his friends. I sigh, which is noticed by my three best friends.

"What's wrong Mione?" Harry asks.

"Snape scared Draco off" Ginny says with a small laugh.

I turn my head slightly to glare at the younger girl. She smiles at me, competely ignoring the death glare I was giving her.

"Seriously?" Ron asks with a laugh.

"Seriously" I say flatly.

"Did he tell you who your Mum is?" Harry asks.

My eyes slightly widen before I force them to go back to normal. I feel Ginny nudge me with her foot, a small showing of her support.

"Mister Potter it is good to see you enjoying yourself" McGonagall says, the older witch appearing out of thin air.

I release the breath I didn't realize I was holding in. Thank Merlin and everything holy for Professor McGonagall. I'll have to make it up to her one day.

"Thank you Professor" Harry says, smiling at the older woman.

"It's a real shame your sister didn't make it to Hogwarts" McGonagall says, making quick eye contact with me

How does she know that I'm Harry's sister? Ginny wouldn't tell anyone and Draco wouldn't betray me either. Dad might've told her in my first year so she could make sure I was doing well or whatever?

Oh wait.

Lily made it seem like I was James' baby before she faked me being a stillborn. Does every adult who knew Lily and James know about it? Their friends must've have but McGonagall?

"My sister?" Harry asks, genuinely confused.

"You're parents were so happy. But she was a stillborn. It broke their hearts but soon after you came along. She would be less then a year older then you. Actually I believe she and Miss Granger share a birthday" McGonagall says, sounding very sad.

The four of them look at me for a very long second before Harry, Ron, and Ginny return their focus to the professor. McGonagall returns her attention to Harry.

"I had a sister and no one told me?" Harry asks, now mad.

"No one wanted to tell you Mister Potter because we thought it would hurt you more then you deserved. I just thought you should know after all these years. Have a good rest of your evening" McGonagall says flatly.

She turns on her heel and walks back over to her co-workers. The two younger wizards and the younger witch turn to face me. I could basically see the wheels turning in Harry's head. When he comes to the realization, his eyes widen and his mouth opens as he tries to say something. Nothing comes out so he closes his mouth.

"H-Harry....I can explain" I say quickly.

"Then do it" Harry says coldly, narrowing his eyes at me.

"Like I said before, Snape is my biological father and.....Lily Potter is my biological mother. She said that I was James' baby before she faked te still-birth. That's when she gave me to Snape and he put me in the orphanage where the Grangers adopted me" I explain quietly.

Harry and Ron look at me in shock while Ginny looks as if this was nothing new. I did tell her everything and showed her what I look like without the glamour charm a few weeks ago.

"You're lying. My mother would never cheat on my father with...with Snape" Harry says with a scowl on his face.

"She isn't lying Harry. Even ask to see what she looks like without her Glamour Charm on!" Ginny exclaims quietly.

"Glamour Charm?" Harry asks, arching a brow at me.

"It's what made me look like the Grangers. If you want to see you all can come with me to my dorm" I said.

"I want to see" Harry says, crossing his arms in front of my chest.

I nod and lead the three other wizards out of the Great Hall, knowing that both Draco and Dad are staring at us as we leave.