Saving Brothers

Chapter 18: Confusion

All you saw was Lucius Malfoy fly backwards and hit into the wall. Hermione grabbed Ginny's arm and walked past both boys. She leaned down to Lucius and said,

"Next time I tell you to move out of my way you better. For your answer I bet you know the answer for that. I don't date worms like you."

Sirius just stood there not knowing what to say. Hermione turned around and said,

"What Black?"

Sirius came back to the world and not in his thoughts. He looked at Hermione and saw that she was different. She did not have the twinkle in her eyes that Sirius loved about her. Instead there was darkness and a stern star. Sirius finally found his voice and said,

"I just came to apologize to Ginny for everything. I should have let you speak before I opened my mindless mouth. I should have not acted the way I did. You should be allowed to see who ever you want, even if it's my little brother."

Ginny walked over to Sirius. She was surprised that he actually apologized for his mistakes. She was smiling at him and said,

"I accept your apology Sirius. Thank you."

Sirius smiled and nodded. Ginny gave Sirius a smile and a hug. They were friends again but both of them knew it was going to take a while for Hermione to come around. If it was not for Sirius for ripping her sleeve then everyone would not know about her secret.

They all walked to class together but in silence. Sirius knew that Hermione was mad at him and he deserved it. They walked into the dungeon and took their respected seats. Slughorn started his lesson by doing roll. When he came upon Lucius' name he could see that he was not there. Hermione, Ginny, and Sirius tried not to smile at that. They knew that Lucius was still in the hall.

Hermione made sure that she would not see him in class today. She had put a charm on him that would make him stuck to any surface that he hits. He was stuck at the wall until Potions was over. Hermione got to work on her potion alone for once and she really enjoyed it. Slughorn walked around to see if everyone was doing alright. When he came upon Hermione's table he saw that she was almost done.

"Miss Reeves are you done already?"

"Yes, it is not a hard potion sir. Veritaserum is used to get information out of people. Three drop and you would be spilling your deepest darkest secrets to everyone. I think the Ministry uses it sometimes when there's a trial for a criminal to be sure that they are telling the truth. It is the strongest truth potion ever invented." Hermione explained to Professor Slughorn.

Slughorn was very impressed with what Hermione said. He awarded her five points for Gryffindor. He also let her leave class earlier. Hermione walked past Lucius Malfoy and smirked. She leaned down and whispered something into his ear. Lucius eyes widened and he was stunned. Hermione gave him an evil grin and walked away.

James ran up to catch up to Hermione while she was walking to the library. Hermione turned to face James. He was smiling toward her. Hermione grinned and asked,

"Aren't you supposed to be in class right now?"

"Professor Trawenly had a mental break down today so we have no classes for Divination." James stated. Hermione did not understand why they were taking that class. It was a ridiculous class to be taught by a crazy teacher Hermione thought. But she knew that Trawenly was special, she knew that the crazy teacher needs to be here for her protection for the future.

They walked in silence after that. Hermione had a lot on her mind since she talked to Dumbledore. All she could think about was what he said about their decisions. Hermione still to this day does not know how he knows everything before anyone decides their decision on the subject. Dumbledore is the smartest wizard that she knows.

"Hermione, earth to Hermione." James said waving a hand in front of her face.

Hermione came out of her thoughts. She did not realize that they were in the library already. Hermione turned to face James and smiled. James looked concerned for her. He knew that there was a lot on her mind and James just knew that she had to take her time to tell him.

"Are you alright?" James asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just elsewhere." Hermione reassured him.

"So is it true that you made Lucius fly back to the wall without a wand or casting a spell?" James asked amused.

Hermione smiled and nodded. She started to blush when James went on a rant on how cool that was and that he wished he could have been there to see it. Hermione knew that Sirius had told her. They had their ways and Hermione knew every one of them. By now all the Marauders knew about what Hermione did.