Devils and Dust

The Other Side [3]

We are buried in broken dreams
We are knee deep without a plea

Is it fair, or is it fate?
No one knows
The stars choose their lovers
Save my soul
It hurts just the same, ooh
And I can't tear myself away

- Ruelle, The Other Side

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"Alright, what's on the agenda for today then, children?" Hermione tried to not roll her eyes but let out a quiet 'Jesus fucking Christ' which, judging by the twitch of Bill's lips and Charlie's shoulder's shaking, they'd heard her. Molly Weasley was patronizing them once a fucking gain.
"I'll take whoever needs their school supplies earlier than necessary," she felt Harry and Ron's look towards her and smirk, "to Diagon Alley and get what they need, as I need to get some supplies for the potions which I'm doing for the order," Mrs. Weasley nodded and Hermione raised her hand, which made a faint smile appear on nearly all of the Weasley's faces -Bill and Charlie, because they knew what her reasoning was, and the rest because she was playing into their 'predictable Hermione' facade, the twins of course, were looking at her weirdly but then when did they not –and she turned towards Charlie, trying to not think of how he had laughed before and her reaction to it.
"I need to get quite a few supplies for Hogwarts, and also a f—" she was cut off when Ginny and Ron chorused 'few books' as if it were a joke, and she rolled her eyes at them, Bill frowning at them out of sight, wondering just how on Earth they could talk to her the way they do, with all that she did for them –especially since one of them was dating her.
"just because you fuckers," she ignored the scandalized 'Hermione' from Mrs. Weasley, and continued on as if she hadn't heard her, "don't give a shit about school doesn't mean I don't, and quite frankly, I don't want to have to rely on people to stay alive in this war. Forgive me, but if you don't get your shit together then you will," she gave a sweet smile, and felt Bill watch Ginny glare at her, whilst she carried on up the stairs before she got to the top, she decided she'd play into their facade once more, "oh, and just because you two don't go to school anymore, it does not mean that you can become lazy and just order your supplies. You two are coming as well," she said, throwing a look over to the twins, and they automatically nodded, immediately realizing that she had just given them a cover.

Once they had walked out of the Leaky Cauldron, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, making the twins laugh, "alright there, Mia?" Hermione raised an eyebrow at them, not amused at the nickname.
"call me 'Mia' again and I will personally make it so that you two will never get it up for each other again." They had paled and quickly nodded, "you do realize it's also inaccurate as hell, right?" they frowned, seemingly ready to disagree with her and she grinned, realizing why she spent more and more time with the twins, "my full name is Lyra Harmonia, although why I only remembered that in the end of our fourth year I have no idea," she mused trailing off at the end, thinking off it. The twins cast a glance towards Charlie who nodded, Hermione missing the scene.
"memory charm?" Fred asked lightly, and she snorted, before cocking an eyebrow,
"actually... I wouldn't say that it isn't impossible, although they'd need to be powerful enough to get behind my shields, so it would only leave one person whom I think we all know," the three men nodded, and Hermione wrapped an arm around her stomach, feeling slightly sick at the thought of someone invading her mind. She grimaced slightly before turning to Charlie, "alright then, how do I get one for myself?" the twins looked at her weirdly but Charlie laughed,
"patience is a virtue, Ly. We're waiting for someone I know, who will take us to their great grandfather's shop." Hermione wrinkled her nose at the nickname making him smirk, the twins raising an eyebrow at the interaction between the two, and Hermione gulped.
"and you're sure..." she trailed off, not knowing exactly how to phrase the question.

"if he can trust me?" Hermione had spun around, her wand raised, before her mind caught up to her, whilst the man in front of her looked more amused than anything. She pursed her lips.
"Charles, darling, if this isn't the guy, I'm going to hex your bollocks off." She kept her voice light, whilst all the while feeling her heart hammering itself against her rib cage. Charles gulped.
"First off, yes this is the guy, second off, can I please say that you are mildly terrifying." Hermione smiled and lowered her wand arm, before realizing what he had said, and spinning around, her wand now aimed at his crotch.
"'mildly terrifying'?" she glared and he had paled, the twins watching on in amusement, the guy next to them laughing silently, already taking a liking to the girl, the likening only being solidified further when he realizes it's the girl that Charlie always goes on about ever since he moved back.
"well, Ly, I just meant that..."
"I set a teacher on fire in my first year, time traveled in my third, and punched a mermaid in the face in my fourth and I am only mildly terrifying? Charles Septimius Weasley, I will have you know that I am a hell of a lot more than just 'mildly' terrifying thank you very fucking much." Charles gulped before nodding.
"Right, course, Ly." She smirked and pocketed her wand.
"good. Don't bloody forget it either."