The Slytherin princess

Chapter 40 // what if a murderer wasn't a murderer after all?

Hermione's POV

Once again, I ignored any confused questions from the Slytherins around me and rushed out of the common room, dashing for the exit to the outdoors when I had the quickest vision yet

"HARRY, PANSY WATCH OUT, IT'S THE GRIM!" Weasel was sitting under the whomping willow, pointing behind Potter and Parkinson to reveal a shaggy black dog

... Sirius

When I came back to consciousness my eyes instantly diverted to the trio, now duo considering weasel was being dragged away by 'the grim'

the last two were now being swung by the tree's vines

ouch, that looks painful

I should probably tell them about the rope... actually no, they're inside

A soon as Potter and Parkinson entered the small tunnel hole the tree stopped trying to hurt them, I was confused for a second until I noticed the familiar ginger cat scampering away again and my DADA teacher crouching through the hole

I followed through a few seconds after.

The tunnel smelled of rot and mold.

I heard distant voices and sped up; Lupin had just smashed open the door

"are you going to kill me harry?" the voice sounded manic

"expelliarmus!" Lupin exclaimed, but he wasn't pointing at the now visible man- Sirius black, but at Potter, he gave the raven-hair a look and he stood up quickly

"well, well Sirius, looking rather ragged aren't we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness within" kinda rude

"well, you'd know all about the madness within wouldn't you Remus?" he makes one werewolf joke and I already don't give one fuck that he's supposed to be a mass murderer.

Lupin lowered his wand and helped Black up in a hug

"NO! I trusted you! And all this time y-you've been his friend, he's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes"

time for a dramatic entrance

"well done Parkinson, slower than a snail as usual aren't you?"

I stepped out of the shadows, clapping slowly but my hands raised in the air when everyone's eyes and wands were pointed at me

"If you really read things about Hogwarts, you would know Sirius Black and Remus Lupin along with James Potter were friends- best friends once upon a time, so of course whatever the hell happened, lupin helped, if you wouldn't mind lowering your wand Professor"

he lowered his wand and turned to Parkinson

"how long have you known?"

"Since Professor Snape set the essay" I knew a day before youuu

"Well, well, well Pansy you really are the brightest witch of your age" offense is being taken

"did you really just- you- I can't even comprehend- I knew before her and im smarter than she thank you very much"

"And you? How long did you know?" Lupin turned to me

"The night before he set the essay, don't you worry, I know a lot more than you think"

"Enough talk Remus, c'mon, let's kill him!" it's true that psychos are impatient then

"Just, wait-" good to know not only I'm interrupted by people

"I DID MY WAITING, TWELVE YEARS OF IT, IN AZKABAN" sorry Draco for saying you're the most dramatic person in the world, I hadn't met him yet

"very well, kill him, but wait one more minute"

"but he waited twelve years!" I mocked, not the brightest thing to do because the next thing I know im being thrown against the wall with a stunning spell

When I awoke I was being floated out of the tunnel, as I opened my eyes I fell to the ground with a painful thud

"ouch..." I stood up groggily, there was an extra man, of course, I knew who he was

(apparently, the visions show up when im asleep or unconscious so I saw everything anyway)

"HARRY!" Parkinson pointed to the sky, everyone followed where she was gesturing at- the full moon.

When Lupin laid his eyes on it he started to change, to morph into that murderous beast

While everyone else was focused on Black trying to stop Lupin I was focused on the rat-man picking up the wand someone dropped

"NO" I jumped toward him, but it was too late, he was already in his Animagus form again and scuttling off

"ZABINI DON'T" I heard Snape shout from behind me, I ignored him and chased after the rat anyway

"COME BACK YOU STUPID MOUSE"

it was pointless, Pettigrew got further and further away until I couldn't see him anymore, but I couldn't see anything at all after I fell and hit my head on a rock, the last thing I heard was Potter screaming

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

a bright light, and Parkinson shaking me shouting

"ZABINI? ZABINI GET UP"

*

For the second time this year, I woke up to the blinding lights of the hospital wing but this time someone seemed to be repeating

"where did they go... they just disappeared!" I looked at the sound of the noisy person

"what the hell are you talking about weasel," I asked groggily after I saw the red hair

"they disappeared... they were standing right there and now- now they're gone!"

as I was gonna tell him he was dumb the doors burst open, revealing potter and Parkinson

I remembered the vision I had during my dream

The extra two people were potter and Parkinson traveling back in time, Buckbeak wasn't there because they saved him, but they also saved Sirius, and- wow this is all very confusing

Weasel was rambling again, I walked past his bed, shoved potter in the shoulder as I walked past him, and made my way to the common room

remembering I locked Wren and Blaise in my dorm

*

"awww"

When I returned to my dorm, Blaise and Wren were sleeping

(yes, sadly on my bed)

they have liked each other for at least a year now but both of them were too scared to admit it or act on it so I gave them a nudge in the right direction and- here we are

"yes, yes all very cute now what happened?" Draco had followed me to my dorm, and for some reason, with a tampon up his nose

"Draco.. that is not what you're supposed to do when your nose bleeds" I'm trying my hardest not to laugh
He gives me a look
"Fine, it's hard to explain, your probably gonna get mad a few times..." I trailed off

"just tell me for merlin's sake mione"

"fine.....