Hermione's POV

I woke early and went down to my new common room. "Oi, over here!"a guy calls. I look at him confused and head over. "You're the new girl right, Hermione?" he asks.

"Yes, that's me" I state and he smiles.

"Zachary Lovegood, these are my friends. Andrew Trelawney, comes from a family of seers and Jeremy Ollivander. Son of Garrick Ollivander, the famous wand make" he states.

"Oh pleasure to meet you both" I say. I then notice a very short student talking to a third year girl. I look at her in surprise, it was Moaning Myrtle. But she's not a ghost.

"That's Myrtle Warren, third year. Always getting teased, Filius is offering to teach her a few dueling spells. He's the top in his year" Andrew tells me. So that's Professor Flitwick, I guess even in school he was known for his dueling skills.

"Not flirting with the new girl already Zachary are you?" Millicent asks as she appears. Millicent Bagnold, fifth year prefect. She's the one who showed me to Ravenclaw tower last night.

"Me? Of course not. You must be mistaking me for Abraxas Malfoy" Zachary tells her. She rolls her eyes.

"Hermione, there's someone at the entrance for you" she tells me. I look at her confused, but nod anyway heading to it. I see a blonde haired wizard, no doubt a seventh year in Slytherin robes.

"Hello, Abraxas Malfoy. Head boy, I was asked to give you a tour of our fine school" he states.

"Oh, I'm sure I'd manage" I tell him.

"Nonsense, come along" he says linking his arm through mine and leading me away from my common room. "Easy to get lost here if you don't know your way" he tells me. "Anyway seventh year, pure-blood slytherin. What's your blood status?" he asks me.

"Half blood" I answer.

"Pity" he says letting go of my arm as we continue to walk on. "Hey Walburga, still babysitting your cousin?" he asks a seventeen year old dark haired witch as she rounds a corner with a third year boy.

"Drop dead Abraxas" she tells him. "Come Orion" she says leading the boy away.

"Engaged they are" Abraxas tells me.

"But they're students?!" I say indignetly.

"It's normal for pure-blood families. Arranged marriages keep our bloodlines pure" he states. "I'm engaged to Lydia Greengrass, we'll marry once we finish Hogwarts" he tells me.

"Congrats" I say unsure how to react to the news. As we pass a court yard, I see a group of slytherins talking. "Who are they?" I ask him curious.

"Those are the Knights of Walpurgis, they follow Tom Riddle" he tells me. "You've got the seventh year; Nott. Sixth years; Mulciber and Yaxley. Then fifth years from Tom's dorm; Avery, Rosier and Dolohov" he explains. Death-eaters I thought with a shiver. "Anyway, I'd steer clear of them if I were you" he states. I nod my head.

He gives me a tour. Showing me where the classrooms are, before we go to the great hall for breakfast. He left to go seat by a blonde haired girl. She must be Lydia Greengrass. I sit beside Millicent and help myself to some food.

"How was the tour with Abraxas?" Zachary asks with a smirk.

"Educational" I state as the mail arrives. A letter landed in front of me. I opened it, to see it was from Professor Dumbledore. Asking me to meet him in his office after I was done. I nodded to him and continued to ate. Afterwards I went to my McGonagall's office, which is Dumbledore's current one. I enter to see him with a wizard.

"Ah Miss Granger, I'd like to introduce you to Hector Dagworth-Granger. He's agreed to become your guardian while you're here" he tells me.

"Not quiet yet Albus" the wizard states. "She must past my test first, my mother only accepts the best in our family" he states.

"Of course, how is Constance Dagworth?" Dumbledore asks.

"Still an accomplished duelist, training the aurors of the future" Hector states with a shrug. "Now Miss Granger, I have a test for you. Will you under go it?" he asks me.

"Of course" I say after looking at Dumbledore.

"Excellent, follow me to the potions classroom" he states and we left the office. "Now my family is well known for being renown potion makers. In fact, I'm the founder of the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers" he tells me.

"So it's a test on potions?" I ask curious.

"Not just a test, I want to see if you have what it takes to be in my family. If you're not, you'll be looked down upon" he tells me. "So will my family" he states.

"Of course, I understand" I tell him as we reached the classroom. "Where's Professor Slughorn?" I ask curious.

"I've asked to use his classroom this morning and that we not be interrupted" he states. He gestures to a table. "You have everything you need here to make a Drought of Living Death, show me what you can do" he says. I nod and take up the copy of advance potion making. I find the potion and get started on the potion. Following the recipe.

It was a very difficult potion, meant for sixth years. But I was managing to follow the instructions well enough. Until it came to the Sopophorous bean. When I tried to cut it, it'd roll away. And when I finally managed to penetrate it with my knife. It bounced off of the chopping board and Hector caught it in his hand.

"Trouble?" he asks amused.

"It's difficult to cut" I tell him.

"I know and you're doing it all wrong" he states gesturing to the potion.

"But I'm following the recipe" I state.

"Exactly and a true potions master or mistress. Never follows the recipe in a book" he tells me waving his wand at my potion. Making it vanish. "Start again, but this time think like a potioner. You're a smart witch, you know what the ingredients are for and what they do to a potion. Use that and trust your instincts. Don't follow the recipe, adapt it to make the perfect potion" he tells me. I nod my head and start over.

Except this time. Instead of trying to cut the bean. I crush it with the flat of the blade. Which released the juices a lot easier and prevented it from bouncing away. When it came time to stir the potion for the first time. Instead of doing ten times counter clockwise, something inside told me to not do that. So I add a clockwise stir after every seventh counterclockwise stir. Did the same for the rest of the potion.

Then add one hundred and fifty fl.oz. of powdered root of asphodel. I then held the cauldron with your right hand; with your left hand gently stir the potion ten times counterclockwise and eight times clockwise. I leave the potion to settle for two and a half minutes while I turn off the fire. Then lastly add one small piece of Valerian root. The potion turns  pale pink colour.

I step back and Hector steps forward to exam it. I bite my lip nervously, at least the potion is the right colour. But it doesn't mean it worked. He drops a leaf into it and is disintegrates. He smiles. "It's perfect, I say one drop could kill us both" he tells me.

"Did I pass your test sir?" I ask him.

"You certainly did, welcome to the family Hermione" he tells me proudly. "I'm your new father now, I can't wait to tell my mother about your. She's always wanted a granddaughter to spoil" he states. He vanishes the potion. "I must leave, but when's your birthday?" he asks me.

"September 19th" I answer and he nods his head looking thoughtful.

"Well leave it with me and I trust you get top grades in all your subjects. Mainly potions and defense" he tells me. I nod my head and he left. I put away the unused ingredients and tied up before leaving. I go to my room deciding to read my course books. So that I'd be ready for class tomorrow.

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Pictures above of Hector and his mother. Pictures in chapter of the Ravenclaws and Slytherins Hermione meet.