It Cannot Be...

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I hope that you guys enjoyed your Holidays as much as I did. I know that it had rain a lot since my last update, and I\'m really sorry that I kept you all waiting so much, but I was really busy and working really hard in college, But know I\'m proud of myself for working so hard, because my grades are all A\'s, I\'m letting out the Hermione that lives in me, Lol! Anyways, thank you so much for your reviews, and for the ratings.



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Dumbledore was losing his patience. It was getting difficult to convince Paul Granger to tell the truth to Hermione. It was already midnight and he was getting tired, he was going to try once more, he had to, otherwise, if Paul didn’t want to cooperate, he will be the one telling Hermione the whole truth.



“Mr. Granger, I understand how you feel about all of this, believe me I do. I personally did the same with Harry; I kept a lot of things from him that almost cost him his life. And well, to tell you the truth, I regret it. But you can make the difference by telling Hermione the truth, I’m sure she will understand everything, she’s very…” Albus was interrupted by a peck on the window. He rose from the sofa and opened the window to let the grey owl in. Once the owl was inside Albus took the letter from her.



Albus we have a problem here. Hermione and Draco Malfoy are together. They were kissing in the Great Hall in front of everybody. Albus this is getting out of hand. I don’t want to think that they are sexually involved, because that will be like a bowl of cold water to that girl. Please come back soon, we need to fix this.



Minerva



Dumbledore folded the letter and hide it in his pocket ‘This is not good’ he then turned to Paul who was now pacing the little space between the couch and the tea table. Dumbledore let out a sight.



“Mr. Granger what are you going to do then? It’s already midnight and I have to go. Are you coming with me so we can talk to Hermione, or not? If not I’m going then, I will tell her anyways in the next few days, I still have 3 days before her birthday, and I need to think on the best way to tell her the truth” Dumbledore was about to turn around and leave since there was no answer coming from Paul but before he could reach the door frame he heard a gasp followed by an ‘Oh my God’. He turned around to find a Paul Granger white as a sheet.



“What is it Mr. Gran…”



“It’s today…”Paul said after interrupting Dumbledore.



“What’s today?” Dumbledore asked confused by Paul’s response.



“It’s today! Hermione’s birthday is today, I forgot to tell you that we inscribed her late, she was registered late, we were supposed to fix that but as the time passed Jane and I forgot about that… and she’s registered on the 19 but her birthday is September 15, and today is September 15 “



“Dear Merlin… The glamour’s off” When the realization hit him Dumbledore walked to where Paul was and grabbed him by the arm dragging him outside the house with him.



“What are you doing? Let go of me!” Paul said while trying to free himself from Dumbledore’s grasp.



“No! You’re coming with me Mr. Granger stop acting like a bloody coward! Do you love Hermione? Do you know how that girl will be when we get there! She must be really confused right now. You’re the only father that she knew, so it’s your job to make her feel better and be there when she needs you!” Dumbledore shouted at Paul, still dragging him to the apparition point. Paul didn’t say anymore words; he let Dumbledore drag him out of the house and through the front path. They reach the little gate in front of the house and Dumbledore turned right to the side of the house where the apparition point was located. Dumbledore didn’t give Paul a chance, he pulled him closer to him and apparate them away.





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“What in the bloody name of Merlin happened to you, Hermione? Is this some kind of joke?”Draco asked her while standing up.



Hermione gave him a confused look “What are you talking about?” She asked. She rose from the floor and stood in front of Draco looking at his face. He surely was confused about something ‘But what is it?’ Hermione thought.



“What am I talking about? Why did you put glamours on yourself? Do you think I will find you more attractive looking like that? Don’t get me wrong you look beautiful, but that it’s not you” Draco said crossing his arm in front of his chest.



“Draco, are you crazy? Why in Hades flaming hair will I put glamours on myself? It’s me! I haven’t done anything!” Hermione said getting a little bit annoyed by Draco’s insistence.



“So you didn’t do anything?” He asked rising one eyebrow at Hermione.



“Of course not!” She said crossing her arms in her chest as well. Draco chuckled and moved to pick up something from his bedside table. Hermione frowned ‘What’s he doing?’ She thought. Draco stood in front of her with the thing in his left hand. “What are you doing?” She asked while eyeing the little object in his left hand.



“You said you didn’t do anything? That it’s you…right?” He asked her while searching for his wand inside his pocket.



“Yes” She answered getting really annoyed by Draco’s behavior. Really if he didn’t want to do anything with her, he just had to say it, not pull this stupid excuse of her looking different.



Draco found his wand, and with the tip of it, he touched the small mirror. It grew six feet in front of Hermione.



“So how do you explain you looking like my female twin?” Draco asked holding the mirror in front of Hermione.



When Hermione saw her reflection, she gave a high pitch scream that could be heard all the way down to Hogsmeade.





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When Dumbledore apparate with Paul in front of the gate he quickly ran to the castle, Paul was about to argue but when he saw himself alone in the dark entrance he followed Dumbledore without a second thought. They reach the front door and Dumbledore opened it, he took a run again up the stairs with great agility leaving Paul far behind.



‘Damn! How can this old man run like that?’ Paul thought still following Dumbledore up the stairs. They took another set of stairs and came face to face with Filch. Dumbledore stopped.

“Are you all right Headmaster?” Filch asked watching Albus almost out of breath.



“Argus, yes I’m fine. Will you please go and tell Minerva that I’m here and that I’m heading to the Heads Quarter’s. Tell her to call Narcisa and Lucius Malfoy and to bring Poppy and Severus with her, thank you” Dumbledore didn’t wait for a response from Filch he pulled Paul once again and started walking fast to the Heads Quarters.



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“Hermione please calm down, there must be an explanation for this” That was the hundredth time Draco told Hermione that. After she stopped screaming she ran out of the bedroom and picked up her wand, after that she stood again in front of the mirror pointing the wand at herself. She muttered, yelled, begged with every removing spell she knew. When non of that worked, she then proceed to cry her soul out, repeating over and over again “Ron did this to me” Draco was now seated next to her in the couch trying to calm her down, so he could then take her to the Hospital. But he wasn’t near of any, not that he was trying very hard either, he was also to bewildered looking at her.



She looked so stunning, but at the same time, so weird. She had long wavy blonde hair that reached her waist, her face was almost the same except for her nose that was just a little bit more pointy, and her eyes, her eyes were the most weird thing, they were a shade of light blue but they had golden stripes too. She was beautiful. Draco was lost in his observations when somebody knock the door. He rose from the couch and opened the portrait door.



There was Dumbledore, a man he didn’t knew and he could see McGonagall at the end of the corridor followed by Madame Pomfrey and Snape running towards them.



“Good evening Ms. Malfoy I believe that Miss Granger is in some kind of predicament right now and needs help. Will you please let us in so we can help her?” Dumbledore said very kindly but Draco didn’t miss the fact that his eyes weren’t showing his usual twinkle.



“Yes, thank you. Please come in” Draco said moving away from the door and letting everyone in. The sight was heartbreaking, Hermione was in the couch hugging her legs muttering something unintelligible, her long hair was cascading on both her sides making her look like and abandoned child in the rain, she wasn’t aware of the new arrivals, she was lost in her confusion. Blaming Ron over and over again. McGonagall and Pomfrey were the firsts on getting close to Hermione.



Madame Pomfrey took a little vial of Calming Draught from her pocket while McGonagall pulled Hermione’s hair away from her face. When Hermione looked up and notice the bunch of people around her, her first thought was to run like if there was no tomorrow, but McGonagall hold her in place.



“Miss Granger, please, drink this. It will make you feel better” Madame Pomfrey offered her the little vial with a worried expression. Hermione took the vial and drank it in one gulp. After a couple of seconds she felt the effect, and she began to relax. Paul moved a little bit to his right and there’s when Hermione noticed that he was there.



“Daddy? What are you doing here? Where‘s Mom?” She asked and made a movement to rise from the couch but Dumbledore stood in front of her.



“Miss Granger please stay where you are, we have more important matters to attend right now” Dumbledore said conjuring a chair in front of her and three more, one for Paul, one for Severus and one for Draco.



Hermione did as she was told, and remained where she was biting her bottom lip. She was getting nervous again. She didn’t understand what was happening, why was everyone there.



“Headmaster, I swear that I didn’t do this. I don’t know what happened, I tried to remove this glamour off of me with every spell that I know, but nothing works. I’m sure this must be a joke from somebody, maybe somebody put Polyjuice in my pumpkin juice with a timing spell…” She was silenced by Dumbledore who took a deep breath.



“Miss Granger I need you to pay me all the attention possible. And please don’t make any question” Hermione nodded looking at everyone, then back at Dumbledore.



“Miss Granger what happened to you tonight wasn’t a joke, neither was an accident. It happened because it had to happened, today is your birthday…” Dumbledore was interrupted by Hermione’s first intromission.



“But I’m a muggle born, it’s not like, now that I’m at age, I’m going to go through the whole heritage thing. The pureblood are the ones who go through that…”



“Miss Granger please listen and don’t interrupt” Dumbledore said. Snape smirked, knowing that this was going to be a long night. Hermione Granger wasn’t know for being the most quiet person.



“Okay, I’m sorry” Hermione apologized.



“Yes you’re right when you say that muggle borns don’t go through the heritage thing, and the fact that today is your birthday and that your appearance change so drastically it wasn’t because of that, I assure you. Now I’m going to give you the chance to speak. Miss Granger how’s your relationship with your father, is he a good father?” Dumbledore asked her.



Hermione couldn’t understand why Dumbledore was making that kind of question right now, her relationship with her father wasn’t the problem right now, it was her appearance, but she answered nonetheless.



“Well, it’s a very close one, he’s my father, my friend and my protector, we love each other. But what does that has to do with my appearance?”



“Well Miss Granger…” Dumbledore was interrupted again but this time it was by a knock on the door. Draco stood up and went to open the door again, he was shocked when he saw who it was, after the sock passed he went to the next phase: Angry.



“What the hell are you doing here?” Draco asked when he saw that it was Lucius in front of him. “I should kill you for what you did to Hermione, you selfish bastard!” Draco was about to pull his wand out a hex his father into oblivion but Severus stopped him.



“Draco, this is not the time, if he’s here it’s because Dumbledore called him. Please sit down, you need to hear this too” Severus told Draco pulling him by the arm and making him sit down again. Lucius and Narcisa entered and Dumbledore conjured two more chairs.



“Well Dumbledore why do I owe you the pleasure of being called at this time of night, and to be invited into the Heads Quarter’s nonetheless?” Lucius asked Dumbledore in a sarcastic way looking directly at him, he didn’t notice the girl in front of Dumbledore trying to bury herself in the couch. When he didn’t received any answered except for the look Dumbledore sent him, that told him something like ‘I know what you did so don’t try me’ There’s when Lucius notice Hermione and he paled ‘He’s going to tell her the truth’ he thought going even more paler.



“Well Miss Granger as I was saying, I’m glad your relationship with your father is so good, I hope it stays like that forever. But there’s a problem, Hermione. The problem is that Paul is not…”



“I’m not happy because you’re assisting to this school. That is” Paul said interrupting Dumbledore and rising from the chair.



“Mr. Granger please, we already talked about this…” Dumbledore began to say, but Paul interrupt him again.



“No! We didn’t Dumbledore, you were the one who decided to tell her, I didn’t want to, not now” Paul said he was starting to forget that Hermione was in the same room.



“But Mr. Granger she deserves to know the truth, you and you wife should have told her he truth the minute she could think and comprehend things, but you both did nothing!” Dumbledore stood up too and he was getting angry, the magic was starting pulse in the room.



“We wanted her to be happy, can’t you understand that?” They were now yelling and everyone was looking at them, nobody said a word. Hermione was starting to feel lost again and was starting to tremble. She didn’t like when the people was arguing so violently, and the fact that the ones arguing in front of her were Dumbledore and her father didn’t help at all.



“How do you expect her to be happy when the life she has been living it’s a lie? SHE DESERVES TO KNOW THE TRUTH!” At this point the pulse in the room was very strong, everyone in the room were starting to be scared, even Lucius backed away. Draco stood up and went to Hermione who was hugging her legs once again and hiding her face behind her knees. Repeating over and over again “Please stop, please stop” but still aware of the argument in front of her.



“HOW DID YOU EXPECTED ME TO CONFESS HER THAT I’M NOT HER REAL FATHER, AND NOT JUST THAT HOW AM I GOING TO TELL HER THAT HER MOTHER IS DEAD?” That was it. When Hermione processed what she heard, life was over for her. She passed out, but in her mind she was sure that she had died.







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