After getting Harry some new clothes and properly fed for the day, they went back to 4 Privet Drive, with Lucifer Apparating them to the backyard to not arouse much suspicion.
Hermione, being her first time apparating, handled it rather well.
Vernon Dursley ran out to the backyard to see what the racket was about, "Back are you? You're kind are really starting to-" he stopped when he realized he was being ignored.
"Harry, I know we didn't go into much detail while shopping and just enjoying the day for the past few hours, but Hermione is going to wherever Dumbledore wants her to go, and she's going to pretend like she can't tell you anything about this," Lucifer explained to him, "I'm going to visit you twice a week until your birthday, which by then you should be able to go Number Twelve, Grimmauld place, as well as myself... maybe."
"Maybe? You mean you don't know if you'll get to go?" Harry asked him.
"It's possible..." Lucifer said.
"GET OUT!" Vernon raged at them.
Lucifer's eyes glowed red as he waved his hand in Vernon's direction, silencing the man completely, "Your Uncle is fucking loud and obnoxious."
"You don't know the half of it..." Harry said, smiling a little bit.
"Right, well, if you need me for anything, just Owl me and I'll apparate here the second I see you need my help," Lucifer said and the three of them walked towards the House, Vernon still yelling, even though no sound was coming from him.
Lucifer unsilenced him and managed to grab him on the front of his wide neck, "You listen to me, if I find that Harry is being mistreated one more time, I will return here, and it will not be pretty," his voice was threatening as the air got dense around him, "don't give me a reason to return."
He let go of Vernon, who began gasping for air and fell backwards, holding his throat.
He turned to Hermione, who was looking at him, but not disapprovingly, "Ready to go back at Lux?"
"Yes," Hermione said and smiled.
She turned to Harry, "Bye, Harry, I'll see you again after your birthday."
She waved to him and grabbed Lucifer's hand, feeling herself be pulled through a small tube, and appearing back at the Tower.
She let go of his hand and suddenly embraced him, resting her cheek on his torso, "I will not stay there if you aren't allowed to go too... I will come straight back here, do you understand me?"
She felt him kiss the top of her head, "Of course, Hermione. No one can tell you where you can and can't stay, except for your family."
She smiled, "Yeah... I love you, Lucifer."
"I know," he said and they let go of each other.
They spent the rest of their day reading, practicing spells, or just cuddling on the chair enjoying each other's bodies against one another; this of course was achieved by Hermione sitting on his lap and leaning back against him as his arms snaked around her midriff.
Hermione decided she would reply to Dumbledore tomorrow, "Hermione... there's something else I think you should know..."
"What's that?" She looked up at him.
"Dumbledore is a Master at Legilimency. It lets a Witch or Wizard enter another person's mind for information," he said.
"What?" Hermione's eyes widened.
"He might try and gather information from you without your knowledge. So, I think for the rest of your time here, you should make your shields even stronger, and I will increase my own level of probing into your brain than past normal wizards," Lucifer explained.
It was a lot for Hermione to take in, but she was eager to make herself better for him, "Alright, let's start right now."
xxxxx
Next day Hermione was set and ready to go to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place.
She didn't want to, but Lucifer urged her to go, so she decided in the end, she was going, "I'll see you in a couple of weeks hopefully...."
"You will, whether it's back here, or at Grimmauld Place, you'll see me again," he smiled and kissed her.
Lucifer quickly added, "If in doubt, about your Occlumency, just avoid looking Dumbledore directly in the eye. Eye-contact is what keeps the connection."
Hermione smiled and nodded, and took one last look around Lux; so much had already happened in her short time there, and she was leaving it.
She grabbed some floo powder, stepped into the Fireplace and said, "Leaky Cauldron," before throwing the powder down.
Once she arrived back at the Leaky Cauldron Hermione stepped out and saw that it was mostly empty today.
It was still early morning, so she didn't expect much of the sort.
She sat down at one of the many empty tables and pulled out a book, the only book she took from Lux, Advanced Occlumency.
She just needed to concentrate hard and never let her shields down.
It was to her surprise that it was not Dumbledore who came to get her, but instead it was Molly Weasley and someone else, someone Hermione didn't recognize, someone with plum purple hair.
She closed the book, put it in one of her bags, and stood up, "Morning Mrs. Weasley," Hermione extended her hand and Molly shook it.
"Morning Hermione," Molly said with a warm smile, "I know it must not be easy, leaving them both out of the loop like this, but Dumbledore assured everyone it's for their best interest at the moment. Ron's been eager to see you - er - all of you again," Molly quickly corrected.
'Oh, I'm sure he did, and I'm sure Ronald has,' Hermione thought to herself, but she couldn't understand why Ron would be eager to see her.
"Right, of course," Hermione nodded in false understanding, "Er - I don't mean to be rude sounding if I do sound that way, but may I ask who you are?" She asked the other Witch that showed up with Molly.
"Name's Nymphadora Tonks, but call me Tonks, I hate Nymphadora," Tonks said and extended her hand, which Hermione shook.
"Nice to meet you, er - Tonks," she wasn't used to straight up calling someone by their last name, "I'm Hermione Granger."
"I know who the Brightest Witch of her Age is. Remus Lupin has called you that several times at the place we're going," Tonks said cheekily as Hermione's cheeks burned.
"Well, I'm all ready to go," Hermione said, "how are we getting there?"
"Apparition," Tonks said, "you'll side-along apparate with me. Have you ever apparated before?"
"Once..." she lied.
She had done it twice, once back to Harry's residence, and once back to Lux , this would be her third time apparating.
"It gets easier, don't worry," Tonks smirked and Hermione grabbed onto her.
She once again found herself with the feeling of being squeezed through a tiny tube as they apparated to the outside of Grimmauld Place, no Muggles around to see their arrival, thankfully.
Hermione saw Number Eleven and Number Thirteen.
"So Number Twelve is hidden normally?" Hermione asked Tonks.
"You really are the Brightest Witch of your Age, aren't you? When Ron got here, he said there was no way we could be at the right place, there must be some mistake," Tonks revealed.
'Sounds like him,' she thought, "How do you get it to show up?"
"A couple of ways, and this is one of them," Tonks waved her wand in a specific motion and before Hermione's eyes, Number Eleven and Number Thirteen moved apart as Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place seemed to build itself in between them the farther apart they got.
Soon enough, Grimmauld Place was before her, and the Muggles in Eleven and Thirteen were none the wiser.
The place looked grimy and the windows musty and dirty compared to the two beside it, Hermione noticed.
Tonks, Molly, and Hermione all three walked up to the front door and Molly placed her wand carefully against the door, indicating secrecy of some sort.
Hermione almost thought she was going to be initiated in a ritual as an induction into a secret society, but she knew better.
The sound of metal locks clinging and clanging from behind the door, and then the clattering of a chain was heard.
"Let's get in quick," Molly said, opening the door and ushering Tonks and Hermione inside.
"I'll show you to your room, be careful to not touch anything or make a loud noise," she informed her as Molly went elsewhere in the residence.
"Can I ask why?" Hermione asked.
"Mmm, better to not tell you right now. I'm sure Sirius will explain it at some point anyway," Tonks looked back briefly.
"Sirius is here? Am I right in assuming this place is more than just a place for him to hide?" Hermione asked.
"You would be correct," Tonks led her up a flight of stairs.
"So Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, does it belong to Sirius Black?" Hermione asked.
"If I didn't already know you were the Brightest Witch of your Age, that would have given it away. Yes, this place does belong to Siriu-" Tonks tripped up the stairs, swearing loudly as she did.
Hermione heard the most awful sound coming from down the stairs.
It was a woman's voice, yelling profanities in an ear-splitting, blood curdling scream, "FILTH! SCUM! BY-PRODUCTS OF DIRT AND VILENESS! HALF-BREEDS, MUTANTS, FREAKS, BEGONE FROM THIS PLACE! HOW DARE YOU BEFOUL THE HOUSE OF MYMUDBLOODS TOO! HAVE YOU ALL NO RESPECT FOR THE NOBLE HOUSE OF BLACK!?" She yelled in Hermione's face.
"I've told you to shut up!" Came a man's voice, a man Hermione knew. She turned to see Sirius running up to her, "Shut up you old Hag! Shut up!" Sirius, with great difficulty, began to pull the curtain closed.
Before she was completely hidden away, she yelled at Sirius, "YOOOOOOU! BLOOD TRAITOR! ABOMINATION! SHAME OF MY FLESH!"
The curtain then closed her away.
"Sirius..." Hermione said, taking a good look at him as he looked at her, "was that your mother?"
"It was, how did you guess that?" He asked, looking quite surprised.
"I mean no disrespect to you, but it was the face, you and her have similar features," Hermione said.
"Oh, no, it's an unfortunate fact," he said, but he was smiling, laughing a bit, "How have you been?"
Before Hermione could answer, Molly came up again, "Now Sirius, she just got here, let her go unpack and say hi to Ron at least before you two catch up?"
"Don't worry, I won't take long," Hermione said, and when Molly turned in front of her, she saw Sirius mouth in a mocking manner, and Hermione, quite honestly, barely held her laughter in.
She walked back up the stairs with Molly and Tonks and to the room she was sharing with Ginny, "Hello, Hermione," Ginny greeted her from her bed.
"Hey, Gin," Hermione said after Tonks and Molly left, "how long have you all been here?"
"Since the first day of summer break it feels like... oh, that's probably because it was," her tone had a hint of loathing in it.
"Oh, I can see how that would be frustrating," Hermione said sympathetically.
"It's more than frustrating," Ginny said, "Mum won't get off my case about anything."
"What's she having you do?" Hermione asked.
Before Ginny could say anything, Ron appeared at the doorway, "Hermione!" He said loudly and hurried over to her.
Hermione just waved at him slightly acknowledging his existence.
Ron stood there awkwardly, he was expecting something. But she was still sitting on her bed.
xxxxxx
Author's Note
If you want to Read my Complete book, including 8th Year, Marriage and having kids, ahead of everyone.
Support this novel, join me on Patreon!
Link - patreon.com/SmutDxddy
We have a stockpile upto Chapter 1030 for you to binge-read! 😋
Playing Cards with Pregnant Hermione on a n*de beach, if you'd like to Read now! 🍼
xxxxxxx
Thanks for Voting~