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"Sirius came and told us what he'd done," Orion agreed. "It took me a while to break the blood magic vow that you and Sirius had made to one another — rather impressive that, darling —" he complimented her, making Hermione preen, "but once the magic was broken, he was able to tell us everything that you had told him."
"Sorry," Sirius said, looking at her. "I know I wasn't supposed to tell anyone."
"'S okay," Hermione reassured him. If she wasn't in the past, she supposed she would want Orion to have the clearest picture about Voldemort and everything that would come to pass. She hadn't told anyone but Sirius about how he'd died and managed to come back to life, to terrorize them again once Harry started at Hogwarts.
"With the knowledge that Voldemort would be killed, it was clear to me and my father more than ever that the Black family could not support him. We would not put the might of our family behind a losing horse," Orion described. "It caused significant disagreement in the family."
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused.
"It means that Pollux and Cygnus thought that they could throw around their weight. Pollux wanted us to follow Voldemort now more than ever. And, he thought if Grandfather was too weak to do it, maybe he should be Head of House," Regulus explained with a snort. "I don't know who he thought he was convincing — even Cassiopeia couldn't stand her own brother."
Chapter Fifty
When Hermione woke again, the sky was a dusky purple outside. She couldn't decide if it was simply evening or if she'd slept an entire day and it was dawn once again. Assessing her body while sitting up in bed, she was pleased that her body did not seem to hurt as much and her headache had faded as well.
In the occupied chair next to her bed, she spied Sirius with his head resting on his hand while he slept. Honestly, at this moment she was of two minds about him. Hermione was so happy that he'd (apparently) lived a life without the mental and physical scars of having been in Azkaban for thirteen years for a crime that he didn't commit. The other part of her... well, she was furious with him.
On her bedside table, there was a pitcher of water and a small glass. Salazar, she hadn't even realized how thirsty she was until she saw it. Getting up onto her knees, she tried to pour herself a glass, only to be surprised at how weak she felt. She set the glass down abruptly.
The horrible clanking sound must have startled Sirius awake, because he was standing at her side in an instant. He took the glass from her and poured it into the cup, before holding it up to her lips. "Here," he offered. "Let me help you."
She glared up at him. "I don't know. You have a funny way of helping me," she said bitterly, but the cool water was too much to resist. She took a greedy drink and then another, using the back of her hand to wipe away the bit of water that had spilled on her chin.
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School Days by Meowmers
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Love @meowmerson always 🥰
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Aw, thank you for this 🥰🥰 So glad to hear that you’re enjoying what I’ve posted!
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Hearing that she was not going to completely shut him out improved his mood significantly, though Hermione could tell that he was still tortured by what he’d done. He cleared his throat after a moment of staring at her — willing himself to believe that she was really there. “Father wanted us to join him in his office once you were feeling up for it,” he said softly. “There is still much to discuss.”
“Yes,” Hermione agreed, with a grin. “Like how you came to call him Father once more and live in this house again.”
Sirius snorted. “Not much to tell you there,” he explained. “Once you were gone and I saw how worried they were about you, well I... I had to come clean, didn’t I? I had to explain what it was that I’d done, so they wouldn’t exhaust themselves looking for you.”
“I don’t think that could have endeared you to them,” she answered, with a smirk.
“No, I daresay that Regulus will never actually forgive me for it, even if you are here now,” he said with a sigh. “But, Father used it to his advantage. He used it against me — the shame, the guilt that I felt — until he had me back, reinstated in the family, doing as I was told.”
When good fortune falls into Orion’s lap
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Hearing that she was not going to completely shut him out improved his mood significantly, though Hermione could tell that he was still tortured by what he’d done. He cleared his throat after a moment of staring at her — willing himself to believe that she was really there. “Father wanted us to join him in his office once you were feeling up for it,” he said softly. “There is still much to discuss.”
“Yes,” Hermione agreed, with a grin. “Like how you came to call him Father once more and live in this house again.”
Sirius snorted. “Not much to tell you there,” he explained. “Once you were gone and I saw how worried they were about you, well I... I had to come clean, didn’t I? I had to explain what it was that I’d done, so they wouldn’t exhaust themselves looking for you.”
“I don’t think that could have endeared you to them,” she answered, with a smirk.
“No, I daresay that Regulus will never actually forgive me for it, even if you are here now,” he said with a sigh. “But, Father used it to his advantage. He used it against me — the shame, the guilt that I felt — until he had me back, reinstated in the family, doing as I was told.”
In “Linen & Curls”, since Hermione is in a new timeline, how much are the canon HP events and characters going to play a part of the story? Is she expected to go back to her next year at Hogwarts? How will this all be explained to her friends? I can totally understand how this story can ever expand.
I’m really excited to try this new timeline out! It’s going to be a bit wonky for Hermione for sure. She is currently graduated from Hogwarts and several years older than Harry and Ron. We will be seeing them, but I think she is going to be spending more time with her family than them. And, we do still have to handle the horcruxes and Voldemort. So it will be somewhat familiar but ultimately different to how the books got there.
I am trying not to let the story length get too far away from me, but I also don’t want it to be rushed, so it’s a balance. LOL — every time I write a really long story I say it will be the last and then I do it again anyway 😩😂 we will see. I think this might end up being 70-80 chapters ultimately. But I won’t know u til I get there.
Thanks for the ask 🥰🥰
Chapter Forty-Nine
Her head felt like it was full of cotton wool when Hermione began to wake up from what was almost certainly a terrible dream. Every muscle in her body seemed to ache, even when she just fluttered her toes under the blanket. Oh, she was in bed then, she realized, tucked in, with her head on a rather comfortable pillow. Disoriented as her senses began to filter back in, Hermione thought it smelled rather like home.
Muffled sounds began to filter in and Hermione wondered what in the world had happened. One minute she'd been in her wedding robes and then the next minute Sirius —
It wasn't possible that Sirius had been successful, had it? Her head gave a painful throb when she realized she had two memories — one of her and Harry saving Sirius Black from the Dementor's Kiss on the back of Buckbeak and one where she did not, turning in her time turner at the end of the year to Professor McGonagall. In that new memory, Sirius Black had asked to speak with her in his capacity on the Board of Governors for the school, to make sure that she was adjusting well to life at the magical school. How in the world was that possible?
The sounds grew louder, clearer, and Hermione was certain that two people were having a very furious sort of argument, but she was still disoriented, wondering what the fuck was going on.
"— says she won't wake up for a while longer —"
" — don't care what he says, I am not leaving her until I know that she is okay."
"She would have been okay if you hadn't sent her back in the first place."
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Regulus took her by the shoulders and pushed her back so that he could look at her face. Gently, he cupped her cheeks, his thumbs brushing the tears away from her cheeks. "Let's get a good look at you now," he said, softly, a bittersweet smile on his face while he spent his time examining her. "You haven't aged a day. I was — I was beginning to forget how you looked, my memory has gone fuzzy after all this time, but there is no doubt in my mind that it's you."
Her mind was swimming with two sets of memories, but Hermione realized that Bellatrix had still sent her back in time, in a fight at the Department of Mysteries, meaning that even in this new reality, they were still fighting Death Eaters. Her stomach twisted with worry about what that all meant.
Was Regulus just naive? What if she wasn't actually the sister that he yearned for, but someone sent to trick them. "You shouldn't just trust that it's me," she whispered, wanting him to be a little more cautious. "You should ask me something that only I would know, to be sure."
@to-pick-ourselves-up-7 just for you, since you asked so nicely!
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Are there any dresses that come to mind when you envision Hermione’s wedding robes? I’m trying to get my mind off the ending of this last chapter.
Meg! (And I hope you don’t mind me calling you that) I’ve been meaning to write to you here so I could tell you how much I appreciate all your thoughtful reviews!!
Ha — I feel you! I can’t lie and say that I didn’t reconsider this plot line so many times the more people got attached to Rabastan, but… I had a plan and I hope I can stick the landing now. But you can probably see why I had to plan more chapters. I don’t know how I ever thought I’d be able to wrap up the third arc so quickly!
I didn’t have anything too specific in mind, mostly because I wanted it to be somewhat period specific, but probably something like this:
I hope this doesn’t shatter what you had in mind yourself!
Thank you so much for reading and I hope that you enjoy what I have in store (I’ll post a sneak peek this week before posting chapter 49!) 🥰🥰🥰
Btw, what is your all time favorite pairing?
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Chapter Forty-Eight
Hermione saw her parents waiting for her and Regulus on the platform and she smiled at them, but Rabastan was not willing to let her go that easily. He took her hand in his, pulling her around to face him. "When will I see you again?" he asked, staring down at her like she was the only one in the busy train station.
"I don't know when Mother will spare me," she said with a put upon sigh, knowing that she had tons of planning yet to do for the wedding. "I am sure that she has a million and one things planned for me to do." She took a step closer to him, wishing that she could just run away with him now.
"Don't keep me waiting too long," he whispered, pressing a rather chaste kiss to her lips, knowing that they had an audience. "The 30th feels too far away already."
"I wouldn't dream of it," she said brightly, pressing up onto her toes to give him a slightly more lingering kiss, wishing that he would snog her properly, but knowing that it wouldn't do to make a scene. "Goodbye, Rabastan. I love you."
"Love you, too, witch," he said, kissing her a third time — more possessive than the last. "I don't know how that is meant to last me, but it will have to do."
First of all:
Then:
Aftermath:
When I actually sat down to write this chapter, knowing that it was coming all along:
Me, writing the part where Rabastan says goodbye on the train platform:
Me, when Hermione tells Walburga she'll be back in a minute:
Me, just hoping that people will trust me:
Most of them are dead in her canon time. DEAD!
Not if I have anything to say about it
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Chapter Forty-Eight
Hermione saw her parents waiting for her and Regulus on the platform and she smiled at them, but Rabastan was not willing to let her go that easily. He took her hand in his, pulling her around to face him. "When will I see you again?" he asked, staring down at her like she was the only one in the busy train station.
"I don't know when Mother will spare me," she said with a put upon sigh, knowing that she had tons of planning yet to do for the wedding. "I am sure that she has a million and one things planned for me to do." She took a step closer to him, wishing that she could just run away with him now.
"Don't keep me waiting too long," he whispered, pressing a rather chaste kiss to her lips, knowing that they had an audience. "The 30th feels too far away already."
"I wouldn't dream of it," she said brightly, pressing up onto her toes to give him a slightly more lingering kiss, wishing that he would snog her properly, but knowing that it wouldn't do to make a scene. "Goodbye, Rabastan. I love you."
"Love you, too, witch," he said, kissing her a third time — more possessive than the last. "I don't know how that is meant to last me, but it will have to do."
First of all:
Then:
Aftermath:
When I actually sat down to write this chapter, knowing that it was coming all along:
Me, writing the part where Rabastan says goodbye on the train platform:
Me, when Hermione tells Walburga she'll be back in a minute:
Me, just hoping that people will trust me:
Chapter Forty-Eight
Hermione saw her parents waiting for her and Regulus on the platform and she smiled at them, but Rabastan was not willing to let her go that easily. He took her hand in his, pulling her around to face him. "When will I see you again?" he asked, staring down at her like she was the only one in the busy train station.
"I don't know when Mother will spare me," she said with a put upon sigh, knowing that she had tons of planning yet to do for the wedding. "I am sure that she has a million and one things planned for me to do." She took a step closer to him, wishing that she could just run away with him now.
"Don't keep me waiting too long," he whispered, pressing a rather chaste kiss to her lips, knowing that they had an audience. "The 30th feels too far away already."
"I wouldn't dream of it," she said brightly, pressing up onto her toes to give him a slightly more lingering kiss, wishing that he would snog her properly, but knowing that it wouldn't do to make a scene. "Goodbye, Rabastan. I love you."
"Love you, too, witch," he said, kissing her a third time — more possessive than the last. "I don't know how that is meant to last me, but it will have to do."
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Writing Update
Going to try to do these a little differently from now on... I'll probably just edit and then reblog moving forward. Here is the update as of November 2024:
- Widow — Thorfinn x Hermione. Oneshot. Thorfinn Rowle finds himself on what is sure to be the most boring assignment of his career as a Death Eater — babysitting the boss's wife. But, he quickly learns that there is more than meets the eye to the Hermione Granger and falls under her spell | Complete
- All Too Soon — Salazar x Hermione. My poor neglected WIP. Hermione finds a time portal in Hogwarts that takes her to the time of the Founders after midnight. I've got this fully plotted out, hope to have it finished up this month. | 8/10
- Tribulations — Alfred Nott x Hermione. AU Was meant to be a one-shot set in the Trials Universe where Tom sends Alfie to deal with Hermione, instead of himself. But, it's turned into something massive, and I assume it's going to be around the same length as the original, but slow and unusual updates, seeing as I'm just writing when other obligations are fulfilled. It's turned into one chapter per ritual. | 3/9
- Pretend to be Nice — Cassius Warrington x Hermione. One-shot where Ministry workers Cassius and Hermione have to interface with one another | December?
- Linen & Curls — After ending up unexpectedly in 1977, Hermione learns that there is more to her than she knew. Embraced by the Black family, how will she handle living under their rules, especially when they insist there is no way for her to go back to her proper time? Or, are they just wanting to keep her as a useful pawn, to further the family's aims? Rabastan x Hermione. Sloooow Burn. Time travel AU multi-chapter | 47/71
- Arms Full of Lullabies — Theo x Hermione. A little epistolary story that I am mostly mentioning because I miss the pairing | Winter/Spring?
- Red Right Hand — OC x Hermione, Time Travel AU, Hermione Raises Tom. Light rewrite/grammar update and posting to AO3 | 27/45
- Season of the Witch — Draco x Hermione, Football AU, Non-Magical AU, Or Is It? I'm still plotting this one out, but I am guessing it will be 15-20 chapters. | Winter/Spring
- Unnamed — Draco x Hermione, Cinderella AU. One-shot | Spring
- Unnamed — Marcus x Hermione, I would like to write another common trope, I'm thinking Accidental Marriage? Multi-Chapter | May 2025
- Cruel, Tenderly — Rodolphus x Hermione, Multichapter. A dark story, whose plot has been clanging around in the back of my mind for ages, wondering if I will ever get the guts to write it. Not sure if anyone would actually want to read it. Spying with Polyjuice has it's consequences | 2025
I’d love to hear if you have any of these you are really looking forward to 💕 Or, are there any pairings that you have been missing?
You can see what was completed since last time below the cut:
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