Hermione Granger and the Sixth Year Makeover

"Ah, Miss Granger, thank you for coming!" said Professor McGonagall.

"Welcome back, Miss Granger," said Dumbledore, "and congratulations on being named Head Girl."

"Thank you, Headmaster," said Harmony, wishing they would call her Hermione so she could tell them to call her Harmony instead.

"I asked Professor Snape to join us as well," said McGonagall, "but he wasn't feeling well. I still think it would be better for him to tell you himself, but..."

Why would Snape need to be there? Dumbledore was the Headmaster of the school, and McGonagall was the Deputy Headmistress, but Snape was only the Potions Master. If they had only wanted to talk about her Head Girl duties, they wouldn't need him. In fact, she couldn't imagine any reason they would need him.

"Is this... bad news?" asked Harmony.

"Oh, dear me, no!" exclaimed McGonagall. "No, it's very good news, especially in light of your current living situation."

"My current... I don't understand, Professor."

Professor Dumbledore took over. "We know that your father was killed, and what your uncle did to you," he said gently. "We wanted to intervene, but decided it was best that you test your strength."

"No, that wasn't it," said McGonagall. "The Ministry of Muggle Relations wouldn't allow it because her family is all Muggle."

"Oh, that's right," laughed Dumbledore. "That makes much more sense."

"May I sit down?" asked Harmony.

Professor McGonagall conjured a chair for her as Dumbledore continued. "As Minerva was saying, this is very good news. You see, Mr. Granger wasn't your father. Your real father is Severus Snape."

"This is a bad dream," said Harmony.

"What do you mean?" asked McGonagall. "This is marvelous - it means you still have a family you can go to!"

"But Snape is, well, evil!" Harmony protested.

"Of course he's not!" said Professor McGonagall. "Surely you don't think the Headmaster would allow him to work here if he were evil!"

"No offense," said Harmony, "but Professor Dumbledore did allow Professor Quirrell and Bartemius Crouch to work here, and they were working directly with Lord Voldemort."

"She's got a point there," McGonagall said to Dumbledore.

"It's true I haven't been on my game these past few years," Dumbledore admitted, "but Snape was the one who sniffed out Quirre1l, and he helped me interrogate Crouch."

"All right, he's not evil," Harmony agreed. "But he hates me. He's hated me since my first day of school here! Has he known all this time that he's my father?"

"Yes, he has," said Dumbledore. "He's tried hard not to show any favoritism to you..."

"He's certainly succeeded!"

"... and he won't tell anyone about it. Not unless you want him to."

A thought struck Harmony. "Who else knows about this?"

"Only myself and Minerva," Dumbledore assured her. "Oh, and Madam Pomfrey."

"And Professor Sprout," put in McGonagall. "And Hagrid, of course."

"Hagrid? But he can't keep a secret to save his life! And I mean that literally!" Harmony exclaimed.

"I did have to put a memory charm on him," said Dumbledore.

"And of course we don't know whom among the Death Eaters he might have told. Probably Lucius Malfoy, at the least," McGonagall added.

"Malfoy?" Harmony said faintly.

"Speaking of Malfoy," said Dumbledore, "Draco is our new Head Boy. You'll be sharing a suite with him this year."

"I'll be... what? I'm sorry, may I sit down?"

"You're already sitting, dear," said McGonagall.

"Well, I'd better toddle," said Dumbledore. "I've got a feast to officiate. You'd better hurry along, too, Hermione, or you'll miss the Sorting."

"It's Harmony," was all she could say.

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