&/I>D/I>Dumbledore didn’t know what to do with a dragon egg, but he left it in the care of Hagrid. A dragon gift, he explained to them was something that you just didn’t throw away.

“ But you took Norbert to a colony,” Hermione pointed out.

“ But that was different,” he answered. “ This dragon gave you this egg because it knew that one of your children would have the power to control it. Voldemort would love to have someone that could control dragons for his cause.”

Hermione felt herself blanch at those words. She had forgotten for a time that Voldemort was hoping that her children would be all powerful so that nothing would stop him, if they joined. She felt her stomach, feeling one of them kick. There was no way that her children were going to work for Voldemort, of course she had made this promise once before and now with the dragon, egg, and all the other stuff shs evs even more determined to keep that promise.

March came around with her getting ready for her exams. Harry and Ron were practicing for the game against Ravenclaw. Hermione hoped that they won, but deep inside she had more things on her mind then a game.

“ Hermione are you all right?” Harry asked.

“ I don’t know,” Hermione answered. Admitting this to herself for the first time.

“ Are you going to be all right, because if your not I won’t be able to think and then we might lose, or worse I might end up deciding that I don’t want to play.”

Hermione tried to smile, but somehow his comment seemed inappropriate for how she was feeling. She turned and left, making him wonder if he had done something wrong. Professor Lupin who was now taking over Hagrid’s lessons because he had to do something for the order was meet with smiles and a couple of giggles from the girls. Hermione noticed that Ginny seemed taken aback by the Professor and wondered if being attracted to evil looking, or wolfish men were in some kind of heavenly joke against girls. She had never imagined what girls saw in men that looked wild looking or dangerous.

However now that she was married to one. She knew. There was just something about them that made them different. However during dinner that thought popped into her head and she started to laugh her head off. The Professors looked at her, but she couldn’t stop laughing.

“ Professor Snape what is so funny?” Dumbledore asked.

“ Um nothing much,” was Hermione’s answer.

After dinner she hung back to talk to Professor Lupin about the Wolfbane Potion that he needed.

“ I’m almost out,” he told her. “ Could you have your husband brew me a batch?”

“ Certainly and if he doesn’t then I’ll lean and brew it myself.”

“ Thanks Hermione. You’re the best.” And they walked out together.

Hermione said goodnight to Remus and noticed that he bumped right into Ginny. She saw her face go red and then ran out. It reminded her of how she at one time acted around Harry. She decided to leave that opinion until she had a chance to talk to her. The next morning her luck appeared as she had Ginny’s class first thing in the morning. She bored them all stupid with a discussion of the fact that she only accepted those with an Outstanding on their O.W.L’S. Something that her husband had told them at the beginning of the term.

“ Ginny can I talk with you,” Hermione asked. The bell had rung and the students were filing out. When the door closed Ginny walked up.

“ Yes Hermione.” She acted all innocent, which she knew that she was.

“ I have seen how you look at Professor Lupin and I was wondering if you knew that he was a werewolf.” Ginny nodded her eyes lighting up. “ Do you know what that means?” Ginny shook her head.

“ It means that if you should have his son or daughter theirs a good chance that they would be born with the gene. Which means that there’s a good chance that they would change.” Ginny bit her lip and Hermione knew that she hated doing this.

“ Do you want me to stop?” She asked.

“ I just want you to be careful, that’s all.” Ginny told her that she would and Hermione let her go.