A/N: Thank you very much for all the reviews. I love reading your thoughts on my stories. I am glad that you guys have enjoyed the story so far. If you have any questions I will try to respond through PM. ( I do tend to ramble when I respond, so...Yeah...I may be chatty if you ask me a question. :)

Please be aware that this story will be AU for both Atlantis and Harry Potter. There will be a few quotes from the show and I have tried to keep them in bold. These will eventually fade out though as it is AU. I hope that you guys continue to enjoy the story.

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Hermione sighed as she shifted out of the way of a scientist that was rushing around the Gateroom like a demented pygmy puff. Everyone was double or triple checking that their crates were all accounted for. She was fairly certain that she had just seen someone rush out of the room after declaring that they had forgotten to pack something that they just could not live without. The only people that were not rushing around or acting like crazy people were the different military personnel that were either walking around trying to get everyone situated or the regular Stargate personnel that were posted in and around the room that housed the Stargate. It seemed like the scientists that were chosen for this expedition were all oddly disorganized.

That or Hermione was just oddly organized.

She could hear someone on the other side of the room asking if anyone spoke the language of whoever he was talking to, but she just stood quietly in her little bubble of space. She already knew that she would never be able to get across the room with how crowded it was in the room right now. There were stacks of crates on almost every free inch of floor space, leaving what amounted to small paths for the humans to use to maneuver around the room. Somehow she had managed to find herself cornered near some of the crates that were stacked near the ramp that lead to the gate.

I suppose this means that I will be near the front of the line then. Hermione could not help but smile at the thought of finally heading through the gate and seeing Atlantis for the first time. When Doctor Jackson had shown up on her doorstep with Jack O'Neill and Elizabeth Weir, she had been stunned at the thought that muggle military had not only found the astria porta and been using it, but that they also thought that they knew the location and could actually travel to the lost city-ship of Atlantis. The last of the great city-ships that the Alterans had built within the Milky-Way Galaxy and the muggles had found it.

She shifted again as yet another Marine passed by in order to speak to a hyperventilating scientist. She watched a few moments as the Marine consulted his tablet before directing the scientist towards another stack of crates. Since she was cornered towards the front of the room she was able to see most of the activity taking place, providing her with a bit of insight into the others that were going to be traveling with her. So far she was only impressed with the people that were military. I guess that is because of my past…but seriously, is that woman crying? Yes…yes she is…she forgot one of her books on bugs. That is just lovely. After rolling her eyes at the still hyperventilating scientist she turned thoughtful. I wonder if she is one of those people that love bugs or if I can talk her into giving me a few of what she comes across. She continued to eye the other scientist as she thought about the best way to get bugs from the Pegasus galaxy for her experiments.

Surprisingly, she was the only person that was assigned to her two departments. Languages and Chemistry seemed to be overlooked in the original plans for the expedition; something that had astounded Hermione. Apparently they thought that the others could fill those needs as issues came up, and therefore they had not bothered creating departments. This worked out for the best in Hermione's opinion as it gave her a lot more leeway while packing. She did have two departments to pack for after all.

She watched as Doctor Beckett and another Marine argued over something before Colonel Sumner interfered in the argument. She could not hear what they were saying over the cacophony, but from what she could see from this interaction and the rest of what she had observed so far, there was going to be a lot of friction between the two groups. The military personnel and the scientists were already butting heads and they were still firmly on Earth.

Now, she was not sure about anyone else, but she had joined this expedition with the understanding that whatever was on the other side of the gate may not be all rainbows and unicorns. Not only had she realized that while talking to O'Neill, Jackson and Weir, but once they had left her apartment she had immediately gone to Gringotts to access her vault. She had wanted to find everything she could about the city and about Pegasus.

She was not all that thrilled to only find minimal information on Atlantis. The only information that she had found was located in some of the oldest books and scrolls in the vault. It was more than a little unsettling to know that the city was abandoned by what basically translated to 'bug infestation.' She did not know what kind of 'bug infestation' would cause an advanced race to abandon what was one of their greatest achievements. What she did know was that having a good number of people that knew how to defend themselves and knew how to use various weapons that could be used to keep everyone safe was a wonderful idea. I swear if there are blast ended skrewts in Atlantis, I am going to lose my mind.

The lack of information on the city did not cause Hermione to second guess her decision to join the expedition, but it did make her question her decision to keep her abilities mostly to herself. She was not completely comfortable that O'Neill, Jackson and Weir knew that she had what they thought was telekinetic abilities. She did not want her magic to be something that was commonly known by those going on the expedition, as it was only Weir and Becket had any idea. Becket only knew because of her medical examination-which had been a whole separate issue for Hermione. She had spent hours thinking about using Obliviate on the doctor before finally placing a mild notice-me-not charm on her file. She could trust Doctor/Patient confidentiality only so far.

To her left someone dropped a small case causing Hermione to jerk out of her thoughts and back into the present. A quick glance around the room showed that it would not be much longer before they dialed the gate. Everyone was now standing quietly for the most part. Hermione shifted until she was closer everyone else facing the Stargate.

A dark haired guy walked into the Gateroom carrying what Hermione had learned was a P-90. Hermione looked away from the man that reminded her so much of her childhood friend Harry, and looked forward as Weir walked into the room and took up a position at the foot of the ramp that lead up to the gate. Weir, like everyone else was carrying a small backpack and was dressed in the uniform that was provided for all those going on the Atlantis expedition.

"Could I have everyone's attention please?" The occupants of the Gateroom became completely silent as they all listened to the leader of their exhibition. "Alright, here we go. We are about to try to make a connection. We have been unable to predict exactly how much power this is gonna take and we may only get the one chance at this, so if we are able to achieve a stable wormhole, we're not gonna risk shutting the Gate down. We'll send in the M.A.L.P robot probe, check for viability and go. Everything in one shot. Now, every one of you volunteered for this mission and you represent over a dozen countries. You are the world's best and brightest; and in light of the adventure we are about to embark on, you are also the bravest. I hope we all return one day having discovered a whole new realm for humanity to explore, but as all of you know, we may never be able to return home. I'd like to offer you all one last chance to withdraw your participation."

A few of the gathered adults looked around as though waiting for the person next to them to decide that this trip was not for them. More than a few of the scientist looked as though they did not know whether to be excited or terrified of going through the gate for the first time. Most of the military personnel just stood quietly.

"Begin the dialing sequence" Weir stepped off of the ramp so that she could return to the control room where she would watch as they attempted to make a connection to the Atlantis gate.

Hermione watched the gate, excited to see the astria porta create a wormhole that would allow her to travel to a different galaxy. It was one thing to read about the technology but this was just something else altogether.

Her attention was momentarily distracted as the man that she had been told was the head of the military contingent, Colonel Sumner, walked over to the man that she thought looked like Harry. While she could not hear what they were saying, it was clear that these two would be about as close as Harry and Professor Snape were while they were in school. The conversation only lasted the length of time that it took three of the chevrons to be encoded, allowing Hermione to turn her attention back to watching the gate without missing much.

Once the eighth chevron had been encoded and the wormhole had been established, everyone in the control room, Gateroom and in the hallways burst into applause. Slowly, the MALP made its way up the ramp and through the event horizon and Hermione was left to wait for news along with everyone else as to whether or not they would be actually travelling through the gate today.

Colonel Sumner held his hand up to the ear that held his ear piece for a moment before stepping up onto the ramp. "Let's go people. We don't know how much time we've got. Security teams one and two, you're up first. All other personnel will follow on our signal. Once on the other side, keep moving, clear the debarkation area. On my lead."

Hermione raised one brow when Weir interrupted Sumner in order to tell them that they would be going through together. Sumner seemed to reluctantly agree that Weir could go through with him, but honestly, Hermione was glad that she was going to be waiting right here on Earth while the Marines made sure that there were no three headed dogs or flying monkeys on the other side. Of course, she could just be paranoid since she was still thinking about the passages she had read about the 'bug infestation', but Constant Vigilance and all that.

It was only a few moments later when they were given the all clear to head through the gate from the other side. O'Neill gave the order for the expedition team to move out and suddenly there was a surge as the crowd moved forward. Being close to the front of the group, Hermione barely had time to grab two of the cases that were stacked by the ramp as she was dragged along with the rest of the people on the expedition.

As she stepped through the gate and into the Gateroom of Atlantis she moved quickly to the side and placed her two cases in an out of the way corner before looking around. The room was surprisingly lit up and one of the first things that she noticed was the writing on the stairs leading towards the balcony.

The second thing that she noticed was that there were scientists putting their cases and backpacks down almost as soon as they came through the gate, and then wondering around looking and touching things even though she just clearly heard Sumner tell everyone to find a place to 'park it.' The Marines were quickly moving crates out of the way and stacking them where they would not block traffic while casting irritated looks towards the more excitable scientists. When she moved to help them move the crates and boxes without saying a word she received more than a few raised brows from the military personnel that were still in the Gateroom as she was the only person with blue on her uniform that had not wondered off.

While she was moving crates around (think Merlin that the large ones had wheels on the bottom) she was listening. Apparently the lights were coming on automatically as they moved about. None of the security teams had found any evidence that the city was occupied. They did not finish receiving personnel and crates until they hit the thirty-four minuet mark. While Weir spoke with Stargate Command over the radio, Hermione continued to help the military personnel move stuff around to try and keep the middle of the floor as clear as possible.

After they had received a bottle of champagne from Earth and the gate was shut down Hermione finally had a chance to look around at the city she had read about. Moving so that she was in an out of the way corner, she finally let her backpack fall from her shoulders onto one of the crates that she had pushed into the corner earlier. Reaching into her bag she looked over at the stairs and made a note of the translation.

WE HOLD THESE WORDS AS TRUE,

A HEART FILLED WELCOME TO THOSE OF OTHER WORLDS VISITING OUR WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME,

WELCOME AGAIN TO THOSE RETURNING YOU HAVE BEEN GONE TOO LONG AND YOUR ABSENCE HAS WEIGHED HEAVY ON OUR SOULS,

WE ARE WHOLE AGAIN NOW THAT YOU ARE AMONG US AND WE CELEBRATE YOU BEING HERE AGAIN

AS WE LEAVE FOR DISTANT WORLDS WE PLEDGE TO RESPECT THE LANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY AS AMBASSADORS OF OUR PEOPLE IN PEACE TIME,

TRAVELERS WITH OPEN HEARTS WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME AND REFUGEES FROM TYRANNY MAY SEEK SHELTER UNDER OUR ROOF,

OUR PEOPLE WILL LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE WEAK AND THE JUST, LET THIS BE OUR PLEDGE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THIS WORLD AND ALL WORLDS WE MAY EVER KNOW

ALWAYS COME IN PEACE, AS WE STRIVE TO GO IN PEACE AND YOU WILL BE WELCOME ON OUR SHORES FOREVER MORE

Creating a file on her data pad, Hermione saved the translation and started to look around at other signs that were located within the Gateroom. She was able to find signs that provided directions to restrooms, conference rooms, the Chancellors office and other common areas. Once she was able to connect to the Atlantis Data Core she would probably be able to provide the military with a map. Nodding a bit to herself as she made a note to look for a map she started to listen in to what the others were reporting in on the radio.

Hermione looked up as she heard Sumner ask for Weir to join him with a serious tone that came through even on the radio. Weir and Sheppard quickly left the balcony where McKay and some of the other scientists were busy poking at the consoles. Checking her bag for the cable they were all given to interface with the crystal technology, she looked around and found a panel that she could access right next to the container she was using as a seat in her corner. It was only minutes later that her tablet was directly connected to the Atlantis systems. She sat quietly in her corner looking though the data showing on her tablet for a map of some sort while still listening to the reports coming in on the radio.

She snorted when she heard Weir's reaction to finding out that the city was under water. It was just not that surprising as the myths had to have come from somewhere. She also ignored the report going around about a hologram room that explained that the Alterans evacuated because they were under siege. (Hermione was trying not to think about the 'bug infestation' and how that equated into a siege.) What did catch her attention was McKay's report that everyone needed to stop doing stuff as they were almost out of power.

When McKay was back on the balcony and working on his laptop, she went over to see if there was anything that she could do to help. Needless to say that McKay would always be King Prat to her from that moment on.

"Doctor McKay, is there anything that I can do to help or anything that you need translated?"

"Who are you…no wait. I don't care. You are not on my team. Just find a place out of my way." McKay had looked at her like she was the stupidest person he had ever seen and had no desire to even know if she could help him.

Shaking her head at the size of the ego on the idiot, she had made her way back to her corner where she could go over the data that she had saved to her tablet before disconnecting from the panel she had used to connect into the Atlantis systems.

While she searched the data she had downloaded, she kept an ear out for information on what was going on. Apparently they only had enough power to last for a few days at max, and that was pushing it and was probably just wishful thinking. It was more realistic to think that they only had hours before they would have to abandon the city. Weir eventually told Sumner to get a team together and search for a safe planet they could use when they had to abandon the city. What surprised Hermione though was that she insisted that this Sheppard guy go along with Sumner when he was not part of the two teams that Sumner had chosen. Apparently Sheppard was Weirs guy through and through.

Once the team was assembled, Sumner pulled one of the Marines to the side. Hermione, still in her little corner, was close enough to hear their hushed conversation.

"Bates, I want you to stay here and start preparing everyone for possible evacuation. If we have to it would be best if we can go as quickly as possible and with as much stuff as we can bring."

"Sir, I should be going along with."

"Bates, this is an order. I need to know that these people will be ready to move out if I give the word."

"Yes Sir." Any idiot would have been able to tell that Bates was not at all happy with his orders, but that he would follow them to the letter. Not long after their conversation, the away team was gone and the Gateroom was left in relative silence.

The next few hours went quickly as Hermione helped the military personnel move everything around again. This time though was with the goal to have everything moved back though the gate as quickly as possible. Bates had also ordered some of his team to go around and account for everyone and have everyone move back into the Gateroom. Once everything was organized to his satisfaction, he ordered everyone that was not currently occupied working on the power issues to get some rest. Seeing Hermione in her corner again, he walked over to address her directly for the first time.

"Thank you for helping out. For an egghead, I have to say that you were more helpful than I expected."

"Egghead?" Hermione raised her brow at the moniker. "Is that anything like bookworm or know-it-all swat?"

Bates just smirked as some his teammate hid his laugh behind a cough. "Sorry about that. There are a lot of eggheads on this expedition. I am Sergeant Bates and this is Sargent Thomas." Bates pointed to his companion. "You should get some rest while you can. We may be moving out again in a while, but it could be a few hours before we hear anything."

"So I have heard. Pleased to meet you Sargent Bates and Thomas. I am Doctor Hermione Granger." Hermione shook the blonds hand first and then shook Bates' when it was also offered. "If you are telling everyone to rest then you must do so also. There are plenty of crates to sit on here in my corner if you want to join me."

Looking around and seeing that the room was in order, both Bates and Thomas quickly made themselves comfortable in Hermione's corner by leaning back against the walls. While Hermione actually closed her eyes for a bit, both Bates and Thomas settled down to keep a quiet eye out. The military personnel still in Atlantis had been broken down into four hour shifts, and they would only go to sleep if they still had not heard anything by the time their shift was over.

Hermione, never having gotten out of the habit of sleeping when she could, quickly fell into a light doze. Thomas watched incredulously as the petite scientist eventually ended up using Bates as a pillow in which to lean on. Bates just looked up from the wild brown hair on his shoulder and shrugged at his teammate with his unoccupied shoulder. Neither of them was quite sure what to think about the little scientist, but they already knew that she was at least helpful.

A few hours later, Hermione woke up as Bates shook her shoulder and steadied her as she regained her focus. When he and Thomas quickly walked off to speak with Weir and McKay, she pulled her backpack onto her shoulders. It was obvious that they had not heard anything yet from the away team, so the discussion could not be about anything good. She was proven right as they reentered the gate room while discussing the immediate evacuation of Atlantis. Bates and Thomas were already getting people up and telling them to get ready to go through the gate in a hurry. Hermione quickly started on her side of the room to make sure that everyone was awake and aware of what was going on.

McKay had just started to dial the gate when he yelled. "We have an incoming wormhole."

Everyone froze as the force field covered the now active gate. Eventually a code was recognized and Hermione watched incredulously as Sheppard walked through the gate along with a lot more people than he had left with.

As the last of the people made their way through the gate, Weir made her way over to Sheppard. "Major Sheppard, who are all these people?"

"Survivors from the settlement. We were attacked. Sumner and some of our men were taken." He looked around and finally noticed everyone standing around with their packs on their backs. "What's going on?"

Hermione watched as a hushed argument took place between the two. Sheppard seemed to have a hard time understanding that they expected the ocean to come crashing down any moment, and Weir seemed to have a hard time understanding that the planet that these people had just came from was unsafe for them use as any sort of home base.

Eventually, one of the children of the village was asked for a new gate address that would lead them somewhere friendly. Honestly, they can't ask one of the adults standing around? Before they could even begin dialing though, there was a great flash of light and the city shuttered, sending most everyone to the floor. Hermione was lucky; she had been wedged even further into her corner by Sargent Thomas, who had been told by Bates to make his way back over to her when the villagers had come through with Sheppard. Hermione had found herself in her corner with Thomas between her and the refugees. Bates had made his way over to join them after Sheppard and Weir had decided to let the boy choose where they were going to go.

When the city began to shake, Bates and Thomas ended up leaning back and bracing themselves on the walls to keep themselves from falling. As she was behind them, she was in no danger of falling to the floor, but slightly in danger of being squished by the two larger men. As the city began to shutter and shake even more crates and boxes began to fall over or slide from their positions. Eventually, Hermione could detect the slightest feeling of movement from the city and looked over at one of the windows. She smiled as bubbles rushed passed the window before sunlight suddenly was shining through as the City rushed into the sunlight for the first time in ten thousand years. With only a few more slight shudders the city came to a rest on the surface of the ocean and the lights began to flicker back on. Everyone was looking out the windows in awe as water ran down in rivulets.

Weir turned to the room at large and spoke. "I was hoping for another day. Looks like we just got a whole lot more than that. Let's not waste it."

Soon everyone was once again trying to clean up the gate room (an endless duty). Someone named Ford had told everyone that they needed to clear at least two pieces of equipment from the area before they could leave which caused Bates to have a twitch near his left eye. He ended up having to assign different teams to organizing and documenting where everything was placed after some people had randomly moved things just so that they could go do their own thing.

Bates left Thomas with Hermione with orders to organize as much as they could while he went off to talk to Weir and Sheppard. He had not been the only one to notice that they were missing some people, including Sumner, and he needed to find out what was going on now that he was missing. They were still moving things around and documenting where everything had been moved to when Bates came back with a frown on his face.

"The last ZPM is depleted now, so there are no shields. Power is still an issue, but not enough that we have to leave immediately. Sumner and Collins were taken along with some of the villagers by some kind of dart that fits through the gate. The villagers call them the Wraith and apparently they like to feed on humans. Sheppard wants to go after them and they are looking for the address now."

No one said anything for a moment before Hermione scrunched up her face in disgust. "Well, that is absolutely lovely."

"Any new orders while we wait." Thomas asked with a pensive look on his face. Hermione could tell he was still thinking of the people that had been taken.

"Yep. We need to start looking into living quarters for everyone and making sure everything is secure." Bates looked around before he continued. "Apparently these people, the Athosians, will be staying with us now." He was clearly displeased at having new civilians to look after.

"So now we just have to find the best way to search the city?" Thomas looked down with a look of concentration.

"Well." Both Marines looked at her when she started to speak. "We could just use the map."

"You have a map?" Bates asked while raising one brow.

"I have a map." Hermione smiled at the relieved expressions on the men's faces as she pulled out her tablet. "I can transfer the information to your tablets; the only issue is that the labels are in Alteran. That is easy enough to translate, but I have not had a chance to update the map for English labels."

After a few moments of silence where they just looked at her in amazement, Bates spoke up. "Yeah, okay. You're with me." He grabbed her arm and pulled her over to where the rest of the military personnel that had been chosen for security teams were gathered. Thomas was the only one that was not eyeing her strangely.

"Okay, here is what we are going to do…" As Bates started to brief the others on their new orders, Hermione looked around. Oddly enough, she was pretty sure that she had just ended up with another two guy friends. Smiling a little as she sent out files to the different data pads in the group she decided that being called an egghead and accidently using someone for a pillow was much better than facing a troll when it came to making friends.

All in all, this was turning out a lot like her introduction into the wizarding world. One thing was different though, even with the 'bug infestation,' some species called the Wraith that wanted to eat them, and thinking that they were all going to drown, so far this was turning out to be still safer than Hogwarts.