Chapter 2

Professor Dumbledore leaned back on his chair, and Hermione together with the three other Professors waited anxiously for what the wise headmaster would say.

Finally he spoke.

"I have been filled in about what there has happened. I must say I am deeply sorry for the way it has happened," He took a small break and threw Prof Lupin a glance, before continuing. "You can stay"

Hermione let out a shaky breath. The thought of leaving Hogwarts hit her harder than she thought. It was her home, despite all of its cons.

She however couldn't help but feel like there was something left out, and so she spoke.

"But…" She trailed off on purpose, leaving it for the headmaster to continue.

"You will have to stay with Remus or someone else for the latter, over your summer holidays. The important is, Miss Granger, you have to be one with your inner and outer wolf. You must learn everything about werewolves."

Hermione furrowed her brows, they had just finished their subject about werewolves, and she was pretty sure she knew what it meant.

"But Professor… We have just finished the subject, we are going to start on-" She was cut off by the Professor.

"Miss Granger, by all means. What you have learned about werewolves in the class or the library for that matter, says nothing about your kind and what there would happen to you."

She looked around confused at the other Professors, seeking for help to understand this situation. Prof Lupin was looking ashamed and avoiding her stare. Prof Mcgonagall had a look of pity and seriousness, which she didn't like at all. She would not tolerate any pity. The whole werewolf thing already felt like a big part of her, not something she was ashamed or sorry for. Finally she turned to the last Professor, Snape. He looked at her with his same serious face, but..

He turned toward Professor Dumbledore with a glare. "For goodness sake, Headmaster. Tell her, what she is."

Tell her what she is? Wasn't she one of them?

Hermione felt out of place. "Tell me what?"

Professor Dumbledore stood and told the other professors to leave. They all left, despite wanting to stay and hear.

"Miss Granger, what I am about to tell you, is…" He drew in a deep breath before making eye contact to show the seriousness of the subject, "top secret."

Hermione nodded, indicating that she understand, though she was getting rather impatient where this was heading.

"You see, in all this time. There has excited two different kinds of werewolves. One of them is like Remus. They have bitten by a werewolf, that changes against their own will at every full moon, where the change turns them into a gruesome creature, a perfect mix of both human and werewolf, but with the werewolf mind in control."

He paced a little before around, before coming to a stop.

"But there has been another race, a slowly dying race if I may. Once upon a time, they were proud and noble, but long before the wizard wars and the latter. The lines seemed to be dying."

Professor Dumbledore paused and Hermione couldn't stop her curiousness.

"But why were they dying, Professor?" He gave a soft grandfather smile as though he had expected her to interrupt. He then picked up where they left.

"Well, they started mingling themselves with muggles, non-magical humans, and at first, no troubles seemed to appear. The human DNA would submit to the wolf DNA, and the child would carry the wolf gene and become a werewolf, nobody knows when but it always happened in the teenage years."

He took a sip from the cup on his table.

"For long they kept mingling with the muggles until, suddenly the children would not change." Hermione looked confused and released a small 'What?"

"The line of the so called werewolves, wouldn't change into their true form. The bond had been broken by all of that of muggle genes. The submissive DNA had suddenly become the dominant"

It hit Hermione know, how her Professor spoke so confidently about DNA.

"Professor, how do you know all of this?"

"Well, Miss Granger, I myself have traveled a lot with the muggle people and know a fair great deal of them," Hermione shook her head.

"But Professor I still don't understand, where am I in this?" Hermione couldn't help but sound a little helpless.

Prof Dumbledore gave her a small smile, clearly understanding the situation she was in.

"You, Miss Granger, are an extraordinary werewolf. As it seems from your yesterday night's transforming, you are a descendant of the once proud and noble werewolves. It has however in your family come to a halt, where no changes happened. But it seems that Professor Lupin's bite, has activated it."

Hermione nodded before suddenly realising what her Professor was saying.

"Yesterday night's transforming?"

Professor Dumbledore gave her an odd look, as though she were supposed to remember.

"Yes yesterday night's transformation. Miss Granger, do you remember anything from that night? Anything about what happened to Harry while you were in your wolf form?" Hermione shook her head. Merlin where was all this going.

As though he had sensed it. "Hermione," the fact that he used her name, made him gain her full attention 'I think it would be for the best if you took a break from school today and also tomorrow. I will send a message to your teachers, but first take a quick trip to the infirmary."