In a Different Light

Disclaimer: I wished on a shooting star for the characters. Its just threw down the books—Lesson learned? Shooting stars suck.

7th year-

It all begins on her 17th birthday.

What a difference a nothing year brings.

"Hermione?" Ginny's voice sounded through the room.

"Hmm?" Hermione replied as she heard Ginny's footsteps approaching the bed.

"Hermione! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!" Ginny screamed.

Ginny had gotten up early this Saturday to be the first one to wish Hermione a happy birthday. But when she had thrown back the covers that had been covering Hermione, she was greeted with a totally different person.

"Ver-we funny, Gin," Hermione yawned out while turning over.

"No, Mione! I'm not joking."

"Okay, okay, but if I get up and look in the mirror and see the same old me, I'm hexing you."

With this Hermione threw off the covers she had been cuddled up with just a second ago. She slowly made her way stumbling to the closest mirror, that also happened to be the bathroom.

Ginny followed quietly examining this new person in front of her. The new girl had longer, much darker, less bushy more ringlets kind of hair. She also had this warm glow coming off her once pale skin. As she stumbled around, Ginny also noticed that this new person had shrunken in size. Her Hermione stood at a proud 5'10, but now this new girl stumbling around was a perfect 5'5. Along with her height, her body had changed as well.

The size B cup Hermione once use to wear was now filled to the top with bosom indicating that she was definitely not a B anymore. Her butt had never been much, it was now poking out of her pajama pants a little bit. All in all it seemed as though the new girl had a perfect body, not to big and not to small- just right.

Ginny walked a little faster seeing as though Hermione was almost to the mirror by now. She quickly took a place at the side of the sink to watch Hermione's reaction to this new look.

Hermione who had been feeling her way to the bathroom, because she refused to open her eyes this early on a Saturday, now stopped at the feeling of cold porcelain underneath her fingertips.

Opening her eyes- she, like Ginny, was greeted with a totally new person.

"AHHHH! GINNY! WHAT HAPPENED!" Hermione quickly turned to Ginny and cried, "This is not funny. Change me back, Gin. NOW!"

Ginny who had been quietly looking on, stood shocked at the face of the girl in front of her. She had only seen the new Hermione from the back and side but from the front it was a surprise to say the least.

The warm glow given off by Hermione's now olive skin only intensified at the sight of her crystal blue eyes. That mixed with the wild curls of tight ringlets hanging from her scalp, it was to say the least that the new Hermione was a stunningly beautiful girl.

"I didn't do it Hermione, I swear it wasn't me!"

"Then w...who? Help, Gin! Please!" Hermione was now at the verge of tears when they heard grunts of, "Shut up!"and "Go back to sleep!" coming from the others still sleeping in the dormitory.

"Hermione, go get dressed. We will go see Dumbledore, okay? He will know what's going on, if anyone does."

"Okay," Hermione said rushing across the room to her trunk at the foot of her bed. "That should have been my planfrom the beginning."

"Hermione, I'll be waiting in the common room." With that Ginny left the dormitory and proceeded down to the common room. It was then that she ran right into Harry, Ron, Dean, and Seamus- but mostly Ron, who at the moment was trying to run up the girls stairs without them turning into a slide on him.

"Ouch- RON! What are you doing!"

Ron, who had landed on his butt, looked up at his angry little sister.

"Oh hey Gin, what's up? Why are you up so late... or should I say early?"

"I should ask you the same question, Ron," Ginny replied, helping her brother up.

"Well, me and the guys," Ron pointed at the boyswho where watching them from the couches. "We are playing Lie and Cry. I was dared to get up the girls staircase with out a broom, so here I am. Plus, Harry and I are waiting for Hermione to get up so we can sing her Happy Birthday."

"Oh, well I was with Hermione-" Just then they heard a cough. They both turned to see Hermione on the stairwell. Well, Ginny knew it was Hermione. Ron thought it was a transfer student or a girl from another year- but both never really made it to his mind because the first thing it shouted at him was, "SHE'S HOT!" And with that, he started to babble. His babbling attracted the attention of Harry, who then in turn got the other boys attention. None really talked to her though, they all were trying to think of something really good to say- but they all were coming up with nothing. Well at least the boys were.

"Come on, let's go," Hermione mouthed to Ginny without waiting for the boys to come back down to Earth. They Left.

The walk to Dumbledore's office was a short one, especially with Hermione who was at the moment jogging.

"Sweet Tarts!" Hermione yelled from down the corridor at first sight of the gargoyle that guardedDumbledore's office. When the gargoyle had jumped aside Hermione's jog broke into a full out sprint.

"Professor! It's Hermione! I really need to talk to you!"

"Come in, Hermione" was barely heard before the door had been thrown open, and shut again before a blink of an eye. Inside Dumbledore sat at his desk, eyes twinkling in a manner only he could conduct with out someone finding offence to. Across from him sat the Slytherin Prince himself, the one and only Draco Malfoy.

When Draco Malfoy turned around he then knew what and who Blaise Zabini, his best friend had been going on about last night before bed.

FLASHBACK

"Blaise, sit down- your pacing is unnerving," Draco drawled to a most nervous and distracted Blaise. What was unnerving about Blaise's pacing was that Blaise didn't pace, it was like a Malfoy running, it just didn't happen. So by him pacing, something big was happening or going to happen.

"Draco- you don't understand. Tomorrow is my sister and my birthday." Blaise stopped at the questioning look going across Draco's face. "Yes, I have a sister. But, well, my sister doesn't know she's my sister. She has had a concealment charm placed on her as a child. Hell, but that's not even the worst that is bothering me. What if she hates me? I mean, I'm the big brother, and what if she can't stand me… or…Or what if she is in a house like Hufflepuff?"

Draco was lost- 'Blaise has a sister? HUFFLEPUFF? I hope not. Mm... I wonder what she will look like?'

As though reading his mind, Blaise said "SHE'S my TWIN, Draco. But because of Voldemort she had to be given up."

"Blaise, how do you know that she is even here, at school?"

"I feel her, I guess it's a twin thing. Its like she's in the same class or something. Though every time, I look, but no one around seems to have the same looks as though they might have what I feel."

"Oh," Draco thought for a second before asking "What class do you have this feeling in most?"

Blaise didn't even have to think before answering.

"Potions with Gryffindors."

END OF FLASHBACK

'Potions with Gryffindors. And Enter Granger,' Draco thought sarcastically with a smirk gracing his lips.

"What are you gawking at Malfoy?" Hermione spat his last name like saying it was poison.

Draco unbeknownst to him had been staring at Hermione since and through out his memory flashback had begun.

"Miss. Granger, how are you?" Dumbledore asked eyes twinkling with laughter.

"Oh perfectly fine, Headmaster," Hermione said in a sappy sweet voice, but she quickly replaced it with a sarcastic manner. "Except the little problem of going to sleep myself, and waking up someone else!"

Dumbledore eyes twinkled a little more at her statement while his lips started to move upwards. He was the only one though. Ginny and Draco, were absolutely dumbstruck. In all the years of knowing Hermione Granger, they would have never thought she would talk back to a teacher, let alone the Headmaster.

"It seems as though I have some explaining to do" Turning to Draco, Dumbledore continued, "Mr. Malfoy, if you would be so kind to leave us?" Draco nodded before leaving to find his best friend and a hard bottle of fire whiskey for the bad thoughts about Granger's butt he gotwhile passing her.

When Draco left, Dumbledore turned once again to Hermione. "Hermione, whereshall I begin?"

"How about the beginning Headmaster, or maybe you can just skip that part and tell me why I turned into someone else?"

--- END OF CHAPTER ONE