Chapter 79: Hermione and Wednesday

Hi, my dear readers,

Well, first of all, I read your comments and in the future, I will see what to do with the couples,

If I decide that Severus will have more than one girlfriend, it won't be more than 2 or 3.

However, I'm not sure I'll do this, I'll see how the story develops and if it happens more naturally I might do it.

Now, this is the fifth and last chapter promised for this week.

Enjoy and on Saturday I'll see how many power stones have been reached to see how many chapters are for next week.

Good luck to everyone.

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-Greengrass Manor, 21 December

The conversation between the Greengrass and Severus and Hermione continued for a good while.

The five of them talked about the current situation in the wizarding world, the war, the Ministry of Magic, politics, their position as neutral families in the whole conflict, the mutual support that both Houses could provide to each other if they allied, Lord Greengrass also made it clear that if an alliance between the Prince/Greengrasses was to be made, both Houses should stick together to support the other families that were currently neutral in order to maintain a united front.

Severus took the opportunity to talk about the business they could do together, he focused a lot on this, and every now and then he would ask Hermione to intervene with various details of what he already had planned.

Yes, Hermione and her incredible memory were very useful when it came to giving very specific details about the whole thing.

Eventually, both sides came to an agreement quite easily, as it was beneficial for everyone to do this.

Thus the Prince/Greengrass alliance was formed.

Very pleased with the alliance, the Greengrass invited Severus and Hermione to stay tonight to celebrate with a big feast and get to know each other better.

Clearly, they both agreed to stay for dinner and continued to talk about all sorts of topics.

With the alliance already formed between the two families, Severus told Lord Greengrass about the situation of Wednesday Addams, his future apprentice, of course, Severus didn't mention that.

But they did discuss the possibility of her being allowed to take the exam on the 9th of January.

Severus may be Lord Prince now, but within the Ministry, he had no real influence, whereas Lord Greengrass had a lot.

And he proved it by telling him casually not to worry about it, that he would just have to talk to a few acquaintances within the Ministry and they would approve the request for Wednesday to take the exam on January 9th before the Hogwarts Express returned to Hogsmeade Station from King's Cross, London.

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During dinner, Severn mentioned to the Greengrass family their particular situation about the Malfoy's invitation to the Yule Ball.

And it was then that Lady Greengrass had the "wonderful" idea of Severus going along with her daughter, Olivia, as his partner.

Since all the Greengrass had been invited, there would be no problem for the two of them to enter Malfoy Manor together.

The moment his wife said this, Lord Greengrass was very enthusiastic about the idea and agreed completely, even adding that this way they could announce the Prince/Greengrass alliance in an excellent way, which would be a nice surprise for the Malfoy and the Black

Severus initially hesitated to do this, but after some discussion with Olivia and her parents, he ended up agreeing to Lady and Lord Greengrass's idea.

It wasn't that he and Olivia were going to get engaged or anything, they would just go as partners for the Yule Ball, which would showcase the relationship the two houses now had and make the announcement of their alliance more dramatic.

When Severus agreed to go with Olivia as his date, it only made Lord Greengrass even more pleased and happy with the whole situation, the man even made several comments that he could already imagine everyone's faces at the Yule Ball and that it would certainly give a good slap to the pride of Abraxas who tried to discredit the Prince's with his arrangements.

Lady Greengrass only laughed lightly at her husband's good humour and commented that it would be interesting to see how the Malfoy and Black would react to the fact that they were not the only ones who had planned something for this Yule Ball.

Severus and Hermione looked at each other for a few moments and couldn't help but think that they liked Olivia's parents' humor because they wanted to see Lord Black and Lord Malfoy's faces too.

And Hermione regretted not being able to be present at the Yule Ball, she had no hope that anyone who was going would invite her to go as their partner, in fact, she already had some plans of her own for when she went to Malfoy Manor, but knowing that only Severus was invited frustrated everything she had planned to do, it would be impossible for her to pass through the protections of Malfoy Manor...

'But perhaps Draco could go as a partner for some pureblood witch, and besides, he knew Malfoy Manor better than I did, after all, he had lived there most of his life' Hermione thought.

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-Prince Manor, Britain

-December 22, 1976

In the guest room of Prince Manor sat Severus and Hermione side by side conversing with Wednesday Addams standing in front of them who had arrived only moments ago.

"...well, when Severus introduced me to your father and grandmother I didn't know much about the Addams', but I was sure I remembered reading about them, so I did a little research," explained Hermione who had been chatting with Wednesday after Severus had introduced them just a few minutes ago.

"Just a little?" asked Severus amused.

"Okay, I admit I know all about your family now, of course: I have some additional books that mention various specific members of your family and what they did in wizarding or Muggle society," admitted Hermione a little embarrassed.

"Is my family that interesting to you?" asked Wednesday dryly but it was clear that she couldn't understand why anyone would make such an in-depth investigation into her family.

" I would say she simply has an obsession with finding out too much about anything that catches her interest or she just doesn't know," commented Severus further embarrassing Hermione who was now looking at him angrily for his unnecessary comment.

"So that was it..." said Wednesday lightly as Hermione tried to explain herself quickly by saying that in fact, the Addams' did have a very interesting history along with many other things that she used to justify herself.

'A girl who only remembered reading about my family now knew all about the Addams' in a matter of a few days!' Wednesday thought to herself not knowing what to think about this girl, she was either crazy or a brilliant mind, and she knew that between crazy and brilliant was only a step away, she kept thinking about this until Hermione's ramblings brought her out of her thoughts.

"So, have you read my writings?" asked Hermione, and before Wednesday could say anything she began to speak again, "I won't say they're perfect, but they cover everything you need to know about every subject at Hogwarts. Umm, is there anything specific you want to know, if you're good at memorising there's a quick list for each spell with a precise explanation of its use, wand movement needed, and different purposes..."

"Uh..." Wednesday, not knowing where to start, looked at Severus.

"You deal with this every day?" she asked him curiously.

"Yes, but she only talks non-stop when she first meets someone, then she calms down. She has her days though," nodded Severus a little amused at the whole situation.

" Although you surprised me, I expected a different reaction from you when you met her" he added, having met Wednesday he thought she would react very differently to Hermione's constant chattering.

"I've been through this before, I know someone who also has a bad habit of talking in a few minutes about more things than a human brain can process, although your cousin beats her by far," Wednesday explained, making Severus laugh lightly.

"But at least what your cousin talks about is more... informative," she added, remembering the amount of nonsense Enid told her when they talked.

After that Wednesday had to take a moment to order the conglomeration of sentences that the girl had quickly spat out and managed to answer each of Hermione's endless questions.

"You said you know all your first to fifth-year writing by heart?" asked Wednesday after a few moments of sorting through the pile of words Hermione had thrown at her.

"And the original textbooks, but my writings have my own experience and I think will be quicker to understand, of course, that doesn't mean I consider myself better than any of the original authors" Hermione nodded cheerfully and explained.

"As I said, even though Draco and I studied at home about all the subjects that are seen at Hogwarts were not exactly the same, we both found ourselves in a complex situation, so I was worried that I would have a lot to do to catch up for the exam. To think that I didn't even know what we were going to be taking for the exam!"

"Luckily Severus helped us by already knowing everything that they would be testing us on," she added, laughing slightly.

It was then that Wednesday understood why Severus introduced her to Hermione.

'She could be useful' thought Wednesday looking at Hermione in a completely different way now.

Wednesday began to be more active in her conversation with Hermione, asking intelligent and concise questions in order to receive quick and detailed answers, and the two of them talked a lot about the writing and the subjects Wednesday had to focus on in order to pass the exam and get into Hogwarts.

And as soon as Hermione saw that she was more interested in talking about her writing, she got even more excited, she was like a blur, flying across her seat to sit to Wednesday's left, and before she could react, Hermione practically grabbed different writings and opened them up explaining and commenting on various things.

Wednesday was surprised, but couldn't avoid paying attention to the enthusiastic girl, she might talk too much but if all her attention was focused on her she was able to keep up with her and learn a lot of things in a matter of minutes.

Hermione ran her finger along the lines of some official Hogwarts textbooks and at the same time picked up her writing, reciting all sorts of different factoids that were in the books and how she had decided to put them in her writing.

Wednesday had to particularly admire that Hermione didn't even look at the book or the writings after a couple of minutes to spew out the information, but instead, she listed facts and figures straight out of memory and kept her eyes on Wednesday.

' She really does know everything by heart' thought Wednesday as Hermione took a rare breath.

After a few moments, in which Wednesday took the opportunity to let her clear up some doubts she had about everything she had said, Hermione continued with her accelerated course on the different subjects of DADA, Charms, and Transfiguration.

As Hermione talked effusively about these subjects with Wednesday, Severus decided to remember to buy her something for Christmas this time, she had earned it.

'Maybe I'll take the opportunity to buy something for the others as well, a few gallons should be enough' Severus thought as he left the guest hall and left the two girls to continue their conversation.