Title: This Thing We Call Life
E-mail: i_am_protected_by_witchcraft@yahoo.com
Summery: PG-13, 11 years of secrets are about to come back and bite Hermione in the @$$, but what she's worried about most is how Harry will react when he finds out the secret she's been hiding from him the last 11 years; a daughter.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Books 1-5
Disclaimers: I do not own anything and I am not making any money off this fic.
A/N: don't flame me on my sucky spelling or grammar, I have no beta-reader.
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Chapter 1: A New Beginning
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Twenty-eight year old Hermione Granger was sitting on her balcony watching the sunset; she knew it was coming tomorrow and she knew there was nothing she could do about it. Eleven years of lies were going to come back and bite her in the ass by this time tomorrow and she knew that she was going to have to return to the wizarding world and she knew that nothing was going to be scarier, including Voldemort, when Harry found out he had a child that he didn't even know about.
They started going out in about the about middle of sixth year; they only slept together once, in the middle of October in their final year at Hogwarts, and they continued to go out until she left. About a month after they slept together Hermione had a nagging feeling that she was pregnant, but she was too embarrassed to go to Madam Pomfrey about it, so she just wore slightly baggy clothes until she went home for Christmas. About a week before Christmas, when Hermione's parents were at work, she went to a local muggle market for a home pregnancy test: it was positive. She had not seen her parents or anyone from Hogwarts since that day, but that was all going to change.
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The front door the her apartment opened, "I'm back, mom!"
"Okay, Lily," Hermione called back.
Lily came out onto the balcony and looked at her mother, "What's wrong mom?" Lily asked.
Hermione looked at her daughter, she was small and skinny for her age, had waist length brown hair that was always a little messy no matter how many times you combed through it, and the brightest green eyes you've ever seen.
"Earth to mom," Lily said waving a hand in front of her mother's face.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Hermione lied.
"You're a bad liar, mom," Lily stated.
"I'll tell you tomorrow okay, Lily?"
"Okay."
"There's pizza sitting on the table if you want any," Hermione said changing the subject.
"Okay."
"I'm going to bed, `night Lily," said Hermione, heading into her bedroom. Hermione laid in bed till about one when she finally got to sleep.
Lily fell asleep watching TV, the question of what was worrying her mother was floating around in her head.
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Lily woke up to the phone ringing, "Hello?" asked a groggy Lily.
"Hey, Lily, do you want to come over to my house today?" Lily's friend, Amy, asked.
"I can't today, Amy. Sorry, family stuff," said Lily, remembering that her mother promised her to tell her what was wrong.
"Oh, okay. Happy birthday then, see ya."
"Thanks, see ya." Lily hung up the phone.
If it hadn't been for Amy, Lily would have completely forgotten that today, July 15, was her eleventh birthday, she looked at the clock and saw it was 11:30 in the morning, she decided to get the mail assuming her mother was still asleep.
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Lily was about to go outside to get the mail when she saw her mother in the kitchen with a letter in her hands.
"Mail for you Lily," Hermione said with a sigh, handing her daughter the envelope.
Lily took the envelope, but didn't even look at it, "Mom, you said you were going to tell me what was wrong."
Lily was so busy looking at her mother she didn't even notice the owl sitting on the chair near her.
"Read your letter first."
Lily examined the envelope; it was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, the address was written in green ink, the front of it read:
Miss. L. Granger
Kitchen
Apartment 65
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lily opened the letter and read it aloud:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Miss. Granger,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Lily looked at her mother that to the letter than back again at her mother, "Is this real?" Lily asked in disbelief.
"Yes."
"Are-are you a witch?" Lily asked.
"Yes."
Lily stared at her mother, "Prove it, prove that this is no joke!"
Hermione sighed and left the kitchen and came back a minute later with her wand, "Accio Letter" she said and pointed her wand at Lily's letter and the letter came flying out of Lily's hand and into Hermione's, Hermione looked at it, "So, Dumbledore is still Headmaster, that doesn't surprise me."
"What? How? Huh?" was all Lily could say.
"Lily sit down, I need to tell you something I should have told you long ago, this may take awhile."
Lily sat down and Hermione told her everything. After she was down, about an hour later, Lily stared for a minute before regaining he ability to speak.
"So, there's a secret world of wizards and witches, I'm the daughter of one of the most famous wizards to have ever lived, and he doesn't know I exist, so now I can't hate him for not being around, and I've been accepted to a wizarding school?" Lily asked.
"Yes."
"Cool!" Lily said.
"Cool?" Hermione repeated.
"Well, I'm kind of pissed that you didn't tell me sooner, but I under stand. Can I go?" Lily said.
"If you want to, yes, but we are going to have to move to England to do so."
Lily thought for a minute, "You don't mind moving to England, having to get a new job, having to face the world you left?"
"Hogwarts was a great experience for me and I don't mind having to move or get a new job for you, and as for my past, it will catch up with me sooner or later."
"I want to go." Lily stated.
"Okay, I'll write he reply to Hogwarts."
E-mail: i_am_protected_by_witchcraft@yahoo.com
Summery: PG-13, 11 years of secrets are about to come back and bite Hermione in the @$$, but what she's worried about most is how Harry will react when he finds out the secret she's been hiding from him the last 11 years; a daughter.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Books 1-5
Disclaimers: I do not own anything and I am not making any money off this fic.
A/N: don't flame me on my sucky spelling or grammar, I have no beta-reader.
^*^*^*^*^*^
Chapter 1: A New Beginning
^*^*^*^*^*^
Twenty-eight year old Hermione Granger was sitting on her balcony watching the sunset; she knew it was coming tomorrow and she knew there was nothing she could do about it. Eleven years of lies were going to come back and bite her in the ass by this time tomorrow and she knew that she was going to have to return to the wizarding world and she knew that nothing was going to be scarier, including Voldemort, when Harry found out he had a child that he didn't even know about.
They started going out in about the about middle of sixth year; they only slept together once, in the middle of October in their final year at Hogwarts, and they continued to go out until she left. About a month after they slept together Hermione had a nagging feeling that she was pregnant, but she was too embarrassed to go to Madam Pomfrey about it, so she just wore slightly baggy clothes until she went home for Christmas. About a week before Christmas, when Hermione's parents were at work, she went to a local muggle market for a home pregnancy test: it was positive. She had not seen her parents or anyone from Hogwarts since that day, but that was all going to change.
^*^*^*^*^*^
The front door the her apartment opened, "I'm back, mom!"
"Okay, Lily," Hermione called back.
Lily came out onto the balcony and looked at her mother, "What's wrong mom?" Lily asked.
Hermione looked at her daughter, she was small and skinny for her age, had waist length brown hair that was always a little messy no matter how many times you combed through it, and the brightest green eyes you've ever seen.
"Earth to mom," Lily said waving a hand in front of her mother's face.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Hermione lied.
"You're a bad liar, mom," Lily stated.
"I'll tell you tomorrow okay, Lily?"
"Okay."
"There's pizza sitting on the table if you want any," Hermione said changing the subject.
"Okay."
"I'm going to bed, `night Lily," said Hermione, heading into her bedroom. Hermione laid in bed till about one when she finally got to sleep.
Lily fell asleep watching TV, the question of what was worrying her mother was floating around in her head.
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Lily woke up to the phone ringing, "Hello?" asked a groggy Lily.
"Hey, Lily, do you want to come over to my house today?" Lily's friend, Amy, asked.
"I can't today, Amy. Sorry, family stuff," said Lily, remembering that her mother promised her to tell her what was wrong.
"Oh, okay. Happy birthday then, see ya."
"Thanks, see ya." Lily hung up the phone.
If it hadn't been for Amy, Lily would have completely forgotten that today, July 15, was her eleventh birthday, she looked at the clock and saw it was 11:30 in the morning, she decided to get the mail assuming her mother was still asleep.
^*^*^*^*^*^
Lily was about to go outside to get the mail when she saw her mother in the kitchen with a letter in her hands.
"Mail for you Lily," Hermione said with a sigh, handing her daughter the envelope.
Lily took the envelope, but didn't even look at it, "Mom, you said you were going to tell me what was wrong."
Lily was so busy looking at her mother she didn't even notice the owl sitting on the chair near her.
"Read your letter first."
Lily examined the envelope; it was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, the address was written in green ink, the front of it read:
Miss. L. Granger
Kitchen
Apartment 65
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lily opened the letter and read it aloud:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Miss. Granger,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Lily looked at her mother that to the letter than back again at her mother, "Is this real?" Lily asked in disbelief.
"Yes."
"Are-are you a witch?" Lily asked.
"Yes."
Lily stared at her mother, "Prove it, prove that this is no joke!"
Hermione sighed and left the kitchen and came back a minute later with her wand, "Accio Letter" she said and pointed her wand at Lily's letter and the letter came flying out of Lily's hand and into Hermione's, Hermione looked at it, "So, Dumbledore is still Headmaster, that doesn't surprise me."
"What? How? Huh?" was all Lily could say.
"Lily sit down, I need to tell you something I should have told you long ago, this may take awhile."
Lily sat down and Hermione told her everything. After she was down, about an hour later, Lily stared for a minute before regaining he ability to speak.
"So, there's a secret world of wizards and witches, I'm the daughter of one of the most famous wizards to have ever lived, and he doesn't know I exist, so now I can't hate him for not being around, and I've been accepted to a wizarding school?" Lily asked.
"Yes."
"Cool!" Lily said.
"Cool?" Hermione repeated.
"Well, I'm kind of pissed that you didn't tell me sooner, but I under stand. Can I go?" Lily said.
"If you want to, yes, but we are going to have to move to England to do so."
Lily thought for a minute, "You don't mind moving to England, having to get a new job, having to face the world you left?"
"Hogwarts was a great experience for me and I don't mind having to move or get a new job for you, and as for my past, it will catch up with me sooner or later."
"I want to go." Lily stated.
"Okay, I'll write he reply to Hogwarts."