Chapter One

The ship swayed with the early morning breeze, the wind blew Hermione's curls away from her face. She pondered the events that led her here: sailing on a small boat with two strangers. Harry and Ron were both quite accomodating, but she still didn't fully understand why they took her under their wing. Maybe it was becuase they shared a common enemy: the Malfoy's.

They hated Harry for being the reason Tom Riddle died, Harry's parents had destroyed the famous pirate hunter's ship right before he murdered them in cold blood. By some miracle Harry had survived and was only left with a small scar.

They hated Ronald for an entirely different reason, his family were known as 'blood traitors' for expressing an interest in the world of piracy. Ronald's father, Arthur, was fascinated by the pirate artifacts and had his own collection. Something that Ronald's mother, Molly, wasn't too fond of.

Why do they hate Hermione? Well to them her family was the lowest of the low, they were poor but still managed to provide Hermione with the books and knowledge she craved, something the Malfoy's thought Hermione did not deserve. Then to make matters worse, Hermione discovered their secret, they were Death Eaters. They would kill to ensure no one found out, that's the reason Hermione was in this prediciment.

So she sent her parent's away to a secret location and she ran. When Harry and Ron found her she was sleeping under a bridge so they took her back to the Burrow (the Weasley home) and cared for her. In those few days she had become very fond of the large family. Molly was easily the sweetest person she had ever met and Arthur was the most inquisitive. Percy was a bit high strung but he was quite intelligent, a trait Hermione admired. Then there was Ginny, the youngest Weasley who Hermione had become fast friends with.

However, some of the Weasleys remained unknown to Hermione. Bill and Charlie, both who worked in foreign countries in what seemed like very interesting lines of work. There was also the twins that she had heard about, Fred and George. But when she asked about where they were Molly simply said, "off having adventures, I suppose." Then she immediately changed the subject, after that Hermione didn't ask about them anymore, but she couldn't deny the curiousity that had stirred within her.

When nobody was looking she searched for them in the family photos and they weren't hard to find. She wondered how anyone managed to tell them apart, they both had handsome faces and shared the same mischievous look in their eyes, which for some reason were familiar to her.

Sadly, her time at the Burrow came to an end when

she left with Harry and Ron. Harry wanted to search for relatives of his parents, and like the good friend he is, Ron decided to accompany him. Hermione would be leaving them as soon as they docked and making a new life for herself… Or so she thought.