Chapter One; A Day In The Park

Neville and Luna walked down the street together hand in hand. "Do you think that Harry and the others can manage alright without a keyboard player?" Luna questioned her fiancée.

"Oh I'm sure they'll be alright. After all, they've only got a little more than a month left of traveling and besides that, they were a band of three for the longest time before I joined them. And this way we can pick up an engagement ring for you and start planning for our wedding." He told her as he pushed open the door for her before they walked inside the jewelry store together.

Meanwhile Hermione was back at the house working on sorting her laundry when all of a sudden Patrick the owl flew up to the window and started pecking at the glass with his beak. She put her laundry down on the bed and walked over to the window to let him in. He soared inside the room and landed on the bed next to her clothes holding an envelope underneath his beak. She walked over to the bed and grabbed it from him before she started tearing inside of it and let the letter unfold inside the palms of her hands. She smiled as she read it silently to herself.

Dear Hermione,

Guess what? Mum said that Princess had her kittens. There are two boys and two girls although none of them have names yet. She said that she'll send me a picture of them soon and then I'll send them to you. It sounds like one of the kittens looks exactly like her mother! Anyway, everything's going great around here! Don't tell Harry this but the best thing about California is all the sexy movie stars that there are around here. In fact I really hope that I get Johnny Depp's autograph. Fleur said that he is where she got Johnny's name from since she is a MASSIVE fan! Anyway, miss you guys and hope to hear from you soon.

Ginny

Hermione had always found it humorous that Ginny generally wrote her letters in pretty pink ink. That's when all of a sudden Angel and Zip (who had gotten a lot bigger since their family vacation to New York City) began to bark and Hermione knew that that meant that Snape and Teddy were home so she journeyed out into the living room to greet them. "So how was the appointment?" she asked them.

"Well, Teddy has completely lost his hearing inside his right ear so I'm going to look for some hearing aids to get him." Snape replied as the little boy heaved a heavy sad sigh.

"Yeah, if only it was that simple to fix Tobey's sight." He said as Tobey chuckled.

"It's alright. You don't hear me complaining do you?"

"No, but that isn't saying much because I can't really hear too much of anything right now." Teddy told him when all of a sudden Zip started wagging her tail and licking his face.

"Zipporah, no kisses." Snape said while he pulled back on her collar. "Wow, she's not even a year old yet and already she's turned into a horse." He said.

"No she's not, she's a dog." Heather told him.

"It's just an expression sweetheart." He said.

"I'll go ahead and take her for a walk. I could use the fresh air and exercise anyway." Hermione told him as the puppy's ears perked up while she started wagging her tail faster.

"Are you sure? She's kind of big. I'm afraid that she would be walking you." Snape told her.

"No it's alright, I can handle it. C'mon Zip." Hermione said as she grabbed her purple leash (that matched her collar) down from its hook and the dog happily and eagerly trotted over to her before she sat down in front of her so that Hermione could clip the leash to her collar.

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As Zip squatted down in the grass to relieve herself, Brittany walked by pushing Danny's carriage and brought it to a stop in front of her. "Hullo Hermione, it's nice to run into you today. I already ran into Bill and Fleur. Johnny was playing in the sandbox with his father." She explained.

"It's nice to see you too, how's Danny doing?" Hermione asked her while she smiled over at her as Zip stood back up.

"He's doing pretty good. He has a little bit of a cold right now but he's been letting me sleep more at night." She replied when suddenly Danny started to cry.

"Uh oh, it sounds like somebody's getting fussy." Hermione said.

"Yeah, I'm guessing that means that he's probably hungry considering that I just changed him not too long ago. Oh well, I better go and feed him. I'll see you later Hermione." She said before she turned around and pushed the buggy away while constantly trying to hush her son and soothe his crying. As Hermione bent down to pick up Zip's droppings suddenly Johnny raced towards her laughing mischievously.

"John Lucas Weasley you get back here!" Fleur shouted angrily finally managing to catch up to him and gave him a smack on his bottom only causing him to laugh even harder. "This isn't a game!" she snapped before she grabbed ahold of his shoulders and turned his body around to face her before she bent down in front of him. "How many times do I have to tell you that it's dangerous to try and run away from Mummy and Daddy!?" she scolded while she wagged her finger at him.

"If you do that again we are going straight home do you understand me?" she inquired.

"Yes Mummy." He replied.

"Good." She said before she hoisted him up inside her arms and turned over to look at Hermione. "I'm sorry about this. He's been getting so bad with running away from us lately. I just hope and pray that there will always be somebody around to keep an eye on him after the baby is born since she'll need most of our attention." She said.

"Well I'll help out whenever I can and I'm sure that Harry, Ron, and Ginny will too." Hermione told her.

"Thanks Hermione you're a real life saver." She said before she sniffed the air and wrinkled her nose. "Uh oh, it smells like Johnny needs a changing. Then we're probably going to be taking him out for lunch pretty soon because after that we need to go home so he can take his n-a-p. You're more than welcome to come with us if you like." She said.

"Thanks, but first I have to finish walking Zip and then take her back home." Hermione told her.

"Alright, I'll see you later then. C'mon Johnny, let's get you all cleaned up." She said before she carried the little boy away.