Author's Note

This is Part Three in a series of stories I've been writing, off and on, since 2007. A lot of the plot is predicated on the two previous installments: "A Muggle in Magical Britain" and "A Muggle in the Ministry of Magic," so, ideally, readers would have finished those two stories before starting on this one. But hey, it's not my job to tell you what to read. So if you're not caught up, or need a refresher (it's been a while, after all), here's a brief overview of what's happened so far:

Part One:

Edie Filbert, a Muggle girl living in Ottery St. Catchpole, accidentally stumbles into the magical world when she follows a group of strangely-dressed visitors in town to the Quidditch World Cup. Unbeknownst, her peaceful little village is home to a considerable number of witches and wizards, including the Weasley family.

Seeking refuge with the only other Muggles on site at the Cup, Edie finds herself targeted and tortured by a group of masked wizards she later discovers are called "Death Eaters," along with the farmer who owns the campsite and his family. But when the others' memories are erased, Edie manages to escape—with the unexpected help of a young man named Percy Weasley, working for the Ministry, and the surprising appearance of a wizard called Albus Dumbledore.

When the Ministry discovers the existence of the Muggle Edie Filbert and sends Dolores Umbridge to wipe her memories, Percy, feeling guilty for betraying Albus Dumbledore to the Ministry, once again comes to Edie's aid. Hiding out in Diagon Alley, Edie finds herself in a world stranger than she could ever have imagined. She's determined to keep her knowledge of the partitioned magical world, but she can't evade capture forever. Finally, after making her way to St. Mungo's thanks to a cursed frog and a lack of wizard diseases immunities, Edie gets her memory wiped.

But living in Ottery, she continues to come into contact with strange people and bizarre events. When her neighbors' (the Lovegoods') house explodes, Edie finds a copy of a newspaper talking about Dark Lords, Death Eaters, and a boy with a face she recognizes but can't quite place. Her half-memories draw her to the Burrow, through the Floo-ed fireplace and right into a Hogwarts under siege by Voldemort.

There, tortured by a Death Eater, Edie gets her memories back when the Cruciatus Curse breaks through the St. Mungo's healer's weak obliviation charm. After the battle, Edie gets home, but with full knowledge of everything she's seen and a determination to protect herself and the people she loves from the arbitrary spells and charms of wizards and witches who can use magic on Muggles with impunity.

Part Two:

Molly Kathryn Weasley, or Kate, is the only daughter of Percy Weasley and her mother Audrey Stevens. Unlike the rest of her cousins, she and her older brother Lucian Ignatius (or Iggy) are Hufflepuffs, destined to be outshone by Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione's daughter Rose, and tormented by Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny's sons James and Al. Meanwhile, Percy and Audrey's youngest son Arthur wasn't sorted at all: Arthur may be a genius among Muggles, but no one in the magical world thinks much of a Squib.

When Kate finds references to a mysterious E. Filbert in her Muggle Studies textbook, she begins to unravel secrets her parents have been hiding for years. She and her brothers have grown up listening to the stories of how her mother and father were the forces behind the Muggle Protection Act, a piece of legislation that limits what kind of spells can be placed on Muggles in violation of the International Statute of Secrecy. But "Audrey Stevens" is nowhere to be found in any of the Ministry records. Instead, there's the testimony of Edie Filbert, a Muggle woman who discovered the magical world completely by accident, and her estranged sister Sharon, whose memory was wiped mistakenly.

After passing the Muggle Protection Act, Edie changes her name to protect her family from any contact with the magical community, but does not give up her determination to get Muggles the equal rights under the law that they deserve. She has a plan, but she can't do it alone—and Percy Weasley is just ambitious enough to join her.

With the help of Ignatius, Arthur, Rose Weasley, another squib named Charity Burbage (granddaughter of the ill-fated Hogwarts professor of the same name), and their unlikely ally Scorpius Malfoy, Kate discovers her parents' secret: that Audrey Stevens is Edie Filbert, and that she and Percy Weasley intend to eliminate the barrier between wizards and Muggles once and for all. With elections for Minister coming soon, and both Percy and Hermione on the ballot, it's Weasley versus Weasley, and billions of lives are at stake.

Part Three is coming soon, and as always, thanks for reading!

-Tegildess