Hello! Welcome to my new story! I hope you all enjoy it.
Summary: After the defeat of Voldemort, Hermione finds herself in somewhat of a pickle. With a dead boyfriend, and a jealous best friend, can she handle all the changes in her life? Including moving to another country, a surprise pregnancy, and falling for her dead boyfriends brother? HG/FW and HG/CW
Just a little background: The war took a few more years than in the books. Harry, Ron, and Hermione finished their seventh year then went to hunt the Horcruxes. But the final battle didn't happen right away. The battle did however happen and end just like in the book.
Now, read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It's a simple disclaimer today… short sweet and to the point…
Chapter 1: Funeral
Hermione stood on soft grass. She was standing just so, that way the small heels on her shoes wouldn't sink into the ground. Heels weren't really her usual choice of foot wear; Hermione was more of a sensible shoe type of person. She only ever wore high heels on special occasions. During the Yule Ball was one example, as well as during Fleur and Bill's wedding. Both times she regretted it once they were off. Her feet weren't made to be in heels.
Today was one of those special occasion days. As she stood in the grass, she couldn't help but fidget with her uncomfortable black dress. She looked around at the other people dressed in black. Some of them she knew, some she had just met today, and other's she had never seen before in her life.
Funeral was the only word running though her brain. She thought of it as one of the worst words in the English language. Nobody ever wants to go to a funeral, let alone a funeral for multiple people.
The war had ended only two weeks ago, and the Ministry had decided to hold one large funeral for everyone that the Light side had lost.
So here stood Hermione, in a grave yard, with dozens of coffins surrounding her. On her left was Ron. When she looked into his eyes, she could see he was holding back tears. Hermione inwardly applauded his control. If she would have lost her brother, she would have been sobbing, not just the silent tears that were currently falling from the corner of her eyes.
Harry stood on her right. He had his arm around Ginny. Hermione would have thought this was a cute perfect moment for them, except for the small sobs escaping Ginny and the fact that they were at a funeral.
Eventually the services were over, for which Hermione was grateful. She walked with Harry and Ron over to the rest of the Weasleys. Giving Molly a quick hug, Hermione wasn't sure what else she could do to comfort a woman who had just lost her son. Arthur had informed them they were all going back to the Burrow, and everyone was invited whether they lived there anymore or not.
Once everyone was at the Burrow, Molly switched into mother mode. She started cooking and making tea. She had to make sure everyone was fed and feeling okay. Hermione decided it was how Mrs. Weasley was coping with Fred's death.
Fred. It was the first time Hermione thought his name since that fateful night. Just thinking his name brought more tears to her eyes. She was having trouble trying to contain them. Her throat started to close up. She whipped her body around and ran up the stairs. As she passed what used to be Fred and George's room the sobs grew more forcefully. She ran up another flight of stairs and into Ginny's room slamming the door. Throwing herself on the spare bed, that was usually hers when she stayed there, Hermione clutched a pillow and let all the emotion out.
Hermione had been crying so loud that she didn't hear the door open. She didn't feel someone sit down next to her. But she did feel the hand on her back, which startled her. Sitting up quickly, but still clutching the pillow, Hermione found the culprit was Ron.
"Ron, don't." Was all she could choke out before burying her face back into the pillow.
Ron wasn't sure what that meant. He wasn't sure why he had come up here in the first place. Also, he wasn't sure why Hermione was crying so much. After all it was his brother that had died, not hers. Ron had never really been good at this stuff. It was one reason why he was glad he had mostly brothers. Whenever Ginny started crying, mum took care of it. Not sure what to do, Ron stood up and walked out of the room leaving Hermione alone.
It was in the hall he ran into Ginny. "I don't think she wants to talk to anyone right now." He told her.
Ginny nodded, but didn't move from where she was standing. Ron just shook his head and walked back down stairs to the rest of his family.
Opening the door, Ginny found her friend laying on the bed with mascara running down her eyes. Hermione's eyes were almost a blood red color from crying so much. And her hair had turned into a large ball of frizz. She sat on the bed and pulled her friend into a hug.
"He's gone, Ginny. Gone." Hermione kept saying over and over. Ginny nodded in understanding and let the tears also fall from her eyes.
Ginny was one of the few who knew the real reason behind Hermione's tears. The only other person was George. She knew that Hermione was in love. Hermione had been in love with her brother, and not with Ron, but with Fred. The two had decided to keep their relationship a secret, for fear of hurting Ron. Everyone in the Weasley family knew of Ron's crush on Hermione. Even Hermione knew, but Ginny couldn't blame her if she didn't have the same feelings back.
George knew, because Fred could never keep a secret from his twin brother. Not that it was from lack of trying. George usually figured it out. So at a young age the twins decided that it would be best to not keep secrets from each other.
After a while, Hermione's tears subsided enough she fell into a restless sleep. Ginny got up from the bed when she was sure Hermione was asleep. She wiped her eyes and made sure she looked presentable, before traveling down stairs to her family.
So, tell me what you think! In a review, please?
I have 7 chapters of this fic wrote (and working on more!), and this is the shortest by far. It's more of a prologue, but not really.
The first little bit will be of Hermione and Fred, but as the summary states there will be another character appearing. And yes... it will be another Weasley!
I hoped you like it and I hope you leave a review, I am really excited about this fic and I want to know what everyone thought!
-XandraLynne
