Awakening

Hermione woke with the sun warming her face. She slowly opened her eyes and wasn't surprised to see that she was in a room with four white walls. She was in St Mungo's.

The last thing she could remember before blacking out was Harry defeating Voldemort once and for all before she was hit by a stunner square in the back.

She didn't know how long she had been unconscious for and didn't really care all she wanted to know was if her husband and friends were ok. She tried calling for a healer but soon realized that she couldn't speak, whether this was a permanent result she was unsure but it scared her none the less.

After lying there for what seemed like hours but was probably only thirty minutes, she heard footsteps in the hallway. A few seconds later Harry Potter walked through the door. When he saw that she was awake he rushed over and gave her a hug and kiss.

"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed. "You're awake! How do you feel?"

Hermione just looked at him. He was not the first person she expected to see. She was expecting a healer or her husband. Come to think of it why wasn't he sitting at her bedside like she would have been doing for him? The worst thoughts flashed through her mind at that point. What if he was seriously injured? Or even worse what if he didn't make it through the final battle?

"Hermione?" Harry asked worriedly. "Are you ok?"

Hermione motioned to her throat to let him know that she couldn't speak. That was all Harry needed before running off to find a healer.

A few minutes later an elderly healer came in with an assortment of potions for her to take.

"Its ok dearie I'm Healer Jones, these potions will make you feel a bit better and will restore your voice." The healer waited patiently for Hermione to swallow the potions. "You received a nasty knock to your head love; you had us all quite worried there for a while. When you were hit by that last spell you fell and hit your head. But everything seems to be healing quite nicely, with no lasting damage. You should be able to leave here in a few days."

Hermione swallowed the last of the potions with a grimace they really did taste awful. She looked up at Healer Jones, big brown eyes glistening with tears and asked "Where is he?"

Healer Jones walked towards the door and said "I'll just get him for you Miss Granger." And with that said she walked out and Harry came back in.

"Harry, why did that healer call me Miss Granger? Why aren't I admitted under Hermione Malfoy?" asked a very confused Hermione.

Harry gulped, he had been dreading this. He had told the healers time and time again that she was married and that Granger was no longer her legal name.

"Well Hermione, I don't really know how to say this. You see it's like this…"

"Like what Harry? Why did Healer Jones call me Miss Granger, and why isn't Draco here with me? Where is he?" Hermione was getting frustrated at the moment, she was booked in under her maiden name and she had no idea where her husband was.

Harry took in a deep breath and mumbled, "Ron brought you here."

"WHAT?! Why was he the one to bring me here? You know we aren't friends anymore! He has never accepted mine and Draco's relationship and has tried to break us up more times than I can count!" Hermione was really pissed off now. "Harry where is Draco? I need to know. Is he ok? How long have I been in here?"

Harry didn't like being the bearer of bad news, so for the second time that day he took a deep breath. "You have been in here for three weeks, Mione." He took a long look at her before answering her other question.

"As for Draco…We don't know where he is, we couldn't find him after the final battle. I'm sorry Mione."

And with that Hermione blacked out.