This is my first time writing a fanfiction, although I have read many! Please read and review. All characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and the plot belongs to GraceAbbene, who was kind enough to let me finish her story! Thanks so much.

~Law of Love~

A tall, blonde man walked through the hallways of the Ministry in what could be considered either the late hours of night, or the very early hours of the morning. He pushed aside the large oak doors to the Library, not minding the loud noise. There wasn't any way he could get caught for anything now anyway. He never got caught. Ever. It was in his blood. He could control the Minister in front of a crowd of people and not be suspected of anything. Which was, in fact, what he had been doing for years.

It pays to be the man behind the man. He made all the decisions as the Minister's 'Advisor', and was ignored completely by bad press like Rita Skeeter. Although he could control her as well, if he so wished.

He walked to a podium that held a large directory and cast a quiet 'Lumos' before looking through the pages. He waved his wand over the parchment, and it immediately led him to the most prestigious Pureblood family in the world. Under normal conditions, he would have been outraged at what he saw. But these weren't normal conditions. No. Not at all.

Montresor? It wasn't possible. That bloodline had died out years ago. How could there be a child that he didn't know about? The last Montresor he knew to be alive had died twenty years ago. It didn't make sense.

He walked to another book, a record of all the Hogwarts students... ever. He turned to the year 1998:

Hermione Jean Montresor

Born: September 19, 1980

Father: Stephen Montresor

Mother: Chryeis Montresor

Schooling: Hogwarts class of 1998

The man searched the book frantically for another girl in that year with the same given name, and was unsuccessful. He sat down and tried to control the vast amount of thoughts going through his head. The Mudblood of the Golden Trio wasn't a Mudblood at all. In fact, she was one of the purest in the world. With one of the biggest fortunes.

He stood up abruptly and went home, only to Floo the famous Rita Skeeter.

Hermione Granger was walking so quickly through the corridors of St. Mungo's with her clipboard of patients that she didn't even realize when she walked into a young, raven haired man and knocked both of their things into the air.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said worriedly, and bent down to pick up her things.

"Hermione," the man said and touched her arm. She looked up.

"Harry!" she said, surprised. "What are you doing here? I thought we were meeting for lunch tomorrow." He looked at her, confused. "Haven't you seen it?"

"Seen what?"

Harry hesitated.

"Maybe you should come to Grimmauld Place for lunch today," he suggested. Confused, Hermione nodded after a moment.

"Of course, I'll be right there. Just let me get to this one last patient and-"

"'Mione," he interrupted. "I think it's best you come now." She flushed a bright pink,

worried.

"Harry, what's going on?"

"Be at Grimmauld Place in five minutes," he told her. "Don't be late."

Like Hermione Granger needed a lesson on being on time. Only three minutes later, she had Flooed into the old Black family residence and walked into the kitchen, freezing as she saw all the Weasleys there along with Harry.

"What's going on?"

"'Mione, haven't you read the Daily Prophet?" Ron asked incredulously.

"No, Ron, I haven't," the brunette said, exasperated. "As much as I would love to, I don't always have time for that sort of thing anymore."

The crowd of friends looked at each other in awkward silence for a moment, before Harry slid a copy of the paper across the table.

"I think you need to see this," he said quietly.

She picked up the paper, looking at a large picture of her on the front page, with an article written by Rita Skeeter.

"Oh no," she whimpered before looking up at them. "What on earth could she be writing about me?"

"Just read it, Hermione," Ron answered. She threw him an exasperated look and took a deep breath to compose herself, before turning back to the article. It read:

Long Lost Heiress Scandal?

While recently researching family history in the Ministry, some workers came across a very interesting find in the age-old Book of Pure. Many adult wizards today may be aware of the ancient families of Montresor and Luchesi, and how both Pureblood families have nearly become extinct in the past 20 years. However, it turns out that there just might be a single heir to both of these family fortunes, and she is currently hiding in the most unexpected place.

Now, upon reading this, one might ask, "But how could someone be the heir to both family fortunes? It's common knowledge that the Luchesis and Montresors despised each other with a passion so gut wrenching it bordered on murderous. However, is it possible that the youngest of both families, who happened to be in the same year at Hogwarts, had a romance much like Romeo and Juliet? Could it be that they eloped and had a child? Or maybe, the child was illegitimate? Or it was a child born from rape?

Whatever the cause of this child, it is in fact known that both Stephen and Chryeis Montresor both mysteriously disappeared during the first war against You-Know-Who for several months, and later were both killed, leaving the rest of the wizarding world under the impression that both families were doomed, and would die out. However, according to the Book of Pure, which Ministry officials claim to never be wrong, there is in fact an heir, and she's been living her whole life under the name of Hermione Granger, the famous witch of the 'Golden Trio.'

Miss Montresor is well established as the brightest witch of her age, and fought valiantly side-by-side with Harry Potter in the second war against You-Know-Who. She was previously known to be a Muggle-born witch, and very proud of her heritage. What might she think now, to know she has no Muggle blood at all? Unless, of course, she was aware of it this whole time. How else could she know so much more about magic than her peers at Hogwarts?

Hermione Montresor can now be found working as a Healer in St. Mungo's, and is said to be one of the top workers there, next to witches and wizards with more than 30 years of experience. Was she born illegitimately? Was she an accident? Did her parents abandon her? Or is there a chance that the Montresors have been hiding for as long as everyone thought them to be dead? If so, now that the war is over, why haven't they come out? Whatever the background between the Montresors and Luchesis, Hermione Montresor (Granger) will be reporting to the Ministry within the next few days in order to prove whether she is, in fact, Pureblood, or whether this is all a scam. Until then, I suppose we'll all have to wait in suspense!

Hermione looked up, her face flushed.

"This can't be true. Harry, you work there. Don't you know any details? Is this real?" she asked, already firing millions of questions.

"I don't know for sure Hermione, but the evidence supporting it all looks very convincing. I can look into it more if..."

But he never finished his sentence. Hermione Granger had collapsed on the floor.