CHAPTER 1:

The defeat of Voldemort was one that brought great relief to everyone who took part in the war, even the pureblood families. Anyone who followed Voldemort and his reign only did so out of fear. However, now that Voldemort and his powers were diminished by The boy who lived, the wizarding world became a place where muggleborns, half-bloods, and purebloods alike could coexist with each other, and although old habits die hard, the majority of purebloods and muggleborns tried to make peace with each other. Those who still had the stubborn and extremist ideologies against anyone who wasn't a pureblood were imprisoned in Azkaban. In all due time, everything would be back to normal, if not even better than before.

Hermione awoke to a rather obnoxious Ginny Weasley pouncing on top of her.
"Good Godric, Gin? What the hell?" said Hermione as she continued to rub her eyes until she felt fully awake. "Will there ever be a morning where you don't wake me up?"

"aww come off it, 'mione its nearly noon" replied Ginny giggling at Hermione's reaction.

"Isn't that what the summer is for? Ya know, sleeping in?"

"not when the tapping of a certain owl at your window won't stop" said Ginny.
"well?...let the owl in and open the letter…er letters. It looks like you have quite a few."

"ok ok, I'm going" replied Hermione. Getting up out of bed and walking over to the window to let the friendly owl in.

"A letter from Hogwarts, one fromPansy….one from her parents …and one from Lucius Malfoy?!" said Hermione in shock and disbelief as she was shuffling through her mail.

"Hogwarts sending you a letter over the summer so close to the new term starting isn't out of the ordinary, but the Parkinsons and the Malfoys?...that's just strange." replied an equally stunned Ginny as she sat up on Hermione's bed.

Hermione decided that she would open the Hogwarts letter first.

Miss Granger,
As you are aware, this year all of the students who partook in the war are invited to return to Hogwarts and start their 7
th year over again. It is with great pleasure to inform you that you are our head girl for this upcoming school year. You will be sharing a Heads' common room with the Head Boy, Draco Malfoy. I wish you the best of luck this year and a big congratulations on your accomplishments Now, onto more serious news. Miss Granger, you have spent your whole life and its entirety being raised by a wonderful Muggle family you came to know as your parents. It is unfortunate that they died due to the war and they normally would be the ones to break this news to you. However, since they are no longer with us it is my duty to inform you that you are in fact, a pureblood. Your real name is Priscilla Rose Parkinson. Your sister is indeed Miss Pansy Parkinson. When you were first born your parents noticed a gift you had, this power that Pansy did not. Unfortunately, the Dark Lord noticed this as well and wanted to use you and have you side with evil. Alarmed by this, you parents decided to send you off to live with a muggle family until the Dark Lord's existence was no more. Your parents knew that you would inevitably be sent to Hogwarts so they placed you under a very strong glamour charm that can only be removed by them in order to disguise you and prevent anyone from knowing who you are. Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, your godparents, were aware of your real identity from the beginning, but said nothing because they agreed to keep you safe. I understand if you have questions to ask, but I believe you should discuss them with the Parkinsons and the Malfoys. I apologize for having to break this news to you over a letter. Once again, I wish you the best of luck this year.

Sincerely,
Headmistress McGonagall.

Hermione stood there wide-eyed and mouth hung open in shock. She could not believe what she had just read. She felt an overwhelming sense of different emotions and she did not know what to do with herself.

Noticing her best friend's reaction, Ginny felt concerned. "Hermione, are you alright? What is it?"

All Hermione could do was hand the letter over to Ginny. Once she read it, Ginny got off the bed, went up to a very teary-eyed Hermione-Priscilla, said nothing and gave her the biggest reassuring hug.

Holding her in her arms Ginny spoke "its okay Hermi-Priscilla. You have been the best friend that anyone could ever ask for. Being supportive of everyone all these years. I'm here for you, and everyone else will be too once they find out. It will all be okay. We love you."

Priscilla, with a tear-stained face looked up at Ginny and spoke "Thank you so much Gin. I love you all so much." She said as she wiped the tears away.

"Now lets have a look at those other letters. If they're anything like the one you just read I can stay here for moral support and hugs"

"Thanks, Gin I appreciate it" Priscilla was truly appreciative of the fact that her best friend was there to support her and did not treat her any differently.

Priscilla decided to open the letter from Pansy next.

Priscilla,
First off, I want to apologize for everything I have done to you. I apologize for going along with the relentless teasing of Draco at school and for assisting in making your life a living hell for you and your friends all those years. I knew of your true identity going into 1
st year, but I did not say anything because I promised mother and father and in order to keep you hidden and protected. I went along with everything solely to keep up the appearance. I am so glad that this is over and that I can finally get to know my sister. I can't wait for you to come home.

Love,

Pansy

Priscilla,
Darling. I trust that McGonagall has informed you of the news. Your father and I are so incredibly relieved that you are okay and are thrilled for you to come home. We are so sorry we could not inform you of this news much earlier but we did everything for your safety and to protect our little girl. Sweetie, we love you so much and are so proud of you for being the brave and intelligent war heroine and scholar. I know this news can take some getting used to and we're here for you always. We hope to see you soon.

Love,
Mum and Dad

Priscilla,
I know what you must think of me after all those years of my family not being on friendly terms with you or your friends. Our son, Draco, did not know of your true identity and he still does not know, we left the decision up to you on whether or not you would like to tell him yourself or keep everything a secret. I apologize for my son's relentless teasing over the years and I understand that he is getting what is coming to him. As for Narcissa and myself, we knew of your true identity but had to act as though we were your enemies in order to appease the Dark Lord and keep you safe. Now that he is defeated, we can have a much better relationship. It is a great pleasure to see everything you have accomplished over the years at Hogwarts and I can see why they call you the brightest witch of your age. You may even be the brightest witch in general. I hope to speak with you and your parents soon in order to remove your strong glamour charm and restore you completely.

Your Godfather,
Lucius Malfoy.

"Wow. Hermione this is great!- i mean Priscilla. Gosh this is going to take some getting used to." Giggled Ginny

"You're telling me" sighed Priscilla as she let out a giggle. Lucius said that Draco deserved what was coming to him? Haha oh Priscilla could have fun with this.

"Do you want to go downstairs and tell everyone over lunch?" asked Ginny.

"Uh yeah…let me just respond to these letters and we'll go downstairs." Replied Hermione.

Mum, Dad,
I am currently staying at the burrow with the Weasleys and my friends. I would love to move in and see you all and to finally be able to meet with Lucius as well to lift the glamour charm. I am doing my best to adjust to the news and I'm nervous and excited and feeling so many different emotions at once, its insane. I am very excited to get to know my real parents, my family, and to see the life that I have missed out on for so many years. Thank you so much for keeping me safe. I love you. Please pass this on to Pansy as well.

Love,
Priscilla.

Lucius,
I understand completely why you and your family did what you did. Its taking some time to get used to everything but I am adjusting as best as I can. I am currently staying in the burrow with the Weasleys, but I am hoping to meet up with you and my parents to remove this glamour charm. And as for Draco getting what he deserves? Haha that will be interesting.

Love,
Priscilla.

As Priscilla finished writing her responses and tying them to the owl after feeding it a treat, she got dressed and headed downstairs with Ginny to have lunch and to break the news to everyone.

"Courage Priscilla. You got this!" said Ginny hugging Priscilla.

"I hope she's right" thought Priscilla.