Hermione loses her mother and father before her fifth year in school and reads a letter soon after that changes her whole world. (Events in book five will happen just not sure if I'll change some of them at this point obviously the parts in book 6 & 7 where Hermione talks about her parents if she does won't be in there.)

Temporary home ~ Carrie Underwood

"This is my temporary Home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passing' through
This was just a stop, on the way To where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this was
My temporary home."

Chapter Quote

Heaven is so far of the Mind
that were the Mind dissolved—
The Site—of it—by Architect
could not again be proved—

'Tis vast—as our Capacity—
as fair—as our idea—
To Him of adequate desire
No further 'tis, than Here—

~Emily Dickinson~

"Hermione . . . I need to tell you something." Her mother said groggily.

"Mama don't speak you have to save your breath."

"I have to Hermione before I go."

"Oh, Mama please don't talk like that." She replied. "If you have to; write down at least." She added.

"Do you have a paper and something to write with?"

"Here, Mama."

"Could you please leave me on my own to write this?"

"Yes." Hermione simply said. Hermione walked out of the room and went to find the nurse to let her know that she had to go and run a few errands. No girl should have to deal with their mother dying so soon but Hermione was two years away from being considered adult in her world but not her parent's world.

She waited an hour before actually finding the nurse because she kept on looking in on her mother every ten minutes. It's now or never Hermione thought to herself.

"Nurse I'm going out to get a few things ready for when she goes. I expect it to be any time now. I know I should be her when she goes but she wanted to write a letter for me to read when she passes on and the privacy seems to help her write and she doesn't want me in there anyhow."

"I'll let you know if she goes while you're out."

"Thanks."

Hermione wasn't gone even fifteen minutes before she got the call that her mother was gone. She sat on a bench in a park and cried every tear she had in her before she walked back to her mother's flat.

The nurse stayed with Hermione as they took her mother's body away to be prepared for burial. The one thing Hermione could say about her mother's death was that she had a peaceful look on her face and not one of the many that she seen of those lost to the war and it's only been a few months.

When her mother's body was removed Hermione turned to the nurse to dismiss her but she had already left and in her pace was a note.

Hermione,

The note your mother wrote you is in a hope chest in her room. I did not want it to be lost when they moved her so I placed it in there the key to the lock is in your jewelry box from when you were a little girl.

~Lilly Heartlyn~

Hermione read through the note one more time and folded it back up and placed it into the hope chest along with her mother's note. They would have to wait she had more important matters to deal with.

She got up from her place in front of the hope chest and owled Ginny to come over.

An hour later 14 year old Ginny was there with her mother Molly and helped her plan the funeral. It was planned for the Friday following her mother's death. It would be a small grave side ceremony with Molly, Ginny and Mr. Weasley and Hermione herself.

After the funeral; Molly and Ginny followed Hermione home. No 15 year old girl should be left alone after the loss of a parent. Something stupid might happen.

Hermione went to her mother's room and started crying again.

Mrs. Weasley heard and ran to Hermione and pulled her into a hug telling Hermione how sorry she was to hear about Hermione's mother. This is why a child can't be left alone after a parent's death, thought Molly to herself.

"I'm fine it's just hard my with my dad dying in that car crash not too long ago and I can't live on my own at 15."

"Well Hermione you can come stay with us at the order; she can can't she mum?" said Ginny trying to cheer Hermione up even though it was a hopeless cause.

"Well yes. Harry should be coming in a week or two and you can stay in a room with Ginny."

"Thank you." Hermione said. "I might need a little help with one more thing though."

"What?" asked Ginny.

Hermione walked over to the jewelry box grabbed the key and gestured to emphasize the whole house. "It's this house I don't want it. My mum only got it because my dad had died and our old house was too big for just us."

"Where to start?" asked Molly.

"You guys can do the guest room, living room, bathroom and kitchen and I'll handle my mother's room and mine."

"Okay." said Ginny as her mother made a movement with her wand to conjure up boxes.

And with that they all went to separate corners of the house and started packing. The bathroom and the guest room were the first to be completed since there wasn't much in them. Molly with Hermione's permission shrunk all the furniture and put it into a few spear boxes and had Bill send them to Order Headquarters when he came to see why mother and sister were taking so long. He even made the muggles think that moving people were carrying out the furniture for about an hour after he got there.

Hermione had Bill shrink the hope chest with the letters in it so she could carry it herself to the Order headquarters. Bill had hugged her and told her that he was sorry for her loss.

They took all her things to the Order head quarters and placed them in the room she would be sharing with Ginny.

"Ginny could you tell your mother that I don't want anyone to know about my mother and could you give me some time alone. I have some of her stuff I want to go through but I need some privacy."

"Okay just come and let me know when you are done."

"I will." Replied Hermione as she closed and locked the door on the younger witch. Once the door was closed Hermione let the tears flow one more. She moved the boxes off the hope chest took out the key and opened the chest. She saw her first dress that she wore home from the hospital, pictures of her mum and dad and her together on vacations and some of their wedding. Her birth certificate and the letter her mum wrote just minutes before her death. She immediately grabbed the letter and put everything else back into the chest. She walked back to her bed and started to read the letter.

To my Dearest Daughter,

You my dear are not the normal average muggle born little girl you thought you were. I know I should have told you this long before now but I just didn't know how to tell you. The secret I have kept was that you were adopted by my late husband when two weeks after you were born.

I got pregnant by a man I was truly in love with but he disappeared after our one night together so I never got to tell him about me or that I was expecting you. I ran off and met your father two weeks later. He was my friend and nothing more throughout the whole experience. I had you 8 months and two weeks later. We married a week after you were born and he adopted you the week after that.

You look so much like your true father. You have his curls. You only have the light brown color because of my blond hair diluting his dark hair color. You have his exact eyes like your friend harry has his mothers eyes. From the shape to the color you have his eyes. I did have one photo of him I don't know where it is now but could have been lost to the years of tucked into one of the many book that are now yours.

Your father is like you. You are not what your world calls a muggle born witch; you are what they call half-blood I think.

Sincerely,

You're dear Mother.

"We are so sorry Hermione." Ron replied once Hermione unlocked the door. "I have no idea what I'm going to do when ever mom and dad go."

"You sound like Ginny."

"Please don't say that Fred and George will make me look like her come hallowing if they hear you talking like that," Replied Ron.

"Thanks I needed a laugh. Oh and you can't tell harry when it comes."

"I know I heard Ginny telling mum, otherwise I wouldn't even know about it."

"Oh and Ron don't think about what you are going to do when your parents pass on, think about the times you've had together."

"I will." Ron and a female voice replied.

Hermione turned around to see Ginny leaning up against the door jam. "Oh Harry's gotten himself into trouble. I heard Sirus and mum talking about dementors or something like that. They've sent him owls telling him not to leave his aunt and uncles house and not to turn over his wand." Ginny Said when Hermione turned to her.

"I'm glad that Harry is okay. All though I do worry why dementors in a non magical neighborhood." replied Hermione as she sat up on her bed. "I don't think it was the ministry that sent them either." Hermione added once she was sitting up straight.

"I agree Hermione because if the ministry did do that then that means they are out to get harry for what he says happened in the final task of the tournament," Replied Ginny.

"Why would the ministry want to harm harry?" asked Ron.

"Isn't it obvious? Harry said the Lord Vodie is back and hurt Cedric Diggory so bad that he's locked up in St. Mungo's with professor lock heart." Replied Hermione sarcastically.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine and I just want to talk to Ginny right now so please leave," Said Hermione bitterly.

"You don't have to bite my head off." Replied Ron as he left the room for his own.

"Hermione seriously is everything alright?"

"TurnsoutthatI'madopted."

"What?"

"As it turns out that I'm adopted. My mother told me just before she died."

"Hold on I think I'll need my mum's help on this one." replied Ginny as she left the room to go and grab Mrs. Weasley because she could tell by the look on Hermione's face she seriously needed a girl talk.

"Ginny wait." Called Hermione, "I don't want to talk about it with everyone here wait till later okay."

"Okay will wait till after dinner and before mum does her bed checks. That would give everyone about an extra ten minutes to fool around before bed."

"That's a good idea you should tell Fred, George and Ron ahead of time." Replied Hermione as Ginny left the room and she began to read her mother's letter one more time before molly called them down to dinner.

Ginny came back up after telling her mum that Hermione needed to speak with her after dinner and letting the boys know that they had a few more minutes of play time. They sat listening to music from the weird sisters on the wizard wireless while playing muggle board games that Hermione's mum kept even though Hermione hadn't played them in at least the five years she's been at Hogwarts.

"Okay I think that was the last of the board games." Said Ginny "Got any other games?" asked Ginny.

"No but I do have cards," Replied Hermione.

"I know a few muggle card games. Harry taught me last year during Christmas break."

"What ones?" asked Hermione.

"The only one I can remember the name of is War," Said Ginny.

"Okay." said Hermione as she started to deal out the cards.

They played by themselves until Ron came in and spent the last 15 minutes before dinner teaching him how to play war, but Hermione had the sneaking suspicion that he would never understand the game; maybe harry could teach him to play

"Dinner is done." Said Mrs. Weasley

Edited 12-17-2011