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*OUR DESTINY*

Chapter 2 - Friends and Understanding

Hermione felt that usual tug from the floo and the next thing she knew she was in the kitchen of the Weasley family home. She walked quietly to the living room and immediately was crushed by hug.

"Oh Merlin, Hermione you are finally here. I missed you so much!" Ginny whispered as she hug Hermione.

"Hey Herms, how was your trip?" Ron said as he stuffed a muffin in his mouth and Hermione cringed at the same time.

"First of all Ronald, do not call me Herms, you know I hate that name," she paused, " Second, do you ever stop eating and third my trip and what followed was very interesting. I have so much to tell you all!" Hermione said.

"O.K. Mione, let's go sit and you can tell us everything," Harry said after engulfing Hermione in a loving hug.

As they sat down, Hermione and Ginny on the dark orange sofa with Harry and Ron sitting on the cherry wood coffee table in front of the girls.

"SO..." Ron said with a blank look on his face.

"Well first of all, I did find my parents, but I left them there," Hermione said with a somber look.

"Wait what do you mean?" Harry questioned.

"Like I said I left them there. When I found them I was ecstatic, until I stood in front of their home. It was the house of my mum's dreams! An artistic little bungalow with a big beautiful garden in front. The house was perfect down to the white picket fence," Hermione said looking down at her hands. Harry reached out and tipped her chin up with his index finger so she was looking into his eyes.

"Mione, we will always be here for you no matter what," Harry took her hand and smiled and waited for her to continue.

"So then my mum answered the door after I got up the courage to finally knock. I was floored! She was holding a new born baby wrapped in a blue blanket," Hermione paused, " They looked so happy, I have never in my life saw such enormous smiles on my parents faces. At that point I excused my self and walked away. When I saw them so happy I felt no connection with them. I can't explain it!" she said with a small smile on her face."Then about a week ago, I came back to England and packed up my parents home and settled everything for them." Hermione took a deep breath and thought to herself, "If you think this all a shock, just wait!"

"Well guys, there is a little more!" Hermione said a little bit to loud.

" O.K. ...?" the three said in unison in a confused tone.

"I had one last thing to for my parents today. So I went to their bank to receive their safety deposit box..." She said

"What the hell is that?" Ron interrupted.

"Uh Ron, Merlin you are so rude!" Ginny yelled as she swatted him on the back of the head.

"It is fine Gin, Ron a safety deposit box is like a vault a Gringotts but the are much smaller.

"Wow, Cool!" Ron yelled and they all started laughing. When they were done laughing they all looked at Hermione with a look that said Continue Please.

"Where was I, ah, when I opened the box lets just say I was a little shocked. There was about 5800 pounds in it, a locket, and two letters," she paused to compose herself, " Well then as I read one of the letters it said ... I'M ADOPTED!"

"How?" Harry asked wide eyed. Hermione pulled out her adoption papers and handed to them. They all read it over, and then starred at Hermione with astonished looks on her their faces.

"So, what do we call you now?" Ron asked

"Bloody Hell Ronald, I am still Hermione. I have not changed, I don't even know who my real family is!" Hermione yelled while hitting Ron on the arm.

"Ow, sorry Mione," Ron said rubbing his arm.

"Do you have any clue to who your family is," Harry questioned.

"Well actually yes, I have a letter," Hermione pulled out the letter and the locket, " and this locket."

Harry read the outside of the letter outloud. "I.S.Z. open on your seventeenth birthday. Well I guess we will find out on September 2nd!" They all started smiling until Hermiones face formed an extremely worried look.

"What is wrong Mione?" Ginny whispered looking into her eyes.

"Where is Scarlett?" Hermione questioned.

"Mione, we haven't seen her since the day of the battle. We tried her house but her wards wouldn't let us in. We are scared she could be dead!" Ginny started to cry as she automatically jumped up and ran to the floo, and grabbed and handful of powder then looked at her friends.

"Mione where the hell are you going?" Harry yelled as he stood up.

"To go get my Letty!" hermione yelled back.

"LIke we said the wards wouldn't let us through," ginny exclaimed.

"That is because you didn't have the codes," Hermione countered back.

"Oh and you do," Ron said sounding like a prat.

"Actually I've had them since I was eleven, Ha!" Hermione said looking satisfied. Then she said the codes under her breath and then threw the powder down and yelled "Prince Manor!"

Hermione rolled out of a black marble fireplace into a dark study with only one lamp lit. She stood up and dusted herself off and then looked around the room. She spotted a very pale and sickly looking girl sitting on a push red chair starring at a picture in her lap.

"Scarlett?" Hermione questioned.

"Hello my Mia," Scarlett said not even looking up.

"Oh Merlin, We all thought you were dead!" Hermione yelled running over to her.

"I want to be Mia, I'm so lost now without them," Scarlett whispered looking into Hermione eyes.

T.B.C.