A/N: Sorry about the wait. I know that I said this chapter would be up the same night I put the story on and I apologize. Fortunately, this is where you find out what Hermione's test for her husband was. I hope you enjoy it. Any questions that I can answer, I will, just ask in your review please.

Chapter 1: Early Birthday Presents

Seventeen year old Areyah Eileen Granger sat on the corner of her bed rereading the letter she had received from her "dead" mother. Areyah had always had doubts about her mother's death. And now she knew why. Her mother had not died while giving birth to her. She had simply gone away to test her husband.

My Dearest Daughter,

I suspect you are surprised by this letter, thinking I have been dead all these years. Or perhaps you are not surprised at all. Reading my diary all these years has most likely given you a good perspective on how my mind works. You may have guessed what I had done. With the help of one of the nurses and Mediwitches at St. Mungo's Hospital, I was able to imitate my own death. I suspect you would like to know the whole story as well. So here it is.

Your father and I started a relationship in my seventh year. Eventually, we were forced to marry by the Ministry. I became pregnant a few short months into our marriage and had an abortion due to your father's anger. I later learned that he was angry with himself for not being smart enough to stop it and for letting it happen. He wanted the child, but by then it was too late. I informed everyone but your father and Ginny Potter of a miscarriage.

After my parents came to take care of me, your father left me a note and went away. The year and a half he was gone, I secluded myself in Spinner's End, the house where we lived. I had a few visitors, but none who stayed for very long. On the one year anniversary of our marriage, I took off my wedding ring and gave up on your father's return.

When he did return, we both agreed to a divorce. However, our attraction to each other had only intensified and I found myself pregnant once again. When the hearing of the divorce came around, the Ministry revealed my pregnancy to your father so the divorce did not take place.

On my first visit to the Maternity ward in St. Mungo's, I asked for the help of a young nurse. On October twenty-fifth, I went to St. Mungo's for my usual appointment and the Mediwitch spoke to me about what she was going to do. If she waited any longer than that day to give me the potion for the test, I would most likely lose you. So, they sent an owl to your father at Hogwarts and then gave me the potion. By the time he got there, it was in affect.

The test was failed. My dying was meant to test your father as to how much he loved me. If he really loved me like he said he did, he would have wanted to keep you around to have even a small part of me in his life. He failed.

Now, I have one last test for him. He has six months from your birthday in two months to inform you of who he is. April twenty-fifth is his deadline.

I hope you can forgive me for leaving you with my mother all these years. I know she can be a little overbearing if not completely ruthless. I also realize that my father has not seen you consistently over the years. He has his reasons. Ask him, and he will inform you of them.

Forgive me for not making contact with you all these years. I love you.

Love,

Your mother

P.S.-Congratulations on becoming Head Girl!

Areyah had received her Hogwarts letter last month and today she was leaving with the Potter's for Diagon Alley. Having gotten to know Areyah during their time together in Potion, Harry had become her friend and asked her to come meet his family over the summer when they were out on break. The Potters had known her mother from school. However, they refused to speak of her father, just as everyone else did.

Areyah knew that today was her last chance to speak to her grandfather. She reached for the phone and called him.