There she was standing outside house 39 in Laterns Street waiting to meet her sister. Ron rang the doorbell then gave Hermione's hand a squeeze. There was a click as the door opened and a woman with dark hair and dark eyes greeted them.

"Can I help you?" The woman asked

"Hello, I'm Hermione Weasley, um I was wondering are you Ellen Lansberry?" Hermione asked

"Yes I am did you say you were Hermione?" Ellen asked

"Yes" Hermione said nervously

"I had a sister called Hermione once" Ellen said

" That was me" Hermione replied

"It's been so long" Ellen said hugging Hermione

"Ellen, I can't believe I'm finally meeting you" Hermione said returning the hug

"Please come in," Ellen said opening the door for Ron and Hermione

"Can I offer you any tea or coffee?" Ellen asked

"Some tea would be great thanks" Hermione replied as she and Ron sat down and waited for Ellen to join them.

"So your Laura?" Hermione asked

"Yea that's me, all though know I'm known as Ellen"

"I never knew about you, to think all these years…" Hermione said

"Oh sorry, we didn't introduce ourselves!" Hermione said

"I'm Hermione Weasley as you know and this is my husband Ron" Hermione said gesturing to Ron

"Well its lovely to meet both of you" Ellen said

"MUM! ELLA'S CRYING AGAIN!" a voice yelled

"Sorry can you excuse me for a minute?" Ellen asked

"Sure would you like some help?" Hermione asked

"Oh no that's fine, how about you come meet the kids though?" Ellen asked

"Sure" Hermione replied

Ron and Hermione followed Ellen upstairs and were greeted by a little boy who looked about 11 or 12.

"She's in the playroom," the little boy said

"Ok sweetheart, and oh Peter I want to introduce you to some friends of mine" Ellen said

"This is your Aunt Hermione and your Uncle Ron, and Ron, Hermione this is Peter"

"You mean the famous Ron and Hermione the hero's of the golden trio?" Peter asked

"Yes Peter" Ellen replied

"It's an honor to meet both of you" Peter said shaking both of their hands

"He's a bit of a fan, sorry" Ellen said

"Well what can I say?" Ron said with a smug smile

"Ron!" Hermione exclaimed whacking him on the shoulder

"Ouch Hermione!" Ron exclaimed

"And this is Chloe she's four year old" Ellen said picking up the little girl and rocking her.

"Hey Ella look its your Aunt Hermione" Ellen said as Hermione looked at the beautiful baby girl.

"Is it just the four of you?" Ron asked

"No there's my eldest daughter, Hannah, she'll probably be in her room, hang on one minute ill grab her, would you mind holding Ella?" Ellen asked passing Ella to Hermione and walking down the hall to knock on a door.

"She has those same brown eyes as you" Ron said smiling at Hermione

"Are you gonna be a bossy know it all like your Aunty when you're older?" Ron asked the little girl.

Ron laughed as Hermione shot him a death glare and he kissed her temple

"This is Hannah" Ellen said entering the room with a girl. She had long brown hair that went past her shoulders and dark brown eyes.

"Hi, I'm Hermione and this is Ron its lovely to meet you" Hermione said reaching out to shake Hannah's hand.

"It's lovely to meet both of you" Hannah said

Ron reached out to shake Hannah's hand

"Well how bout we all go have some lunch" Ellen offered

"So what happened why did you leave?" Hermione asked Ellen as she helped clean away the dishes from lunch

"It was just the way they treated me, like I was some burden, they were scared of me, they even tried to get me to go to a muggle school and try to become a dentist and when I first got my Hogwarts letter they told me I couldn't go and I guess I just cracked it, so I left and changed my name, new life, new identity. Then I just camped around the streets for a bit, then somehow Hogwarts found me again and accepted me," Ellen said

"Where did you stay?" Hermione asked

"Three Broomstick, I took the savings out of my old bank accounts and used it to pay for rent," Ellen said

"But they were all your savings for the future"

"What else was I supposed to use? I worked hard to earn it all back I can assure you" Ellen said

"Then after I graduated, I found a job at the ministry and then the war came along and well that's were I met John, he saved me from a spell cast by a deatheater" Ellen said

"You fought in the war?" Hermione asked

"Yea lost a lot of my friends from school, in that war-," Ellen said as she chocked on a sob. Hermione got up and sat down next to Ellen and gathered her in her arms.

"Shhh its ok, its over" Hermione said hugging Ellen

"Sorry sometimes I get a bit emotional, though I'm sure you do to" Ellen said

"It's a hard thing to deal with," Hermione said

"Yea, well then after the war, I got married had kids and here we are" Ellen said

"I cant believe this, you poor thing to go through all of that alone, I'm so sorry Ellen" Hermione said

"What about you guys though?" Ellen asked

"Well we met each other on the Hogwarts express" Ron started

"And she was a pain in the ass" Ron laughed as Hermione elbowed him

"Then I saved her life and she fell in love with me I guess" Ron said smugly

"May, I remind you, you only saved my life using a spell I taught you and secondly you wouldn't have had to save my life if you hadn't sent me crying to the bathroom were the troll was" Hermione said with a scowl

"Of course love, whatever you say" Ron said planting a kiss on Hermione temple as Ellen laughed at the two of them.

After saying their goodbyes to Ellen and the kids Ron and Hermione went to pick up the kids from the Burrow.

"You know you should really call your mum" Ron said as he got ready for bed

"Why?" Hermione said raising an eyebrow at him

"Come on Mione, you know why"

Hermione stayed silent and refused to make eye contact with Ron

"What are you going to tell the kids when we suddenly stop seeing them? Because you are not gonna give them this , they don't deserve it Mione"

"Ron" Hermione said shocked

"Hermione they don't need anything else, to find out they had an Aunty they never knew is a pretty big load already" Ron said sternly

"You don't think I know that! You think this is easy for me Ron?" Hermione said her voice rising

"Mione, I didn't mean it like that" Ron said stepping towards Hermione

Hermione stared up at Ron scowling

"I just meant you need to sort this out because they don't need anything else to bring them down right now, I know this is hard for you, but we will get through it together" Ron said planting a kiss on Hermione's forehead.