Chapter 3
"Hello, I'm Albus Dumbledore. I'm the headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Dan Granger." Mr. Granger says shaking his hand
"Jane Granger." Mrs. Granger doing the same while balancing the sleeping infant with one arm.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both. Please shall we sit down?" He walks into the dining room. "Tea? Lemon Drop?" He offers
"Tea would be fine, thank you." Mrs. Granger accepts on behalf of her and her husband.
After handing out the cups to the other two and serving one for himself, he folded his hands before him.
"Well I believe you both have questions and I will try my very best to answer them for you." he says pleasantly
"What's going on Mr. Dumbledore?" Dan asks
"Yes the other three wouldn't tell us a thing." Jane adds
"Earlier tonight your daughter and her cousin were taking a shortcut through the park close to your home when they were surrounded by Deatheaters."
"Who are they again?" Jane interrupts confused
"They are Voldemort's followers."
Seeing their blank looks, he was mildly surprised but kept it well hidden.
"Voldemort is an evil wizard set on taking over the world."
"So he's a tyrant." Dan clarifies
"Yes I guess you can call him that."
"Alright then where are my girls?"
"Perhaps I should continue where I left off?" he asks rhetorically "Deatheaters are very ruthless and set about trying to break Hermione's will into telling them where the Order, who's a group of wizards that fight to stop him, was located. She refused so they…There is no easy way to say this. Well they tortured the girls."
Jane gasped and covered her mouth, tears gathering in her eyes, twin streaks slowly streaming down her face.
"Are they okay?" Dan asks thickly his vision blurring slightly
"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but Ms. Jessie Granger has passed on. Hermione at the moment is as fine as she could be given the circumstances and is currently resting with Mr. Potter in the living room as we speak." he says gravely
"NO!" Jane yells distraught
Dan reaches over and gathers his wife in his arms, making sure not to squish the infant she still held.
"My offer my condolences to you and your family." He says softly watching them.
"Where's my baby? I want to see my baby." Jane says looking at Albus through red, tear-filled eyes.
"I'll take you to her now. May I ask who the child is?"
"This is Kaitlyn. She was Jessie's daughter." Dan answers softly and begins to wipe his eyes with a handkerchief
Albus leads them into the living room where everyone was still located. Draco and Ron were both sitting down near the couch with their girlfriends, Ginny and Lavender in their laps.
"Professor…" Harry trails off
"Harry this is Dan and Jane Granger. They're Hermione's parents." He replies
"I wish we could've met on better terms Mr. and Mrs. Granger." Harry says softly "I'm sorry for your lost."
"Thank you." Dan replies seeing that his wife was in no condition to do so.
"JESSIE!" Hermione yells sitting up quickly and sobbing. She had just relived everything in her dream and it felt like her heart was being ripped out and stomped on again.
"Shh….Hermione it's okay." Harry says hugging her tightly and letting her cry on his shoulder.
"Hermione." her father says tears filling his eyes once again
Hermione turned while still staying in Harry's arms and looked over to where her father was. "Daddy?" she asks vulnerably
"It's me princess." He replies and a moment later had his arms full of his sobbing teenage daughter.
"I'm so sorry Daddy. I tried to protect her." she sobbed
"It wasn't your fault sweetie." he says rubbing her back and holding her securely in his arms, tears falling from his eyes
Kaitlyn started crying with the family feeling the gloomy atmosphere. Harry got up and offered to take her so that Jane could try to comfort her daughter as well. Jane reluctantly handed her over and gathered her daughter in her arms, Dan shifting his arms so that he was now holding both of his girls. Harry started to rock Kaitlyn slightly and speaking softly to her, getting her to calm down quickly, shocking everyone in the room at this.
A/N: Okay so BlackDemonAngel is writing her own version of my story. At first I didn't think I wanted to continue the story and was willing to give it up but while her version is good it's not what I envisioned so I thought I would try writing it again even though I'm not to sure how I'm gonna write it yet. However, this is still my first fan fiction that I've posted and after finding this unfinished chapter on my computer, I just started writing again. I know it's not that good but after I don't even know how long it's okay for now. I don't know when I'll update again but I'll try to do so. Thanks for the support I appreciate it. Tell me what you think, I love to hear from you all including on what you think could be fixed. Please don't be harsh though. Constructive criticism is okay but no flames.