My Family
Chapter 5
The Truth Is Out

Severus was lived when Hermione told him what Ginny had done but she wouldn't tell him who was the one who knew about it...yet. She had said it would be soon but until then he'd have to wait. When he asked about the open wound on her leg she blushed and looked ready to cry.

"I was in the halls at Hogwarts when someone came up behind me. I didn't know who it was until after it happened when they thought I was out. It was…it was Harry and Ron. They looked so happy about it that they kept jabbing it with their wands. I tried to not cry out but when they had gone I wouldn't help it. No one heard me as they'd silenced the room. After that it wasn't long before I over heard them talking about me being a death eater then I couldn't take it anymore so I left."

"Why didn't you come to me?"

"What? After we had just split up? I felt like no one wanted me so I just left. It was better that way. If that had happened again I don't think Jazon would be here now." She had tears falling down her face. Severus took her into his arms and held her. He looked over her shoulder and saw movement but was glad it was Weasley that had seen or heard this. Looking again he saw that it was Draco and his father. Nodding at them he watched them walk back to the house.

"Right how about we go back to the house. I think Narcissa has had a special dinner made for her birthday." Hermione gasped as she pulled away.

"Why didn't you tell me? I don't have anything to give her." Severus used his hands to stop her pacing and looked her dead in the eye.

"Don't worry I got her a portrait of her dead sister so we can say it's from both of us ok?" She nodded and sighed. She smiled at him and they began they trek back to the house.

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Hermione smiled as Narcissa walked into the room. She looked so beautiful that she was sure she had seen her before. It was like looking at her aunt but also her mother at once. Shaking her head she wished her a happy birthday.

"Thank you dear. It was great to look after a baby again. Maybe one day I will have grandchildren." Draco blushed and looked down at his hands. Hermione knew why this was. She knew that Narcissa wasn't going to have any grandchildren from him.

Ginny snorted and was about to say something as she also knew but Hermione spoke up first.

"Why don't we give you your presents now?" Lucius and Severus looked happy that Ginny had been cut off. It was only Narcissa that didn't know about Draco. Narcissa smiled and said it was ok. "This is from Severus and me. I hope you like it."

Opening it she gasped and a smile came to her lips. "Thank you. I haven't got a picture of sister. She was kicked out of home when she had just left school. But that's a story for another time and place." She showed Lucius and he nodded but Hermione gasped when she saw the woman in the picture. "Is something wrong dear?" Everyone was looking at her.

"That's…that's my aunt Clara…" Even Ginny gasped at this.

"Are you sure dear?" Narcissa got up and walked around the table to her. Hermione nodded but didn't take her eyes off the picture that had been set down on the table.

"She would come around every day when I was younger when my mum and dad were at work. When I started school she would walk me there and pick me up. It was like she was there more then my mum. She had a fight with her before I went off to Hogwarts and I haven't seen her since."

"So she's still alive?" Hermione looked at her and saw the hope in her eyes.

"I think so. I tried to go to her house once when I come home for the holidays and I saw her just going into her home. I shouted out to her but she looked shocked at seeing me and ran into the house and locked the door. I haven't seen her since." Hermione frowned but it went away when she felt Severus's hand on hers.

"Is…is there any chance you could show us where she lived?" Hermione smiled at this and nodded.

"I can. It would be great to see if she still lives there. She might even talk to me again." She looked at them all and saw that all the men were hiding smiles and Ginny was glaring at her. Narcissa gave a cry of joy and hugged her.

"We'll go tomorrow and go from there." Lucius shook his head at his wife and frowned when he saw Hermione looked confused.

"Is something wrong Ms Granger?"

"Could we maybe go tonight? I just would like to see my parent's house before we go and see her. I haven't been there since last year since…since…" They nodded at her.

"Ms Weasley you will be coming to so we can keep an eye on you like our Lord said."

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Hermione stood in front of her old home and smiled a sad smile before going to open the door.

"Damn Granger you lived in style. I would have thought you would have at the tiniest house ever."

"No my dad said if you can't live like you want to there was no point in living. That and he had money to burn. Always brought me something home. Mum didn't like it much but he kept doing it anyway." Her smile seemed to warm them all a bit apart from Ginny who snorted before pushing passed her. They all followed and jumped when they heard a voice call out.

"Hermione is that you?" Hermione frowned before calling back.

"Remus is that you?" Severus was shocked when Remus Lupin walked out of the kitchen. They saw Hermione motion for him to pull his hood up. He nodded and did so just as Ginny walked back into the hallway. Thankfully she hadn't heard who it was. She glared at the person before turning it onto Hermione and asked where she would be sleeping. Sighing Hermione took her upstairs with a house-elf they had brought. Ginny didn't know this as the elf was to keep an eye on the girl.

She came back down to see Remus still had his hood up but was sitting with Jazon in his arms. Severus, Lucius and Draco were standing up while Narcissa was looking at pictures on the wall with a frown.

"That's my dad and me. He made a thing of it to have a picture together every year. Mum hated it so she wouldn't have one done with us. Then again she never had one with me."

"I know him from somewhere. Lucius isn't that Jake Royton? You remember him always with Clara." Lucius walked over to the picture along with Severus and Remus, who had gotten up when that name was said. He went pale when he saw the man. They all nodded and Hermione frowned before asking what the hell they were on about.

With a wave of his wand Severus made it so no one could hear them talking. "He went to school with us. He was in the year above me and Remus. He would always be with Clara and it seemed for a while that they would get married. But from what your telling us that never happened." Hermione nodded and sat down. It was then that she remembered about Remus being there.

"What has gone off Remus? And don't say nothing is wrong." She added before he could say it. He sighed before putting Jazon into the crib next to her seat. Sitting next to her he ran his hand through his hair. The hood had fallen down when he had gotten up.

"There was a big fight." He looked at Severus then the Malfoy's.

"Don't worry we know about Severus working with your side as well." He nodded before he went on after he got a nod from Severus as well.

"They think Severus is telling you things and that's how some of the order have been going missing. I see now that we've been looking at the wrong person. I will have to tell him Hermione he's been worrying." She nodded and sighed.

"This is the one who knows about what happened?" Severus asked and she nodded.

"He only told Remus as he kept asking questions about why I had gone."

"Yes but so did everyone else." Severus said and got a smirk from Hermione.

"But were you asking the right person?" Severus glared at her but didn't say anything. "I think it's about time everyone knew about Ginny anyway. Maybe we should set her up. Either way she gets found out."

"What have you got in mind?" Draco smirked and so did his father and Severus. They knew Hermione and that she would have something that would make Ginny the only one to get the blow back.

*****

The next day Hermione woke up in Severus's arms and smiled while snuggling into him more. He pulled her closer still and sighed into her neck. "Do we have to get up?" His voice sounded so sexy to her but knew that if they didn't get up soon someone was bound to knock on the door. Remus had stayed but was going to go and put her plan into attention later while they were out. Ginny thought he was a death eater that was sent to look after them and was not to show his face to them.

"We have to Severus. But you don't have to come if you don't want to." He shook his head and they set about getting ready to go. Jazon was washed, dressed and fed by the time everyone else was up and Narcissa looked ready to crack.

"Will we be walking there or side along?"

"I've never done side along but it's only a ten minute walk from here." Nodding Narcissa sat down and ate her breakfast that Hermione and Severus had made together.

It was an hour later that they set off as Ginny was taking forever to get ready. Hermione was leading the way with Jazon asleep in his pushchair. Severus and Lucius were talking about some mission while Narcissa and Draco kept an eye on Ginny. Hermione suddenly stopped in front of a small house that had seen better days.

"This is it." She looked at them before she moved forward to the door. She went to knock on it but stopped when she heard a noise around the back. Picking Jazon up she made her way around the back on the path that was nearly covered in weeds. Severus went to pull her back but she had already gone around the side of the house.

She held Jazon a bit more tightly as she looked at the woman who was sitting in a deck chair reading a book. She looked just like she used to apart from a few grey hairs here and there. She looked like she had just given up on herself and life.

"Aunt Clara?" Hermione called out. The woman jumped and turned towards her with her eyes looking wild.

"Mione? Is…is that you?" Her voice sounded harsh and she was shaking. Severus was stood next to her now and so she handed Jazon to him and went to help her aunt up. She had to run as she had started to get up but had started to fall forward. She just reached her and stopped her from falling. "You shouldn't be here. She'll be very angry with me." She was still shaking but Hermione could tell it wasn't from the cold. She was quiet warm.

"It's ok. No one's going to be angry. I promise. Why don't you sit back down then I'll tell you why we're here?" She nodded and Hermione helped her sit back down again. Severus had moved forward with Jazon but as of yet the Malfoy's and Ginny hadn't come around yet. "I'd like you to meet someone-"

"No, no you shouldn't be here she'll go mad please go."

"Aunt please-"

"GO!" Hermione pulled back and had tears falling from her eyes. At the shouting the others had come around at a fast pace. Hermione was in tears and sitting on her knees in front of her aunt. Severus had gotten down next to her and was holding her to his side. It was Narcissa that shocked them.

"Now see here Clara you won't shout at the poor girl. She only wanted to help. Don't you dear think that just because I'm your sister I'll let you get away with it." Clara looked up in shock and stared at Narcissa in wonder. "Now you had better get up and sort yourself out as your coming home with us. We'll sort everything else out when we are there. Understand?" Clara didn't move so Narcissa came to her and helped her up before walking her to the house and in. Draco moved forward and held out his hands so Severus could hand him Jazon. Nodding Severus handed him over before pulling Hermione into his arms. She cried into his chest and her hands held onto his top tighter.

"S…she hates me…" Severus held her tighter and rocked her in his arms. Lucius saw that Ginny was about to walk into the house but he grabbed her collar and shook his head at her.

*****

Clara was still in shock an hour later when they went back to the manor. Hermione had not wanted to be shouted at again by her aunt so had taken Jazon and herself up to bed. Severus and Draco had tried to talk her out of it but she had already shaken her head and taken off up stairs. They were all sat in the parlour, well all but Hermione, Jazon and Ginny who had decided not to be there.

"Now your going to tell me right now why you have been living like you have when you knew that I'd help you if you'd have come to me for help." Narcissa told her sister.

"How could I? After I had found out I was having the baby do you really think I would lower myself to that? Jake's family had already decided to marry him off and we had to think about what we had to do. His wife said that she'd take the baby on if she could do what she liked and we agreed. I didn't want our baby to grow up with nothing but me who at the time couldn't hold down a job." Clara was rubbing her hands together. "I had to agree I didn't know what else to do. But you can see she's fine. Hermione has done fine without me all these years."

There was a gasp from the door and they all turned to see Hermione. Clara went to get up but Hermione backed away and ran out of the room with her calling after her. Severus went to go after her but stopped at the bottom of the stairs when he heard their door slam.

*****

Hermione sat on the bed with her eyes red and looking down at her shaking hands. This just couldn't be real. She had only gone down to get Jazon a bottle but had over heard the talking. All her life she had been told a lie and now she had heard that her aunt was her mother.

TBC…

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