When Hermione woke up in Harry and Ginny's guest room she couldn't help but be disappointed, she had been hoping her ordeal was over. Although Hermione wasn't sure if she hoped to wake up in her flat with the memories she could still remember or in the bed she woke up in the previous day with the last seven years' worth of memories back in her head. Either way she didn't want to carry on having to cope with constantly wondering how she had ended up where she had. But it seemed as though she still had another day of uncertainty in front of her.

Getting out of bed Hermione grabbed some things Harry had brought for her yesterday and headed for the bathroom. When she was dressed Hermione headed downstairs, where she found Harry and Ginny in the kitchen having breakfast. After checking she was alright Harry had to rush off to work but he vowed to be back before it was time to leave for the hospital, he was an Auror and Hermione understood how important his job was and that he couldn't just take time off at the drop of a hat. Ginny managed to spend more time with Hermione but she also had to rush off, she was a Chaser for The Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team and had a morning's training session she needed to attend.

Left all alone Hermione read the morning's paper before she went into the Potter's front room. There was a book shelf in the corner of the room and whilst the choice wasn't the greatest, neither Harry or Ginny were big readers, Hermione did manage to find something half decent to read. Settling down on the sofa Hermione spent the morning in a fantasy world as she lost herself in the pages of her book rather than dwell on what was happening in her life.

Shortly after one, Ginny returned home and the two women had lunch together. Hermione tried asking Ginny questions about her life but the redhead only told her snippets, although she did promise to tell Hermione whatever she wanted to know if it was okay with the Healer, providing he couldn't just fix her there and then. After lunch the two women settled into the front room and chatted until Harry and Ron arrived at half two. Like Harry, Ron was also an Auror, although Hermione wasn't sure how they had both secured time off work to accompany her to the hospital.

Once Hermione was ready the group flooed to St Mungo's and made their way to Healer Addams office. Despite it not being quite three when they arrived they found Malfoy already waiting for them. Hermione watched closely as both Harry and Ginny greeted Malfoy friendly, obviously the Potter's had no problem with the blond.

"Hello Hermione. How are you today?" Draco asked, turning his attention to his fiancée.

"I'm okay." Hermione replied. While it felt weird to be talking civilly to Malfoy she figured that if Harry and Ginny were treating him like a friend then he was very different to the boy she remembered. "I'm just hoping we get some answers today."

"We all do." Harry said as he sat down on a chair next to Malfoy.

Ginny sat down next to her husband while Ron sat opposite them, glaring at his sister and best friend. Yet again it was obvious that Harry and Ron had had words and yet again Ron's dislike of Malfoy was shining through. Hermione was getting confused as to which of her friends to believe, Ron and Molly clearly disliked Malfoy and thought she shouldn't be with him while Ginny and Harry obviously liked him and supported the relationship. Not wanting to look as though she was choosing sides Hermione sat a little way away from them all, keeping to herself until Healer Addams appeared in the doorway.

"Miss Granger, would you like to come through." The Healer smiled at Hermione. "Your friends can all come as well if you wish."

Hermione nodded as she got up and followed the Healer. Arriving in Healer Addams office the group settled themselves down in front of his desk. Hermione found herself sitting next to Malfoy while Ginny and Harry made sure Ron was stuck on the end of the line, as far away from Hermione as was possible to get. Normally Hermione would have scolded her friends for being so childish but she was more concerned with hearing what the Healer had discovered.

"Well the analysis of the blood samples is in and I can confirm Miss Granger has been drugged." Healer Addams said. "There's traces of a powerful memory repressor in her system called Amissus. Amissus is mainly used in hospitals to treat people suffering from severe trauma, it represses the memory and slowly releases it back into the person's brain a bit at a time, enabling them to process what they're going through at a rate they can cope with."

"How long does it take for it to wear off and to release the memories back to me?" Hermione asked.

"Normally somewhere between a week and a fortnight is the normal rate, but it all depends on how potent the potion is that Hermione's been given." Draco was the one who responded, causing everyone to look at him. "The Potion is one of Serpent's Lair's concoctions, I created it." He explained at the questioning looks.

"What's Serpent's Lair?" Hermione asked.

"My Potions Company." Draco explained. "Amissus was the first potion I created. It was basically created to help people cope with the effects of the war. So many people had witnessed so much they just couldn't handle it, the potion is meant to be a controlled way of helping people deal with traumatic events."

"How has that ended up in Hermione?" Harry asked. "I thought it was only available through medical practitioners."

"It is." Draco said. "We only supply hospitals and trained medical personnel."

"Some Healers prescribe it to some of their patients." Healer Addams said. "I spoke to a colleague of mine and it's common for a weakened dose to be prescribed if people are considered not to be at risk of abusing it."

"So someone who has been prescribed this potion has slipped it to me." Hermione said. "Why? And how can a weakened dose take away seven years' worth of memories?"

"I don't know about the why but the strength of the dose doesn't control how many memories are taken, that happens when it is brewed. The strength is what dictates how long it takes to wear off." Healer Addams explained.

"How do you work out what memories to take?" Harry asked Draco.

"The potion isn't one of these you drown straight from the bottle, you need to brew it fresh on the day of consumption. What we provide is the main elixir that you mix with water and bring to the boil. While you're brewing it you add a piece of parchment into the mixture with the exact dates or times you want to forget." Draco explained how the potion worked to the rest of the room as they all watched him in fascination.

"Do you think we can get a list of everyone who's being prescribed this potion?" Harry asked the Healer. "Maybe that way we can work out who has given it to Hermione."

"You'll have to go through the proper legal channels with the hospital, but that should get you the results you need." Healer Addams replied. "But as for right now, now we know what's wrong all we have to do is be patient and Miss Granger's memories will return."

"That's it, just wait." Hermione said, unimpressed.

"Basically." Healer Addams smiled apologetically. "Although I do recommend surrounding yourself in familiar places with familiar things. Try and live your life as normally as possible, a normal routine will hopefully help the memories surface."

"What about people telling her things about her life?" Ginny asked. "Will that harm her?"

"No." Healer Addams shook his head as he smiled. "Actually that could help, something someone says could trigger a memory."

"Do I need to come back to see you?" Hermione asked.

"I'll need to see you next week, hopefully by then the potion will be wearing off and you'll be heading back to normal." Healer Addams said, flipping through his appointment book looking for a suitable slot for Hermione. "Is next Wednesday okay? Ten o' clock."

"That's fine." Hermione said, standing and shaking hands with the Healer. "Thank you."

"See you next week." Healer Addams smiled as the group made their way out of his office.

Like the previous day Hermione led the way into the waiting area and everyone settled down in one of the seats. Everyone apart from Ron who paced the floor in front of where Hermione was sitting.

"I can get going tomorrow on getting the list of patients with a prescription." Harry told Hermione and Draco. "Although things like that usually take a few weeks."

"Why bother?" Ron scoffed. "I can tell you right now who did it, he's sitting beside you."

"What are you suggesting Weasley?" Draco snarled, getting up and glaring at the redhead.

"It's an awful coincidence that it's your potion that took Hermione's memories. You would know exactly how to concoct it to make her forget and probably never remember." Ron sneered, trying to provoke the blond into attacking him. The fact the Healer said Hermione should lead a normal life had him worried she would return to live with Malfoy.

"And why would I do that Weasley? Why would I want my own fiancée to forget me? What would I gain by having the woman I love look at me as though I was the worst thing she'd ever seen?" Draco asked with a scowl. "It's more likely that someone who wanted her back had slipped her the potion. It's an awful coincidence that her memories take her right back to just before you started behaving like a prat and drove her away."

"That's enough." Ginny moved between the two men, not wanting a full on fight to take place. "Stop the accusations, Harry can look into it professionally and find the culprit. We should be concentrating on Hermione."

"You're right." Draco sighed, turning away from a scowling Ron. "I'm sorry, Hermione."

Hermione looked up at Malfoy, seeing a different side to him. The way he had stood up to Ron had revealed just how much he loved her and the pain in his voice when he described the way she had looked at him the previous morning was heart-breaking. Hermione had also noticed that it seemed to be her who had left Ron after he had done something to drive her away.

"It's fine." Hermione said eventually, noticing the relief wash over Malfoy's face as she accepted his apology. "We're all a bit highly strung at the minute."

"I think the fact that someone we know has done this has us all on edge." Draco said as he sat back down near to Hermione.

"How do you know it's someone we know?" Hermione asked.

"The potion works within three hours of consumption, it varies depending on the amount of memories you want to bury. Even seven years of memories won't take longer than three, maybe four, hours to bury. That means you have to have consumed the potion at our engagement party." Draco explained.

"Chances are someone slipped it into your drink unnoticed." Harry added. He'd wanted to check the timing with Draco before making any assumptions but he had also already considered the possibility it was someone close to Hermione who had done this to her.

"Who would do that?" Hermione asked, totally shocked that someone she knew was responsible for the state she was in.

"Someone who doesn't want you with me." Draco said, staring pointedly at Ron.

"Then maybe you should look closer to home." Ron retorted. "We all know your father doesn't approve of Hermione. And let's be honest it would be just like him to pull a stunt like this."

"First of all if father did do this why did he take seven years of Hermione's memories? We've only been together for five so that's all he needed to take. And secondly if he was going to try and split us up he would target me, not Hermione." Draco scoffed at Ron's suggestion that Lucius was responsible for Hermione's predicament. "This looks far more like someone wanting her back with you, not just trying to get her away from me."

"I agree with Draco." Ginny said. "This is more about Hermione and Ron than Hermione and Draco."

"I've had enough of this, even my own sister is accusing me. I'm off." Ron threw his hand sup in the air and turned away from his sister, who was protesting she wasn't blaming him. "I didn't do this, Hermione." He said before stalking away and disappearing round the corner.

"I wasn't trying to blame him." Ginny said, looking in the direction Ron had gone. "I know he would never do this to Hermione, even if he is still holding a torch for her."

"I know you weren't blaming him, sweetheart." Harry put an arm around his wife and pulled her into his side. "We'll talk to him later and clear the air."

"Okay, but now we need to decide what Hermione's doing?" Still sitting close to Harry, Ginny turned to look at her friend. "I think you should go home. Harry and I will just be a floo call away if you need us."

Hermione bit her bottom lip and looked around uncertainly. Ever since the Healer mentioned living a normal life and going about her normal routine she knew this was coming, but she still wasn't sure if she was ready to go home with Malfoy. She knew he would be the ideal person to talk to and find out things about her life, not to mention the questions she would get answered if she could just have a good look around the house she now lived in.

"I can move into the spare room." Draco offered, sensing Hermione needed a push to get her to agree to come home. "I'll also be around as much or as little as you want."

"I don't want to push you out of your home." Hermione said.

"It's your home too." Draco replied. "Besides you won't be pushing me out if you don't want me around I'll spend my time in the spare room or my study."

"Okay, I'll come home." Hermione said hesitantly. "But I don't want you feeling as though you have to hide away. I would prefer it if one of us was in the spare room but as for the rest of the house, it looked big enough for us both to move around comfortably without getting in each other's way but without totally avoiding each other."

"How about I go home and move some of my stuff to the spare room while you go back to the Potter's and get your stuff." Draco suggested. "Then you can come and settle in."

Hermione agreed as they stood up and made their way back to the ground floor. Like the previous day they split into two groups and headed to the two separate houses, but unlike the previous day they knew that by the end of the day the two respective couples would be back in their rightful homes. Even if for the time being Draco and Hermione would be in separate beds.