Chapter 6

I also want to note the following to the readers. Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort, died at the age of 16 when he tried his hand at making a Horcrux. There were no wars, Harry's parents are still alive. Bellatrix and all dark wizards are in Azkaban for crimes against the Wizarding community and the use of dark magic. Please note this also brings up the fact the Longbottoms are also alive too. Bellatrix didn't get to them as she and the following dark wizards: Rabastan, Rodolphus, and Bartemius Crouch Jr were in Azkaban at the time. Disclaimer, J.K. Rowling is the rightful owner of the Harry Potter series. I am the owner of the plot alone and a few characters. Thank you. :) Please as a warning along in this chapter may be sensitive to physical abuse. Thank you again.

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Albus and Rose were asleep, but Lyra was staring up at the ceiling unable to find the same peace. Her mind was going into overdrive with the news that Miss Mia might be Hermione Granger, the Hermione Jean Granger, and that they were one and the same person. She didn't know what to feel, to be honest with everything that had happened, but she knew she had to find this woman to thank her for her kindness. She also wondered if Hermione or Miss Mia was her mother due to the fact of what she had discovered earlier, both in the vault and in the bag.

Lyra started to think about her father. When she told her father about her mother cheating, when she had finally realized the fact that her mom was cheating on her father, h father had never believed her. She felt that her father was oblivious to the fact her mother was cheating on him and with his best friend Marcus when she had been an adolescent. Right now, however, she doesn't know who her 'mother' was sinking her claws into now. Lyra's body shivered as she remembered what Uncle Marcus and her mother had done to her as a little girl.

Lyra covered her ears with her hands and screwed her eyes tightly shut as she tried to forget the images of Uncle Marcus and her mother beating her with a thin bamboo stick. She hated them both so much, she used to wish that her father would come in to see what they did. But never, not once did he ever come and saw the markings, she was sure if he had he would give her a sad and disgusted look. Lyra blamed herself constantly, remembering what her mother consistently beat into her, that she was just like a lowly house elf, not worthy to breathe in the same air as her friends or family. Lyra had accepted this as the truth, but with this news, she wondered if she was lower than house elves.

When Rose woke up, she first noticed Albus snoring with his mouth wide open, she rolled her eyes at her oblivious cousin. Turning over to see Lyra, she was shocked to discover that she was not there. She had a feeling that Lyra didn't much sleep at night, she wished Lyra would tell her things, confide in her as she was one of her best friends. Rose may not know the actual Lyra, but she hoped one day that Lyra would be able to feel comfortable in her skin. She went to the restroom to wash her face and then to wake up the still snoring Albus to find Lyra and grab breakfast.

Lyra was sat out on the balcony with her arms wrapped around her knees, a cup of hot tea sat by her. She hadn't been able to sleep at all as her mind was miles away with her brother and father. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't understand why her life was the way it was as a child. She closed her eyes and put her head down as she realized that Albus and Rose would come looking for her with lots of questions. Especially Rose as they were the best of friends. She just didn't know the answers to anything that would pacify either of them. What is there to say? Her mind drifted back to Hermione Granger, why had she left to go and live in the muggle world? What had happened? What made her leave? There had to be something to explain why she did what she did.

An eagle owl flew down by Lyra, her eyes were still closed, and she smiled softly as she heard the flutter of her father's owl's wings. She opened one eye open discreetly and watched as Tully cleaned herself. When she had finished, she turned to Lyra and cocked her head to the side. Tully often got impatient when she felt she was not being acknowledged narrowed her eyes at Lyra and stepped over to her to give a gentle nip on her fingers. Lyra jolted forward and scared the poor eagle owl. She giggled to herself as she sometimes scared the poor owl from time to time for her enjoyment. An amused smile was on her lips as she stretched her hand out to take the letter as Tully nipped her fingers playfully. She unrolled the scroll and sat back to read her father's letter.

"Lyra my sweet and only daughter,

I hope your travels are going safely and are what you are expecting them to be. I don't understand why you are out there instead of being at home learning the ropes of the business instead of your brother. I would like you to come home soon, but I understand this adventure you seek is something you need to do. So, I hope by the end of this month you will be finished and will come home to learn the family business. As for your brother, he will be at home looking after his wife which your mother and I will choose for him.

Love your father."

Lyra rolled her eyes as she knew he would do this, she didn't mind learning the ropes of the family business. But she sometimes wondered why she was the one who had to learn about the business. From what her grandfather Lu Lu had told her, Scorpius was meant to learn about it as she would be learning the traits of socializing and volunteering to assist with the community. She didn't mind learning about the business, but she did want to know more about what else there was in the Wizarding World.

She folded the letter, and she felt another nip from Tully, she rolled her eyes at the owl. Tully flew up onto Lyra's shoulder, and she walked back into the room to find some snacks for Tully to eat before she flew back to her father. Tully was one spoiled eagle owl, but only when she was around. Her mother didn't like it when she was around animals especially when people were with her. But if she were alone with them her mother would leave her with the animals or tell her constantly she was an animal or a house elf so she should go live with them.

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Lyra was only seven years old, two years have passed since she had run away from home. Her mother forced her to sit in the owlery with no food or water. She was to sit there until her father came home, it was her punishment for being caught reading in the library. Lyra didn't mind sitting up in the owlery as she learned a lot from the owls and had made friends with most of them. She wasn't always alone as all the owls and her house elf, her father had given to her as a babe, Penny would sometimes sit with her to keep her company and would often bring her books to read to help pass the time.

There was one time when Lyra had to be placed with Penny as her mother told Penny to teach her the ways of being a house elf as Lyra was one. Penny brought her with to her den to do what she was told from the mistress. But the truth was Penny taught her many things she was supposed to be learning from her mother just like Scorpius was. Instead, Penny was acting like her real mother, and Lyra was becoming more advanced than her own brother.

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When Lyra went inside the room, she grabbed the small bag in her bag where she kept treats that she knew Tully would enjoy eating. Tully ate them slowly, once she finished she opened her wings, and as Lyra stepped forward, she hugged the owl before Tully flew out of the opened balcony door. She pivoted when she finally noticed that Rose had stepped out of the restroom. They both stared at each other as neither of them knew what to say.

"Now that we know Miss Mia may be Hermione Granger, how are we going to find her?" Rose finally asked. Lyra replied thoughtfully "I thought if we could use my blood and the necklace maybe we can use a trace spell to locate her. It may work as I am her child and I have something that belongs to her. Or we can ask around the neighborhood inquiring about her." Rose nodded in agreement. "But we are on a time limit due to my father wanting to me come home to learn the ropes of the family business," Lyra added.

"I thought Scorpius was going to learn that as he is the heir of the family." Rose inquired. Lyra just shrugged her shoulders.

"So how much time do we have?" Rose asked, "Till the end of the month." Lyra told her.

Rose nodded as she knew Lyra wanted to continue to search for Miss Mia, she was the missing piece that would help her to overcome her demons.

"Why don't we go wake Albus up, grab breakfast and then we can decide on the next step in our plans," Rose suggested.

They all sat down together to share breakfast, Albus felt sorry for Lyra as she was expected to go back to learn the ropes of the family business. He knew she cared about it, but this thing they were doing was much more important than the company.

"Hey, why don't Rose and I continue to look for Miss Mia while you return to Wiltshire. We will keep you updated with everything and anything we find." Albus offered.

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