Chapter 9

Fred didn't sleep at all that night. He kept turning in his bed as he tried to come up with an idea to find Hermione's parents. They were in Australia, but where? Fred has only seen them once, and he couldn't remember them very well. How was he meant to find them, reverse the charm and get them to come to the wedding? It seemed like mission impossible. But around five in the morning, he jumped out of the bed as a thought blossomed in his mind. Within five minutes he was dressed and out of the door but before he could disapparate, he felt a hand on his right shoulder and turned around to see his other half looking straight back at him. They joined hands and disapparated to the Ministry of Magic.

"Where did you think you were going without me?" asked George, a smile tugging at his lips.

Fred sighed as he unravelled his completely extravagant plan and as he talked more and more about it; it seemed more and more crazy. But George listened patiently and once Fred was finished, he said he'd help because Fred would go crazy without his help and that, anyways, everyone knew George was the smarter twin.

"I beg to differ!" shouted Fred indignantly. "Everyone knows that I am smarter, more handsome and way better with girls. Talking about girls; how is it with you and Luna?"

"Dream on dear brother of mine, and to answer your question, it's going really well. I really didn't expect her to be so nice and funny. We've decided on our wedding plans as well. A yellow and purple wedding sounds good, right? Yellow is for Luna because she says it's good luck to have yellow in the wedding and it keeps Nargles away. Don't ask. Purple is for me, because we have magenta work robes. What about you?"

"That sounds really nice. What are Nargles anyway? I never really got it. No, don't answer that George. We're having a traditional wedding with white and purple. Then a fun reception afterwards, so we have to get planning for some tricks to play." Explained Fred eagerly

They continued talking as they made their way to the office of Kingsley, the new Minister of Magic after the Second Wizarding War. It may have been really early, but Kingsley was in his office day in and day out. Literally. So when they came up to his office and found him sipping on a mug of coffee, the Weasley Twins weren't surprised. With less than two weeks to go, they had to get started quickly. But Kingsley would help them to such an extent that if everything went to plan, then Hermione's parents will be here in under a week.

"Kingsley, could I ask you a massive favour please?" asked Fred

"Of course, as long as I don't have to test any of your products." Said Kingsley jokingly

Fred smiled at that and explained his plan to the new Minister of Magic:

"Well, as you know, Hermione and I are getting married in under a week. However, there's been a complication; her family's memories were completely erased. Hermione tried to go to Australia and did the counter curse but it didn't work, her first spell was so powerful that it isn't reversible anymore. Is there any way we could change that?" Fred was practically begging Kingsley.

"Of course there is something we can do. Let's get Hermione's file."

A grin spread out on Fred's face as Kingsley accio'd the file. He rummaged through it and slipped out a sheet of paper, and on it were three faces. A short man was standing in the photograph with a fantastic smile, beaming down and the little girl next to him. The little girl looked so much like Hermione, except that she had blonde hair like her dad's and she seemed a lot more girlish. Next to them stood a beautiful woman with hair exactly like Hermione's but she was much taller than Hermione. This was Hermione's family. Next to the pictures was a short description of every member of the family and underneath that there was a magical map of the world with a pin in Australia. Kingsley touched the pin and the map changed into a map of Australia, now we could see that the Granger family was near Perth, in the west of Oceania. One more click made the exact address appear. Now the men knew where the family was, what they looked like, but the biggest problem still needed to be resolved.

"What about their memory, how are you going to change that?" asked George

"First things first gentlemen, we need to get them to the Ministry, and I'm extremely busy today, so could you all go to Australia today, find them and give them this potion. It'll transport them directly here, a bit like disapparation, but much more comfortable. I'll expect you buy 11 in the morning. You have five hours."

The red headed twins were out of the Ministry in a flash and they disapparated to the Granger's street directly, much faster than going to an apparition point. Luckily, the street was a very quiet one, and no one seemed to come here very often. Once they arrived in the street, they made their way to number 43 and they stood in front of the house. It was a nice size house with a small front garden. There was a gate leading to a path way which showed the way to the front door. The door was an imposing door made out of oak, which made Fred and George hesitant. However, the rest of the house seemed so calm and relaxing. One more push from George and Fred opened the creaking gate and stepped into the garden. Hesitantly, he knocked on the door and waited for an answer. It seemed as if his heart was going to rip out of his chest. How was he going to make them drink the potion? What if they didn't let him in? No one opened the door, so he knocked again, but there was still no response.

"I don't think they're here" said George "the car isn't here anyway."

Fred turned around to see that that was in fact true, and that the driveway was indeed empty. Sighing he took out the magical map and looked at where they were. Within a few minutes, they located the family and so they headed towards the park near the house. But this was very different to the wizarding world, and the twins weren't very comfortable with all the cars, bicycles and planes flying overhead. They seemed so out of place as they jumped at every bark from a dog and anyone would have thought they had never seen a train. And indeed they never had seen a train. There was a railway in front of the park with a passage way on top of it for the pedestrians to cross. However the men didn't know that and watched the trains go by, trying to find a way to get across. After some time, someone stopped by them and indicated the passage way. They finally arrived at the park and quickly found the Granger family. They were sitting on a bench having a picnic since it was already 1:30pm. This wouldn't be so hard after all!

Fred and George casually walked along the path and George knocked over Fred as they passed the family, which caused Fred to pour the potion onto the food and drinks. They apologised and the Grangers didn't even seem disturbed by the fact that their sandwiches were damp as they waved the excuses away. They bit into their food and with a *POOF* they were gone. Fred and George disapparated almost right after them.

Well, it didn't seem like mission impossible anymore!