Chapter 9
The end of term brought on her OWL's and Severus the end of the year exams which were strenuous on them both. They saw very little of one another over the last month, but with the end of term, she was escorted from King's cross directly to Headquarters. She could not see her parents without an order escort and the only one available was Professor Snape. They were dressed to their best with Hermione in a baby blue sun dress and Severus in his best muggle black suit. He apparated her to her parents home and Hermione opened the door to their home. She was bombarded by hugs and kisses.
"Mum, Dad, please sit down. I know that you are still receiving my copy of the profit. And I know that you know about all of the problems in the wizarding world. Mum Dad, we are members of a group of people who have pledged our lives to make sure that the good guys win. The other order members and I feel that it would be best to put you in hiding like other muggleborn parents have been doing. It is for your safety and Severus has some property in Sydney that would be perfect for you. We want you to be safe and you would be there. You would be able to do everything that you are doing now except you will not have to fear any of the problems that are happening here. Please tell me that you will let us relocate you." Hermione said.
"We will relocate if you can promise us that you will be safe as well." Her dad said.
"I have been seeing Severus for the past school year. Severus will be able to protect me. He has asked me to marry him and I have accepted. I will continue my education and he will continue to protect me as he has. Our marriage will remain a secret to everyone else and after today, we will continue as we have before as if nothing ever happened." Hermione said.
"When are you to be married?" Mum asked.
"Today. Severus was able to get our paperwork and he has a church. We wanted you to be our witnesses." Hermione said.
"Hermione if this is your wish then we will support you in this." Her father said.
"We may not know what brought you together but if you are happy then I am happy for you." Mum said.
"Do we need to pack anything?" Dad asked.
"Only what you want to bring with you. My house will provide everything else that you could need." Severus said.
"Are you sure that you can keep my daughter safe?" mum asked.
"I will do everything in my power to protect your daughter and keep her happy." Severus said.
"Give us a few minutes to get everything that we would like to take with us and then we will be ready to go with you to the ceremony." Dad said.
Hermione pulled Severus up to her old bedroom so she could pack it. She wanted her wardrobe, her library and her photo albums. Severus obediently shrunk her spare trunk after it was filled, when they headed back to the living room, her parents were waiting each with a small bag to take with them. They were dressed very nice and were ready to go to the ceremony.
When we return from the ceremony, we have some things to do before we send you away. We need to make sure that our marriage remains a secret." Severus said.
"You are not going to obliviate us like Hermione's teacher did to all those people are you?" Her mum asked.
"No, we are going to give you a potion that can protect the information from the people that can read your mind. The potion will not let you speak about our marriage unless the other person also knows of the situation." Hermione said
"It is time to go." Severus said. Hermione's parents left their bags by the door before they allowed Severus to whisk them all off by portkey.