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Ok enough reunions, lets get the other characters back! Harry needs a family!
The next morning, everyone got up and had some breakfast. George and Hermione had to go to the Great Hall for breakfast since they were teachers, but everyone else stayed in the Chamber and a house elf served them.
As it was Monday, both George and Hermione had to teach classes, so they brought a bunch of Quibblers down to the group and let them catch up on the past two years events. The Quibbler is the believable paper now, the Daily Prophet was a rag.
Classes were alright for George and Hermione. Teaching helped them focus on a normal day and get ready for their next missions. They ate lunch with Percy and Neville and nodded to Flitwick, indicating that everything was good and they would continue with their plans.
After their last classes for the day, they headed back down to the Chamber. George had gone to Hogsmeade and brought everyone some butterbeer to make up for having to be stuck for a little longer.
It seemed like everyone was getting along. Hermione thought that Snape was probably going to use his second chance at life to have the life he actually wanted. She knew Colin just wanted to get back to his family, and Remus and Tonks were patiently waiting to see their son.
Hermione brought pictures of Teddy for Tonks and Remus, as well as some interesting books and Quibblers, everyone else had found good books to read or things to do on their own. After showing them the pictures, Hermione asked Remus for the memory from the Department of Mysteries when Sirius died. They were going to try to retrieve Amelia Bones and Sirius tonight but needed to do a bit more planning. They knew that Amelia Bones was at her house and ambushed by a lot of Death Eaters, but she need the one little fact before she could plan Sirius's rescue.
Remus thought hard and handed his memory over to George and Hermione. They went over to a pensieve and went right into the memory. When they came out a few minutes later, both were beaming.
"What did you find out? Was he dead at the time he fell through?" Remus really wanted to know. That had been one of the hardest days of his life and he'd had a fair few hard days.
"He was still alive, just stunned. We'll have to reconfigure the charm to save him, but it'll be a bit easier than what we did for you guys. He already has his body, so we'll just be altering it to return his body to his younger self, as I'm sure he was happiest around your age when Lily and James were alive. We've already got the charm worked out for that scenario." Hermione smiled at him.
Both Unspeakables walked over to a secluded corner and called Firefox to let him know that they would be attempting to bring back Amelia and Sirius. Once they had Sirius back, they could get Cedric, because Harry had only really spoken in depth about the night in the graveyard with Sirius and Dumbledore.
Firefox gave them the green light and told them to let him know when they got back. They got their Unspeakable cloaks, Harry's invisibility cloak, and put on their charms to mask their appearances. Everyone was astounded by the power these two showed when in uniform and watched in awe as they held hands and said an incantation, disappearing from thin air without a sound.
Hermione and George appeared in Amelia Bones' backyard on the night of her death. They knew that death eaters would attack and that the doors to the room she was in would be locked from the inside. They transformed into Slick and Rascal and went in through a back window, thanking their lucky stars that most wards wouldn't alert the owner to an animal.
Once in the house, they stayed in the shadows and explored a bit. This was Bones Manor, so it was huge. They passed what must have been Susan's room at the time, and finally located Madame Bones in the sitting room. George waited by a window as a lookout to alert Hermione to when the death eaters approached, while Hermione ducked behind a tapestry, transformed into a person, focused on Susan's love for her aunt, and cast the charm. Again, the translucent otter was to wait until she lost the battle before entering Amelia's heart. Hermione quickly changed back into Slick, there were no distractions here and it wouldn't do for Madame Bones to see her.
A few moments later, Slick was standing close to Rascal and they saw the Death Eaters arrive. Knowing they couldn't stop this event, they made sure to be well hidden but in view of the translucent otter.
Hiding behind a bookcase behind the couch, they could still see what was happening. They could see the second Amelia knew that her wards were breached, she jumped up and grabbed her wand. There were anti-apparation wards set up, her floo was blocked, and they cancelled out her emergency portkey somehow.
Resigned to her fate, they could see the steely determination in her eyes as Madame Bones decided to take as many people down with her as possible.
It was a gruesome fight and it got ugly quickly. Many death eaters lost their lives in the fight, but as soon as they fell they were portkeyed away. It seemed like Voldemort knew he didn't want to leave any evidence of who had done the killing there.
Finally, Amelia started slowing down and Rookwood was battling as hard as he could. Having taken down so many opponents already, Amelia was getting tired and Rookwood's fight had just begun. He by-passed her shields and ducked a hex she sent him, firing off his own cutting curse at the same time. Before the cutting curse hit her, Hermione's charm ran to her and jumped into her heart. The cutting curse killed her almost instantly and Rookwood grabbed the last unconscious death eater and disapparated.
Slick and Rascal looked at each other and were shocked at what they had just witnessed, it was a gruesome fight and they knew that Madame Bones had taken down at least seven death eaters before she was struck down. Since nobody was left, they exited again through the same window they entered from and traveled back to the Chamber of Secrets in their time.
The people in the Chamber were waiting for their return and Tonks and Fred came over and hugged them as soon as they returned.
"Where did you go? You just disappeared over an hour ago and then just pop right back in here? Who did you go save?" Tonks asked.
"We were at Bones Manor casting the charm on Amelia Bones. It was a gruesome fight that we'd really rather not talk about. We need to get ready to go save Sirius, sorry we don't really have much time to chat. We'll talk more later after our missions for tonight are through." George said, knowing that Hermione was still a bit in shock from what they had just witnessed.
George steered Hermione into her room and turned her around to look at him.
"Mione, it's ok. I know that was horrible to watch, but she was a very brave woman and she fought her heart out. We'll get her back and reunite her and Susan ok? Take deep breaths baby, we're ok." He said while holding her close and stroking her hair. He felt her take a deep breath and relax a bit.
She looked up and said "What would I do without you?" while smiling at him. She tilted her head up and gave him a loving kiss before speaking again. "Let's go save wonderdog."
George laughed and they got their stuff together for the next mission and left Hermione's room. They bid farewell to the others and disappeared again, this time to wishes of good luck.
They had chosen Mr. Weasley's office at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office as the place to go to, since they knew nobody would be in there and could both picture it easily. Once they reappeared in 1995, they pulled Harry's invisibility cloak over themselves and Hermione got on George's back. This way, they would both fit under the cloak without their feet showing. Since Hermione was so petite, it was easy for George to support her weight.
They quickly made their way down to the DOM and through the doors, it was easier for Hermione this time around because she was familiar with the layout of the department. She heard shouting and thought that Harry and the others must have met back up. She would be unconscious by now, so they needed to get to the Death Chamber before they missed their chance.
George was on the same page, so headed toward Firefox's office and went through the door to the right of Firefox's. This led straight to the Death Chamber and it was lucky the door was hidden because it sounded like Harry and Neville were locking all the other doors.
A few minutes later the Order had shown up and George got his wand ready. Him and Hermione stayed toward the top of the room and watched Sirius's progress, they knew he would die fighting Bellatrix. When he got closer to the dais with the archway, George focused on his love for Sirius as a friend and marauder, but mostly on Harry's love for Sirius as a friend, father figure, and godfather. He shot his translucent otter out and it made a beeline for Sirius, they heard Sirius laugh and taunt Bellatrix right before the otter connected with his chest right before the red streak of the stunner hit him and pushed him into the veil.
This was where Remus's memory cut off, and they couldn't help but watch and listen to Harry's desperate cries for Sirius. The look on Remus's face was one of pure anguish and Harry sounded completely heartbroken. It was then that they looked at each other and left through the doorway they entered from. They entered Firefox's office and took off the cloak.
They hugged tight; it was hard hearing Harry's reaction, but silently they both agreed to get back to their time and get him back so they could take away Harry's pain. Holding hands, they travelled back to their time in Firefox's office. They decided to retrieve Amelia and Sirius as soon as possible, it was still quite early and they might be able to get Cedric tonight as well.
Running together into the Death Chamber, Hermione focused on Amelia's bravery and cast the return charm, waiting only a few minutes to see her fall out of the veil. She looked a few years younger than before, but not much. Hermione verified her identity and showed her their Unspeakable identification to calm her. Madame Bones knew what she was looking at was valid so trusted the two strangers to explain when they could.
Slick turned to her and said "Madame Bones, we will be retrieving Sirius Black in a moment, please don't be alarmed. He is completely innocent of all crimes that he was accused of so just trust us till we can give you a better explanation." Amelia nodded and waited for them to continue. She suddenly couldn't make out what they were saying though.
Hermione looked at George and winked, telling him to cast a silencing charm around their rescuee so she couldn't hear the retrieval spell.
Once he did that, he focused on Sirius Black's bravery and everyone's love for him, almost immediately they were rewarded with a much younger Sirius Black. He looked to be the same age as Remus, but still had the shadows behind his eyes that he had acquired in Azkaban.
He immediately stood up and demanded to see Harry. Hermione pulled down her hood and removed her charm so he could see who she was.
"Ok Sirius, what did you give Harry for Christmas in our fifth year and did he ever use it?"
"I gave him my mirror like the ones James and I used to have. We could talk through them if he said my name. He never used it, I don't know if he ever even opened it." Hermione nodded.
"Ok my turn, what did you use to rescue me in your third year and where did you take me once you had me out?" He asked, he was pretty sure this was Hermione Granger, but he didn't want to make any mistakes. He knew he died and was a little confused on why he was back.
"Haha, Harry and I used a timeturner to go back and rescue you and Buckbeak. We opened Flitwick's window and flew up to the astronomy tower on Buckbeak. You told me I was the brightest witch of my age and told Harry that he looked like his dad but he had his mum's eyes. Now, if you believe me, we need to get back to our headquarters and debrief you. I think you'll find some familiar faces there." She smiled at him knowing he would follow without protest.
George took Amelia's hand and led her to Firefox's office and called out their destination, Hermione following with Sirius.
The Lupins and Fred were waiting for George and Hermione to return even though it was late. They needed to know if the rescue went as planned and that everyone was safe. Colin and Snape gave up and went to bed earlier that night.
The three present turned their heads when the floo activated, knowing it was George or Hermione. They were surprised to see Amelia Bones step out with George and then a second later Sirius stepped out with Hermione.
Remus wasted no time running up to his brother and hugging the living daylights out of him. Tonks punched him in the arm and tried not to cry.
After happy reunions all around, Hermione and George showed themselves to Amelia and Sirius and explained what had happened. Amelia couldn't wait to see her niece who she was told was now living with Hannah Abbott and trying to live up to her aunt's success in the ministry. Sirius found a mirror and couldn't believe that he was now in his twenties and that he and Remus had de-aged so much. He also couldn't believe his friend wasn't a werewolf anymore.
"So wait, why are you guys here?" He just had to ask, it had been bugging him throughout the explanations.
"We died in the last battle Padfoot, we left a month old son behind and Harry's the godfather. I vaguely remember seeing you and talking to Harry for a few minutes at one point, but yeah. We were returned yesterday and they still need to get a few more people including Cedric Diggory, Luna's mum, your brother who turns out to be on our side, James and Lily and Fabian and Gideon. In fact, didn't you guys need something from Padfoot?" Remus asked George and Hermione.
They looked over and nodded to him. "Yeah Padfoot could we get your memory of the night Harry came back from the graveyard in fourth year? We need a better idea of what happens there so we can stay safe while we rescue Cedric."
Sirius nodded and used George's wand to pull a silvery memory from his head.
"Great, now, Remus and Tonks I know you have the most info on what's going on and what Harry has been up to, so if you could fill him in that would be amazing" Hermione continued while walking over to Sirius.
"Sirius, I know we weren't that close, but I'll answer any questions you have about Harry when I get back, the sooner we get done the sooner you can see him. He loves you so much and his heart was truly broken when you died. I'm glad you're back and I hope we can be better friends now that you're back."
"I hope so too Hermione. And thank you for taking care of my godson when I couldn't. He wouldn't be the same person if it wasn't for you and Ron. I'll talk to you later, be safe, you'll be in Voldemort's presence." She nodded to Sirius and left to look at the memory with George.
Remus, Sirius, and Tonks spent the next few hours talking about everything that had happened, after extensive teasing about the fact that Moony married his cousin, Sirius got the info he needed on Harry to rest his heart until he could see him again.