Chapter 10-

Moody POV

Auror Moody,

May I say on behalf of all the citizens of Great Britain, thank you for your quick and decisive effort to eradicate the soul fragments of Lord Voldemort. We owe you a debt of gratitude.

In reference to your inquiry, yes, I do know what brought Riddle out of hiding in my vision of the future. I believe that route may be too dangerous to recreate, however, I will leave that decision up to you once you have heard the tale.

In my vision, Voldemort sent a servant to spy on Albus Dumbledore as he interviewed candidates for the open position of Divination Professor. While the servant was in attendance, the seer being interviewed gave a prophecy that pertained to Voldemort's demise. The Death Eater only heard the beginning of the prophecy, but it was enough to cause Voldemort to fear for his life and attempt to eliminate the person he perceived to be the threat. One evening, Voldemort went after the child that he believed was the object of the prophecy. The child's parents were murdered, and when Voldemort attempted to murder the child, he failed. Instead the child became another horcrux and Voldemort spent several years in wraith form before returning to a body.

In addition, Voldemort was lured out of hiding in order to attempt to recover the entire prophecy from the Hall of Prophecy since only those whom the prophecy speaks of may remove them. Finally, Voldemort was killed after being lured to Hogwarts, mere hours after discovering that his horcruxes were being hunted, in order to attempt to retrieve the remaining horcruxes and keep them safe from destruction.

Each attempt worked to lure Voldemort out of hiding, but each came at the cost of innocent lives. Please choose wisely Moody.

Sincerely,

Septima Landers

Looking back over the letter he had received two weeks ago, Moody knew it was time to put his plan into action. Using his connections, Moody placed a fake prophecy in the Department of Mysteries that was addressed to The Dark Lord.

Since the Ministry had a planned half work day the upcoming Friday, Moody was hoping that Voldemort would use that time frame to gain entrance into the ministry, where Moody and his hand selected group of Aurors would be waiting to apprehend him. If everything went smoothly, thought Alastor, then Voldemort's spy in the Department of Mysteries will be informing his master of the prophecy as we speak. Hopefully this time next week the world will be free from his evil influence.

Lily POV

It had been two weeks since school got out, and Lily was already looking forward to going back. It wasn't that she disliked being home; in fact Lily loved spending time with her family. Being at home allowed Lily to spend time acting girly with her mum and Petunia, which she didn't get to do a lot at the castle, where she spent most of her time studying with Severus and Hermione.

Hermione. That was what kept Lily from enjoying her summer at the moment. I wish there was something I could do to make sure that Hermione had a good summer, thought Lily sadly. She dislikes being at the orphanage because none of the other children want her around most of the time. She doesn't have a mother to take her shopping, or a sister to talk about boys with, or a father to teach her dance in the evenings. It must be so lonely for her, sighed Lily.

The more Lily thought about it though, the more she realized that there was something she could do to help Hermione. After spending a few minutes gathering her thoughts, Lily left to find her mother.

"Mum!"

"What dear," asked Mrs. Evans?

"Mum," replied Lily with a pleading smile on her face, "would it be possible for me to invite my friend Hermione to stay with us next month?"

Before her mum could reply Lily quickly added, "She doesn't have any family and she lives in an orphanage over the summer. I know she's extremely lonely, and because it is a muggle orphanage she can't get letters from her friends. She gets along great with Severus too, and I'm sure Tuney will just adore her. Please mum?"

After hearing Lily's passionate speech, Roberta Evans looked at her daughter with a soft smile. "Let me talk to your father, but I don't see a problem with letting her stay here for a few weeks before school starts again. Do you know what orphanage she is in so we can go talk to her if your father agrees she can come stay?"

"She said it was some place called Netherley's," replied Lily as she gave her mum a huge hug and left to find Severus.

Severus POV

Severus heard a shout behind him as he was walking towards the park down the street from the Evans' house. As he turned around, Severus was almost bowled over by Lily as she ran at him and gave him a huge hug.

"Severus, I'm so excited. Mum said that Hermione might be able to stay with us for part of the summer," spoke Lily.

"Really Lils?" asked Severus, sounding just as excited as Lily had been.

"As long as dad agrees, then they are going to drive down to the orphanage and ask if she can stay with us for the rest of the summer."

"I'm going to see if I can get to dad first then to make sure he will agree to let her come. Thanks for letting me know Lily," Severus shouted over his shoulder as he took off back towards the house at a run. He never noticed the sly grin that Lily sported on her face.

Severus took a moment to catch his breath as he stood in front of Michael Evans' office. After knocking and hearing the muffled "Come in" Severus took a calming breath and walked into the office.

"Hey dad. Mind if I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure Severus, come on in and shut the door," replied Mr. Evans. "What do want to talk about?" He asked after Severus took a seat in front of the desk.

"Lily and I have this friend, Hermione. She doesn't have any family, and she spends her summers living in an orphanage," said Severus. "I was wondering if she could come and stay with us for a while before school starts back up? She gets really lonely at the orphanage because she isn't allowed to receive owls since the other girls there don't know about magic."

"As long as your mum agrees, then I don't see a reason why she can't come over and stay for a bit before school starts," replied Mr. Evans.

"Thanks dad!" said Severus with a large grin on his face. As he left the office, Severus passed his mother in the hallway and couldn't stop the grin from returning as he saw her head into the office.

Michael Evans POV

Michael couldn't help but smile as he watched Severus leave the office with a huge grin on his face. I don't think I have ever seen Sev that happy, he thought as he watched his wife enter the room and shut the door behind her.

"Michael dear, I just had a chat with Lily, and she mentioned something to me that I would like your opinion on," stated Roberta Evans.

In a moment of clarity, Michael asked, "let me guess, she wants to invite a friend from school over to stay for the rest of the summer?"

"Severus was asking the same thing then?" put forth Roberta with a laugh. "If they both seem to want to have Hermione over so badly then I suppose the least we could do is drive down to Surrey to see if she would like to visit."

"I'm sure Sev would like that at least," added Michael. "I can't recall ever seeing him as happy as he was a minute ago when I said that I would consider inviting her. If you ask me, our young man has taken a liking to this young woman."

"Oh that's so cute," gushed Roberta. "I wonder if she shares his feelings. We have to invite her now so I can see for myself what it is about her that has both of our children so enthralled with her company. Lily was positively ecstatic when I told her I would speak to you about inviting the girl."

Two Days Later-

Hermione was sitting on her bed reading Pride and Prejudice (yet again) when she heard a knock on her door. Wondering who could possibly be at the door wanting to talk to her, Hermione got up and opened the door to see Madam Rivera and a couple that looked vaguely familiar standing in the hallway.

"Good morning Madam," answered Hermione politely, "what can I do for you today?"

"Hermione dear," replied the matron, "this is Mr. and Mrs. Evans. If you are agreeable, they wish to speak with you for a moment."

Seeing Hermione's nod, Madam Rivera turned to the Evans and said "when you're done, please stop back by my office to let me know what your decision is and to fill out any necessary paperwork."

After the Madam had retreated down the hallway the couple followed Hermione into her room and began to speak with her. "Hello Hermione, I'm Roberta Evans and this is my husband, Michael. I understand you are friends with our children, Lily and Severus?"

"Yes madam," replied Hermione.

"Well Hermione, we would like to extend an invitation for you to stay with us for the remainder of the summer holidays," asserted Mr. Evans. "Madam Rivera has given us permission to remove you from the orphanage for the next month, so if you would like to stay with us then we can go ahead and take you back with us today."

Thirty minutes later they were in the car driving home, with one extremely excited young girl in the back seat.

AN: First off let me say how sorry I am its been so long since I have posted. I had to return home for a funeral this last week, and my parents haven't discovered the wonders of the internet yet. A week with no readily available internet is torture if you didn't already know that. Anyways, here you go! As always, I would love to read your thoughts and suggestions, so please review!

Disclaimer: As previously stated, I have never owned and will never own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling is the lucky one there.