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Chapter 11: What are we going to do about her

Remus Lupin returned downstairs after taking Hermione to her room to find a shell shocked Harry and Kingsley still sitting at the table. The Twins explained what they knew about Hermione's parents and how she had not told Harry as Hermione did not want to place even more guilt or stress on him when he had such a important task already chasing down the horcruxes to enable the defeat of good old Mouldy Shorts.

Remus looked at the shell shocked expressions before finding a bottle of fire whiskey and to pour a couple of fingers for his old comrade and his friend's son.

"She is a true daughter of Gryffindor – Sláinte," said the Minister of Magic with admiration in his voice. "The Twins told me a while ago about her parents we just planned the intervention tonight to ensure that all the facts about her parents were out in the open so she could focus on the rehabilitation process".

"Why didn't she tell me?" mumbled Harry as he sipped from his glass.

"Cause as the Twins said she wanted to ease the burden on her friend and recognized that you would feel guilty for the actions she had to do to protect her family. Hermione logically looked at the options and found a solution. It was just pure bad luck that her parents were killed in a MVA that could have happened at any time.

The girl was fighting for herself, her parents and every other Muggle against a pureblood elitist group who just wanted to kill her and her kind purely on the circumstances of her birth. The Hermione Granger we know and love has always stood up for what she feels is right and just. She has never backed down from a fight for those whom she feels are mistreated so she was not going to back down from a fight for people like her parents whom she loved and cared for. You have known her for seven years now has she ever backed down from defending the underdog?" asked Remus.

There was a rude snort from the doorway to the kitchen dinning area. "That would be a no," agreed Tonks.

"So fellas whatcha all so glum about?" asked Tonks.

When there was no response from the group the female Auror started to get a little angry. This could be witnessed by the change of her hair to a flaming red colour. "So fellas we are having a pity party and the one who has the most reasons to participate in this party is upstairs and probably asleep. Grow up the lot of you!" she exclaimed hitting the table with her hand before suddenly pulling her wand out.

With the sudden appearance of the wand all the men went into alert mode and wondered where this female explosion was leading to as it was looking like someone was going to be hexed. After their individual experience of Ginny's famous or infamous Bat Bogey Hex there was grave concern that it was going to appear as the young witch had frequently declared that she had shared it with all her female friends and associates in the Order and DA.

"Hermione is a grown woman, she has fought in a war. We all would be dead with out those brains of hers. So she wants to go back to school and get her NEWTs we are going to make sure she can do that and we are going to be there to help her do that. For Merlin's sake! Kingsley you are the fucking Minister of Magic! And You Harry are the Boy who did not die twice and all round saviour of the world!" she snapped before she turned to point her wand and wrath at the Twins before continuing on with her rant.

"You two are trouble and mayhem per extraordinaire. The git down there is Moony aka my so called husband the ex Professor who is supposed to be a fricken werewolf so grow some balls and stand up for your friend. Merlin that girl who you are all pitying so much has a bigger set than the lot of you combined," she huffed before going down the table and snatching the fire whiskey bottle and heading into the kitchen with it to pour herself a dram or two. Sometimes you needed to apply a 2 by 4 clue to men and that was what she had just done.

She poured a couple of small glasses out before knocking on the kitchen sink door. When Kreacher popped his head out. Tonks gave him a glass and said, " Pass that one on to Winky and here have one for yourself".

"Why thank you Missus Wolf. But why did you give us some it is not like your kind to share a good drop," said the suspicious elf.

"Well it is better drinking with you than the load of prats in there. Here have the bottle I am going to bed and I am letting you both off breakfast and anything else tonight. Have a party and let those buggers get their own breakfast in the morning?" advised a disgruntled Tonks before she headed back upstairs to her own suite of rooms after checking in on Hermione and young Teddy in his cot. With that she put the wards up on the room and locked Remus out. There were enough couches downstairs and other rooms for him to crash on.