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"Speech"

"Parseltongue"


Chapter 11: Home Sweet Home

"I think it best we all retire to my place for the evening," Rose suggested lightly, everyone mildly voiced their agreeance with the idea.

"Wait... I-I want to go home first and at least let my parents... The Granger's know of this information," Hermione said abruptly.

"I think that can be done," Anastasia said thoughtfully.

"Anastasia, you take Draco and Daphne along with Tonks to the estate. Bellatrix, Rose and I will accompany Miss Rosier to the Granger's residence," Lucius suggested, Anastasia looked like she wanted to oppose the idea but after a few seconds of thinking reluctantly agreed.

"Can you give these files to you know who," Rose asked handing the folder of files from Ragnok to Anastasia who nodded without saying a word.

"Very well, we shall not be too long," Lucius said taking Hermione's hand.

"Whereabouts do you live?" Bellatrix asked.

"We lived just around the corner from Windsor station," Hermione replied.

Bellatrix nodded and Rose gave Daphne a hug before she took Bellatrix's arm and they disappeared in a pop. They reappeared in a sheltered part of Windsor station, Rose again cursing the nature of wizarding travel as she had landed on her ass once again. She got up and dusted herself off then followed Hermione as she walked the familiar route to where she lived.

When they arrived at the house Hermione knocked on the door. A woman answered and was surprised to see that Hermione had company with her, she frowned momentarily before producing a bright smile at the group. Rose raised her eyebrows at that and thought something was off.

"Hermione so glad to see you're finally home, who are your friends?" Mrs. Granger asked.

"This is my friend Rose, with her is Lucius Malfoy, a member of the school board and Bellatrix is an Auror which is the wizarding world's version of police," Hermione explained.

"Please, come in," Mrs. Granger said opening the door for them.

"Honey, Hermione is home and has guests with her," Mrs. Granger went into the kitchen while Hermione, led Rose, Bellatrix and Lucius to the living room.

"I see, I'm coming out. Just got to do something quickly," the voice of Mr. Granger called back.

"Excuse me, but have we met before?" Lucius asked Mrs. Granger as she came back.

"I don't believe so..." She trailed off.

"Mum... Uh... I don't know how to really tell you this. But I won't be staying here for the Holidays... Or ever again," Hermione said hesitantly, Rose could see that she still viewed this place as her home and possibly would always view it as home.

"Why would you say something like that dear? We're your parents of course you're staying here," Mrs. Granger said unfazed, her expression was unreadable and it troubled Rose.

"You can give up the charade, I know I'm not a Granger by birth. I had my inheritance test done and I know that I'm really Hermione Anna Rosier," Hermione said and Mrs. Granger sighed.

Mr. Granger rounded the corner and handed her a box. He then stood next to her and took the cover off of his. Mrs. Granger followed suit and they reached into the box.

"I had hoped one day this wouldn't happen, Dumbledore gave us the warning though. I'm sorry Hermione, we truly did care for you like we would our own daughter. But this needs to be done, for the greater good," it was those words that caused Rose to react.

Suddenly the two elder Grangers had wands in their hands and were casting vicious spells at the group. Rose reacted quickly, her wands appearing in her hands from their holders and she cast a strong protego maxima to absorb the spells before casting an expansion charm to give them more space. Bellatrix pushed Hermione towards Lucius who put the girl behind him and levelled his wand at the two Granger's.

"So it would seem that you are, indeed, a wizard and a witch, Mudblood's, I presume?"

"Shut it Malfoy, you and your death eater friends killed many of us. It's about time we returned the favor."

Bellatrix and Rose took up matching positions in front of Lucius, Rose held her dusk in her left hand with dawn in her right. "Get back Lucius," Bellatrix said.

Rose and Bellatrix were both in the Black dance, only it was in synchronization with the other. Hermione watched as the two girls started dueling with her parents. The Granger's were throwing curses at them only for Rose to spin out of its path which gave Bellatrix a chance to return fire while Rose cast a shield to block the spell from the other Granger. Then it was Bellatrix's turn to shield Rose as Rose dived over a spell into a roll and sent off a Sectumsempra which cut into the wall as the firefight continued. Rose twirled around Bellatrix and Bellatrix reached out her arm and grasped Rose's. She pulled as Rose jumped and tossed Rose into the air, midair Rose magnetized her wands into its holder and shifted into her black furred wolf form leaping at the male Granger. Her teeth locked around his wand wrist and tore at the ligaments causing him to cry out in pain. As the female Granger went to help Bellatrix shouted "Avada Kedavra!" And hit her with the killing curse.

"You bitch! Dumbledore will win! He is the one who you'll all bow to!" The male Granger shouted but a green light slammed him in the chest and Bellatrix and Rose in wolf form turned to see Hermione holding out her wand shakily.

"Hermione, get the things you want to take with you... We'll clean up this mess here. And you'll need to leave your wand, it has the Ministry trace on it and you just cast the killing curse," Lucius said passively.

Hermione silently went upstairs and into the room that had been hers, within the only place she knew as home for the last time. Lucius levitated the two dead bodies and placed them in the kitchen while Bellatrix was outside seeing if anyone had heard the fight that had just occurred. Rose was... Wiping blood from her mouth with a cloth, she really needed to stop biting things and drawing blood from the limbs, first the troll as a Hungarian Horntail and now a human wizard as a wolf. Hermione came downstairs with a small bag that was fully packed, she sighed and didn't say anything as they walked outside to Bellatrix and Lucius.

"Are we ready to leave?" Lucius asked and Hermione just nodded, afraid her voice was going to fail her.

"Fiendfyre," Rose cast the spell that engulfed the entire house, along with the two bodies and Hermione's wand.

"Let's go, it's been a long day and it's not even 2 in the afternoon," Bellatrix said.

Once again Hermione took Lucius's hand and they disappeared with another pop. The Fire department would arrive soon and try to douse the flames but it would only die out once the house was reduced to ash and the bodies inside turned into dust.

When they appeared at their destination, people were waiting. Rose looked to her mother who looked like she wanted to shout at Rose for many things. However, Rose just held up her hand and walked to Hermione and pulled her into a gentle hug. Hermione dropped her bag and began to cry her eyes out on Rose's shoulder. In the background, she could hear Lucius and Bellatrix informing them of what had occurred and while Lily wanted to shriek, she didn't say anything more than a nod and just let it go as Rose comforted Hermione. Soon she was joined by Daphne and even Draco joined the hug as Hermione cried, it was rare for anyone in their group to show weakness. But to show weakness in front of friends shows how much you trust them.


Hermione stayed that night with Rose and Daphne all together in Rose's bed while Draco was on the floor. She was seated in between the two girls Bellatrix was set up in her old room with Tonks in a bed transfigured from the couch. The night was long and the group of four spent it just talking idly among themselves when Rose had an idea that might appeal to everyone in the room.

"Hey Hermione, how about we go for a run in Potter woods?" Rose asked quietly. Hermione didn't answer verbally, instead Hermione just nodded.

Rose sighed and the three of them got out of bed, Rose checked the halls to make sure no one was there before they slipped out silently. Once they got outside Rose transformed into her wolf form, Daphne followed suit while Hermione transformed into a Kitsune. Hermione's fur was pure white while her eyes were ice blue and she had nine tails that were all made of blue flames. Draco leaped into the air and transformed into a Cheetah, not exactly the earth animagus that anyone was expecting, but it was welcome as the four ran into the forest.

In the middle of the night the woods around Potter Manor are magical, the Thestral herds are sleeping and the other magical nocturnal creatures are out such as many beautiful owls. Hedwig was complaining about flying around at night, which Rose chuckled at telling her she was an owl, while Hedwig rolled her eyes and said something about being a working owl and needing her beauty sleep.

When morning finally came the three girls were fast asleep in bed while Draco was snoring away on the conjured bed on the ground. Rose was the first to wake up thanks to the scurrying of something on the bed. She opened her eyes to be face to face with a brown rat.

"Gah!" Rose screamed alerting Daphne and Hermione who when they saw the rat also screamed.

Daphne was the first to react, she grabbed the rat and threw it across the room. When it hit the wall, it transformed into the figure of a slightly overweight man who had rat-like features.

"Is this the way you welcome back your Uncle Peter?" the man grumbled as he dusted himself off.

"Merlin's balls don't do that Uncle Peter! You gave me a heart attack," Rose said her hand placed across her chest.

"Wormtail! Did you try to wake the girls up like I told you not to!" Lily's voice rang out through the house and Peter paled.

"And that's my queue to escape, I'll see you later Rose," Wormtail said before transforming and scurrying out of the room.

"What's with all the screaming?" Draco groaned as he sat up in bed.

"Peter Pettigrew decided to show up unannounced and scare the living daylights out of us. And for the most part he succeeded," Daphne said.

"Oh, is he back from his mission. Did he learn anything useful?" Draco asked.

"Who knows, but we'll probably find out later. There's a lot we have to do today, like take Hermione to the Rosier home. We also have to take her to Hephaestus's to get a new wand crafted specifically for her. Although we can probably take a few days to settle down after... all that's happened but she needs to have it before we go back in two weeks," Rose sighed.

Hermione just sighed and pulled the covers up over her in bed. At that moment the door opened and in walked Nymphadora and Bellatrix. Nymphadora was wearing black combat boots that went all the way up her legs, along with a black trench coat, red skirt and a black blouse along with her purple hair. Bellatrix was wearing a black dress that clung to her body along with stocking and heels, Rose was visibly drooling and even Daphne seemed to have her mouth open a bit.

"Come on kiddy's time to get upsies!" Bellatrix cackled causing Rose and Daphne to shiver while Draco gagged.

"Do I have to?" Hermione groaned and rolled over in bed holding a pillow over her head.

"Unless you want Lily in here... you should probably get up," Nymphadora said sitting on the side of the bed and gently shaking Hermione.

"What's so bad about..." Hermione began.

However, outside the door came spells and debris flew from the walls. "Peter Pettigrew you get back here this instant!" came the shrieking voice that could probably rival Molly Weasley. Lily Potter came stalking past, she stopped momentarily to look into Rose's room seeing everyone awake, yet still in bed while Bellatrix was standing and Nymphadora was sitting on the bed and everyone was looking at her.

"Breakfast is ready, I'll be down after I catch the damn rat that's your uncle," Lily seethed as she continued, her flaming red hair waving about behind her and wand pointed out ready to send more curses off.

The girls ushered Draco, Nymphadora and Bellatrix out of their room and then got changed into their attire for the day before heading down to the breakfast table. Draco came in after them and sat down across from Rose. Nymphadora was sitting next to him and Hermione sat next to her while Rose sat between Bellatrix and Daphne. James Potter was sitting next to Sirius who was across from Severus. Hermione was sitting next to Nymphadora and Anastasia, who had Narcissa next to her. Narcissa and Anastasia were engrossed in talks about what to do was engrossed in what appeared to be a parchment and was reading intently when a hole was blown through a wall and Peter Pettigrew went flying in following by an angry Lily Potter.

"What did Uncle Peter do?" Rose asked looking at her father and god-father.

Sirius quickly scribbled on a note while he and James were trying to hide their laughter, he then quickly passed it to Rose who read it and then giggled. 'Prongs and I thought it would be funny to get Wormtail to surprise Lil, she did not take kindly to that and started chasing after Wormtail giving Prongs and I a free laugh,' the note read.

"Lillian, that is enough. Breakfast is ready and from what I've been told it's been an exhausting time for a few of us," Tom said calmly, getting everyone's attention including Lily.

"You'd better consider yourself lucky our Lord stopped me," Lily glared at Wormtail who was still on the ground while James and Sirius were trying to not laugh at their friends misfortune, Lily corrected her posture then walked over and sat in the seat next to Narcissa.

Rose quietly passed the note over to her mother who read it and then sent her glares to James and Sirius who both looked at each other before mouthing the words 'Oh shit' in unison to each other.

"Damn it! Rose how could you!" Sirius said with mock hurt while Rose just shrugged and leaned over to Daphne and kissed her while sending a pointed look to Sirius and James who both groaned.

"Rose is much like her mother, too much," Anastasia smiled.

"Is this where she got the punishment for Bellatrix from?" Hermione asked.

"The one and only place," Tonks affirmed with a sly grin.

"I can only imagine Rose having all three of her bond mates wrapped around her finger," Hermione commented earning a flip of the rude finger from Daphne who was very comfortably cuddled into Rose's side while Bellatrix, even though she was older, had a permanent pout on her face.

"We have a lot to cover today girls, Hermione needs a new wand due to her casting the killing curse at her previous residence. Anastasia also wants to go back to the Rosier home as it's been locked for years and she wants to see what has become of her childhood home, and it would also be good for you Hermione, to see the home you would have grown up in if not for your parents being attacked in Hospital and you being taken from them," Narcissa sighed.

"Hermione should have her wand crafted at Hephaestus's and be given the chance to choose her own core and wood," Rose spoke up and Daphne and Draco murmured their agreement in the idea.


Hermione was wide eyed when she entered the wand crafter's shop in Knockturn Alley, it was unlike anything she had ever read about before.

"Ah, Lady Greengrass, Lady Malfoy, Miss Tonks, Miss Potter, Miss Greengrass, Mr Malfoy and with a new friend I see. What is your name child?" Hephaestus asked Hermione.

"Hermione Gran... Hermione Rosier, Sir," she quickly corrected.

"Ah, a Rosier like Lady Greengrass. It seems like only yesterday that young Evan Rosier who I assume is your father, was in here forging his first wand. 12 inches of Elm Wood with a Manticore Stinger core, quite the destructive wand. Now please follow me to the table, you will first find your wood, just hold your hand over each block and when you feel your magic responding to the wood, or woods, please pick it up and hand it to me," Hephaestus instructed.

Hermione's eyes went wide at all the different types of wood that were available to be crafted into wands, she had only read that there were a few main woods and that other woods wouldn't work well in a wand. However, there was a sample of around 50 different woods that she could potentially bond with. There were also some kinds of stones that were placed with the woods. Hermione placed her hand over the woods and she walked over each one, waiting for a pull in her magic to inform her which would react to her. She stopped when her magic found one type of wood and picked it up, however she then found her magic branching out towards a dark green gem that was the same colour as Rose's eyes. She picked it up in her spare hand and brought both to Hephaestus with a confused expression on her face.

"Interesting, it would seem that you have two materials chosen for your wand. This wood is from the Faen tree, an ancient tree that protects the Fae species and is imbued with their magics. The gem, is a chaos emerald, very rare. It houses the destructive powers of chaos as a force itself and is almost impossible to find due to their forbidden relic status. I am quite interested in seeing what core your magic picks, as these two materials require great power for a wand to be created," Hephaestus lead Hermione to the table of cores and she repeated the process.

"None of these cores speak to me, however... is it strange that my magic is pulling me towards Rose?" Hermione asked shakily.

Anastasia Greengrass and Narcissa Malfoy looked at each other with a worried expression, Daphne looked at Rose confused while Rose raised an eyebrow at this information. Draco was looking completely lost and Nymphadora was deep in thought. Hephaestus just smiled and placed the wood and gem in his forge. He then retrieved an old tome from the back of his shop.

"This is a tome given to me by a woman by the name of Sarah Ravencraft, it was written by her and Rowena Ravenclaw. In it, it describes the nature of what has been fabled as the 'Duae soroses Vinculum' or the Bond of two sisters. The reason that Sarah Ravencraft was powerful is due to her sister bond to Rowena Ravenclaw, in her wand is not the core of a magical creature, but the blood of her sister. Rowena was the powerful sister; Sarah was the knight if you will. That is what I believe has occurred between the two of you. The reason you feel nothing for any of these core materials is because your magic reacts the strongest with that of your sister, you are her knight and she is your guide. Therefore, for me to create this wand, I must take a few vials of your blood, Miss Potter," Hephaestus stated calmly, he knew to expect outrage from the two older women, as what this would be is considered blood magic and is highly illegal. However, as they were about to protest, Rose's hand silenced them, never had he been more amazed by a child who could silence an adult so thoroughly.

"Understood, I will consent to this because Hermione is my sister in all but blood," Rose said stopping any chance of Anastasia or Narcissa speaking their objections.

"Rose, you don't have to give your blood. I'm sure we can find a suitable wand to Ollivander's," Hermione said unsurely.

"Nonsense 'Mione, you've been my sister since we started, you just didn't know it. And having you use an imperfect wand would insult our bond, you need a wand forged for you and completely yours. Do. Not. Argue. With. Me," Rose said, allowing her magic to lash out and everyone felt a shiver up their spine, Daphne bit her lip to prevent the usual moan that she felt when Rose's power brushed over her.

"Very well, if you could please," Hephaestus handed Rose a knife and a goblet. Rose cut her hand and allowed her blood to fill the goblet which would be around the amount of two vials of blood. Once it was full Rose's cut automatically healed.

"This will only take a few moments," Hephaestus said.

"Wait, Ollivander said it takes weeks to craft a wand. How are you going to do it in a few minutes?" Hermione asked incredulously.

"My dear, Garrick Ollivander is a seller of fine wands, he does not make them. Garrick orders them through the Ministry, it is how they all have the trace on them, those in the dark families always get their wands forged and matched to them. A bought wand will need to be replaced once the witch or wizard has matured in power, a forged one is one that is made specifically for the witch or wizard and grows along with them. Now please, bear with me a moment while I forge the wand," Hephaestus smiled and Hermione was about to say more but she felt Nymphadora's hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see the older girl shaking her head, causing a pout from Hermione.

"Are you sure this is a bright idea Rose? Lilly will kill me if she thinks I'm responsible for this," Narcissa said fearfully.

"Worry not about my mother Aunty Cissy, I shall inform her myself, alone, so that no one has to deal with her potential backlash except me," Rose dismissed.

"Thank you so much Rose! I wonder why Row..." Hermione's words were cut off by a sharp glare from Rose.

"Wonder what dear?" Anastasia asked confused.

"Nothing Aunt Anna," Hermione said quickly.

"Ah! Thank you for your patience, it is done. 12 Inches Faen wood with chaos emerald spirals throughout it, with a Duae soroses Vinculum core. This wand is powerful in Offensive magic and Defensive magic, especially those revolving around the dark arts. However, due to the unique core, it will be ten times more powerful when used in the service of your bonded sister. You are the Knight; she is your queen. May your futures be filled with power," Hephaestus handed Hermione a polished black box that contained her new wand.

"How much for the wand and a dragon hide holster?" Rose asked.

"It was my pleasure to create such a magnificent wand my dear. I shall only charge you the Galleon for the holster," Hephaestus smiled at Rose.

"I'll give you five Galleons, Hermione needs to test her new wand in the training room," Rose said slapping five Galleons into Hephaestus's hand and leading Hermione to the range where the glass bottles were set up.

"Try to destroy as many glass bottles as you can by using the 'Sectumsempra' spell," Rose instructed.

Hermione hesitated for a moment, however Hephaestus's words echoed in her mine. 'You are her Knight; she is your queen. Your job is to fight to protect her'. Hermione opened the lid of the black polished box. Her hand touched the wand and already she could feel her magic responding to it, it felt perfect for her. She picked it up and tested its weight, also perfect. Around her she could feel the power of the wand, it seemed to dance around her like an ethereal flame.

"Sectumsempra!" Hermione shouted casting the spell at the nearest bottle. She spells shot from the end of her wand and shattered the bottle as well as the bottle a further 20 meters behind it. Hermione was ecstatic at the power she felt flowing through her and her wand, she started casting more and more curses shattering glass bottles near and far.

"It's working better than I hoped," Hephaestus mused.

"It's so much better than my previous one," Hermione was panting now, almost all of the glass bottles within a 70-meter range were destroyed completely.

"It'll only improve along with your own abilities," Hephaestus commented and Hermione smiled brightly at that, she was feeling so much better now despite everything that's happened, the Rosier ring on her finger reminded her of who she was and the wand in her hand reminded her of what she can become.

"Very well, next time I should see you lot I expect we will be forging wands for the young ones," Hephaestus winked at them as they left the shop.

"Alright, everyone hold on. Next stop, Rosier Mansion," Anastasia said taking Hermione and Daphne's hand in hers, Narcissa took Draco's while Nymphadora took Rose's.

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Rosier Mansion was located in a beautiful green valley, it had no paths that lead to it and instead was surrounded by green neatly trimmed fields. The forest surrounded it on one side and on the other was a crystal-clear lake. The house itself was made of an onyx coloured stone with ancient runes etched into it. It had glass windows with large curtains pulled over them obscuring any view of the inside house. The blue door was closed and if it had been pitch black, the house would look like quite the haunting site, especially under a full moon.

"I'd almost forgotten what this place looked like. 11 years is far too long," Anastasia said remembering her childhood.

"It's beautiful," Hermione said looking at the space around her, she could imagine what it would be like if she had her proper childhood here. The places to study, the friends growing up she would have had. Even though she had no idea what her parents looked like, she could imagine growing up with them in this place and being a pure blood she wouldn't have faced potential ridicule from her house mates. Hermione found herself hating Dumbledore from taking her away from her parents, or whoever it was. Dumbledore was most likely the one to blame.

"Come, let us go inside. Hermione, dear, you have the Rosier head of house ring. You'll need to be the one that opens the door," Anastasia said gently.

Hermione nodded and with renewed confidence, she approached the door. She touched the handle with her hand which had the house ring on it and she felt the magic of the mansion respond to her. The door unlocked itself and swung open for her, the curtains pulled themselves back allowing an abundance of light into the place. When she stepped in, she didn't step into a regular front door, she instead stepped into a large wooden area with intricate patterns on the ground, in front of her were two stair cases that lead to a higher level, one on the left and one on the right. As she entered an elf popped in.

"Who be yous?" the little elf asked.

"I'm Hermione Rosier..." Hermione trailed off.

"Mistress Hermy has been founds! Thanks goodness! We's be worrying about Mistress Hermy for 11 years," the little elf exclaimed.

"Chappie?" Anastasia asked gently.

"Mistress Anna as wells! Mistress Anna's be returning to us after so longs! Where is the Master and Lady? Do they's be with yous?" Chappie asked hopefully.

"Sorry Chappie, Evan is dead. We don't know what's become of Maria. Hermione only just found out who she was the other day and we've returned. It's so good to see you again," Anastasia said emotionally, she bent down and hugged the elf trying not to cry.

"Mistress Anna needs not be crying! Chappie be sorry and wills be punishing herself for making the Mistress cry!" Chappie exclaimed.

"No! Chappie, you don't need to do that. These are happy tears," Anastasia firmly told the elf.

"Chappie not be causing Mistress's tears?" the elf asked.

"No Chappie, I'm home," Anastasia whispered and the elf's smile caused the whole room to radiate in her happiness.

"Chappie, is Mippy around?" Anastasia asked once she had composed herself.

"Sorry Mistress Anna, Mippy be trying to stay alive in hopes of seeing yous again. But Mippy be a very sad elf after the home be sealing itself 11 years ago. Mippy be telling us to keep the house how the Lord and Lady always wanted it. But Mippy no make it past 3rd year, Mippy be too heartbroken to continue and so put Chappie in charge. Chappie be running everything the way Mippy wanted it to be," Chappie explained and Anastasia looked sad.

"Who was Mippy?" Hermione asked.

"Mippy was the head house elf of House Rosier for over ten decades. She practically raised Evan and I, she's always been our friend and our family," Anastasia explained.

"If there is a family tree somewhere, I'd like to add Mippy's name to it as a devoted attendant of House Rosier," Hermione said.

"Mistress Hermy be honoring Mippy! Mippy would be thanking yous a thousand times overs!" Chappie said.

"Chappie, would you and the others prepare a lunch for all of us? I'd like to wander around the place for a while," Hermione asked and Chappie looked excited.

"Chappie be getting on its right away Mistress Hermy! Chappie be telling all the others the good news about your returns," Chappie popped away leaving the small group in the foyer of Rosier Mansion.

"Allow me to give you the tour," Anastasia said and gestured for everyone to follow, Hermione being at the front as she explored the home of her parents.

The house has a total of 15 bedrooms, including the Master Bedroom and a nursery which was clearly for Hermione had she been raised by her parents. All of the Portraits were still covered and Anastasia said that they could unveil all of the portraits after lunch and Hermione would be able to meet her parents through them. The final room that Anastasia showed everyone was the Study / Office of the Head of House. Hermione looked at all of the books within the room, if not for the elves keeping the house clean they would all have a thick layer of dust on them and their pages would be in horrid conditions. They were each categorized by name and nature, being light, dark or grey.

Hermione ran her hand over the desk, she could imagine her father, whatever he looked like, sitting there doing work or reading a book while Hermione herself would be going through one of her childhood books with her mother. Her mother would have helped her learn to read while her father added words of encouragement while doing his own work. As she thought, she felt her ring head up as the crest on the desk lit up. Curious, Hermione placed her ring in the small place provided wondering what it did. The entire group heard the shifting of something behind the walls, then, behind the desk, two book shelves parted leading into a white room which radiated sunlight.

Going into the room, Hermione was followed quickly by Rose who had her wand out, worried it may have been some kind of trap. However, levitating in the middle was a woman, her eyes closed. Hermione couldn't recognized who she was immediately but it was Anastasia who said something first which changed Hermione's whole world.

"Maria!" she shouted and rushed over to the levitating body, Hermione also ran over and as she touched the body, it stopped levitating and slowly dropped to the ground.

The woman had brown bushy hair and rather fair facial features akin to Hermione. Her eyes fluttered open and Hermione peered down into emerald pools.

"Her...mione?" the woman wheezed in a daze.

"Mum?"