TILL NOW: The note was short.

Harry and Ron:

Meet me at the Bring and Fly sale at Devon. IMPORTANT.

Hermione.

PREVIOUSLY:She turned around, only to see a pearly white figure staring up at her. She could hardly control her scream.

"Do not fear," a beautiful woman spoke," I am the ghost of Beluina Black."

A/N: This is another overlapping chapter. Only after Beluina's tale will Hermione go to Devon. It was all too much to put in past narration.

Arthur, Lupin and Hermione sat around the table as Beluina entertained them with her story.

"We were happily married for forty years, when my husband chose to take to the dark side. Among all the things Herbert was, he was also an alchemist. He had a way with his wand and his hands. There were many acclaimed alchemists during our time and my husband, one among them, discovered the philosopher's stone. But the stone he discovered served to make only one immortal.

That was the first time I saw the cruel cunning side of my husband. Through his many contacts he found an evil warlock by name Wetzel. He taught him to multiply his powers using an evil power called 'cape mortem'. The ceremony was simple. He had to give up someone he loved very much in a sacrifice to make him stronger. The strength given by 'mortem' would last for two hours, which was enough time to regenerate the elixir of life.

My husband, cruel as he maybe, loved me very much, more than anything else he claimed. He was reluctant to use me as bait. So he used my sons. The ceremony was initiated, the reality obscured from me. At last he needed only one more person to double the elixir. It was my daughter, Hecate's turn. She escaped the dreaded fate and made me wise of my husband's works.

I was furious but Herbert managed to calm me down. He told me that my sacrifice would mean his (our) victory over the world. He begged me to not let our sons' deaths go vain. He said that he was a necromancer then, that it would be child's play for him to bring me back to life. He promised me a happy future. I believed him.

But his promises were false. He wanted the elixir, not for me as he claimed but for Grindewald. By his deceit I went through with the sacrifice. As I jumped into a fire accepting death, he got the power to improvise the elixir of life. As my ghost rose from the grave, he looked me in the eye and told me his real plan."

Hermione looked teary. The woman's story was very upsetting.

"Each year I struggle to desolate myself from this horrid form. But as long as my husband lives, my fate is thus," Beluina concluded her sad story.

Lupin cleared his throat," Tell us how Grindewald survived."

"Herbert is a skilled necromancer now along with being an alchemist. The horcrux of Grindewald survived many years after him in Nurmengard. Using a simple spell which sucks its life force from the deepest cell and its surroundings, Grindewald has now risen."

"What exactly does 'sucks the life form' mean?" Mr. Weasley asked curiously.

"It means that anyone who comes in contact with the spell loses a year from their life as it transfers to the life years of Grindewald."

"Ron and Harry!" Hermione groaned.

"There is something else," Beluina said suddenly," My husband is also well versed in a field very rare. He is highly skilled at time travel unlike anything heard of by most decent wizards. If I am not mistaken, he has already been to the future you are about to venture into."

"Where is Herbert now? It's obvious you know," Lupin said quietly.

"In Devon. At a Bring and Fly Sale. That is what my sources tell me."

"Then we should be going there," Lupin said getting up.

Just as they were leaving, Beluina floated in front of Hermione and spoke in a sad voice," I think you know how I feel. Please help me escape from my ghostly form."

Hermione nodded and met her two companions.

"I think I should go to Devon with harry and Ron. Remus, you need to rest too."

"I agree," sighed Mr. Weasley," the golden trio."

Hermione arrived at the entrance of the flourishing sale in Devon. She hoped that Harry and Ron would be back from the urgent business with Luna.

The sale was nearing its end. Most stalls were empty and the place was less crowded than it had been the whole day. Hermione was just about to proceed into the entrance, when a blonde witch stepped forward.

Hermione gaped in shock as she saw her long lost roommate, Lavender Brown.

"Hello!" Lavender said quite cheerfully.

"Hello," Hermione said attempting to smile," How are you?"

"I am very well, and you?"

"As ever. I just met Harry, Ron and Neville. We were catching up.," she said happily.

"With Ron, is it?" she said with gritted teeth.

Lavender laughed in a typical Lavender-ish way, which annoyed Hermione even more.

"Yes, "Lavender continued," Harry's expecting another child. That's wonderful isn't it?"

"Yea," she said. "And what about me?" she thought bitterly and made a mental note to make Ron sleep on the couch all through the coming month.

Lavender guided Hermione to Harry and Ron, who were seated in a tent outside the fare. After having excused themselves from Lavender, Hermione narrated the entire tale of Beluina Bruke (nee Black). Harry and Ron confirmed to her that Beluina's sources had been absolutely right.

Harry also added," We need to go into the future soon to. In less than a week, Luna said."

"And we have to kill Bruke?" Ron asked faintly.

"That is what Beluina requested me to do, yes."

"I don't like this Beluina," Neville said quite suddenly.

"I met her Neville," Hermione said gently," She was sweet. She has just had a very bitter past."

She turned to the other two, "Is he here then? Can I see him?"

"Certainly not!" Ron said angrily.

"But we have to at least venture out, "Harry agreed," Let's go then."

Grudgingly Ron agreed, but Hermione closed her eyes. She hadn't yet told them about the curse.

The trio headed out to the corner where Bruke sat disguised. The Jarvey next to him suddenly flapped its eyes open.

"Potter blood, "it snarled.

Bruke turned around to see the three beings in front of him looking at his pet in shock. In an instant he knew who they were. With a slash of his wand, the caged Jarvey broke free. It leaped forward attempting to attack the humans in front of it.

"Run!" the trio shouted together as they ran for their lives.

As they ran, Hermione turned around to stun it. The spell did not bind it,instead, it became more aggressive.

Hermione cursed," I told you we should have planned this first."

"What does it matter?" Harry said panting as they ran," we plan, we get there and hell breaks loose."

"Too right you are Harry!" Ron whimpered,"And this time hell is in the form of a snarling Jarvey."

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I wanted to finish this story before the end of this month. It should be possible with two updates a month...

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Sorry for all the spelling/grammatical errors!