(Recap on the secret)
Hey guys! I was just thinking some of you might be a little confused about the secret, so I thought I'd explain it in more detail for you here. If you don't want to read it, you can skip this and move on to the next chapter. What ever you want :)
As you all know, Hermione had to Obliviate her parents memories to make sure they were safe from the death eaters, during the war. Only Harry and Ron knew what she had done, and she wanted it to stay that way, because she couldn't bare with the though of more people knowing, she already hated herself for what she had done.
Since the war had ended, Hermione had been all over England searching for her parents, but she still hadn't found them. A couple months later, she remembers her parents dream to move to Australia, so she believes she will find them there.
So she goes there and finds her parents walking down the streets of Australia, and suddenly she tries to talk to them, hoping they might remember her. But they don't. So she tries the spell on them, but it's too weak, and doesn't work.(Because her spell was too powerful)
She's extremely upset, so she goes to the only place where she knows she can find help. The Burrow.
Harry and Ron are still at Hogwarts, because they have been trying to avoid the Burrow, ever since Fred had died in the war.
So, only Mrs Weasley is home, when she arrives there. She sees what a mess Hermione is in and tries to help her.
But all the emotion Hermione is feeling, triggers something inside of her, and she accidentally does some extremely powerful magic (like in the Prisoner or Azkaban, when Harry blows up Aunt Marge, like that but 100 times worse) causing Mrs Weasley to lose the memories of her children.
It's been months since, and still none of the Weasley have visited the Burrow (Mr Weasley, is at work most of the time, so he doesn't notice anything different, especially since none of the children have visited them) because none of them want to be reminded of Fred.
Hermione doesn't tell anyone about what she has done, until the game of truth or dare, where she reviles her biggest secret. Which is that she had obliviated her parents, and then gone looking for them, putting them in immediate danger. She then tells them that she has done something bad. That she doesn't remember them any more, but everyone just assumes she's talking about her parents and not Molly Weasley.
So at first it was only the Gryffindors that knew, but then it suddenly spread around the whole school, even the professors. (Except for Draco, as he seemed to be on Hermione's side, so no one wanted to tell him.) So now, she's hated by the whole school.
Since the 7th years got an extra week off school, everyone decided to go home and visit their parents and families, even Harry and Ron, Hermione's secret played a huge part in that, because they knew she was an excellent example of how, you could loose your parents or family so easily.
Hermione and Draco still don't know the secret yet, so they both return home. Hermione returns to find her home empty, with her parents no where, and that's when she remembers what she had done, (she had pushed it far back into her mind, trying to forget about it, and she did. Especially with all the drama at school, she had just simply forgotten that that could have been the secret.) So she returns, and then finally realises that, that was what she had told everyone.
So she goes to the only place she can think of. Malfoy manor, to find Draco.
Meanwhile, Harry and Ron return to the Burrow, to find a confused Mrs Weasley. She doesn't know who they are, and tells them that she has no children.
They suddenly think of Hermione, and her parents, and wonder if this was her, looking for revenge. Or something else.
So they go to the only place they can think of for help. They go back to Hogwarts, to ask Dumbledore.
Hermione knows that Harry and Ron, probably know about Mrs Weasley, but easily forgets thanks to Draco.
When Hermione and Draco return to Hogwarts, they find Harry, Ron and Ginny (Ginny was still at the castle, and Ron told her once they arrived.) Ron confronts Hermione, in front of everyone. And they finally realise that, she wasn't talking about doing something bad to her parents, but instead Molly Weasley.
Ron seems to think she did it for revenge, because she wanted them to feel what she felt when her parents didn't remember who she was. And now everybody thinks that's why she did it.
Draco, is still the only person who believes her.