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I pulled on my brown sweater again, and pulled my boots back on, it was almost midnight and I was getting ready to meet every one down to go to the cave, our cave. I pulled my brown curls into a pony tail, tonight I was going to figure out what Gemma was talking about.

"You ready?" Padma asked, fixing her long black hair at the nap of her neck, Lavender had a black hood pulled over her blonde hair. I nodded, and followed them out silently Gemma's diary gripped firmly in my arms as we raced silently towards the entrance where Luna was waiting for us dressed in all black, her long blonde hair tucked inside a black cap and her black coat. Padma nodded at us, we all looked around for ghosts as we bolted out the door towards the dark looming forbidden forest. We raced in following the now familiar path to our cave our wands light dimly. Once we got there we lit the candle which sprung to life lighting the cave up in brilliance.

I sat down on a rock in the cave watching Luna and Lavender uncover their blonde hair. Luna smiled at me with a wink; I knew she was hoping to catch a glimpse of Emmet tonight.

"Can we just go?" Lavender wined ready to go and see her other man. I chuckled resting my head on my knees.

"We have to read from the journal, we have to be able to understand what's going on." She sighed as I handed her the journal, she plopped down and opened it to the second page. "Let everyone be seated, it is time." Lavender and Luna took their seats dutifully as opened her mouth to start reading from our own personal bible,

"May 25, 1895, Things are coming down to the wire, the Rakshanna is pressing for me to bind the power of the realms to them, but the people of the realms deserve power to. But I feel such a strong devotion to the Order that gave my friends and I the power to change our lives. I must make a decision soon before a civil war breaks out. I miss my mother so much, I wish I could talk to her, tell her about Kartik, I'm in love with him, I shall forgo my season and marry him, but it must be a secret for my dying father, and Tom shall never allow it. Only Felicity and Anne know of my plans to marry the handsome Indian. Yes I shall marry him, and I shall be happy with him. I must go it is time for us to go into the realms." Padma finished looking down at the book tracing the words meaningfully, "She was in love with an Indian man." She muttered to herself, Padma and myself both understood the meaning of this, she ignored the fact she was forbidden to be with the one she wanted to and she still defied the rules and married him,

"I wonder what it would be like to throw abandon to the wind and just be with the one you want." Luna replied a faraway look on her face, Lavender whispered just above a whisper,

"Something is wrong with Ron; he never talks to me anymore. I wish he would talk to me." She seemed sad, "That's why I wished for true love, the truest. Ron used to be the way Wesley treats me, but now he's distant and cold." She sniffed wiping away a tear. "I love him so much, so why can't he love me back?" Luna moved towards the crying blonde wrapping an arm around her slim shoulder pulling her into a hug.

"Men do seem to be behind most of our problems aren't they?" Padma laughed bitterly looking me, then sighed,

"Except for Hermione, I mean Harry's perfect." I laughed bitterly, wishing I had Gemma's courage when it came to love,

"Hardly, I'm sick of worrying when he's going to leave me too, I have a bad track record with boys after all." I bit to myself bitterly,

"Hardly, Cedric's death wasn't your fault." Lavender smiled broadly,

"Remember the Yule Ball fourth year, that was fun." She exclaimed jumping up in the air happily,

"Dancing and food, and beautiful dresses, and Hermione oh you were lovely, it's so sad you weren't old enough to go Luna, you would have loved it. Remember when we danced with those Bauxbatons boys because Harry and Ron wouldn't dance with us?" She giggled spinning in circles bringing smiles to our faces.

"I do remember," Padma smiled, she had been Harry's date, and had slid away when asked to dance, she looked at me smiling,

"It was so cool getting to dance to that ballad, I'll be able to tell my grandchildren I got to dance with the Harry Potter, and I was his date to the Yule Ball." She laughed jumping up with Lavender the two were now dancing, and we were all laughing and smiling enjoying our time together. I couldn't think of anything better then what we were doing right now, even though I knew I had duties to attend to in the realms, they just seemed so far away as we played here in our cave before Lavender stopped,

"Oh can we please go play in the realms now Hermione?" She asked pouting, I laughed and nodded,

"Okay, let's gather around." I announced sitting down close to the flame, the other's joining me as we all linked hands. I closed my eyes and knew they were all doing the same; I concentrated on the door of light concentrating as hard as we could until I could feel electricity prickling inside my magical core spreading through me like a wild fire. I could feel a wind whipping my hair around me as the magical current picked up and I could see the door of light that we passed through, landing ourselves in our beautiful realms.

"Oh! We're back!" Padma exclaimed looking around and seeing Felicity waiting for her, Lavender rushed off towards her prince transforming into a fairy tale princess from her drab hiding clothes. Luna became her beautiful self once again and we wondered off in different directions her to practice her music, her beloved music and me to find my mother. I walked towards the hill I had first seen her from. I saw her down beneath the willow tree and walked down to her slowly. She saw me and waved with a smile. I sat down smiling, I looked at my mother's Victorian garb, and wondered what it would be like to wear something similar to it. I laughed as the thought became reality. I looked down to see myself in a beautiful Victorian evening dress,

"Hello my Darling Rosebud." I smiled at her,

"Hey mama." She smoothed one of my curls behind my ear and looked at me seriously,

"Something's wrong, what is it?" She asked confident in her ability to read me like a book.

"It's these visions, they are hard to endure, and oh mother, it's so hard! Gemma keeps telling me not repeat her mistake and to ask you about it, what does that even mean?" I groaned laying down resting my head in my mother's lap allowing her to play with my hair, "It's not fair, it feels like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders and my friends get to live a carefree life free of pain and hurting."

"Oh Hermione, you should have just asked me, I've still got a time here with you in the realms." I sighed I could smell her sweet perfume lingering in my nose,

"I know, why does Gemma, want me to ask you about her mistakes?" I asked enjoying the feeling of her fingers in my hair.

"Because it is tradition for mother to pass down to daughter, I was selfish I should have told you sooner. I thought that because you were a witch our family curse would evade you, or would somehow save you in the end." I looked up at her confused,

"What do you mean?" I asked confused,

"I thought our family magic died out with the order, and then the Hogwarts letter. I don't know, I was confused and scared you can't blame me can you, Gemma was the last in our line to have magic." I looked up at my mother confused,

"I'm related to Gemma Doyle, but I was told she never left an heir." My mother sighed, looking down at me,

"I'm afraid that's an answer you'll have to find for yourself." She replied silently stroking my curls,

"What was her mistake?" I asked looking up at my mother's worried face,

"She bound the magic wrong, she tried binding it to the order, but something went wrong. I'm not sure what, but the magic didn't stick with them, it's in the realms again. In the ground, but it's also believed it went back to Gemma and that the magic rebound to her." I thought for a second,

"Would that explain my magic." My mother thought for a second,

"No, your magic is real, the magic of the realms is an illusion." I nodded, then looked at my mother,

"Did you get the visions?" I inquired shifting my head on her lap, she laughed looking down at me with a smile,

"No, I didn't. I wasn't magical at all." I looked up at the sky confused,

"So why am I supposed to fix things?" I questioned looking up at the sky not sure what to do.

"Your magic, you're Gemma's chosen heir." She whispered allowing me to sit up and look at her,

"Gemma married Kartik." I whispered smiling at my mother, "Maybe there is a chance for me and Cedric." I whispered happily, my mother shook her head,

"They never married, he died, well he was killed really, She was married off to some wealthy Englishman who had been after her hand for years once she had gotten back from a year in France." I looked at her confused,

"So Cedric and I have no chance?" I felt my heart drop, my mother laughed,

"I'm not saying that, I just don't want you to get your hopes up dear. I see the way your face lights up when you talk about him, I know you love him more than life." She kissed my forehead, then smiled,

"Go play with your friends Hermione, I'll be here for a while." I shook my head no,

"Another day, I'd rather spend time with you." She laughed and smiled at me,

"What day is it back home?" She questioned sadly,

"It's mid November." I couldn't tell my mother today was her and my father's wedding anniversary. She nodded,

"Are you going home for Christmas break?" I nodded, "Tell me how your Father is when you get the chance." I nodded,

"Okay." I whispered, then looked at my mother, I could tell she was sad to be away from my father and he was to be away from her.

"We should go." I whispered standing up and walking up the hill to where my friends where. I listened to Luna sing for awhile, before the others gathered around smiles on their faces,

"I never want to leave!" Lavender exclaimed pouting at having to leave her Prince. I laughed as Padma gave her an eye,

"We should go; we have school in the morning." I nodded in agreement, as we all linked hands again concentrating on home and getting there." Once there we trudged back to the school hidden in the darkness again as we crept off our separate ways. Once back to the dorm I changed into my ratty sweats and crawled into bed dreaming of vampires, Harry, my mother, and a ever threatening doom that could kill us all.