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Chapter 11: A Shocking Revelation
The icy wind whistled past Harry's window as he stared out into the snowy landscape that used to be the quidditch pitch. Practice had been cancelled for the last two weeks due to the snow and their next match wouldn't be till after the holidays. Today was the day, he would finally be going home and later this week he would finally meet his godson Teddy.
Ginny rushed down the stairs and into Harry's arms.
"All packed?" she said excitedly.
"Oi! Hurry up you two or we'll miss the port-key" Ron yelled on his way out the porthole to McGonagall's office.
Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny crowded around a cracked alarm clock in the Headmistresses office as it turned blue and they were transported to the Burrow.
"Oh my dears" cried as she rushed to crush them all in a tight embrace.
"'I've missed you all so much, Harry your looking thin again, have you been eating enough?" She asked motheringly.
"Everyone is coming over tonight and we can have a big dinner, Percy is bringing a girl home!" she squealed excitedly.
It was great to see the Weasley family back together again since the summer holidays. George walked through the door followed closely by Angelina Johnson, his fiancé. Mr. Weasley returned home from work and a person that were used to seeing at Hogwarts, Bill, came with Fleur. Finally everyone was gathered in the crowded living room awaiting the arrival of Percy and his new girlfriend. Percy had completely changed since the Battle of Hogwarts and Fred's death. He was now a family man and didn't let his job stop him from spending time with his family. Even though he had changed a lot, he was still somewhat the same pompous prefect Percy he was during Harry's first year at Hogwarts.
Perce walked through the door hand-in-hand with a pretty young woman with long amber colored hair. She had light freckles across her face and surprisingly deep blue eyes, her most prominent feature though was her bright smile that seemed to light up the whole room.
"Well good evening everyone" Percy said in a prominent manner. "I would like you to meet Audrey, Audrey this is the whole Weasley family" he said as he made individual introductions.
As dinner was served the whole family gathered around the kitchen table to eat and talk. Audrey was shy but very sweet once you got to know her. She seemed especially shy around Harry, but that was because he was the supposed famous "Chosen one".
"How about a game of Wizard's chess, Audrey?" Ron said almost daringly, for no one had ever beaten him at wizard's chess before.
"Ron, I don't think you want to do that" Percy said half-laughing.
"Oh shut up Perce, if Audrey wants to play, we'll play"
"Oh alright I guess" She said smiling at Percy.
The game was a slow one with each player throwing their best moves at each other and no one taking the advantage. Finally around midnight Audrey said "Check mate". Ron groaned, how could he have lost to a girl, he was supposed to be the best.
"I still think that game is barbaric" Hermione said as the game was finished.
Percy left to take Audrey home as everyone else said goodnight. It was a great evening filled with family, joy, and laughter and everyone hoped that Audrey would eventually be a member of the Weasley family as well.
The next morning Ron and Hermione woke up early. Today was the day when they would visit Hermione's parents, who still thought they were Monica and Wendell Wilkins. To see them and miss them was so hard as before they had shown no recognition of whom Hermione even was. Ron was her rock without him Hermione didn't know how she would have survived this heartbreak of knowing what she did to her parents.
Apparating to the street her parent's house was on, Hermione and Ron quickly walked down the road. Just before they reached the house, Hermione burst into tears.
"I don't know if I can do this Ron, it's terrible seeing them when they don't even know who I am. It's almost like they are two strangers that I don't even know and my parents are dead." She said while sobbing.
Ron gently put his arm around her and patted her on the back. He really didn't know what to do in situations like these. Sometimes he did have the emotional range of a teaspoon.
"It will be ok Hermione, we can get through this. Just know that they are happy and maybe one day we can find a way to reverse the spell."
They walked slowly up to the door and quietly knocked.
The door opened to the sight of Hermione's mom's face, eyes wide in shock.
"Hermione?" she said confused.
Sorry for the cliffhanger. New chapter should be up by the end of the week, I promise!. The next chapter will be called Reality and Nightmares and deal with some of the pain the war left behind. Then I promise the chapter after that (chapter 13) will be the one with Christmas day and Teddy. Hope you liked this chapter, Please review. I finally have over 10,000 words. The story is now 28 pages on my microsoft word document.
