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Chapter 21,

In the last two days Hermione had been staying with the strange lady, two days and she still didn't know anything about her. They stayed in a small apartment that seemed, well, out of this world. The garden was bright green and exotic flowers bloomed in a star shaped garden bed, the sun was warm but not hot, the nights weren't cold and the moon was always full. The only explanation Hermione could come up with was that she was in the magical world, but no magic could make the moon full every night.

It was on the third night when they were eating in the smallish dining room, it had a small 4 person table and 4 chairs; that Hermione asked who she was.

"Who am I, Hermione Granger? Who are you?" she asked in her soft calm voice that seemed to echo around the small room.

Hermione's eyes narrowed, 'who am I?' "I am Hermione Granger, but who are you and why does Luna trust you so much?" Hermione took a deep breath, "And I swear I've seen you somewhere before." She muttered to herself.

Her hazel eyes seemed to become brighter when Hermione asked her the questions, "Hermione you know who I am. After dinner I suggest you go to bed, in your state you shouldn't be on your feet too much." Hermione understood what she meant because after all she was heavily pregnant and could pop any day now.

After dinner Hermione did go to bed, she changed and brushed her teeth then laid down and cried. Hermione didn't know what to do, she had always thought her mother would be there to help her throughout the morning sickness, the cravings and then the labor but her mother was dead and there was on one to guide her. Luna had done her best but Hermione was sure that the unborn child wasn't infected with 'flying worms' and that's way it kicked so much. And none of the Death Eaters were much help, but there was one who held Hermione's hair back when she was sick and told her of her own experience giving birth and motherhood. This one woman gave Hermione a little bit of comfort and when Hermione went through her mood swings she was there to tell her that it was normal, this woman was Narcissa Malfoy. Hermione had found out through one of their talks that she and Lucius were best friends back in school and had an arranged marriage, but as soon as their parents had passed they got out of their marriage, for her it was to purse real love and for him it was to try and take down Voldemort. While her and Lucius are still friends and she still loves her son more then she could say, she told Hermione it was the second best thing she had done and the first was that she had Draco and got to enjoy the life of motherhood.

Hermione rested a hand on her huge belly feeling the soft kicks from the baby. Hermione had thought of a name, Aleera, she knows that was what her cover name was but it had grown on her and it sounded rather beautiful and if it's a girl that will be her name, if it's a boy…well she'll think of something.

Harry was facing Voldemort with Ron by his side, Harry was seething with hatred and Ron wore a look of disgust and Voldemort, he wore a smile, a sickening smug smile that she just wanted slap off his face.

She was standing nearby, fighting a Death Eater, fighting Theodore Nott, a boy that was in her year, a kid, just a kid, they were all just kids. That's what had given the war numbers, on both sides, the kids that were from 4year and above, some of the kids were only just entering their 4year, and it was kids that made the numbers grow.

Hermione knocked-out Theo and proceeded to watch Harry and Ron spar with the snake, she remembered Voldemort raised his wand at Ron and shoot a spell at him, Ron was fast to deflect it, but wasn't fast enough to deflect the second spell, the spell knocked him through the air and everyone could hear the gut wrenching crack of his rib bones, the sound echoed through the whole battle field and Hermione felt the bile rise up at the back of her throat as she went to run to see if he was alright, she was however stopped before she could to get near him, she struggled to get away from the one that was holding her, she finally gave up and watched helplessly from Harry to Ron, it was only at her second glace at Ron did she notice a girl kiss Ron's forehead. Hermione couldn't believe the girl had the nerve to give Ron a 'death kiss', what Hermione saw next will always make her wonder if she was imaging it the girl seemed to glow a strange silver color, Hermione looked around but no one else seemed to notice the strange girl, the girl got up and walked over to Harry, still on one noticed the girl as she stood in front of her best friend.

Hermione watched as Harry and Voldemort both cast a spell at the same time, and the spells battled against each other to take out their casters opponent, before long a small ball of energy from the spells began to grow and grow and grow, till everyone started stepping back more and more, and still the girl stood in front of Harry, she stood back, she stood back into Harry, into his body, his soul, his very extents, as the energy consumed both Harry and Voldemort.

Hermione again struggled against the man holding her, but he tightened his grip so that she could barley breath and before she passed out she saw the girl, with her purplish, grayish hair and hazel eyes and her lip glossed lips whisper to her "Never lose your pride." Hermione passed out.

Hermione woke startled, she knew that dream. For the last few months she had stopped having that dream but before Voldemort had taken her she use to have it all the time. (Chapter 7) 'Who is she?'

It was too early to get up and Hermione, who had spent most of the night crying, was still very tired so she decided she would get to the bottom of it in the morning.

The next day Hermione woke at 12pm, she was a little upset that she had slept so late but was still very tired and couldn't be bothered to complain. Getting up and going to get something to eat she looked out the window and saw the woman watering the flowers and decided to go out and tell her about her dream.

"So you had that dream last night." It wasn't a question and Hermione wondered how she knew. Even more Hermione wondered how she knew Hermione was coming out to see her when her back was to Hermione.

"Err, yes. Who are you; why did you help us that night? Why could I see you but no one else." Hermione was on the verge of crying, everything was so confusing to her.

The woman stood up and turned around to face Hermione. "My dear Hermione my name is Isis and I helped you and your friends because it was the right thing to do. You see Hermione if Voldemort had won then there would be no hope left but because you're here and alive everything will be fine. Your friends are also fine and healthy and they will need or the help they can get. The Weasley's are also fine, in fact they're organizing a full attack soon." Hermione took a few minutes to process all the information.

"They got out and they left me here to be sold and raped and think that their all dead? Why would anyone do that?" the pain caused Hermione to break down into tears and Isis walked over to her and gave her a comforting hug.

"It's not like that at all little one. You see Lucius was meant to find you right after they left and he changed sides. Remember it was your first battle when he told him about muggle borns and you saved his life making him indebt to you so he offered to take you in. But you were nowhere to be found because you had run and then you got caught, Lucius had searched for you for weeks until he found you in the market. Before that his nights were restless and he hardly slept and I know this because he is one of the chosen few and he can see me too."

Hermione still couldn't stop the tears that continued to flow down her cheeks, "You mean Lucius cared? But why didn't he try to save me when I was stuck with Voldemort? Why did he let me get pregnant when he could've saved me?"

Isis's hand stroked Hermione's bushy brown hair, "Oh child, Lucius didn't let anyone hurt you it was something that he couldn't control but one of his very best friends were there to help you, do you remember?"

A small smile fell onto Hermione lips, "You mean Narcissa? He asked Narcissa to help me?"

"Yes because if Lucius had tried to help you at all he would have gotten himself, his son and Narcissa killed and so he asked the help of Narcissa and Luna."

"Luna?"

"Mmm, I met Luna when she was just a child, her mother had just died and she was crying down by the river bank. I was standing watching her, feeling her sadness, when she looked up at me and asked me who I was." Isis gave a small laugh, "She was the very first person in over 20years to be able to see me and I knew then that she was something different."

Hermione looked up at Isis's soft smiling face and felt herself start to smile, "Yeah Luna…she's something." 'And a real friend' Hermione thought.

Pulling herself away from Isis Hermione looked up at the sunny pale blue sky, "Why is it like this everyday?"

Isis looked up and smiled, "It's sunny all the time, sometimes I make it rain and snow."

"Why, it's so perfect when it's sunny."

"Maybe so Hermione but everything has it's time, even the day must give way to the night and even nature cannot escape that. No spell can make it sunny all the time, not even I can do that and I created this little piece of heaven." Isis explained gently.

Hermione looked at her with amazement, "You made this place? Then where are we really because I know that you we can't be nowhere."

Isis laughed, "This is my home, and over 2000 years ago I was walking through the mountains when I got lost and found the most beautiful clearing with this amazing waterfall near by. I built a home the only way I knew how then, I used wood and I lived there until I met this sweet lady named Helga Hufflepuff. She took me to the new school her and her friends had started and while I wasn't magical they taught me to control my powers, powers I didn't know I had until I met them."

"Helga Hufflepuff? You met the founders of Hogwarts?" Hermione was so close to crying again, it had always been one of her dreams to meet the founders but knew she never could, but here she was talking to someone who had met them.

"Let's go inside Hermione and I'll tell you all about it." Hermione nodded her head so much that Isis was almost scared she'd hurt herself.

Malfoy Manor

Harry and the Weasleys were sitting in the Malfoys dining room speaking about battle plans. The twins kept saying that there is no such thing as a plan when it comes to fighting and sadly every agreed but continued to make plans incase.

Harry sighed and rested his head in his hands, 'I hope Hermione's ok.' Harry looked over at Ron who looked like he was a million miles away until Lucius slammed his hand down on the table causing everyone to jump.

"Either way we look at it we lose. Molly how many new fighters have we gotten?" He would have asked Arthur but right now he was in the toilet and he didn't want to wait.

"119 people are coming to help, 20 of them are healers and 3 are potion masters." Lucius nodded his head and everyone could see him figuring it out.

"Right, well I've been in contact with the other countries and have managed to get help from them, they'll be sending 127 of their own people not much but hopefully your dragon boy would've had better luck."

Just as Lucius finished Charlie 'dragon boy' emerged from the fire and took his place at the table, next to Bill.

"Well it wasn't easy but 3 months of persuading has paid off, I've got 5 healers and 44 fighters."

Once more Lucius nodded his head and heard two more people come in through the fire, Draco and Blaise, hopefully with good news.

The two of them were greeted by a smiling face from Molly, a weary look from Lucius and the rest glared at them.

"Well Blaise and I have been at the meetings and it turns out that they can't find Granger anywhere, or the person who help Lovegood. But I heard Lovegood is hardly alive so I suggest getting her out ASAP." Ron gasped at the information, Harry knew he felt something for Luna and before the war he had asked Harry to help him ask her out. And now he may not get the chance.

"Oh poor Hermione, no ones been there to help her through the whole thing." Molly all but wailed.

"That's not true. I asked my ex wife to help her, Narcissa told me everything from the first time she got morning sickness to when the baby kicked. And do not forget Lovegood was there as well."

"So we just have to trust an ex Malfoy? Oh great, yeah we can trust her for sure." Ron said sarcastically.

"Ronald, you stop that right now. I know Narcissa and she would've help Hermione ever way she could." Molly slapped Ron across the back of his head and sat back down.

"When is everyone coming?" Ginny, who had stayed quite through it all, asked.

"Well the people I spoke to are coming tomorrow, I've got a safe house ready for them." Charlie told everyone.

Molly spoke next and informed that the people she rounded up will be arriving tomorrow as well.

Blaise stretched out, "Ours will be coming tonight and Draco and I will be keeping them in the Malfoy forest, if that's alright with you Lucius." Lucius gave a nod.

"Good because mine will also becoming tomorrow. So we should get everyone familiar with several plans before starting the third great war." Everyone agreed and knew that then they could weed out any spies.

"Dismissed, I'll speak to everyone in the two way mirror tomorrow to make sure everything's alright."

'Hermione, I hope you are safe.' Lucius thought as he walked to his bedroom. 'Be safe.'

Written by Jessica.