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Chapter 24

Hermione POV

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Harry asked and looked at me doubtfully. It had to be the seventh time he was asking that question and it began to get really annoying.

"Yes, of course. I have to do it alone. There's no other way."

"But-"

"No, Harry. You know that I can find them."

"And will you be able to give them their memories back?" Ron, who was standing next to Harry with crossed arms, asked.

"I hope so. I know the spell and when it works everything will be all right again." My voice didn't sound as steady as I wanted, so I just sighed. "You have to understand this. You can't come with me!"

"But if it doesn't work you're alone and there's nobody to cheer you up again. It would be really cruel of us to let you go to Australia alone."

I shook my head slowly. "That won't be necessary. It'll work, I know it."

"What if-"

"Ron." Harry looked at his best friend warningly. "I think we should let her go. We've got no right to forbid her anything. You don't have to worry about her."

They were staring at each other for a few seconds, until Ron finally gave up. He sighed loudly and rolled his eyes.

I knew that they were disappointed because I wanted to search my parents alone, but it had to be like this. I was responsible for their loss of memory and now I had to countermand the spell I had used. I had looked through many books in the library and it wasn't very difficult to find something about the spell I had used. There were two ways to reverse it and I had learned them by heart, so the book I was carrying in my bag was unnecessary.

"Thank you." I whispered and smiled at Harry. He hugged me tightly and Ron did the same.

"I know you can do that." Harry grinned and Ron nodded.

"Good luck. I mean... it won't be a problem for you. Ouch, Harry! Okay, please come back quickly, we'll miss you, Hermione."

I couldn't stop myself from laughing and Harry joined me immediately.

"Hey, that isn't funny!" Ron growled and touched the spot on which Harry had hit him carefully.

"Oh, it is!" Harry and I said at the same time. Then he blinked at me and began to run towards the Burrow as fast as he could, Ron was following him very quickly.

I shook my head slowly and looked at the home of the Weasley's for a few moments. It was also my home. During the last years, many things had happened here and I had been... happy. I hoped that this wouldn't change.

With a smile, I disapparated.

It wasn't difficult to find my parents.

They had done exactly what I had told them and I was glad about that. So I didn't have to search them for a long time.

They were living in a small, white house which looked similar to our one in Britain. The only thing missing were the big trees. They had many flowers in their garden and they were really beautiful, but this didn't remind me of my parents. My mum had loved big, old trees and sitting in their shadow. That was also the reason why we had been in so many forests during my summer holidays.

I sighed and shook my head slowly. I had to stop thinking of the old times, that would disturb me. I had to concentrate. Otherwise, they would stay Monica and Wendell Wilkins forever and...

I had to stop thinking of that, so I began to walk towards the house. I didn't know exactly how they would react when I was knocking on their door, but that wasn't important to me right now. I just wanted my parents back.

I had a simple and very stupid plan: knock on their door and ask if you can use their telephone.

If they hadn't changed too much, they would help me. My parents would have done it. René and Phil Granger had always been very friendly and helpful people. Maybe they hadn't forgotten everything about themselves. I had never used a spell like that before, so it couldn't be that strong. At least that's what I hoped.

The doorbell seemed to be very loud because I could hear it outside of the house, too. I took a deep breath and tried to look as desperate as possible.

And then my mum opened the door and for a second, I forgot what I wanted to say.

She didn't change at all. Her green eyes looked at me surprised, her skin was still very pale and her long, dark brown hair was as beautiful as always.

"Oh hello, what can I do for you?" My mum sounded very surprised and I couldn't blame her for that. It didn't happen very often that someone was knocking on your door, even though you didn't expect anyone.

"Um, hi. I'm so sorry that I have to disturb you, but I have a question. It's very urgent." It wasn't difficult to look as if I was about to cry. "I was here with a few of my friends, but somehow, I lost them. Now I'm all alone and I think they have my cell phone. I don't know what to do anymore. Could I please use your telephone? I don't want to be here alone when it gets dark..." My sob wasn't faked. I hadn't believed that it would be so hard to see my mother again when she didn't recognize me.

"You don't have to cry. Of course you can use our telephone, that's no problem. Please, come in. You'll find your friends again, everything's going to be all right."

Everything's going to be all right... How often she had used these words to comfort me... I took a deep breath and tried to calm down a little bit. I hoped they would leave me alone so that I could "call" my friends without someone listening to me. It wouldn't be good if they saw my wand before they remembered everything again.

"Who was that, René?" My father asked from the living room (at least I heard a TV which seemed to be close to him) and I heard footsteps coming towards us.

"This young lady needs our help. She's lost her friends and they have her cell phone, so she can't call them. I offered her to use our telephone."

My dad smiled reassuringly. "Of course you can call your friends. That won't be a problem. I don't think that you have to worry."

I smiled shyly and nodded. "Thank you, Sir." I wasn't able to speak very loud, but René and Phil thought that it was because of my friends. I was very glad about that.

My mum guided me to the telephone, which was in the kitchen. She was smiling at me. "I'll leave you alone, all right?"

I nodded. "Thank you very much."

"No problem."

She went towards the living room and I closed my eyes for a few moments. This was it. I couldn't allow myself to make a mistake. My hands were shaking and I took a deep breath again.

"You can do it. Just stay calm and concentrate on the spell. Then nothing can go wrong. I believe in you." I head Severus' voice in my head and I relaxed immediately. He had said those sentences many times and I knew that he had meant it.

When I opened my eyes again, I was determined to get my parents back.

I sneaked towards the living room as quietly as I could and I hoped that they wouldn't hear or see me.

Luckily, they were sitting on the couch and watched a cooking show. A little smile appeared on my lips. My dad loved those shows.

I raised my wand slowly and whispered the spell I had repeated silently for so many times.

For a few seconds, nothing happened.

Then my parents looked at each other; the cooking show was forgotten.

"René?" My had asked and I couldn't breathe for a few seconds. "Where are we?" His voice was shocked and I could imagine his expression very well.

"I don't know, Phil. This is... strange. Why aren't we at home anymore? And why do I have to think of Australia so much?"

I cleared my throat loudly. "Maybe I could explain that to you, Mum." I said and walked into the room.