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Chapter 28

"HERMIONE JANE POTTER"

"Oh Merlin" Hermione said as Andromeda looked at her shoulder.

"Minerva does not sound happy" Andromeda said with a smirk as the cast another diagnostic spell over the teenage girl.

"Uhh, this is going to be bad. Very bad." Hermione said as she cringed at the sound of her grandmothers voice. The door to the room burst open an angry Minerva stood in the doorway.

"Just what the hell did you think you were doing young lady? You could have been killed!"

"I know and I am sorry. I just wanted to make Harry happy and I thought it was the right thing to do."

"Hermione, I understand that you love that boy. But you need to start using your head and making your own decisions, I am very disappointed in you. I thought you had more common since than that."

"Minerva, don't be so hard on her. She learned her lesson." Andromeda interrupted the irate older woman.

"Stay out of this Andromeda, you are not the girls mother as much as you think you are."

"Well right now you are being a horrible grandmother, don't you want to make sure her injury is not bad before jumping down her throat?" Andromeda said with a hurt expression.

"What? She is hurt? Remus did not tell me that." Minerva almost snarled.

"Well I would take that up with him. I need your help with this now."

"Did you hear which spell was used?"

"No, we did not hear them at all, we did not see them." Hermione said as Minerva also pulled out her wand.

"We may have to take her to the hospital Minerva, I can't tell what the damage is, but she can't move her arm."

"That is too dangerous."

"We might not have another option."

"Alright, I will go tell Remus." Minerva swept angrily from the room in search for the werewolf in question.

"Andromeda?"

"Yes Hermione" Andromeda helped Hermione put back on her shirt, trying not to jostle her injured arm too much.

"Do you think that I will be alright? I have not been really hurt before, besides being petrified and what happened at the ministry."

"I would think that being petrified is worse than this." Andromeda said as they made their way down the grand stair case and into the entrance hall where Minerva and Remus were waiting.

"Are we ready to go?" Remus said as he opened one of the large doors.

"Is Harry coming?"

"No, he would draw to much attention to us, he will stay here with Amelia and Susan. We need to get in and out as quickly as possible and I do not see us leaving without him blowing up at someone."

"You need to lay off of him Professor, if you were in his place you would be angry to."

"Come along Hermione we must get going." Minerva said, non to happy with her granddaughter.

Harry had never been so pissed off in his life. First Remus grounds him and now he can't even go with his wife to the hospital. Now he is stuck in the training room with Amelia while she yells at him for forgetting the basics of combat.

"Harry, are you paying attention?" Amelia demanded as she rounded on him again.

"No, I have other things to be worrying about."

"You need to pay attention, we don't want another blunder."

"I need to get some air." Harry stormed out of the room and aimlessly explored the Manor grounds. Hours passed and the group finally arrived back at Whitehall Manor.

"Lets get you in bed Hermione." Andromeda said as she helped the teen up the stairs.

"Whats the damage?" Amelia asked Minerva as she sat wearily down.

"She cannot use her arm until the healers research what spell was used. The spell is interacting with the spell cast on her in the Ministry and it is making her weaker by the minute. She cannot fight in this war, Harry is alone in the fight. Or he will think so anyway. The only thing we can do is make sure she is comfortable and hope that a cure is found quickly. Andromeda has vowed to figure it out, she is going to the Black Estate tomorrow to use the library there. If this spell was dark then she will find it there."

"Will she die?"

"No, just drain her of energy. Magic will be hard for her, it is best if she doesn't use it at all. I know that she will spend all her time in the library. There is something I need to discuss with all of you, but it can wait till the morning. If you do not mind Remus, I will stay in one of the guest rooms tonight."

"Of course, goodnight Minerva." The older woman left the room.

"I will go find Harry." Remus said as he stood.

"If you need any help, send a message."

"Will do Amelia, goodnight."

Andromeda has never felt so angry and worried at the same time. Her girl is hurt and there is nothing that can be done to ease her pain or discomfort at the present time. All she can do is research and try and find how to make her right again. Even if it means going back to her childhood home. Maybe she should bring Nymphadora, let her see what she comes from.

"Are you comfortable?" Andromeda asked as she tucked Hermione in the bed.

"Yes, thank you Andromeda."

"You don't have to thank me Hermione." Andromeda smiled at the young girl.

"Yes I do, you have been there for me and listened when I needed to talk. Nobody else has done that. And what Gran said about you not being my mother...I wish you were." Hermione said as she looked up at the woman in question.

"Hermione, I love you like a daughter and I will always think of you as one. If you were younger I would have adopted you."

"Really?"

"Yes, now you need to get some sleep young lady." Andromeda said as she smiled down at the girl and covered her with the blanket.

"Will I see you tomorrow?" Hermione asked as her eyes started to droop.

"Of course you will."

"Good" Hermione said as she quickly fell asleep. Andromeda watched her for a few minutes before leaving to talk her oldest girl.

Tonks Home

"You wanted to see me mum?" Nymphadora said as she entered her parents kitchen to find her mother sipping a cup of tea while staring out the window.

"What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Nothing, it is my day off. Thought I would spend some time with Remus." At the sound of the werewolf's name Andromeda flinched.

"Is something wrong mum?"

"No, just not used to my little girl being engaged is all." Andromeda said with a smile as she turned around to look at her daughter with the bubblegum pink hair.

"You will get used to it." Tonks smiled happily at her mother.

"Anyway, I want you to go with me to the old Black Estate to look up curses."

"I thought that place was unsafe for humans?"

"No, I have it warded so neither of my sisters can get in. I haven't been there since my mother died, you were just a baby."

"Oh, I am guessing this is for Hermione. Remus told me what happened."

"Yes, the sooner I find a cure the better. If you do not want to come I understand." Andromeda said with a hint of hurt.

"No, I will go with you. It will be nice to spend some time with you, you always seem to be with the kids or busy researching something."

"I am never to busy for you Nymphadora, you know that." Andromeda pulled the Auror into a tight hug.