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Hermione let out a long sigh before pressing her finger onto the doorbell. Her other hand shook with a vial of the potion in it. Jane poked her head out the door with confusion knitted onto her features.
"Hermione, what's going on?"
"Hi mum, do you mind if I come in? I uhh…I need to speak with you and dad." Despite her nerves, the witch's voice came out crisp and clear.
"Of course sweetheart," Jane opened the door even wider and allowed her daughter to walk into house. "I'll go get your father and we can all talk over some tea." Jane disappeared down a hallway and Hermione settled herself onto one of the couches. She bit down on her lower lip and attempted to think about the dinner Draco promised they would have tonight, or how Ron had asked her yesterday to help him go ring shopping tomorrow. Turned out he hadn't felt he had the right ring and still had yet to propose. But no matter how much she tried to stray from the terrifying thoughts of what she was about to do, she always ended up right back to her parents.
Within five minutes both Greg and Jane walked in, holding hand and blissfully unaware of what was to come next. Hermione felt a pang of jealousy and desperately wished their roles could be swapped. How nice it would be to be unaware for a moment.
"So what's up pumpkin?" Greg smiled and took a sip of tea.
"Mum…Dad…there's something really serious I need to tell you."
"You're not pregnant are you?" Greg blurted out.
"No dad," Hermione allowed herself a small giggle, "I'm not pregnant." She took a deep breath, "But there is something extremely important I need to discuss with you, and I need you both to have open minds about it." Both of her parents remained silent. Hermione took that as agreement and continued. "When the Australian Ministry of Magic recovered you guys and fixed your memories…it didn't go quite as smoothly as I was told it did. Memory charms are extremely tricky and can be very damaging if used repeatedly." She stopped and assessed both of her parents' faces. Neither one of them seemed to of connected any dots. "I was told that your recovery was easy and had no issues, but just recently I found out that that was not the case. It took the memory charmers over three times to restore your brains back to their regular functions. If the same memory charm is attempted over three times…it can be extremely damaging…or cause nothing at all, we just never know." She took another deep breath, "However in your case…it did cause problems. Mum, Dad, you guys are losing your memories."
Both of her parents' eyes bugged out and Jane nearly dropped her tea. They were silent for over a minute before Greg managed to speak. "Hermione I think we would know if we were losing our memories!" He laughed uncomfortably and looked at Jane for comfort, but her face was set in stone.
"No dad…you wouldn't. I noticed it when I brought Draco over to meet you guys."
"Isn't that that Malfoy boy who was always mean to you? Why on earth would you bring him over?"
Tears very nearly sprung from Hermione's eyes. She swallowed back a lump in her throat, "Because I'm dating him, in fact we're rather serious, and I told you guys about this months ago. He met both of you…you liked him."
"I don't…I don't remember." Jane nearly whispered, "But I…I can see the truth in your eyes. I see the pain." Hermione nearly stopped breathing. She had expected her mother to be more cynical about the whole situation. Realization seemed to sweep across Greg's face and he squeezed his wife's hand harder.
"What are we supposed to do?" His voice was laced with defeat.
"I made a potion." Hermione lifted the small vial out of her bag. "It will fix everything, your memories will come back, and it would all be back to normal. You can come to my wedding, meet your grandchildren. Your lives will go back to normal."
"Are you getting married?" Jane was momentarily distracted from the current issue.
"No," Hermione smiled, "But I believe I'm with the person who I will marry. I can see it with him." Her grin grew even wider as the image of Draco entered her mind. There was no one else she wanted. Ever.
"I-I want to remember him." Jane looked decided. Greg on the other hand looked wary.
"Is this potion safe?"
"Of course Dad! I created it myself!"
"The magical community must be after you for it!" Both of her parents looked proud.
"No, actually they don't know about it. I keep my potions private."
"Hermione I will take this potion on one condition." Jane grabbed her daughters hand, "Give it to community. You could help people like us, you could make such a difference!"
"I don't want any more fame! The paparazzi already follow me around for the war and for dating Draco." She bit her lip and swallowed, "but if it means you guys will get better…I'll do it." She undid the stopper on her vial, "I have the first dose here. You guys will have to take one dose every week for the next two months. The only side effect is being a bit dizzy after you take it. But that should only last a few minutes.
"Well hand over the bottle, I want to remember the love of my daughter's life." Jane smiled and snatched the vial out of Hermione's hands. It was astounding how much her parents views could change within a few months. It warmed her heart to realize just what they would do for her.
"Okay just take two big gulps and let Dad have two big gulps. That should do it for this week."
"Gladly." Jane raised the vial to her lips and with only a moment's hesitation, she let the potion slip down her throat. Greg went next and gave his wife a significant look before also letting the potion enter his body.
"When will we start to notice the effects?" Greg asked after finishing up the potion.
"Within two weeks, your memories should start to come back" Hermione got up from her seat on the couch and gave both of her parents a giant hug. "Thank you so much for believing in me. I love you both so much."
"Draco?" Hermione flooed into the Manor living room, but her boyfriend was nowhere to be found.
"Hermione! Come quickly! It's my mother!" Draco's snow white face appeared over the banister for only a brief moment before he disappeared behind the wall once more. Hermione broke out into a sprint upstairs. She burst into Narcissa's room and met an all too familiar scene. The witch was seizing on her bed with blood around her middle. Draco was standing in the corner with a bloody towel and clenched hands.
"Draco I cant give her the potion again."
"Why not?" The Slytherin's voice was in hysterics and his usually pale color was white.
"I just gave her a huge batch for this yesterday! This healing process was supposed to take eight months but…I think I misjudged the power of the potion I created. She is healing faster than I thought…the horcrux is becoming more violent, it's fighting for its life. But if I give her the potion again so soon…I don't even know what would happen."
"Well then what the hell do you plan to do?" Draco threw the towel onto the floor, "Dammit Hermione! She's fucking bleeding out!"
"I know that!" Hermione ran over to Narcissa's side and began vanishing the blood. But within seconds it would be back. "Apparate to the hospital and get me some blood replenishing potion, they won't question you, I put you on the list of my contacts." Draco apparated away without a single question. Hermione then did what she truly needed to do, what had made her send Draco away. She plunged her wand into the center of the woman's stomach and a bloody scream tore through Narcissa's throat. A black liquid spurted out of her abdomen and the screams were joined by hissing.
"Somnum Sane!" Hermione's powerful sleeping spell shot out of her wand and immediately spread throughout Narcissa's body. The blackened skin vanished and her pale skin glowed a bright red for a moment before returning to its original color. A loud crack alerted to Draco's return.
"What the bloody hell did you do to her?" He forced the vial into Hermione's hand and she poured it down Narcissa's throat.
"I put her into a safe sleeping state. Her body can't take the torture the horcrux is going to put her through in the next few weeks. I knew this would have to happen…just not so soon. It's going to be okay Draco." Hermione grinned, "She's getting better. As long as I keep giving her blood replenishing potions…she's going to be healed."
The blonde looked ready to cry. "Thank you Hermione." He kissed her softly. "You're amazing."
I'm so so so so so so sooooo sorry for the long wait! The last week of school shouldn't be as busy as mine was...but now I only have finals left! So hopefully I will be able to update super soon! I'm sorry it's a short chapter too...I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter for some reason. But thank you so much to everyone for the reviews for chap 37! They were so nice and amazing! I love you guys and I hope you like this chapter! We're winding down to the end now believe it or not...prob only about 5 - 7 chapters left. Gahhh that's crazy! Although I never expected it to even be this long so...yay! Thanks again to everyone so so much! I love you all!