A/N: The Potter's and Toplin's go to Italy. Neville rondeau's with them there as well. Amanda and Remus make it official. Enjoy!

Granger Villa, Italy

Hermione was sitting on her bed writing letters to her friends. She had already asked her parents if she could invite them, and they had said yes. Hopefully they would be free and able to relieve her from the mental case that was her cousin Lucy. Lucy had become even more insufferable. When she got mad, things tended to fly around or break. Hermione and her parents were pretty sure that it was Hermione getting annoyed at her cousin's antics and selfishness. Her parents secretly believed though, that Lucy might be a witch. They didn't share this with Hermione though. Hermione had escaped to her room for some peace and quiet while her roommate was out. Her roommate also happened to be Lucy. Hermione took this Lucy free opportunity to write letters. She had already written to Harry and Tonks. She was struggling to write a letter to Neville. She liked him. A lot. He was always nice to her and supplied her with plants. He always knew just the plant she needed and when she was getting tired and was about to blow something up. He always stuttered around her and looked relieved whenever Tonks walked in. She was worried that he might like Tonks and that's why he always stuttered around her. Because he didn't know what to say and was just bidding his time. She had about half the letter composed. She was trying to figure out away to phrase the invitation in a way that said "I want you to come, but I'm not desperate." Eventually she threw in the towel and just invited him and sent the letter on it's way. She was hoping she would get at least one positive reply.

Evans Residence

"Mum, Hermione invited Tonks and I to her villa in Italy; can we go?" Harry asked his mother over dinner.

"I guess. I just don't have any money to send with you for food and what not." Lily said.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." Harry said. He was still the eldest heir to the Potter fortune. He would inherit it all. As soon as his parents got divorced, like as it was happening, Harry was at Gringotts cementing his heirship. It was now impossible for him to be removed as the heir to the Potter's. He also moved all his trust fun money and ¼ of Daniel's money into a separate vault that only he, his mother and Claire could access. He also moved Claire's trust fund, (which he was surprised that she still had one), and ¼ of Daniel's money to another vault that only Claire, their mother and Harry could access. Lily knew nothing of this and neither did Claire. It was to remain a secret until she went to Hogwarts.

"I will also be fine Ms. Lily. My parents left me some money before they died, and my step parents left me enough money to pay expenses for the rest of the summer. I have enough for Harry and myself." Tonks said.

"How many times do I have to ask you, please, call me Lily. Ms. Lily makes me feel old." Lily said.

Blushing, Tonks said, "Sorry… Lily."

"Thanks mum. I'll bring you back something. Anything you want. Anything that our lease permits. No dragons Claire." Harry said. Claire looked disappointed.

"When will you guys be leaving?" Lily asked.

"Tomorrow after everyone leaves. Hermione gave us the address so we can apparate there. I'll give you your mirror so you can communicate with us." Harry said.

"Fine. But you better call every night. I don't care how busy you are. Call me from a port-a-potty if you have to." said Lily.

Harry could tell his mother would not budge. "Yes mum. I'll call you every night.

"Good. Now, go get packed and ready to go. I have to go to work early tomorrow." Lily said.

"Yes Mum. Can I be excused?" Harry asked.

"Yes. You and Tonks can clear the table. After you finish, you can go and pack your bags." Lily said.

Harry and Tonks wasted no time on getting to work. They quickly cleared the table and washed it down, they vacuumed the living room, and made all the beds in the apartment; they wanted to leave the house clean for Lily so she didn't have to worry about it, and so that way she won't regret letting them go.

The next day, Claire and Lily left for school and work, and Harry and Tonks left for Italy. The apartment was clean and the doors and windows looked. The fire escape was freshly swept and ready to be used to view the city. All was as it should be.

Granger Villa, Italy

"MOTHER!" an ungodly screech sounded through the Villa. Hermione banged get hard against the desk. Lucy was calling for her mother and she was not a patient woman.

"Harry, Tonks, Neville, please come. I'm losing my mind." Hermione silently begged.

"MOTHER!" Lucy screeched again. "THERE ARE WEIRD PEOPLE AT THE DOOR AND I WANT THEM TO GO AWAY!"

At this, Hermione got up and ran down stairs.

"Do you want something?" Lucy asked.

"Yes. For you to move out of the way so I can open the door for my friends. I do hope you know what friends are. It judging on how you screech, I would say not." Hermione said pushing Lucy out of the way. Lucy stood there flabbergasted.

"Hey Hermione. How are you?" Harry asked. Lucy took one look at the boy and knew she wanted him and she would have him.

"I'm good. A lot better now that you and Tonks are here." Hermione responded. Lucy hadn't noticed the pink haired girl standing next to the boy. She shouldn't be a problem.

"This place is amazing!" Harry said.

"Thank you, it's been in the family for 3 generations." Lucy said.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Harry asked.

"I'm Lucy. Lucy Granger. Hermione's cousin." Lucy said.

"Oh. Nice to meet you. I'm Harry Potter." Harry said shaking her hand. "The girl with the pink hair is Tonks."

"Hello." Tonks said.

"What kind of name is Tonks?" Lucy asked scrunching her nose up.

"It's my last name. I despise my first name." Tonks said.

"Oh. Are you staying with us?" Lucy asked Harry, completely ignoring Tonks and Hermione.

"Yes. Hermione," Harry asked uncomfortable with the way Lucy was looking at him, "where are we staying?"

Hermione smiled, "My room. Lucy is moving out into another room and two more beds will be placed in my room. Half of the room will be for Tonks and I, and the other half for you and Neville."

Lucy was livid. How dare her cousin take away her opportunity for getting Harry. "I wasn't aware that I was moving out."

Harry and Tonks stepped away and put their hands in their wands. Best let Hermione figure this out and just put up shield charms, should the need arise.

"I was just about to tell you. That's what I had originally came down here to say. I even took the liberty of moving all your stuff to the other room for you. I even folded the clothes and put them away in a drawer, something you routinely forget to do." Hermione said sweetly.

"Okay. It was nice of you to move my stuff without my consent or permission and invade my privacy." Lucy said just as sweetly.

"I figured you wouldn't mind as you go through my letters all the time." Hermione said with an incredible fake smile.

"Yes I do. That's how I know you like a boy named Neville was it?" Lucy said. She knew she had hit Hermione hard. Harry and Tonks looked at each other, if this was true, Lucy was toast.

Hermione's fake smile turned into a scowl of rage in the blink of an eye. Before either Tonks or Harry knew what was happening, Hermione had tackled Lucy to the ground and punched her in the face. Harry grabbed Hermione in her middle and clasped his hands together to obtain enough leverage to drag her off Lucy. Tonks had grabbed Lucy's shoulder and was dragging her across the floor. Of course Hermione's parents and Lucy's parents had chosen that exact moment to walk in.

"You bitch! That's my business and you had no right to say that you spoiled bitch!" Hermione yelled. "Let go of me so I can teach her the meaning of pain!" Hermione yelled at Harry.

"I'm not letting go until you calm down." said Harry calmly.

"What the hell is happening!" Hermione's father roared. "I leave you alone for 5 minutes and Hermione's yelling death threats and Lucy has a black eye. Again I ask, what the hell happened."

"Lucy said something that Hermione didn't want known to anybody in front of Tonks and I. Lucy found this information by reading Hermione's letters." Harry said still restraining Hermione

"Is there a civil way to fix this?" Hermione's mother asked.

"Not anyway that won't end with a visit to the hospital." Harry explained. Lucy now had a large amount of swelling in her right eye and it was turning purple.

"My poor daughter's face! Her beautiful face! How is to find a boyfriend now?" Lucy's mother cried.

Harry was floored. He lost his grip on Hermione and she ran right towards Lucy. Thankfully, Tonks was there to intervene. Hermione was the floor, stunned, before she could hurt Lucy even more. Harry has now turned to face Lucy's mother.

"You're more concerned about how your daughter has a black eye that will be gone in about a week, than the fact that she brought this on herself by going through her cousins mail? Are you even going to acknowledge that?" Harry asked.

"My Lucy would never do anything wrong. If she went through the mail, it's because it was left out in the open." said Lucy's mother arrogantly.

Harry walked over to Hermione and revived her. "Hermione, were your letters left out in the open?" Harry asked.

Hermione answered, "No. they were stuffed under my mattress in a journal that was wrapped in a shirt."

Harry turned to Lucy's mother, "See? Your daughter was in the wrong. Not Hermione."

"Well, had Hermione not made the letters look so suspicious, then Lucy wouldn't have gone through them." Lucy's mother said arrogantly.

Harry was fuming. This woman reminded him of his father. "For Lucy to have even known about the letters, she would have have to have been looking for them, or just been snooping around Hermione's stuff. While what Hermione did was inexcusable, it was warranted."

Hermione's parents nodded in agreement. "I think the best course of action would be to separate both of them. Hermione, you will not be getting your allowance for a month, you will have to ask us if you want anything." Hermione's farther said very sternly.

Everyone looked at Lucy's parents. "Well, I don't think Lucy deserves a punishment as she was the one who was punched. In fact…" Lucy's mother was then cut off by her husband.

"Miranda, you are blind. You spoil her rotten and then when she does something like this, you blame it on the other party. Lucy, you are grounded for the rest of the summer and will not receive your allowance for the rest of the year." Her father said.

"You're taking away my allowance! How am I supposed to get designer purses and gold jewelry now?" Lucy exclaimed.

"How much is your allowance?" Tonks asked.

"£1.000 a month." Lucy said as if this was normal. Everyone had their eyes big. Lucy's mother was beaming, and her father was shaking his hard in embarrassment.

Trying do diffuse the awkwardness, Tonks asked, "Erm, Hermione, why don't you show us our room?"

Hermione, realizing what Tonks was doing responded, "Grab your stuff and I'll show you where our room is."

Coffee Shop, London

Remus was sitting opposite Amanda outside their favorite coffee shop on a sunny Wednesday afternoon after school had finished. Claire had to go to MPTT, magical and physical training and therapy, and Remus was still unemployed.

"Remus, would you mind being my date to a dinner my mother is hosting this weekend? I know that we haven't officially started dating yet but I figured, since we are bonded, you might as well meet my mother." Amanda said shyly.

Remus looked over at her. She was bright red and looking down, embarrassed almost. "I would love to go." Remus said. Amanda beamed brightly. "And I would also like to be your boyfriend. Or bond mate. Which ever you prefer." Remus said. Amanda's smile grew even more.

"Boyfriend is just fine." she said almost glowing. She was beaming the rest of time she was drinking her coffee. "What do you want to do tonight?" Amanda asked. "We could go back to my place and watch movies. Or go to a movie theater. Or dinner. Or a dog park."

Remus almost choked on his coffee. "A dog park? We don't have a dog…"

"I have a dog. And it's sitting across from me." Amanda said teasing him. "I've always wanted a dog, but my apartment doesn't allow them. Does the dog like tennis balls?"

"Yes. And rawhide bones covered in peanut butter." Remus somehow said with a straight face. Then he smiled. And started laughing. Amanda started laughing too. They laughed together for a while, then went back to drinking their coffee and sometimes stifling a giggle and spraying coffee everywhere.

Longbottom Manor

"Neville! Where are you! It's lunch time!" Augusta Longbottom yelled through her manor.

"Yes Grandmother. I'll be there shortly!" Neville replied. Neville down the grand staircase of Longbottom manor and jumped the last few steps with Hermione's letter clutched in his hand. By the time he got to the lunch table, he was winded.

"Neville, what did I say about running in the manor?" Augusta said to grandson.

Neville sighed and repeated, "Stairs and little boy's faces are never a good a combination and the stairs will always win." He then pulled a chair out and sat down and began eating his lunch. "Grandmother, can I stay with a few friends in Italy? My friend invited me and the rest of our friends to come and stay with her. I wouldn't be the only boy, Harry will be there." Neville said noticing the look on his grandmothers face when he said her.

"Well, it would have to be okay with her parents. Would you be staying in separate rooms? Boys in one room, girls in the other?" Augusta asked.

"Yes, of course. Hermione's parents are very responsible and wouldn't let anything remotely scandalous happen. We are also only 12. Nothing is going to happen." Neville reassured his grandmother.

"As long as you Floo me everyday and give me an update on what you're doing." Augusta said. Neville was beaming. Augusta was what you would call a helicopter parent; except she was his grandmother.

"Thanks Gran! I'm going to go pack now!" Neville said putting his cutlery down and running up the stairs. Augusta didn't even bother tell him to stop. She was just happy he had friends.

Granger Villa, Hermione's Room, Italy

"Hermione, you have to calm down. You can't kill Lucy, no matter how much you want to." Tonks said to Hermione.

Hermione wasn't having any of it. "But she embarrassed me. Imagine what would happen had Neville been here?"

Tonks could relate. The goblins almost revealed her secret. "You probably would have felt like dying, but eventually, you would move past it." There was a fire in Hermione's eyes, actually, Hermione appeared to be glowing.

"Had Neville been here and Lucy have said that, Lucy wouldn't be here." Hermione began to glow more, there were small fires around her feet.

Harry noticed this. "Hermione, calm down."

"Do you have any idea how mad I am right now? How much I want to murder Lucy?" The fires were growing. "I wanted to turn her into a pile of ash." Tonks had at this point noticed the fires.

"If you don't calm down, she will turn into a pile of ash, as you are being engulfed in flames." Harry said matter of factly.

Hermione stopped. "What the hell do mean?" Harry pointed to her feet. Hermione screamed. "How did that happen? What do I do?"

"First, calm down. Second, try to see if you can control them and make them go away. They don't appear to be hurting you." Harry said very calmly. He didn't want to scare her as that might make the flames grow even more. Hermione nodded and took a deep breath; the flames receded.

"Try making them grow!" Tonks prompted. Hermione closed her eyes and imagined the flames growing to engulf her. She opened her eyes. She was in fact engulfed by flames.

"I have no idea where this came from." Hermione said shocked. She made the flames go away and then come back.

"You and me both. I recently found out I am a descendant of the House Ananke. The last one." Tonks said.

"Aren't they the ones who had the ability to control the mind?" Hermione asked.

"Yes. I haven't tried it yet. The goblins are certain I can do it though. I had my lineage test by the goblins of Gringotts." Tonks explained. Neville choose that moment to walk in.

"Holy shit Hermione! You're engulfed in flames!" Neville panicked.

"I am aware. They aren't hurting me. Apparently I have this ability to control fire and make it appear." Hermione explained. Neville calmed down a bit.

"Like the way Claire can control metal?" Neville asked.

Harry explained this time, "Sort of. Except Hermione can make flames appear out of nothing, Claire need metal in order to morph it. I wonder if you have any abilities."

Neville looked confused, "Why do you say that?"

"Because all of us have a power. I supposedly can control people's minds, Hermione can make fire, and Harry can make lightning. If I had to guess, I would say you can do stuff with plants, given your natural affinity for them." Tonks stated.

"You think so? It would certainly explain a lot. I wonder if there is a prophecy about us." Neville said looking surprised.

It was Hermione's turn to be surprised, "Prophecies exist? And why would there be one about us?"

Neville explained, "Prophecies are rare, but they do happen from time to time. I think there might be one about us, because, don't you think it's a little bit odd how we each have extra powers?"

Hermione was making her flames swirl around her wrist, "I suppose so. But you have to admit, it might just be coincidence."

"I actually agree with Neville. There are rarely coincidences in the wizarding world. Just take for example Tonks, we weren't planning on going to Gringotts until she was 13, but the. She took a potion, by accident of course, that caused her to remember her past. Or that Hermione is brilliant with potions, and it comes out that she is a pyromage." Harry said.

Hermione looked at him, "Pyromage?"

Harry nodded, "Yes. It's what people who can create fire out of nothing are called. If you can create a trueing out of nothing, you are a mage. If you can alter and control what is already there, but can't create it out of nothing, you're a morpher. Claire is a metalmorph."

"What are you with your lightning then?" Tonks asked.

"Some weird limbo between the two. I can create it out of nothing, but I have to be hit with a certain spell." Harry said.

"We should do some experiments with that." Neville suggested. "Can we please go to the beach? The weather is amazing!"

Hermione smiled and put her flames out, "Of course! Leave your stuff here, this is where you will be staying. I was going to have Harry help me move the extra beds in later. But for now, the bathroom is over there, so get changed into your swimsuits, because we're going to the beach!"

A/N: Sorry for the really long update. Now that school has been cancelled for the rest of the year, I have no excuse to not update. I promise that updates will be semi-regular now.

-Sheltie1267