Major Trouble
By
Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
A/N: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, and the Kasmirs.
Now on with the story…
1 Chapter Five: One Day To Go.
Kali floated restlessly around Selena's room. She was worried. She had never been away from home and neither had her girls. They had left so many people behind to carry out an age-old tradition. Every fourteen graduating classes a quartet of top students, normally two girls and two boys, were chosen to go and take classes abroad. They were normally sent to Hogwarts. Her girls were both great students. Selena was the top girl in the whole school and Angel was second. The girls studied hard for they knew that they were in what was called the Class of the Four. They had won and were now reaping the benefits.
Selena rolled over to face the sunlight streaming through her window. She slowly sat up and grabbed the silk bathrobe off the chair next to her bed. She slung the robe over the shoulders of her blue silk nightclothes and sat down at her vanity. Kali began to pull the bands out of her hair and unbraid it. Once it was all undone Kali began to brush it out. She pulled the silver and purple parts away letting the mahogany hair fall. Kali decided to twist the streaks creating little dual colored rivers running over the mahogany. Kali left Selena to get dressed the rest of the way on her own and went to check on Angel.
Angel had the habit of getting up at least an hour before her older sister to exercise. She had finally settled back down on her bed when Kali glided through the door. Angel got off her bed and sat down at her vanity, they brushed out her already unbraided hair and rebraided the gold and green streaks.
"Kali, could you go make sure Hermione is ready to leave at ten. I would like to be back from Diagon Alley before noon. When is the mail arriving there was none in the dish when I woke?"
"The mail will be here around noon. We are now five hours ahead of Night Harbor. Selena is ready to go and Marchioness Catilia is getting dressed. You three could leave as soon as you teach her to materialize. I will not have you three traipsing about London representing Night Harbor covered in black soot. These English witches and wizards travel through fireplaces. Now I do admit that around the islands some of the lower slaves who don't know how to ping will travel through the fires. But that is another thing all together." Kali curtsied and left the room.
About an hour and fifteen attempts of having Hermione materialize around the grounds got ready to leave. Both girls slide their link bracelets and their disguise necklaces. Hermione watched in amazement, as Selena's hair became blonde and both girls bold streaks faded out of existence, their eyes became green and Angel shrunk down to Selena's height. Hermione recovered and the three disappeared. Selena in a shower of silver stars, Angel in a mist of golden smoke and Hermione in a shower of pale purple petals. They arrived outside of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Hermione walked inside followed by Selena and Angel. Griphook escorted them down to Hermione's vault. The goblin opened the vault door and three piles of coins appeared. The coins were silver, bronze and gold. Hermione grabbed a bag full and they left. Griphook next took them to the joint vault that Selena and Angel's parents had opened for them. They opened their own vault expecting to see the grens, varns and merns that they were used to but these coins were different. Hermione explained the differences and dragged the girls off to get their school supplies. First hey went through Flourish and Blotts grabbing the few books they would be needing plus a bit of background reading. They arrived at the Apothecary where Selena became engrossed in the shelves and containers of stuff lining the walls and floors. It took Angel twenty minutes to pull Selena away from the faerie wings where she was starting to fume and was about to explode on the poor soul working behind the counter.
"The nerve of some weakbloods. Killing innocent faeries for their potions to work. Remind me to send a link to poppa. Any ways where to next?"
"How about we go get you wands before we go spend a lot of money in the robes shop."
"That's a good idea Catilia show the way."
The girls walked to Ollivanders. A bell tinkled somewhere in the background. An aged man walked into the waiting area. "Ah Miss Granger how are you? It's been awhile since I've seen you. Fourteen and a half inches made of hickory and unicorn tail hair great for charms. Now who are these two young ladies? They aren't on my list of first years."
"My name is Selena le Therone and this is my sister Angel le Therone" Mr. Ollivander began to measure both of the twins simultaneously. The measuring tapes rolled themselves back up and floated onto a table nearby. Mr. Ollivander looked at the roll of parchment he had written the numbers on and a puzzled look overcame him. He wandered off into the back room and came back with two gold boxes. Each wrapped in worn blue silk. He handed them to the girls and they opened the boxes. The inside of the boxes were lined on the top by royal purple silk and the bottom in royal blue velvet. Selena and Angel gave their new wands a swish and a golden mist filled the room and silver moon and purple stars shoot out the wands. Mr. Ollivander was enchanted never had one of the wands in his shop sparked such a show. Then he remembered what had happened last time something of this magnitude had happened.
"You two are from Night Harbor aren't you? More than that you two are royalty. My granda would tell me of a land across the crystal seas that had disappeared in the 1400s. He said that one-day twin girls would come into the shops and the gold case wands would accept them. He told me that that day would rival even the day that the lightning bearer would come." Mr. Ollivander bowed slightly to the girls before they turned and fled.
The girls arrived breathless outside of Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasion. Selena opened the door and entered the robes shop. The three sat down at one of the tables cluttered with design books fro dress robes.
"Oh by the way Catilia, we are allowed to bring three people each back with us to HAGS for some of the parties. They like to have new faces."
"So what would I be needing?"
"Well I guess you could wear your dress robes but none of them are the right style for formal events at HAGS. We'll buy them when we get to NHI."
"Hello my dears. Are you three here to buy Hogwarts robes?" Madame Malkin had finished with the three girls and the boy that had been standing on the stools getting fitted for robes. "Up you go." All three girls climbed up on the stools and stood there while they were pinned. Once their Hogwarts robes were fitted they decided that they wanted formal and dress robes to go with them. Angel chose a blood red fabric that would flames crawling up the bell shaped sleeves and up the skirt. Selena selected a light blue fabric with silver and gold stars and moons floating about with a single purple and gold phoenix that swirled around the dress as if in the night sky. Hermione chose a fabric with green glittery swirls over a blue backdrop.
"There you go girls its twenty seven galleons for all three bags together."
"Thank you Madame Malkin." The girls chorused before leaving.
"Now what to do before we go home." Angel said as they walked back out into the sunshine.
"We could go to the Leaky Cauldron and get something to drink or we could go get ice cream."
"Catilia has made the suggestion for drinks and ice cream lets go do both at the Leaky Cauldron.
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"Harry, Ron, Ginny you three bring me your supplies list." Mrs. Weasley called as she walked up the stairs. She passed by the rooms of her children and heard them struggling to get out of bed and rummaging through the papers in their rooms to find their letters. ~I'm proud of Harry and Ron. They were made Prefects. I know Ron won't follow in Percy's footsteps namely because like the rest of my boys and Harry he loves adventure too much. Sometimes I wish I hadn't left Night Harbor for good. If Lily, James and myself hadn't gone up for the Quartet we would all still be safe and sound on the island. I could have brought Arthur back to the castle after graduation. I was the youngest if I hadn't wanted to stay the others wouldn't have stayed to make sure I was all right. Well at least I can try to make it up the their clan. I'll bring Harry home to his family when I go back this summer. Yes that's it I'll bring all of my children home to meet their grandparents. There are just a few things I need to do before I can return.~
Ginny ran out of her room with the three lists and handed them to her mother before heading into Ron's room.
"Val, dear, do you have a supply list from Hogwarts?"
"Of course I do. Ques could you get it for me? Would you like me to go with you Duchess a lady of your prowess should not go anywhere alone."
"No my dear I'll be fine. It's been a while since some one has called me Duchess and insisted on escorting me anywhere. Val I know that you are busy preparing for the ordeals at the end of this year but could you find the time to go and get acquainted with my children. Teach them our ways. I don't think they would like to have their ways changed by their mother. You always had a knack for getting people to go a head and do what was best for them. I would like tot take them home with me at the end of the year. I can't have them do anything wrong if I want them or Arthur in my clan's good graces."
"Don't worry Molly. Familia Hearth will acknowledge your children. The only thing is that they have to have been offered a place at Hempstead and attend at least one year before they can be Society. You know that."
"Ron and Ginny are both Society. I want you to take them back with you. Please it would be the greatest joy to see them accept their past." Tears formed in her eyes.
"You have to bring them to the family and you know it. But if they get placed in Hempstead I will tutor them till they can join the grade with the rest of their peers. Have they should any talents yet?"
"Yes they have and we can discuss those latter because if you six want you stuff before you leave I must get going. With that Mrs. Weasley vanished through the fireplace in Val's room.
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Mrs. Weasley appeared in the Leaky Cauldron just as Selena, Angel and Hermione were walking in the door.
"Duchess Molly?!?" Selena ran over to the lady standing near the fire. She threw her arms around Molly's shoulders and buried her face in the red hair of her Guardian. Angel faltered for a second before crashing into the pair. Hermione approached slowly wondering what was going on.
"Selena, Angel… and Hermione how lovely to see all three of you."
"It's okay Tamer she's one of us now. I present to you Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi of the Night Harbor Granaldis."
Mrs. Weasley and the girls took up an out of the way both and talked for hours. They discussed everything from Hermione's family to Night Harbor and what had happened since they had disappeared from her life. At about one thirty the girls stood up.
"Well, I think we need to be going. We just stopped in to get our stuff for school. See you at Christmas Duchess Molly. You are coming back to see my coming out this summer right? We turn sixteen in April and graduate next year."
"Come back and see my moon goddess become a true Society lady is something I wouldn't miss for the world. The chance to be there for the coming out ball of not only both of the Princesses but of VASKAS is something I wouldn't miss for the world. Well I must be going. Tons of shopping to do I have nine kids at my house at the moment and only seven of them are mine." With that Mrs. Weasley vanished into the crowds heading into Diagon Alley.
The girls materialized into the front hall of Herione's recently remodeled villa. Two little girls ran into the hall closely followed by a little boy of about ten. Hermione dropped her bags and scooped up the two girls in her arms.
"Lianna, Carissa it isn't lady like to run. Adam you shouldn't chase your sisters. They didn't mean to break your new toy. You should no have left it out where your younger sisters could get a hold of it." A tall girl of about seventeen entered the hall through the same door the children had just run through. "Bounjour, I didn't expect you three home so early. Kali told me that you would more than likely be gone till mid afternoon. You must be Marchioness Catilia. I'm Adrela Lightwing. I am your younger siblings new au pair. I was surprised to get a link from the agency saying that a spot had opened for me. Anyways, I'll take the children up to the nursery for them to play until supper is ready." Adrela nodded slightly at the children and the three of them followed her up the stairs to the nursery that had been added while they were away.
The girls went back up to their room to put their school supplies away. The girls picked up some of their HAGS books and curled up on Angel's bed to study. Hermione borrowed their first year books and began to study as well.
"Selena did you link Karema yet?"
"Thank you for reminding me Angel. I totally forgot." Selena touched one of the crystals on necklace letting her disguise fall away. She spun her bracelet once and touched a pale blue topaz. "Selena Daphne Persephone Kima le Therone to Karema Samaria Monique Granaldi." A fuzzy projection of a thirty-year-old woman appeared out the topaz stone.
"Selena what can I do for you? You couldn't have gotten into trouble as of yet could you? I thought you were Quartet?"
"Karema no I am not in trouble, and yes I'm Quartet. There is some one I wish that you could meet. Could you materialize to my host villa?'
"Princess I can't leave you know that. While on Quartet your not supposed to even be using your real name. Why do I have to meet someone?" Karema was one of the few people that could talk back to Selena and get away with it.
"Karema Granaldi I demand a moment of your seven hundred year old time. Now report here immediately."
"Yes miss. Karema out."
Karema was escorted into Angel's bedroom a few minutes later. Selena and Hermione had taken the opportunity to escape to Selena's room to make Hermione presentable. Selena grabbed one of her summer frocks from her trunk and slid it over Hermione's head. Hermione's hair smoothed self out and curled into a ponytail as if by invisible hands. The two walked back into Angel's room.
"Princess Selena you summoned me."
"Yes, Karema I would like for you to meet Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi. And this is the villa of the lost clan."
"That is my great grand daughter?" Karema stuttered and stared at Hermione.
"Great Grandmamma?" Hermione was astonished she could swear this woman didn't look over thirty.
"Catilia come here my child let me get a look at you." Hermione approached slowly and was caught in an embrace by Karema. "Yes she is Granaldi, she just has a very strong disguise on since she was born. Catilia my dear do you have apiece of jewelry that you have never taken off for as long as you can remember?" Hermione thought for a minute and held out her arm. On her wrist was a gold id bracelet that had Hermione Granger scrawled across it. Karema tapped it once and the name-faded and was replaced by Catilia Granaldi. Hermione's hair faded to blonde and silky with pale purple hi lights. Her eyes turned green with a yellow star in each. Her skin darkened to a golden tan and she grew about five and a half inches. She now stood at five foot five and a half barefoot. "Now you look like a Granaldi. Would you like to keep your disguise so that you could continue going to Hogwarts without causing a stir? I'm going to meet with Madame Headmistress de Maria and request you take correspondence classes with the twins this year. The girls will help you get prepared. You will be presented at the coming out ball this summer. Now I wish to speak to the rest of my family. Where are your parents?"
"They are in Vienna. They won't be back till the day after tomorrow. We are going to take the Knight Bus to the train station to get to school tomorrow. Would you like to meet my younger siblings?"
"More children of course I would like to meet them. And I beg to differ I will not have you riding the Knight Bus and taking a train to got to school. I will arrange for another means of transportation. Now where are the children?" Hermione walked over to the gold box on the wall next to the door.
"Adrela can you bring the children up to Angel's room?"
"Yes Miss. Let me get them cleaned up they just had a snack."
"Well hurry and make sure they are dressed nicely."
Within five minutes there was a knock on the door and there stood Adrela with Lianna, Carissa and Adam behind her. Hermione motioned them in and they stood in front of Karema who had taken to sitting in one of the overstuffed chairs.
"Great Grandmamma Karema I would like to introduce to you my younger siblings. This is Adam Carson age ten, this is Lianna Marie age seven and this is her twin Carissa Nicola also age seven. Children this is your Great Grandmamma Karema Granaldi."
"Did you say this bright young man was ten years old?"
"Yes Grandmamma Adam is ten. He is going to be accepted to Hogwarts next year."
"Well I am sorry to meet you and run but I must be going. I have business to attend to. I shouldn't have left the story closed for this amount of time as things are. Good bye all. Selena teach my great grandchildren well." With that Karema disappeared in a flash of orange flowers.
Antion came into the room and requested them to come to dinner. After dinner everyone retired to his or her own rooms to study, finish summer homework or read for the fun of it. Sleep overcame them all to quickly and the whole house was asleep in preparation for the next day's departure.
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Mrs. Weasley returned late that night having stayed in Diagon Alley after the girls had left to think about how she was going to tell her family about her past. Arthur didn't know anything. When she arrived home she found Ron and Harry sitting in overstuffed velvet chairs in Val's room with Ginny curled up in front of the fire with a blanket wrapped around her. Val was telling stories about what the VASKAS had done to cause trouble while at HAGS. It seemed that Val had become fast friends with her children and Harry which would help when they were brought to the islands and when Ron an Ginny were thrown coming out parties within the next two years.
She left everyone in Val's room where he was wrapping up the stories ad laid their stuff on top of their trunks. She would have a busy day tomorrow. Now she needed sleep. She waved her hand and her clothes were replaced by a nightgown and she slid into bed and fell asleep utterly exhausted.
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By
Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
A/N: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, and the Kasmirs.
Now on with the story…
1 Chapter Five: One Day To Go.
Kali floated restlessly around Selena's room. She was worried. She had never been away from home and neither had her girls. They had left so many people behind to carry out an age-old tradition. Every fourteen graduating classes a quartet of top students, normally two girls and two boys, were chosen to go and take classes abroad. They were normally sent to Hogwarts. Her girls were both great students. Selena was the top girl in the whole school and Angel was second. The girls studied hard for they knew that they were in what was called the Class of the Four. They had won and were now reaping the benefits.
Selena rolled over to face the sunlight streaming through her window. She slowly sat up and grabbed the silk bathrobe off the chair next to her bed. She slung the robe over the shoulders of her blue silk nightclothes and sat down at her vanity. Kali began to pull the bands out of her hair and unbraid it. Once it was all undone Kali began to brush it out. She pulled the silver and purple parts away letting the mahogany hair fall. Kali decided to twist the streaks creating little dual colored rivers running over the mahogany. Kali left Selena to get dressed the rest of the way on her own and went to check on Angel.
Angel had the habit of getting up at least an hour before her older sister to exercise. She had finally settled back down on her bed when Kali glided through the door. Angel got off her bed and sat down at her vanity, they brushed out her already unbraided hair and rebraided the gold and green streaks.
"Kali, could you go make sure Hermione is ready to leave at ten. I would like to be back from Diagon Alley before noon. When is the mail arriving there was none in the dish when I woke?"
"The mail will be here around noon. We are now five hours ahead of Night Harbor. Selena is ready to go and Marchioness Catilia is getting dressed. You three could leave as soon as you teach her to materialize. I will not have you three traipsing about London representing Night Harbor covered in black soot. These English witches and wizards travel through fireplaces. Now I do admit that around the islands some of the lower slaves who don't know how to ping will travel through the fires. But that is another thing all together." Kali curtsied and left the room.
About an hour and fifteen attempts of having Hermione materialize around the grounds got ready to leave. Both girls slide their link bracelets and their disguise necklaces. Hermione watched in amazement, as Selena's hair became blonde and both girls bold streaks faded out of existence, their eyes became green and Angel shrunk down to Selena's height. Hermione recovered and the three disappeared. Selena in a shower of silver stars, Angel in a mist of golden smoke and Hermione in a shower of pale purple petals. They arrived outside of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Hermione walked inside followed by Selena and Angel. Griphook escorted them down to Hermione's vault. The goblin opened the vault door and three piles of coins appeared. The coins were silver, bronze and gold. Hermione grabbed a bag full and they left. Griphook next took them to the joint vault that Selena and Angel's parents had opened for them. They opened their own vault expecting to see the grens, varns and merns that they were used to but these coins were different. Hermione explained the differences and dragged the girls off to get their school supplies. First hey went through Flourish and Blotts grabbing the few books they would be needing plus a bit of background reading. They arrived at the Apothecary where Selena became engrossed in the shelves and containers of stuff lining the walls and floors. It took Angel twenty minutes to pull Selena away from the faerie wings where she was starting to fume and was about to explode on the poor soul working behind the counter.
"The nerve of some weakbloods. Killing innocent faeries for their potions to work. Remind me to send a link to poppa. Any ways where to next?"
"How about we go get you wands before we go spend a lot of money in the robes shop."
"That's a good idea Catilia show the way."
The girls walked to Ollivanders. A bell tinkled somewhere in the background. An aged man walked into the waiting area. "Ah Miss Granger how are you? It's been awhile since I've seen you. Fourteen and a half inches made of hickory and unicorn tail hair great for charms. Now who are these two young ladies? They aren't on my list of first years."
"My name is Selena le Therone and this is my sister Angel le Therone" Mr. Ollivander began to measure both of the twins simultaneously. The measuring tapes rolled themselves back up and floated onto a table nearby. Mr. Ollivander looked at the roll of parchment he had written the numbers on and a puzzled look overcame him. He wandered off into the back room and came back with two gold boxes. Each wrapped in worn blue silk. He handed them to the girls and they opened the boxes. The inside of the boxes were lined on the top by royal purple silk and the bottom in royal blue velvet. Selena and Angel gave their new wands a swish and a golden mist filled the room and silver moon and purple stars shoot out the wands. Mr. Ollivander was enchanted never had one of the wands in his shop sparked such a show. Then he remembered what had happened last time something of this magnitude had happened.
"You two are from Night Harbor aren't you? More than that you two are royalty. My granda would tell me of a land across the crystal seas that had disappeared in the 1400s. He said that one-day twin girls would come into the shops and the gold case wands would accept them. He told me that that day would rival even the day that the lightning bearer would come." Mr. Ollivander bowed slightly to the girls before they turned and fled.
The girls arrived breathless outside of Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasion. Selena opened the door and entered the robes shop. The three sat down at one of the tables cluttered with design books fro dress robes.
"Oh by the way Catilia, we are allowed to bring three people each back with us to HAGS for some of the parties. They like to have new faces."
"So what would I be needing?"
"Well I guess you could wear your dress robes but none of them are the right style for formal events at HAGS. We'll buy them when we get to NHI."
"Hello my dears. Are you three here to buy Hogwarts robes?" Madame Malkin had finished with the three girls and the boy that had been standing on the stools getting fitted for robes. "Up you go." All three girls climbed up on the stools and stood there while they were pinned. Once their Hogwarts robes were fitted they decided that they wanted formal and dress robes to go with them. Angel chose a blood red fabric that would flames crawling up the bell shaped sleeves and up the skirt. Selena selected a light blue fabric with silver and gold stars and moons floating about with a single purple and gold phoenix that swirled around the dress as if in the night sky. Hermione chose a fabric with green glittery swirls over a blue backdrop.
"There you go girls its twenty seven galleons for all three bags together."
"Thank you Madame Malkin." The girls chorused before leaving.
"Now what to do before we go home." Angel said as they walked back out into the sunshine.
"We could go to the Leaky Cauldron and get something to drink or we could go get ice cream."
"Catilia has made the suggestion for drinks and ice cream lets go do both at the Leaky Cauldron.
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"Harry, Ron, Ginny you three bring me your supplies list." Mrs. Weasley called as she walked up the stairs. She passed by the rooms of her children and heard them struggling to get out of bed and rummaging through the papers in their rooms to find their letters. ~I'm proud of Harry and Ron. They were made Prefects. I know Ron won't follow in Percy's footsteps namely because like the rest of my boys and Harry he loves adventure too much. Sometimes I wish I hadn't left Night Harbor for good. If Lily, James and myself hadn't gone up for the Quartet we would all still be safe and sound on the island. I could have brought Arthur back to the castle after graduation. I was the youngest if I hadn't wanted to stay the others wouldn't have stayed to make sure I was all right. Well at least I can try to make it up the their clan. I'll bring Harry home to his family when I go back this summer. Yes that's it I'll bring all of my children home to meet their grandparents. There are just a few things I need to do before I can return.~
Ginny ran out of her room with the three lists and handed them to her mother before heading into Ron's room.
"Val, dear, do you have a supply list from Hogwarts?"
"Of course I do. Ques could you get it for me? Would you like me to go with you Duchess a lady of your prowess should not go anywhere alone."
"No my dear I'll be fine. It's been a while since some one has called me Duchess and insisted on escorting me anywhere. Val I know that you are busy preparing for the ordeals at the end of this year but could you find the time to go and get acquainted with my children. Teach them our ways. I don't think they would like to have their ways changed by their mother. You always had a knack for getting people to go a head and do what was best for them. I would like tot take them home with me at the end of the year. I can't have them do anything wrong if I want them or Arthur in my clan's good graces."
"Don't worry Molly. Familia Hearth will acknowledge your children. The only thing is that they have to have been offered a place at Hempstead and attend at least one year before they can be Society. You know that."
"Ron and Ginny are both Society. I want you to take them back with you. Please it would be the greatest joy to see them accept their past." Tears formed in her eyes.
"You have to bring them to the family and you know it. But if they get placed in Hempstead I will tutor them till they can join the grade with the rest of their peers. Have they should any talents yet?"
"Yes they have and we can discuss those latter because if you six want you stuff before you leave I must get going. With that Mrs. Weasley vanished through the fireplace in Val's room.
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Mrs. Weasley appeared in the Leaky Cauldron just as Selena, Angel and Hermione were walking in the door.
"Duchess Molly?!?" Selena ran over to the lady standing near the fire. She threw her arms around Molly's shoulders and buried her face in the red hair of her Guardian. Angel faltered for a second before crashing into the pair. Hermione approached slowly wondering what was going on.
"Selena, Angel… and Hermione how lovely to see all three of you."
"It's okay Tamer she's one of us now. I present to you Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi of the Night Harbor Granaldis."
Mrs. Weasley and the girls took up an out of the way both and talked for hours. They discussed everything from Hermione's family to Night Harbor and what had happened since they had disappeared from her life. At about one thirty the girls stood up.
"Well, I think we need to be going. We just stopped in to get our stuff for school. See you at Christmas Duchess Molly. You are coming back to see my coming out this summer right? We turn sixteen in April and graduate next year."
"Come back and see my moon goddess become a true Society lady is something I wouldn't miss for the world. The chance to be there for the coming out ball of not only both of the Princesses but of VASKAS is something I wouldn't miss for the world. Well I must be going. Tons of shopping to do I have nine kids at my house at the moment and only seven of them are mine." With that Mrs. Weasley vanished into the crowds heading into Diagon Alley.
The girls materialized into the front hall of Herione's recently remodeled villa. Two little girls ran into the hall closely followed by a little boy of about ten. Hermione dropped her bags and scooped up the two girls in her arms.
"Lianna, Carissa it isn't lady like to run. Adam you shouldn't chase your sisters. They didn't mean to break your new toy. You should no have left it out where your younger sisters could get a hold of it." A tall girl of about seventeen entered the hall through the same door the children had just run through. "Bounjour, I didn't expect you three home so early. Kali told me that you would more than likely be gone till mid afternoon. You must be Marchioness Catilia. I'm Adrela Lightwing. I am your younger siblings new au pair. I was surprised to get a link from the agency saying that a spot had opened for me. Anyways, I'll take the children up to the nursery for them to play until supper is ready." Adrela nodded slightly at the children and the three of them followed her up the stairs to the nursery that had been added while they were away.
The girls went back up to their room to put their school supplies away. The girls picked up some of their HAGS books and curled up on Angel's bed to study. Hermione borrowed their first year books and began to study as well.
"Selena did you link Karema yet?"
"Thank you for reminding me Angel. I totally forgot." Selena touched one of the crystals on necklace letting her disguise fall away. She spun her bracelet once and touched a pale blue topaz. "Selena Daphne Persephone Kima le Therone to Karema Samaria Monique Granaldi." A fuzzy projection of a thirty-year-old woman appeared out the topaz stone.
"Selena what can I do for you? You couldn't have gotten into trouble as of yet could you? I thought you were Quartet?"
"Karema no I am not in trouble, and yes I'm Quartet. There is some one I wish that you could meet. Could you materialize to my host villa?'
"Princess I can't leave you know that. While on Quartet your not supposed to even be using your real name. Why do I have to meet someone?" Karema was one of the few people that could talk back to Selena and get away with it.
"Karema Granaldi I demand a moment of your seven hundred year old time. Now report here immediately."
"Yes miss. Karema out."
Karema was escorted into Angel's bedroom a few minutes later. Selena and Hermione had taken the opportunity to escape to Selena's room to make Hermione presentable. Selena grabbed one of her summer frocks from her trunk and slid it over Hermione's head. Hermione's hair smoothed self out and curled into a ponytail as if by invisible hands. The two walked back into Angel's room.
"Princess Selena you summoned me."
"Yes, Karema I would like for you to meet Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi. And this is the villa of the lost clan."
"That is my great grand daughter?" Karema stuttered and stared at Hermione.
"Great Grandmamma?" Hermione was astonished she could swear this woman didn't look over thirty.
"Catilia come here my child let me get a look at you." Hermione approached slowly and was caught in an embrace by Karema. "Yes she is Granaldi, she just has a very strong disguise on since she was born. Catilia my dear do you have apiece of jewelry that you have never taken off for as long as you can remember?" Hermione thought for a minute and held out her arm. On her wrist was a gold id bracelet that had Hermione Granger scrawled across it. Karema tapped it once and the name-faded and was replaced by Catilia Granaldi. Hermione's hair faded to blonde and silky with pale purple hi lights. Her eyes turned green with a yellow star in each. Her skin darkened to a golden tan and she grew about five and a half inches. She now stood at five foot five and a half barefoot. "Now you look like a Granaldi. Would you like to keep your disguise so that you could continue going to Hogwarts without causing a stir? I'm going to meet with Madame Headmistress de Maria and request you take correspondence classes with the twins this year. The girls will help you get prepared. You will be presented at the coming out ball this summer. Now I wish to speak to the rest of my family. Where are your parents?"
"They are in Vienna. They won't be back till the day after tomorrow. We are going to take the Knight Bus to the train station to get to school tomorrow. Would you like to meet my younger siblings?"
"More children of course I would like to meet them. And I beg to differ I will not have you riding the Knight Bus and taking a train to got to school. I will arrange for another means of transportation. Now where are the children?" Hermione walked over to the gold box on the wall next to the door.
"Adrela can you bring the children up to Angel's room?"
"Yes Miss. Let me get them cleaned up they just had a snack."
"Well hurry and make sure they are dressed nicely."
Within five minutes there was a knock on the door and there stood Adrela with Lianna, Carissa and Adam behind her. Hermione motioned them in and they stood in front of Karema who had taken to sitting in one of the overstuffed chairs.
"Great Grandmamma Karema I would like to introduce to you my younger siblings. This is Adam Carson age ten, this is Lianna Marie age seven and this is her twin Carissa Nicola also age seven. Children this is your Great Grandmamma Karema Granaldi."
"Did you say this bright young man was ten years old?"
"Yes Grandmamma Adam is ten. He is going to be accepted to Hogwarts next year."
"Well I am sorry to meet you and run but I must be going. I have business to attend to. I shouldn't have left the story closed for this amount of time as things are. Good bye all. Selena teach my great grandchildren well." With that Karema disappeared in a flash of orange flowers.
Antion came into the room and requested them to come to dinner. After dinner everyone retired to his or her own rooms to study, finish summer homework or read for the fun of it. Sleep overcame them all to quickly and the whole house was asleep in preparation for the next day's departure.
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Mrs. Weasley returned late that night having stayed in Diagon Alley after the girls had left to think about how she was going to tell her family about her past. Arthur didn't know anything. When she arrived home she found Ron and Harry sitting in overstuffed velvet chairs in Val's room with Ginny curled up in front of the fire with a blanket wrapped around her. Val was telling stories about what the VASKAS had done to cause trouble while at HAGS. It seemed that Val had become fast friends with her children and Harry which would help when they were brought to the islands and when Ron an Ginny were thrown coming out parties within the next two years.
She left everyone in Val's room where he was wrapping up the stories ad laid their stuff on top of their trunks. She would have a busy day tomorrow. Now she needed sleep. She waved her hand and her clothes were replaced by a nightgown and she slid into bed and fell asleep utterly exhausted.
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