Chapter 6
Harry sat
down on Ron's Chudley Cannon bedspread. He had known that this day would come.
Voldermort had finally found his worst weakness, his friends.
He knew that
Dumbledore and the rest of the Wizarding World wouldn't want him to risk life
and limb to save his best friends, no, he was much to valuable to have do that.
But he was going to anyway. He was going to find a way to save Ron and
Hermione!
Someone
knocked on the door. Harry jumped up, startled.
"Can I
come in?" said a voice Harry recognized it as Lupin's.
"Sure"
"Hey
you've looked kinda bummed out lately. What's going on?" Lupin asked.
"Well,"
said Harry. Wondering if it was safe to tell Lupin what he had heard. Finally,
Harry decided that he could tell Lupin anything, "Well, ummm, you see,
when I walked into, erm, this house, er, I, er, over heard Molly reading a
letter she had just Received." Harry waited for Lupin to reprimand him for
"overhearing" the letter. But Lupin remained quiet,
"Right," said Harry, "well, er, the letter said, umm, the letter
was from Voldermort and it said, erm, ummm, it said that he had Captured Ron
and Hermione and that, well, he wanted a ransom for them. And that ransom was
my life for theirs."
"Ahhh,"
said Lupin, "and so you've been in here thinking about how valuable you
are n, and how Voldermort has found your worst weakness. So are you going to
rescue them?"
Harry was a bit
taken back by this blunt statement but replied, "Well, I have been
thinking and I figure it's a pretty good bargain. A 2 for 1 deal. And there's
even a chance that I might actually live! So I guess I might as well give it a
try!"
"Harry,"
Lupin began slowly, "I have something to say."
"Huh?"
said Harry, "Oh I know what you're going to say, some Hogwash about me
being to valuable and Ron and Hermione would be happy to give their lives for
me! Well, I don't care!"
"Ummm,
that wasn't it."
"Oh,"
said Harry embarrassed.
"This is
something that even Dumbledore doesn't know, but Hermione is not muggle
born."
"What?!"
but then she must be adopted because her parents are the 2nd biggest
muggles! Next to the Dursley's of course!"
"Yes.
She's adopted."
"But who
are the parents?"
"Well,
I'm her father."
"Lupin,
you have a perverted sense of humor."
"No! She
is!"
"Okay
then, who's her mother?" said Harry, crossing her arms.
Lupin looked
uncomfortable. "Well, Minerva."
Harry looked
blank. Then it dawned on him, "McGonagall! Omigawd!" Then he cracked
up. When he was quite finished, he said, "Thanks Lupin, I needed
that!"
"Nooo!"
said Lupin; "It's true!"
"Okay
Lupin a joke is a joke, but this going to far."
"Do you
wanna see her birth certificate?"
"Not
really, I'm sure her parents have it somewhere put away."
"No they
don't. I have it," Lupin put his hand in his back pocket, and drew out his
wallet. Out of it he pulled a rather tattered piece of paper. With shaking
hands he unfolded it and handed it to Harry.
"Hermione
McGonagall," Harry read aloud, "Wait, why does Hermione have
McGonagall's last name?"
"Professor
McGonagall," Lupin corrected, "well, umm, we weren't exactly
married."
"Oh,"
said Harry awkwardly, "But her name's Granger. How did that happen?"
"Well,"
said Lupin, "We decided that we didn't want her to know she was adopted.
So she was given her adopted parents name."
"Oh,"
Harry said again, "Well why didn't you keep her?"
"Harry
be reasonable. I mean, think about it! Minny's job is her life, and she
couldn't possibly properly provide for a little girl. And I, well, every full
moon, I would be a monster. But I dare say," he said with a twinkle in his
eyes, "you've noticed how much Minerva favors Hermione?"
Harry
grinned, "Yep."
"Now
Harry, you and Hermione both have the same godfather."
"Really?"
"Yes,
but it wasn't always that way."
"What do
you mean?"
"Well,
first I must tell you one thing. If you have any wizard blood in you it is a
curse if you don't have a godparent. Leaving you with that, I tell you this.
Your father, James, was originally going to be her godfather. But when he died,
we found another godparent right away. For we didn't want Hermione to be
cursed. We were deciding between Sirius and Pettigrew. But then word came that
Peter was dead and Sirius in Azkaban, which is worst than death, we could only
think of Severus. He was not one bit pleased that he was a godfather. But when
Sirius got out of Azkaban I un-godfathered Snape and made Sirius
godfather." Remus sighed and waited for Harry's comment.
"And
what about you and, ummm, Minny?" Harry asked.
"Oh,"
said Lupin, "Well, when we found out that McGonagall was pregnant, well we
stopped seeing each other and we where to embarrassed to tell anybody about it
so we kept it quiet."
"Do you
still umm-"
"Love
her?" Lupin finished Harry's question. Harry nodded. "Yes indeed, I
still love her with all my heart. But enough of this, you pack yourself up
tonight and get some rest, okay? You know how to apparate, right?"
Harry nodded.
"Good,
we'll apparate to Voldie and Ron and Hermy. Okay?" Then Lupin left the
room.
