w&m_law: thanks for your review. I figured only my friends would actually read it, let alone like it.

Hi Snap: I'll try my hardest to include some dragons for ya. Do you know the Muffin Man? Lol. PS: I'm not gonna change Lauren's last name, she's gonna stay Colin Creevy's daughter whether you like it or not. LOL!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything- just borrowing

AN: I'm obsessed. I'll admit it. I'm working on some Gilmore Girls fics at the moment. When I post them please read them. If you like Gilmore Girls or at least know who the characters are anyway. I had one friend read a Gilmore Girls story I was writing and she thought Rory was a guy for half of it. LOL!!!!!!!

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"You'll love Hogwarts. It's absolutely wonderful. Even the house elves are nice." Lauren was telling us about her last four years at Hogwarts between bites of the best food I've ever eaten. There was even food for vegetarians like me.

"My mum had this thing against house elf enslavement. My Uncle Fred told me about it once when I was on this Garden Gnome kick."

"Your mum was-OWW!" I felt Malcolm kick her under the table.

"Malcolm! Why'd you do that? I just want to know my mum's name. Good grief. You get to know it, I should. She's my mum." I was on the verge of tears. I guess Malcolm could see that, because he gave me a hug and promised that if someone didn't let is slip by next Tuesday he'd tell me himself. By the time we were through with dinner he'd kicked about ten people under the table. Maybe he didn't want me to start crying in the great hall.

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"You want to know your mum's name? Why doesn't your dad just tell you?" Lauren and I were sitting on my four-poster with the hangings drawn, talking in whispers.

"I think he's afraid that if he tells me then I'll start to look for her, or at least find out everything I can. He doesn't want me to be in any danger; especially after all the dangerous things he did when he was here. Do you know my mum's name?" Maybe Lauren would be able to tell me. It was worth a shot.

"Well, I do, but isn't Malcolm going to tell you Tuesday anyway?" I could tell that Lauren was reluctant to tell me. She too was probably worried that I'd go searching for Mum.

"I promise not to do anything drastic if you tell me, maybe just look her up in the library. I'm not going to go out of my way to find her. Please.please, please, please! Please, please!" Finally she relented.

"Alright, alright. Her name was Hermione Granger. She was the smartest student to ever enter the school. In her first year she helped Harry Potter and your dad defeat Lord Voldemort. In her second year she got petrified by a basilisk, but not before finding out that's what it was. In her third year she discovered that their 'defense.' teacher was a werewolf. I don't know anything after that. She was pretty remarkable." Wow, I had no idea that my mum was so well known. Or so smart. I mean, Dad always told me that I had my mum's brains, but mum was brilliant. I know it's nearly impossible to recognize a werewolf, and how many people's parents get petrified? I voiced this last question out loud, and surprisingly Lauren responded.

"Oh, there was this big series of attacks back when my dad was a first year and your parents were second years. Both my dad and your mum got attacked along with your Aunt Penelope and Mrs. Norris, Filch's ancient cat. There was also another second year-Justin Finch-Fletchy I believe, and Nearly Headless Nick. It turned out your Aunt Ginny had been taken over by Voldemort's teenage memory or something. She was letting the Basilisk out all over the school, and it was petrifying Muggle borns. Very odd." Why didn't Dad and Uncle Harry talk about these things? They were obviously important. It seemed to me that Hermione Granger was one of their best friends.

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Okay, I know that this one's shorter by almost an entire page, but next time it'll be longer. Promise. Well, maybe not promise, but I'll try my hardest. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Well, at least thanks to w&m_law. Snap was kinda obligated. LOL!! Dragons in the next part. Maybe Hagrid will show up. Oh, and don't worry, Dumbledore isn't dead, he finally agreed to the job as Minister of Magic.