A/N: It's so wonderful to hear that so
many people like my story. Hope you enjoy this as well:
Chapter2:
Tension was high in the little office. Professor Trelawney was still
passed out. But after a short check nobody was worried. "She'll be all right," the
Professor just muttered under his breath. Then it was completely silent again,
with two exceptions: On the one hand there was the gagging noise of Fawkes, who
had another Burning Day and on the other hand there was the silent snoring of
little Joshua. 'He looks so peaceful' Ginny thought to herself when she
looked into the little face of her son. 'I wish I could feel so save and
protected then you little Dear. This is so horrible. Poor Hermione, poor Ron…'
But then she heard the trembling voice of her husband and she forced
herself to listen to him. "So what does this prophecy mean?"
"I'm not sure," the Professor, answered reluctantly "Basically there are
two different possibilities. First of all, it' s possible that we have to protect
somebody now, or in the future. But I have the feeling that Hermione's dreams
are about a relative. So, if we have to protect somebody in the next few years
why didn't Hermione recognize the person?" he looked into the faces of his
former students when he continued, " It doesn't make sense." He sighed deeply
but suddenly his eyes widened and he spoke again: " But I remember something:
There 's a very popular saying, you know? Time repeated itself." He looked into
the puzzled faces of the Potters. "What do you mean?" Ginny asked quiet.
"Okay it's simply: The theory goes like this. If you let enough time
pass, things can happen again. Most times with some differences but still it
happen. So if you want to change the future you have to learn from the past."
Professor Dumbledore closed his explanation.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Ginny asked, frightened the answer.
"You can't do much " the headmaster said, but continued anyway." But
maybe you can check the family trees of Hermione and maybe Ron."
"But from where do we get them?" Ginny asked.
"Oh, this isn't a great deal, not at all." the Professor answered "
whenever we get a new student we draw a family tree for at least, the last 700
years."
"But why?" Harry asked, wondering why somebody should want to do
something like that.
"Oh just in case," the Professor said slightly smiling " sometimes this
is necessary because of all those curses which were spoken and so on. We
thought it would be a good idea since nobody had known that Tom Riddle was the
heir of Slytherin."
Ginny flinched when the headmaster mentioned the name of the Dark Lord.
"You know, it's good to know, who is coming out of an evil family." Dumbledore
said gently. Both former students nodded.
"And where do we get those family trees?" Harry asked bewildered.
" Oh, in the restricted section of our library." the Professor answered
promptly. "I'll give you a note for Madam Pince. She'll give you the right
books." There was silent again. Professor Dumbledore was writing his note while
Harry watched his wife, who was hugging their son. Joshua had the black untidy
hair of his father but the warm brown eyes of his mother. He looked absolutely
perfect.
'Ginny looks paler then usual' Harry thought to himself 'I
hope she is all right.' He wanted
to hold her in his arms to assure her that everything's all right and nothing
would or could harm Hermione or the baby. Instead he grabbed her hand and
caressed her hand with his fingers. Ginny looked up directly into Harry's eyes
as if she wanted to say 'Thank you, Harry. I love you.' Finally the Professor
had finished the letter. He handed it to Harry. "If you found something,
anything unusual bring it back with you." he told the couple before they left
the office.
Then minutes later they arrived at the library. Madam Pince was
surprised to see them
Harry handed her the note and she read the paper. After a few minutes
she came back with two rather old looking books. They had also a big format. After
she laid the books down on one of the tables she raised her voice again and
asked untypical, rather shyly "Would you bother if I watch after the little
dear, while you two search through the books?"
Ginny smiled. She knew that
Joshua was lovely. Where ever Harry and Ginny arrived with her little son every
woman and most men wanted to hold Joshua. And since Joshua was not shy but
enjoyed the attention, Ginny handed her 'sunshine' to the smiling witch
with a little "Sure".
Harry and Ginny seated themselves into comfortable chairs and started to
look through the family trees. Sometimes the heard some giggling from Madam
Pince or their son was making funny noises by himself. " You know, I never
thought that Madam Pince would made noise by herself in the 'Halls of silent'."
Harry said.
"Yes that's funny" Ginny agreed.
Two hours later Harry leaned back in the chair. He looked disappointed.
"Nothing! Hermione's forebears were perfectly normal muggels. Not the slightest
sign that something was wrong." He said while he stretched himself.
"Harry, we aren't through by now," Ginny snapped back. She felt tired
and she was hungry. She didn't want to look through this 'stupid' family tree
but she had to. For Hermione's sake and for her brother. She didn't want to
give up. Suddenly Ginny's eyes widened in surprise and she flipped through the
pages backwards and forwards. She smiled, a smile of victory. Harry felt her
excitement but didn't understand why. "What's up, Gin?" he asked while he became
a little nervous too.
"Look at these," she answered while she handed the book to him.
"And what's wrong?" Harry asked. He didn't see any problems
"Read it aloud!" Ginny said impertinently.
"M.A McGilbert married to J. McGilbert." He said
"And?" Ginny asked exited.
Harry sighed. "Ginny, darling, they weren't even related to Hermione in
the first row."
"Read it!" Ginny almost shouted.
"Okay. Children: J. McGilbert and Wardena McGilbert." Harry stopped
shocked. He read it over and over again. "The full name?" he asked in
disbelief. Then he started to flip through the pages.
"Ginny, in Mione's family tree is only one more person mentioned with
her full name" he exclaimed.
"Hermione Kathryn Granger" they said at the same time.
"Which mean's that-" Harry said but was interrupted by Ginny.
"Wardena McGilbert was also a witch!" Ginny finished.
(A/N: For a few seconds I thought that I should end here. But no, this would
be cruel.)
They jumped up and were suddenly in a hurry. Harry grabbed the book
while Ginny took Joshua from Madam Pince and they rushed through the aisles
of Hogwart. When the reached Dumbledore's office they were totally out of breath.
"What have you found?" the headmaster asked. Since they couldn't talk
they handed the book to the wizard. "Interesting" the headmaster, said when he
saw the name.
"Do you see this sign by Wardena's name?" he asked them. Both nodded so
the headmaster continued " This sign proofs that Wardena McGilbert was killed
by Muggels during the period of the witch-hunt in the middle age." the
Professor said.
"But Professor we learned in school that witches and wizards had known
simply spells so they couldn't be hurt." Harry exclaimed.
"Normally this is true, Harry." Dumbledore told them "But look at her
dates. Born in 1497 died in 1507. She was only ten years old. She was too young
for Hogwart. Wardena died because she didn't know how she could protect
herself," the Professor continued "She died along with her mother."
"But her mother was no witch!" Ginny argued.
"True, but did that ever count?" the Professor said sadly.
Then he stood up and took another book out of his bookshelf.
"There are reports of all trials in that time." he explained. He flipped
trough the pages searching for more information about the McGillberts. Suddenly
he stopped and read a few pages. When he looked up for the next time, he saw
the bewildered faces of his former students. "Mary Ann McGilbert was charged
for having sex with the Devil. The child, Wardena, was the 'product' of this
relationship. John McGilbert, her husband, had made the report." the Professor
explained. "What?" Ginny gasped, tears in her eyes. She hugged Joshua more
tightly. Harry who felt Ginny's tension stood up and rushed forward. Then he
knelt next to her and hugged her gently, while he looked into the blue eyes of
their former headmaster, and signalled him with this sign to continue. "However the two of them tried to escape,
but were caught because the person who aids the escape betrayed them." Ginny
couldn't help. She started sobbing. She felt so sorry for the little girl.
"In the report are three more dates." Dumbledore told them. "The
birthdays of the two victims and the date of their execution. Mary Ann
McGilbert was born on the 19th September 1480 and Wardena was born
on the 14th February 1497. The date of their deaths was the 2nd
May 1507." he completed his explanation. When he looked up from the book he saw
the pale faces of Harry and Ginny. "I knew this is terrifying but I thought you
should know about Wardena. However I don't think that that the McGillberts –"
but he was interrupted by Ginny.
"Professor" she gasped "the 19th September is also Hermione's
birthday and" she continued almost in a whisper "and Hermione's baby should be
born on the 2nd May." Ginny said with a trembling voice. Now the
Professor paled. He looked concerned when he spoke again. "We have to talk to
Hermione. Now!" he exclaimed before he left the office.
A/N: This is the End of the second Chapter. Like it? Hate it? Let me know.
If there is something, which doesn't make sense, please ask me. I'm
pretty absorbed in this story and maybe I have left out any explanations. So please read and review.
Now I want to say a few words to my reviewers. Okay?
Draconia: Ich freue mich das Dir meine Geschichte gefällt.
Dachte mir das ich Dir auf Deutsch antworte, da ich ja eigentlich aus
Österreich komme. Wenn Du willst kannst Du mir daher gerne in Deutsch Deine Meinung
sagen.
Hope: I hope it was soon enough. J
Jill Flaming: I hope you liked the way in which I described little
Joshua. IF you want to hear more about him, let me know.
Spicy taco. I'm glad you like it. I'm sorry but I'm from Austria
and so my English is not the best.
College Girl: Do you have a clue who they should rescue? Hope you
still like it.
Basil: Just to let you know I have cheeked the dates. So I want to explain
how I know that Harry and co were born in 1980. In Harry Potter and the Chamber
of secrets Nearly headless Nick has his Deathday Party. Remember? On a cake is written died in 1492. Now you have to add five hundred years and
you have the year 1992. In his second year Harry is twelve years old. Are you
with me so far? So: 1992 - 12=1980.
I hope this explain the year.
And now my big thank you to: matt and mimi; Bella Beauty; Brandie
Miller; Atalanta Zora; Morwan Parkinson; Lily Moon; Skye Rocket; QT pie 69; lotrfan; darkstar; td.
Disclaimer: Most character belongs to J.K.
Rowling. But Joshua William is mine and Wardena /Mary Ann and John McGilbert
are mine. I don't own them.
