Disclaimer: All the characters except Hermione's aunt, Landon Dupre and Sophia Dupre belong to JK Rowlings.

A/N: Sorry for the delay. I had an exam for almost every class I had, and I had to put the fic aside for awhile. I hope I make it by writing a long chapter (its long in my standards.) Thank you Elenya and SnapeJuice for reviewing the previous chapter. I'm glad that you guys liked my story.

Chapter 3: Hermia's Heir

Albus Dumbledore arrived at the quiet town of Raven's Creek. It was an ordinary muggle town. Population of wizards and witches almost zero, with the exception of a few people. Dumbledore ran to a two-story yellow house. The lights on the doorsteps were tuned off, but he still rang the doorbell and knocked the door a couple of times. He was silently hoping that the people in the house would open the door. Draco was slowly dying and needed shelter and help as soon as possible. He rang the doorbell again. Then he saw the lights turn on inside. When the door opened a man with graying black hair in his fifties looked surprised to see him.

"Albus?" then he saw the body in Dumbledore's arms and ushered him to come in. Then he looked out the door to check if there were any people following, and then he closed the door.

"Where can I put him?" Dumbledore asked the man.

When the man saw the bleeding body of a teenager, he was surprised. He was again shocked to see blood coming from a wound in his face. He couldn't recognize the boy.

"Put him on the couch over there."

When Dumbledore put the boy on the couch, they heard a knocking on the door. The man looked questionably at Dumbledore.

"That must be Poppy. We can trust her Landon," Dumbledore told the man.

Landon nodded and opened the door and greeted the old woman. She walked in and immediately asked Dumbledore where the boy was. When she saw him she quickly rushed over to him and started checking him. She asked the two men to leave her for a while, and then Landon showed Dumbledore the kitchen. Landon went to the cupboards and started preparing tea.

"Would you like some tea Albus?"

"Yes, please."

"Who is that boy Albus? Why did you bring him here?"

"You could not recognize him Landon?"

Landon shook his head.

"Why, he is your grandson."

Landon almost dropped what he was holding. He was surprised at Dumbledore's revelation. Then he turned to face Dumbledore.

"Draco? Narcissa's son?"

"Yes."

"Wha… What happened? Why was he in that condition? Who did that to him?"

"I will explain later. Is Sophia here?"

"Yes, yes she is. She is sleeping… I… I need to get her."

At that Landon, left and Dumbledore could hear footsteps walking up the stairs. After about five minutes, Dumbledore could hear voices coming near.

"Landon what is happening? Do you know what time it is?"

Then she saw Dumbledore and looked surprised.

"Albus, what are you doing here?"

"She's here. Explain now," Landon told Dumbledore pointedly.

"Landon what is going on?" Sophia asked her husband, but he simply montioned for her to be quiet.

"Landon, Malfoy Manor held an initiation ceremony for Draco. From what my sources tell me, Draco refused to he part of the Death Eater and Voldemort retaliated. Narcissa and Lucius died during the struggle. Landon, you were an Auror at one time, you researched Death Eaters and you know what they do to those who refused to serve Voldemort."

"Yes, I know Albus. If you try to walk away from the Dark Lord, they will kill you. Is that what happened to Draco?"

"Yes."

"Draco?" Sophia looked confused and shocked at the same time. She just found out that her only daughter Narcissa has died.

"Sophia. Draco is here. He is in the living room right now. Poppy is taking care of him," Landon informed her. Then as if on cue Madame Pomprey entered the room.

"Albus, the boy is fine, but he lost a lot of blood. Thankfully, Severus gave me a potion to help compensate for the blood lost. He has a scar on his forehead, and…"

"Go on Poppy say what else happened," Albus told her.

"Follow me." She said, and walked to the living room. The rest of the adults followed her.

When they walked in the living room, they noticed that Madame Pomphrey cleaned up the blood in the room, and Draco was cleaned of the blood that was on him an hour ago. He was covered in a white blanket and didn't have any clothes on. Sophia quickly rushed to his side.

"I did not bring any spare clothes with me, so I covered him with the blanket I brought," Poppy told them.

"It is okay, I could give him some of my clothes," Landon replied.

"What was it that you wanted to show us Poppy?" Dumbledore asked.

Madame Pomprey went over to Draco and pulled the blanket a little to reveal the faded Dark Mark. Sophia gasped when she saw the mark. Landon went over to Draco and traced the X shaped scar over the Dark mark with his finger. Then he turned to Dumbledore.

"Is it permanent? We can't get rid of it?" Landon asked him.

"I'm afraid not," Dumbledore answered solemnly.

"Will he feel it if he is being summoned by him?"

"I am not sure. There has not been a case like him. As you said before, people are usually killed when they refused to serve. Nobody has lived to tell the tale. Even I don't know how he survived. From what my spy told me, Draco was hit by the killing curse."

All eyes turned to Dumbledore at this revelation, and all the eyes showed surprise and shock. Seeing this Dumbledore told them that they will have to wait until Draco wakes up to find out what really happened.

"I'll bring Draco to the guest room and get some clothes for him," Landon told them.

When Madame Pomprey nodded Landon picked him up effortlessly despite his old age.

After about ten minutes, Landon came back down. Then Madame Pomprey said that it was getting late, and she had to go back to Hogwarts to get more supplies. She told Landon and Sophia that when Draco wakes, they should call her via floo network. When they asked her when Draco will wake up, she told her that she does not know. The earliest could be tomorrow, but that would be very unlikely. After they exchanged their good-byes, they heard a POP and Poppy Pomprey left the room.

"So is this it Albus?" Landon asked him.

"Will you take care of Draco for the rest of the summer?" Dumbledore asked him.

"Of course, we'll take care of him. What kind of question is that Albus? We'll take care of him even after this summer and the next. He is our grandson. We just lost our daughter, we will not lose him too."

"I understand. I am sorry for asking the questions. I need to be sure of the well being of my students. I hope you understand," Dumbledore told him.

Landon nodded.

Then Dumbledore said, "I must be off. Good-bye"

Then with a POP Albus Dumbledore was gone. That night Landon and Sophia Dupre could not sleep.

-*-*-*-*-*-*

Hermione Granger woke up and smiled. Today was the day her aunt was going to come and visit them. She was excited, ever since she was little she always enjoyed her aunt's visits. Her aunt traveled around the world for her "job". When her mother received the letter saying that her aunt was coming, she was surprised. She has not heard from her ever since she started Hogwarts four years ago. She picked out her clothes and put them on her bed. Then she took a shower, after the shower she changed into her clothes. As she was nearing the kitchen, she could smell the breakfast, bacon, eggs, toast, and coffee. The usual breakfast in the Granger household.

"Good morning Mum, Dad," Hermione said to her parents when she entered the kitchen. Then she walked over to them and kissed them on the cheek.

"Good morning dear," Her mom answered behind her newspaper.

Her dad was packing his suitcase.

"Well, I have to go now," he said. Then he kissed his wife on the cheek and waved good bye to his daughter.

When they heard him open the door. They heard him talking to someone.

"Linda? How are you doing? Where you standing there all this time? Come in," He said.

"Oh John, Thank you!" Linda said when he helped her with her luggage. When Hermione heard her Aunt's name she left her breakfast and ran to the door.

"Aunt Linda!" Hermione said and then she gave her aunt a big hug.

"Hermione?" Linda moved back a little to look at her niece, "Is that you, my have you grown!"

Hermione laughed a little. Then she heard her mom leave the kitchen.

"Linda!" Her mom said.

Hermione helped her dad with her aunt's luggage. Then she saw her mom hug her aunt.

"Hello, Melanie. How are you?" Linda asked her older sister.

"How am I?" Melanie ushered Linda to a chair in the living room. "I'm fine, I should be the one asking you that question."

"I'm okay big sis. It is so good to see you guys again. Especially Hermione, my favorite niece."

"Aunt Linda I'm your only niece," Hermione said as she sat down next to her.

"Well, even though, you're still my favorite."

Hermione studied her aunt, she hasn't changed since the last she saw her. Her aunt still had straight sleek brown hair, a great contrast to her sister, whom Hermione inherited her bushy brown hair. Her aunt was outgoing and looked young, she was still in her thirties and seemed single.

"So Linda, when are you going to get married?" Melanie asked.

Linda made a choking noise and then laughed, "Me? Why would I want to get married? I mean, I'm still kind of young I want to enjoy my freedom."

"Well I guess you're right."

Suddenly they heard a tapping on the window. When Hermione looked at the window, she saw an owl, probably the owl from the Daily Prophet. Her eyes widened, she didn't tell her aunt that she was a witch. Hermione quickly ran to the window, silently hoping that her aunt does not notice, but she knew that it was unlikely.

"Hermione, what's the rush, I'm sure that the owl could wait a little while. You don't want to trip over the furniture do you?" Her aunt told her.

Hermione looked at her aunt surprised.

"I know what you are Hermione, did you think that you could hide something big like this from me?"

Hermione answered no.

When Hermione untied the newspaper from the owl she expected it to fly off, but it didn't. Then she remembered that it was waiting for payment. Then her aunt walked over to the owl and put some sickles in the pouch attached to its leg. When her aunt walked back to her seat acting like nothing happened Hermione followed, looking confused.

"Hermione, I've known about you since you were born. Did you think that you were 100 percent muggle born?"

Hermione nodded, "Do you mean that I have wizarding blood?"

"Yes Hermione you do, didn't your mom tell you yet?"

Hermione looked at her mom questionably Linda noticed this.

"I take it she didn't. We have a lot to tell you. Do you agree that it is time to tell her Melanie? I was her age when Mom told me."

"Yes, we should tell her everything. Isn't this why you visited us? You've found him?"

Hermione was getting more confused. What were they talking about?

"Hermione, I'm a witch like you. I also went to Hogwarts."

"You're like me. Why didn't you tell me before? What house were you in, in Hogwarts? Is mom also a witch?"

"I couldn't tell you before, I will explain more later. When I was in Hogwarts, I was sorted in Ravenclaw. Your mother is a squib, quite common in our family; it also has to do with the reason why I did not tell you before. Hermione, you come from one of the purest blood in the wizarding world. Your father is fully muggle, while your mom and I were purebloods. Hermione, we are direct descendants of Rowena Ravenclaw through her niece, Hermia."

"Rowena Ravenclaw never had a niece. I've read Hogwarts a History many times and many other books about her, but they never mentioned a niece," Hermione said.

"Even though she was never mentioned in books she did indeed exist. I have proof of her existence; in fact, I have the very diary that she kept. It has been passed down from generation to generation in our family. It was given to me when I was fifteen."

"Wait a minute, I'm a bit confused. So mum is a pureblooded squib and you said squibs are common in our family. Why is that?"

"I'm not sure, but it has to do with what happened when Rowena's niece was alive. It probably involves Hermia's cousin Darien and his lover Gwenivere. It was an effect of Hermia's work."

"Who are Darien and Gwenivere and what do they have to do with me?" Hermione asked.

"Darien was very close to Hermia, they acted like they were siblings. Unfortunately, Darien died at a young age. I believe he was in his early twenties. Hermia was a witness of Darien and Gwenivere's relationship. She even helped them a couple of times. Before Hermia died, she performed a spell. Old magic is strong and most of it is lost today, the spell she performed was a spell similar to reincarnation. She made sure that Darien and Gwenivere would have another chance to try to be together, to be in love all over again. Our family Hermione has a role in trying to help Darien and Gwenivere. It is all written in prophecies. Each generation one girl born in our family possesses magical power, only one girl. No matter how pure their blood, the rest of the children born in the family come out as squibs. The girl with the magic capabilities is then told the story of Darien and Gwenivere, we swore that we would then try to find Darien and help him with Gwenivere."

"So am I the next in line to help with the find Darien?"

"Yes, Hermione. Your job is easy though. You don't have to look for Darien. I know where he is. All you need to do now is befriend him, and help him with Gwenivere. As for Gwenivere, I don't know where she is or who she is."

"You know where he is. Who is he?"

"Hermione, read the headline of the Daily Prophet."

Then Hermione looked at the paper. The headline shocked her; it read Malfoy Manor Attacked by Death Eater, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy dead. There was a picture on the front page showing the manor in flames, the Dark Mark visible in the sky, and Aurors running around trying to put out the fire. Then it hit her; she had to befriend Draco Malfoy, the boy that tormented her during her years in Hogwarts. She would have to help him fall for a girl she didn't know. She sat back in her chair and thought that she was going to have to do many things this year and it was not going to be easy.

A/N: So, what do you guys think? I hope that it wasn't to boring. For those of you that are waiting for some Draco/Ginny action, I'm sorry to tell you that they won't meet until the beginning of the school year, and it is the middle of the summer holidays. Please tell me what you guys think so far; in other words please review.

Next Chapter: Draco wakes up and Hermione meets him. They have a talk about what they are going to do. Draco also meets Linda.