Home for the Summer
Chapter Thirty- Three: Location, Location, Location
The rest of the night was spent laying on the floor, the potion hadn't worn of, but Hermione fought to stay awake, just in case. In case he woke up, to her, he almost had. She wanted to ignore the screaming, but couldn't. Ron always had the bizarre nightmares that never made any sense. Harry's were always meaningful and accurate. If not in the present, than the near future.

Another thing Hermione would never forget about that night was Ella. She remembered seeing her standing in the doorway behind Lily, there long enough to scare herself. Watching the screaming (from both parents) and the struggling which could have been mistaken for fighting. Also, she most likely understood what Harry was saying, enough to cause nightmares of her own.
Ella was sitting on her bedroom floor after breakfast when Hermione went to see her. She was holding a stuffed teddy bear in her lap, muttering things to it, but stopped the second she saw Hermione.

" Hi sweetie" Hermione smiled.

Ella had the typical look that she didn't something wrong and didn't want to tell, " hi".

She kneeled next to her, the toy didn't look familiar, after years of being acquainted with her collection. " Where did he come from?".

" Grandpa" or David in other terms. While he really was related to the girls in that way, Hermione hardly saw him as a father, to her he had no right speaking to Ella when she wasn't there. Let alone a gift, but Hermione had been preoccupied.

" Oh, that was nice of him" but it wasn't situation, tense as the atmosphere was. Besides, David hadn't showed since the day before. " Ella, I wanted to talk to you about what you saw last night".

Ella looked up at her with the same green eyes she shared with her sister and father, " daddy wasn't happy".

It was safer than knowing the entire truth. " No, he wasn't, and I'm sorry if he scared you, I'm sure he didn't mean too. He's just very tired right now, but when he wakes up, everything will be back to normal" at least, that's what was hoped for.

She gazed at the wall, " is he mad because of that man?".

" Which man?".

Ella looked at her mum again, " the man that had that pretty wand".

Voldemort, she was talking about Voldemort. She knew everything, not that it was too surprising, she had battled the Dark Lord not long before. But still, it was too much. " Why would you ask?".

It was strange having such a conversation with a five-year-old, especially one that was your daughter. " Because I saw him".

Hermione prayed with all her might that she was referring back to October. She looked at her very closely, " w-where did you see him?" she nearly fell off her heels.

Ella stood and threw the bear onto her bed, " nowhere" and she left the room.
Lily continued with the book from Diagon Ally, every chance she would. Ella had moved into the living room and was now watching cartoons (seeing as from September to June she wouldn't be able too) and brought Hailey's baby chair with her.

Hermione joined her mother-in-law at the kitchen table, sighing as she sat down, watching Ella's back. " Now I know why everyone think she's like Harry, she'll not always tell what's on her mind".

Lily kept her eyes on the pages, " what do you mean?".

" She asked about Voldemort, if he was the reason why Harry was screaming last night".

She closed the book and placed it aside. " Ella's a smart girl, that she must get from you. Maybe she knows something we don't".

" Then why won't she tell me?".

" Because she's afraid" Lily went for a sheet of paper she had been writing on, " but, to make things better, I found a spell. It should locate the Sorcerers Stone within a five mile radius".

While Hermione was reading five words, she didn't notice Ella walking by the table. " How do we know exactly where it is if this finds it?".

" I don't know, it's a risk we'd have to be willing to take" Hermione glared at her with an uneasy expression, " I doubt it's anything harmful".

She nodded and went to retrieve her wand from one of the cabinet drawers whenever in the Muggle world. Ron changed the Hogwarts rule the previous year, magic could be used outside of school under serious circumstances. Both wands were locked up during summers to avoid certain problems with a certain little girl.

Both Hermione and Lily closed their eyes, Hermione heard Lily say the spell she had just read. Spirals of wind whirled around them, it was completely dark when eyes were open.

" The girls!" Hermione shouted.

Crawling around the dark room, Lily found Hailey in her chair, but Ella had already left. Before it could be asked where she was, a loud scream came from the second floor.

She went bolting towards the staircase. Before she checked the little girls bedroom, the light from her wand revealed a small figure in the room at the end of the hall. The force of wind grew much stronger as she came closer. Ella was laying on the bed to next to Harry, screaming, and he once again had no idea.

Random objects were flying around the room, Hermione dodged one of her Transfiguration books and threw herself onto the bed. An arm was sprawled over Ella and her hand resting on Harry.

Minutes later, it all stopped. There was no longer any wind, things were scattered around the room where sunlight was beginning to regroup.

The thud of Lily's footsteps grew louder, she entered with Hailey. " Are you alright?" she sounded startled.

" What was that?" Hermione dared moving.

" I think that was the location of what we are looking for".

Hermione sat up, " where is it?".

" Somewhere in Ella's room".
" Lumous!' Lily called, handing the wand back to Hermione