Home for the Summer
Chapter Thirty-Four: Ask Me No Questions, You'll Find Out the Lies
" Her room?" Hermione asked in aghast. She had Ella under her arm, who was tugging at Harry's shirt sleeve. " The stone is in her room?".
Lily sat down next to her, clutching Hailey close to her chest. " Didn't you see the light in her room on your way by?".
Hermione shook her head, she had been too concentrated on getting to her daughter, " h-how do you know?".
" The amber glow, that's why everything went dark, so we could see it".
" Then let's go get it!".
Lily stopped her, " we can't, it's not that easy" she got up and walked across the room to place Hailey in her bassinet, " I think we should owl Ron first".
" Why Ron?" after all, Lily was the aged witch, in knowledge that is.
" The stone originated at Hogwarts, who would know better than the headmaster".
She was right. Hogwarts, A History would be nothing compared to the up to date knowledge of a young headmaster. But still.
" Alright, but if Hedwig isn't back by tonight, I'm going to look for myself".
" Fair enough, but stay out until then" she took a deep breath, " we don't know what can happen".
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Hermione must have walked past Ella's room a dozen times, never actually going in there, but she could feel the weird tenstions coming from there. She stood in the same spot at the top of the staircase where harry was before the coma. Right before the fall, when he heard Lily and David talking. Of course, she didn't know that until just now.
Her mind slipped into the body of her husband, only a day or so before. She had only been down the hall, but she didn't hear a thing. Still, it was hard to hear at this point.
" Hermione is smart, so is Harry" Lily's voice didn't sound frightened like it had been lately, but angry.
" I don't think you should be the one to judge....."
Their voices faded away, she blinked her eyes and was back in her own body. Hermione rushed downstairs to wehre Lily was reading to Ella in the living room.
" Were you talking to David the other day? Right before the fall?".
Ella was watching Hermione with the same tinted eyes Harry had before the first Triwizard Tournament task. " No" but Lily was nodding.
" When's daddy going to wake up?" Ella asked.
" Soon" Lily looked up at Hermione, " very soon".
Hermione was about to ask what exactly she and David were discussing, when Hedwig flew through the kitchen window (it was always left open just enough for her to get through) and landed on Lily's knee. Ella patted her winf as Lily removed the envelope from her beak, reading the letter inside.
" It's from Ron, he's taking the Express, said he'll be here around six".
Hermione checked her watch, " forty-five minutes".
Lily stood up, " it's getting dark, why don't you stay here? I'll go meet him". Hermione honestly didn't care.
" Can I go?" Ella asked, " I want to see Uncle Ron" she was safer outside of the house.
Lily looked at her for approval, " we'll be back soon".
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Now that she had privacy, Hermione wandered into the den, Hailey in a slong that was around her neck. The last time she used a computer, she was fifteen. Hiding in a closet with a laptop, crying harder than she had ever before. She was talking to Harry through an instant messenger, telling that she desperatly needed him. And he was there.
Obviously, there was no information about the Sorceror's Stone on the internet, but there was tons of information about Muggles, which is what her parents were. Hermione wanted to know about her mothers death, from someone (or something) that didn't know her.
She searched for articles of any car accidents two years ago. There was one titled ' Couple involved in wreck' and was rather small. It read......
During the bitter icestorm that hit the England coast last night, a mid-sized SUV was found driven off a cliff near the ocean. The driver was identified as Elaine Granger, and the passenger, her husband, David Granger. Their vechile swivered off the road late last night due to the fact that Mrs. Granger had fallen asleep at the wheel, authorities do not know if the weather was involved. Unfortunatly, neither survived the wreck.
Hermione couldn't bare to move, her joints were frozen. If this article was true, than her father David Granger, was really dead.
Chapter Thirty-Four: Ask Me No Questions, You'll Find Out the Lies
" Her room?" Hermione asked in aghast. She had Ella under her arm, who was tugging at Harry's shirt sleeve. " The stone is in her room?".
Lily sat down next to her, clutching Hailey close to her chest. " Didn't you see the light in her room on your way by?".
Hermione shook her head, she had been too concentrated on getting to her daughter, " h-how do you know?".
" The amber glow, that's why everything went dark, so we could see it".
" Then let's go get it!".
Lily stopped her, " we can't, it's not that easy" she got up and walked across the room to place Hailey in her bassinet, " I think we should owl Ron first".
" Why Ron?" after all, Lily was the aged witch, in knowledge that is.
" The stone originated at Hogwarts, who would know better than the headmaster".
She was right. Hogwarts, A History would be nothing compared to the up to date knowledge of a young headmaster. But still.
" Alright, but if Hedwig isn't back by tonight, I'm going to look for myself".
" Fair enough, but stay out until then" she took a deep breath, " we don't know what can happen".
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Hermione must have walked past Ella's room a dozen times, never actually going in there, but she could feel the weird tenstions coming from there. She stood in the same spot at the top of the staircase where harry was before the coma. Right before the fall, when he heard Lily and David talking. Of course, she didn't know that until just now.
Her mind slipped into the body of her husband, only a day or so before. She had only been down the hall, but she didn't hear a thing. Still, it was hard to hear at this point.
" Hermione is smart, so is Harry" Lily's voice didn't sound frightened like it had been lately, but angry.
" I don't think you should be the one to judge....."
Their voices faded away, she blinked her eyes and was back in her own body. Hermione rushed downstairs to wehre Lily was reading to Ella in the living room.
" Were you talking to David the other day? Right before the fall?".
Ella was watching Hermione with the same tinted eyes Harry had before the first Triwizard Tournament task. " No" but Lily was nodding.
" When's daddy going to wake up?" Ella asked.
" Soon" Lily looked up at Hermione, " very soon".
Hermione was about to ask what exactly she and David were discussing, when Hedwig flew through the kitchen window (it was always left open just enough for her to get through) and landed on Lily's knee. Ella patted her winf as Lily removed the envelope from her beak, reading the letter inside.
" It's from Ron, he's taking the Express, said he'll be here around six".
Hermione checked her watch, " forty-five minutes".
Lily stood up, " it's getting dark, why don't you stay here? I'll go meet him". Hermione honestly didn't care.
" Can I go?" Ella asked, " I want to see Uncle Ron" she was safer outside of the house.
Lily looked at her for approval, " we'll be back soon".
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Now that she had privacy, Hermione wandered into the den, Hailey in a slong that was around her neck. The last time she used a computer, she was fifteen. Hiding in a closet with a laptop, crying harder than she had ever before. She was talking to Harry through an instant messenger, telling that she desperatly needed him. And he was there.
Obviously, there was no information about the Sorceror's Stone on the internet, but there was tons of information about Muggles, which is what her parents were. Hermione wanted to know about her mothers death, from someone (or something) that didn't know her.
She searched for articles of any car accidents two years ago. There was one titled ' Couple involved in wreck' and was rather small. It read......
During the bitter icestorm that hit the England coast last night, a mid-sized SUV was found driven off a cliff near the ocean. The driver was identified as Elaine Granger, and the passenger, her husband, David Granger. Their vechile swivered off the road late last night due to the fact that Mrs. Granger had fallen asleep at the wheel, authorities do not know if the weather was involved. Unfortunatly, neither survived the wreck.
Hermione couldn't bare to move, her joints were frozen. If this article was true, than her father David Granger, was really dead.
