Chapter 18

"Um, Harry…um…." Hermione looked at Ron to help her out, but Harry looked as scared as she did.

"I already know about my grandfather sleeping with some woman and she got pregnant, and about how they gave the baby up, because they didn't want her to be discriminated. How do you and Malfoy fit into the story?"

"Well, the woman Anthony had an affair with…"

"He didn't have an affair, my grandmother was already dead."

"Yes, ok…the woman Anthony slept with was Larissa Crane." Harry looked at her puzzled.

"Malfoy's grandmother," Ron offered.

Harry made a disgusted face, "No, Harry you don't understand. I've seen pictures of her, she looked good!" Ron said, and Hermione smacked him.

"Don't say that about my potential mother."

"WAIT!" Harry asked with his eyes wide, "What do you mean potential mother?"

"Oh, yeah. Well, Draco was asking me some questions, and I remember reading that Anthony and Larissa only had two requests about their daughter. First, that her adopted parents keep her middle name…Aimee, which means Beloved Friend."

"Miss Granger!" Snape yelled from right behind her, "Keep this bull in your common room, I don't want to hear it!"

That night after dinner, the four friends sat around the fire place. Hermione and Ron explain the rest to a very confused Ginny and Harry.

"Alright the name Aimee, which is Adora and my middle name, means Beloved Friend." Hermione started.

"Everyone knows that Anthony and Larissa, had been best friends since their days in Hogwarts. Both in Gryffindor, both prefects, and both Head Girl and Boy." Ron told them, "Then Anthony met Bridget Brossard, and Larissa met Larry Crane. Secretly, Anthony and Larissa loved each other, but never had the guts to tell each other. So they married their second choices, Larry and Bridget."

Hermione continued, "Larry and Larissa were only married ten years, then Larissa filled for a divorce. They only had one child together, Narcissa Crane, who is now Narcissa Malfoy. Larissa found out that Larry was cheating on her with a Muggle and she blew off one of his ears. Very cheerful woman, but a very touchy temper."

"Anthony and Bridget were married 13 years, before she died. They also only had one child together, James Potter. Bridget had always been strong, but she had been born with a heart tumor, and her heart just got to weak. Bridget died when James was 11. Since, Anthony and Larissa were such good friends, they had a double wedding." Ron said looking at Harry who was just in awe that his best friends had learned all this and hadn't let him help them with the search.

"They even had their children around the same time. While their children were in school, they were seeing each other, which wasn't anything new. Then Narcissa met Lucius, and he turned out to be a werewolf, Narcissa split. Narcissa only married Lucius, because he was the only one that wanted her, except Remus." Hermione stated.

"REMUS! LUPIN?" Harry yelled surprised, "What happened with Remus and Narcissa?"

Hermione looked sad, "Narcissa found out what he was, and Narcissa always had to be accepted, so she dumped him. Although Narcissa has been in love with him for years. So she took her second choice. When Larissa found out that Lucius was a Death Eater, he commanded her to stop seeing Anthony. But, Larissa ignored her son-in-law and she saw Anthony anyways. A year and a half, after James and Lily, Narcissa and Lucius had been married, Anthony and Larissa were still seeing each other, and Larissa became pregnant."

Ron took over, "Three months after that, Narcissa found out she was pregnant, and three months after that so was Lily. Lucius found out about Anthony and Larissa's baby and banned Narcissa to ever see her mother again, and not to let their baby see Larissa. Well, with the whole Wizarding World, knowing that Larissa's family supported the Dark Arts, and Anthony's fought it. Afraid of what kind of discrimination the baby would get, with lots of heartache they decided to give the baby up. Larissa had a secret delivery, so no one would know."

"Draco told me today that she was born on September 23rd, 1979, that's my birthday. Harry, all the puzzle pieces fit."

"Sure, but you don't even know if your parents were muggles or wizards." Ginny said butting in.

"Yes, I do. W hen I went to the Granger's house for Christmas, Voldemort left me a note, signed in blood. He's been owling me for a year now, pleading with me to join the dark side. Voldemort knows that I'm a powerful witch, and he told me in the note that both of my parents were full-bloods…it all fits. If Larissa and Anthony are my parents, then I'll have a sister, a brother, and two nephews."

"You'll also be Gryffindor's other heir!" Ginny said in awe and turned to look at her boyfriend. "Harry's an heir by Anthony and James, so you're an heir by Anthony!"

"That's why Voldemort wanted you. I bet Voldemort knew the entire time, Voldemort thought it would be funny to have one of Gryffindor's heirs on Slytherin's side to kill one of her own kens men." Harry said, in which Ron and Hermione nodded. They were right the puzzle pieces did fit, but it just felt like to much to handle. "Okay, this is kind of off the subject, but what's the whole, Remus/Narcissa story?"

"Your guess is about as good as mine," Hermione said shrugging.

"Um, Hermione it's 3 a.m. Maybe you should go to bed as you have to be at St. Mungo's tomorrow for your D.N.A. test." Ginny mentioned, and Hermione nodded. Kissing Ron good night and went upstairs to her dormitory.

The next morning, Hermione tried her best to look good, she could be meeting her real mother for the first time in her life. Hermione arrived at Dumbledore's office at five minutes before nine. Hermione was so nervous, Draco wasn't up here yet. This is probably another one of his pranks. 'I'll going to kill him!' Just then Narcissa showed up with Draco.

"Hermione, I presume?" Narcissa asked, and Hermione nodded mutely. "Well, lets be off, okay?" Hermione followed Draco and Narcissa outside Hogwarts, and there was an old shovel out side.

"What is this for?" Hermione asked.

"Our port-key to St. Mungo's."

"Thanks, Mrs. Malfoy." Narcissa flinched at that name, "Please, don't call me that. Just call me Narcissa."

"Okay," Before Hermione could say another word they were lifted and a second later they were at St. Mungo's.

They walked into the Wizarding Hospital, Hermione had never been here before. It was huge! All white, they went up what felt a million stairs until they found room 1568. They went in, and Hermione's heart broke instantly, even though Larissa looked as if she was seventy years old, she was still very beautiful. Around the entire room were pictures posted everywhere. Some of her family and Hermione gasped when she saw one picture. It was of Larissa in her Hogwarts days' looked about Hermione's age. There was a very young Larissa Boyle and Anthony Potter with their arms around each other's back smiling and waving at her. Hermione guessed that all the Potter boys favored each other, because everyone always said that Harry looked identical to James. Harry also looked identical to Anthony, except for of course, the eyes. Draco had been right, Hermione did look like a modern version of Larissa. In that picture looked like a modern day Harry and Hermione, except Hermione's hair do looked kind of….old.

"Mum," Hermione heard Narcissa speaking to Larissa.

"Hmmm?" Was all that came out of the Larissa Crane's mouth.

"Mum, we have Hermione here. You know, the girl Draco told us about."

Larissa nodded and slowly opened her eyes and she gasped, "You….you're…Hermione?" Larissa barley chocked out.

"Yes, ma'am."

Larissa lifted up her wand ,"NURSE!" Hermione thought she did something wrong.

A young nurse about twenty-five years old walked in, "Can I help you?"

"Yes, get the doctor I want this D.N.A. test, now!" The nurse nodded and two seconds later the doctor walked in.

"Okay, Ms. Crane open wide." The doctor swiped the inside of her mouth with a cotton swab and then put it in a test tube marked 'Crane'. Then he took another cotton swap and did the same to Hermione and put it in a test tube marked 'Granger'. "We'll be right back with the results." The doctor said walking out of the room.

Larissa sat up and propped a pillow behind her, she rubbed a spot on her bed. "Come, here sweet heart, you don't be afraid."

"I'm not…it's just really hard for me to process right now."

"Yes, Draco told me that your adopted parents died about a month ago." Hermione just nodded, "that must have been hard for you." Hermione had a single tear roll down her face, Hermione wished so hard that Ron would be here with her. Larissa took her hand and wiped the tear away. "I see you've got the same eyes as Narcissa does." Hermione turned to look at Narcissa, and so Narcissa did share Hermione's eyes. "Just out of curiosity, did your adopted mother ever give you a mirror that you could see anyone you wanted and talk to them." Hermione's eyes got huge but before she could answer 'yes'. The doctor walked in.

"Ms. Crane, Miss Granger. We have the results." Hermione was holding her hands, shaking. Hermione looked at the rest of them, they looked as hopeful as she did. "The results to the D.N.A. test to tell weather or not Hermione Aimee Granger is really Adora Aimee Potter, Daughter of Larissa Ann Boyle-Crane and Anthony Paul Potter. At the end I will either say The results are positive or negative, so please don't presume anything. The results are that 99.9 that if Hermione Aimee Granger is Adora Aimee Potter is…..