A/N:Thanks for the reviews!!! First, I want to answer a few questions to those who reviewed or e-mailed me about the story.
Lots of people are confused with the part where Harry says she goes to the muggle world a lot. I forgot to include that Death Eaters were attacking muggle borns in the muggle world. So Hermione must have been there to spy on them or something (what Harry and Ron thinks) ... She also had to make preparations with Belinda about the house, to change her iddentity... etc. She also needed to... (I won't give it away!) Besides, if she went to the wizarding world to prepare the stuff she needed to prepare, someone would have known the truth and recognized her.
About Belinda, well... You should know more about her in this chapter. Lastly, 'Why did Hermione send the letter? She could have told the guys she was hiding...' it is because, It's just a letter to tell Ron her true feelings and to move on. Because if she said she was running away, and she confessed her feelings, she would be forced to confront Ron. It would be great if Ron had loved her. But Ron is married, so she did the only thing she could do! So, on with the story!!!
::Chapter Two::
***
"You're joking right?" asked Ginny, tears welling up in her eyes. "YOU MUST BE JOKING!"
Harry looked at Ron sadly and said, "No, we aren't..."
"H-How..." stammered Ginny "How could it be... possible? Hermione can't be dead!"
"I'm sorry, Gin..." Harry replied.
Ginny fainted dead away.
***
"I just remembered something!" cried Belinda to Hermione urgently, shaking Hermione's shoulders
"What?" asked Hermione lazily, closing her copy of 'The Return Of The Vampire.'
"I didn't hear clearly what you said when you put the stuff to make the fake body!"
"WHAT??!!!" shouted Hermione, shocked and sat up straight.
"Did you put in the unicorn hair?"
"Did that."
"Leg of blue toad?"
"Yep."
"Hair of red cat?"
"Yea.. Umm... Not exactly..." Hermione froze.
"Do you know what it means?!" screamed Belinda, hands holding her head.
"The body will not..."
"Exactly."
"You mean," gasped Hermione. "Ron and Harry may come looking for me?"
"Not may," said Belinda. "Will."
"But.." said Hermione, then she relaxed and leaned on her chair. "That's what the disguises are for."
"Did you forget about the 'Auror Program'?" demanded Belinda. "It can find you except when you are muggle places! But there's still more! Remember those warning letters you got when performing magic during Hogwarts? If you perform even an 'Alohomora' they'll be able to pinpoint your exact location!"
Hermione sat up straight again and began to panic. "I should have remembered! Belinda! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"You didn't ask," Belinda pointed out blankly. "You know, after your fiasco with Ron, Herm.. I mean , Clara, you are getting kind of forgetful and careless. That is very unlike you."
"I know..." said Hermione, massaging her forehead.
"Now," said Belinda. "Give me your wand."
"What?" asked Hermione shocked, and fingered her wand nervously.
Belinda sighed. "See? You may accidentally use your wand! If you need any charms or anything, you know you can trust me!"
"Oh, alright!" said Hermione, handing her her wand to Belinda. "You know what, I think you really are right about my past..."
"Her...Clara, you do know that you should really not come here?" asked Belinda, sadly. "I mean, seriously. I came here because of my family's death. You came here just because of Ron. I mean you actually have friends in the wizarding world... I... I don't have anyone... Not that I don't enjoy your company or anything..." Belinda added quickly.
"Bel, I know what you mean. But I love Ron and he loves... He loves Lavender. And on top of that, he's married." Hermione sighed "Even if he got a divorce, what about Harry jr. and Yvonne? Harry's only three and a half years, Yvonne's just a year old..."
Hermione sighed again and remembered how she met Belinda.
FLASHBACK
Hermione was in the muggle world again. She liked it there mostly because of her childhood memories. But now, she was bored. Completely and defintely bored.
Suddenly, she saw a a girl with shocking black waist lenght hair who looked a year younger than her. She looked strangely farmiliar. Hermione decided to follow the girl. The girl fingered something in her pocket.
'She must be a witch...' thought Hermione.
The girl walked into a strange isolated building and turned around, facing a very shocked Hermione and pointing her wand at Hermione's head.
"Okay," she said, in a demanding tone. "What do you want?"
"Geez!" sighed Hermione. "Can't a girl follow another girl and not be accused for stealing?"
The girl blinked and looked at Hermione curiously. "I know you... You are Hermione Granger," she said, lowering her wand. "Author of 'How To Get An O in Arithmatics'!"
"Umm... Yeah?" said Hermione and studied the girls face. She was very farmiliar... She was... "You are Belinda Blackfalcon! Paul Blackfalcon's granddaughter! I can't believe I'll meet you! Your grandfather was the most..."
"Popular, brave... whatever!" cried Belinda, covering her face with her hands, embarassed. "Why, can't there be a day someone doesn't recognise me?"
"Nope."
Both the girls laughed.
"Okay, we had a bad start. Lets start all over again... I'm Hermione Granger, nice to meet you."
"Belinda Blackfalcon, pleasure's all mine. May I know why you were following me?"
"I don't know? I felt like I should. I actually felt like I knew you, not from the magazine or newspapers, but as a friend..."
"When mum told me I was a boy magnet, I didn't I was also a girl magnet."
Both of them laughed again.
'This could be a start of a beautiful friendship... Well, I could use some help anyway...' thouhg Hermione.
END OF FLASHBACK
***
At Ron's house...
"Ron, there's something I want to tell you." said Lavender, her eyes shining and her face tearstained.
"Yes, Lav?" asked Ron half heartedly as he looked through the photographs of the past.
"I... It's all my fault Hermione's dead!" she blurted out, tears spilling from her eyes.
"What?" asked Ron alarmed. "What?" he repeated.
"I... I..." Lavender tried to speak between sobs. "I *sob* put *sob* love potion *sob* in your *sob* pumpkin juice in your *hiccup* seventh year..."
"YOU WHAT?"
Luckily for Lavender, the telephone rang just then...
Ron picked up the phone, glaring furiously at Lavender.
"Hello?"
"Is Mr. Weasley speaking."
"Then who do you suppose I am???"
"Umm... You know the Granger auror?"
"Of course I know the *bad word* Granger auror! I REPORTED her condition!"
"Well, sir.. *gulp* We have a reason to believe she is alive..."
"WHAT??!?!?!"
"*swallows nervously* Her body... I mean, so called body is not decaying... Since it has been quite a while and the body does not show any kind of decaying we think it's a fake."
"You mean, she's alive?"
"Yes... We..."
Ron slammed down the phone and let out a yell of happiness. Then began to dial a number furiously. Lavender looked at her husband who forgot about what she said, eventhough it was very serious, and (Ron) looked insane and walked away from him without taking her eyes of him.
"Harry!!!"
"Ron? You know, this is the second time you yelled at my ear through the phone and it still haven't recovered yet..."
"No Harry, this time it's REALLY good news! Hermione's alive!"
"What the *bad word*! Just a few hours ago, she was dead and we found her body. Now after five hours, you're telling me she's ALIVE??? Ron, I think you need to go to St. Mungos for a check up..."
"No REALLY! Her body or whatever it was wasn't decaying!"
*pause*
"So?"
"IT. IS. NOT. DECAYING!!!!"
"*wince* Okay okay... Wait. Does that mean... HERMIONE'S ALIVE?"
"*sweatdrop* That was what I was trying to tell you!"
"GREAT! Now all we have to do is find her!"
"Umm... ALL WE HAVE TO DO? You make it sound like it's easy..."
"There are only more than a hundred countries in the world, Ron! I'm sure we can find her!"
"*sweatdrop*.."
A/N: This is what you get when you take a cup of REALLY sweet coffee at 5 pm. I know it's OOC. And I hate serious plots sometimes. I always like to either make people laugh or cry. In this case, I'm trying to make you laugh. So if there's even a small smile... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Please r/r! The dead body thing, well I don't have a clue how all those stuff work, so it's only what I assume... About the love potion and Lavender, well, I just want to be cruel and keep all of you waiting for Ron's delayed reaction! MUAHAHAHAHA!
(Note to self: I really must stop taking too much coffee...)
Lots of people are confused with the part where Harry says she goes to the muggle world a lot. I forgot to include that Death Eaters were attacking muggle borns in the muggle world. So Hermione must have been there to spy on them or something (what Harry and Ron thinks) ... She also had to make preparations with Belinda about the house, to change her iddentity... etc. She also needed to... (I won't give it away!) Besides, if she went to the wizarding world to prepare the stuff she needed to prepare, someone would have known the truth and recognized her.
About Belinda, well... You should know more about her in this chapter. Lastly, 'Why did Hermione send the letter? She could have told the guys she was hiding...' it is because, It's just a letter to tell Ron her true feelings and to move on. Because if she said she was running away, and she confessed her feelings, she would be forced to confront Ron. It would be great if Ron had loved her. But Ron is married, so she did the only thing she could do! So, on with the story!!!
::Chapter Two::
***
"You're joking right?" asked Ginny, tears welling up in her eyes. "YOU MUST BE JOKING!"
Harry looked at Ron sadly and said, "No, we aren't..."
"H-How..." stammered Ginny "How could it be... possible? Hermione can't be dead!"
"I'm sorry, Gin..." Harry replied.
Ginny fainted dead away.
***
"I just remembered something!" cried Belinda to Hermione urgently, shaking Hermione's shoulders
"What?" asked Hermione lazily, closing her copy of 'The Return Of The Vampire.'
"I didn't hear clearly what you said when you put the stuff to make the fake body!"
"WHAT??!!!" shouted Hermione, shocked and sat up straight.
"Did you put in the unicorn hair?"
"Did that."
"Leg of blue toad?"
"Yep."
"Hair of red cat?"
"Yea.. Umm... Not exactly..." Hermione froze.
"Do you know what it means?!" screamed Belinda, hands holding her head.
"The body will not..."
"Exactly."
"You mean," gasped Hermione. "Ron and Harry may come looking for me?"
"Not may," said Belinda. "Will."
"But.." said Hermione, then she relaxed and leaned on her chair. "That's what the disguises are for."
"Did you forget about the 'Auror Program'?" demanded Belinda. "It can find you except when you are muggle places! But there's still more! Remember those warning letters you got when performing magic during Hogwarts? If you perform even an 'Alohomora' they'll be able to pinpoint your exact location!"
Hermione sat up straight again and began to panic. "I should have remembered! Belinda! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"You didn't ask," Belinda pointed out blankly. "You know, after your fiasco with Ron, Herm.. I mean , Clara, you are getting kind of forgetful and careless. That is very unlike you."
"I know..." said Hermione, massaging her forehead.
"Now," said Belinda. "Give me your wand."
"What?" asked Hermione shocked, and fingered her wand nervously.
Belinda sighed. "See? You may accidentally use your wand! If you need any charms or anything, you know you can trust me!"
"Oh, alright!" said Hermione, handing her her wand to Belinda. "You know what, I think you really are right about my past..."
"Her...Clara, you do know that you should really not come here?" asked Belinda, sadly. "I mean, seriously. I came here because of my family's death. You came here just because of Ron. I mean you actually have friends in the wizarding world... I... I don't have anyone... Not that I don't enjoy your company or anything..." Belinda added quickly.
"Bel, I know what you mean. But I love Ron and he loves... He loves Lavender. And on top of that, he's married." Hermione sighed "Even if he got a divorce, what about Harry jr. and Yvonne? Harry's only three and a half years, Yvonne's just a year old..."
Hermione sighed again and remembered how she met Belinda.
FLASHBACK
Hermione was in the muggle world again. She liked it there mostly because of her childhood memories. But now, she was bored. Completely and defintely bored.
Suddenly, she saw a a girl with shocking black waist lenght hair who looked a year younger than her. She looked strangely farmiliar. Hermione decided to follow the girl. The girl fingered something in her pocket.
'She must be a witch...' thought Hermione.
The girl walked into a strange isolated building and turned around, facing a very shocked Hermione and pointing her wand at Hermione's head.
"Okay," she said, in a demanding tone. "What do you want?"
"Geez!" sighed Hermione. "Can't a girl follow another girl and not be accused for stealing?"
The girl blinked and looked at Hermione curiously. "I know you... You are Hermione Granger," she said, lowering her wand. "Author of 'How To Get An O in Arithmatics'!"
"Umm... Yeah?" said Hermione and studied the girls face. She was very farmiliar... She was... "You are Belinda Blackfalcon! Paul Blackfalcon's granddaughter! I can't believe I'll meet you! Your grandfather was the most..."
"Popular, brave... whatever!" cried Belinda, covering her face with her hands, embarassed. "Why, can't there be a day someone doesn't recognise me?"
"Nope."
Both the girls laughed.
"Okay, we had a bad start. Lets start all over again... I'm Hermione Granger, nice to meet you."
"Belinda Blackfalcon, pleasure's all mine. May I know why you were following me?"
"I don't know? I felt like I should. I actually felt like I knew you, not from the magazine or newspapers, but as a friend..."
"When mum told me I was a boy magnet, I didn't I was also a girl magnet."
Both of them laughed again.
'This could be a start of a beautiful friendship... Well, I could use some help anyway...' thouhg Hermione.
END OF FLASHBACK
***
At Ron's house...
"Ron, there's something I want to tell you." said Lavender, her eyes shining and her face tearstained.
"Yes, Lav?" asked Ron half heartedly as he looked through the photographs of the past.
"I... It's all my fault Hermione's dead!" she blurted out, tears spilling from her eyes.
"What?" asked Ron alarmed. "What?" he repeated.
"I... I..." Lavender tried to speak between sobs. "I *sob* put *sob* love potion *sob* in your *sob* pumpkin juice in your *hiccup* seventh year..."
"YOU WHAT?"
Luckily for Lavender, the telephone rang just then...
Ron picked up the phone, glaring furiously at Lavender.
"Hello?"
"Is Mr. Weasley speaking."
"Then who do you suppose I am???"
"Umm... You know the Granger auror?"
"Of course I know the *bad word* Granger auror! I REPORTED her condition!"
"Well, sir.. *gulp* We have a reason to believe she is alive..."
"WHAT??!?!?!"
"*swallows nervously* Her body... I mean, so called body is not decaying... Since it has been quite a while and the body does not show any kind of decaying we think it's a fake."
"You mean, she's alive?"
"Yes... We..."
Ron slammed down the phone and let out a yell of happiness. Then began to dial a number furiously. Lavender looked at her husband who forgot about what she said, eventhough it was very serious, and (Ron) looked insane and walked away from him without taking her eyes of him.
"Harry!!!"
"Ron? You know, this is the second time you yelled at my ear through the phone and it still haven't recovered yet..."
"No Harry, this time it's REALLY good news! Hermione's alive!"
"What the *bad word*! Just a few hours ago, she was dead and we found her body. Now after five hours, you're telling me she's ALIVE??? Ron, I think you need to go to St. Mungos for a check up..."
"No REALLY! Her body or whatever it was wasn't decaying!"
*pause*
"So?"
"IT. IS. NOT. DECAYING!!!!"
"*wince* Okay okay... Wait. Does that mean... HERMIONE'S ALIVE?"
"*sweatdrop* That was what I was trying to tell you!"
"GREAT! Now all we have to do is find her!"
"Umm... ALL WE HAVE TO DO? You make it sound like it's easy..."
"There are only more than a hundred countries in the world, Ron! I'm sure we can find her!"
"*sweatdrop*.."
A/N: This is what you get when you take a cup of REALLY sweet coffee at 5 pm. I know it's OOC. And I hate serious plots sometimes. I always like to either make people laugh or cry. In this case, I'm trying to make you laugh. So if there's even a small smile... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Please r/r! The dead body thing, well I don't have a clue how all those stuff work, so it's only what I assume... About the love potion and Lavender, well, I just want to be cruel and keep all of you waiting for Ron's delayed reaction! MUAHAHAHAHA!
(Note to self: I really must stop taking too much coffee...)