Chapter 3: The Attic
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:-:-:-:-: 2 months after the arrival of Kelly and Trish :-:-:-:-:
"Kelly, darling!" cried Anna Granger from her bedroom. "Come here!"
"Coming, Mum!" Kelly answered back as she climbed the stairs to get to her mother's room. When Kelly walked in, she saw her sickly mother getting out of bed.
"MAMA!" Kelly cried as she rushed over to her mother's aid. "What are you doing? Get back in bed. You're too sick to get out!"
"Kelly," Anna told her. "I'm a grown woman. I may be sick, but I know what I'm doing." She sighed. "I want to show you something. Follow me, Kelly."
Kelly followed her mother to a hall closet. Anyone who entered this house would think that that door was a closet. But if you opened it, it was really another set of stairs that lead to the attic. Of course, Kelly didn't know that.
"Mum, we have an attic?" Kelly asked surprisingly. "How come I never knew about this?"
"You never asked, Kelly, darling," Anna answered back as they climbed up to the door. Anna took out a key from her nightgown's pocket and put it in the keyhole. She opened the door to find boxes of junk, and in a corner were many boxes that said Kelly's real full name: Hermione Caroline Granger.
"Go over there, hun, and open those boxes," Anna directed Kelly. Kelly walked over and opened the first box. Inside she saw a photo album and books. She blew the dust away from the top and read some of the book titles.
"Hogwarts: A History, Standard Spells, Level 9 (one of her advanced books), The Difference Between Flone and Shone, Muggle Ways," Kelly read some of the titles.
Then she pulled out the photo album and opened it. The first picture she saw was a boy with messy, jet black hair, green eyes, and a lightning bolt scar.
"Harry!" Kelly mumbled. Then to the right of Harry was a girl with bushy brown hair and brown eyes. Nothing too special about her. "Oh my gosh!" Kelly muttered under her breath. "I was so ugly!" To the right of her was a red head with blue eyes. "Ron."
She flipped though the album more and saw pictures of Harry and her hugging, Ron kissing her on the cheek, and Ginny sitting on her while she was laughing so hard. Or course, they were all moving.
Then as she flipped to a couple of the last pages, she saw Him. The reason she left. The monster, the evil weapon of truth: Dean.
Kelly quickly closed the album. She moved her observing to a huge trunk. She opened it to find robes, all different colors. Yellow, green, purple, black and a pretty powder blue one cluttered the box. The same blue one she wore to the Yule Ball.
She shut the trunk, shaking her head, and decided to open one last box. She opened it and found her graduation certificate and wand.
"Mum," Kelly asked, "why did you keep all of this junk? I told you I wanted it burned right when I got back from Hogwarts in my 7th Year!"
"I know, 'Mione, I remember," Anna answered back in a whisper. Thinking of this brought tears to her eyes. She remembered that day all too well.
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Hermione stepped out from the barrier to see her muggle mother, Anna Granger, waving over to her.
"Over here, 'Mione!" Anna yelled to her daughter. Hermione ran to her mum and hugged her.
"I missed you!" Hermione whispered. She followed her mother to their little black Jeta before Hermione spoke.
"Mum, we need to talk."
"Sure, Hun, what about?" Anna said, suspicious with the four heavy words that always meant bad news.
"I'm giving up magic," Hermione said very quietly.
"What did you just say?" Anna cried, suddenly talking very fast. "Did you say that you're giving up magic? Why? What happened? Did Harry do something? Did you fail? Oh my gosh! I think we should talk about this when we get home or I might get into a car accident!"
Hermione's mum was upset. She fully supported the magic, which Hermione did. They were very close.
They arrived at their cozy little house (A/N: use your imagination). They walked in and sat n the living room couch together.
"So why are you giving up magic, Hun?" asked Anna. "You love it all!"
"Not anymore. I'm giving it up. ALL of it. That means nothing which is or has magic will come near me."
"What about Harry and-"
"Ron, I mean them too." Hermione looked around the living room and saw a newspaper with the classification section open. She walked over and picked it up. "And this is where I am going and what I am going to do." She pointed to a random ad:
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Looking for smart female secretary.
For Ryan Richmond
Need someone willing to move to Australia
Has a 4.0 grading average
Please call (652) 458-9075 by June 8 (A/N: I have no idea about Australian area codes and newspaper ads, so bear with me here)
- Tyler Kidman, Lawyer of Ryan Richmond
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"That's my job. I'm calling right now." Hermione picked up the phone and called.
10 minutes later Hermione came back into the living room, screaming.
"I got it! I got the job! I'll be leaving in two days!" Hermione said gladly and satisfied.
:-:-:-:-: 2 days later :-:-:-:-:
Hermione was at the airport and was about to board the plane, but then she pulled herself back and hugged her mother tightly.
"Mum," she cried. "I'll miss you so much. It's just that I have to do it. I have to leave.
"And, Mum? I have 4 favors. Number One: don't come looking for me. I'm going to change my name when I get to Australia. Number Two: only contact me if something really bad happens. And to do that, call Tyler Kidman. He'll know where I am. Number Three: tell Ron and Harry that I never came home, that I was kidnapped. And last: burn everything that has to do with magic. My wand, books, robes, everything. I don't want anything left."
Hermione shed a few more tears, as did her mother. "And I love you so much. Thank you for supporting me so much. And I'll be fine, Mummy."
With those last words, Hermione stepped on the plane and was gone.
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"'Mione, Hun come here," Anna said.
"Mum. It's KELLY, not 'Mione or Hermione," Kelly said as she came and sat beside her. Anna pulled out something from one of the labeled boxes.
"Read this," Anna pushed the paper towards Kelly.
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June 17 (A/N: 7 days after Hermione left, and btw, I don't know how to write the dates the way they do in Europe, so deal with it, just like you have to deal with imaginary phone numbers and area codes), 1997
Missing: Hermione Caroline Granger
Since: June 8, 1997.
Last seen at the local train station, Kings Cross, by friends Harry Potter and Ronald Wealsey.
Picture below
If any information, please call either Harry Potter (692) 823-1097 or Missing Children at (800) MISSING
Posted by Harry Potter:-:-:-:-: End Passage :-:-:-:-:
"They went looking for you," Anna said.
"They were too late," Kelly answered, tears running down her cheeks. "I already changed my name and my appearance."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" cried someone from downstairs.
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A/N: Who screamed? Read on and find out!