Author's Notes
To all: I am going to be gone for a few days so enjoy this next edition
Chapter 4 A Discovery
Harry and Ron Apparted to Ron's apartment. What they saw there made Harry gulp.
He knew what he was in for. He got one the first time he ever had a fight with Ginny. It was has Ron put it, a Weasley Inquisition.
All of the Weasley brothers were there in the apartment circling them. Behind them Harry and Ron saw Remus and Tonks. Ginny had stood next to her mother and father. Her cheeks were as red as her hair.
"Uh oh." Harry said only loud enough for Ron to hear.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he stared at the faces.
"Ron, sit down. You too Harry." Arthur said.
Harry and Ron both took a seat on the couch. Ginny took a seat next to Harry and placed a hand gently on his shoulder. "I told them what you were doing today." she said.
"Someone tell me what's going on?" Ron asked.
Molly took a seat by her son. "The Aurors investigated a building today that had been used shortly as an operations center for the dark Lord."
"We went looking through it, just after we had reports of magic being done there. Some of which were seen by local Muggles." Remus said. He looked sadder than normal when he talked, Harry had noticed. His gray hairs had grown more and more each year, almost completely covering his head.
"Did it have to do with Voldemort?" Harry immediately asked.
"No, no, it was just some kids who had graduated from Hogwarts and wanted to do magic away from school is all." Tonks answered moving in front of Harry and Ron. She had a small bag with her that she carefully placed on the floor.
"We took the house apart inch by inch." She continued. "What we found was an abandoned wand and what were blue robes." Tonks opened up the bag and held out a set of blue robes and a wand.
"Those are Hermione's!" Ron shouted looking at what he knew was her wand and the robes she wore when they saw each other last.
"We made a check with Ollivander. It is her wand." Remus said. "This is the first real lead that we have had. Unfortunately it doesn't give us much."
"Where was the building?" Harry asked.
"It was in a small village near Wales." Tonks answered. "When we found this we continued to search. We still have a couple of Aurors there searching."
Ron said nothing. He continued to hold the tattered robes and the wand.
No one wanted to break the silence. They all wanted answers to what had happened.
"Does this officially reopen the investigation?" Ron asked after a moment.
"I'm seeing to that personally." Arthur said. "I will see that it is made official. We have to hurry. The trail is cold now, but with this we might have a chance of finding out what actually happened."
Ron nodded and just leaned his head down.
The Weasleys stayed with him for the night, letting him know that they were there for him.
Molly and Tonks agreed that they would go to the Granger's house in the morning and let them know what was found. Mrs. Granger had made herself sick since the disappearance. She had been placed on antidepressant medication. Molly and Tonks would be the best choice to break the news gently to her and Mr. Granger, in Harry's opinion.
Sara awoke in the middle of the night from a very weird dream. She could not recall any of the details.
Something told her to look in Eric's crib. She got up and stood over her sleeping baby. Sara gently brushed his forehead with her fingertips, he was really warm.
Sensing trouble she immediately went for the thermometer. She put the pacifier-thermometer in his mouth and waited for the small beep that would come. A moment later it beeped. She picked it up and saw the numbers 103.2.
Quickly Sara dressed in a shirt and pants over her night gown. She picked up her purse, keys and Eric's diaper bag. She then carefully picked up Eric and took him downstairs. He was warm the entire time.
Sara quickly went to her car and strapped him in. She drove to the nearest Emergency Room and rushed him inside.
"What's the problem ma'am." The nurse at the counter asked.
"My baby has a 103 temperature." Sara said.
The nurse immediately took Sara back behind one of the curtains. She called for a doctor and began to examine him.
"What's your son's name?" The nurse asked.
"Eric." Sara said trying to see what the doctor was doing.
"How old is he?" The doctor asked.
"Seventeen months." Sara answered.
"What is his birth-date?" The nurse said who was taking records.
"April sixth." Sara answered. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It's just for records ma'am." The nurse said.
"I'll get him something so his fever will go down." The doctor said. He reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out some medication. "Just a little shot is all." The doctor prepared the shot and stuck Eric with it. This had caused him to start crying.
"It's okay, Baby." Sara said in a voice she forced to be soothing.
"Why don't you wait in the lobby? We can send someone to let you know." The doctor suggested.
"I don't want to leave him."
"It will be alright. Doctor Michaels is great with children." The nurse said leading Sara out of the curtain. "We will do everything he can. Just sit and wait, I'll go help. Why don't you finish these forms? You know all the answers anyways."
The nurse turned and walked back to the curtain.
Sara knew they had given the forms to her so she would be distracted. She instead put it in the chair besides and leaned back waiting.
"Are you alright?" A man standing over her said. "I'm Randall."
"Sara."
"I saw you bring your son in." Randall said taking a seat. "Don't worry Doctor Michaels is one of the best."
"Thanks, I just wish I could see what they were doing."
"A bit over protective." Randall said. "Don't worry, honestly."
"Are you a doctor?"
"Just an intern. I'm studying Pediatrics." Randall said taking a seat
"Oh," Sara said.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a librarian." Sara answered.
"Really. You are by far the prettiest librarian I have ever seen." He said eyeing her. "Sorry, complete come on line."
Sara laughed for a moment. "That's all right."
The nurse then walked over, "Ma'am, we just got the fever down. Eric should be fine."
"Can I see him?" Sara asked.
"He's right over here." The nurse said. "Randall, isn't there something you should be doing?"
"Yes," Randall said heading off.
"Right this way."
Sara practically ran back to the curtain. There she saw Dr. Michaels holding Eric.
"There she is." He said. "There's Mummy." He carefully passed Eric to Sara.
"He'll be all right. He just gave us a little scare is all. I'm righting you a prescription you can pick up at the pharmacy here. Give it to him twice a day. If his fever comes back send him back here. Alright?"
"Alright. Thanks really." Sara said still holding Eric.
"Louise, show her the way to the pharmacy." The Doctor said passing the nurse the prescription note.
Louise walked down the hallway with Sara following. At the pharmacy she picked up prescription and gave the bottle to Sara.
On her way out Sara saw Randall again. "Doing better." He asked. "Wow look at that ginger hair." He then looked at Sara's brown curls.
"He gets it from his father." Sara said.
"Where is his Dad?" Randall asked looking at Eric.
"I haven't a clue." Sara answered.
"He's an idiot then. Leaving a cute little boy like this. There are couples who spend thousands of pounds trying to get a child." Randall stated.
"Well he has a mum who loves him." Sara said. "We better get going. He looks tired." Sara stared to walk away.
"Hey, you want to get a cup of coffee some time?" Randall asked.
"Sure," Sara said. "When?"
"Tomorrow I have the day off." Randall said.
"Alright, the Dicken's café?'" Sara asked.
"Perfect." Randall said. "10 in the morning."
"I'll be there." Sara figured she would give this one a chance. It was obvious that he liked children. That was a plus for her.
She drove back to her building and went inside. She put Eric back into his crib and crawled into bed. She was actually glad that she had the morning off tomorrow.
In the morning Sara got ready for her date, she decided to take Eric with her. She dressed in a light blue dress and a scarf due to fact it was getting cold. She dressed Eric in his scarlet colored outfit. For some reason he seemed to like this outfit. It did look alright on him so Sara was alright with it.
Sara could still remember the day in the story when she bought it. Eric had just had another growth spurt and she was shopping for more clothes for him. Right when she stopped at a sale rack Eric reached over and grabbed one of the outfits, pulling it off the hanger. Sara immediately grabbed it to put it back. But Eric did not let it go, when he had a hold on something he did not let it go easily. Sara had to work each of Eric's fingers off one at a time.
Afterwards Sara looked at the outfit. It was his size with a little extra room. But it had a very strange design on it. "You like this one?" Sara asked. She then noticed the price, it wasn't that much. "I guess I like it too." She went ahead and dropped it into the cart.
After getting Eric dressed she drove to the Dickens café. Sara put Eric in his stroller so he would have a seat. Randall was already there with a table. He had also gotten a high chair. Sara had to smile at that.
"Well hi." Randall said. "How are you doing young man? You're looking a lot better." Randall greeted Eric. Randall picked him and put him in the high chair. "Now you can see what is going on."
Sara continued to smile. It had been the first time one of her dates had taken an immediate interest with Eric.
A waitress took their orders and brought them each a cup of coffee.
"He didn't give you any trouble?"
"No slept right through the night. He usually wakes up once." Sara said. "How long have you been a doctor?"
"Since birth." Randall answered. "It's a family tradition. My grandfather, my father, my mother, my sister, my brother. The only difference is field of study. My grandfather was a family practioner. My father is a surgeon. My mother became a cancer doctor. My brother is probably going to become a brain surgeon by the time he's done. My sister works in an Emergency room. And I deal with kids." Randall finished. "I'm talking too much. Tell me about your family."
"This is my family." Sara said indicating Eric.
"No family that must be sad." Randall said.
"I've gotten used to it." Sara said.
"Where are you from?" Randall asked.
"Here I think." Sara answered.
Randall looked at her. "You're holding something back."
"I was found here." Sara said. "I was struck with amnesia."
"You were pregnant with Eric at the time." Randall stated.
"Yes," Sara said.
"That's why you don't have a clue where Eric's father is." Randall said.
"I tried looking. I couldn't find anything." Sara said. "After a while I kind of figured no one was looking for me."
"Which only proves how much of an idiot the father was." Randall said. "Eric is a beautiful kid. And you are a very beautiful woman."
"Thanks" Sara said, she was blushing the color of her son's hair.
They continued on the date until Sara had to go to get ready for work. Randall gave Sara his phone number before she left. Sara dropped Eric off at Annie's before she left.
At work Sara told Betty about Randall and the time they shared. Betty was happy for her. "It is so nice that you found a nice man and a doctor no less."
Sara went home and picked up Eric. She played with him for the rest of the evening then put him to bed. Sara secretly hoped that she found him a good father.
To all: I am going to be gone for a few days so enjoy this next edition
Chapter 4 A Discovery
Harry and Ron Apparted to Ron's apartment. What they saw there made Harry gulp.
He knew what he was in for. He got one the first time he ever had a fight with Ginny. It was has Ron put it, a Weasley Inquisition.
All of the Weasley brothers were there in the apartment circling them. Behind them Harry and Ron saw Remus and Tonks. Ginny had stood next to her mother and father. Her cheeks were as red as her hair.
"Uh oh." Harry said only loud enough for Ron to hear.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he stared at the faces.
"Ron, sit down. You too Harry." Arthur said.
Harry and Ron both took a seat on the couch. Ginny took a seat next to Harry and placed a hand gently on his shoulder. "I told them what you were doing today." she said.
"Someone tell me what's going on?" Ron asked.
Molly took a seat by her son. "The Aurors investigated a building today that had been used shortly as an operations center for the dark Lord."
"We went looking through it, just after we had reports of magic being done there. Some of which were seen by local Muggles." Remus said. He looked sadder than normal when he talked, Harry had noticed. His gray hairs had grown more and more each year, almost completely covering his head.
"Did it have to do with Voldemort?" Harry immediately asked.
"No, no, it was just some kids who had graduated from Hogwarts and wanted to do magic away from school is all." Tonks answered moving in front of Harry and Ron. She had a small bag with her that she carefully placed on the floor.
"We took the house apart inch by inch." She continued. "What we found was an abandoned wand and what were blue robes." Tonks opened up the bag and held out a set of blue robes and a wand.
"Those are Hermione's!" Ron shouted looking at what he knew was her wand and the robes she wore when they saw each other last.
"We made a check with Ollivander. It is her wand." Remus said. "This is the first real lead that we have had. Unfortunately it doesn't give us much."
"Where was the building?" Harry asked.
"It was in a small village near Wales." Tonks answered. "When we found this we continued to search. We still have a couple of Aurors there searching."
Ron said nothing. He continued to hold the tattered robes and the wand.
No one wanted to break the silence. They all wanted answers to what had happened.
"Does this officially reopen the investigation?" Ron asked after a moment.
"I'm seeing to that personally." Arthur said. "I will see that it is made official. We have to hurry. The trail is cold now, but with this we might have a chance of finding out what actually happened."
Ron nodded and just leaned his head down.
The Weasleys stayed with him for the night, letting him know that they were there for him.
Molly and Tonks agreed that they would go to the Granger's house in the morning and let them know what was found. Mrs. Granger had made herself sick since the disappearance. She had been placed on antidepressant medication. Molly and Tonks would be the best choice to break the news gently to her and Mr. Granger, in Harry's opinion.
Sara awoke in the middle of the night from a very weird dream. She could not recall any of the details.
Something told her to look in Eric's crib. She got up and stood over her sleeping baby. Sara gently brushed his forehead with her fingertips, he was really warm.
Sensing trouble she immediately went for the thermometer. She put the pacifier-thermometer in his mouth and waited for the small beep that would come. A moment later it beeped. She picked it up and saw the numbers 103.2.
Quickly Sara dressed in a shirt and pants over her night gown. She picked up her purse, keys and Eric's diaper bag. She then carefully picked up Eric and took him downstairs. He was warm the entire time.
Sara quickly went to her car and strapped him in. She drove to the nearest Emergency Room and rushed him inside.
"What's the problem ma'am." The nurse at the counter asked.
"My baby has a 103 temperature." Sara said.
The nurse immediately took Sara back behind one of the curtains. She called for a doctor and began to examine him.
"What's your son's name?" The nurse asked.
"Eric." Sara said trying to see what the doctor was doing.
"How old is he?" The doctor asked.
"Seventeen months." Sara answered.
"What is his birth-date?" The nurse said who was taking records.
"April sixth." Sara answered. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It's just for records ma'am." The nurse said.
"I'll get him something so his fever will go down." The doctor said. He reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out some medication. "Just a little shot is all." The doctor prepared the shot and stuck Eric with it. This had caused him to start crying.
"It's okay, Baby." Sara said in a voice she forced to be soothing.
"Why don't you wait in the lobby? We can send someone to let you know." The doctor suggested.
"I don't want to leave him."
"It will be alright. Doctor Michaels is great with children." The nurse said leading Sara out of the curtain. "We will do everything he can. Just sit and wait, I'll go help. Why don't you finish these forms? You know all the answers anyways."
The nurse turned and walked back to the curtain.
Sara knew they had given the forms to her so she would be distracted. She instead put it in the chair besides and leaned back waiting.
"Are you alright?" A man standing over her said. "I'm Randall."
"Sara."
"I saw you bring your son in." Randall said taking a seat. "Don't worry Doctor Michaels is one of the best."
"Thanks, I just wish I could see what they were doing."
"A bit over protective." Randall said. "Don't worry, honestly."
"Are you a doctor?"
"Just an intern. I'm studying Pediatrics." Randall said taking a seat
"Oh," Sara said.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a librarian." Sara answered.
"Really. You are by far the prettiest librarian I have ever seen." He said eyeing her. "Sorry, complete come on line."
Sara laughed for a moment. "That's all right."
The nurse then walked over, "Ma'am, we just got the fever down. Eric should be fine."
"Can I see him?" Sara asked.
"He's right over here." The nurse said. "Randall, isn't there something you should be doing?"
"Yes," Randall said heading off.
"Right this way."
Sara practically ran back to the curtain. There she saw Dr. Michaels holding Eric.
"There she is." He said. "There's Mummy." He carefully passed Eric to Sara.
"He'll be all right. He just gave us a little scare is all. I'm righting you a prescription you can pick up at the pharmacy here. Give it to him twice a day. If his fever comes back send him back here. Alright?"
"Alright. Thanks really." Sara said still holding Eric.
"Louise, show her the way to the pharmacy." The Doctor said passing the nurse the prescription note.
Louise walked down the hallway with Sara following. At the pharmacy she picked up prescription and gave the bottle to Sara.
On her way out Sara saw Randall again. "Doing better." He asked. "Wow look at that ginger hair." He then looked at Sara's brown curls.
"He gets it from his father." Sara said.
"Where is his Dad?" Randall asked looking at Eric.
"I haven't a clue." Sara answered.
"He's an idiot then. Leaving a cute little boy like this. There are couples who spend thousands of pounds trying to get a child." Randall stated.
"Well he has a mum who loves him." Sara said. "We better get going. He looks tired." Sara stared to walk away.
"Hey, you want to get a cup of coffee some time?" Randall asked.
"Sure," Sara said. "When?"
"Tomorrow I have the day off." Randall said.
"Alright, the Dicken's café?'" Sara asked.
"Perfect." Randall said. "10 in the morning."
"I'll be there." Sara figured she would give this one a chance. It was obvious that he liked children. That was a plus for her.
She drove back to her building and went inside. She put Eric back into his crib and crawled into bed. She was actually glad that she had the morning off tomorrow.
In the morning Sara got ready for her date, she decided to take Eric with her. She dressed in a light blue dress and a scarf due to fact it was getting cold. She dressed Eric in his scarlet colored outfit. For some reason he seemed to like this outfit. It did look alright on him so Sara was alright with it.
Sara could still remember the day in the story when she bought it. Eric had just had another growth spurt and she was shopping for more clothes for him. Right when she stopped at a sale rack Eric reached over and grabbed one of the outfits, pulling it off the hanger. Sara immediately grabbed it to put it back. But Eric did not let it go, when he had a hold on something he did not let it go easily. Sara had to work each of Eric's fingers off one at a time.
Afterwards Sara looked at the outfit. It was his size with a little extra room. But it had a very strange design on it. "You like this one?" Sara asked. She then noticed the price, it wasn't that much. "I guess I like it too." She went ahead and dropped it into the cart.
After getting Eric dressed she drove to the Dickens café. Sara put Eric in his stroller so he would have a seat. Randall was already there with a table. He had also gotten a high chair. Sara had to smile at that.
"Well hi." Randall said. "How are you doing young man? You're looking a lot better." Randall greeted Eric. Randall picked him and put him in the high chair. "Now you can see what is going on."
Sara continued to smile. It had been the first time one of her dates had taken an immediate interest with Eric.
A waitress took their orders and brought them each a cup of coffee.
"He didn't give you any trouble?"
"No slept right through the night. He usually wakes up once." Sara said. "How long have you been a doctor?"
"Since birth." Randall answered. "It's a family tradition. My grandfather, my father, my mother, my sister, my brother. The only difference is field of study. My grandfather was a family practioner. My father is a surgeon. My mother became a cancer doctor. My brother is probably going to become a brain surgeon by the time he's done. My sister works in an Emergency room. And I deal with kids." Randall finished. "I'm talking too much. Tell me about your family."
"This is my family." Sara said indicating Eric.
"No family that must be sad." Randall said.
"I've gotten used to it." Sara said.
"Where are you from?" Randall asked.
"Here I think." Sara answered.
Randall looked at her. "You're holding something back."
"I was found here." Sara said. "I was struck with amnesia."
"You were pregnant with Eric at the time." Randall stated.
"Yes," Sara said.
"That's why you don't have a clue where Eric's father is." Randall said.
"I tried looking. I couldn't find anything." Sara said. "After a while I kind of figured no one was looking for me."
"Which only proves how much of an idiot the father was." Randall said. "Eric is a beautiful kid. And you are a very beautiful woman."
"Thanks" Sara said, she was blushing the color of her son's hair.
They continued on the date until Sara had to go to get ready for work. Randall gave Sara his phone number before she left. Sara dropped Eric off at Annie's before she left.
At work Sara told Betty about Randall and the time they shared. Betty was happy for her. "It is so nice that you found a nice man and a doctor no less."
Sara went home and picked up Eric. She played with him for the rest of the evening then put him to bed. Sara secretly hoped that she found him a good father.