Author's Notes
Wow, thanks for the reaction.
Arwentheelf Like Ginny said they were all so happy to see her that they did not really care. Besides they had enough tact not to say anything at first.
CarrieWeasley More will come later. Another fact will come into light. There will be an explanation to everything
jess326 Asia Cwiakala Thank you so much
mistyqueen At least Ron seems to be taking it well
bettar-dayz I know I cut down the dialogue in the last chapter. I was trying to concentrate on how shocking it was to see Hermione back, but only as Sara. I will be continue with the plot as I go, you are still in for a shocker
To The Original Mercedes Benz: My boyfriend drives an Mercedes what can I say.
I am working on the next chapters. I am a bit of perfectionist when it comes to my writing. I like to have everything right where I want it.
When I first wrote this I looked back and noticed mistakes and stuff that I had left out. I had to remove the original and replace it this revision.
I think I spend too much time on Fanfics.
Now I will continue.
Chapter 9 Discussing Eric
Sara had awaken in the morning by the sound of Eric saying "up." He had slept all the way through the night. It was a rare occasion.
It took Sara a moment to remember where she was. Yesterday she had met her family for the first time. Discovered that she was a witch, born from Muggles. Who the father of her son was.
After getting out of the bed she looked around the room and saw a dresser. Sara thought it best to see if there were any fresh clothes in there. To her surprise she found plenty of clothes in there, in her size. She opened up another drawer and saw baby clothes, the clothes would be about Eric's size.
Sara smiled as she dressed and picked out an outfit for Eric. She could tell that a couple of items were used, but they were still in good condition.
After they were dressed Sara took Eric downstairs. From the kitchen she smelled a delicious breakfast. Ron, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley and the twins were at the table.
"There's the baby." Mrs. Weasley said taking Eric. "Now what do you want for breakfast?"
She placed Eric in a high chair. Then she had Hermione sit down next to Ron. Mrs. Weasley served Hermione and Eric some breakfast. She did not sit down until she was sure everyone had enough food.
Sara had moved over to feed Eric, something she was accustomed to doing.
"Don't you dare!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Grandma is taking care of Eric today. It is your day today Hermione. Besides, I need to get to know my Grandson after all."
Ron gave his mother a fearful look. He knew he was going to get it from her sooner or later.
"You should know by now that you can't hide things from your mother." Mrs. Weasley said. "I know that Eric is both of yours child. I thought I raised you better than that, Ronald. But I do not want him to put any pressure on your relationship, however you should consider him." She was definitely domineering and Ron apparently still cowered to her presence.
"Eric always comes first in my life." Sara immediately said. She had been watching Ron's ears go more and more pink.
"I will always make myself available for both of you." Ron said placing his hand on Hermione's.
Sara smiled she was starting to like Ron. She then started to eat her breakfast. It was as good as it smelled.
After they had started eating Mr. and Mrs. Granger had come down.
"Sorry we slept so late." Mr. Granger said.
"Quite alright. It probably was the best night's sleep you both had in a long time." Mrs. Weasley said. "Join us for breakfast. I made plenty."
"Thank you." Mrs. Granger took the seat next to Hermione. "Are feeling alright?" She asked stroking Hermione's bushy hair.
"Just a little odd. It was just weird not being in my apartment when I woke." Sara answered. "By the way, thank-you for the clothes mine and Eric's." She said to Mrs. Weasley.
"They were yours that you left here." Molly said. "I couldn't get rid of them. I knew that you would come back to us. And I am always ready for children in this house."
"Did you want to do anything today?" Mr. Granger said. "It is so wonderful to have you back, dear. It is wonderful to see you with a child, even if it is out of wedlock." He had said the last part under his breath.
The Twins snickered when Mr. Granger gave a sudden jerk. Mrs. Granger afterwards had a definite look of scorn on her face.
"We know you have done a good job with Eric, dear." She said after a moment. "You always seemed to be able to do anything."
Sara bit her lip, trying to control her emotions. She had been pretty much by herself for so long and all the time there was this family waiting for her. "I thought I might stay around here. See if some of my memory starts coming back." Sara answered.
Right then there was a weird sound from the fireplace. Sara gasped when she saw a woman's head in the fireplace.
"Minister I am so sorry to disturb you like this." The woman's head in the fireplace said.
"Not at all Minerva." Mr. Weasley said. "What does the Hogwarts Headmistress need today?"
Sara stared at the head not believing it was talking.
"I had heard that Ms. Granger had been found. There she is it is good to see you again Ms. Granger."
Sara's mouth opened, but no words came out.
"I am sorry Professor," Ron said getting up. "Hermione lost her memory. She doesn't remember anything at all."
"Dear me," the head said. "Have you already seen to it?"
"Madam Pomphrey is already looking into it." Ron said. "There is someone that I want you to meet." He went over and picked up Eric from his high chair. "Eric this is an old Professor of mine. Professor McGonagal this is my son Eric."
Professor McGonagal looked at the boy that Ron was holding. "It is nice to meet you Eric." She then looked over at Hermione who was still staring at her. "He is a beautiful little boy." She said. "I will be informing the rest of the staff, so I would expect Hagrid to come if I were you."
"How is Hagrid?" Ron asked.
"Doing better." Professor McGonagal said. "I thought I should find out for myself if the rumors were true before I told him."
"Thank you." Ron said. "We'll be expecting him."
Professor McGonagal nodded then disappeared from the flames.
"Who? What?" Sara asked.
"It's called the Floo network. It is a lot easier way of communicating with people and traveling." Ron said. "Hagrid will be coming later probably. I thought we might spend the morning in Diagon Alley and have lunch there."
"Are you sure that is a good idea." Mrs. Weasley began. "Hermione after all you both. . ."
"No one has bothered us for sometime now Mum." Ron said. "Besides I go there all the time. I'm not losing her again."
"All right, but I want you both back early." Molly said. "Now Arthur you need to get to work. You have a busy schedule. I also want you to pay a visit to the Daily Prophet. You will make sure that no one bothers Ron or Hermione. They can publish a story saying that she was found. That is all."
Arthur leaned down towards the twins. "Sometimes I wonder, who is the Minister of Magic her or me?"
The twins snickered at each other over the comment.
Sara figured who the pranksters in the family were. Percy did tell her that they did get into a lot of trouble at school.
Mr. Weasley put his plate into the sink then disappeared with a pop. The twins soon followed suit. They had said they needed to get back to the shop.
"What is Diagon Alley?" Sara asked Ron when he had stopped snickering.
"It is one of the best places. You can get anything you want from there." Ron said.
"We'll be glad to watch Eric for you." Mrs. Granger said. "Maybe walking around some of the places in your world will help you get your memory back."
"You really don't mind?" Sara asked, she really did not know what to say.
"No, I think you should be able to spend some time again with Ron and with Harry anyway." Mr. Granger said. "They will probably be able to jog your memory."
He then got up from the table and went outside.
Ron had to grip onto the tablecloth to keep his anger under control. He wanted to bash Mr. Granger on the side of the head for talking about Hermione and Eric like that.
"Is he upset about Eric?" Sara asked to her mother.
"Yes, it's not quite what we expected from you." Her mother said. "We are so happy that you are back with us. And we both love Eric and will be Grandparents to him."
Sara turned away. She felt herself growing nervous.
"Why don't we head out now for Diagon Alley." Sara said. She thought it might be good to get some air so to speak.
"Wait." Ron said getting up. "I think there is something that you should have before we go." Ron ran upstairs and came back down a moment later. "I went home last night and got this. It belongs to you. We found it a few days ago."
Ron held out Hermione's wand. "It's your wand twelve inches willow with a tail of a phoenix has a core. You've had it since you began Hogwarts. This wand has done the world a lot of good."
Sara looked at the wand that Ron was holding. She slowly lifted her hand to take it not sure of what to expect. "Fingers would remember their old strength better, if they grabbed a sword hilt." She said to herself grasping the wand.
No strength, no glow or sudden memory. She felt nothing from the stick at all.
"I guess I'll just get used to carrying this again." Sara said pocketing the wand.
"Are you ready to go?" Ron asked. "I want to take you to Flourish and Blotts. I thought I would buy you some new books. See if I can find one on memory charms."
"I would say that Hermione has had an effect on you." Molly said. "You never were interested in books."
"We have to do something to get her memory back." Ron said. "We better head off?"
Sara smiled right then. "How are we going to get there?"
"Floo Powder." Ron said.
"You should take the underground." Molly quickly said.
"That would take forever mum." Ron said in a pouting voice. "She can do it."
"That's what we thought about Harry. He ended up in Knockturn Alley." Molly argued.
"But," Ron said. "I'll watch out for her." He put his hands on her shoulders. "She can't Apparate yet. I know she can do it, Mum."
"Alright, you just be careful." Molly said. "You know the areas I want you to stay away from."
"We'll behave, Mum" Ron flatly stated.
Sara watched the conversation with apprehension. "How do I travel with floo powder?"
"It's really simple. You just take some. . ." Ron took a pinch from the flower pot. "Throw it into the flames and say where you want to go. So you just say Diagon Alley. I'll be there waiting for you. Tuck your arms in and squint your eyes."
Ron threw the pinch into the fire. The flame grew high turning an emerald green. He then walked in the fireplace shouting Diagon Alley.
Sara watched Ron disappear into the flames
"Don't worry dear. We travel this way everyday." Molly reassured her.
Hermione took the floo powder from the flower pot. "Gryffindor Courage." She said before tossing the floo powder in the fire and walked through the flames.
Wow, thanks for the reaction.
Arwentheelf Like Ginny said they were all so happy to see her that they did not really care. Besides they had enough tact not to say anything at first.
CarrieWeasley More will come later. Another fact will come into light. There will be an explanation to everything
jess326 Asia Cwiakala Thank you so much
mistyqueen At least Ron seems to be taking it well
bettar-dayz I know I cut down the dialogue in the last chapter. I was trying to concentrate on how shocking it was to see Hermione back, but only as Sara. I will be continue with the plot as I go, you are still in for a shocker
To The Original Mercedes Benz: My boyfriend drives an Mercedes what can I say.
I am working on the next chapters. I am a bit of perfectionist when it comes to my writing. I like to have everything right where I want it.
When I first wrote this I looked back and noticed mistakes and stuff that I had left out. I had to remove the original and replace it this revision.
I think I spend too much time on Fanfics.
Now I will continue.
Chapter 9 Discussing Eric
Sara had awaken in the morning by the sound of Eric saying "up." He had slept all the way through the night. It was a rare occasion.
It took Sara a moment to remember where she was. Yesterday she had met her family for the first time. Discovered that she was a witch, born from Muggles. Who the father of her son was.
After getting out of the bed she looked around the room and saw a dresser. Sara thought it best to see if there were any fresh clothes in there. To her surprise she found plenty of clothes in there, in her size. She opened up another drawer and saw baby clothes, the clothes would be about Eric's size.
Sara smiled as she dressed and picked out an outfit for Eric. She could tell that a couple of items were used, but they were still in good condition.
After they were dressed Sara took Eric downstairs. From the kitchen she smelled a delicious breakfast. Ron, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley and the twins were at the table.
"There's the baby." Mrs. Weasley said taking Eric. "Now what do you want for breakfast?"
She placed Eric in a high chair. Then she had Hermione sit down next to Ron. Mrs. Weasley served Hermione and Eric some breakfast. She did not sit down until she was sure everyone had enough food.
Sara had moved over to feed Eric, something she was accustomed to doing.
"Don't you dare!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Grandma is taking care of Eric today. It is your day today Hermione. Besides, I need to get to know my Grandson after all."
Ron gave his mother a fearful look. He knew he was going to get it from her sooner or later.
"You should know by now that you can't hide things from your mother." Mrs. Weasley said. "I know that Eric is both of yours child. I thought I raised you better than that, Ronald. But I do not want him to put any pressure on your relationship, however you should consider him." She was definitely domineering and Ron apparently still cowered to her presence.
"Eric always comes first in my life." Sara immediately said. She had been watching Ron's ears go more and more pink.
"I will always make myself available for both of you." Ron said placing his hand on Hermione's.
Sara smiled she was starting to like Ron. She then started to eat her breakfast. It was as good as it smelled.
After they had started eating Mr. and Mrs. Granger had come down.
"Sorry we slept so late." Mr. Granger said.
"Quite alright. It probably was the best night's sleep you both had in a long time." Mrs. Weasley said. "Join us for breakfast. I made plenty."
"Thank you." Mrs. Granger took the seat next to Hermione. "Are feeling alright?" She asked stroking Hermione's bushy hair.
"Just a little odd. It was just weird not being in my apartment when I woke." Sara answered. "By the way, thank-you for the clothes mine and Eric's." She said to Mrs. Weasley.
"They were yours that you left here." Molly said. "I couldn't get rid of them. I knew that you would come back to us. And I am always ready for children in this house."
"Did you want to do anything today?" Mr. Granger said. "It is so wonderful to have you back, dear. It is wonderful to see you with a child, even if it is out of wedlock." He had said the last part under his breath.
The Twins snickered when Mr. Granger gave a sudden jerk. Mrs. Granger afterwards had a definite look of scorn on her face.
"We know you have done a good job with Eric, dear." She said after a moment. "You always seemed to be able to do anything."
Sara bit her lip, trying to control her emotions. She had been pretty much by herself for so long and all the time there was this family waiting for her. "I thought I might stay around here. See if some of my memory starts coming back." Sara answered.
Right then there was a weird sound from the fireplace. Sara gasped when she saw a woman's head in the fireplace.
"Minister I am so sorry to disturb you like this." The woman's head in the fireplace said.
"Not at all Minerva." Mr. Weasley said. "What does the Hogwarts Headmistress need today?"
Sara stared at the head not believing it was talking.
"I had heard that Ms. Granger had been found. There she is it is good to see you again Ms. Granger."
Sara's mouth opened, but no words came out.
"I am sorry Professor," Ron said getting up. "Hermione lost her memory. She doesn't remember anything at all."
"Dear me," the head said. "Have you already seen to it?"
"Madam Pomphrey is already looking into it." Ron said. "There is someone that I want you to meet." He went over and picked up Eric from his high chair. "Eric this is an old Professor of mine. Professor McGonagal this is my son Eric."
Professor McGonagal looked at the boy that Ron was holding. "It is nice to meet you Eric." She then looked over at Hermione who was still staring at her. "He is a beautiful little boy." She said. "I will be informing the rest of the staff, so I would expect Hagrid to come if I were you."
"How is Hagrid?" Ron asked.
"Doing better." Professor McGonagal said. "I thought I should find out for myself if the rumors were true before I told him."
"Thank you." Ron said. "We'll be expecting him."
Professor McGonagal nodded then disappeared from the flames.
"Who? What?" Sara asked.
"It's called the Floo network. It is a lot easier way of communicating with people and traveling." Ron said. "Hagrid will be coming later probably. I thought we might spend the morning in Diagon Alley and have lunch there."
"Are you sure that is a good idea." Mrs. Weasley began. "Hermione after all you both. . ."
"No one has bothered us for sometime now Mum." Ron said. "Besides I go there all the time. I'm not losing her again."
"All right, but I want you both back early." Molly said. "Now Arthur you need to get to work. You have a busy schedule. I also want you to pay a visit to the Daily Prophet. You will make sure that no one bothers Ron or Hermione. They can publish a story saying that she was found. That is all."
Arthur leaned down towards the twins. "Sometimes I wonder, who is the Minister of Magic her or me?"
The twins snickered at each other over the comment.
Sara figured who the pranksters in the family were. Percy did tell her that they did get into a lot of trouble at school.
Mr. Weasley put his plate into the sink then disappeared with a pop. The twins soon followed suit. They had said they needed to get back to the shop.
"What is Diagon Alley?" Sara asked Ron when he had stopped snickering.
"It is one of the best places. You can get anything you want from there." Ron said.
"We'll be glad to watch Eric for you." Mrs. Granger said. "Maybe walking around some of the places in your world will help you get your memory back."
"You really don't mind?" Sara asked, she really did not know what to say.
"No, I think you should be able to spend some time again with Ron and with Harry anyway." Mr. Granger said. "They will probably be able to jog your memory."
He then got up from the table and went outside.
Ron had to grip onto the tablecloth to keep his anger under control. He wanted to bash Mr. Granger on the side of the head for talking about Hermione and Eric like that.
"Is he upset about Eric?" Sara asked to her mother.
"Yes, it's not quite what we expected from you." Her mother said. "We are so happy that you are back with us. And we both love Eric and will be Grandparents to him."
Sara turned away. She felt herself growing nervous.
"Why don't we head out now for Diagon Alley." Sara said. She thought it might be good to get some air so to speak.
"Wait." Ron said getting up. "I think there is something that you should have before we go." Ron ran upstairs and came back down a moment later. "I went home last night and got this. It belongs to you. We found it a few days ago."
Ron held out Hermione's wand. "It's your wand twelve inches willow with a tail of a phoenix has a core. You've had it since you began Hogwarts. This wand has done the world a lot of good."
Sara looked at the wand that Ron was holding. She slowly lifted her hand to take it not sure of what to expect. "Fingers would remember their old strength better, if they grabbed a sword hilt." She said to herself grasping the wand.
No strength, no glow or sudden memory. She felt nothing from the stick at all.
"I guess I'll just get used to carrying this again." Sara said pocketing the wand.
"Are you ready to go?" Ron asked. "I want to take you to Flourish and Blotts. I thought I would buy you some new books. See if I can find one on memory charms."
"I would say that Hermione has had an effect on you." Molly said. "You never were interested in books."
"We have to do something to get her memory back." Ron said. "We better head off?"
Sara smiled right then. "How are we going to get there?"
"Floo Powder." Ron said.
"You should take the underground." Molly quickly said.
"That would take forever mum." Ron said in a pouting voice. "She can do it."
"That's what we thought about Harry. He ended up in Knockturn Alley." Molly argued.
"But," Ron said. "I'll watch out for her." He put his hands on her shoulders. "She can't Apparate yet. I know she can do it, Mum."
"Alright, you just be careful." Molly said. "You know the areas I want you to stay away from."
"We'll behave, Mum" Ron flatly stated.
Sara watched the conversation with apprehension. "How do I travel with floo powder?"
"It's really simple. You just take some. . ." Ron took a pinch from the flower pot. "Throw it into the flames and say where you want to go. So you just say Diagon Alley. I'll be there waiting for you. Tuck your arms in and squint your eyes."
Ron threw the pinch into the fire. The flame grew high turning an emerald green. He then walked in the fireplace shouting Diagon Alley.
Sara watched Ron disappear into the flames
"Don't worry dear. We travel this way everyday." Molly reassured her.
Hermione took the floo powder from the flower pot. "Gryffindor Courage." She said before tossing the floo powder in the fire and walked through the flames.