A/N; okay just a couple of shout outs before the story gets started:
Bruised Angel: you were my first reviewer and I hope you keep reviewing too. Thanks pointing out the fragments, I will try to keep an eye out for them in the future and your constructive criticism helps me out a lot. Thanks again.
Evosmylife: thanks for the boost of confidence. And I'm hoping Hermione has the upper hand also, Draco is going to be like a fish out of water even with his muggle memories. Oh and their memories were altered by a memory altering charm, it was just enough so that they could be the muggle teens whose life they have inhabited.
Tigerlily, Mollywood, Keddababy, inugirl now, and Mystic Snow: thanks for reviewing on the chapters it lets me know that some is still out there
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Also to hermioneandron4ever: I love your story too, and thank you for reviewing on every chapter. I really appreciate it and I wish more reviews would do it.
Also to everyone else who is reading and not reviewing, I just assume you have nothing nice.
In addition, I just wanted to explain my long absence you see I live in Florida and hurricane charley came through my area. Even though my house is fine, I have been working for the American Red Cross and helping my neighbors with their property and all the damage that the hurricane has done. I have written three chaps in my spare time but I am still revising them, school just started too (YAY!! says with lack of enthusiasm) and to top that all off I fractured my ankle so you'll have plenty of more updates.oh and another hurricane is supposed to hit tomorrow so i'm adding one more chapter later today.
So I'm really sowie :( I'll try not to let it happen again. Okay so on with the story.
New Places
The shadowy figure turned out to belong to a pretty 5'9 girl who looked as if she were Native American. She had golden colored almond shaped eyes, medium brown skin with rosy cheeks, long wavy raven hair that had the top portion pulled into a ponytail and the rest was resting below her shoulders.
She didn't look any older than Draco and Hermione they both thought she couldn't be an auror.
She walked closer to them and held out her hand "Gracella Hart, your guard"
They both stood slack jawed Draco was the first one to speak.
"There has got to be some kind of mistake: firstly you look no older than us and secondly you're a girl, there's no possible way you could be an auror."
This definitely struck a nerve because the girls smile dropped and her face became expressionless, her hand fell to her side.
"Shut your mouth you wise ass punk" she snapped in a voice unlike the friendly one that greeted them.
"I know more about fighting dark arts than you could imagine, and secondly I don't exactly consider baby sitting a death eater's son an ideal job. So I'd stay on my good side, Malfoy"
She spat out his last name as if it were the most disgusting thing to say.
"Whoa...w...wait you know our real names" Hermione stated at the two who looked as if they would kill each other without a second thought
"We do background checks you know, the W.B.I. doesn't help just anyone," she said this back in her normal happy tone. "We take pride in helping our family across the pond"
She turned away from Draco and Hermione.
"Well" said Hermione, Kingsley had never said anything about the guard knowing "shall we be off"
This seemed to pull Gracella back to reality, when she turned around she had a smile on her face and looked as if there had never been an argument.
"Yes we should of course we will be taking muggle transportation, I have my car outside we will drive to Stonybrook, CT from here" she explained.
As suddenly, as she said Stonybrook Draco and Hermione were hit with a bunch of memories of their American lives.
"Now there is your clothing to handle" she pulled out her wand and did some swishing movements and their wizards' robes had been transfigured.
Hermione wore a lavender scoop neck tee with a denim pleated mini skirt, ands a pair of lavender round toe ballet flats, with white stockings, and a lavender and white striped tote. She looked modern and sophisticated.
Draco wore a black t-shirt that said got issues, a pair of scruffy dark loose fitted jeans, and vans skate sneakers with a skateboard that "sex god" plastered on the back with in green with a snake as the "s". He looked...different.
"Uhh..." he grunted "muggle wear".
He then eyed Hermione "that look definitely suites you Gra.... I mean Miranda" Draco had decided that saying Armstrong sounded too odd.
"Right back at you, Sullivan" she retorted.
"Well now that you two have your clothes and your memories, we can go" Gracella said as they walked out of the warehouse.
As soon as they stepped out, they saw that they were actually in a huge building with tons of shops all around them. It was like Diagon alley except inside and more modern (or American).
"That's the apparating point for the east coast but we thought it be safer if your port key brought you there too"
"I thought we weren't supposed to be around the magical world," whispered Hermione into Gracella's ear.
"Well it wasn't my idea, now was it" Gracella answered.
Hermione fell silent at this and followed Gracella and Draco.
She eyed the different shops: one looked like a muggle teen shop, there were broomstick shops, music and sports stores, it looked like a regular muggle mall, except for the wand shops and magical creature stores.
They exited the building and saw that it was a decomposing farmhouse to anyone who saw it. They walked a few more feet and gracella stopped and started chanting all of a sudden a pink v.w. bug drove up in front of them on its own.
"Thanks" she said and then Draco and Hermione noticed a house elf hop out of the car and beam at them. Gracella tipped it and it bowed and disappeared with a pop.
They all got into the car and gracella started it they drove in silence for the first five minutes until Gracella turned on the radio.
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Gracella turned down a street that led into a suburban town.
"That's my house" she pointed to an Elizabethan style home that sat on a hill, it was rather odd and unwelcoming.
"Um....it's unique looking" Hermione said searching for something nice to say as they zipped by the house.
"Don't worry your house doesn't look as bleak" she explained with a little laugh and Hermione let out a sigh of relief.
She pulled up onto the driveway and saw that the lawn was unkempt and crazy looking but the house was still beautiful and grandeur even though it was a bit run down and the paint was peeling.
Gracella got out of the car and up to the front door, Hermione and Draco followed..
"Why do we have to come here first?" Draco asked not keeping the annoyance out of his voice.
"Because it's necessary," Gracella answered Draco's question as she opened the door and went into the foyer.
As they entered Gracella took them into a dining area that was bare except the chandelier and then into a smaller room that had a television and entertainment system.
"Stay here, there is a kitchen off to the left and you can go and get whatever you want" she explained as she left the room and into another.
"Where the hell is she going?" Draco said as the door closed behind Gracella. He picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels, it was the first moment of silence they had had all day. "This is bizarre," Draco said finally.
"I know," agreed Hermione "it's like the twilight zone, I have my memories but I also have Miranda's"
"I wasn't talking about that," he said a little peeved "I was talking about the show; the guy has his whole body covered in scorpions" he continued referring to the show he was watching.
Hermione hit him with a pillow and got up from the couch to go explore the house.
She went through the kitchen that was bigger than her bedchamber at home, then up some stairs that led to a hallway upstairs.
She was walking towards a door that was ajar when she heard voices from inside it.
"Where the hell were you this afternoon? You were supposed to be there with me." This voice belonged to Gracella, she didn't sound like her normal self but the voice she used when she was angry at Draco it was harsh and unrelenting.
"I'm sorry Grace I got tied up, it won't happen again" said a meek male voice
CRASH!! Something or someone was slammed against the wall
Hermione took a step back towards the staircase, as she heard the second voice groan in pain.
Then she heard Gracella say "it had better not"
Hermione ran down the stairs and towards the kitchen right into Draco.
"Oof...."Draco rub his chest this wouldn't have happened if hadn't been caught off guard "damn Hermione where's the fire?" he chuckled slightly as he rub his rib cage.
"Umm...nothing just a little jumpy this place makes me nervous" she lied, but she couldn't tell Draco what she heard she didn't eve know what she heard, but Hermione knew one thing there was something wrong about this situation.
They got something to eat, went back into the entertainment room, and sat in silence for a few minutes.
Then Gracella came down stairs smiling "I got your keys for your houses..."
"I have to use the little girl's room" Hermione piped in
"Okay it's up the stairs and to the left" Gracella said hiding her annoyance.
Hermione leaped up from the couch and dashed up the stairs, but she didn't go to the bathroom she went to the room at the end of the hallway where she had heard Gracella and the other person arguing.
As she, creped closer the door creaked open, "hello" said a handsome young man.
"You must be Miranda; I'm Zack, Gracella's partner." He held out a hand.
"They never said there would be two guards," Hermione said in a disdainful voice and not shaking Zack's hand.
"Umm...well you two are a special case. And Gracella and I are partners"
"Is anyone else on there?" she asked as she looked over his shoulder and into the room.
He stepped in her way blocking her view "no just me"
"Oh I thought I heard someone else"
"Well you didn't" he said his tone growing more aggravated "why are you up here?"
"Looking for the bathroom," she answered as she tried to peek into the room some more
"Well you passed it," he pointed out the bathroom "it's that door"
"Thank you" Hermione said in an expressionless tone then turned around she went into the bathroom and paced.
Something's wrong. something is definitely wrong. I don't like this I have to talk to someone she thought.
She pulled out her wand and put a silencing charm on the door she then used a contacting spell to talk to Dumbledore.
"Hello Miss Granger" said Dumbledore's kind voice "how are things?"
"Dumbledore can I owl you? Its important." She asked worriedly.
Dumbledore chuckled "Miss Granger you haven't used your laptop have you. Like I said it is customized to fit your needs both muggle and wizard alike"
She smiled and sighed, "Okay I'll contact you by-"
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Hermione did you fall in?" asked Gracella in a singsong voice.
"I'm coming out now," she answered
"Okay, we'll be in the car. I heard you already met Zack and I just introduced him to Draco. So see you in the car"
Hermione than heard the sound of Gracella's footstep descending.
"I have to go Dumbledore but I'll contact you soon," she said hurriedly
"Can not wait Miss Granger," he said then the spell ceased.
Hermione washed her hands and left the bathroom then descended the stairs. She walked all the way outside and to the car, then she got in.
"Well Miss Armstrong, ready to meet your parents" questioned Gracella as she cranked up the car.
"As ready as I'll ever be" answered Hermione as they zipped down the road.
That's it next up we meet the Armstrong's and the Sullivan's. Until then......
((Oh and please keep the reviews coming. If you could help me out by telling me if I screwed up something or if you don't understand or if you just want to say I suck. Go ahead, I just want some reviews, and those lyrics are from breakaway by kelly clarkson off the princess diaries 2 soundtrack. i love that song))