Many Years Ago

Two young girls, one blonde one brunette, sat talking in a library. The blonde was tall, around 5'10 and had ice blue eyes. Cici was definately a beauty to behold, her aristocratic features gave her an aire of superiority that no one could rival, except maybe her husband. Her eyes were the one feature that gave her away, she was never good at hiding her emotions, and now those eyes were filled with fear and pleading. Her face was pulled into a frown and she was whispering frantically to the brunette.

"Anne, we must do this..there is no way around it. Tonight, meet me at Hogwarts, by the lake. Please, Anne we have to." Her voice was quiet yet pleading and she knew her friend would give in.

Anne looked at Cici with frown of her own that could have easily rivaled her friends. Her brown hair falling soflty down her back in a mass of curls and her honey colored eyes reflecting first sadness then dispair and finally acceptance. She knew that the only way to fix this mess was to do as her friend had said, but did she want to give up this life for another... One look into Cici's eyes and she had felt herself give in..she knew Cici was right and there was nothing she could do about it.

"Alright Cici..i give up!..I'll meet you there at midnight..okay?" Her friend smiled genuinely for the first time in a long time and though she smiled back, Anne was far from happy with this arrangement.... Just then the two girls looked up to see their husbands comming through the doors of the library.

"Cici, are you ready?? We need to get back home, you know I dont like leaving Draco home with that ninny of a babysitter you insist on hiring." Cici stood and hugged her friend then joined her husband at the door.

"I'll see you soon Anne. Don't forget. Bye.." With that Cici left followed closely by Lucius Malfoy. After they left Anne turned to her husband and nodded. They both knew what would happen tonight..it would be the night that the Grangers gave up magic for good so their daughter could live..

Kevin Granger took his wife in his arms pulling her tightly against him. "Shh..Anne, it'll work out in the end. We both know Hermione will gain our powers when they leave us. She'll be the smartest and most powerful witch in her year. I just wish she could grow up knowing her true heritage..." Kevin frowned at this then took his wife by her shoulders and pushed her away gently, "Anne, you must hurry and pack everything we will need. I'll take care of Hermione and make sure nobody will be able to find us. Voldemorte will be after our heads on silver platters as soon as he finds out weve left." With that Kevin left his wife to go get their daughter, tonight they would run..and they wouldn't stop untill they were safe.

Midnight, Hogwarts Lake

"Cici!! Where are you!?" Anne stood there frantic, worried for her friends safety. Cici had not shown up yet and it was already a quarter after. A few moments later Cici appeared in front of Anne and grabbed her hugging her bursting into tears at the site of her friend.

"Cici!! Whats wrong, what happened, where's Lucius!? We need him here to do this." Anne, looked at her friend and noticed her tears, her eyes widened and she understood. Voldemorte had found out already, which ment Lucius was trying to hold him off. "Cici, he's smart he knows what he's doing. Come on, lets get this over with. Okay?.." Anne saw her nod and they set off to meet with Dumbledore. Once they reached the large stone gargoyle it jummped aside at once, neither noticing they hadn't even given the password. They continued up the long staircase untill finally reaching the door to the office, they gave each other one last look and entered the office cautiously. Dumbledore looked up at the two young women before him, his half moon shaped glasses on the tip of his nose and his desk in disarray. He smiled, but the twinkle that was always known to be in his eyes had vanished, his expression seemed haunted.

A/N: look you guys i know ive been a real prick and i havnt updated and ill be suprized if any of you even read this chapter and i know im being a prick and its short and its a cliffy but i thrive for suspense. some of you may be saying suspense is a week at most not months, but forgive me i am truly sorry. many things have happened since i last updated and i have just recently been forced back into the real world..my sanity thank the lord is still intact..PLEASE DONT THROW ROTTEN TOMATOES AT ME!!! i wanna thank you guys for reading what you have read and reviewing with the nice comments and asking me to update, i truly am sorry and i will try my hardest to update again this week most likely either friday or saturday hey i might even decided to be unlazy and do some more tonight! neway i also wanna thank English-Foxlette for letting me see how much of a prick i was not to continue this story when i should have! Love you guys forever and ever, please read n review!!!!

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