A/N: This is the last part. I'm so happy. I feel so accomplished. It's kind of short, but if I made it any longer it would've been redundant. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Disclaimer: I haven't owned it for the past six chapters have I? Do you think that I own it now? No.
Part 5
The car ride was fairly silent until I broke the silence between me and the police woman, Bella.
"Ms. Bella, do you think that my Gram and my mom are okay? Do you think that I'll be able to go back to them?" I asked in a quiet, almost naïve voice.
She spared a glance back towards me and sighed. "Ellie... do you mind if I call you Ellie? Your father killed your mother and grandmother the day that you were first kidnapped by Nancy Caltshire..." she broke off, pain resounding through her voice.
"Oh..."
I felt the tears sting the back of my eyes, but they refused to become solid and fall from my eyes. I had hoped that perhaps my father would have shown them mercy for my outburst and need of freedom. It seems that my hope had been in vain though. My thoughts suddenly turned from sadness and pain to bitterness and a starving need for revenge. No one killed my family and got away with it. He would pay for killing my mother, for forcing her into that kind of life. He would pay for killing my grandmother, who was an innocent woman as far as I knew. He would pay for killing the woman that willingly took care of me for two years without reason or question.
Lindsey... She doesn't know how sorry I am for not being as nice to her as I could have been. I had been a horrible, spoiled brat and taken the life she had given me and thrown it all to hell. Why had I told that man that clue as to where I was? Perhaps if I hadn't then I would still be living in that house and Lindsey would still be alive...
Wait a minute...
When did my father break out of jail to receive my clue?
Perhaps... no... That's not possible...
Do you think that Lindsey might've been ordered to take me to that place?
It's possible...
But who by?
I heard her talking to some person she called "The Boss", but I don't think that one single person runs everything in the FBI... There has to be more than one person for the agents to report to...
Maybe the FBI and the Police are run secretly by one wizard? It's possible...
"Ms. Bella? Who is 'The Boss'?" I asked in an attempt to figure out what was going on.
Her eyes widened slightly and her mouth was gaping like a fish.
"How do you know about 'The Boss'?" she asked.
"I heard Lindsey talking to this 'Boss' one time." I said coolly.
"Ehhem... Well... The Boss is... She's... We don't know her name, but she gives us orders and we follow them. If she decides to scratch the mission that we are set it's scratched and if she never says anything about ending it then we have to keep working on it until it is completed."
"What happens if you don't follow orders?" I prodded.
"Well... I-I don't know... The last person that didn't follow her orders never came back. I'm assuming that he was killed and I'm assuming that she'll kill anybody that disobeys her..." she trailed off leaving me with some new information.
A ring blared over everything else in the car. Bella grabbed her cell phone from her belt and answered it calmly.
"Sir?"
"Bella! Bella! The Boss is dead! I called her office to tell her that we completed the mission she gave us but no one was there!"
"Mary?"
"Bella! Nancy Caltshire is D-E-A-D dead!"
"Mary? What does Nancy Caltshire have to do with the Boss?"
"Bella you stupid muggle! Nancy Caltshire was the Boss!"
"You mean..."
"Yes! Nancy Caltshire was a double agent! She pretended to be a part of Harvey's ring when in reality she ran both the police forces AND the FBI!"
"So... Are you telling me that the police forces and the FBI are formally disbanded?"
"Why else would I call you while in fucking hysterics Bella?"
"What are we going to do Mary?"
"We have to get out of the United States. Harvey will track down every officer and FBI agent that was in contact with his daughter and kill them! We HAVE TO MOVE!"
"But what about..."
"Bring her with us DAMN IT!"
"Mary..."
"I'm sorry Bella... Just meet us back at our temporary HQ. We'll figure out what to do from there."
"Right. Bye Mare."
"Bye..."
She hung up. That woman on the other end had been yelling so loud that I could hear every word of the conversation except the last bit.
What a shocking revelation. So good ol' Nan was behind everything? She was the reason that I escaped from my life as a drug dealer's daughter and began my life as a girl who saw so much death that it was sickening? She was the reason that I didn't starve to death and the reason why Lindsey died? She was the reason that I was able to escape from my father's clutches one last time?
Tears fell unbidden down my cheeks leaving reddened trails of skin behind. It's sad. I can't cry for my mother or my grandmother's death but here I am crying for the death of a woman I hardly knew. A woman who ruined my life totally and completely. A woman who saved my life...
Bella turned around at the sound of my sobs and asked, "What's wrong Ellie?"
I only sobbed harder. I don't know why... I couldn't help it.
The car stopped and she came around to the back to collect me out of the back seat. She put her arms around me lovingly and cradled me to her chest as Mary and that man came out to greet us.
"Bella? Why is she crying so hard?" Mary asked.
"Well she heard you yelling about Nancy Caltshire dying and about her being the boss and then next thing I knew she was crying her eyes out," Bella answered.
Mary's eyes were downcast.
"Nancy ruined her life, created her a new one, and saved her countless times indirectly. She has every right to cry. But that's not what we need to worry about now. I need to take the tracking spell off of her that was cast by Harvey and then there's the boy upstairs that we need to deal with..."
"Boy?"
"Yes. He came in about the time we got back on broomstick. He's from Hogwarts."
Bella had a confused look on her face.
"What's Hogwarts?"
"It's a wizarding school in England. I'm working on getting her sent there when she's older."
Mary wrapped her arms around me and carefully took me from Bella.
"Bella I'm going to take her upstairs. I think she needs to meet that boy."
"Okay..."
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(George 1st person POV)
I used a simple spell to make me invisible as I flew through the muggle city of Memphis. I was flying on instinct alone at that time.
A huge window came up in front of me and I knew that was where I was supposed to go. The glass smashed all around me as my broom impacted it. I heard a couple screams from the people below and I hoped to whatever god existed that they couldn't see me.
After failing to stop my broom in time, I crashed into the wall and was thrown off my broom. Footsteps came running up the stairs that were apparently there. I groaned. This was great. Now people probably muggles would find me... They would see my broom and my wand and they would throw me in the loony bin. I really didn't want to go to the loony bin... Especially the muggle one... I heard that they tortured you there.
"Mary there's some kid up here! There's a broom sticking out of the wall too! What the hell?" a male voice exclaimed.
"A broom sticking out of the wall?" a female voice asked.
I heard laughter coming from the stairs. What was there to laugh about? This wasn't funny! I was about to be carted off to the loony bin by crazy rabid muggles!
"It's alright Steve! It's only some kid from one of the wizarding schools around here I bet."
Oh no... She's gonna cart me off to the loony bin... I don't wanna go to the loony bin...
Wait a minute.
Did she say Wizarding School!
I'M SAVED.
A woman with elbow length ketchup red hair and glittering aquamarine eyes behind decorated glasses came into view. She was very pretty and looked to be in her twenties.
She walked up to where I was crouched on the ground and kneeled down next to me.
"Hello! I'm Mary Sherwood. I'm the vice president of the wizarding council here in the United States. Would you mind telling me who you are and what business you have here?" she said in a sweet, yet calculating voice.
"Um... I'm George Weasley... and... I don't really know what I'm doing here. I just felt like I was... called... needed... so... I came..." I stumbled over the words, not entirely sure if they were my own.
"Eliza called you?" she said a bit surprised.
I looked down.
"Sort of... I just woke up a couple of days ago in the middle of the night and knew that I had to come here. I wasn't entirely sure why though."
I looked up and asked her, "How did you know her name was Eliza?"
She gave me a serious look and said, "I've been working on the case to find her for four years."
I felt my heart sink.
"So you don't know where she is?"
"Quite the contrary actually. We just found her today. She should be here right... about... now!"
At that moment a car pulled up out front. Mary told me to stay put while she brought up Eliza so that I could meet her in person. I shifted uncomfortably in the chair that I had relocated myself to. A few minutes later I heard three sets of footsteps climbing the staircase. A woman with wavy light brown hair and bi-colored eyes came into view along with the man, Steve, and Mary, who was holding a seemingly ten year old girl.
The girl had dirty blonde curls that swept down to the middle of her back and brown eyes that were filled with so much pain that I had to look away. The girl gasped and started struggling in Mary's arms. Mary let go of her and she ran over to me.
I looked at her and she threw her arms around me. I was shocked at that but softly returned the hug.
"I knew you would come," she whispered.
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When I saw that boy I knew that I had been calling him. I could feel it. He had come here upon my summons and calls for help. So I did what was natural. I threw my arms around him as if I had known him all my life. Which, in a sense was true.
He hugged me back too... That really surprised me.
"I knew you would come," I whispered.
He kissed my forehead and said, "I knew that you needed me."
I snuggled into him while the three adults stood staring slightly. I guess it isn't everyday that you see a ten and twelve year old embracing like lovers... Oh well. I'm enjoying this.
Suddenly Mary's voice cut through my thoughts.
"Kids I know that you two are about to get all lovey-dovey and mushy on us, but we really need to hatch a plan and get the fuck out of dodge."
I nodded and the boy nodded too.
"Oh by the way my name is George Weasley," the boy – no – George said.
"I'm Eliza Hermione Frankland. You can call me either Ellie or Hermione."
Before we could say anymore, Mary interrupted us by clearing her throat.
"I'm sorry y'all, but we really gotta get outta this place. And I mean like NOW."
"Well we have to plan a way out first don't we?" I stated.
Mary gave me a glance filled with pride.
"Yes we do."
She gave me another glance.
"We have to make it out of this country into hiding," she said. "Preferably an English-speaking country, since most of us don't speak a foreign language fluently. I was thinking Australia or Ireland perhaps. Those countries speak English though they do have particularly odd accents..."
George's hand shot up into the air.
"Um... Miss Mary? Couldn't you just move to the United Kingdom? There's Wales, England, and Scotland to choose from and they all speak English..."
Mary gave him a pointed look that said: I don't think so.
"Well with all that hype about Voldemort I don't think it's safe in the UK," she said with a rather pinched face.
"But ma'am You-know-who was defeated almost nine years ago. Death Eater activity has dropped to less than zero percent. It's perfectly safe in the United Kingdom and even more so in Hogwarts which Ellie should be attending in another year or two anyways right?" he argued quite hotly.
"Well I suppose..." she started.
"I have to be back at Hogwarts soon anyways... I kind of ran out when I felt my summons..."
"Well then you must go. Here I will apparate with you back since it would take days by broomstick."
Mary and George left with a loud crack and that left me with Bella and Steve.
"So Ellie how are we going to do this? I mean you can't just show up as yourself. Your father will undoubtedly know where you are if you do that," Bella stated.
"Yes, he will so I propose that we become a family," Steve said while nodding.
Bella and I stared at him.
Become a family? Could we do that? It's a wonderful thought but...
"That's a wonderful idea Steve!" Bella exclaimed becoming hysterically hyper.
"We could create a whole new life! Leave this one with the cops behind and begin a new one as DENTISTS!" she squealed.
Now Steve was the one staring with me.
"Dentists...?"
"Yeah Steve! Granger and Associates Dental Care! It would be the perfect cover-up! And Ellie could be a witch born to non-magic people – what's that word Steve? The one that Mary calls us sometimes?" she rambled.
"Erm... muggles I think..."
"Yeah! She could be a muggle-born witch!"
I flushed a bit and stared at this woman with embarrassment. She was a bit hyper in my opinion...
"Ellie. Your name is now Hermione Granger and you are me and Steve's daughter. We'll get all the papers signed and ready and then we'll move to England with Mary as your aunt!"
"Erm... ok."
As soon as I muttered ok she was all over me, hugging me like I was the most precious thing to her in the world. Well I suppose I was since she looked for me for four years...
A pop and a crack signaled that Mary was back.
"We're leaving for England in five minutes," she said.
I smiled. Hopefully this new twist in my life would turn out better than the last...
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A/N: Well this is the end. I'm going to put up an epilogue soon. I really hope that you people enjoyed this thoroughly. I just feel so accomplished now. This is the first ever multi-chaptered story that I have ever finished. After I put up the epilogue I will start planning out the sequel and focusing on my other stories that I have been neglecting. I have a feeling that the sequel will be a hell of a lot longer than this though. :evil grin: Well... this is Mizuki Kurenaida signing out for now.
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I want 22 reviews or no epilogue. Sorry, but I like knowing what y'all think...
Review Responses!
KairiLuv: Glad ya liked it hun! You were always with me from the start of this fic and through my other ones which haven't been reposted yet. :grins: I'm glad that you thought it was 'bloody brilliant, wunnerful, marvellous' Hehehehe... I love ya girly. Keep reading! There's one little bit of this story left.
Zarya: To tell you the truth... I don't know... I never thought about that... I just thought it was cool that they used guns rather than magic... Maybe they're MAGIC GUNS! Sorry... I'm a bit hyper. Um... Harvey doesn't die in this one... There would be no sequel if he died... Hehehe... I'm pretty sure he dies around her um... sixth or seventh year... but I didn't tell you that! I never said that! My muse said that! Damn her! You don't sound stupid... BUT I SURE AS HELL DO! Hehehe. Stay in tune for the epilogue... whenever I get 22 reviews...
Righteye0604: Yep. She was saved. I found this last part rather... mushy... And I am not a mushy writer... I surprised myself there... Hehehe. Well I'm hyper and I hope you review again and get me closer to posting the epilogue... whenever I get around to typing it... :evil grin: Don't worry about being hyper! IT'S FUN DON'T YA KNOW:mutters: sorry...
Ashley48506: It was? I hope so. You're welcome for the info. Here it is... I think it's "soon" isn't it? Review please!
I thought that part with George and Hermione was really, really mushy... will y'all tell me if it is or not :pouts: hehehe... I'm hyper!
Ja ne!