A/N: Okay, I have suddenly taken a new interest in this story. I hope you guys like this as much as I do. If so, keep reading. I just got a new computer, and you are getting at least two updates today.

Sorry if this chapter gets either really boring or really confusing, but I needed to put in an explination before I got any further into the story. But chapter five should be very interesting, so forgive me for the boring one in between...

Read on!

Chapter 4: England, Part 2

Recap: "Hey, Hermione, I've got to go. Do you want to come? I have to get home before-" Here she broke off, blushing furiously.

Hermione grinned, "Sure, Gin, I'll go. So, who do we have to be home before?"

"Well, er, my husband," said Ginny, turning the famous Weasley red.

"GINNY! Who?" asked Hermione.

"Well,"

End Recap

"Well, Harry. We got married about three years ago. Remember when I said that Sophia has a lot of cousins?"

Hermione smiled and groaned at the same time. She should have known. "How many kids, Ginny?"

"Well, we only have five right now. All boys. Actually, all of Sophia's cousins are boys. And she has twelve cousins."

Sophia squealed happily. "Twelve? I've never even had one cousin!"

Hermione blushed a little bit, hurt. It was her fault Sophia had been so lonely. And Ginny and Harry had all of these kids. Five boys! In six years!

"So where do you live, Gin?" asked Hermione, timidly.

"Just down the road here, outside of Hogsmeade. Harry, Ron, and I all work at Hogwarts, so we have a couple little houses outside of the village, close to home. We'll walk there from here."

Hermione gasped. Ron worked at Hogwarts? But what would he teach? He hated school!

Ginny read the expression on her face correctly. "He teaches flying. The one thing he was ever good at. Harry teaches Defense against the Dark Arts, and I took over for McGonagall at teaching Transfiguration when she became Headmistress. We don't live there, but we live close enough to walk."

"Wow. I really missed you, Ginny," said Hermione sadly.

"I missed you too, 'Mione. You have no idea how I felt when I thought that you were dead. But they never found your body- we were so worried."

Sophia had taken all of this information in, thinking about what it all meant.

"So, I have twelve boy cousins, Aunt Ginny, Uncle Harry, and Uncle Ron all work at Hogwarts, and they live right down the road?"

Ginny grinned down at her only niece. "You have your mother's brains. And your father's freckles. Poor girl."

Hermione shoved Ginny, jokingly. "Hey, watch it. You've got those freckles, too, young missy."

Together, the three of them walked through the village. Sophia's head turned left and right, never stopping. Her eyes looked as if they were going to pop out of her head.

Ginny looked at her. "First time in the village, eh?" she smiled.

"This is my first time in the Wizarding World. Ever!"

Ginny looked at Hermione. "Oh, really?"

"Ginny, I just couldn't do it! This is my first time in London in six years! I've never even told Sophia about this until last night."

Ginny's expression softened. "I don't really blame you. Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. For now. Ron and Harry are in a meeting at Hogwarts right now. I don't expect them home until after dinner. The boys are all out playing quidditch, so I'm home alone. Come to my house, talk to me for a while. I won't tell a soul."

So they headed for a small grouping of larger homes just outside of town. Ginny and Harry's turned out to be the largest of all of them, on the very end of the street.

They entered the house and sat on a large couch inside the family room.

"Okay, Sophia, I'm going to tell you about your cousins, and then you can go with my house elf, Dobby, and he'll let you explore the boy's rooms while I talk to your mother."

"Okay!" said Sophia, practically bouncing with excitement.

"You have five cousins from Harry and me. There are James, Siri, Dom, Alby, and Herm. James and Siri are twins, and they are your age, six. Dom is five, Alby is three, and Herm (she through a significant glance at Hermione) is one.

"You have four more cousins from your uncles Fred and George. Fred married Katie Bell, and they had a set of twins named Gred and Feorge." Hermione burst out laughing.

"Your uncle George married Angelina and they also had a set of twins named Arthur and Garther… well, Fred and George have never been exactly normal!" she said when Sophia stared at her, openmouthed.

"So, that's nine. Okay, Percy married Penelope Clearwater and they had one child named Percy Jr. He's eleven, in his first year at Hogwarts."

"Bill married Fleur Delacour and they had one child named Ced. He's ten."

"And that's all of 'em. So far. And they all have red hair."

Hermione laughed. She expected nothing more of the Weasley family.

A brown creature appeared at the door and escorted Sophia away.

"Now. Hermione, what are planning to do with your life? You can't just run away again. This would not be a very fun secret to keep. I'm not sure I can do it…"

"Oh, Ginny, you must! Here's my plan: I'm going to get a home here in London, Muggle London, and bring Sophia into Diagon Alley occasionally, and let her learn about the Wizarding World. I'll get a job in London, and we can live there until Sophia starts at Hogwarts, and then—"

"And then what, Hermione? You'll let her show up at Hogwarts, scare Ron out of his wits, and just leave him to figure it all out himself? Because we both know that Ron's not that bright, Hermione."

"No. Then I'll go to McGonagall and ask her for a job. I'll tell Ron when we get there. Does that sound better to you?"

Ginny looked at her long and hard. "Do you really think that will work, Hermione? Will he really never figure it out? Will nobody ever see you in Diagon Alley?"

Hermione looked back at her, meeting her gazed steadily. "I really don't know, Gin. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."

"Okay. I think your plan might just work. On one condition. Once a month, I get to come and visit you and Sophia and tell you what's going on at Hogwarts. Deal?"

Hermione smiled at her long lost best friend. "Deal. I love you Ginny. You are the sister I never had but always wanted."

As they hugged, Ginny thought Maybe you will get that sister, Hermione. It might even be me.

So Ginny helped Hermione and Sophia find a house not far from Diagon Alley, and visited them often.

Their life went exactly has Hermione had planned until one day,four years later when mother and daughter were walking down Diagon Alley and in hand, getting all of Sophia's school books.

They were going into Flourish and Blotts when Hermione heard her name coming from a man's mouth.

"Her- Hermione?"

She turned around, and gasped at who she saw.

A/N: Aren't I evil. Ha ha ha, just kidding, you'll probably get another update very soon. Like tonight.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO DID HERMIONE SEE IN DIAGON ALLEY?

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