A Familiar Tabby

I wonder what is going on in the wizarding world. Hermione wondered as she put her oldest down for a nap Wow I haven't thought about that in forever.

"But Mum, I'm not sweepy. Twelevision fwirst, pwease?" The young boy asked as she fought to lay him back down.

"No, honey, you need to take your nap."

She covered him for the 5th time that afternoon, and checked the 3 month old sleeping in the crib on the other side of the room. She walked out of the room shutting the door behind her.

Those kids will be the death of me, but I love them. I gave up everything for them. I hope I really did make the right choice.

Flashback

"Hermione, are you sure this is the right decision? I mean, you know we can protect Kyle and yourself. And if Voldemort even thinks about coming near you or your child, he won't know what hit him when I'm done with him."

"I know, Ron, but I've thought about this many times. And it's the only way that I can for sure keep him safe. I will miss this world more than anything, but I need to protect my son." Hermione replied as she tried to hide the tears swelling up in her eyes with a faint smile.

The three childhood friends were getting of the Hogwarts Express their final time. Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger had indeed grown up since the first time they had taken the trip to Hogwarts aboard the large, red, engine. They walked through the barrier that led them into the Muggle World. A few steps out they stopped and looked at each other. They stood there in silence hoping that time would stop and they could be with there in each other's company forever.

"Well, this is it, guys. Hermione...are you sure...?" Harry replied but couldn't finish his sentence, noticing that his best friend was almost in tears. So, instead just took her in his arms and let her sob into his shoulder.

Ron second the move and the three were standing there knowing that this would probably be the last time they would be together...ever.

End

RING RING Her thoughts were interrupted as she snapped back to the present to the sound of the telephone. She wiped her tears of her face and walked over to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" She said, hoping her voice didn't give a hint that she was crying.

"Angel?" The voice replied over the phone. Hermione started using her middle name after she left the Wizard World.

"Hmmm...yea? Who is this?" She asked the familiar voice, but couldn't place whom it belonged to.

"It's Katie...damn...what's gotten into you. I told you that I would call you. Anyway...did you lose a cat?"

"No, Crookshanks is sitting right here next to me, why?" She asked, feeling rather stupid that she didn't recognize the voice of her next-door neighbor.

"There's a small gray tabby sitting her in my front yard with a collar with your name and address on it."

"Um... Crookshanks is the only cat that I own, but go ahead and bring it over."

A few minutes later Hermione's door opened and in stepped a tall, skinny, blond.

"Hey, Angel...what's up?" Katie asked; noticing her best friend had a tear stained face.

"Hey Katie...nothing much. Just finished putting Kyle and Alex down for their nap. Be a little quiet I don't think Kyle is fully asleep yet. You know him."

"Yea...your kids are so cute. But I bet they can be a handful. Hey, were you crying?"

"No, why would you ask that?" Hermione replied hoping that her lie would be believable.

"Angel...I know you. I'm your best friend; I've known you since you moved in next door, three and half years ago."

"I wasn't really crying...it was just a few tears. I was just reminiscing about school, and my old friends who I had to severe ties with when I moved here."

"Oh...Hey, you've never really told me about your old school and everything. And why did you have to severe ties with all of your friends. Did they get mad because you left your hometown? Can't you just give them a call?"

Oh shit...I shouldn't have said anything, why didn't I just make up some excuse?? Dammit what the hell do I do now?? Think Hermione think...

"Oh well...it was never really worth conversation to talk about. I mean, its just school. Nothing really exciting about that, right? And no, they're not mad that I moved. But I guess with conflicts of interest we just sort of had to stop talking. It was for the best and it was inevitable."

Hermione felt a single tear fall down her face as she thought of what Harry and Ron were doing, and if they were thinking about her too. They've probably already forgotten about me. She wiped away the tear hoping that Katie hadn't noticed. But her attempts were futile.

"Angel, if its that important to you then a 'conflict of interest' shouldn't be keeping friends from talking at least once in a while."

"I just can't, Katie. It's hard to explain."

"Here, just call." Katie replied as she handed her the phone.

"I can't. Please...can we talk about something else? Where is the cat that you were talking about??" Hermione asked, hoping that was enough to get Katie off the subject.

"Oh, I left it outside...I hope its still out there."

Hermione stood up and opened the door and noticed a small gray cat sitting at the door. She reached down and picked it up, and glanced at the nametag. Low and Behold there it was:

My name is Minnie

If found please return to:

Angel Fletcher

542 Hutchinson Drive

"Wow...I've never seen this cat before in my life." Hermione admitted as she sat back down on the couch holding the cat in her lap. She then took a closer look at the cat and realized she HAD seen it before. She began to come up with way to think of how to get Katie out of the house. Just then the phone rang. Katie got up to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Oh Okay..." Katie said.... Hermione could only hear one side of the conversation.

A few 'uh huh's' and 'Okays' later Katie hung up the phone.

"Who was that?"

"Oh it was just Kevin...he wants me to go home and help set up the new tv. I'll talk to you later. Let me know about that cat, huh? And think about calling your friends. They seem to mean a lot to you. They probably miss you as much as you miss them. Just think about it okay? I hate seeing you like that." Katie replied as she walked out of the door.

"I'm glad she's gone.... Now...about you..." Hermione said looking down at the cat. "Why are you here, and how did you find me??"