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SUMMARY: This is my first fanfic so I'm not great on summaries. Anyway, here it goes: Hermione returns home for what she thinks is a perfectly normal summer but her parents have news which will change her life. Draco Malfoy just happens to be around. He doesn't know who she is until a ball. What will happen?
DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately I don't own these characters except Jenny, Natasha and Stephanie. J.K Rowling owns everyone else.
Here's the next chapter…
York
The next morning Loretta was woken by her mother. The sun was streaming in the windows and there was a tray of breakfast sitting on her desk.
"Come on. Get up. Quickly eat your breakfast and then I've got a surprise for you." Her mother said.
"What time is it?" Loretta asked shielding her eyes from the glare of the sun.
"It's 10 o'clock. Now hurry. Just eat your breakfast. Don't bother getting changed yet."
Loretta got out of bed and was eating her breakfast and flicking through a magazine at the same time when she heard the doorbell ring. Her mother was talking to someone in the hallway. After finishing eating her breakfast she got into her nightgown. She presumed the visitor had left. Upon walking into the kitchen she found all the blinds down and her parents sitting at the table with another man. Loretta didn't recognise him at first but when he turned around Loretta gasped.
"Professor Dumbledore! What are you doing here?" Loretta asked.
"Miss Granger, or may I now say Miss Stoughton I have come at the request of your parents. I will let them explain in their own time." He replied
"O.k. Mum, why are all the blinds down?" Loretta asked
"The press are outside. Come with me" Her mother said standing up.
Loretta put her plate down and followed her mother back into her own room. The blinds in Loretta's room were now closed too.
"Loretta, darling. When we found out that you were a witch we wrote back to the school explaining our difficulty with you being a princess et cetera. When the school answered us saying some thing about a charm called an illusion charm. It would change your appearance and they then planted false memories. You can always remember being Hermione Granger but a lot of it was fake. You were Loretta Stoughton until you were 11 and went away to the school first. Now that you are back as being Loretta Stoughton we have asked Professor Dumbledore to change your appearance back to normal. I'll call him up now. O.K?"
Through out this whole speech Loretta was silent. She was still trying to come to terms with it all. Whenever Dumbledore entered the room he asked Loretta to stand in the middle of the room. He took out his wand and tapped her on the shoulder and muttered an incantation. Loretta didn't feel anything but her mother came rushing over.
"You look beautiful sweetheart. Now, I have a dress I'd like you to wear." Her mother said
"Slow down a bit mum." Loretta said going over to look in the mirror.
The person who looked back didn't look like her at all. She had long black hair reaching just past her waist and naturally tanned skin. She looked gorgeous.
"Wow. Is this really me?" Loretta said her voice little above a whisper.
"Thank you Professor so much. I don't know how to thank you enough" her mother said
"Don't worry about it. I must be off. Good Day" Dumbledore said with a smile just before he apparated.
Loretta's mother ran into her own room and came back in carrying the most beautiful dress Loretta had ever seen. IT was a cocktail dress with a pale pink floral design. It was sleeveless so her mother has brought a black cloak too.
"Put this on." Her mother instructed
It took Loretta about 10 minutes to get the dress on properly. Her mother helped her with the clips on the back. Loretta went over to her mirror and smiled widely. She then performed the cleanius dientes charm. It basically just cleaned her teeth. Her mother applied her make-up and arranged her hair in a pile on top of her head. Loretta then looked in her full length mirror. She was speechless. She looked as though she'd walked off the cover of Vogue because she was too beautiful.
"You are to wear these sandals" her mother said holding out a pair of pale pink stiletto sandals.
"You expect me to wear those and still be able to walk?" Loretta asked.
"Yes. You'll have to put up with it" her mother said.
At exactly 11:30 a black stretch limousine pulled up in front of the house. The chauffer got out and held the door open for Loretta and her mother. Her father sat in front with the driver. Loretta took in the inside of the car. It had cream leather seats and a mini bar and a T.V/DVD player. A Stereo and goodness knows what else.
The drive only took about an hour so Loretta decided to read Hogwarts: A History for what must have been the millionth time. When they got there Loretta put away her book and copied her mother in getting out. Taking her father's hand for support. Once she was out she was bombarded by flashes from cameras. Once her eyes re adjusted she took her first real look at their house.
A/N: Loretta's dress is like the one in the Mars Bar Delight Ad for those who have seen it only pink.
A/N: Please review. If you don't like the story tell me and tell me why and how I can make it better.
A/N: I'll probably update at the latest every fortnight but I'll try to do it much sooner. It depends on the amount of homework we get.
A/N: I know I said that Stephanie would come in on this chapter but it got a bit longer than expected so definitely the next chapter.