One Fine Day

Chapter 2: Inside Gringotts

Previously:

"I don't know what will happen at the reunion. And maybe..." Hermione looked confused as a thought struck her.

"And maybe what Mommy?" Marli-Jane looked at her lost-in-thought mother.

"Well maybe... Maybe I'll find out who your father is."

"My... my Dad? Don't you know who he is?"

"No sweetie. I don't. The night we uh. Yeah. Well, he was masked and because of a spell our headmaster put on the whole school, we weren't able to find out who was who. So, I don't know who he is. Only that he has your eyes. But I don't know who they belong to. Now, go to sleep. I won't be here when you wake up. I'm going to London tomorrow morning. No, I'm not flying, but I'll get there. I'll tell you about it later. Now, make sure you don't tell anyone! Is that clear?"

"Yes Mommy. Goodnight. I love you."

"Sweet dreams my angel. I love you, too." Hermione kissed the top of her daughter's head and turned out the lights. She turned around the corner and heard the front door open. She left down the stairs and found that it was only Amanda.

"Amanda! Hey. Just the person I was looking for. Look. I have to go to London tomorrow. Urgent business with my family. I need you to take care of Marli-Jane for a while. I'll try to be back as soon as possible."

"Uh... okay?" Amanda looked bewildered then shook her thoughts out of her head as she went to take a shower and go to sleep.

Hermione walked down the familiar streets of Muggle London unsure of what she was going to meet. She walked around aimlessly, as she had been for the past four hours. She'd been shopping, seen a movie by herself, and her favorite, gone into a muggle bookstore. She picked out a few books and bought them. She'd been to eat lunch with her mother, who was very excited to see her. But that was hours ago. Now she had to get to the Leaky Cauldron.

After ten minutes, she came across the same run-down looking building and stepped inside. She looked in and felt a tingle go up her spine she hadn't felt since she was last in Wizarding London. Hermione looked around then saw Harry sitting at the back of the room with a blonde woman and a little girl who looked about four or five. Harry waved to her and she walked over there.

"Harry... Hi."

"Uh, hi Hermione.'' The two stood there awkwardly then Hermione pulled Harry into a great big hug.

"Oh Harry! I missed you SO much! You have just no idea!" The two hugged for what seemed like they were making up for the years missed. Finally, they pulled apart. Hermione turned to the blonde sitting down smiling at the girl who had black hair and blonde highlights.
"You must be Mandy! Wow. I haven't seen you since graduation. I would say how've you been, but that'd be pretty stupid. Ha! Wow, Harry, the girl has your eyes. What's her name?"

"It's. It's Lily. We named her Lily. Actually, her full name is, now don't laugh, but her full name is Lily Hermione Potter. Mandy insisted that we name her after my mother and the friend that helped destroy Voldemort."

"I wouldn't laugh at that, Harry. In fact, I feel honored. I remember when Marli-Jane was this little." Hermione and Harry sat down and Harry had a puzzled expression on his face.

"Oh, sorry Hermione. Who? Who's Marli-Jane?"

"Oh! Did I say... uh... Marli-Jane? Well, I meant... uh... oh there's no use. Marli-Jane is my daughter, and the reason I left London. I'm sorry I never told you... but. Would you like to see pictures? She's coming for the Reunion. I had to leave her with a friend today because she has school, and only just last night found out about the whole wizarding world."

"Uh, yeah. Pictures would be fine. Now, how old is she?"

"Ten."

"Ten? But that would mean..." Harry did some quick calculations in his head but Hermione answered before he finished.

"Yes, Harry. I got pregnant the night of the Masquerade Ball after graduation. No, I don't know who the father is, because if you remember, Dumbledore kindly placed the charm on the masks to last for 12 hours; from six to six. And when I woke up at four in the morning, he was gone. I have no idea who it was. He never took the mask off. That's one of the reasons I want to come to the Reunion. I have to know who it is. He may not have to know, but I have to know. I want my daughter to know who her father is."

"Wow. Well, that explains a lot."

"Excuse me? I don't understand."

"Oh yeah. Mandy, I think that this is our cue to leave you. I will see you at home in a while. Love you." Harry kissed Mandy then moved down to the little girl still sitting in the chair. "And I love you, too Tiger!" Harry motioned for Hermione to follow him and she did, and the two went down to the back and out into Diagon Alley.

"Uh, Harry? Why did you call her 'Tiger'?"

"Well, haven't you seen the muggle play, Peter Pan? Well, a character in there is Tiger Lily. So I just shorten it. Plus, all the stripes in her hair with black and blonde make it seem as if she's a white tiger. I have a feeling that if she ever becomes an illegal animagus like her father and grandfather (I did accomplish it! I'm a stag as well!), well I have a feeling that she will become a tiger. I have faith in her." Harry and Hermione laughed lightly and continued down the strip.

"Harry, where are we going?" Hermione asked inquisitively.

"Well, first we're going to Gringotts. I have something of high importance to show you in my vault. And now I understand a little better..."

"Okay, then where are we going?"

"Well, I thought after that that we could go to Flourish and Blotts. I hear they have a new section all together on the Second War. It has books published from the time I was struck and rebounded the Killing Curse to when I shot the curse back at him so many years ago."

"Fascinating. I'm sure you just love that!"

"Of course. They even made me come to some book signing thing. It was horrible. It felt like they were trying to get me to become
Lockhart!" Hermione laughed and remembered their second year when they had a phoney teacher who just took credit for other's work, then modified their memories. Finally, the two made it to the swaying white-marble building, and to Hermione, it looked like it was tilted a little more than it had been the last time she'd come.

"Okay, Harry. What are we doing here?"

"That's for me to know (and a couple of other people) and you to find out!" Hermione gave him a slight hit on the shoulder and they walked inside.

"I need to get inside Harry Potter Vault Number 984."

"Key, please." Harry handed the goblin sitting there a small golden key. "Thank you. Signature, please. Here. And here. Oh, here too." Harry signed in all the correct places and the small goblin asked the two to follow him. Harry and Hermione got in the cart and after a lot of twists and turns, they finally made it to a stop. "Out, please."

Harry and Hermione got out of the cart and walked up to the door. The goblin placed the key in the lock, and pressed some secret numbers, then asked for Harry to place his thumbprint on the pad before him to confirm identities. After lots of other security measures, the door finally opened and Hermione was surprised at what she saw.

From the last time she'd been to Harry's vault, she'd seen many gold coins all over the place. In this vault there was a silver basin at the back, a cabinet to the right and a lockbox to the left. In the cabinet sat a few vials, and some of them had what looked like a vile potion. In the back corner on the left, there was a small amount of gold piled up, but Harry did not go to that.

Instead he went to the lock box to the left. It looked like a regular muggle lock box, but there was way too much magical protection locking it that Hermione had to stand back and squint when he opened it. When it was open, Harry reached in and produced a small package. Hermione looked at it and was confused at what she was looking at.

"No, Hermione. It's not the Sorcerer's Stone. That was my First year. This time, it's something very different. Actually, it has to do with you. Now, follow me." Harry motioned for Hermione and she followed Harry to the back of the vault where the silver basin lay. Hermione looked at it and identified it as a Pensieve.

"What's the Pensieve for, Harry?" Hermione looked around and noticed that the goblin had left and that the door was shut.

"No, Hermione. We're not locked in. But do you remember in our Fifth year when we went to the Ministry of Magic, and we walked in the Hall of Prophecy?" Hermione nodded and he continued. "Well, I was there about a month ago, on Hogwarts business, and I stumbled upon this prophecy in my hand. I read the name and I reported it to Dumbledore. He retrieved the Prophecy for me, and has scratched the records from the data base at the Ministry so they know nothing of it. Now, I'm telling you about it, 'why?' you ask? Well, because your name was on it. Along with two question marks.

"The prophecy was made about three years ago to still an unknown source, and from an unknown source as well. Well, we might as well get to it." Harry pulled from the burlap sack a small glowing orb. He placed it in a basket and lowered it inside the Pensieve. Hermione leaned forward and the two felt a tugging sensation before they were placed on a desk in what looked to be like the middle of a classroom.

"This is how all prophecies look in a Pensieve. It writes out what is being said on the board over there. Here it comes..."

Hemione looked to see a black board and noticed that a piece of chalk magically started writing, just as a voice started talking.


"The three who were friends,
defeated the man of red eyes.
They did not know it at the time,
but two of them were blind.


The girl who was friends with them
not from the very start
left the others
because of an ache in her heart.


A daughter now takes over
the bravery she lost
A father to be found
Another evil's life has criss-crossed.


When a family is formed,
it knows no evil present.
At least for a while,
until a weapon is invent.


Combine in unity,
though, much time will pass
The powers of a true loving family
Put aside differences from the past.


When father meets daughter,
A new evil will form.
But you can't stop destiny
If you try, you will lose the new war.


The evil knows what
the mother fears most.
For in truth, the evil
Is a Past and Present Ghost."

Hermione and Harry sat down and Hermione took in what was being said. After a little, she realized that she should write down what was said, so she could review it.

"No, Hermione. Don't write it down. I've got a copy at the school. When are you leaving back to where you came from?"

"Uh, I think in a few days. I didn't want Amanda to think that my plane ride was just an hour or two all the way to America. Yes Harry. I've been in America. New York to be exact. I'm working at the American Ministry."

"I see. So, would you like to come to the Burrow tonight for dinner? Then tomorrow we can go to Hogwarts and get a copy. You can stay at your parents house, or you can go to my place and stay with Mandy, but I have to get back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore just wanted me to do this for him."

"Well, I think I would very much like to see the Weasley's. How are they?"

"Well, they're getting on, much better than they use to though. Ron has gotten paler since he's been working in the Department of Mysteries, and now, we see him less and less. He still has not married, dated, or had children. Ginny married two years out of Hogwarts to this guy in her year, he was in Hufflepuff. They have a five-year-old son named Mark. Um, Fred and George are still running the shop, but now with their own set of twins, all four twins born on the same day. Fred and Angelina's before George and Alicia's though. Both sets of identical twins. Fred had boys while George had girls. The four of them are now soon to turn 11. They will be starting Hogwarts next year, no doubt Gryffindors who will try and be on the house team. What a year for me to become Headmaster..."

"And I, Transfiguration teacher."

"Woah. Does that mean you'll take the job?"

"Yeah. I mean, if all works out with finding Marli's father, then that would give them a year they could spend together. It would be tough on me, but I think it would be good for her. Especially if he's really in to magic. Then she would be able to study before she came to Hogwarts. She loves to read. But she also loves to fly, in planes as she's just found out about the wizarding world. But I'm sure that her father like to fly as well. Maybe not on a house team, but he liked it. I mean, I hate flying. Where else could she have gotten it from?" Harry chuckled.

"Wait, so if it doesn't work out with the father, what will you do about the job?"

"Well, I could either have her stay with a witch friend of mine in America, so she could continue her schooling there, or she could stay with my parents here. My vote is that the father is a nice man who wants to take care of his daughter."

"Ha. Well, I told Mrs. Weasley we would meet them at the Burrow at six. We still have an hour to kill. What do you want to do?"

"Well, first off, you said we could go to Flourish and Blotts. Secondly, you never finished about the rest of the Weasleys. You stopped at Fred and George. How's the shop by the way?"

"Actually, they've gone international with it. There's at least one shop in every country in Europe and about three shops in America. One in Dallas, one in LA and I think the other was in Chicago."

"Nice. So, they're doing fine. How are Bill, Charlie, and... uh... Percy?"

"Yeah, Percy. He married some girl after a first date and now they have like three kids. He never visits the Weasley's and they are disowning him as a birthday present this August. Yeah, he's not a very loved family member. He wrote some stuff about them and it got published in the Daily Prophet. They weren't too happy with him. So, Bill and Charlie. Bill dated a girl he worked with in Egypt. She was from Germany. They're married and have two kids. Two girls with flowing red hair. They look just like Ginny. It's quite scary. The girls are I think six or seven years apart. They're fairly different. Then Charlie dated none other than Tonks! They got married four years ago and just had their first child, a boy named Timothy Arthur after his two deceased grandfathers. Yes. Mr. Weasley died about two years ago." Hermione felt tears well up in her eyes, then pushed them away. Harry consoled her then they made it to Flourish and Blotts.

Hermione looked around the store for half an hour before picking out one book. Then they went to Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions so she could get some new robes. Then Harry needed some owl treats, and she decided to get some too, if he was going to be sending owls to her house. She told him that she didn't like trying to find some crackers in the cabinet for Hedwig.

After leaving Eyelops, the two decided that it was time to start heading over to the Burrow. They apparated there, then walked up to the door. It was six o'clock on the dot. Harry opened the door.

"Molly! I'm here! And I've brought a friend. Has Mandy made it yet?"

"Oh! Harry! No, she hasn't come yet. Now, who's your friend?" Molly looked to the door expectingly.

"Mystery guest, please enter through door number 1!" Harry put on a fake gameshow host accent as he said this and Hermione opened the door, to be covered in slime from head to toe.

Mrs. Weasley watched the scene unfold and knew exactly who it was.

"Grace Frances Weasley! Faith Gwendolyn Weasley! Gage Flann Weasley! Felix Garrison Weasley! I demand that you get your four backsides down here right now! I will not stand for this!" Molly yelled this time, Hermione noticed that it was for four, instead of what she remembered as two. Then she remembered what Harry told her about the twins each having a set of twins.

Four children came down, about the age of Marli-Jane and all looked at Hermione. No one spoke for a while. Finally, Molly got fed up with the silence.

"Children! Who will explain this?" One of the boys raised his hand. "Yes, Gage?"

"I'm sorry Miss."

"That's good Gage. Do you have anything else to say?"

"Yes Nana. I'm sorry to my cousins. I miscalculated. It was supposed to land on Harry."

Hah! I thought that was a good ending. Not much of a cliff hanger, but I liked it. I was originally going on, but it was all stuff that would be cut if I were writing a true book. So, I decided I would cut it out now. REVIEW!