"Ahhhhhh." The lady in the doorway shrieked.
"Can you go please and we'll talk about this later." Harry said covering them both with the sheet so he and Hermione could adjust themselves.
"I need to talk to you when your done we have emergency order meeting which you must attend as it might affect you." She still had her eyes covered over her eyes. She was showing the anger on her face though. Hermione was still hiding underneath the covers as she watched her exit the room.
"What's she going to do to us?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing hopefully. Just let's get down there before she comes back up here."
They walked down the stairs meeting the rest of the people along with Ron, Ginny, Fred and George.
"What are we down here for?" Harry asked.
"Yes I was doing something important." Hermione said. "and I would like to get back to it."
Everyone glanced at her as if she was crazy.
"We are here for some new information." George said.
"Why does mom look so tight lipped." Ron asked.
"It's probably just order business." Ginny said reasonably.
The double doors opened into the conference room and they walked in and took seats. Remus began to talk to them.
"As you know we are in the middle of the war. You were all in there last year when Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape and so we have come to the conclusion that he is missing. He has not been seen or heard of for about six months."
Hermione paled at that she was starting to feel light headed.
"What's wrong with her?" Remus said.
"She just needs to calm down right now." Harry said looking into her eyes.
She was breathing in and out putting her hands in front of her to calm herself down methodically.
"I'm okay…I just need to get this off my chest. I've been keeping this inside for too long and more than two people need to know. Before anymore secrets choke us…Lupin….he's not missing….he's dead…"
"How do you know this?" Lupin asked. "It's not possible we found this out…"
"I was there okay…Harry was there…it was an accident he said some things I stabbed him with my wand point it was an accident…he's gone that's all you need to know."
"Why did you do it?"
"That I can't tell you and you have to respect my wishes. If Harry wants to tell you then that's his prerogative. Excuse me." Hermione moved to get out of the conference room but was stopped by Mrs. Weasley's voice.
"Hold it Hermione. I still need to have that discussion with you and Harry in private. Everyone else out." She started barking orders as everyone left out of fear. Hermione and Harry couldn't escape.
"What in the world where you two thinking?" Mrs. Weasley started at them.
"I think you know what we were thinking."
"Where's your room? That's where I want you two to go."
"We were in our room."
"That's unacceptable. You will have separate rooms and stay in your separate rooms for the rest of the summer and if you even so much as think of trying that again. I didn't even know you two were together. Harry you can go I need to talk about something important with her."
"Harry can stay right where he is. I have nothing to hide what were you going to ask me."
"What in the hell where you thinking doing that. You realize that you're a female…that you could get pregnant…that you could catch something…"
"Are you implying that I have an STD?" Harry asked.
"No…you see this is why I didn't want you here…you don't get what I'm trying to say… I want for you to make sure that your not making…."
"Before you say mistake let me assure you that it's not a mistake. As far as STD's and protection I know all about it so just leave it alone but how dare you accuse Harry of that. Mrs. Weasley I love you like my own mother but sometimes you have to face facts that you aren't my parents…I ask for your opinion but you can't demand I do anything…my parents can't even do that anymore…it's just sometimes you don't understand that your kids are grown…but don't let me tell you how to raise your own children."
Hermione went and hugged Mrs. Weasley.
"You're right Hermione and Harry I'll stay out of it I just wish you were married before you jumped the gun like this…I guess I'm just old fashioned."
Hermione was still hugging Mrs. Weasley as she looked to Harry who was standing next to the door and sent him a questioning look. Harry nodded his head back at her folding his arms.
"Who says I'm not….."
"Holy shit." They heard someone whisper from the other edge of the door.
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"I can't believe mum kicked us out like that. That's going to be a juicy conversation." Fred said whispering.
"I know what can we use to hear it. Surely not the ears." George said
"I know we'll use the megaphone again but wire it so we can hear." Fred said as he summoned the gadget.
"It's brilliant but you think it'll work out right."
"It better I want to know what's up with the two of them."
"Wait Fred you can't cross those two wires. It has to be like this so we can hear it. Okay all set now."
They fed the wire under the door and they heard the conversation. They were interrupted by Remus, Ron, and Ginny. All three of them letting them know that they also wanted to know what was going on but admitted that eavesdropping wasn't the best way to go about it. They just ignored all their comments though
"Success." They both whispered to each other giving themselves a high five. Then turning back to the conversation they heard what they wanted to hear.
"Before you say mistake let me assure you that it's not a mistake. As far as STD's and protection I know all about it so just leave it alone but how dare you accuse Harry of that. Mrs. Weasley I love you like my own mother but sometimes you have to face facts that you aren't my parents…I ask for your opinion but you can't demand I do anything…my parents can't even do that anymore…it's just sometimes you don't understand that your kids are grown…but don't let me tell you how to raise your own children." They heard Hermione say.
"Wow she told of mum I'm impressed." Fred said.
"Didn't you hear that. They are having a conversation about sex. So maybe…" George started.
"…mum's scream earlier was Harry and Hermione doing the deed." Fred finished.
"You're right Hermione and Harry I'll stay out of it I just wish you were married before you jumped the gun like this…I guess I'm just old fashioned."
There was silence for a while as there was no conversation what's so ever. They were just about to flick the switch turn of the megaphone but then they heard Hermione say the last four words
"Who says I'm not….."
"Holy shit." George said.
"They….they…damn this is good." Fred said.
Ginny and the rest of them came back asking what was the commotion all about. They just stuttered and pointed towards the door where the conversation was being held.
"What happened?" Hermione asked peeking out through the door as the conversation was finished.
"Nothing." Ron, Ginny, and Lupin said as George and Fred said
"We know."
"How?" Hermione asked.
"We were listening at the door to the whole conversation between you guys and mum. It was quite interesting."
"You heard the whole thing?" Harry asked.
"No…it started around STD…I know what protection is…you chewing out mum."
"You know I should be mad at you because you were listening but I'm not."
"We've suspected something since we came to do Quidditch tryouts and you told us that we could have your dorm and you'd sleep with Harry. That room was just too clean for someone to have actually been there. Congratulations though."
"Thanks." Hermione said now sitting leaning up against the wall.
"How long have you been hiding this though?"
"Since when was it Harry…August 8th?"
"I'm hurt how can you forget your own wedding day." Harry asked
"Wedding day?" Ron asked. "You got married?...How could you not tell me…and how could you marry her when you knew I liked her. I've waited forever and then you just say okay I'll marry you Harry. What's wrong with me? I've wanted you since we were in first year."
"Ron I don't feel like dealing with your crap. That's why I didn't tell you in the beginning. So just get over it and get over yourself."
Hermione went upstairs not caring that they were all shocked. She started throwing her stuff into a bag and throwing Harry's into a bag.
"I don't want to be here for a while. They're kicking me out of my house but I'm okay with that. It's time I see my parents again…"
"Okay whatever let's just go…but before we do take a look in the library again.
"Right." Hermione had forgotten.
She picked up one of the duffels she had brought in the beginning and hauled it out of the way. Harry behind her with his stuff heading towards the library. He opened it realizing how big that place was.
"What's the name of the book?" Harry asked.
"It's called 'A Guide to Items Uncommon and Dark…and vol.2." Hermione said also looking on the shelves.
"I found it…and the one that I saw in the library originally." Hermione said.
"Let's get it and tell Mrs.Weasley where we're going." Harry said grabbing the heavy books. They walked downstairs talked to Mrs. Weasley about where they were going and then they flooed into the living room of her parent's home.
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"Mum, Dad!" Hermione yelled into the house.
"Hermione. When did you get here." Mrs. Granger asked.
"Just a second ago, we were wondering if we could stay here. We kind of felt forced out of our house so we came here."
"Wow, it's that small. I mean it's your first house but still."
"No, it's quite big actually it's just we felt emotionally forced out…we told them we were married…it didn't go to well with them. Especially the way the found out…"
"So your just running from your issues." Hermione's mother said in disbelief.
"No see we told them where we were going…and we apparated out." Harry pointed out. "By the way this place looks very nice. I've never really seen a real seen a place look like this. It reminds me we have to do ours if we feel like it" Harry continued pointing out how nice the place looked with the tree in one corner of a room and the rest of it decorated with silver beads. The rest of it was blue especially the tree it was green of course but the ornaments were either blue, silver or a combination of the two. It was spectacular
"You can stay here this once but still I have something to ask of you. We are holding the family holiday party in two days which is the day before Christmas Eve. You are to plan and attend it both of you. I expect the whole Weasley family there and you are going to face your issues."
"Great…thank you sooo much mum this is great of you taking us back in for at least tonight"
"Sure. Have a nice sleep."
They walked up the stairs and went to Hermione's old room. They crashed almost instantly. Just wanting to sleep since they were so tired. They woke up the next morning and got something to eat and planned the family gathering.
"So I figure that we make whatever we had at the summer barbecue. See whoever we're going to invite and make enough for that amount of people. The house is obviously already decorated with all of these Christmas decorations so we don't need to worry about that it's pretty much a given."
"Well it's all planned so what do you want to do?" Harry asked stretching his legs.
"Oh…I don't know just sit here and relax with you…peace and quiet that's what we're getting…"
"You know…I like this for some reason… no one interrupting…just us time…the ticking of the clock…our voices…that's it nothing else…it kind of makes me feel whole in such an empty space."
"Yeah…"
They spent the next few hours just like that. Talking to each other laughing and just being alone. The clock though was against them because the clock struck 7 at night and they had to move to get up. They just had to get up so they could get back and start their own decorations they left their stuff there since they were coming back the next day for the party.
They flooed back and began working on the project. They basically conjured up a very tall and thick tree and decorated it with ornaments but made it red and gold. It was pretty and then it also represented Gryffindor. They finished and started decorating the walls by hand. Hanging fabrics that they found in the attic on the walls along with it along with holly and ivy. By the time they finished it was about 11:00 but they were mighty proud of it.
"Mrs.Weasley," Hermione asked her. "what do you think?"
She came out from the kitchen and looked around with tears in her eyes.
"It's absolutely beautiful…when did you two get back?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"About half an hour ago we were trying to finish this. By the way my mum invited the whole family over for the family party."
"I don't feel right…everyone is family there…we're not related."
"You're related in here." Hermione said pointing at her heart. "and that's all that matters."
"Thank you well I'll just tell Arthur when he gets back from the ministry. What time do we need to be there?"
"Well you can come at one if you want but it doesn't start until 2." Harry said.
"Make sure they bring swim wear." Hermione said.
They walked off to their room and when they got there changed into their night clothes.
"So how did your Christmas shopping go." Hermione asked.
"You see I didn't really do it."
"I know…me either… going to do it first thing tomorrow morning I already know what I'm getting everyone so I just have to go out and get it."
Harry was thinking the exact same thing.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Harry and Hermione headed out early into muggle London from there they split up and walked to the shops. They got all their things and both came back to meet in the middle of the shopping district.
"I see you have about five bags." Harry said.
"I see you have four." Hermione said.
"What can I say I like to shop around and there were lots of great stuff. I even found something for Ron and Ginny."
"You too." Harry said.
"Yes, I felt that if I didn't get them something it would be bad for everything else and then we would never have a chance at getting our friendship back. It would be as if we were digging a grave for it…and I was smart one of these bags is wrapping paper and bows."
"Very smart."
They went back into separate rooms and did their wrapping but Harry kept on intruding saying he needed tape. Especially when he discovered that she had started to wrap his own.
"Breakfast is on." Mrs. Weasley said.
Everyone was downstairs except for Fred and George who were running the last minute shoppers for the holidays.
"Mrs.Weasley, this is really good about the party…my family is muggles so it would be best if you arrived at 1:00 so no one sees you apparate outside the house. Aim for the backyard."
"That's very good to know." Mrs. Granger said passing her the food.
"We better go. We need to set up." Hermione said after she finished her food at a record speed. They exited Grimmauld Place and apparated immediately into the backyard. They saw that everything was already set up.
"Do you want us to do anything?" Harry asked.
"No, you can just do whatever you were planning to do before. Everything's already set up we're just waiting for everyone else to show up. You can go change into your swim wear or whatever. Just be out here in the next 20 minutes to make sure everything is done. We'll need extra help considering that your father got sent away on a business trip"
They went upstairs remembering to change into their swimwear. They put their T-Shirts on over it and sat down on the bed.
"So…we never went through the books." Hermione said reaching down into her bag and bringing them out and dropped them down on the bed.
"Okay so this one is the one that you saw originally in the library." Harry said pointing to one. "…and this is the one that we found in Grimmauld that is supposed to hold all the answers."
Hermione took the last one mentioned and cracked it open. Lots of dust flew out of the book. They both coughed as the dust cleared.
"Wow is that a lot of dust." Harry said.
"Yes, I bet this book hasn't been used in ages. I doubt that looking for a dark object is not an everyday type of thing."
"True. So what does it say?" Harry asked leaning over her shoulder as she flipped through the pages. Hermione began to read it aloud.
"A horcrux can be destroyed in three ways:
You can get all of the horcruxes eliminated by a series of jinxes depending on what spell or action deactivates it. Then you have to kill the thing that has the horcrux and that should finish them. Considering it's usually evil that creates them.
You can also decide to try the stalling method it is risky but effective. Go after the person first in the moment that you hit Avada Kedavra perform capture the life essence perform scourgify over the heart and then imagine it inside the jar. It should glow a deep red and then black smoke within the jar. Then maintain a permanent blue. After all of this you are free to search for the horcruxes and then destroy them. It is recommended and insisted that you do so.
It's very simple gather both the horcruxes and the person together and finish them all in an orb. It is more complicated than it seems and has been attempted without success. Do so with extreme peril."
"Okay well we tried out the first one and that one needs some work. The second one seems pretty easy to do we can do that. You know get it over with and then at least we have a strategy. One big blow then we rest up and get the smaller ones. Nothing that's too hard it'll work trust me."
"Okay it'll…ohh crap we need to be downstairs right now."
Hermione and Harry threw on sandals and went downstairs. It turned out the Weasley's had already come over. They were sitting down on the couch. Hermione waved to them and walked into the kitchen.
"Sorry mum I got caught up with a book."
"It's alright...can you check if the pool is ready."
"Mum…I just realized something it's about 5 degrees outside how are we going to be outside in five degrees weather wearing this." Hermione demonstrated her bikini.
"You have a point. So what are we going to do?"
"We could conjure four walls and have an indoor pool. It won't be cold and…we could tell the family that you had a contractor."
"I like it." Hermione said nodding your head. "…but do you know how to conjure the walls."
"No…that's the next thing we were supposed to learn in Flitwick's class though."
"But Mrs. Weasley would know."
"Easy."
Harry walked out of the kitchen and asked Mrs.Weasley if she knew how. She did and she performed the spell perfectly. At that moment the doorbell rang. Hermione left her books on the counter and got the door. It was one of her cousin's that came through the door it was Katherine with her was her little sister Katie and her mother.
"Hey Katie." Hermione said bending down to her height. "How are you doing?"
"Hwi Hemoine."
"Hi Katie."
"I also brought my boyfriend you know Lucas you know him right?" Katherine said.
"No actually."
"I told her not to bring him." Her mother started. "This is a family gathering."
"So…I brought my boyfriend Harry." Hermione said lying obviously.
"It's different mum says that since you guys are the hosts so you are allowed to invite anyone you want." They started walking towards the kitchen.
"You want something to drink?" Hermione asked already near the cooler.
"Sure, pass me a water bottle."
"So what you guys up with you ladies…oh…and who is this?" Harry said pointing out Katherine.
"You met her before remember the barbecue." A knowing smile dawned on Harry's face.
"Nice to see you again, I hear your Hermione's boyfriend."
Harry shocked turned around to look at Hermione in disbelief and anger. He left the room leaving her behind. Katherine looked confused but Hermione was in a way heartbroken.
A/N: Well I've got it all figured out what happens next. The hard part though getting my ideas to stay in my head long enough for me to write them down.
