AN: Thanks to jamcreynolds (who by the way is an absolutely gifted writer, check out her stories and you won't be sorry!) for the suggestion that led me to Hermione's parents obliviate pass code. This chapter deals with the reunion and some intrigue begins! Free imaginary cookies for the first person to guess correctly what movie the password comes from. Enjoy and as always please review as it does truly help the writing process and thanks to all who have done any combo of the following: r/r/f/f It means so much.

This chapter is unedited, I wanted to get it up for you quickly, I will edit it later on.

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"I'm so nervous!" Hermione told Charlie while wringing her hands together.

Charlie just reached beside him and held her hand so she had to stop. "It will be fine. You know they aren't upset, I mean if you just randomly obliviated them to save them without discussing it they might be, but you all made the decision together."

She smiled apologetically, "Thanks for being so great, I know I've been a bit of a pain in the arse today; I'm just so excited."

"I would be too."

"You're sure you remember what to make them say?" She double checked.

"Yes Mia, I know what they need to say and I promise you an hour from now you will be sat between your mum and dad and talking about everything that happened." He squeezed her hand to comfort her.

Inside his wolf was really uncomfortable for a few reasons. First the full moon was in a few weeks so some restlessness had begun but it wasn't awful. Hermione was not calm and happy which is what the wolf wanted her to be so that added and he couldn't let her know what her stress was doing to the wolf because then she'd be more stressed. It was an endless circle and he would be glad when it was settled down.

He was also extraordinarily nervous because not only was he "meeting the parents," he was going to control them with magic they knew nothing of, and they had to tell them that their beloved, only daughter was quite probably the mate of a werewolf. Of course he was scared silly.

"Look, we're almost there Mia, remember to smile and be gentle because they don't know you and if you rush them you will scare them." He reminded her as they arrived at the Ministry where Pete had reserved a small room reserved for when they told families bad news about loved ones.

They arrived in the lobby and headed straight to the lifts since they knew where they needed to be and had already been given security clearance for the entirety of their stay in magical Australia.

Just before the lift doors opened after it stopped Hermione took a deep breath, squared her shoulders and stepped out as if she was calm, cool and collected. Charlie was the only one that knew just how scared and nervous she was.

There were four chairs outside the door to sit in while they waited for Pete to arrive. Charlie was having issues, with all the stress and the wolf not liking the wizards or a few witches that looked at Hermione with more than a passing interest. He had his chest smacked six times already for growling or snarling like he could help it.

It did make her giggle at one point which made the wolf happy. "You know, at some point Lobo in there needs to understand I won't accept possessiveness and jealousy."

Charlie cocked his head to the side like a puppy, "He's considering that one, but isn't totally satisfied it…." Charlie stopped very quickly and blushed.

"What?" She asked truly intrigued by Charlie's reaction to the wolf.

"Er...he just...well see, fine!" He huffed in embarrassment. "He isn't sure it fully conveys to you his prowess!"

Hermione lit up in a bright blush. "Oh my."

Charlie was saved from responding by the lifts opening to reveal Pete and a man and woman accompanying him. He heard Mia gasp and saw her eyes begin to water which confirmed to him that the strangers were her parents.

"Mia, love I promise you have hours and days to break down with them but you need to find your lioness inside and make it through the next fifteen minutes first, for them." Charlie reached for her hand and started playing with her fingers and knuckles again to comfort her. "Can you do that for me love?"

"You're right. Deep breath." She took one and then fixed a serene expression on her face.

"There's my girl." Charlie praised earning him a smile.

The three people approached and Pete stopped to shake their hands and lead all four into the room. It was decorated with soft blue paint with white wainscotting. There were two sofas that were navy blue with silver paisleys all over and two silver wingback chairs.

Hermione thought it a very soothing room and wondered if calming charms had been set in here as well. It was a good place for what was about to happen.

She and Charlie chose a sofa and Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins took the other one leaving a chair for Pete.

"Wendell, Monica may I introduce Charlie Weasley and Hermione Granger. They have come a very long way to talk to you. All you need to do is sit there and remain still and in a few moments you will understand all of this." Pete explained calmly.

Charlie looked at Hermione for confirmation and at her nod he lifted his wand and said his incantation. Hermione and her parents said the password code at the same time.

"You are a very bad man!"

"Oh, no, my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad wizard!"

As soon as the code was finished the confused eyes of Wendell and Monica cleared instantly and the delighted, happy faces of Dan and Emma Granger appeared finally.

Hermione gasped out with tears in her eyes and then launched herself at the other couch and into the open arms of her dad and mum.

Charlie didn't have the discomfort he had been expecting when she was in his arms. He guessed the wolf wasn't jealous of her dad at all.

"Is it over 'Mione?" Dan asked her.

"Yes daddy, it's all done. It's safe to come home, there are still some rogue Death Eaters on the run but the Order and a couple house elves have been putting wards up on our house while Charlie and I came to get you. So you will be perfectly safe although you still need to not go to the office until the worst of them are caught, at least we can be together again." She promised with a smile.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Emma wanted to know.

"I can, but we should wait until we get to the hotel, it's a very, very long story." Hermione sighed. She couldn't believe how happy and calm she now felt having her parents know her again.

She heard a throat clear and she looked up to see Charlie with a raised eyebrow and she felt a light blush rise on her cheeks.

"Sorry, Mum, Daddy, this is Charlie Weasley. Charlie these are my parents Dan and Emma Granger." She introduced them politely.

Charlie stood and shook her dad's hand. His dad had raised all his boys that way, "never shake a man's hand while sitting down. You stand and shake firmly, it shows you are an honorable man."

Charlie wasn't sure why it made a difference but his dad was a good man and good example to be followed.

"Just call me Charlie, sir, mam." He smiled.

"You can call us Dan and Em or Emma." Emma said smiling. Dan was scrutinizing this man who was with his daughter for some reason.

"So why are you here with my Pumpkin Butt instead of those two knuckleheads she usually has following her like little puppy dogs?" Dan asked, figuring if his Hermione had herself a man then it was his duty to make them uncomfortable at the meet and greet. Keeping a straight face at his daughters reaction however was very hard,

"Daddy!" Hermione hung her head in embarrassment. "Did you really have to say Pumpkin Butt?"

"Ignore him, we do." Emma Granger said in a teasing way to Charlie.

"Well you all might want to have a seat again for the explanation of your daughter's companion, I can help them answer your questions from a legal standpoint and then after that you are free to go and get caught up." Pete suggested kindly. They had asked him to stay for this part as she was well aware of Muggle's viewpoints on werewolves.

"Legal standpoint? Hermione Jean Granger, how dare you get married without us there? I can't believe you would do that to us, every mother DREAMS for YEARS about her daughter's wedding! But nooooo you had to go off and do it without us!" Her mom yelled at her after misunderstanding the auror.

"We aren't married mom. Jeez, calm down and we will tell you everything. Pete is staying because he has worked with certain magical beings in the past and has more knowledge than some people do." Hermione beseeched her mother to listen.

"Beg pardon, I am sorry for my outburst. Please explain things." Emma said to the group.

"Okay, during the final battle which took place at Hogwarts just so you know, I was with a group of fighters who were fighting werewolves. I will explain details later but suffice to say I saved Charlie here when one was going for his throat and during that time, Charlie's brother Bill looked over and saw me wrestling the wolf and lept at us trying to get the wolf off me. I got knocked to the side and suffered some injuries and lost consciousness."

"Madame Pomfrey patched me right up as always and when I woke up Charlie and Mrs Weasley were there with me. I followed them home and the surviving family members helped them explain what happened after I got knocked out." She told her parents.

Charlie jumped in at this point. "When I was being attacked before your daughter saved me, I was bitten three times. Now we don't know for sure whether I will transform and we won't know until the first full moon after this current cycle. However, all signs point to I will change. I feel the inner wolf and have a form of communication with it. I am personally fully convinced I will be a full werewolf and not one of the half wolves that are so prevalent at the moment."

"Werewolf! Hermione get back over here, now!" Her dad said reaching out to grab her.

"Back up Human!" Charlie's wolf growled as he momentarily broke through Charlie's control at the danger to Hermione.

Pete jumped in the middle parting everyone to their sofas.

"This is why I stayed. You only know about werewolves from a Muggle point of view. While there are monster werewolves that don't like humans, most of the rest are people you would meet on the street everyday. There is a potion that they take the week of the full moon and it allows the human to remain in control of the wolf on the transformation nights. Most just curl up and sleep or find a safe place to run during that night where the wolf isn't tempted by humans and unless attacked they remain harmless. As long as Charlie talked Wolfsbane your daughter is in no danger. In fact she will end up in a relationship much stronger than most, a mate is equal to a soul bond."

Pete's explanation calmed her parents but her dad had to interject again. "So, we're willing to remain calm but we want to leave now and get the whole story. And don't think I didn't catch that whole mate issue young lady."

Meanwhile, Emma just winked at Hermione and Charlie totally relaxed with what she heard about the wolf. She still wanted to know all about it though and was planning a girls day in her mind where she would find out directly from her daughter what was happening.

With that all four stood up and shook hands with Pete and Hermione thanked him profusely but remembered not to touch him herself. She just smiled and lead the way to the door and then they all headed to the hotel as a group.

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When they all entered Hermione's hotel room, Charlie excused himself to go to his room for a minute and he would be right back.

Hermione meanwhile noticed a nondescript barn owl waiting in her room with a letter attached to its leg.

She removed it and apologized for not having a treat and the owl looked at her with a bored expression and took off out the window again. Hermione shrugged her shoulders and joined her parents in the sitting area of her suite.

She opened the letter and quickly all the blood from her face left as she went pale. "Mum, go get Charlie he's two doors down, please!"

Emma looked at her daughter and picking up on the urgency she ran out the door to the room Charlie was in.

Dan went to his daughters side and wrapped her in his arms. He was rubbing soothing circles on her back and kissing her forehead to comfort her as they waited.

Charlie ran in with his wand at the ready. He found Hermione in her father's arms and she looked up with tears on her cheeks and handed him the letter.

Dear Granger,

This letter is to inform you that the time has come for you to pay.

You've made enemies where you should have made friends and for that you will pay.

Potter and the Weasley's won't be able to help you this time either.

We are not a part of the group that followed Voldemort either but feel free to gather them up and question them, they don't even know our group exists, we are very particular about members. You could have been a shining star amongst us, but you chose wrong.

There are four of you out there and we will gather all four of you and your punishment will begin.

We are watching. We know you are in Australia, returning your parents memories with the creature and will return soon.

We'll be in touch,

The friends you didn't choose.

"What the bloody fuck!" Charlie growled.

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