Hermione awoke on Thursday morning at eight-o clock.
"Ron would be asleep it must be about eleven in the evening over there." She thought to herself. Hermione sat up and saw a shopping bag on the floor, after talking herself and Katie went into town to do some shopping for clothes and toiletries while Hermione told Katie more about her past including her brothers.
Hermione didn't know what to think about them anymore, she missed them and she hated and loved them at the same time. The memory of their sixteenth birthday haunted the back of her mind, but that was in the past they were all adults now and she was going to find them.
Hermione got up and went into the bathroom, it was mostly decorated white inside was a shower and bath, a toilet, a sink, a medicine cabinet and a towel rack. She decided to take a shower, when she finished she wrapped a towel around her and one around her hair.
Hermione exited the bathroom and went back into her bedroom, dried off and got changed then the hard part her hair. Hermione had always used her wand to dry her hair at Hogwarts now she had to use a hair dryer. I hate those things makes my hair look like it's been in a tornado, When Hermione finished her hair was a lost cause.
"I miss my wand." She said sighing; there was a knock at her door.
"Come in." Katie entered the room she got sight of Hermione's hair.
"Whoa your hair looks like it's been in a-."
"Don't say it." Hermione grabbed a brush and started to untangle her hair.
"Um I've left some Australian maps and address books on the table in the lounge for you, I've got to get to work see you later." Hermione had told Katie that she wanted to find her brothers Katie was happy to help.
"Thanks I'll see you soon." Katie left and Hermione put down her brush and walked into the lounge, on the table were two huge stacks of maps and address books. Hermione decided to have some breakfast first before she got to work she made some toast, buttered it and ate it while walking back into the lounge.
Hermione searched all the books and found thirteen grangers living all in Perth, it was half past two when she finished marking all the addresses down on the maps. Katie came in looking happy.
"Hello have a nice day because I sure did." She said cheerfully sitting down on a chair.
"What happened at work then?" Hermione asked.
"I got a promotion it's more money and I get two weeks off starting tomorrow." She said smiling "Anyway have you found anything."
"Well congratulations and yes I found thirteen addresses all in Perth." She grabbed the map and showed it Katie. "Problem is I have no means of transport."
"Really?" Katie got up and asked Hermione to follow her she did, soon they were outside some garages Katie fumbled with the keys in the lock soon she opened it inside the garage was a white Chevrolet Impala.
"It was Mark's, he liked the car." Katie had gone into little detail of her old boyfriend Mark.
"But I don't have a licence I can't drive it." Sid Hermione looking at the car.
"Well I can drive it for you we could go tomorrow after I finish work." Katie suggested.
"Really?" Katie nodded Hermione suddenly couldn't wait for tomorrow.
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"Ready to go?" Katie asked sitting in the drivers seat it was Friday afternoon Katie had finished work an hour ago they both had packed a few things to take with them. Hermione plugged in her seat belt.
"Ready." She couldn't wait to see her brothers again she just hoped they would be on friendly terms with her. Katie started the car and they started on their journey.
Two hours later they arrived at their first address it was a cottage the front lawn looked like it hadn't been cut in years the hedges were overgrown making it more of a mess. The cottage had a downstairs window was shattered there were marks all over the walls and roof. They approached the door and hermione knocked.
A man appeared at the door he was wearing a white vest, which was covered in all types of stains and some shorts in which the zipper was undone. The man was bald with big bloodshot eyes he had bits of food around his mouth he reeked of smoke.
"Wha ya want?" He wheezed coughing on them Katie 'Ewwwed' quietly.
"Hello are you B Granger?" Hermione asked hoping this wasn't one of her brothers.
"Barry Granger wha ya want ge off ma properti." He slammed the door in their face.
"So rude, well thank heavens he wasn't one of my brothers." Said Hermione getting back in the car.
"Yeah I know did you see his teeth they were all rotten and ewww." They grimaced and drove to their next destination. They arrived at shop this time a little grocery and elderly woman was outside stacking the boxes.
"Excuse me you wouldn't know an Aaron Granger living here would you?" Asked Hermione the woman looked up.
"Sorry I'm Anita Granger and I live and work here all alone would you like something to buy?" She asked politely.
"Sorry we've got to get going." They waved goodbye and drove off to find some place to stay for the night. It was seven thirty when they arrived at a near by hotel, Katie checked them in they ordered room service to tired to go downstairs.
"Two down eleven to go." Said Hermione crossing off the two addresses on the map.
"You'll find them." Katie collapsed on her bed while Hermione rolled up the map and put it in her bag.
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"Right boys and Ginny here's the money and the portkey." Said Arthur handing Ron some notes and half a football.
It was eight-o clock Friday morning Ron, Harry, Ginny, Fred and George had all got up early so they could pack ready to go to Australia, Molly had made them some sandwiches to take.
They all got in a circle around the football as one they all grabbed for it Ron felt a familiar pulling around his navel he felt his feet leave the ground and in a swirl of blue and white the portkey took him and the rest to their destination.
Ron felt his feet hit the floor with a thump the others landed next to him. They were standing in a car parking lot it was the afternoon the sun was casting shadows on them.
"Is everyone all right?" He asked.
"Fine well what do we do now?" Asked Harry.
"Leave that to us Fred if you please." Fred smiled and pulled out a map of western Perth he laid out on the floor.
"Now like the Maurader's map it will show us every witch and wizard in this part of the map." Fred explained.
"It's our latest product." Said George as he pulled out his wand.
"Veneficus universitas." He taped the tip of his wand on the map slowly names started to appear some moving some staying still.
"Brilliant right lets find Hermione." Said Ron. They searched Ron looked at a patch of houses he missed.
"Whoa look at this." They all looked at the part Ron was pointing to, moving inside that house were Aaron, Bobby and Caden Granger.