They arrived at the boat, and it was evening when the group was about to sit down for dinner. Ron went to Mia and said, "I bought you this."

"What is it?"

"A dress, will you put it on before you join us?"

A few moments later, Ron and Harry were sitting on the deck playing wizards chess when Mia came to join them. Both were awestruck, she was beautiful.

"How do I look?"

"Amazing."

"What is tonight's lesson?"

"Dancing. Ron will you be so kind."

Ron got up and grabbed Mia's hand and rested the other on the small of her back, she in turn put her free hand on his shoulder and they waltzed around the deck. Ron suddenly got nervous and suddenly excused himself.

I forgot about Romance Harry thought to himself. Please Ron doesn't ruin this.

That night everyone was getting ready for bed and Mia and Harry stayed up talking. Mika had been a good travel companion and he swooped down grabbing Ron's bag and dropped it in front of Mia, she of course wasn't ready and the bag fell to the ground dumping the contents. She reached for a small gold box that had fallen and Harry said, "Isn't that a lovely jewelry box?"

"Are you sure that is what it is?"

"No but what else could it be?"

Hermione was beat so she and Harry crawled into bed. Little did she know that Voldemort could invade her mind easier when she was asleep? So that is what he did, he caused her to dream that she was lying in a field of flowers. Suddenly a boy appeared and he requested that she follow him. She did and he led her to a cliff. There he jumped in joining three other girls and a man that she assumed was their father. Little did Miss Mia know, but she was sleepwalking and when she stood at the end of the cliff, she was on the edge of the boat. The man said hello and so she replied. He told her to jump in that the water was fine, she hesitated and that's when the dream became a nightmare. The images in the dream were trying to pull her in. However it was really Ron trying to get her away from the edge. He shook her until she was awake.

"What's wrong?" he asked when he noticed the tears in her eyes.

"The Dumbledore Curse, I keep seeing these faces Ron, it's horrible." Ron comforted her as much as he possibly could.

Voldemort was at his wits end. "I am going to Paris and I am going to kill the brat myself."

~*~

A day of Mia's arrival in Paris, something had happened. Empress Minerva was going to see no more of the girls claiming to be her Hermione. Her heart couldn't take it anymore, it was just too painful, and she had to come to grips with reality and realized that Hermione was simply gone.

The trio arrived in Paris, and went to where the Empress herself was staying. Mia was freaking out; she was worried that she wouldn't get a chance because she would freeze. When they arrived a young woman that looked a bit older then herself.

"Harry James Potter! This is very unexpected."

"Ginny." He said kissing her hand.

"What are you doing here?"

"We have brought Hermione to meet her Grandmother."

"Well Come in."

"How does Hermione like her tea?"

"I don't like tea."

Ginny quizzed Mia on all the questions she had quizzed the other girls such as where she was born and things like that. At the end of the interrogation, she asked "How did you escape the castle when it was seized?"

At this question, there was a nervous vibe coming from Ron, they hadn't anticipated that question. "There was a boy, a boy that worked for my father, he pushed me thought the servant courtiers and we escaped to the train station."

Ron was shocked to say the least, he then realized that she WAS Hermione Dumbledore, she was the real deal.

"So what do you think?"

"She answered every question."

"SO when do we see the Empress."

"You don't"

"What?"

"She doesn't' want to see anyone else claiming to be her granddaughter."

"Ginny can't you pull some strings?"

Ginny had a light bulb go off in her head, "Do you like the British Ballet?"

Mia nodded, "Well we never miss it" Ginny said with a wink. "How about we go shopping in Paris?"

Mia was so excited, they wandered every shop and when it was an hour before Ginny had to go, she left them to go get ready and she went to go meet the Empress.

~*~