Operation Granger
Summer was halfway over already when Hermione announced that she and Ron were going to look for her parents whom she had charmed to forget their past life in order to keep them safely stashed away somewhere in Australia. At first Harry and Ginny had offered to come along to help them locate Hermione's family but the idea was quickly shot down by Mrs. Weasley because she would not allow Ginny to go. That evening the four sat down together to hash out a plan for operation "GRANGER" eventually they decided that using muggle transportation was the only way they would be able to travel such a distance and that an airplane would be the fastest way. Harry offered to be the financial backer for this endeavor especially since he was now a very wealthy man. After agreeing upon all the minor details they presented their plan to Ron's parents who were not overly enthusiastic about Ron and Hermione spending a few nights together in a tent particularly now that they were a couple. However, they completely understood Hermione's anxiousness to see her parents again and finally agreed to the plan.
Before heading to Australia Hermione had to buy plane tickets so she decided she would need to make a quick visit her home to purchase the tickets. She and Ron apperated to the front porch that evening but Ron landed funny on the top step and fell down Hermione who had gone before him had caught him just in time. She laughed at his clumsiness but just as she did her nosy neighbor popped her head out a side window to see what all the fuss was about "why hello there I didn't expect…you gave my cat snickers quite a fright with all the noise you have been making out there" our apologies Hermione said trying to be polite "well who do we have here" but before she could caution Ron about this old woman he introduced himself as Ronald Weasely her boyfriend. With this snippet of information she raised her eyebrows in a manner suggesting that she most certainly did not approve. Hermione made a quick speech about it being tea time before ushering Ron into the house.
"What was that all about?" oh her she just a old hag that's all, she is a traditionalist so seeing a young couple like us in an empty house you get the idea she's just not to keen on that type of living arrangement if you catch my drift. Well anyway "are you hungry should we order something to eat?" if you have to ask you don't know me as well as I thought you did Ron said okay lets look at the menus I have in the kitchen when she returned from the kitchen she had a few good options and sat beside Ron to pick out where they wanted to order from. They finally settled on Chinese food because Ron had never had it before. Hermione picked out a few of her favorites on the menu and ordered for them, she got out the cash and set it near the front door. Then she quickly booked tickets to Australia online for the next flight.
While waiting for the food to arrive Hermine offered Ron a tour of her house, the tour started in the living room and she paraded him through her kitchen upstairs though the library and finally ended at her bedroom. Ron slipped in to take a closer inspection, her shelves were filled with a number of books and piles of spell books were on her nightstand awaiting her return home so that she could finish reading them. Ron sat on the side of her bed admiring the photo of her parents which was odd because the picture didn't move like the ones in the wizarding world. Hermione sat next to him, it felt good to be home but it felt even better to be home with Ron by her side. He noted how her hair fell, he reached to pull it away from her face and behind her ear this simple motion was charged with such energy that chills ran up her spine he caressed her back and they embraced in a passionate kiss. After snogging for over thirty minuets the door bell rang, it was the food but Ron was a gentleman and offered to bring it up to her room. He quickly returned with the food as well as some napkins and opened all the containers to see what they were. Ron tried them all and after several attempts to use chopsticks decided to use a fork instead, even after they were done they still had plenty for another day.
They both got ready for bed and decided to sleep in the same bed Ron gave her a quick peck as she turned out the lights he wrapped his arm around her and whispered into her ear "we will find them they're fine Hermione just try and get some sleep love" his voice was so reassuring that for the first time in a while she drifted of to sleep thinking about their future together rather than the quest ahead of them. The next morning they fixed leftovers for breakfast and rushed to catch their flight to Australia. Soon after landing the real adventure began and the quest to find Hermione's parents began. Several weeks of very unfruitful searching was resulting in a easily aggitated Hermione and the tent built to hold five plus people was shrinking by the second. Ron did his best to comfort her but his empty promises were only getting him in more trouble with Hermione. Their romance had again been put temporarilly on hold, she did not want any distractions ruining the search.
Meanwhile the weeks passed quickly for Ginny and soon the summer would be ending, already the Hogwarts book-list had arrived along with a quidditch captain patch a head girl badge and her results from her O.W.L's which Ginny had done extremely well on. Despite having earned two highly regarded honors she was peeved that she was being forced to return to Hogwarts especially because it meant another long estrangement from the man that she loved. In the end Harry's and her mother's arguments won but not before she accused Harry of not loving her which started an awful row between the two of them that went unresolved until his birthday.
In the other hemisphere Hermione had just found her parents and had undone the memory charm, she had to explain why she had placed them in Australia with no memory of their only daughter (for their own saftey) luckily they were just happy to see her and couldn't have cared less about the reason. She introduced Ron to her parents which was a complete disaster because Hermione's mother did not think it was proper for a unwed woman of Hermines age to be spending the night with her boyfriend in a tent. Thankfully their daughter explained that the tent had been magically enlarged and they had slept in seperate beds the entire time. This seemed to comfort the Grangers and after that there were no further incidents, they decided it was time to get some rest and head back home as soon as possible. A few days later they all returned to the burrow but promptly afterward the Granger's headed home to check on things at their own home leaving Hermione at the Burrow.