So this chapter takes place after the graveyard scene, like right after. It's set in England (hence the chapter title). I thought it would be nice to see everyone's reactions to Hermione leaving.

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Chapter 9: England

Ron apparated to Grimmauld Palace right after Hermione apparated away. He assumed she went there, not having anywhere else to go. He apparated directly into the study where he found his sister and Harry. Ginny appeared to be reading, while Harry was working.

"Where is she?" Ron yelled.

"Who are you talking about Ron?" Harry asked putting down his quill.

"You bloody well know who I mean. Hermione! Where is Hermione!"

Ginny sighed, and placed down her book. "I don't know what you mean, Ron. I haven't seen her since she left to go to- to her apartment." She said stumbling over her words. Ginny wasn't sure if Hermione had told him anything yet and she didn't want to let it slip that Hermione was going to the cemetery.

"I know she was at the bloody cemetery. Imagine my surprise when I go to visit my dead brother, and find her kneeling in front of his grave." Ron said with his face growing redder by the second.

"Well, maybe she went there to place flowers by his head stone. He was her friend." Harry said trying to get Ron to calm down. However, what he said seemed to do the opposite.

"She was not his friend! All she did was shag him, and got herself knocked up!" Ron screamed. He looked at Ginny, seeing her face full of concern. There was no hint of surprise in her expression. "You knew?" He said in a deadly low whisper. "Did everybody but me know? She was always supposed to end up with me! Not Fred, not George, not any of my brothers. ME!"

"Ron." Ginny spoke to try and calm him down. "RON WEASLEY!" She yelled, finally getting his attention. "You need to understand that Hermione loved Fred. They weren't just screwing around behind your back. There was actual romance. She was just afraid of hurting you!"

"If she didn't want to hurt me, she would have never shagged one of my brothers." He spoke in a low voice full of anger.

The room fell silent. "You said she was at the cemetery, is she still there?" Harry asked.

Ron shook his head, "No, she apparated away. We had a disagreement. I assumed she came here."

"She's not here." Ginny said, slightly concerned. If Ron was acting like this towards Hermione, it wasn't going to turn out good. "I'll apparate over to her flat and see if she's there." She said right before disappearing from the couch.

When Ginny appeared at Hermione's apartment, what she saw she didn't expect. The entire place was cleared out. There was no sign that anyone lived there. Ginny wasn't sure what to do. It was obvious that Hermione had moved. But the big question was, to where?

Arriving back to Girmmauld Palace, Ginny found her brother sitting on the couch of the study mumbling to himself. Harry was still at his desk, probably working on paperwork, again.

They both looked up when they heard the apparation sound.

"I take it Hermione doesn't want to come over?" Harry asked with a smile.

"Hermione is gone." Ginny said, not sure if she believed it herself.

"Maybe she's at The Burrow?"

Shaking her head, Ginny sat down on the couch next to Ron. "I don't think so, Harry. I mean she is gone. Her flat is vacant. It's like she never lived there."

Harry jumped into full Auror mode, and started talking to himself about where Hermione could have gone. He apparated directly to the ministry, and quickly made his way to The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. After finding the head's office, Harry burst through the door and found himself face to face with Mr. Barlow.

"Auror Potter, this is a surprise. We didn't have a meeting or anything, that I have forgotten about, did we?" He asked. After seeing Harry shake his head, Mr. Barlow continued, "Well then, what can I help you with?"

"Did Hermione recently transfer?" Harry asked.

"Yes, today in fact, she came in and asked to be transferred. I didn't really like it, losing my best employee. Didn't she tell you?"

"No, no she didn't."

Mr. Barlow let out a deep breath, "Oh my."

Harry looked up at the older man. "Where did she go?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Potter, but I can't tell you that. It's company policy. We can't disclose any information about any employee. I'm sorry."

Looking defeated, Harry let his body drop into one of the chairs across from Mr. Barlow. "Why would she ask to be transferred and not tell me?"

"I'm not sure, Mr. Potter, but she did say something about personal issues and having to get away from England."

All Harry could do was nod, then he apparated away. He went directly to The Burrow, hoping she might have stopped by there before leaving. It was his last hope.

He found Molly Weasley in the kitchen baking something, like usual.

"Oh, Harry, dear!" She said when she noticed him. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at work? Well sit down, I am just finishing up some treacle tart." She said before turning around to finish what she was making.

Looking down at the chair Mrs. Weasley was pointing too, Harry decided to remain standing, and looked back up at his girlfriend's mother. "Mrs. Weasley-"

"Call me Molly, dear. You are practically family."

"Molly, I actually came here to see if you have seen Hermione."

Molly turned around and looked at the black haired boy. She was wondering how much he knew about Hermione. "I haven't seen her for a few days. The poor thing has probably been working herself to the bone. Did you try her flat? I know she has been working from home lately." She said with a smile.

Harry sighed and sat down in the chair. "It's true then." Harry said more to himself than Mrs. Weasley.

"What's true, dear?" Molly asked as she sat down across from Harry pushing a plate of treacle tart towards him.

"Hermione is gone." He stated.

"What do you mean?" She wondered confused.

Harry proceeded to tell Molly what happened.

Molly gasped in shock. "Hermione left England. But why?"

"Mr. Barlow said she told him she had some personal issues in England."

"Personal issues? I know about the baby, but that can't be it. She has known for a few weeks now. If it was the baby, she would have left before now. You said Ron found out?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah, he didn't take the news very well. He hasn't told me what exactly happened. But said they had a disagreement, and she apparated away."

The two sat in silence, debating whether Hermione leaving was, in fact, Ron's fault. Then Harry remembered what had driven her to his house the previous night.

"She had also told her parent's. And they didn't take it well either. Her father disowned her."

"Oh Merlin! She must be devastated. And now she left England!"

Harry was sure Molly would have continued her rant, if it wasn't for the two new arrivals.

Ginny and Ron had walked into the kitchen of the Burrow to find Harry and their mum sitting at the table. Ron sat down and pulled Harry's uneaten treacle tart towards him, and begun to eat.

"Did you find out anything, Harry?" Ginny questioned.

Shaking his head, Harry looked down. He didn't want to see the look on his girlfriend's face, when she found out her best friend was gone. "She transferred to another department, somewhere outside of England. Her boss wouldn't give me any more information."

Mrs. Weasley took a deep breath and stood up. "Well, I think she just needed a break to digest this information. It's a big change in her life. We just need to give her time and let her return when she is ready."

Sighing, Molly then returned to cooking some more. It's what she did to try and take her mind off Hermione. She was after all, like another daughter to her and Arthur. The only thing she could do was hope that Hermione came home, soon.

This isn't the most exciting chapter, but I felt it needed to be written.

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