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A/N: I placed * next to a couple words, the meanings are at the end in the real a/n.

Restituo Memoria

The teens woke up the next day bright and early. Hermione and Ginny had gone down to the lobby and gotten pastries and juice for them all and they sat and talked about dinner the night before. Hermione wanted to plan on how they were going to get her parents to Aussie-Wand Way and to the hotel so they could perform the magic required to reverse their memory charms, but Harry didn't know how they could do that. they sat for a long while brainstorming ideas on how to get the 'Wilkins' to the Way but they got more and more elaborate and therefore more and more unusable as time went by.

The Wilkins had invited them to the beach with them after lunch. They were exited to be going to visit the ocean. Harry secretly wanted to get a hold of some gillyweed and go scuba diving on the reef but knew that would be forbidden by Hermione. Too many muggles around to pull a stunt like that.

The morning went by fairly slowly. The foursome decided to go down to the pool and go swimming for a while since Harry felt he needed a little more practice swimming before taking on the ocean. A few hours later they were dressed and ready for the beach. The Wilkins were going to meet them in front of the mall with their car. A quick taxi ride to the mall and a five minute wait and they were crammed into the backseat of the compact car and headed to the beach.

"We know a good spot where the waves are kind of small and the snorkeling is great," Mr. Wilkins said. It was clear that he was exited. "There's a small reef just off the coast that we've explored before. A friend of ours that has a couple kids lent us their gear, so you all will have some gear. We're having a wonderful Indian summer so I don't think the water will be too cold, but be prepared for it to be chilly." He rambled on for a while until a good song came on the radio and his wife turned it up and began singing along. Hermione just sat with a small smile on her face watching her parents joke around with each other. Harry kept stealing kisses from his girlfriend who was situated on his lap. She would giggle and squirm until she could kiss him back. Ron sat smashed against the door with his hand in Hermione's. Every once in a while she'd squeeze his hand and he'd squeeze back.

After a half and hour of driving they pulled around a large grouping of rocks and the magnificent view of the ocean came into sight. The teens were all in awe of the great vastness of it. There were only a few cars near the water, but no one was swimming. A small family with two toddlers was picnicking several yards up the beach, the young father would jump up and run after the kids every few minutes while the wife laughed at him. An older man had a boat on top of his car and was being assisted by a younger male, probably his grandson, to get the boat off the car and to the water. A middle aged couple walked up the beach away from the small crowd holding hands.

The car pulled into its grassy parking space and the teens spilled out of its back seat laughing. Ginny landed on top of Harry giggling and Hermione was laughing at the two of them. Ron chuckled until he realized the two weren't eager to get up as they had begun kissing. He stalked closer intending to pull his sister off Harry, when Hermione pulled him into a kiss which distracted him easily. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins were laughing at the group while they pulled snorkeling gear out of the truck.

Mr. Wilkins gave the teens a lecture on how to use their gear safely and taught them how to snorkel. They all got into wetsuits and goggles and headed towards the water. The plan was that until the kids got the hang of it, they would stick to two main groups, the girls with Mrs. Wilkins and the guys with her husband. Harry discreetly hid his wand under the arm of his wetsuit and saw that the others did the same.

Snorkeling was something that Harry had wanted to try since he'd spent an hour in the Black Lake. The lake was named as such for a reason because it was very murky and dark, the polar opposite to the ocean. Harry and his friends saw so many new creatures that they didn't know. After a quarter of an hour the groups surfaced and had a quick discussion. It was decided that the teens knew what they were doing and could split into pairs now, they just had to stay with in a certain area and within sight of an adult.

Harry and Ginny swam out a little further and reached a different area of the reef. They were still in sight of the adults but Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins were preoccupied on the surface swimming very close to each other. Harry looked down and saw a large sea turtle swimming a few meters below him. He looked at Ginny and she grinned. They both took a deep breath and dove down kicking their flippered feet hard to fight the floatation device around their necks. They reached the turtle and Harry grabbed onto its shell while Ginny grabbed onto his waist. The turtle, sensing danger, immediately began looking back at them and began to dive. Harry started to run out of breath and let go and began to surface when he saw Ginny flinch and start panicking. She grabbed him and pointed in a direction behind him. When he turned around he became face to face with a large black and white banded sea snake.

Harry froze and began to float slowly upwards. Ginny was behind him slowly running our of air. She saw him rising to the surface and began pulling him by his floatation device, she failed to notice the snake following them. Harry watched the snake follow him and just as he was about to loose control and try to take a breath of water they broke surface. Harry gulped down fresh air for a moment before ducking back under to see where the snake was and came face to face with it again. The snake and Harry broke the surface again at the same time and Harry spit out his snorkel and spoke in Parseltongue.

"Hello, friend. We bring no harm to you. What is your name?" The snake's eyes widened.

"Greetings to you as well, human. My name is Nathraichean*. What is your name and how do you come to speak my tongue?" Nathraichean was a long thin serpent with a somewhat flat body, made to be able to cut through the water fast and easily. He had black and white alternating bands and looked very intimidating.

"My name is Harry, and this is my friend Ginny. I have always been able to speak in your tongue. I am a wizard," Harry said. He figured the serpent didn't need to know his history with the snake language. Ginny watched closely waiting for the time when she would need to call for help. She didn't know what the two were talking about but she was worried until Harry burst out laughing. She heaved a sigh of relief. If Harry was laughing they were in no danger.

"Harry? What are you two talking about?" Ginny asked quietly. Harry turned slightly and hissed to the snake. Then spoke to her.

"Ginny, this is Nathraichean. He is a sea serpent with a very sarcastic wit. You don't have to worry, he was just curious about why we were so far out from the shore. Apparently we are getting close to a nest of snakes and they can get rather hostile if frightened. I told him we'll turn around and head back. We'll have to warn the others." He turned back to the snake and hissed.

"Nathraichean, could you let your family know that there are human swimmers near here and that the humans will cause no harm if near? I will tell my friends that you are nearby and that you will not harm them. Is that alright?" Nathraichean agreed and bowed to the snake speaking human and dove underwater and swam away.

"Well, that was neat. I've never spoken to a wild snake before. Besides, the conjured ones and the one in the zoo, and the stone ones in the chamber, I don't think I've even met a wild one before," Harry said cheerfully.

"Neat? Neat! Harry that was not neat! We both almost drowned and that snake could have bitten us! If you couldn't speak Parseltongue, we would both be dead right now, probably. I can't believe you didn't try to swim away." Ginny ranted while they swam back towards the other group. She shut up about speaking to snakes when the muggles were in hearing distance. Harry warned the others of the snakes and pointed out the area so they could avoid it. Ron and Hermione understood how Harry could suddenly know so much about the whereabouts of the snakes and listened carefully. They knew Harry had probably been in little danger when meeting the snake that told him of the others but Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins were panicked that Harry and Ginny had come so close to being bitten and had everyone stay closer to shore the rest of the afternoon while they paid much closer attention on the kids.

Later, the whole group was back in the cramped car heading back to town. The teens were tired and dozing in the backseat. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins were smiling and reflecting on how much they enjoyed the day with the four teens. They both knew that something was different about the small group. They were very close, both in their pairs and as a foursome. Harry had a deep, haunted look in his eyes when he thought that no one was looking. He held onto Ginny like he was going to loose her, and when he was caught at it, he smiled apologetically and she kissed him quickly on the temple.

Ron and Hermione on the other hand acted like an old married couple. They argued near constantly but had smiles on their faces most of the time. Most of their jibes and taunts were obviously good natured. When the older couple caught the younger couple snogging in a shallow alcove further up the coast, both couples were embarrassed but the adults felt the urge to reprimand the teens, though they held back. It wasn't their responsibility to mind the teens. If their parents were able to send the two couples away on their own for a vacation like this, then they weren't going to ruin the kids' fun. But if they ever met the kids' parents they would get an earful.

As they were nearing the city, Harry woke up and pointed the car in the direction of the area the teens were staying in. As they neared the hotel the other's woke up as well and everyone made plans to meet up the next day as well. The Wilkins wanted to go see a movie in the afternoon. Harry and Hermione agreed while the Weasley's were skeptical about a muggle film. They had heard stories about films from their muggle-born friends, but seeing one was a different story. The teens waved goodbye and when the car was out of site they apperated to their hotel room.

Ron and Harry flopped onto their beds while the girls chose to sit more gracefully. They were all so exhausted from a long day of swimming that Ron and Hermione fell asleep on each other almost instantly. Ginny was awake enough to go to her room and switch into silky, skimpy pajamas and come back to Harry's bed. Harry had switched into his flannel pajama pants and was sitting up on his bed leaning against the pillows. He was staring at the ceiling half asleep when Ginny crawled into bed next to him and snuggled under the covers.

"Since Hermione deserted me and fell asleep in here, you don't mind, kind sir, if I sleep here next to you tonight do you?" Ginny giggled softly.

"Well, some may call it a burden but I think I can handle a beautiful woman laying next to me all night," Harry chuckled and poked her in the ribs. A quick tickle fight ensued, but the two were so exhausted they decided on a rematch the next day.

"Harry?" Ginny whispered after he turned out the lights. She worried he was asleep already but he answered with a mumble.

"I love you," Ginny whispered to him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.

"I love you too, Gin," he said. "More than I think you even know," he finished quietly a minute later when he heard her soft breathing. He fell asleep with his arms around her and the smell of her hair wafting around them.

The next morning Harry woke up to something warm pressed up against him. He tightened his arms around it and it squeezed back and sighed. He cracked one eye and saw red. Hair that is. Ginny's hair was splayed across his chest and face and her head was using his shoulder as a pillow. He smiled and looked down at her sleeping figure and watched her sleep for a while. After watching her for a quarter of an hour she slowly woke up and looked up at him and smiled.

"How long have you been watching me?" she asked. He stroked her cheek and shrugged.

"Not too long. You know your beautiful right?" she beamed sleepily at him and chuckled.

"So we're Mr. Romantic today, huh? Well, I hate to disagree with you, but on this I do. I am not remotely beautiful this early in the morning. I have to have a long shower, some toast, and a nice hot cup of tea before I'm ready to be beautiful." Harry smiled, and lifted one eyebrow. "And on that note, I'm getting up and going to shower. Good morning Harry," she said quietly as she stood up and tip-toed out of the room. Harry sighed. She may not think she was beautiful this early in the morning but he disagreed. He tousled hair was cute, and the sleepy half-closed eyes made her look adorably innocent. Harry decided that he loved her most in the early morning, when she was au-natural.

"Hem-hem." Harry heard from across the room. He looked over and saw Ron staring at him with a cocked eyebrow. "I saw that," he muttered.

"Saw what?" Harry asked innocently.

"That blatant display of sickening–oomph." Hermione, who Ron thought was still asleep in the same innocent position Ginny had been in with Harry, had elbowed him in the ribs. "What? He was watching her bum as she left the room! I don't want to see that, especially after they spent the night together. Which by the way, I need to talk to you about. She's my little sister, how could you sleep with her when I was in the same room!" Harry had gotten out of bed and was staring at Ron apoplectically. Before Hermione could say anything Harry let into Ron like Ron had never expected before.

"Ron, let me get one thing clear with you. I might remind you that Hermione, the girl I think of like my own sister, is still laying across you in a bed you two shared all night. I love Ginny. Period. I will never hurt her. One, because it would kill me to see her hurt again. Two, because I know what she can do and I would never piss her off enough to have that Weasley attitude directed at me. Three, because I. Love. Her. Get it into your thick skull, I love her, and I'm never going to hurt her. Got it. We slept together last night in the same bed, just like you and Hermione did. You are being such an unbelievable hypocritical prat if you can't allow me and Ginny to be happy. So next time you see me watching her bum as she leaves the room, ignore it, because you know you'll be watching Hermione's as she leaves the room as well." Harry stormed out of the room in his pajamas to go get breakfast leaving a stunned Ron and Hermione in his wake.

Ron was shocked because half of what he had said had been in jest. Yes he was irritated at having to wake up to see his sister being ogled, but he knew if anyone was worthy of ogling his only sister, it was Harry. He thought his best mate would know he was kidding. Apparently, neither had Hermione. She lit into him as soon as the door had shut. He got a good yelling at for ten minutes before a pounding on the door disrupted her flow. She pulled out her wand and went to the door to see a red Harry standing there, trying to push away a struggling teen who was mauling him trying to get him to kiss her.

"I told you I have a girl friend—Hermione! Save me!" Harry yelped as the girl nearly over powered him. She was crying and attempting to pull him to her level. He was putting up a good fight, and so far had apprehended her effort. Hermione had her wand out and shoved in the girls face in seconds. The girl, Hermione recognized from the information desk from the first day, stopped her struggles and backed off crying.

"I only wanted a quick peck. Your famous it's your job to please your fans. If I had asked for an autograph you'd have done it, why not a simple kiss?" Harry, seeing his chance bolted into the room dragging Hermione with him and slammed the door in the crying girls face.

Harry walked over to the bed and dropped onto it and buried his head in his hands. He groaned and stood up and began pacing. For several minutes Hermione and Ron watched him pace. They could see his neck getting redder and redder and the cogs in his brain working overtime. His breathing quickened in his anger and they waited for him to explode. The tirade came faster than they expected.

"Is that really what people are going to expect from me? To dishonor my relationship, just because I'm famous and I owe it to them? That's outrageous, and…and…the most stupid thing I have ever heard of! It's not my Job to do what they want. If anything the world owes me!" Harry ranted for a while and eventually cooled off. He sat back down and glared off into space. For a few minutes there was silence. Until Ron snorted.

"I'm sorry mate. But the look on your face when you screamed Hermione! Save me!" Ron laughed loudly. Hermione fought a smile but lost. Soon all four were laughing hysterically. Until Ginny came in after her shower.

"What's so funny? Did I miss something?" she smiled at them. All three shut up and had serious, guilty looks. Harry the most pronounced. "What's going on?" Ginny asked sternly.

"Well, Gin, luv. See, I decided to go out and get breakfast for us, and well…do you remember the girl from the info desk? Well, she kind of asked me for something and I…well, told her no. She didn't take it very well." At this comment Ron snorted and muttered 'Understatement' which caused Hermione to snort. Both quickly shut up at the look Harry gave them.

"What did she ask for?" Ginny glared at them. Harry muttered an unintelligible word and Ginny's glare became mutinous.

"If you just said a kiss, and was laughing about it, you are going to have to explain very fast."

"Well, Ginny we weren't laughing at the fact that she asked for a kiss, we were laughing because Harry panicked and needed Hermione to rescue him. He actually said Hermione, save me!" At that Hermione burst out laughing. Ginny saw this and started laughing as well.

"Well, seeing as how you already had to have a girl save you today, I'll let you off the hook. She didn't get a kiss did she?" Harry vehemently shook his head 'no' and she smiled. "Good, I wouldn't want to have to hex her this early in the morning."

The rest of the morning was spent eating, laughing at Harry, getting dressed, and laughing at Harry some more. They met the Wilkins outside the Aussie-Wand Way's entrance and they went to see the movie Deep Impact.

After the movie Ron was chattering away with Ginny and Mr. Wilkins about the comet and how likely the movie was to be true, while Hermione walked with her mum. They all decided to go out to lunch and talk more about England and the kids. Ron and Ginny talked about growing up in a large family, and when the adults found out about Harry being an orphan he told about his childhood briefly. The group left and were walking towards their car when a shout rent the air and made them all turn.

"That's Harry Potter! Mr. Potter, wait!" A small group of teens shouted and began running for them.

Harry panicked and grabbed Ginny and Mr. Wilkins and told the others to go back to the hotel. Hermione saw them disappear and grabbed her mum, shouted to Ron to go and left also. She arrived in the boys room with her mum and saw Harry stun her father who was attempting to escape. Mrs. Wilkins saw the red light hit her husband and began screaming. Ginny turned and stunned her as well just as Ron showed up. No one said anything for several long minutes.

"Hermione," Harry began. "I'm sorry. I panicked, I shouldn't have done that. Now we're going to get in trouble probably for doing magic in front of muggles. I didn't want to stun your dad, he was panicking and I didn't know what to do. If you and Ron hadn't shown up right after us, I would have left to get you." Harry kept rambling until Hermione put her hand up. He stopped talking instantly.

"First of Harry," she started. "We aren't going to get in trouble because we were right in front of the Ministry of Magic building. Second of all, this is the perfect excuse for me to reverse the magic on them. We're in a magical area, so I just have to do the magic to reverse it." Hermione stayed where she was and stared at her parents unmoving bodies laying on the bed. Ron walked over to her and wrapped her in a hug and whispered in her ear.

"You'll do awesome 'Mione. I know you will. You did this you can un-do it. We believe in you, now you have to believe in you." She smiled and hugged him back. She nodded and left the room briefly and came back with a notebook. She opened it and leafed through the pages for several long minutes until she found the entry she was looking for, read through it several times then stood up.

"You guys may need to stand back. This isn't long but it's complicated. Way past NEWT levels. Ron will you stand by me. Harry I need them awake and movable so this is going to be hard. They can't have any spell on them while I do this so they can't be confined but I can't have anyone holding them or I might hit them with the spell." Hermione was thinking hard until Ginny spoke up.

"How about we just conjure some ropes up and tie them to the chairs. The ropes aren't a spell confining them, will that work?" Hermione thought and checked her notes before beaming at her and jumping up to hug her.

"Ginny, you're brilliant! Harry, conjure up some ropes while Ron and Ginny help you tie them to chairs. Someone put up a silencing charm on the room please. I'll Enervate them in a minute." Everyone got to work and in a few minutes the Wilkins were tied to chairs with their heads drooping to their chests. A strong silencing charm on the room assured them of the privacy they would need. Hermione stood before her parents with her wand in her hand. Ron squeezed her hand and she nodded before Enervating them both. She let them wake up and look around before she began talking.

"Mu—Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, my name is Hermione Granger. I'm you daughter and I'm a witch. A year ago I place a heavy spell on you to take away your memories of me, because you were in danger. I'll explain the rest later but I am going to reverse the spell on you today." Hermione raised her wand and started to make the proper wand movements when her mother shouted to stop. She stopped and waited.

"Why are you doing this to us? We are good people. We just want to live a safe life, we'll give you what you want just please don't kill us! SOME ONE! PLEASE HELP!" Hermione looked down and they saw a tear drop to the ground. Ron squeezed her hand tighter. Soon Mr. Wilkins was yelling too. Hermione waved her wand and both were silenced.

"It's no use screaming, no one will hear you. We've sound proofed the room. this wont hurt you guys, and you wont die. I would never hurt you two." She took a deep breath and reversed the silencing charms. Mrs. Wilkins was crying hard and Mr. Wilkins began pleading with Harry and Ginny to release them. Hermione took a deep breath through her tears and started waving the wand in her hand while saying the beginning spell out loud. No one spoke fluent Latin but the last two words were easy to guess.

"Restituo Memoria*," she finished with a wave in a vague kidney shape. The adults, who had been declaring their love for each other thinking they were about to be killed, dropped their heads to their chests. Hermione collapsed into Ron's arms crying. Harry and Ginny went to the adults to check pulse and eye dilation like Hermione had asked of them before.

"Pulse is strong, and pupils are normal," Ginny said of Mrs. Granger. Harry checked Mr. Granger and concurred. Hermione quieted down and went to her parents. She took a deep breath and Enervated them once more. The two adults looked around blinking until they landed on Hermione.

"Mum? Dad?"

-_-Meanwhile back in Ottery St. Catchpole-_-

Bill and Fleur had been reveling in their little secret for a week. They knew that Ron and Ginny were in Australia but Bill had made Fleur agree to wait only one week before telling his parents the good news. They decided to apparate to the Burrow a day earlier than planned because of a floo call they had received from Molly. She called to them that Charlie was returning to Romania the next day and they were having a family dinner that night. Bill was able to convince his wife that Charlie was his brother and deserved to be told in person the good news. The couple arrived in the early evening before George and Percy showed up and settled in for an hour before dinner. They had decided to make the announcement during pudding.

"George dear how is the shop coming along?" Molly asked him. He was being awfully quiet so she decided to engage him in conversation.

"Well, it's going okay, I guess. Haven't really come up with anything new. Percy's been a huge help, his potions work is amazing and I don't have to worry too much about the place exploding suddenly if a mistake is made. The Pygmy Puffs are just starting to have more babies, so we'll have a fresh stock of those for the opening. That's it really," he finished quickly. She sighed and moved onto serving pudding with a wave of her wand. She was so preoccupied that she didn't see the glance between her oldest child and his wife.

"Excuse me everyone. Fleur and I would like to say something," Bill said drawing everyone's attention. He glanced over at her and she smiled softly. "Well, we were going to wait another day or so, but since Charlie's leaving tomorrow, we decided to tell you all today. Fleur and I are going to be parents." The stunned silence was for only a few seconds before Molly shouted and jumped up to run around the table to hug them both. She was crying and had to be pulled off of Fleur by Arthur. Bill's brother's were shaking his hand and congratulating him. George actually smiled and laughed when Percy made a joke about the anticipation of an upcoming battle being a great excuse for romance.

Arthur had disappeared into the pantry for a moment and came back with two bottles. He poured six glasses of champagne and one glasses of sparkling apple cider for Fleur and called for a toast.

"Bill, Fleur, congratulations on your new bundle of joy. I hope you have a great time being parents, I know I have enjoyed every minute of it and wouldn't trade it anything. To new life in a peaceful day and age!"

"To new Life!" everyone repeated with tears in their eyes.

A/N: Ah! A cliffy! Please don't throw rotten fruit at me, I promise I'll post again soon! This is my second shortest chapter…I hope you all enjoyed! It's my birthday today, the big 22! Lol, I seriously do not feel 22 years old. I still live at home with my parents and I'm at school all day long. But I wouldn't change it for the world. I love my family (though my little sister, 20 yr old, has been pissing me off immensely lately) This chapter is dedicated to…well, my cousins' uncle, we weren't related in any way besides he was my aunts uncle-in-law, so my cousins' great uncle. But I saw him at family gatherings and such. He was a cool old guy with a wicked Scandinavian accent. He died two days ago from complications from pneumonia. Unfortunately, his funeral is today. So this chapter is dedicated to him. On a happier note, Today is also Mickey Mouse's b-day! Lol, new little fact for alls you people out there! Just thought it might make you smile a little.

*Nathraichean means Serpent in Indian.

*Restituo Memoria means Restore Memory in Latin.

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