A/N: I'm referring to Izzy as Hermione and Scarlet as Janette until they all go back to Hogwarts for 7th year. But I may go back and forth with both sets of names.

Chapter 8: Hermione and Janette go to the Beach

Last Time:

"Excellent, alright get packing. The portkey leaves at five in the morning and it's a shrunken jeep so all you have to do in enlarge it, park it in the parking lot and get set up. Here is the key, your house is a little up the beach, slightly out of view so you can see everyone but not many people can see you. The inside in enlarged considerably so you can continue to teach Izzy during the evening and some mid mornings. Alright I will leave you lovely ladies to pack, have a nice night."

As soon as Albus left the women hurried to pack their swim outfits and skimpy clothes. This was going to be an interesting vacation.

This Time:

Four AM came and Izzy and Scarlet woke up and got ready for the day. They had a lot of planning to do and they had only gotten four hours of sleep that night. The two women washed and made themselves look presentable for the day before discussing what they would do.

They decided to be like muggles who were welcoming new neighbors. All would be fine as long as the Marauders and Lily, Tara, Alice, and Claudia didn't come by their house.

By 4:50, the two women levitated their trunks and headed to the headmaster's office. Arriving at the gargoyles they said the password (Chocolate Frogs) and went up the spiral staircase. They entered the room at 4:58. Albus wasn't anywhere to be found but the portkey was on his desk. The two women touched it just as the clock struck five. There was the feeling of a hook behind their navel and they were out of the office, heading straight for a summer of fun and white lies.

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They reached the small woodsy area and landed with a soft thud, feet planted firmly on the ground. The two walked until they reached the main road. The sun had yet to rise. Scarlet drew her wand and enlarged the Jeep portkey to a full size. The tow drove off down to the beach house. They shrunk the car again and took out the key. They were to be staying in Beach House 9. Beach house's 7 and 8 were a little down the beach and they belonged to the Marauders and the girls respectively.

Scarlet took Izzy's trunk to unpack magically while Izzy sat on a bar stool, falling asleep in her cereal Scarlet had conjured for her. After unpacking, Scarlet came back down and saw Izzy asleep in her cereal. Shaking her head with a soft chuckle, Scarlet levitated Izzy to her room, tucked her in and kissed her forehead.

Even though they were the same person, they were almost completely different in personality. Scarlet had forgotten that she had once wanted to be noticed for her and not for her smarts or her friends. Going to Hogwarts, Izzy would be the only Veela there in over a century. Shaking her head Scarlet thought back to their trip so far as she brewed her self some tea.

They had arrived in 1977 and it had been a little awkward to say the least. Izzy had been mad at Scarlet for killing off her 'parents' and hadn't talked to her for two weeks; they had only just started talking again. Scarlet thought back to explaining all about how Izzy would control her Veela powers as well as her Faea, Elfish, and Nymph powers. Izzy happened to be very powerful, more powerful than Scarlet. Izzy was able to control all of her powers after three days of non-stop work. Sighing, Scarlet though back to Draco, how she loved him and missed him but if all went well, one of her would have him. Oh crap, she thought, that means by the time 1979 rolls around (A/N: Scarlet lied bout Izzy's age, Izzy will really be turning 18), there will be three Hermione Estelle's.

The teapot signaled that the water was done heating. Scarlet took the water off the stove. Pouring herself a cup, she sat on the cream colored couch in the living room that was connected to the kitchen. Taking her wand, she lit a fire in the large fireplace in the burgundy colored room. The living room was, like the kitchen, painted burgundy with cream accents. The stools and appliances were a nice mix between wood and stainless steel while in the living room, the fireplace was marble, the flooring was cherry wood with a deep red wine colored oriental rug over it. Candles floated around the room and there were two cream couches (one of which, Scarlet was currently sitting on) and a leather chair sat at a cherry wood desk that was barren except for a quill and a pot of ink.

Scarlet sighed again. It was times like these where she really started to miss Draco. She would always feel guilty about not missing her friends and her husband as much but she had realized something. Two years after Hugo was born, she stopped loving Ron like she should have but put up a front and continued on. Clearly he was deeply infatuated with her. However, before Hugo and Rose left for school, before everyone died, with their cousins, Ron and Hermione had talked about their relationship and Ron had agreed that is she still was in this 'phase' as he put it, then they could get a divorce after Hugo was married. Hermione had tried to get Hugo's graduation to be the last big thing that they would do together but Ron wouldn't hear of it and said marriage was much more important. Ron had really loved her, but she hadn't loved him that way. Now that she thought of it, Draco and her had plenty of opportunities to be together, they just hadn't taken them until Ron had died.

Sighing once again, Scarlet saw the clock on the wall read 9:45am. Deciding that they would visit with the Marauders today at 10:30, she wanted to get the cookies done. Getting up off the couch she put the tea cup into the small sick on the left side of the kitchen, she walked to the right side where all the cookbooks were and looked through them for a decent recipe.

Half an hour later, the cookies were made and Izzy was just starting to wake. The smell of homemade chocolate chip cookies wafted through the small cottage causing Izzy to drift to the kitchen.

"Good Morning! What time is it?"

"It is 10:15, in 15 minutes we are going to leave for the Marauders and the Flowers cottages in 15 minutes."

"Ok! Who are the Flowers?"

"Well that isn't their name, it something French but it's like the Flowers."

"Ok, I'm going to put on my bikini- the blood red halter one with the blood red string bottoms- and my tan booty shorts and I'll meet you outside in 10 minutes."

Running off to change, Scarlet shook her head and got the cookies together onto a plate and changed into a maroon tank top and a pair of khaki Bermuda shorts.

The two women walked down the beach until they came to a clean white cottage with flowers in pots on the windows. Looking around to make sure the girls were still asleep, Scarlet drew out her wand and heated up one plate of cookies to give to the girls and did the same to the plate for the boys. Stowing her wand in and invisible holder that makes the wand invisible to, Scarlet and Izzy walked up to the door.

"Now, Hermione, you are going by that name around the Marauders and the girls until they go to school, try to tone down your Veela powers, mainly the attraction. Remus will be able to sense you powers so try to keep them under control. Also, do NOT under any circumstances invite them back to out cottage OR get drunk because you know you have no alcohol tolerance and you get a loose tongue whenever you drink. Ok ready- Hermione nodded- good, now lets go."

Scarlet took the remaining steps to the door and knocked. They waited five minutes before they heard the sound of footsteps. Putting on big smiles, Scarlet and Izzy- or now Janette and Hermione as they would be for the rest of the summer- tried to look like innocent muggles.

"Izzy, powers toned down now!" Scarlet whispered furiously to Izzy who complied at once seconds before the door opened.

"Hello, may I help you" Lily asked. She was wearing an emerald tank top that showed off her mid-drift and tan short, her hair was tied back into a ponytail and she looked like she had just woken up.

"Yes, my name is Janette and this is my niece Hermione. We live just up the beach, at cottage number 9. Sorry we're late greeting you, we had a death in the family and went back to France until it was all sorted out. These cookies are for you we hope you enjoy them."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. And thank you for the cookies. Why don't you two come in for a little?"

"That would be nice but we must get to the next house, you know only you and if you have friends here and the people in cottage number 7 are new to this area. Well hopefully you can all come by my place for brunch, how does that sound?"

"That sounds lovely, I'll tell my friends that and we'll see you in 30 minutes than, cottage 9, right?"

"Yes, see you soon dear." With that the door closed and Scarlet and Izzy walked on.

"Well, that wasn't so bad was it?" asked Hermione.

"Oh, no not at all, Lily seemed quite pleasant. Now Sirius will try to flirt with you, do NOT speak, you still haven't been able to tone down the flirting aspect that completely captures a guys attention."

"Fine, take the fun out of everything will you."

"I think I will, Oh look, here we are alright ready, lets go." The two women walked up to the door and knocked. They heard the scrambling of feet and someone yelling why they had no food. Both put on smiles just as the door was opened.

James answered it. "Uh, Hi!"

"Hello, my name is Janette and this is my niece Hermione. We had a death in the family other wise we would have welcomed you earlier."

"Oh, I'm sorry for your loss."

"Oh it's quite alright. Anyways here these are for you. We were wondering if you and your friends might want to join us for brunch. If so, just come to cottage number 9 in 20 minutes."

"Thank you for the cookies and the invitation, we might just take you up on that."

"See you soon!" said Hermione and rushed off back to the house.

"Yes, hope o see you there." Said Janette and went back to her cottage as James shut the door.

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The girls' cottage:

"Hey girls!" Lily yelled, "We were invited to brunch at a muggles place, we're supposed to be there in 25 minutes get dressed into a bikini with a tank top and shorts over it."

20 minuets later the girls came down stairs ready to leave. Lily had on her emerald string bikini with a white camisole and the tan shorts she was wearing earlier. Claudia was wearing a brown string bikini, a black tank top and hot pink shorts. Tara was wearing a white bazillion bikini with a pink camisole that barely covered her stomach and navy blue shorts. Alice had on a navy blue tankini and white shorts. All the girls had on black flip-flops, which had their names on them.

The girls set out of the house to go to cottage number 9 for brunch.

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The boys' cottage:

"Hey guys we're going to a muggles cottage for brunch we have to be there soon so get dressed!" James yelled at his two companions.

10 minutes later they were ready to go. James had on blue swimming trunks and a white muscle shirt. Sirius had on blank swimming trunks and a red muscle shirt. Remus had on grey swimming trunks and a yellow muscle shirt. The guys got on their flip-flops, all Gryffindor maroon, and set out for cottage 9.

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At Cottage 9:

"…and Izzy, please do NOT flirt, it will give away our secret and then we'll have seven angry teens after Albus."

Izzy sighed. This was the fifteenth time that Scarlet had told her that.

"Aunt Scarlet, ye of lil' faith. I will not speak unless spoken to and I had a vision while I slept this morning."

"WHAT!? Why didn't you alert me sooner? Well, tell me about it."

"Ok, so it had to do with the rat."

"Peter?"

"Yes that rat. Anyways, well to get straight to the point, he's been with Voldemort since the beginning of summer vacation. However, he doesn't want to be. We have to do something."

"Well, we can not alert Albus, that would do us no good. We'll discuss this later our first guests will be here any minute now." Just as she said that there were two knocks at the door. Janette (Scarlet) smiled. "Be a dear and get that darling." She smirked at Hermione's (Izzy) reaction.

"If you weren't…."

Laughing, Janette quickly used magic to get everything to the table just in time. Stowing her wand in a draw in the living room, she quickly went to the foyer area to greet everyone.

When she got there, Hermione was subtly flirty and getting Sirius wrapped around her finger. "Hermione dear, could I see you for a moment?"

"Sure Aunt Janette" she said, then turning to Sirius, "Be right back, wait for me?"

"Sure," was his reply. Hermione giggled and walked out of the room followed by her aunt.

"I told you NOT to flirt Hermione," scolded Janette, "Now they'll suspect something."

"Oh stop being such a worry wart but fine I'll stop if it'll help you sleep at night." The two walked back to the foyer and led everyone to the dining room. Everyone enjoyed the meal and not once was magic or magical beings mentioned which made Janette sigh with relief.

By the time everyone had finished brunch it was 3pm. All the teens went out to swim and tan while Janette stayed behind, saying she would meet them all later when they came back for dinner.

Sighing, Janette went over to the fireplace as soon as everyone was out of the cottage and fire-called Albus Dumbledore.

I think that is a nice place to stop it.

Review please!

Nymphie.