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Chapter 10: Moved On

It was interesting to note how much life had moved on since the Battle of Hogwarts thought the Weasley Twins. Business was good and there seemed to be a never-ending demand for their fireworks. Hermione Granger after two months was finally awake. Severus Snape the greasy bat of the dungeons no longer looked like a greasy bat. Ginny and Harry had once seemed so much like a couple now seemed distant from each other.

Little Ronnikins was being a total prat. They had noticed that he had not visited his female best friend and the so-called love of his life once while she was in the Hogwarts Infirmary and then at Headquarters. What was going on? For someone who claimed to be in love with Hermione why was he seen sucking face with Lav Lav Brown in Diagon Alley.

Harry had been Harry. Blaming himself for his friend's injury and long coma being the true friend he was, the Twins had seen a lot of Harry when they visited Hermione. Hermione had saved Fred and in doing so had saved George. The Twins were realistic that they needed each other to live and that without the presence of the others twin soul they would die of loneliness.

There appeared to be some tension in the Weasley family home as both Weasley women were very curt with everyone. Their Dad was hiding in the shed and the Twins were grateful for their flat above the shop in Diagon Alley. It was an interesting range of new friends they had made while watching Mia in her sleep. The friendship between the Slytherin Prince and Princess and the Gryffindor Prince and Princess was definitely a case of strange bedfellows and interesting friends.

Neville Longbottom, Susan Bones and Luna Lovegood had all joined this merry band of Hermione visitors along with the senior members of the order and her former professors. Harry had moved back to 12 Grimmauld Place with Hermione when Madam Pomfrey had gone on leave. Now that she was awake he was taking care of her with the assistance of some of the Order of Phoenix Members like Remus and his wife Tonks. The Lupins' son Teddy while young was helping to make everyone laugh with his joyful enthusiasm for the world around him.

Hermione was still very weak and was having potions to help her. She was unable to walk and did not seem to have very good control over her legs at the moment. The young witch had some feeling and it appeared that her nerve connections had all gone hay wired. When visiting Hermione since she had awoken there was several times that the Weasley Twins were sure that she had been in pain but she never said anything and kept laughing and smiling along with what ever they were talking about.

It was a quiet night in the Black Family Library the Twins, Hermione and Harry were all ensconced. Hermione was on her chase lounge and had a book that she was deeply enthralled about. The Twins and Harry were playing chess. Fred left George to continue the game with Harry, crossing the room he started to engage in a conversation with Hermione. It had been worrying the Twins for a while about what Hermione was going to do and when she was going to let people know that her parents were dead.

"Hermione dear, I need to be serious for a moment", said Fred quietly to the young witch with a worried expression on his face. The Twins had overheard a discussion the other day and it looked like their Mia needed to think about her future as well as inform the Order of the death of her parents.

"You want to know when I am going to tell everyone about Mum and Dad?" the intelligent witch surmised looking at Fred's expression and how people had been hinting round her that they could retrieve her parents for her from Australia.

"Yes honey. I know you want to go back next year and do your 7th year but it may not be possible since you need to do some rehabilitation. Do you want to walk again? There is also things like what are you going to do career wise since you are likely to have after-effects to your injury because unfortunately magic does not fix everything" advised Fred.

"I want to do my NEWTs. I know I am going to have issues but I don't want to be an Auror like Ron. I want to make this world a better place for Muggle born and other discriminated groups. So I think I will need a range of skills and knowledge. There are things I want to experiment with and investigate," she advised her friend.

"Oh that sounds interesting?" asked Fred with questions glinting in his eyes and some relief in his heart that she was thinking of her own wishes and not what people like their prat of a brother's ideas. For years Ron had been pushing for Hermione to go into being an Auror. A thought in the back of the minds of the Twins when they discussed this was had their little brother Ronnikins been using her all these years for her brains. Had he really been her friend?

A second thought that they had tossed around in the flat was why was Ginny so certain she was going to be the next Mrs Potter when all she seemed interested in was fame and glory while Harry himself never wanted the limelight. Watching the interaction between Harry and Hermione had led to some private wagers being laid that these two would eventually hook up. Remus said that they were left of the mark and that Harry was too young for Hermione. He had put his money where his mouth was and bet that the two would never marry. The mini book making business the Twins had with the Order of Phoenix was something that they were considering to expand as a new business entity.

Later that night they were all in the kitchen with Remus and Tonks when Kingsley flooed in. After grabbing a hot chocolate for himself the tall dark skinned man came to sit next Hermione at the long table. Fred was next to her on the other side and he knew what was going on, with a quick look he could see that George had clued in to what was going to happen. George led Harry to the other side of the table so he could sit across from Hermione and also be flanked by Remus and himself.

"Hermione, do you think you could give me some details about where your parents are so we can bring them back to see you?" asked Kingsley in his best super calm Senior Investigating Auror tone.

"I am sorry Kingsley that you have wasted your time tonight to come and see me with your busy days as the Minister of Magic but unless you are an extremely skilled necromancer it is not going to be possible to bring my parents back to visit me," Hermione laughed with a nervous laugh before looking down. It looked like the witch really was looking into her hot chocolate mug but Hermione was watching Harry through her lashes. The boy who lived looked desolate at the thought that her parents had been killed because of her friendship with him.

"Harry it was not your fault they died in a common old garden motor vehicle accident. It was quick they did not suffer. They were safe and enjoying their life in Australia. It was just one of those things that happened. I am still grieving for them but I am coming to terms with it," the wild haired witch informed everyone while looking closely across the table at her best friend. Hermione reached across the table and patted his hand before giving him a squeeze of reassurance.

"So you have known for a while? Why didn't you tell me or anyone else?" asked Harry trying to understand the rationale of his logical friend.

"I had done all that I could to protect them so I could help you in your hunt for horcruxes. Ron had left us. Do you remember that day just before Christmas when I went into the public library to do some research and was really miserable? I had received an email from their lawyer in Australia advising that they had died and I was the heir to their estate", she advised the group before turning to kiss Fred on the cheek.

"I am sorry for your loss Hermione", intoned the baritone of Kingsley. The Minister of Magic had a great deal of respect for this young woman. She was highly intelligent, kind, extremely courageous and loyal.

"What do you mean Mia when Ron left us?" George asked.

"It seams that your brother I am sorry to say was too interested in the well being of his stomach and decided that life on the run with Harry Potter and the mudblood Hermione Granger was too hard. He had been complaining for weeks about missing his mother's cooking so he left. I always assumed that he had run home to mummy", informed the witch in a slightly terse voice. It had greatly upset her that her so-called best friend had left his best friends in their time of need. It was also irking her that Ronald the wimp Weasley had not been to see her once since the Battle.

"Don't say that horrible word, you are not a second class citizen you have just as much magic as me and have every right to be here", snapped Harry.

"Well I am one and I rather own the word than let people continue to use it as a taunt. I have it carved into me thanks to Bellatrix", she said as she lifted her sleeve to show the magical scar on her forearm. There was a common thought amongst those present that if Bellatrix Lestrange had not already been dead they all would have liked to kill her for what she had done to the young witch.

There was many things that the two heroes had not spoken about and this seemed to be another event that there was little knowledge about. The two young magicals had been extremely non-forth coming about their time on the run. It was interesting to hear them both speak about incidents while they were on the run as the Twins and Remus had concluded that it would be completely different to the drivel Ron had been blathering about in the Daily Prophet.

"I am sorry gang but I am rather tired so if I could get your assistance Remus and Tonks I would like to retire for the night", asked Hermione with glistening eyes. She did not to cry in public. She felt that she had cried so much since the cold winter's day last December. She felt that she had always been crying herself to sleep and tonight she knew she would be doing it again.

Remus carried her upstairs to her room that they had set up for her and then Tonks helped her to get ready for bed. After tucking Hermione in, Tonks sat down on the side of the bed before saying, "You know Hermione that Remus and I really believe that you are a great friend and as such we would always welcome you into our home. Please don't feel that you have no where to go cause you will always have a home with us."

"Thank you Tonks but I can't impose on you like that as you and Remus are still honeymooners even though you have Teddy. It would not be fair. I don't want to be a burden on anyone", advised Hermione as silent tears crawled down her cheeks.

"Now darling you would never be a burden for us so don't worry about that we just want our friend to have all the support she needs", said Tonks as she wiped the tears away and gave Hermione a hug. "Good night now you need your rest.