31 July 1991

Bill was not pleased to find that his little sister was in fact betrothed to the fabled boy-who-lived, in fact he showed his appreciation of his parents and Dumbledore selling his sister by refusing to come home to the burrow for 6 months. They tried to explain that it was only to protect her and it would be her choice when she came of age who she married but Bill was a Weasley and let his temper get away with him. Since he was working for Gringotts he immediately put in a transfer to Egypt, making not only his parents upset but also his favorite little Weasley.

Ron was informed that Hermione was in fact adopted, his reaction shocked his parents and siblings. "She's my twin! You can't take her away from me! It's not fair!" Ron shouted angrily at his parents, while wrapping his arms tightly around Hermione, as if he was afraid they would snatch her from him. He was under the impression that adoption was a temporary thing. Fred and George convinced him that Ron was adopted and his family would be returning as soon as they finished setting up the Acromantula farm. Now Hermione could put the fear that she would lose her brothers' love because of her birth behind her. There was still the anger at Voldemort and his stupid followers that burned inside her. She would never give up the family she had now but she still knew nothing of her birth parents.

Hermione was concerned about her only friend, Luna. Her mother passed away the past year and now she would be leaving for school. While she was so excited to finally get to go to Hogwarts, a part of her wished she could wait till next year so Luna wouldn't be alone. Her father threw himself into his work after Celeste died in a spell crafting accident. It didn't help that Hermione and Luna had been in her lab at the time. Celeste had placed very strong wards around the girls so that if there was ever any problems, the girls would be safe and her husband would be alerted. Hermione and Luna were trapped as Celeste died in front of them. Hermione and Luna blamed themselves for not having wands to break down her wards, for not knowing enough magic to save her even if they could. Luna started to change, she would ramble on about all her father's creatures talking to her. No longer did they have great quests to find fabled creatures.

Molly was very excited to get to go school shopping alone with her daughter. While she didn't want Hermione to be treated any differently than her brothers, Hermione had her own trust vault that included her parents estate. So Hermione would be the first Weasley since Bill to have all new robes and books. Bill and Charlie even sent some extra money home to help cover Ron's books so he wouldn't resent his twin. Molly had to drag Hermione to Madam Milkins rather than some of the other shops like flourish and Blottes and Quality Quidditch Supply.

"Oh, better hold your breath. A blood traitor just walked in." A silky voice interrupted her musings. Hermione looked at the boy with wide eyes, her face burning the same color as her hair. Two boys were currently getting fitted, the one on the left was very pale with blonde hair and a pointy face. The one the right was a scrawny boy with messy black hair and gold rimmed glasses.

"Ignore him, dear. Some little boys forget all their manners when the let go of their mummy's hand and I know for a fact Cissi would wash his mouth with a good scourgify." Molly said softly as she ran a hand through Hermione's curls. The blonde boy immediately blushed and looked down at his feet.

"That's enough, you're done." The seamstress snapped at the blonde boy. She turned to Hermione with a kind smile. "Up you go dear." Hermione quickly scrambled up to stand beside the raven haired boy, studiously trying to ignore him.

"Uh...you going to Hogwarts too?" The boy asked shyly, watching her from the corner of his eye. She was tiny, even smaller than him and he was usually the smallest boy in class. Her head was surrounded by crazy dark red curls, her large doe eyes stayed focused on the floor before her but he could see that she was pouting. He figured the other boy had insulted her somehow, he had no idea what a blood traitor was but he figured it was not the right thing to say.

"Yeah, first year. You?" Hermione turned hesitantly towards him, noticing for the first time he had bright emerald green eyes.

"Yeah, Hagrid just told me this morning that I'm a wizard. So, umm I'm Harry." Harry finished lamely.

"I'm Hermione. My brother starts this year with me but we have 5 older brothers. Are you a muggleborn?" Hermione asked inquisitively.

"Err, no. My mum and dad were magic but my aunt and uncle are normal, never told me anything about them." Harry grumbled.

"What's it like? My dad loves muggles, always bringing home things to play with in his shed. He has a huge plug collection. Do you have a plug collection?" Hermione asked him brightly.

"Uhh..no. I'm not much of a collector I suppose." Harry shrugged helplessly. "Living with...muggles is alright, I guess. I can't wait to get to Hogwarts though. To actually see magic."

"I grew up with it so I dunno what it would be like not to have it...just kinda normal, innit?" Hermione smiled shyly.

"I wish I did." Harry whispered bitterly.

"All done there, dear!" The seamstress hopped up, finishing the alterations on Harry's robes.

"See you on the express!" Hermione smiled and waved at Harry as he hopped down.

"Yeah, maybe we'll be in the same house." Harry smile back, rushing out to door to meet Hagrid.

"Now, Hermione I don't want you to let any of those nasty slytherins give you any trouble. Especially Cissi's boy. The Malfoys are nothing but upstarts, spreading their gold about. Gold which comes from the Black family I might add." Molly huffed as she shrank Hermione's new robes for easy carrying. "I don't want you to go looking for trouble like Fred and George but you will need to stick up for yourself. Just like with your brothers." With that Hermione enjoyed her first mother daughter day in Diagon Alley getting her school supplies.