As what was supposed to be a glorious fall day in Boston, a completely different Hermione Granger than the one who first left home to go to Hogwarts stepped off the plane in hopes of starting anew. She had to leave the magical world behind, first her parents died on the way to safety, then thanks to Umbridge a Muggleborn registration act was put in place. Meaning she either had to register, marry a pureblood (like Draco) and become a virtual slave, leave the Wizarding World behind or be hunted down and killed, so she did the only thing she could think of and that was to leave.
She packed up everything she wanted to take with her, from her pictures of Harry, Nevelle, Luna, and the Weasley Twins to some of her clothes. After taking a deep breath she left a note behind to Ginny, Ron and Dumbledore explaining the reason why she disappeared, then she stuck to the shadows, making her way to the Room of Requirement from there.
Waiting for her was a Cauldron full of Aging Potion one that she found in the Black Library late one night during her stay just before her 5th year, she knew that she was risking getting in trouble if anyone found out that she was even thinking about taking that book but then again Sirius said she could take whatever was on the shelves that was left after the book purging he had done the day before. She took that book along with three other's that were also left behind, books she knew that she should not even be looking at let alone taking with her when she left the next day but for some reason, she had a feeling that she would need a potion or two out of one of these books.
Once she was inside the ROR she quickly got to work on the Potion, the Aging Potion she had found only required a little time on the fire, then hair and blood samples of the one drinking the Potion. As the Potion simmered on the fire she sat down and wrote a letter to Harry,
Dear Harry,
I am so sorry that by the time you read this letter I will be gone, don't try to look for me. I am changing everything about me right down to my name. I can't be here anymore, just this morning Malfoy cornered me and all but assaulted me in the Dungeon's saying "You soon will learn to submit to me you filthy little mudblood. Father said I can have you once the Dark Lord takes over the Ministry, you will be my favorite little pet." Then he left me a quivering mess on the floors crying as he laughed on his way back to the Slytherin Dorms, I am sorry Harry, but I would rather die than be a slave for the Malfoy's. So, I am leaving, leaving the Wizarding World and going to live as a Muggle, if you're smart you would leave too. I am going to leave a Potion's recipe that even you can make behind in case you want to leave yourself, this fight is not your fight; think about it, you could have been raised by anyone in the Wizarding World. You could have been raised with full knowledge of Magic and your parents; I am pretty sure anyone who took you in would have gladly told you stories of your Parents. Dumbledore stole that from you by blocking their wills, by locking up the only real parent you could have had in Sirius, keeping away Remus and forcing you to live with those Magic hating relatives.
He brought you up for slaughter, think about it long and hard; he let you be raised in an abusive home from day one, he let Professor Snape all but bully you in classes. He isolated you from certain people and made sure that the Weasley's were there at the train station that first day, think about how Ron from the start, Ron controlled who you were to talk to and even convinced you that Slytherin was evil even before you had a chance to form your own opinion on things. I am not saying that you and Malfoy would have been the best of friends, but you could have made other friends in Slytherin. I love you Harry, you're like the little brother I also begged mom and dad for; please think everything over and if you decide to use the Potion, bring Nevelle and Luna with you.
Always keep this letter and a copy of the Potion with you, when you're ready and you honestly want a life without being the Chosen One come to the ROR, walk three times in front of the Dancing Hippo's thinking about my lab. In the lab you will find the ingredients already prepared for you, once you have taken the Potion call for Dobby and have him take you three to Heathrow Airport, from there take the first place to Boston in America. From there it shouldn't be hard to find me, I will give you one month, if I haven't seen you in that month then I know that Ron or even Ginny have done something to convince you to stay. Trust only the twins and their older brother's Charlie and Bill, they are the only ones not out for your money. We were never meant to be friends, Ron was doing his best to push us apart, but you used your own free will and saved me from that Troll. Please I ask that you think long and hard before you choose and I hope you choose safety, if you do I will be waiting in Boston, Ma for you and the other's.
I have to sign off now, my potion is finished, I just need to add the finishing touches and goodbye Hermione Granger and Hello Mia Rose Granger.
Goodbye but hopefully not forever.
Hermione
PS. Once you have read the letter and done the Potion or even chose not to do the Potion destroy this letter.
After she signed the letter, folded it, and called for Dobby and within seconds Dobby appeared "Yes Missy Hermi" she smiled a bit, she was going to miss that House Elf. "I need you to take this to Harry and make sure he is alone while he reads it. Then come straight back here please, I still need your help." She said as she handed her final letter to Dobby. Dobby just nodded his head and went to find his Master Harry as he liked to call him, while Dobby was gone, she poured the contents of the Cauldron into a cup and then poked her finger letting four drops of blood fall into the cup and then she added her hair. Taking a deep breathe she swallowed the contents down and prepared for the pain the book explained would happen, it was the bones in her body stretching and pulling in places it needed to make her older.
She grew in height and chest, her hair was longer and more manageable, and she could tell that she was going to need to go clothes shopping once she hit American soil. She just hoped that Harry wasn't too far behind her with Nevelle and Luna, then the four of them could start over with a new life. Finally, after what seemed forever Dobby appeared back in the room, he had a note in his hand
Hermione,
Give us a day to get everything we will need in America, and we will meet you there, you are right about so many things. I caught Ron and Ginny going over what they plan to spend my inheritance on once Voldemort kills me off, Nevelle, Luna, and I will be heading to Gringotts soon to have our vaults transferred to American Money. The Goblins will help, they can have everything in my vaults but the coins in exchange for helping set up the transfer, I will make sure Nevelle and Luna have a passport. I will be sending Hedwig to Remus with a letter telling him to hide and to take Tonks and her family with him.
See you soon,
Harry
She just smiled, she was going to have her friends on this new journey with her and she couldn't be happier, once Dobby had a chance to rest, she had him pop her to a dark corner of Heathrow Airport and gave that little house elf a hug goodbye. She didn't look back as she walked towards her future in America.
For the next 7 hours and 35 minutes, Mia sat staring out the small window of her flight and couldn't help but wonder what kind of life she will have in America. All she knew was that everything was going to change and some of it may not be for the better, she knew that things had to go bad before they could go well. The loss of her parents was testament to that, hell the loss of Harry and Nevelle's parents were testament to that as well. This is what they all needed, a fresh start, a chance to fall in love and be loved for who they are and not how much money they can bring to the table.
She was nervous to the least, the last time she was in America was when she was nine and her parents had a Dental Convention they needed to attend, and they couldn't find a sitter for the time they would be gone. Mia loved her trip to America, after the Conference her parents took her to Disney World. Her favorite place was the Hall of the Presidents, she wasn't a princess person (that would be more Ginny's thing) and she wasn't the kind of person who wanted to go on the rides all the time.
Now you would think she would at least silently have tears for those she was leaving behind but to tell the truth she just couldn't bring herself to care. She had no to life to return to even if she wanted, her parents were dead, her friends were being hunted down and either became slaves or killed or even forced to marry into the Dark Lords faction. The only ones she cared about were going to be arriving in the next two days and the others could take care of themselves, she knew in her heart that she was doing the right thing by leaving. Call her a coward but to her it was saving her life and freedom.
"Attention passengers, Welcome to Boston, Ma the weather is a calm and breezy with a slight chance of rain later in the day. We thank you for flying American Airlines and enjoy your stay."
Was what she heard as she felt the plane hit the runway and come to a complete stop, she waited until some of the passengers from the back had left before exiting her seat and reaching for her carry on which held her beaded extension bag that she charmed herself from a spell she found in one of the books she stole from the Black Library. As she was walking through the airport, she spotted a newspaper stand and began to search the rental ads looking for a four-bedroom loft for rent but instead she found two flats ready to rent that very day.
So, she walked down to the baggage level to retrieve her last bag and proceeded to go and grab both flats before someone else could. What she found when she got there were two small flats that were the size of her bedroom back home, not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth she took them both. She was told that they were illegal flats and had no real manager per say so they were on their own when it came to repairs. Inside there was a shower, toilet, fridge, and that was about it, she knew she was going to have to furnish them before the others got there.
Mia started with her and what will be Luna's flat, she went to the nearest Walmart and bought curtains to divide the shower and toilet from view and each other in each flat, then she grabbed a small coffee pot and microwave for both flats as well. She looked at Futon's and figured she would at least wait until she had some muscle before getting those, but she went ahead and grabbed sheets, pillows and other things needed for them to be made homey. She also decided to wait on the grabbing food, she knew that Harry knew how to work a Microwave, but she wanted to show Luna and Nevelle how to work the Muggle appliances without blowing them up.
Knowing that she had found all she needed to find in the household section she then went to the clothes section and proceeded to try on clothes that now would flatter her new figure. She bought three bras, four packs of underwear, a ton of socks, new shoes, both trainers and some boots with heels. She then turned around and bought five pairs of jeans, a bunch of muggle t-shirts that had funny sayings on them, some leggings and then a couple of Jumper's from the men's section. Finally, she had finished for they day after buying an air mattress for her to sleep on until she could get the futon.
After she paid for her purchases, she took a cab back to her now flat that she would be sharing with Luna; she figured that she could live with Luna and teach her all things Muggle while Harry did the same thing with Nevelle. She also knew that her savings weren't going to last and she would need to get a job sooner or later, but she would cross that bridge when she came to it. As she was trying to figure out how to get her purchases up to her flat at once these two very good-looking guys came walking out of the same building she was trying to go into.
"Aye Murphy looks like we a have a new neighbor, let's give her hand like the gentlemen our Ma raised us to be." said the one closest to her. The one called Murphy just nodded and began to grab both Microwaves and a bunch of bags, the one who spoke to her grabbed the coffee pots and some more of her bags.
"By the way Miss, me name is Conner and the big lug here is me brother Murphy, welcome to Boston." Conner said as he introduced him and his brother. As she grabbed what was left and began to lead them up to her and Harry's flats, she told them her name and that she was waiting for her friends to arrive from London in the next day or two, that's why she has so much stuff.
Mia just smiled, she had to admit they were hot, she could tell they were from Ireland, and it made her miss Seamus and his accent. By the time the three of them reached her floor, she found out that they were from Dublin, Ireland and worked at a Meat Packing Plant here in town. They went to church every morning and every night was spent at the local Pub, they had a friend who was Italian, but they didn't hold it against him.
She told them the non-magical version of her life, growing up the only child of a pair of Dentists, spending her formative years at an Exclusive Boarding School in Scotland. How her best friend and two others were expected in the next couple of days and the boys were going to need jobs as well as her and Luna.
Once they arrived and had put everything in her flat for her to deal with later, she thanked them and quickly shut the door. She now had a goal and that goal was to get to know her new neighbors but first she had to make sure Harry, Neville, and Luna were going to alright here.