You can always have a family, but the catch is you have to find that family
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Hermione woke up to the soft following music of the wind. Like a low playing flute, it reminded her of her mother soft humming voice. She always loved to hear her but know she didn't know what she wanted to hear or think.
As she got up and ready an owl flew onto her open window sill. She walked over and took the note wondering who it could be from. She did not recognize the silver and white streaked owl. When she opened it she recognized the writing as her mothers. Strange she thought. She started to read the letter.
Dear Hermione
Please forgive me for not seeing how much this magic world means to you. I will follow you in everything you believe in. I am still trying to convince your father to see it also. To show that I am truly sorry this owl is yours as a Christmas gift and the owl is a girl.
Everyone in the family still thinks it is stupid of you to have become a witch but no matter what I will support you with all my will and for all those reasons your father is getting mad and we are arguing every day. I don't know how to say this but I think your father and I are getting a divorce because he still won't understand everything about you and the magic world.
He wishes you wouldn't have gone and that is what I thought at first to but I have had a slight change in my thoughts.
One last thing that may be hard for you to here is that I have had cancer the past 2 years and it is getting worse and I am sorry I wasn't the best mother I should have been. My cancer is growing rapidly and I don't if I am going to survive much longer. I didn't want to tell you to worry you. I'm sorry.
Love,
Your mother
p.s. Merry Christmas and I will try to work through with your father and if I do convince him we may still get a divorce, but we will talk more about it when you get home for the summer
Hermione couldn't believe she had just read those words. In fact she had read it several times before it finally got through to her. She had tears in her eyes when she finished for the last time. She had totally forgotten it was Christmas today and the best part was her mother wanted her to choose what she wanted. She loved her mother she finally understood but the bad part was her father and he wasn't that persuasive. Her mother had cancer for the past two years and she is still alive. Hermione felt horrible she wasn't there with her mother.
What is going to happen Hermione asked herself and on top of that her parents were fighting about her and other things which she had no knowledge of. But all she knew is that she had someone behind her in all of this.
She got dressed and went down to the common room were she found Harry and Ron opening there presents. She walked over to them and sat down next to harry on the couch.
"Happy Christmas Hermione" Harry said to her
"Yeah Happy Christmas" said Ron who was looking through a book on Quidditch
"Merry Christmas to both of you too" Hermione said and threw Ron his present (sack of candy and Quidditch cards)
Then said "I'll be in the library" and she got up and left
When she was all they way out of the portrait Ron turned his head towards Harry who was reading a book and said "You have to tell her tonight in Hogsmeade"
"I'd thought you forget" said Harry with disappointment in his voice not looking away from the book he was deeply into.
"Nope I'm not that thick headed"
"Well I thought so. Thanks for ruining it for me"
"Anytime"
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Harry Ron and Hermione walked through Hogsmeade for awhile then Ron said he was go hang with Lavender for awhile. Before he left he gave harry a look that said you better tell her and then walked away.
"Hey follow me I want to show you something" said Hermione
They walked in silence until they walked up to a cliff. Harry looked at the view it was spectacular.
"You can see everything from here" he said in amazement as he looked up into the bright light sky with the star and the moon.
Harry looked at Hermione the moon reflecting on her as she looked at the view below
"I know I come up here to think"
"What do you think about up here?"
"Things"
"What kind of things"
"Just things"
"Harry walked behind her on the edge of the cliff and wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear "tell me please"
Hermione melted in his arms and felt like she would tell him anything.
"I think about everything that happens in my life. My feelings, the decisions I have to make and what I should do with my life" she said still in his embrace
"Have you chosen?" he whispered in her ear once again
Hermione said nothing for a minute and then answered when harry tightened his arms around her
"I have"
"And"
Hermione spun around still in his arms and whispered in his ear "I have chosen to stay. So I can help you train to defeat Voldemort. Help you save our world and the muggle world"
As harry heard those words he hugged her as tight as he could and Hermione did the same. He was so happy Hermione was going to stay in the magic world with the weasleys, lupin, moody and him.
Hermione let go of him and then walked back to the edge of the cliff and Harry saw tears fall from her eyes.
"Hermione, what is it?"
"My mother saw how much this world ment to me and she said she would always support me and she has cancer"
"No Hermione"
"Yes"
"There has to be a cure the magic world can come up with"
"No there isn't I looked up anything and everything I could on it but they have never heard of it" Hermione said as she let the tears fall freely now.
"Well what about the treatments the doctors can give her"
"She topped responding to them and the worse part is that I never knew and she might not live much longer and my parents are fighting not just over me but other things"
"I'm so sorry Hermione I wish I could do something to help you"
"It's not your fault Harry"
Harry walked over to her and turned her around and hugged her as tight as he held a snitch when he had it in his grasp. She tried to pull away but he just continued to hold her firmly in his arms.
"Let me go Harry it's all my fault I just want to run. I need to find a cure I can't give up on her. She hasn't given up on me but once and I will not give up on her" she said as she continued to cry
"No Hermione he said firmly "You are the cleverest witch ever to go to Hogwarts, but even when your are the smartest of all you still can not solve everything"
Hermione finally stopped trying to get out of Harry s grasp and cried and said "I just wish I could harry I wish I could make her better and she could live. She was the best mother I ever had and ever known and now that I know she is dying and she cares and supports me now. I just want her to be able to live and see what I can accomplish because of her and for her"
After that they were both silent and soon after they just sat there Hermione in between Harry's legs, leaning into his chest and Harry's arms around her waist and looked at the sky and the view below them.
"Magic can't always solve everything hat our hearts desire it to accomplish, but it can help heal the pain we feel" harry whispered in Hermione's ear.
"How" she whispered back
"By seeing what other can't"
"What do you mean?"
"Love, the magic brings the love that we feel for that person out and helps us realize that the people that love you always stay with you through the toughest time"
"Like now"
"Exactly" he whispered
The wind started to blow lazily and made the tall tan grass move around them (they were surrounded by it) as Hermione turned around and straddled Harry and slowly pushed him onto his back. Hermione laid down on his chest looking at him in the eye only inches away and whispered
"Do you love me Harry?"
"If I had a century I would tell you every little detail Hermione. Ever since I first saw you and realized it just since school started. I love they way you smile every time you get out standing scores on tests, the way you worry when something bad is about to happen. You may nag me about my homework but that is what makes you, you. The way your eyes light up every time you read something and learn new things. The smell of you hair is like old books, the way you're always happy when you can accomplish everything and anything, and how you don't care what people think or say about you. You see me as a regular person who just wants to goof around and not have a care in the world"
"The things I love about you Harry Potter is how you always caring for there's and when you are happy it's like you're just another wizard just trying to get through school. I love the way your hair is always a mess and you try to get it to look decent and your eyes, I could just stare into those eyes for as long as forever will last. When I look into them I see what I going through your mind and they way you look into mine a just see what I'm thinking and no matter what it is you always know what to say. You have always been there for me when even Ron hasn't. You know me inside and out. I would never give up your friendship for anything"
Hermione leaned down and brushed her lips slowly upon his and Harry deepened the kiss by opening his mouth and begging for entrance to Hermione's mouth and she gladly granted his wish and played with his tongue. Soon they were both out of breath, both panting and Harry said "You're amazing"
"No you are the one who is amazing harry and I knew you weren't a bad kisser"
Harry laughed lightly and whispered "You're the one who is always right and still I see no flaw at anything new to you that you try"
Hermione blushed a little and whispered back "All your life you have never seen love. Of course you have but you were too young to remember it and Sirius was the closest thing you had to family and I will try my hardest to try and heal the pain you have felt over the years"
Harry had the biggest smile Hermione had ever seen on his face
"You are everything I need Hermione, you're the best and probably the only one who can ease my pain. Sure I have the Weasleys they're the greatest, but you have one thing that they can never have"
"What is that?"
"Answers to everything, you filled in the empty spot in my heart Hermione. Before it felt like something inside of me was missing and my mind said that I would never find it but my heart kept saying that I would soon find it and it was you Hermione and it will always stay that way"
Hermione had tears running down her cheeks
"And the only thing I worry about is losing you and if that ever does happen I would die I would never forgive myself"
"Harry no matter what happens between us I promise that I will always, always stay at your side for forever and I promise that nothing will happen to me" she said as she hugged him and then just leaned back enough to look him in they eye and gave him yet another deep kiss and said
"I will and always have loved you and I will never stop loving you"
"Do you know how much I look forward to waking up to that every day? To just see your sleeping form in my arms"
"I have an idea" she whispered in his ear
Harry just smiled