Queen of Gorgeousness

A Chance Visit

As Always: rights go to J.K. Rowling

Chapter Nine - A Chance Visit

Bill and Fleur Weasley stood in the kitchen of their cottage making sure that everything was clean and that all the decorations were hung spot on. They'd been concerned when they'd suddenly lost contact with Hermione. Then they'd gotten that letter from her explaining what had happened. How she could think that because of her changes they would no longer want to associate with her was preposterous. To them she was family.

They'd been unable to find the time to write back as Fleur had discovered she was pregnant and Bill had taken on more work at Gringotts. To top everything off they'd had a visit from Molly who demanded that they stop associating themselves with the harlot that was Hermione Granger. She'd demanded that they see sense and start talking to the family again. It was when Molly started to insult Fleur that Bill really lost his temper.

Knowing how passionately Fleur considered Hermione as family Bill had told his Mother that in no certain terms would they break contact with Hermione. He'd gone on to tell his Mother that she shouldn't believe everything her children told her for it was obvious to all that her two youngest children were manipulative liars. He'd continued to rant about whether Molly Weasley even knew what had happened to Hermione over the summer or if she'd just listened to her youngest son's poorly constricted lies.

Fleur had finished the rant for her husband and told the Weasley Patriarch that Hermione would always be considered family which was more than could be said for Molly and that until she worked out the truth and made mends with Hermione, she wouldn't be welcomed in Shell Cottage. Hammering the nail further into the coffin she mentioned that Molly wouldn't be allowed anywhere near her future grandchild if this was the way she behaved. Molly had been outraged but hadn't managed to get two words of insults out before her son had banished her from the Cottage.

It had been soon after that argument that Katherine Zabini appeared on their doorstep requesting and information, stories and pictures of her daughter that would give her memories of her life growing up. A friendship had been struck up quickly between Katherine and Fleur, they were each powerful women with powerful hearts. They weren't as they said 'women to be trifled with'.

When Katherine appeared unexpectedly on their doorstep a couple of weeks later, Fleur found herself feeling both excited and worried.

"What a surprise to see you here Katherine. Please come in," she said.

"I'm sorry for turning up so unannounced. I've just come from Hogwarts."

"Is something wrong?" asked Bill.

"Hermione is so lost and sad. I spoke with her earlier and she said she didn't know who she was. That she was searching for herself but she seemed to be lost in the sand. She said that something was calling her magic but she couldn't work out what it was. She said that it hurt her heart, like something was stopping her from being whole. It worries me and then she mentioned how powerful he magic had become."

"Her magic started to get stronger during the war. She started inventing some spells, spells that did some serious damage when cased. She cursed some people and killed some others. I know if given half the chance she'd use those curses on my younger brother and sister."

"I hate to further insult your family Bill but Ronald and Ginevra have been verbally bullying Hermione and it's only getting worse. Blaise asked for me to come to Hogwarts after a particular Herbology class where your siblings and others from Gryffindor House turned on Hermione. Blaise watched the tail end of things unfold. They'd been insulting her, starting with remarks about Krum – I don't know what happened there but I imagine it wasn't good – then it developed into slights about her purity and personality. It kept escalating with each attack getting more vicious. Neville her friend stood up for her along with a girl called Lavender? The taunts continued like they were waiting for her to crack."