The wrath of Two
Bellatrix could still feel the aftershocks of the Dark Lords cruciatus. He hadn't been pleased that they had been stopped by a bunch of teenagers and blamed Bella as his most trusted for the failure of their mission. As such she had been punished infront of all his circle members for it even though she fully blamed Lucius for his stupidity. The greasy haired man had provoked the teens rather than negotiating with them like he should have, even when the Potter lad had warned the greasy git that if he moved against them he would destroy the prophecy but unfortunately for Bella, Lucius had got himself captured and wasn't here to take the punishment in her stead.
"Bella, is there anything I can do" Narcissa whispered as she helped Bellatrix lie down on her bed, pulling the covers up under her big sisters chin. Despite the fatigue and pain Bella cast a wandless and wordless privacy spell around her room before turning to face her baby sister.
"Yes" she whispered. "Apart from getting me a potion for the pain and aftershocks you can promise me something" Bella continued, rolling her eyes as her sister produced the requested potion from her robes.
"Promise me that when the time comes you'll do as that mudgirl asks, dont even try to deny to me that you've been in contact, im not mad I just want you and Draco safe".
She could see the shock cross her sisters face at her words. She could see the gears turning in her head as her sister thought of the implication of Bella knowing and of Bellatrix not being all that mad about it.
"Will you come with me?" Narcissa whispered, clearly thinking poorly of trying to deny her actions, knowing that she had been caught out.
"If I can, Rudulphus and I will follow. Now tell me, have you word of the girl, she was injured in the battle, she was the only injury on their side that was life threatening. Andromeda was on scene to heal her." Bella whispered back fiegning curiosity and desperately hiding her anxiety and fear of the state her daughter had been in.
"Draco owled, the girl is fine now. She has been put in a medically induced coma to ensure her body heals but she will be back up on her feet in no time, the whole school was in a buzz about it. The girl seems to have many friends. He said as far as he could find out Dolohov hit her with a Sectumsempra and she lost consciousness from the blood loss but nor before she took down Dolohov and managed to perform a wandless and wordless 'accio' to save our cousin from the viel" Narcissa explained quietly as she sat on her sisters bedside.
"Okay good, she's a strong witch, especially for a mudblood. I have no doubts she will stick to her word with you, I saw how she sacrificed herself for her little friends" Bellatrix murmured.
"What do you mean?" The blonde asked in concern. She didnt know the little witch but she knew enough to know that the girl was important to her somehow and she cared for the girl, even if she wouldn't dare show it.
"She cast some sort of shield on the longbottom, Diggory, Lovegood and Weasley kids, trapping them behind the barrier away from the fighting. The shield was so powerful no ones spell even dented it and the kids were completely unharmed. Only the mudblood was in open danger along with the order members. She seemed to deliberately single those four kids out and forced them into the corner with this shield thing" Bellatrix explained, she openly would admit she was curious as to what spell her daughter had used, never mind her display of powerful magic, Bella wanted to know everything about her child including her reasoning for singling out those four student.
"Makes sense, from what Draco has said the lovegood girl and the weasley girl are only fourth years. Diggory almost died last year in the tournament I watched the mudblood heal him, it was rather impressive and it is well known that the longbottom boy isn't too great at standing up for himself" Narcissa replied as she tried to make sense of it all too.
"As for the display of magic we can only hope she survives long enough for you to ask her" the blonde chuckled before placing a kiss on her sisters head.
"Now sleep Bella Rud will be back soon and he'll no doubt want to check on you" she called as she took down her sisters privacy spell and left the room. The door closing softly behind her.
Bellatrix lay awake for some time simply recalling the events of that day. She still couldn't get the feeling of having her daughter held so close to her from her mind, the love and adoration that had swam through her chest as her baby lent into her without a fight, completely trusting Bella to keep her safe. How the girl had kissed her cheek and told her she loved her before rushing off to help her friends. The girl had turned her back completely on Bellatrix and Rudulphus as the fight began showing again her complete and utter faith in her parents. She had trusted her mother and father and even when they had begun duelling Andromeda the girl hadn't shown an ounce of worry, completely sure that her aunt was in fact safe. It blew the dark witch away and made her heart grow and break all at once. She didnt know how she had got so lucky in getting Mia as a daughter. The girl was incredible. She was strong, loyal, brave and oh so funny. The way she had completely humiliated Lucius made her smile smugly. The girl obviously had a deep rage towards Bellatrix's brother in law and she wondered just how much the girl knew about him to have deliberately picked him out to taunt. If the girl knew the truth about what Lucius had done to his wife and kid, Hermione's aunt and cousin she wasn't all that certain he would ever see daylight again.
Rud had told her their girl had figured out within minutes exactly who he was solely from the reactions to her taunting, he had explained how she had reached out her magic discretely, so discretely that not even Bellatrix had noticed the exchange, to him and questioned his identity with a single word 'papa' she had asked him and he had broke down when he told Bella how he saw the longing and heartbreak fill their little girls eyes as she looked at him, how he had to watch as her friends automatically moved to comfort and ground her and how desperately he wanted to be the one to reach out and comfort her. He had then told her how the lovegood girl hadn't fought him in the slightest, merely stood their with him quite relaxed and before she had run off to join the fight had turned to him and said "Your magic feels like hers a little. She's doing you ever so proud, dont give up mr Lestrange" before skipping off. He had only narrowly managed to keep his composure at her words.
Because the lovegood girl was right Mia was doing them proud, more than proud actually. As parents, as fighters, as undercover agents they could not fault their daughters actions. She had performed spectacularly in maintaining her parents cover and concealing her own power and identity. The girl was everything they could ever hope for and Bellatrix loved her girl more than anything in this world and those were the last thoughts that crossed her mind before she allowed sleep to claim her.
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Hermione slowly felt herself become aware of the world around her. The excruciating pain in her torso, the dull throb of her head, the dryness of her throat, the clicking of heels, the chirping of birds, the hoot of owls, the steady breathing around her and most notably the voices of her Grandmother and aunt coming from somewhere relatively close to her.
"What do you mean she's been out for two weeks? How did this happen?" The voice of Minerva McGonagall carried across to her. Her tone low and dangerous but Hermione could make out the carefully concealed anger and concern in the craftily controlled tones of her grandmother.
"The ring leaders of Blackbird decided they had to take on six fully grown death eaters by themselves and while I agree in the circumstances they had little choice in that but our dear Hermione decided to play hero, barricading Luna, Ginny, Neville and Cedric in some sort of defensive shield away from the fighting and then she decided to take on none other than Antonin Dolohov on her own. He managed to slip some unknown hex under her nose, splitting her open in multiple places right across her torso and if that wasn't bad enough she decided as she began passing out from blood loss to throw in a wandless and wordless 'accio' spell to summon a fully grown Sirius Black to stop him falling through the viel but in doing so because of the blood loss managed to drain her energy preserves." Her aunt Andromeda ground out. Hermione could hear the worry and fury in her tone as well.
"Pomfpey put her in a medically induced comma, she pulled the spell after three days and assessed her condition before informing me that all we could do is wait for her body to heal enough and rebuild her energy stores for her to wake up. That was exactly seventeen days ago Min. I've spent the past seventeen days going from extremely proud of her ability to protect all her friends and family and extremely annoyed at her utter lack of care for her own wellbeing" her aunt continued. Ranting now in her frustrations.
"I can see why, she cares far too much for everyone else. Her whole life has been one big sacrifice after another. I wish we could somehow take it all away for her. Give her and her mother some peace" Mimerva replied softly. The fight seeming to leave her voice.
"Tell me again what happened when that god awful toad of a woman hexed me into this week?" She continued.
"Hermione saw the commotion from the astronomy tower. She reacted as soon as she saw you approaching umbridge, multiple Blackbird students following at her heels. She arrived just as that WOMAN" Andromeda spat "and those aurors hexed you. She reacted instinctively managing to heal your internal bleeding and heal your surface wounds before administering a blood replenishing potion, a pain potion and a dreamless sleep all before madame pomfrey arrived on scene. Pomfrey has since said that if Hermione had not reacted as fast as she did you would not have survived the attack" Andromeda explained quietly and unfortunately for Hermione her body chose that moment to allow the darkness to reclaim her as it sucked her back down into a world of nothing.
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The next time Hermione became aware of the world she noticed that the pain in her torso had all but vanished and all that remained was a dull throb that encompassed her entire body. This time the room was quieter, the only noteable sound was the barely there soft breathes of a number of unknown individuals. The breathing was slow and even and Hermione assumed that whoever was sitting close to her had fallen asleep.
She carefully opened her eyes, allowing them to adjust to the barely lit hospital room before she moved them around, assessing the room around her.
She smiled in genuine happiness when her eyes landed on a very cosy looking Fleur, Dora, Aunt Meda and grandmama all curled up together on what she was assuming was a transfigured sofa beside her bed. Her Grandmama was closest with her head on Andromedas shoulder but her hand clasping Hermione's on the bed infront of her. Andromeda was lent back in the sofa, Nymphadora's head on her lap with Fleur cuddled in at the back of her, her head resting on their purple haired soul mate.
As Hermione gazed at them fondly, love shinning in her eyes she didnt notice her grandmothers eyes snap open or the older witch shift slightly to watch Hermione as the young brunette sat up carefully. Shuffling herself back on the bed until she was in a relatively comfortable position. She only became aware of Minerva when a cold glass of water appeared suddenly infront of her and she took it gingerly, looking up sheepishly as she recalled the conversation she had overheard earlier.
"Yes little witch you should feel bad but it is the middle of the night and I do not wish to put you over my knee at this hour now drink your water up and shuffle over so I can lay beside you" Her grandmother whispered gently as she helped Hermione lift the glass to her lips.
"We will deal with this in the morning but right now I'm just more than relieved that you are alright and finally awake little one" Minerva said as she climbed into the bed beside her grandchild and pulled the little witch into her arms as she lay them both down comfortably.
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and couldnt help the tears that ran down her face as she allowed herself to feel how unbelievably grateful she was that her grandmama was here, alive and well enough to scold Hermione for her reckless actions in the ministry.
"Hush darling, we are both alright, stop your fretting for tonight and just relax with me. We are safe here" McGonagall hushed gently as she pulled the brunette tighter to her, Hermione burrowing her head in Minerva's neck and clinging to her grandmother gratefully as she allowed herself to grieve finally for all the pain and uncertainty she had felt when her grandmama had been so severely injured.
Unknown to the little witch, Minerva felt the exact same way in reverse. Filled with such relief that Hermione had made it out of the ministry with her life. As the two witches settled and allowed sleep to claim them once more Minerva promised herself that she and Andromeda would most certainly be dealing with Hermione's lapse in judgement severely...... in the morning that is.
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The next day came quickly for Hermione or so she thought as she woke up sandwiched between two bodies that she instinctively recognised as her mates. The little brunette felt extremely well rested which she thought a little humorously should very well be the case considering she had slept for almost three weeks.
Opening her eyes she could see her aunt and grandmama talking quietly as they stood together at the end of her bed. Fleur and Dora were either side of her. Both their arms and legs draped over her. Cacooning her protectively and as much as she loved the feeling of warmth and safety being held so closely by them made her feel she quickly realised that she desperately needed to use the restroom but was entirely stuck.
'Grandmama, Auntie Meda' she called out in her mind. Concentrating on the two woman she adored. She smiled as they turned automatically to face her, both faces registering shock upon finding Hermione awake.
'I'm stuck and I really need to pee' she told them and scowled when she saw her aunt smirk and her grandmother fail to hide her amused smile.
Without a word Andromeda flicked her wand, gently removing the restraining limbs from Hermione and levitating the brunette off the bed and straight into her aunts waiting arms.
Andromeda clutched the brunette tightly while releasing her from the levitation spell, bringing her niece into a tight hug.
"Auntie i do need to breathe" Hermione said in a mixture between a whisper and a wheeze.
"Sorry little one I am just relieved to see you up" Andromeda whispered as she slackened her grip on her niece but did not pull away.
"I'm going to get this a lot over the next few weeks aren't I?" The brunette questioned but in reality it was said more as a statement than a question.
"Of course and your grandmama and i will be having some words with you just as soon as you're released back into her care, now run along and freshen up before your mates wake up and trample you" Andromeda chuckled quietly as she placed a kiss on her nieces sweaty forehead before releasing her.
Hermione groaned softly, certain that she would recieve some sort of punishment for being so reckless especially when they find out how easily she had allowed herself to be distracted.
She turned quickly, placing a kiss on her grandmamas cheek and made her way to the washroom. Silently promising herself that she would take any punishment her family deemed appropriate as she was far too grateful to have her family alive and safe. If only she could work out how her parents were fairing.
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When Hermione reentered the infirmiry she really was not expecting to get tackled by a half transformed Veela or a sobbing Dora.
She had to quickly cast a silent cushioning charm on the floor beneath her to make sure that her girls and her did not get hurt as she fell backwards, both girls seemingly unaware as they burried themselves against their young mates neck.
Fleur growling softly and Nymphadora openly crying her relief at seeing her young mate up and about, despite the momentary panic both the Veela and the metamorphmagus had felt when they woke up alone on their mates hospital bed with no one in sight.
"Hey" Hermione called gently as she stroked her fingers through their hair tenderly. "I'm alright, I'm right here, I'm safe" she whispered, murmuring her reassurance as she simply held her mates close while they rode out their emotional outbursts.
"Shh" she murmured as she pressed kisses to their foreheads. She knew her mates would have been going out their minds with worry for her. She could still picture the horror on their faces as they had watched her fall in the ministry.
"As much as this scene is touching I need to check Hermione over" came madame pomfreys voice as she appeared out of her office.
"I'll be with you in a moment Madame Pomfrey, Fleur needs me to stay where I am for the moment so she can regain control of her veela" Hermione explained softly as she saw the woman standing close by.
"I don't understand what that means young one but I trust you know what you're talking about" she replied, a hint of amusement in her voice.
"I do. Veela are protective and emotional creatures, especially when it comes to people they consider family. Seeing me hurt and having me incapacitated for weeks has set of those protective and emotional urges for her. She needs to calm down to regain control and the only way she can do that is by allowing her veela to reassure itself that I'm alright. Hence the compromising if not slightly absurd position" Hermione chuckled as she nuzzled into Fleurs forehead. Concentrating on the veela because she knew out of her two mates Nymphadora was in control a lot more now as she had gone quiet and was the least dangerous if the two when emotional.
"Alright. Send one of them to get me when you're ready. I'll give you three some time to calm." Madame Pomfrey said, a smile in her voice and on her face. She was glad to know that the little witch had people in her life that cared so much about her.
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Twenty minutes later saw Madame Pomfrey reenter the ward having been informed that they were ready by Dora.
Hermione was now sitting back up on her bed, Fleur sitting behind her with her legs either side of the young witch, her arms wrapped protectively around the brunettes torso as her chin rested on Hermione's shoulder.
"Alright let's give you the once over, Fleur I ask that you reign in your magic so I can focus on Hermione's" she softly ordered as she began running diagnostic spells on the little witch infront of her.
Satisfied with what she sees Madame Pomfrey pulled back with a soft smile. "I'm confident that everything is as it should, you will have slight muscle fatigue for a few weeks until you build them back up but other than that you're the picture of health so you are welcome to go back to your dorms however I think your grandmama would have a fit if you didn't go to see her first. She doesn't start teaching again until tomorrow so she should be in the great hall as it is dinner time, I wouldn't be surprised if Andromeda was with her" she said and chuckled when Hermione cringed at the mention of her grandmother and Andromeda Tonks.
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Fleur and Dora decided to accompany Hermione to the hall and sit with her during dinner because they really were not ready to part with their little witch just yet now she was up and about again.
As they entered through the Greathall doors, Hermione beamed when she spotted Headmaster Dumbledore back in his rightful place at the top table and no sign of toadface anywhere. Dumbledore smiled brightly at the little brunette and winked as he made eyecontact with her, knowing fine well exactly why she was beaming so much.
"Yes!" Hermione whispered as she did an uncharacteristic fist pump, causing her mates and the students closest to her to laugh goodnaturedly at her actions.
"Hermione's back!!" Came the voices of Fred and George Weasley seconds before the entire hall and surprisingly some of the Slytherins were included in that began cheering and chanting her name.
Hermione blushed and hid her face in her hands at what could only be described as a hero's welcome as she hurried to sit down at the gryffindor table surrounded by her friends. Despite her embarrassment she took a moment to smile brightly at everyone before focusing on the meal infront of her, it had been so long after all since she had eaten a meal.
The meal passed relatively easily as she laughed and caught up with her friends and soulmates. She was glad to hear that upon Umbridges return from the forbidden forest she was considerably more quiet than before and even left the school willingly when the aurors came to remove her for abusing students. Apparently they had got wind of her excessive use of the blood quill on muggle-born and half blooded students. Dora and Fleur had taken great pleasure in manhandling her through the courtyard infront if the entire school all the while ripping into her for her gross conduct. Hermione wishes she could have seen that.
She also learned that Malfoy and a group of Slytherins had secretly offered the school a formal apology for their behaviours in previous years and even though no one fully trusted them the group had become rather nuteral and had not insulted nor launched an attack on any other students since Hermione had been taken to the infirmiry. Hermione had the sneaking suspicion that this group of Slytherins were the group of students she had asked Malfoy to round up and that seeing as Lucius Malfoy had been captured by the aurors at the ministry his son was now feeling slightly more confident in making his own choices without his bigoted father breathing down his neck.
Dumbledore had also been reinstated days after the battle with a full pardon and profuse apologies from the minister. All in all Hermione was glad to see that things were back to how they should be, the normal jovial and wonderfulness of the castle had returned once more.
If only she could convince her grandmama and auntie that she really did not need to be punished....
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Hermione quickly realised upon saying goodnight to her soulmates that there really was no way Minerva and Andromeda were going to let her off so easily.
As she had entered her grandmothers chambers that night she found herself directed to the sofa before both her grandmother and aunt launched into a tirade of chastisement.
"How could you be so reckless?" Minerva had fumed.
"How did Dolohov get a hex past your shield, your a lot stronger, faster and more powerful than he is?" Her aunt Meda had shouted and so it went for the next five minutes.
"You've been trained for this Hermione what on earth were you thinking?"
"Have you any idea how worried we have all been?"
"Your mother almost blew her bloody cover when she saw you fall"
"Three weeks Hermione, you've been unconscious for three weeks!!! Why would you use that much energy when you knew you were losing so much blood?"
"It was damn bloody reckless child"
"You could have died Mia, I could have lost you" at this comment Hermione looked up at her aunt and her heart broke upon seeing the fear that filled her aunts eyes as Andromeda began to sob, bringing her hands up to her face.
"You could have died" she whispered and sunk to her knees infront of Hermione.
"I can't lose you all over again Hermione, it would kill me, it'd kill your mother, your mates, your grandmama, we would not survive losing you" she sobbed, resting her forehead on her nieces knee. Minerva for her part had begun sniffling quietly as she too felt the reality if how close they had come to losing the little witch. She moved to the side of the sofa and sat down beside Hermione wrapping her arms around her grandchild and holding her tightly.
"Please Mia, explain to us what went wrong" her grandmama whispered as all the anger disapitated from her body.
Hermione drew in a ragged breath before she began to try and verbalise what had happened.
"Everything was fine, I was in control until I saw Fleur get hit by a slicing hex out of the corner of my eye. It was so quick, I took my eye of my own fight for less than a second to check that she hadn't been seriously injured and I guess that moment of distraction was enough for my shield to falter for a second and he managed to slip the hex through" she whispered.
"I panicked when I saw my mate get hurt and it made me so angry because no one has the right to hurt her, especially not Fenrir Greyback. The anger fueled me I guess, I turned back to Dolohov and hit him with a bombarda knocking him into the wall and out of the fight. As I turned to help someone else I saw Lucius hit Sirius with something and he began falling backwards towards the viel. I didnt even think about my own condition all I could see was him and the knowledge that if I didn't act he would die and I couldn't let my cousin die, not if I could do something about it. All I could think about is how I had found grandmama out on the grounds, how I almost lost her and I couldn't let that happen to Sirius, I couldn't let Harry feel the pain I did when I thought I lost you grandmama so I cast 'accio' but I was in too much pain to speak so had to do it wordlessly. When it worked amd he began coming in my direction the pain and dizziness hit me before I had a chance to react. I dont remember anything else after that apart from Fleur and Dora's faces." The little brunette sobbed as she clutched her sides.
"I didn't even think about the implications of my actions, or about how they would effect you all, im not used to being cared about so much, im not used to being important enough for anyone to notice" she whispered as her aunt drew her into her arms.
The three witches sat together for a while, crying in the safe embrace of each other. Allowing themselves to grieve their anxiety and fear together before slowly calming down.
"Okay little witch, I think we've talked the subject to death, you scared us and if this was any other scenario id have you punished severley." Her aunt said gently as she carded her fingers through the brunettes hair. Feeling Hermione nod in response to her in acknowledgement.
"I'm still in half a mind to punish you" grumbled her grandmama quietly, worry and grief still evident in her voice.
"You scared us all to death Mia. You have no idea how much you are cared for little witch. None of us could ever live happily in a world where you weren't in it. So please please never do something so reckless again." Minerva continued, tears streaming down her face. Her voice was a broken whisper and Hermione's heart shattered when she saw the sheer broken desperation in her grandmama's eyes.
Hermione reached out to her, relieved when the older witch let herself be pulled down beside the two brunettes willingly. "I'm so sorry." She whispered brokenly the weight of just how much the past few weeks had devastated those she loved most falling on her heavily. She felt the guilt over causing so much worry bubble inside her and all she could do was sob quietly as she clutched her grandmama and aunt to her tightly. Trying to convey her sincerity through the embrace.
Sensing that for now, nothing else needed to be said, all three witches remained quiet. Allowing themselves to hold each other close as they processed all that had been said and done.
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At some point in the evening, Minerva had gone into Mia's room and brought out the muggle television and video player with a selection of Disney films for them to watch, knowing that their little witch would need all the reassurance and love she could get while she came down from all the emotions of the evening.
Upon entering the living area of her chambers she smiled tenderly at the sight infront of her, Andromeda had relaxed back completely on the long sofa with Hermione curled up on her chest. The older brunette was brushing her fingers through the younger brunettes hair as she promised the girl that it was all over now and she was forgiven. Hermione was clutching Andromeda's shirt tightly as she cried, her tears much slower than they had been as the little witch calmed in her aunts arms.
"What film would you like to watch Mia" Minerva asked quietly, loath to disturb the peace that had fallen over the room.
"Lion King please" the little witch whispered as she glanced up, smiling shyly at her grandmama.
"Of course" Minerva chuckled quietly. She had watched this film countless times now with Hermione and should have guessed it would be tonight's film of choice. The brunette really did love the film.
Minerva smiled as she thought back to Hermione's explanation as to why she loved the film so much.
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"Because grandmama, Simba is outcast for years of his life thinking he is doing the best thing for his family as he thinks everyone believes that he killed his father which isn't the truth. When he comes home he learns that his family never believed the lies told by the bad people about him and that they haven't given up on him. He's their hero and that's exactly how I see my mama. She's been hidden in the dark, outcast for more than sixteen years all to protect her family and when she comes home she's going to see that she's not a bad person and doesn't need to be alone because we are all right here not giving up on the hope that we can bring her, papa, Aunt Cissa and Draco home. Shes my hero" Hermione told her as they debated what disney films were best and the reason why.
With her explination, Minerva could see plainly why their girl had become so fond of the film. It made her smile thinking of it as she glanced over at the two sleeping brunettes that lay on her sofa by the fire. Both having fallen asleep after some tea and a light supper, the exhaustion from the days tears hitting them both hard. She chuckled quietly, realising just how alike the two Black witches really were. Something she was sure would drive Bella demented when they were all finally reunited.
Tonight's conversation was a memory that Minerva had pulled out and placed in a vial along with multiple others she felt were sspecial.it was something she had quietly taken to doing where Hermione was concerned. She wanted to be able to show Bellatrix and Rudulphus the important events of their little girls life when they came home. She knew it would mean everything to them because they had missed so much. When she had told Hermione about it the little brunette had asked Minerva to teach her how to pull her memories so she could add to the collection too, knowing there were lots of little moments she wishes she could share with her parents.
Minerva was pulled from her thoughts as Hermione spoke up unexpectedly, having awoken from her nap.
"I really am sorry for allowing myself to get distracted in such a dangerous situation and for being reckless with my own self care. I promise in future I'll do better, I never want to see either of you hurt like that again. I cant stand it" the brunette said honestly but quietly.
"Its alright little one we know" Minerva replied gently as she turned to face her grand child. The sight of red rimmed, sleep filled eyes enough to melt the older woman's heart tenfold. She offered Hermione a tender smile, one filled with love that was matched by the little brunette.
"Now Mia, its late and you really need more rest so please go back to sleep. All will be right in the morning" she instructed tenderly, moving to place a blanket over the brunettes as Hermione nodded and snuggled back in to her still slumbering aunt.
minerva watched tenderly as their leading lady drifted back off to sleep. Her heart finally settling at the sight of her, she would forever be grateful that theor girl had made it out of the oast several weeks alive. She hummed quietly to herself content to just simply be in the moment now that she could be certain that their family was once again safe.