Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or anything else to do with Harry Potter. They are the property of J.K. Rowling. This story is purely out of my imagination and for entertainment purposes only.

Author's Note: A few of you who have subscribed to this story will find that I haven't added any chapters but merely updated it after seeing that a few things didn't totally make sense or pan out like I wanted them to. lol So I have only MAJORLY altered the first part of the first chapter. The rest of the story is the same. Thanks!

Chapter One

Harry Potter sighed as he watched the rain run in small rivers down the living room window. It seemed as if he'd been watching those rivers run for months now instead of just for the past thirty minutes. Ever since Dumbledore and Sirius Black's deaths, Harry had never felt so alone.

Voldemort and his band of death eaters were still out there somewhere and the world's greatest sorcerer was dead thanks to a backstabbing betrayer by the name of Severus Snape. His time at Hogwarts would end this coming year and he'd already received several letters of information to come and train to be an Auror at the Ministry of Magic. But with Dumbledore's death he just felt like he needed a break from everything even school.

Dumbledore and Sirius left him feeling like he had almost no one to turn to. He had focused on finally being able to move out of the Dursley's house after turning 17 and moved into the house on 12 Grimmauld Place Sirius had left to him but really wasn't sure where to go from here.

He turned his head at the sound of the front door opening and instinctivley grabbed his wand. He edged his way against the wall beside the door to the small kitchen. To his shock and pleasure walked in Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin. Lupin cleared his throat "Harry?"

He relaxed and put his wand in his back pocket. "Right here." He said and came into view.

"HARRY!" Tonks said as she flew across the room to hug him tightly. "Guess what!" she exclaimed and wiggled her ring finger at him. "That's BRILLIANT! You got married!" Harry exclaimed and hugged her tightly again and then hugged Lupin.

"Well we are here not just to give you our good news but we have something for you from Lucius Malfoy of all people." Lupin said with a solemn look at Tonks.

Harry grinned. "You mean he was able to send something ALL the way from Azkaban?" Lupin grinned back at him before answering "Malfoy sent a letter calling Authur Weasley to Azkaban and requested that we personally hand deliver this to you." Harry hesitated before saying in a firm voice. "Have you opened it? I don't trust anything that's sent by a Death Eater." Lupin nodded "Our thoughts exactly. We have also placed protective enchantments on it as well just to be safe. But I think you will see why...it's important." He yanked on the gold ribbon on the black velvet box with a sigh and popped open the top. His eyes watered slightly before turning it around for Harry to see.

Lying in a bed of gold velvet was the most beautiful ring that Harry had ever seen. It was a dark and heavy silver ring with two dragons holding a stone that Harry had never seen before. It constantly changed colors in a swirling mist. Harry took the ring out in awe and slipped it onto his pinkie finger as it was too small to fit any of his others.

A vision suddenly flashed across his eyes. His mother Lily was standing over him and her hand was reaching down to caress his cheek when he noticed that on her other hand, which was pressed against her heart, was the ring but the stone was a robin's egg raised startled eyes to Lupin who was looking at him carefully. His face suddenly cleared and he felt a rage come upon him. "Where did Malfoy get this? WHERE!".

Lupin sighed while Tonks worried her bottom lip anxiously. "I swear I don't know Harry. Malfoy wouldn't tell Authur anything. He did say that the only reason he was able to get the letter to Authur was through Professor McGonagall." Harry felt his eyes fill with tears as he continued to stare down at the beautiful ring….his mother's ring. "I need to be alone for a moment if you don't mind." He said as he turned and walked out of the room.

He sat down on the chaise in the living room and slowly slid the ring onto his pinkie finger. Another vision like a huge maelstrom came over him only this time he saw his mother and his father. He turned his head to the side and saw another giggling baby lying next to him.

Harry's eyes flew open and he pulled off the ring to put it back in the box. Who was that other baby? He wondered to himself. He needed to talk to someone and he knew just the person. Normally he would have called his best friend Ron Weasley to come but Ron was better at adventure hunting and conversations about who was the hotter girl at school rather than serious heart to hearts. He sat the box down on the table in front of him and pulled out his small cellular phone he had purchased when he wanted to contact them in a way that couldn't be traced by the Ministry. He quickly found the number he wanted and pressed send. Listening to it ring several times but no answer he hung up. Calling Hedwig, he reached for a piece of parchment and a quill. He hastily scribbled a note and tucked it into Hedwig's claw. "Go to her Hedwig…get Hermione."

Hermione Granger scowled darkly as she tried to find the right combination of ingredients to make the cake that she wanted to give to Harry. "Should have just bought one but NO I had to want to make it myself so that it will be more special. IDIOT! Harry doesn't even look at you that way nor will he EVER!" she muttered to herself.

It never failed to amaze her that she could cast a spell that could freeze an entire person or mix a potion that could make people look exactly like someone else but yet it was beyond her reach on how to bake a cake. She wished that her mother were there so that she could teach her but her parents were in France at the moment and she was alone. So there she stood in the kitchen of her parents' house when she heard a pecking on the window behind her. She spun around and was thrilled to see Hedwig. She then frowned as she opened the window and let the bird inside.

She glanced at her phone as she took the roll of parchment from Hedwig. She and Harry didn't use owls to communicate while they were in "Muggle mode" as they liked to joke. She looked closer and groaned when she realized that she'd turned her ringer off the night before while trying to take a relaxing bath and not wanting any interruptions. She saw where Harry had tried to call her and wanted to stomp her foot.

She unrolled the parchment and read quickly. "Dear Hermione, I just received a visit from Tonks and Lupin. Need you. Harry."Hermione dropped the note and grabbed her pouch of floo powder. She walked to the fireplace in her father's study. Getting inside she called out "12 Grimmauld Place!" she dropped the powder and in a flash of green fire she was gone.

Harry paced back and forth along his living room floor listening for the door. He spun around at the sound of a thud and muttered cursing coming from his fireplace and the first genuine smile in months lit his face. Hermione sat in his fireplace coughing covered in soot and floo powder. He reached down and helped her to her feet and then ran into the kitchen to get her a glass of water.

"Here drink this." He said softly, fighting to keep from spilling out everything. He watched as she drank the water and resumed his pacing. When she got her voice she asked. "What happened Harry?" Harry quickly explained to her that Malfoy had sent him a gift. "Lucius Malfoy? He knows that you would have to be barking mad to accept anything from him!" Harry grinned at the outrage in her voice but shook his head. "Don't worry Lupin and Tonks opened it first and put protective spells on it just for that reason."

Hermione glanced around at the empty room. "Just where are Tonks and Lupin?" Harry chuckled and lifted his eyebrows. "They left not long after I sent Hedwig to you earlier. I think it's a newlywed thing." Hermione blushed at his meaning.

"So where is this gift?" she asked. Harry pointed to the small box on the table. She sat on the sofa and picked up the ring box to examine it with a furrowed brow and her nose scrunched in concentration, causing Harry to smile slightly, before she opened the lid and gasped at the beautiful unique ring inside. "Oh my goodness Harry! This is the most beautiful ring I've ever seen. I've never seen a ring like this before. Why give it to you though?" she asked. Harry sighed. "Because it belonged to my mother." He said with a catch in his voice.

(A/N these chapters are going to be fairly short as I was in a bit of a hurry when writing this in between work and class.)