Hermione 'Mia' Granger was the only one of the Golden Trio left. Her best friends, her family, they were all bar two gone, killed through the war that she had been fighting since 12 years of age. The first to go were her birth parents, Marie and Phil Granger, slaughtered in their dentist clinic by Death Eaters just before her 5th year at Hogwarts. In her devastation, she had grown closer to Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, the former being her best friend and brother Harry Potter's godfather, the latter her 3rd year DADA professor. They had taken her under their wings, lifting her spirits up.

Then at the end of her 5th year, Sirius had been killed by his cousin in a battle at the Ministry of Magic. Afterwards she and Remus had grieved together, spending most of the summer between 5th and 6th alone together in the library of headquarters, which had a charm on it to hide it from the destructive hands of Molly Weasley. They were joined during the last month by Harry and Nymphadora Tonks, the metamorph grieving over the loss of her cousin. It was in that month that the two teenagers realised that Tonks wasn't just grieving over Sirius but also Remus denying the love that they both feel for each other.

It had only taken him getting forced to sit by his two young friends and yelled at for over an hour until he had his eyes opened. Mia and Harry had been best witch and wizard at their wedding during the Christmas break, happy that their friends were not allowing fear to stop their love. Albus Dumbledore was next, a mercy killing by their potions professor, Severus Snape, though it had taken a while to get to that answer.

Over what would have been their 7th year, the siblings in spirit and their other best friend Ronald Weasley had been on the run, tracking down items that held pieces of Voldemort's soul. During that time, they were taken prisoner at Malfoy Manor, where Luna Lovegood and Dobby were killed. But the final battle was where Mia's heart was ripped out and turned into a pile of ashes.

Her magical family used to be 15 strong before the battle, all but one fighting, but by the end of the battle, Mia was holding onto her dying brother, only one hadn't been killed through the fighting, tears falling down her face, "You can't leave me too Harry."

"I'm never going to leave you Mia, we're all going to be with, until the end of time," he placed a bloodied hand over her heart, "We'll be living in here from now on."

"I've got no one else now"

"You have baby Mini, she's going to need her godmother and here," into her hands went the three Deathly Hallows, "The Mistress of Death, I would trust no one to keep that baby girl more than I do you. Make sure she hears all about us."

Her honey brown eyes were pouring with the tears and she was resting her head against her brother's, looking deep into the brilliant green eyes as the life slowly faded from them. When it was gone, fittingly, the skies opened up with the rain that had been threatening to fall for the entirety of the battle.

Hagrid, the only adult member of her family left, came over and lift her into his arms, his half-giant strength being held back so he didn't hurt the witch, big fat tears falling into his beard, "Come on Mia, we can't help them now."

"My family, I only have you and Mini now," the brunette said softly, "What am I supposed to do Hagrid?"

"You survive lass, it's all you can do," inside the castle, there was chaos everywhere, mainly the professors trying to keep the children away from the bodies and arranging the retrieval of the dead.

At the head was Minerva McGonagall, her own body showing signs of the battle, a large bandage wrapped around her head, and when she saw the pair enter she walked up, Mia seeing the tears that weren't being brushed aside, "Miss Granger, are there any others?"

"No ma'am," she struggled to keep away the tears but allowed the slightest of hope to slip into her voice as she asked, "In here?"

She knew there weren't by the look on the woman's face, "I'm so sorry my dear."

"Hagrid, I need to get my goddaughter," Mia said softly, being placed on the ground and hugging both of them, "I'll be back."

The wards of Hogwarts had fallen early in the battle, so the teen simply apparated from the Great Hall. When Tonks and Remus had first found out they were pregnant, the werewolf had run off, terrified that he was ruining his wife and unborn child's life because of his infection. He'd gone back the same day, begging the woman to both take him back and heal the burst eardrums that his young friends had given him from their screaming.

Mia had been there with Harry when the little girl was born a month earlier, she had helped to deliver her, and was the first one to hold her. When they had been asked to be godparents, the brunette hadn't thought she could be happier, then she was named.

Tonks was exhausted, it had been a long labour, helped along by pain potions but she had been in labour for almost 30 hours before her screaming daughter had entered the world. Looking down at her beaming friend as she clipped the cord and quickly cleaned her up, the metamorph waited until the newborn was on her chest before saying, "We're naming her Hermione Lily Lupin."

"Mini to stop confusion," Remus added, catching the witch when she almost collapsed in shock, she had also been awake the entire time his wife had been in labour.

"What?" Mia asked, certain she had misheard due to exhaustion.

Motioning for the teen, Tonks caressed her face caringly, "If not for you and Harry, then this little girl would never have been. And you are my best friend, I want my daughter to have the name of the bravest person I know, just so that she can be brave and strong too."

Placing a kiss to her older friend's sweaty forehead, the teen smiled at the adults, "Helps that it is also cuter than Harriet."

"Oi, watch it Granger," Harry said laughing, stopping when he saw something though, "Well then, that's going to be so fun for you both."

All four looked at the napping newborn and Mia began chuckling while the parents were left with open mouths. When she was born, Mini had a head of black hair but now it was bright pink, like her mother's currently was, "Wonderful, you two are going to love parenthood."

It had earned both teenagers light slaps on the arm but it was in jest. Now though, Mia apparated to the cottage that the small family had been living in, replaying that one line over and over in her mind, getting even more depressed. That depression faded slightly though when she heard her goddaughter cry out.

The wards of the home let her through and Mia went straight through to the pale pink nursery that she had helped paint only months earlier. She saw the month old and smiled when Mini instantly changed her hair to match her own, "Hey baby girl."

Carefully, the witch lift her out of the cot and held her, sitting in the rocking chair and just sang to her while letting the tears fall.