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Chapter one: Hello Neighbour

It was so quite. To quite. Hermione, who hadn't spent so much silent time alone in such a long time, didn't know how to take it anymore. She found that the silence, that had once given her so much comfort; now gave her anxiety.

Walking through what once was the childhood home. It looked just like she left it. Empty. Her parents had left just a day after she moved in to the Wesley's'. They took everything with them. Well everything but the couple of pictures she had taken on her wild hunt for horcruxes with…

Shaking her head Hermione refused to think of their names. Not now… It was too soon. Hermione didn't need to remind her self that she was alone. Oh how she missed them already. They had won, sure. But at what cost.

Letting her bag drop on the floor, she looked around. "Constant vigilance", Moody's word still echoed in her heard. She jump as the doorbell rang. Who could possibly be visiting her? Slowly making her way back to the door Hermione slid her wond from her pocket holding it ready just in case. She looked though the peephole and let out a sigh of relief. She opened the door slightly still not letting her guard down, when she greeted her neighbour.

"Hermione dear? I knew it was you." Mrs Pevensie smiled at her kindly.

"Hello Mrs Pevensie. How have you been?" Hermione tried to smile, but it didn't completely reach her eyes. The older woman frowned. Taking in the girls dishevelled appearance and clear exhaustion written all over her face.

"Are you quite alright dear? You don't look so well."

"Not really Mrs Pevensie. I'm quite tired. If you don't mind could we maybe do this tomorrow? I've been travelling for a long time." Hermione managed to say before letting out a tremendous yawn.

"Oh of course dear. Get some sleep and maybe you would like to come to ours for dinner tomorrow?"

Hermione smiled weakly. "Yes maybe."

She waved as her neighbour returned to her house before she closed the door. Once she was alone again, Hermione slid down her front door crying.

At the Pevensie's:

"Mum what were you doing?", Lucy looked confused has her mother walked through the door. Edmund looked up from his book as did Susan. Peter was still out with their father.

"Hermione Granger just walked in to next door." Their mother answered dazed as she looked back at the door worried. Lucy's face instantly brightened at the mention of her friend.

"Really she's back?" she was so excited that she had already put on her jacket and was on her way round when her mother stopped her.

"Maybe we should give her some space. She didn't look all to well."