Something New - Rewritten

1 - Discovery

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 

Headmistress: Minerva McGonagall (Order of Merlin, First Class)

Dear Ms Granger,

We are pleased to inform you that our school is reopening after last year's occurrences. We are pleased to inform you that you have a place in our 1-year class for the students who missed their last year of learning. 

Term begins on the 1st of September 1999. 

Yours Sincerely, 

Deputy Headmaster, Filius Flitwick.

I read this and felt a huge relief wash over me. Finally, some sense of normalcy will return. I have spent the last year trying to figure out a way how to reverse the Obliviate curse that I had put on my parents. Despite my efforts, I have found there to be no reversal. So I have come to terms with the fact that it is finally time to pack up my childhood home. 

I send an owl out to Harry and Ginny asking about whether or not they are going back to Hogwarts in September. While I wait for their reply, I go upstairs into the attic and pack up the last of the things. 

I move the Christmas decorations to one side, I don't need to bring those with me. May as well be left for the next people in this house. I look further into the attic, careful not to step on anything other than the beams. 

I found a box way at the back labelled "For Mia". I smile slightly, wondering if that was a childhood nickname. A tear makes its way down my face as I realise there's no way to know because I can't ask anyone now. The only way for me to know is to open the box.

I opened it up and thought it was quite bizarre that there were still baby pictures of me. I obliviated that all memories and pictures of myself should have been removed. I look further into it and find a letter. 

Curiosity got the better of me and despite the fact that this is almost definitely going to cause me to break down into tears. 

'Dearest Mia, 

I am sure this is going to be quite a shock to you whenever you find out. I am so sorry that I had to give you away, it was the safest thing to do. 

I haven't been able to escape the hold of the dark lord and I cannot have anyone hurting you. My gorgeous baby girl, it isn't safe for girls to be around the dark lord. Who knows what he will do? 

In this letter there is a necklace, I have charmed it so we will know when you wear it when you know about us. Your twin brother will be given a similar one when he turns 18, but I don't know where you will end up and I just hope that you don't have to wait years to find us. 

I really do love you, Mia,

Ambrosia Zabini.'

I sit and think about the fact that everything has been a lie and that I am not Hermione Granger but I am Mia Zabini! 

As well as on top of everything, I was adopted and I had no clue. 

A tapping on the window downstairs caused me to break out of my trance. It was a reply from Harry and Ginny. I go downstairs to let my owl in before it starts chewing at the putty in the window to get in. 

I let my owl back in and read the reply from my dearest friends.

They told me that they were all going back to Hogwarts, including Ron. The life of Ron rarely bothers me anymore. There was a certain point where I did think we would be a couple but we quickly realised that all of our "feelings" were just adrenaline and trauma and that we were better off as friends. Afterwards, seeing how he was to women and how he had been flaunting his "war heroism' to get anything he wants, and I am extremely glad I am not romantically involved with that anymore. 

I use magic to pack the rest of the things into a bag with an undetectable extension charm on it, and write a quick reply to Ginny asking her to meet me at the Leaky Cauldron and I apparate there. 

I hope that this is better, I am keeping the storyline the same in parts but some bits just don't make sense anymore. I am also looking back at comments to get some feedback and ensure that I am not only doing what feels right for myself as the author but for my readers.