“Are you sure about this, Ron? This is just unbelievable”, asked Mr Weasley.

“I am positive Dad. Ted has been our Ginny’s friend since the last 10 years. She is alive and healthy. She works at the American Ministry now, as a trainer.”

Ron,Ted,Penny and Harry were at the Burrow, along with the rest of the Weasley family. Ron had just told them about recent revelations regarding Ginny.

“Oh Merlin! This is unbelievable. Arthur we have to go to America now and bring her home!”, said Mrs Weasley exuberantly. The rest of the Weasley family agreed with her and started showering Ron with questions.

“Okay Mum easy. Everybody just CALM DOWN. I am not done talking. Just listen to me first, and then ask questions,” Ron said.

“I am positive that Ginny is alive. That’s what we,” gesturing to Harry, Bill, Ted and Penny, “were doing this morning. Getting the facts straight. Although there are still a lot of unanswered questions behind Ginny’s disappearance and her faked death, we can confirm with 100% certainty that she is indeed alive. She is living under a different name though. She is known as Jennifer Neveu in America,” and then Ron proceeded to tell them about Ginny’s rape, her disappearance. Penny and Ted filled them in with details about Jennifer Neveu and what she did in America. There were several exclamations, but everyone allowed them to finish their explanation. After they were done, everyone was too stunned to talk. After few moments, George spoke,

“So to recap, our Ginny was kidnapped , which went wrong when she escaped. She somehow lost her memories and ended up in America, where she started living under a new name, Jennifer Neveu. She completed her education and became an Infiltrator. She married a wealthy Auror and has a son with him, Samar who is now four. Am I missing anything?”

“No, that’s pretty much everything we know,” said Ron .

“What I don’t understand is why you didn’t tell any of us about Ginny before. You knew about Ginny, since Ron and I talked to you two about her. So why now, after so long you are telling us about this. You should have told us about this 4 years ago, when you two first came here,” asked Hermione to Penny and Ted.

It was Ron who answered her, “Honey, it’s not their fault. Sure we talked about Ginny with them, but we never showed her photo or anything. They have never been to the Burrow before today, or else they would have told us sooner. That day at the inauguration of the orphanage was the first time, they actually saw Ginny. And they came forward with this, when Harry and I asked them about this. It’s not their fault.”

“Never mind all that. The important thing is Ginny is alive, and we have to bring her back home,” said Mrs Weasley.

Before Ron could respond to that, Mr Weasley broke in, “Molly we can’t rush into it. Remember Ron said, she doesn’t have any memories, she doesn’t remember who she is, she is not gonna remember who we-”

“I don’t care. I don’t care if she remembers me or not. She is still my daughter. My baby has been living in a foreign land for far too long. I have suffered enough in the ten years without her, and you can’t stop me from bringing her back home, where she belongs. After everything she has been through, she needs us, needs me. God forbid, I need her,”

“No one is disagreeing with you Mrs Weasley,” spoke Harry for the first time since he came to the Burrow, “I understand how you feel, really do. But Mr Weasley is right. We can’t rush into this. Not you or anyone else who is in this room,” everyone, even Mrs Weasley stopped talking to listen to Harry. They all knew, Harry took the blow of Ginny’s death hardest of them all. They all had someone to share their grief with. They all had moved on. Except Harry. Harry was still living in that day, when Ginny died.

“Mrs Weasley, I can’t imagine what you must be going through right now. I know you want her to be here, with us as soon as possible. But we have to be practical in this situation. It’s true that Jennifer Neveu is our Ginny Weasley, but she is still a different person. From what Penny has told me, Jennifer has been trying to find out about her past, since the last ten years. She would be happy to find out that she has a family. But that doesn’t mean that she is going to remember us all when she meets us, eventually. So when she comes back here, I would suggest everyone to not act like you want her to remember you. It will scare her off and she might not feel very welcomed if she is pressured to remember us,”

“Jennifer visited a mind healer, to get help with her nightmares when she first came to America”, spoke Penny, “The healer believed that the trauma of the incident caused her to lose her memories and they can only come back to her if her memories are triggered. So it’s not impossible that she would gain her memories. But pressure and stress can create problems for a person with amnesia. When she comes back here, she is gonna have flashbacks and it would be difficult to adjust to these changes at first. So what Harry means is to not pressurise her or expect her to remember you or any tiny details about her life here. There is also a chance that she may never remember anything about you. You all have to accept that fact right now. Remember as much as hard it is for you, it’s gonna be ten times harder for her to be here around all of you and not remember. Because to her you all are going to be complete strangers. It would be better that everyone calls her Jennifer or Jen, if you like , until she is comfortable with being addressed as Ginny. Lastly, Mrs Weasley, you don’t have to go to America to bring her home, she is gonna come here,” and then Penny told them all about the case on Ted.

“Where is she going to stay, when she comes here. Penny you have to let her know that her The Burrow is always open for her. That’s an option of course, if she wants to stay somewhere else, we would completely understand,” said Mrs Weasley.

“Well she told us, that she would be staying in the Anand Manor since it is very well guarded by the ancient spells in that place. I don’t think she will be comfortable living anywhere else right now. She is very protective of Sameer, and not many people know about her son. She has kept that fact a secret. Only the people she trusts most, knows about her son. And she is not going to stay anywhere less guarded than the manor. I hope you understand Mrs Weasley,” Penny said.

“Of course. I understand,”

Then after answering a few more question, everyone left for their homes. When Penny and Ted were leaving, Mrs Weasley cornered them and said, “Thank you so much for taking care of my daughter, Penny. I am glad that she found happiness with you people even in the most difficult times,”

“You don’t have to thank us Mrs Weasley. Jennifer is a strong and a tough woman, yet one of the kindest people I have ever met. You should be proud of her, proud of everything she has achieved,” said Ted.

“I am. I am so happy that we found her because of you two. I can’t thank you enough dears. And from now on you two are family as well. You have been Ginny’s best friends for years, taking care of her and being there for her when we couldn’t. I am in you debt forever. You don’t worry Ted. I have faith in my daughter. Although she is not the same person as I used to know, I know the kind of person I raised. Ginny has always been determined and headstrong when it comes to helping the people she loves. I have no doubt in my mind that she is one of the finest at what she in America. She was always like Percy, when it came to stuff like this. She has always wanted to be best at what she does. She will win this case for you and when that happens we can all go back to being a family,”

“Thank you Mrs Weasley, for welcoming us into your family,” said Penny.

They both hugged Mrs Weasley, said their goodbyes and went home.

“So, I would say it all went well, don’t you Ted?”, asked Penny

Ted on the other hand was thinking about something else. Something that made him question whatever Jennifer had told them four years ago. He was thinking about what he found out from Steve, earlier before going to the Burrow,

“I did some more diggings. I couldn’t find out much about how Ginny’s file suddenly disappeared. I couldn’t find anything in the Ministry about Ginny Weasley’s records. So I went to Hogwarts, and the headmistress was baffled when she couldn’t find Ginny Weasley’s file when she knew that Ginny Weasley attended Hogwarts. But I did find out something that you would find interesting. When I was asking her for Ginny Weasley’s file, she asked me why was everyone having a sudden interest in Ginny Weasley. When I asked her what she meant by that, she told me that this isn’t the first time someone in the last ten years has asked for Ginny Weasley’s file. She said, that four years ago an Auror approached her and asked for the records of Ginny Weasley. She said she handed him a copy of Ginny Weasley’s records to him. I asked her to describe the Auror and get this, her description matches Samar’s description. I showed her a picture of him I had with me. She confirmed that Samar had approached her for getting Ginny’s file.”

“So you are saying, that four years ago Samar managed to get all information pertaining to Ginny Weasley?”

“Yes. Accessing for citizen’s records in the Ministry is automated. You just have to fill out few forms to get into the room where all the database is stored and get your file. You don’t have to meet anyone or deal with some person for stuff like that. So you cannot know for sure if Samar found anything about Ginny Weasley. But to get records from Hogwarts, he had to meet the headmistress to get a copy of Ginny Weasley’s school records. And four years ago those records still existed. Though when I went their today, I couldn’t find anything,”

“Did you ask her when exactly did Samar went to her?”, Ted asked.

“Yes I did. He visited her two days before he disappeared,”

“This means, that these records of Ginny Weasley disappeared four years ago,”

“Ted are you listening to me?”, asked Penny waving her hands in front of his face that snapped him out of his thoughts.

“What? What were you saying?”

“I said that it went well, don’t you think so?”, she repeated

“Oh well, all things considered it went well yeah,” he said.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing I was just worried about this case, we have with the uhh Malfoys I mean,”

“Don’t worry, trust Jennifer on this. She is gonna win this thing, now matter what,” she said.

“I certainly hope so,” he said.

“When do you think we should tell Jennifer about all this? We have to tell her before she comes here,”

“Yaa we should. Let’s call her now, Alfred told me that she should be back by now,”

He dialed Jennifer’s phone and waited for her to answer.

“Hello Ted? Is everything okay?”

“Hi Jen, don’t worry everything is just fine. Wait just a sec, I am putting you on speaker,” said Ted and pressed a button so both Penny and Ted could talk to her.

“Oh good. I am glad you called. I was just thinking about calling you. Remember I told you about the change here since your last visit?”

“Yaa?”, asked Penny

“Well, last year I adopted this little girl, Murphy. She is almost eleven now. And I didn’t tell you about her till now, because the adoption wasn’t finalised and I didn’t want to jinx anything. I hope that’s okay,”

“Of course we understand. This is wonderful really, Sameer will have a playmate now and an elder sister to look up to,” said Ted

“Yaa. In fact I was out today, redrafting the will and everything,” Jennifer said.

“That’s great Jennifer. But why did you adopt her? I mean I didn’t even know you were looking to adopting more children,” asked Penny.

“I wasn’t. It was a quick decision. But I don’t regret it. I met her in an orphanage. The caretakers there told me, that she was sexually assaulted and since the attack she was quite reserved. Since everyone in the orphanage were her age, I thought spending some time with someone younger might be good for her. So I started taking her home, so she can spend some time with Sameer. He had been complaining for days, that he was bored with playing with someone thrice his age. Well you can’t blame him really, so I thought it would be a good change for him. So when the two of them met, it just clicked. She started coming out of her shell, and Sameer was exceedingly happy to play with someone much younger. I saw the way they quickly bonded, and I decided to adopt her. It wasn’t difficult to convince the orphanage manager to let me adopt her. Anyway, after nearly a year long process, I am officially her parent. I finished the paperwork, just a few days ago. So next week when I come to London, I will be bringing everyone else with me. This will be Sameer’s and Murphy’s first time away in a foreign country, so this would be a nice holiday for them,” she said.

“That’s really great. I will tell Trixie to clean up the manor and prepare a huge welcome feast for you. But I insist, that you must come to our new home, here for dinner. I won’t take no for an answer,” said Ted.

“Of course. But I will be the one to prepare the dinner that day. Your wife isn’t the greatest cook in this world and I am not going to feed my children whatever she cooks,” said Jennifer

They all laughed and Jennifer talked more about Murphy and other stuff that was going on in America.

“Have they set the date of trial?”, asked Jennifer when the topic turned to Ted’s impending trial.

“No not yet. To be honest I didn’t actually try to find out the trial date. With everything that’s been going on in here, I am a little overwhelmed,” said Ted

“What are you talking about? Is this why you called?Oh Ted I’m so sorry. I am such an idiot, I have been ranting about stuff that’s going on here, I completely forgot about how you must be feeling right now. Don’t worry about this case Ted. I have already started digging into whatever the reasons might be behind Astoria’s behaviour and I will have some answers by tomorrow,”

“No that’s not it, Jennifer. And don’t apologize. I know you are doing everything you can. In fact it’s gratifying. You sound really happy and I am very happy for you. I can’t wait to see Murphy, Jen,” he said.

“You don’t have to wait too long Ted. Now tell me what’s really bothering you Ted?”

“Something else has happened here since we last talked. I think you should sit down to hear what I am about to tell you. Are you sitting down?” said Ted.

On the other line, Jennifer froze. Her mind went back to fours years ago when she last talked to Samar. The conversation about her family was addressed in the same way by Samar four years ago. Steeling herself for bad new she said, “I am sitting down, Ted. What’s going on?”

“Don’t worry. It’s nothing bad. It’s good news. Jennifer your family is very much alive, they are not dead. I found out about this yesterday,” he said.

“What?”, asked Jennifer too stunned to ask anything else, How is this possible? how did he find them? She thought.

Ted and Penny then proceeded to tell her everything that had happened. They told her about her brother accidently discovering photos of her, about the records they found in the Archives, everything that had happened till interrogating her attacker, who was still in Azkaban for murdering her.

“So it happens, that they kidnapped you and when it went wrong, they faked your death. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about why Samar couldn’t find records of you four years ago. They seemed to have disappeared. Whoever is behind this, doesn’t want you in London. But the important thing is you family is alive Jennifer. A very large family at that one. They are all red heads like you,” said Ted.

“Are you sure about this Ted?”, she asked.

“I am positive Jen. You know I wouldn’t lie to you about something like this. I know how you feel about this. But don’t worry, everything is just fine. Your brothers are at the top positions in the Ministry, so they will do everything in their power to clear this situation and everything will be sorted out by the time you come here next week,” he said.

“You have already told them? Like everyone in my family?” she asked.

“Well yeah. You know Bill, your eldest brother insisted on telling your family. I couldn’t say no to him and I thought what harm will it do. But be rest assured, everyone is just happy that you are alive and can’t wait to meet you. Are you happy?” asked Penny.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am,” she said and they heard her actually laughing in the way she only did when Sameer was around her.

“So your welcome feast will be prepared by your mother actually. I am afraid she insisted on it. Is it okay if I let her inside the manor?” asked Penny.

“Of course. In fact, give everyone in my family clearance. I want to meet everyone, when I come to London,”

“That’s great. Your mother will be thrilled,” said Ted

After talking for sometime about Sameer and her family, Jennifer hung up promising to call next day if she found had any leads on the case.

Soon after that, Penny and Ted went to bed. But Ted couldn’t sleep. His earlier conversation with Steve kept him awake. He didn’t tell his wife the suspicions he had. He didn’t even know what to do with this information right now. If Samar found all the information about Ginny Weasley four years, he would have told her. It was clear that Ginny Weasley’s records existed up until four years ago. And two days after collecting all the information about Ginny Weasley Samar disappeared. Was the man behind Ginny’s disappearance, behind this too? It could also be that Samar lied to Jennifer about her family. But it was unthinkable. He knew Samar, he was like a brother. Samar wouldn’t have lied to Jennifer about something like this. If Samar told her about her family so why did Jennifer tell them that her family was dead? Was she lying to them? If she was, then why would she lie about something like this? For as long as he had known her, finding about her family, about herself was more important to her than anything else. Then why would she lie about her own family? Was she the one, who erased Ginny Weasley’s records?

He lay awake till late at night, questioning everything odd that had happened in the last four years, since Samar’s death. He was thinking about all the things he had not told Jennifer earlier. Like Mrs Hudson suddenly moving to London, soon after they did. That too, quite close to Ottery St Catchpole, where Ginny Weasley grew up. It seemed too convenient to be coincidence. Was Mrs Hudson working for the man, who is behind Ginny’s disappearance? Or was she sent by Jennifer, to keep an eye on the Weasleys? While explaining it to the Weasleys and Harry, Ted had purposefully avoided mentioning Mrs Hudson at all, and who she was to Jennifer. This has been troubling him since he had found out about Ginny Weasley’s existence. He hated keeping it a secret from the Weasleys especially Harry. He didn’t have a doubt, that this thing will come out eventually and the result won’t necessarily be pleasant.

All these thoughts, made him question all the other things he knew about Jennifer. With every second he began to trust her even less. What else has she lied about? Can I trust her?

Harry was rudely woken up by someone ringing the doorbell at four in the morning. Cursing the person for disturbing him, he got up, put on a t shirt and went to answer the door.

He was truly awake on seeing the Headmistress of Hogwarts and his former Professor McGonagall at his door step. Stepping aside he let her and said,

“Professor, Good Morning. I have to say that I am surprised to see you here. If you needed to see me so urgently, you should have just owled me. I would have come to meet you at Hogwarts,”

“It was no trouble Potter,” she said in a tone that made him smile. Even after all these years, he was glad that she could still make him feel like an errant child. Guess somethings never change, he thought.

He went to this kitchen and brought a bottle of wine and two glasses. He told her to take a seat while he poured wine for her. After a few minutes, McGonagall said,

“I am not here for chitchat Potter, I am sure you know that. However it’s urgent and I thought you wouldn’t respond to my owl immediately, so I came here myself,”

“What is it, Professor?” he asked.

“Earlier this afternoon, a man came to me. He looked like a private investigator. He came to me asking for Ginny Weasley’s records of her time in Hogwarts,” she said.

Harry nodded and said, “Oh I know, well there have been some developments regarding her case Professor. A colleague of mine hired someone to dig up files on Ginny,”

He quickly told her brief, about everything that had transpired that day.

“This is incredible Potter. The Weasleys must be incredibly happy about this,” she said.

“Oh they are very happy,” he smiled.

“And how are you doing with everything?” she asked. She was well aware of the feelings Harry had for Ginny.

“I am okay Professor. Just feels surreal. Kingsley told me to take some time off from work to let it all digest. I have to say, he is right. It’s gonna take some time to process all these events, not to mention all the other question that have arised,” he said running his hand over his face.

“You do that. I would say you have earned this holiday after everything that you have done. However like I told you, I am not here for chitchat. I have to tell you this, because only you would know what to do in this situation,” she said.

“What is it Professor?”

“Well like I said, a man today approached me asking for Miss Weasley’s records. But I couldn’t find them. They seemed to have disappeared in the air. It seems odd, since four years ago another man by name of Samar Anand approached me for the same purpose. And I gave him a copy of Ginny Weasley’s school records. But now I can’t find them. I didn’t tell you about this four years ago, because Samar Anand was an Auror.He said, the information was for a highly confidential case. I didn’t question it then, but today when I couldn’t find them this man, started asking me questions about everyone who had asked about Ginny Weasley’s records since her death. I answered him truthfully of course, but something about this situation is off. I can’t put my finger on it. And considering what you have just told me, the disappearance of all of Ginny Weasley’s school records is just highly baffling and suspicious,” she said.

“Thank you very much Professor. You have been a great help to me. I will get onto this as soon as possible,” said Harry.

McGonagall nodded and took her leave.

Harry went back to bed and stayed awake, thinking about the truthfulness of everything Ted said. If Samar found out everything about Ginny Weasley, then why did Ginny -Jennifer think her family was dead? ughh I have to get used to calling her Jennifer. Did Samar lie to her? Was he working for the man behind Ginny’s disappearance or was he that man?