Summary
In order to save her parents, Hermione casts the Memory charm & erases away the existence of the Grangers. but it activates preexisting wards and the witch stumbles upon heart wenching facts. She is not a Granger, she was never a muggle-born. War is upon them. Hermione grapples with her growing secrets, finding solace in a snarky old portrait & in a pair of stormy blue eyes. (AU)