In the search for Hermione's parents Ron is stricken with an unknown curse. The experts and family all agree that Ron is brain dead, alive only in a shell of himself. But Hermione refuses to believe that her soul mate is gone, fighting to find him and bring him home. Ron, meanwhile, is fighting just as hard to get back, falling more in love with his witch every step of the way.

This story follows Ron & Hermione as they begin to heal following the Battle of Hogwarts. And while they have reached the finish line of the horcrux hunt, their challenges are nowhere near done. As they stand on the brink between adolescence and adulthood, they wrestle with understanding love, relationships, grief, pride, commitment, forgiveness and courage in all of its forms.

AU multi chapter fanfic that is canon in every way EXCEPT one: Hermione Granger never got her Hogwarts letter and never learned she was a witch. But nothing is as magical as love, and this story explores another way for Hermione, Ron, Hugo and Rose to end up as the tight, loving family we know from Platform 9 3/4 in the epilogue. And it explores their adventures from there...

Ron and Hermione adjust to their new life now that both of their children are off at Hogwarts for the first time. NOW COMPLETE