Hermione and her parents Redux WAS: Re: Wizarding Top Ten

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188211

 
> Montavilla47:
> 
> So, in this scenario, Hermione sits her parents down and 
> says something like this:
> 
> "Mother and Father, I need to go save the wizarding world, but
> it's very dangerous.  I'd like you to go to Australia so that you'll
> be out of danger, while I am risking my life.
> 
> "I think it would be for the best if I modify your minds so that 
> you don't remember that I exist. 
<snip scenario>

Pippin:
So, in your scenario, Hermione says, "I think it would be for the best if I gave you enchanted papers and you went to live in Australia under assumed names. I've arranged everything. You'll be Wendell and Monica Wilkins. You leave Britain on Sunday and you start at the Perth Clinic for Advanced Dentistry on Thursday next."

And the Grangers say, "That's fine, dear, I'm sure we'll fit right in." 

???

I think they'd say, "Hold on, here. You want us to travel under false papers? Lie to the border police? To our employers? To our *patients?* Starting Sunday and every day after that for the duration of this war? 

"It's not that we wouldn't do it for you if we could. But we're not spies, you know, or play-actors. I don't think we'd be convincing, dear, if you see what I mean. We can't be pulling out  enchanted papers and waving them under people's noses every time someone asks us an innocent question.

Isn't there somewhere safe you could send us as ourselves?"

And Hermione would have to say she doesn't really think there is, because, after all, Dumbledore was murdered at Hogwarts itself. And he was supposed to be the one person who had nothing to fear from LV.

"Well, couldn't you sort of hypnotize us then? It would be much easier for us to be Wendell and Monica if that's who we really believed we were."

"Well, I could use a memory modification charm, if that's what you mean.  Mind you, it won't hold up to a skilled legilimens, but I don't think you'll run across one of those. Thank goodness they're scarce. But you'd better think carefully about it, because if something happens to me, you could end up being Wendell and Monica forever.

"Better that, than having something happen to you because we didn't do it. As we're going to be leaving our home and everything else behind to make sure you're safe, I'd rather not have all that effort go to waste."

As to not bothering to get their consent, why do you think it was so important to Harry that the Dursleys agree to go with the Order? Why not just have the Order enchant them? After all, they were ready to enchant Harry himself if he wouldn't agree to their plan. 
 

Pippin