Hermione Granger finally has her life together after the War. She lives alone, in a small apartment in London. She'd broken up with Ron, because their relationship just didn't work out. Luckily, Ron had agreed with this and they separated in peace, so they were still friends.
After the War, Hermione had gone immediately to Australia to look for her parents. That was a very big disappointment, she'd looked for them for months, but she had never found the smallest sign of her parents. She had therefore decided to return to the UK and continue her live, but she promised herself to never give up.
She had chosen to live in London, because in this way she was close to the Wizarding world and the muggle world.. It was actually the perfect place to live for a muggleborn.
She worked at her own wandshop, called 'Hermione's'. She'd opened her wandshop when Mr. Ollivander had decided to retire, because she wanted all children who went to Hogwarts to have a wand of good quality. The shop was in the exact same building as Ollivander's once had been.
She was now 21 years old, but she felt much older, just like the other 'Survivors'. Almost every Survivor she knew had a good job at the Ministry or at Hogwarts, were married and some of them even had children.
Luna and Neville got together after the war and Harry and Ginny were also still together and married now. Ginny was by this time pregnant and they expected a little one in three months.
Luna, Neville, Harry, Ginny and the Weasleys were the only people she'd still some contact with. The most Survivors still came every year together to remember the lost, but there was usually less talking at those meetings. There were never any Slytherins at the meeting.
Hermione walks out of her apartment, turns the lock and puts her headphones on. Then she walks to Diagonalley.
She always prefers to walk to work, because it's relaxing and she can just think without interruptions. These are the moments she can let all her worries drift away and think about what happened and what's going to happen.
When she arrived at her shop, she immediately started to set up all the stuff she needed and put everything in the right place. When she was ready, she opened the shop.
The rest of the time she just made an inventory of all the wands and other stuff she had. Her shop was not only a wandshop, she also sold a few books, but not as much as Florish & Blotts. She'd written a book about the War and a few children books with her own experiences in it. Her books were called things like 'A Ride Through Gringotts', 'Brave Dobby' and 'Fluffy'. In total, she'd written eight books.
When all her stuff was in the right place, she started to manufacture a piece of wood for a new wand. Manufacturing wood for a wand was a very tough job, because it was very hard to curve the wood right.
When it was 1 o'clock she'd already sold a few wands and took a lunch break. She went to have lunch with George, who was also still working at his shop. They headed together to a nice restaurant at Diagonalley, like they always did.
'So, how's life lately?' she asked him.
'Well it's very hectic to work at the shop and be enough home for Alicia.' He told her.
George married Alicia Spinet after the war. They were happily married for two years now.
'I totally understand, I think it's pretty hard to keep it up if you're having your own shop!' she exclaimed.
'I have some special news to tell…' George said mischievously.
Hermione suddenly was all ears.
'Alicia is pregnant!' he beamed.
'Congratulations! How long?' Hermione asked, she was truly happy for them.
'Just two months, our baby is going to be a month younger than Harry and Ginny's.' George told her. 'We found out yesterday and tomorrow we're going to the hospital.'
If someone deserved some happiness, it was George. He was still often very sad about the death of his twin brother and he could totally use some distraction.
They chatted about all little things in life and had a tasteful lunch together.
After her lunch she went to her shop again. She sold a few wands and headed home at 7.
When she was home, she quickly made some dinner and ate it while she was watching Criminal Minds. She was doing the dishes when an owl flew in and dropped a letter on her kitchen table. Before Hermione could even react, the owl was already gone.
Hermione picked up the letter and saw it was from the Ministry, she sighed. The Ministry had owled her very much after the War to offer her all different kind of jobs, but she'd always refused them. After the War, she'd decided she wouldn't have any bonds with the Ministry, but this letter looked different for a reason.
She was quit curious, so she unsealed it quickly and read the letter inside.
Dear Miss Granger,
Like you probably know, the War has had a huge impact on the Wizarding worlds. We, from the Ministry of Magic, have decided it is time for a change. We have made a plan to recreate unity between all the purebloods and muggleborns. We would like to invite you at the Ministry at the 11th of July at 4 pm for further explanation.
Sincerely,
Kingsley Shacklebolt,
Minister of Magic
After a little thinking she decided it wouldn't hurt to take a look and the project sounded really good. She'd always been for more unity. She would surely be there at the 11th, which was in three days. This was going to be quite interesting…