First time making a crossover, hope you like it! :)

Lea

17/05/014

Edited and refined, enjoy! :)

Ps. feel free to point out if I've missed something that needs to be corrected!

-Lea

"Hermione!" called Jean Granger from downstairs.

"Coming mum, just got to find my…" Hermione stopped in her tracks and smacked her forehead. "Honestly, are you a witch or not!" she berated herself as she grabbed her wand from the nightstand.

Accio Jumper!

Soon enough the red jumper came zooming out from underneath the bed and almost smacked her right on the face if not for her quick reflexes. She quickly put it on and went over to the bed where the waiting Crookshanks —already settled in his carrier— sat, glaring at the bars that separates him from his freedom. He meowed in a rather irritated manner when he spotted her coming, and went as far as to hiss at her in distaste when she picked up his cage.

Hermione sighed, "I know you hate it Crooks, but it is an eight hour flight to Washington, seven if we are lucky. You know the rules." She sadly informed her precious ginger cat.

He sniffed and cast her annoyed look, which is quite amusing on a cats face, Hermione noted.

"How about this, I'll let you out in the car and will only put you back in when they ask us to at the Airport." She compromised.

He stared, unblinking, at her for a moment, contemplating her offer. But after a while the pros seems to have overweight the cons as he gave her a sniff and starts to groom himself in content. She took that as an agreement and left it at that. Hermione shook her head and cast one last look around her room to see if she had forgotten something. Satisfied, she locked the door behind her with a bit of difficulty and walked down the stairs to her waiting parents at the front door.

"Ready sweetheart?" asked Dan Granger, as he took the suitcases from her and carried it to the back of the car.

"As I'll ever be" Hermione sighed as she got in. As promised, she let Crookshanks out of his carrier. As soon as the cage door was opened, he had immediately jumped out and gave a long leisure stretch, then proceeds to take a nap on her lap.

"So, all set?" The driver asked as the driver started the car.

"We're all set, Stan." Dan said as he gave the young driver, Stan, a friendly pat on the back after he fastened his seat-belt.

"Ok then." Stan muttered. And with that they drove off to the airport.

On their journey to the airport, Hermione took her time to reflect on the last six years of her life. A year after the final battle, little by little everyone had started to heal and move on. As Hogwarts was closed for repairs that year, she had gone to Australia with Harry –as Ron was with his family preparing Fred's funeral—, in search of her parents. The two had found them near Victoria, where they had opened a small dentistry practice under the name Monica and Wendell Wilkins. When the memory charm was lifted, Hermione slowly explained what happened with helpful inputs from Harry. That week, Hermione spent her time with her parent, reconciling and mending strained bonds. It was decidedly the most emotionally draining week for the newly reunited Grangers.

The following year after her graduation from Hogwarts— where she had taken her final year of schooling, stating that no war can stop her from finishing her schooling much to Ron's disbelief– she had gotten a job offer at the Ministry as an Unspeakable. She had worked in that department for almost two years, gaining the title of the youngest head Unspeakable before resigning after an incident that lead her to a comma that detained her in St. Mungos for three months. Jean, Hermione's mother, was in hysterics when she heard the news from Harry and Ron, as this was the fourth time in the last two years Hermione had been admitted to the hospital. And so when Hermione came through, her parents practically begged her to resign. Hermione conceded as she understood them, a parent can only take so much of their only daughter getting hurt and possibly dying.

It took a while to find another suitable job that will appease her parents but also keep her satisfied and interested, but one particular sunny day, Hermione had bumped into Luna at Hogsmead, and as they talked over tea, she gave her the answer she was looking for.

"You should write." She said in her usual whimsical manner.

"I suspect even the Nargles will appreciate your works."

Luna had then gracefully stood up, gave a kiss to the cheeks –as she always did to her friends— and skipped her way out of the bar. Hermione had quickly took the suggestion and started working on her first book immediately, and to her great surprise, she has found that she love being a writer more so than an Unspeakable.

Her first and most popular book by far was Hogwarts: A History – Revised and Rewritten, much to the amusement of those who knew her love for the book. As a matter of fact, due to her dedication to its creation, filling it with updated, actual facts and no sugarcoating dangerous aspects of the castle and the area around it, the book became such a hit that it became a mandatory guide book for first year students. It was greatly appreciated by the muggle-born parents and parents in general as it gave them a clear image of what to expect and possibilities of what their children might and will be facing in the near future. Her success in the writer career was also proven when her other published books, such as the biography book she wrote for Harry, and her research projects of the Peverell's and The Deathly Hallows, was highly revered by the public, as Luna said, even the 'Nargles' appreciated her works.

As for her friends, she and Ron have ended their relationship. A few month of dating after the Great War, they realized that their love for each other was simply platonic, and to prove it, Ron is now engaged to his high school sweetheart Lavender Brown.

Harry and Ginny are now happily married, after a lot of convincing on Ginny's part that is. At first, Harry was still reluctant to continue where they left off as he was afraid that if they pursue it, Ginny would be targeted by the remaining Death Eaters that had fled from the final battle. But after Ginny snapped, telling him off that she can take care of herself just fine, and threatens to hex him if he uttered such nonsense. He finally proposed. After a long row of apologies and kisses that is.

Their wedding was held on October 2001. It was a small beautiful private wedding with only friends and family. Molly and Fleur couldn't stop crying throughout the entire ceremony, much to Ginny's amusement, though she had expected it from the start and was crying herself when they finished their vows. And on August 2002 their first son was born, James Sirius Potter. A few months after Angelina had her twins, Fred II and Roxanne. George could help himself and joked that they will be the next set of twins to terrorize the halls of Hogwarts, much to Molly's and McGonagall's chagrin. Today, you will find that Ginny and Harry are expecting her second son in September, much to Molly's excitement.

Neville, dubbed 'The Snake Slayer' by the papers and public much to his embarrassment, is now the Herbology professor at Hogwarts and happily married to Hannah Abbott. And as for Luna, much to everyone's surprise and amusement, she is now married to Rolf Scamander. A fellow naturalist she met during one of her expeditions in Sweden in search of the ever popular Crumple-Horned Snorkack, and the only grandson to Newt Scamander. Everyone would have thought nothing of Crumpled-Horned Snorkack and Nargles and what not, but it seems that the Scamander's are those few people who actually have the same belief of the creature's existence, however unlike the Lovegood's, they never outwardly spoken of it in public.

And now back to the present, previously her parents had decided that a vacation was in order and her mother suggested that we should go to America to visit her uncle Charlie Swan and her cousin Isabella.

"Oh! It will be so exciting!" Jean had exclaimed giddily one day at dinner.

In all honesty, she does not remember them that much, although she could recall that the last time they had visited the states was when she was around eight years old. Bella was still an infant then. She only remembered that during the holidays, she was the one who usually babysat her while her parents talked to uncle Charlie and aunt Renee.

Gentle prodding snapped her out of her musing, "Hermione, we're here honey." Her mother said.

She looked around and realized that the driver had opened up the door for her without her noticing and Crookshanks had already jumped off, yawning and stretching before laying down lazily on the floor, waiting for her to come out and pick him up. Hermione just shook her head at his antics and got out of the car, her father and the driver had taken out most of their luggage and Hermione carefully placed it on top of the trolley that her mother had brought.

"Well come on then!" Dan said enthusiastically.

Well this will be one hell of a trip, Hermione thought. And how right that thought is.