The Decisions We Make
Chapter 1: She Should Have Known Better
A/N: Hello readers. I thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you enjoy. I am not making any money off of this work. I am simply borrowing characters from J.K. Rowling. Review if you have time.
It had been a month since Hermione had left her children on the train for Hogwarts. The air was bitter and the ground was littered with leaves that would soon decay with the winter winds. The wizarding neighborhood she lived in was starting to show signs of the approaching holiday. Jack o' lanterns were perched on door stoops and bats swooped around the neighborhood like eagles on prey.
The earth resonated with the crunch of frost as Hermione walked over the land to the neighborhood apparition point. She apparated to the Ministry of Magic and got into the lift that would take her to her office on the second floor of the building. The lift operators voice announced "Magical Law Enforcement" as Hermione stepped out into the hallway. She went to the office marked Law Revision and began to work. She had been in the process of reworking the laws that discriminated against anyone. The Ministry had been in the process of reforming everything from laws to education.
Hermione's job was not just a desk job. The ancient law books had a tendency to fight back. Normally it was just a matter of simple wand waving and incantations, but sometimes she had to call in the other departments to assist her. Today was the day for Hermione to select a new law book to analyze and file. Hermione went down the hallway to the door labeled Library of Law. She had been organizing systematically since the day she transferred into the department. Today her system had been disturbed. An ancient volume lay in the center of the previously cleared shelve. There was a dark glow that surrounded the book. It made Hermione's heart race, the same way that the necklace made her feel so many years ago in the woods. Hermione ignored her better judgment and reached for the book. Nothing happened. All of a sudden she felt a tug at her naval, she spun around in circles until she sunk into blackness.