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Chapter 1: A Mona Lisa smile.
She was a war heroine, one of the famous Golden Trio and a highly intelligent powerful young witch but you would think that she would be in some form of a relationship at the age of 20. No, she was still single even though everyone attempted to interfere in her personal life. Hermione Granger shied away from the publicity and fame that followed her and continued to follow her. The last thing she needed while studying for her degree was to have another busy body poking their noses into her personal life yet again. Many of the public observers thought that Hermione Granger was a dried up academic virginal prune who did not have an ounce of desire in her body but that was not true.
Occasionally in public there would be a flash of an enigmatic Mona Lisa smile. That smile if glimpsed by an observer clearly identified that Hermione Jean Granger had experienced passion as a woman who loved someone. Hermione had become a woman by taking a lover during the Litha celebrations at Hogwarts after the last battle. This day was an important festival in the old ways as it was the mid summer festival. It was during this universal magical celebration that she had spent a passionate night with a man who had filled her dreams for many years since she had first met him at the Quidditch World Cup in her fourth year at Hogwarts.
He was like many others of the Wizarding community helping to rebuilt Hogwarts to its former glory in time for the new academic year after the defeat of Lord Voldemort. The large number of rebuilding volunteers where housed in tents on the grounds while the stone wizards repaired the building stonework. There was some modernization in the building redevelopment to reflect the new technological and societal developments of the last 1000 years from when the first castle was established by the founders. Modern advancements included better plumbing for which Professor Snape was most grateful as it meant that he had an opportunity to actually have a shower that allowed him to wash his hair effectively without freezing to death.
Not only had the building undergone redevelopment and renewal during this summer but also so had the educational curriculum. There had been a salon atmosphere in the tent camp during the summer were the new curriculum was developed by various consultation committees to ensure the mistakes of the past were not repeated. Some of the changes included the change of Muggle studies from an elective subject to a core subject for all students along with the recruitment of a suitable Muggle born individual who had the technological knowledge so that they could teach the new topics such as Information and Communication Technology [ICT].
The Wizarding world needed to integrate effectively with the Muggle world. The castle had been adapted in the rebuilding to enable the implementation of mobile wireless technology and support the use of Muggle electrical devices. A key feature of the reorganization of the curricula was the desire to ensure integration between both worlds with greater understanding and respect for each cultural background.
Another academic personnel change was the exorcism of Professor Bins and the development of a combined History subject – The History of Magic and Muggledom. This approach to History was to enable students to understand the key dates and events in both cultures while being able to compare and contrast the causation of specific events along with developing an understanding of the impact of key events had on each society.
So Hermione returned on September the 1st to Hogwarts to complete her education following this summer solstice where they had celebrated being alive. She had hidden her identity and participated in some love magic by taking a lover on this night. Hermione had hidden her identity so he didn't know it was her and taken the freedom of worshiping the mother in the Litha rites.
Returning to Hogwarts for the last year of her education after the celebration of her life Hermione Granger felt like an adult not just a schoolgirl playing a woman. She was a woman and Hermione felt so light hearted about this academic year, as it was the first time in six years that her education was not going to potentially be hindered by Voldemort and blood supremacist politics. Yes there were many Death Eater trials on during that academic year post the Last Battle but that meant there were plenty of guest lecturers who could be accessed by Hogwarts to provide specialist subject knowledge in all years of the school.
The academic approach also changed for the post OWL students in the upper years as there was more of a collegiate feel to the teaching as many of the students had stood side by side with the academic staff as fellow warriors in the last battle. The student teacher relationship could not return to its previous form after shedding blood, sweat and tears while holding wand arms aloft against the enemy together. Hermione returned to the 7th year cohort, as everyone knew she could have taken her NEWTs the same year as her OWLs and still pass with the highest marks, which she proceeded to do so much to Professor Snape's displeasure as she knocked him off his pedal stool of bragging rights for having the highest scores ever.
Hermione did not flash the Mona Lisa smile very often in public but it was there at least once a day normally when she woke from her dream sequence where she joined her lover. The last year of Hogwarts was a period of contentment for her and she appeared to at times to have developed the concept of work life balance. While she did not have a boyfriend in the 7th year she was happy with her social life and people commented on her serenity while questioning her lack of a physical relationship. Many tried to set her up with a date but it seemed that she ended up with another good friend rather than a lover.
After completing her education at Hogwarts Hermione went onto the Wizarding College at Oxford where she was reading for a degree in Charms and Potions. While she continued to shun the limelight many attempted to develop her personal life by setting her up on a date. There was a running book amongst the Order of Phoenix members about when Hermione would finally actually have a physical relationship as it was assumed that she was a virgin. Little did they know that she had already given the gift of her love that Litha night?