Cho hurriedly walked down the busy, rainy streets of New York, cursing herself for being late. "Damn it Cho, pull yourself together!", she told herself. She had been on edge for the past year after a nasty break up with a fellow Auror and a complete change in her life direction.

After the war, Cho decided to become an Auror but decided after a few years that she needed a change in scenery. The wizarding world had gotten to be a bit too overwhelming especially since she went through the war firsthand. So she quit her Auror training and decided to work at the Ministry. After all, who would pass up a chance to travel around for free? Besides, traveling by plane, an amazing Muggle creation, was much more luxurious than pouring green Floo powder all over herself. With the dwindling amount of money in her bank account, she couldn't afford to. So she accepted the job offer to work as a diplomat of sorts for the Ministry. It was a very high status job, but given her experience and her friends, she was deemed good enough for the job. After all, she was a bit of a hero.

So for the past year, Cho had been working with the President and though living in the States was fantastic, he was so bloody difficult! Every little action she took was thoroughly questioned, every statement was deemed outrageous, and to top it off, he was an arrogant prick that looked down on wizards. Although Cho didn't have anything against Muggles, she had been at her wit's end and was relieved when she was told of another meeting. Which she was late for. *sigh. She was going to hear about it this time, but as a defense she hadn't had a vacation in months! Another sigh escaped her as she walked down 5th avenue. But Cho really didn't mind since she loved her job.

Huffing just a bit, Cho speed walked down 5th avenue, not even looking at the pretty windows in the over priced shops. Impressed at her almost perfectly fit shape, she glanced at her watch to check the time. 11:57 it read. "Hmm, good time.", Cho murmured as she thought of how she hadn't collapsed from the all the speed walking. It was all thanks to her new break up diet, which reminded her that she would probably miss lunch again. Her stomach grumbled softly, on cue. "Bloody hell.", Cho whined.

All of a sudden, a man fell roughly against her and Cho almost fell. Thank the magic for her limberness and all those years of Quidditch practice, or she would have have fallen and skinned her knee, and that wouldn't have made a good first impression on her new boss. "What foul language.", the man said with a British accent as he smirked, watching her. Cho narrowed her eyes at this rude man and instead of replying, walked off. "What a little bugger he was! Thank goodness I'm running late or he would have gotten a piece of my mind!", Cho ranted as she thought of the man. "Although, he looked familiar." She shook her head to clear those thoughts away before they stole her attention. Instead, she leaped across rain puddles and continued speed walking.

When she finally reached the building, she let out a sigh of relief. She promised herself she would never be late again; it took too much energy. Glancing around quickly, she walked in and said the "The Ministry.", to the receptionist. The woman nodded and pressed a bottom behind her that revealed a door. The door slide open slowly while Cho tapped her foot anxiously. She quickly stopped as the woman gave her an annoyed look. When the door was completely opened, Cho stepped into the fireplace and sprinkled some green Floo powder over herself and said, "Sun room!"
When she opened her eyes, she saw a blindly bright room filled with wizards and witches walking hurridly from place to place and with ceiling to floor windows. "Hmm, didn't think the Ministry would have looked so Muggle.", Cho commented offhandedly. "Neither have I," a voice commented. Cho turned around and gasped. "Sir! I'm so sorry I'm late. I've had-" "Never mind Cho. As long as you are here, unlike someone else.", the small, middle aged man said. His eyes twinkled kindly as he smiled understandingly. Cho nodded as she followed her boss, Mr. Nethers, into a bright room.

They sat down and he stated immediately, "Cho, your new job is to work with England full time. A new Minister of Magic has been chosen and to help the public adjust since we all know the last few ones haven't been so successful." Cho smiled a bit trying to suppress a laugh. Mr. Nethers chuckled and continued, "Now along with dealing with public relations, you will have to help with other leaders such as the President and the Prime Minister." Mr. Nethers paused as he noticed the barely concealed look of shock on Cho's face. He gave her a stern look and she nodded sheepishly. "As I was saying, with hard work comes great rewards. You will be able to travel between New York and England as much as you desire, have an assistant and a group of diplomats that will work for you, and of course, a raise." Cho was momentarily stunned. "Wow, my... own... workers?" Mr. Nethers nodded. "Congratulations Cho, you have finally gotten a bit of a promotion." He smiled warmly as she threw her arms around him. "Now, now. This will not be easy, especially since your assistant is not here yet. And not is the new Minister of Magic." No sooner than the words left his mouth, than a young secretary walked in and announced that the Minister arrived. "Let us go then," Mr. Nethers said as he walked towards the fireplace. Cho nodded and Flooed herself down to the 1st floor.

Cho walked out the building craning her neck to look for the new Minister and stopped when she realized that she didn't even know what he looked like. In fact, she was so behind in Ministry news ever since her move to the States that she didn't even hear about the so called election. She scoffed. It was more of a blood line and money thing than talent or hard work. She was shaken out of her thoughts when a blast of dirty water sprayed her. Cho gasped as she saw a limo brake in front of the building. She wiped the water from her eyes and she angrily marched towards the limo. She stopped when the door opened and a man stepped out. The very same man that bumped into her when she was walking to her meeting! "What are you doing here!", Cho demanded angrily at the man. He smirked again, "So we meet again." At that moment, Mr. Nethers came out and said, "Cho, I didn't know you knew the new Minister."