A/N: Not my characters
Caught Off Guard
Chapter 1
She had studied for this moment her whole life. This was the reason why she spent almost all of her evenings in the school library. Why she made sure she got the best grades and became head girl of Hogwarts seventh year. There were only two spots available for the position. The only question she had in her mind was who the other person was going to be. She knew when a ministry owl delivered a letter to her. The only reason she opened it was because she wanted it to be official. But she had already repeated the words written a thousand times. It said:
Ms. Hermione Granger
The Ministry of Magic, looks for young witches and wizards like you to fill these kinds of positions. The perfect applicant applies once in a blue moon, you, Ms. Granger are that perfect applicant we see no reason why we should deny you the position you applied for. We are sure that you know what the job entails, it is potentially dangerous but extremely rewarding. If you have forgotten the details of the trip we shall remind you below:
You have applied to embark on an expedition. A top secret one, you will leave immediately after you tell us whether you want to go through with the trip or not. Please do not feel as if you are forced to do this, we only want to send those who truly want this opportunity. Your task will be given to you when you come to the Ministry to officially accept the mission. Your partner will be assigned to you as well. You have forty-eight hours after you receive this letter to accept it in person at the Ministry of Magic. Usually we do not give tasks of such importance to novice, but you and your partner's talents can not be ignored. You will be informed of who your partner is when you come to accept. If you do not accept, do not come, we will fill the position with someone else. This letter will destroy itself after you are done reading it.
Sincerely,
The Ministry of Magic, Department of Wizard Research
Hermione was out of the door before the letter destroyed itself. She was lucky she lived so close to the Ministry or she would have died of anxiousness. She practically jumped over the secretary of the Department of Wizard Research's desk.
"Hi, my name is Hermione Granger I just got the acceptance letter and I wanted to accept!" she practically screamed it at the secretary.
"Congrats, Ms. Granger, my name is Cornelia Wipplesnapper; I'm the secretary, if you would please wait over there." She waved her hand towards the waiting area. "the other applicant is with, Mr. Sarvasi—He accepted too." She winked at her, "I think you'll like him…got the best smile I've ever seen."
Hermione laughed as she made her way over to the waiting area, this could be interesting…she wouldn't mind if he was handsome.
She heard rustling behind the door, she jumped up from the chair she couldn't wait to see who would be joining her. The door opened and out stepped a short, stout man with a bristly mustache. She smiled, "Hello, Mr. Sarvasi my name is Hermione—"
"Granger" someone drawled, "should have known."
She turned toward the voice, she knew it sounded familiar but she didn't want to think negative thoughts, she prayed silently to her self as she turned.
She saw the grey eyes first. How could she possibly think this was to good to be true?
"Hello, Draco."