A new found Love!
Chapter One: Mentor
Hermione
It was a Thursday morning and I was starting my healer training. Little did I know who would be training me, but I was very excited to be a part of helping my fellow witches and wizards with their health. I'd only finished Hogwarts 3 years ago, but I couldn't wait to be learning again. I was determined to be the best at this and I wouldn't let anything get in my way. Not even my mentor.
I woke up at 4am, I was supposed to meet my new mentor at 's at 5.30am. I went and had a long hot shower and then proceeded to tame my now dark brown, nearly black hair. I had decided to dye it a week after the final war for my seventh year. It was still out of control, but not as wild as it was before. So I did all the usual spells and ended up with my usual straight hair, so I pulled it back into a tight bun with one stray hair which I curled slightly and left to dangle down the side of my tanned face.
I then continued on to do my make-up. Now, I never used to wear make-up, but after the war, I thought I would. That war changed me and so I changed a lot about myself, that my friends accepted without words. I thought that as it was my first day I would only wear a light amount of make-up, so I used skin type colours and only put a small amount of mascara on.
Then I went to my new walk-in wardrobe and picked out a pair of grey skinny jeans and a striped grey jumper that hugged my figure perfectly. It was now 5.15am, so I quickly made myself a piece of toast and shoved it down my throat before downing a glass of pumpkin juice and brushing my teeth. I then grabbed my coat and apparated to 's.
Narcissa
It was a normal morning for me. I got up at 4am and got myself ready for my busy day at work in 's. By 5am I was ready and arrived at work to take over the night matron for the day. As I got into my office to get changed into my matron's jacket and put my identification badge, I noticed a letter on my desk. It was from the director of the hospital. It read:
Dear Narcissa Malfoy,
I expect you have been informed that all the trainee healers started last week and have all been assigned a trained healer as a mentor. I received an application letter last week after all the position's for this year had been filled, but as any good director, I read the application and was amazed by this applicant's determination to join our programme. Now, because all the healer's are taken as mentor's, I am assigning this trainee to you, as you are the only healer left. This trainee is not your average woman, which is why I have personally allowed this woman to join our programme. Never did I ever expect her to apply for this job, but I am extremely delighted for this. The only thing is, that I have accepted her proposal of doing this 4 year course in just 2 years, which means that I have told her that in order for her to complete this, she would need training for at least 14hours a day, so I was wondering if it would be possible for her to stay at your home for the duration of this course?
Please respond with your answer and I shall let the proposed student know of this arrangement.
If you do not wish to comply with the living arrangements, we shall work something out with the student. Perhaps I could get a healer from another hospital to mentor her at the times when you wouldn't be able to.
Many Thanks
Russell Brown
Director of Health
's Hospital
I read this letter over twice and couldn't believe my eyes. I was over the moon. I had always wanted to mentor a trainee healer for years, but was never allowed as I was the matron. This was my chance and I didn't care if they lived with me for the next two years! I would get to mentor this student and make them the best healer in this hospital since I was a student here. I wrote back a reply:
Dear Russell,
Of course I will accept. I have the spare room in my manor being prepared as we speak. I assume this student will be arriving in the hospital today, so I will happily await her arrival.
Just one question, who is this student that I will be a mentor for?
Narcissa
As I sent my reply, I happily awaited the news about my new student, sitting at my desk sorting out some outstanding paperwork.
Hermione
As I arrived at the front desk in 's an owl dropped a letter on the front desk which was addressed to me. I picked the letter up and sat down in the waiting room and opened my letter. It read:
Dear Miss Hermione Granger,
I am delighted in telling you that your new mentor is waiting for you in the matron's office and does not have a problem with you living with her for the next two weeks. I am also obliged to remind you that if anything goes wrong or you find you are struggling with your mentor or the amount of work that will need to be done, you cannot change mentor's or do the full course as there are no other places left. Unless there is an emergency I presume this is not a problem with you and I hope you and your new mentor will become good friends as you make your way up in the healer profession.
I am very pleased you have chosen this as your new job.
Best Wishes
Russell Brown
Director of Health
's Hospital
I was ecstatic and couldn't believe that everything I wanted and had asked for in my application form had begun to happen. Now all I needed to do was head up to the Matron's office on the 3rd floor to meet my mentor.
Narcissa
I hadn't received a reply to my letter to the director when there was a knock at my office door.
"Come in," I called, hoping that it wasn't my new student. How wrong I was.
As the door opened, Hermione Granger was stood staring at me, as I was to her. She walked into the room and closed the door behind her.
"Sit down. I take it you are my new student that I am to mentor?" She sat down and was about to say something, but I spoke before she got the chance. "Look, before you say anything, we can't do much about this situation and to tell you the truth, I am really excited. I know you're probably thinking i'm mad and I shouldn't be saying things like that, but it is true. I am not the horrible woman you once knew to be Draco Malfoy's mother. I was only like that as I was put under the imperious curse by my ex husband, Lucius. I apologise for anything that he made me or my son, yes Draco was under it too, anything we did or said that may have hurt you in some way. We apologise greatly. In fact we are very proud that Harry Potter did what he did to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and we are grateful that you and your other friends helped. I just wish I could have helped too, but unfortunately I couldn't. So, I am sorry and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I hope that we could one day get along quite well."
She just stared at me and obviously needed a chance for that to sink in. Suddenly she smiled at me.
"Look, I am not saying we are going to be friends or anything like that, but I do forgive you and if Draco decides to apologise to my face, I will probably accept it as well. I am actually very pleased you have been chosen to be my mentor, because I know how good a healer you are and I would be honoured to be your student for the next two years. I suppose you have sorted somewhere for me to stay, as I got a letter saying you wanted me to live with you while I was in training?" She questioned. I nodded my head in agreement and she stood up and we shook hands.
I thought this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship, even though she didn't know it yet.