Chapter One; Hermione's Dream
Hermione stood back inside her bedroom sorting her laundry and placing it on the bed when suddenly Snape entered the room. "Hey Hermione have you seen Harry?" he asked her.
"Harry and Tobey are both outside taking their dogs for a walk and Ron took everyone else for a bike ride." She explained.
"Oh okay, well when they get back I've got a letter from Derek for them. It's funny, I never expected that Ron would ever decide to ride a bike since he's got a broom to ride." He said.
"Yeah me neither, but I think Eve's the only reason why he did. He was going to make her keep an eye on the twins but when she started complaining about it he changed his mind so he wouldn't have to deal with one of her tantrums." She told him.
"If I know one thing about parenting that is no way to deal with a disobedient child." He said.
"I know, and hopefully he'll learn that soon enough." She said as a moment of silence passed between them before Snape turned around and started walking out of the room. "Uh Dad wait, there's something that I have to talk to you about." She began as he stopped and turned around to look at her.
"Sure, what is it?" he asked her.
"Well I've been thinking about it for the past few months and I decided that even though I love being the headmistress at Hogwarts I really miss my singing career. I mean Trinity's a big hit and The Dragons are still going strong, so I'm thinking about starting a solo career. Do you think that that sounds entirely crazy?" she wondered.
"No, of course not." He told her with a shake of his head. "I think that you should do whatever makes you happy." He told her with a grin as she smiled back at him.
"Thanks, I just hope that Harry and Ron feel the same way." She told him.
"Hermione listen to me, Harry's one of your best friends and Ron's your boyfriend. I know for a fact that he loves you very much and he wouldn't be much of a boyfriend if he wouldn't be there to support you. You've just got to trust him." He said.
"Alright, as soon as he gets back from his ride I'll tell him and Harry too." She told him.
"Good." Snape said with another grin before he turned around again and left the room.
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Later on that evening everyone sat down at the dinner table and said their usual dinner prayer before they started passing the food around. "So Tobey, Derek wanted me to wish you a happy birthday." Snape told him with a grin as his son grinned back at him.
"Tell him that I said thanks." He told him.
"Alright I will. I still can't believe that you're going to be fourteen years old tomorrow though." He said.
"I know, me neither. Then we've got your birthday party at the end of the week." Harry reminded him.
"I sure hope that our band will be ready by then." Ron said.
"Oh I'm sure we will be, The Dragons have taught us a little thing or two about music and how important it is to rehearse." Ginny told him.
"Uh yeah, speaking of music. I have some good news that I want to tell you." Hermione began with a grin before she turned her head and looked over at Harry who was sitting beside her. "I've been talking it over with your father Harry and he's encouraged me to start my own singing career." She told him as Harry smiled back at her but Ron simply just stared at her blankly.
"That is good news, I'm very happy for you Hermione." He told her as Ginny smiled at her as well.
"Yeah me too. Isn't that great Ron?" she questioned before she turned around to look at her brother who sat a crossed the table from her. "Ron?" she questioned again as he remained silent.
"Yeah, brilliant." He said before he started eating his dinner.
"Are you alright Ron? You don't seem all that happy about it." Ginny pointed out.
"I'm sorry, forgive my lack of enthusiasm but I personally think that Hermione is nuts if she wants to try and pursue a music career." He said glancing back over in her direction when suddenly Hermione rose to her feet.
"What!?" she exclaimed.
"I mean let's face it, you're already pretty busy with your job at Hogwarts." He told her.
"So!? Just look at Harry and what all he's accomplished in the past few years! He's got his dragon business, teaching job, and music career! Not to mention he also finds time to take care of his brothers and sisters and his horse and puppy dog. I think if Harry can manage to do all of that I can certainly manage to hold down a singing career along with my existing job at the castle." She told him.
"Well, that remains to be seen." He told her.
"Why are you acting like this? I thought that you'd be happy for me." She told him.
"Well Hermione, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but I guess there's nothing left for me to do but just say it, it's because Harry's a guy and you're a girl." He told her as she narrowed her eyebrows and glared at him.
"I can't believe that you just said that." She muttered under her breath.
"Me neither!" Eve exclaimed as Ron quickly snapped his head around at her.
"You stay out of this! This has nothing to do with you!" he snapped.
"Yes it does! I really want to become an auror but there are many people who think I can't do it just because I'm a girl." She told him.
"Well they have every reason to think that. It's a very difficult job, and they only take the best. And well let's face it, there's a very good reason why there has never been a female auror. They just aren't physically equipped to handle the job." He told her as she quickly withdrew her wand and pointed it at him.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that." She muttered
"No Eve! Don't! I don't want you to get into trouble." Hermione began before she removed her own wand and pointed it at him. "Fumunculus!" she exclaimed when suddenly Ron's face was covered in pimples much to his disgust. She shot one more angry glare at him before she turned around and left the room.