Graduation was over. It was time for Hermione to set off on her new adventure. There was just one problem. She had not told her friends what that adventure was yet…
After the war Hermione went back to Hogwarts to finish her last year with Ginny. Harry and Ron had been accepted into the Auror program and had been training all year. For her final year, she had been made head girl, of course, and had spent the year trying to build the moral of the school back after the war.
Just after returning to Hogwarts she had decided that she needed to get out of England for a while. She thought that going away to a Muggle university would be a good way to clear her head after graduation. She had spent a lot of time talking to Professor McGonagall about different universities in America that would accept her "transcripts" from Hogwarts and were tolerant of the magical community. Professor McGonagall gave her a list of universities that she knew would not have problems and Hermione spent time thoroughly researching each one. During Christmas break, Hermione and her parents went to America to visit the three colleges that Hermione had narrowed her choices to.
The first was in a large city, Hermione's parents were skeptical about their daughter living in such a place by herself. Hermione also decided that she didn't think that after being at Hogwarts, with the beautiful grounds, she could go to a university where there was no grass.
The second was in the middle of nowhere, you had to drive thirty minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. Hermione decided that she didn't mind living out that far, since she had magic, but she did think that life would get pretty boring.
Then Hermione went to visit the third and final college. As they drove down College Street from the interstate, Hermione fell in love! There were some of the prettiest houses that she had ever seen, they looked like something out of a magazine! There was the cutest downtown area, with boutiques all decorated for Christmas, there were plenty of neat little restaurants, and the downtown area was bustling with students out walking and enjoying the day. As they drove into campus Hermione saw the schools towering bell tower and lawn, where several students were having picnics on the grass and lounging in hammocks in the trees. Before she had met with anyone, she knew this was where she was meant to be for the next several years… Auburn University.
