I don't own anything. So, even if you try and sue, I am sorry to say ….your greedy soul won't gain anything.
Hermione Granger toured through a little vacant store in Hogsmeade alley with an elderly, friendly looking man. She walked at a steady pace conscious of her movements but oblivious in her thoughts; swimming in a world that no longer contained the store or man.
"Planning on starting a business, Miss. Granger?" said the old man twice in attempt to get the wondering woman's attention.
Coming to, Hermione smiled and looked to the short man and nodded happily. "Yes sir. A Potions/Pharmacy shop as a matter of fact."
The little man's eyes lit up at the answer she offered him. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" he answered excitedly. "Hogsmeade has been in need of a new pharmacy, the potion's supply store a few window's down as you know hasn't exactly been medically helpful to us here , so the wizards that live around here are subjected to always go to St. Mungos for medicine. So I'm sure you will get good business considering the convenience, no doubt about that."
Hermione nodded in agreement. "I'm very excited about this. Since I just graduated from the ministry's potion's program, I am positive I will accomplish much in my personal studies and earn many people's trust and business with my medical potions and remedy's."
The old man smiled. "I'm as confident as you are my dear, surely you will even see me pop in from time to time…no doubt about that, no doubt at all. Now, if you don't mind, down to business, how will you be paying for this great little shop?"
"Sorry Mr. Duke, but I'd hardly call it small. It's quite gigantic but in any case I shall be putting a down payment now and pay a good sum every month." She said smiling. Inside though, she was so incredibly sad at the thought that Ron and Harry will never see this wonderful place or come to know how accomplished she had become since the war. the war. The one major event in her life that had ruined everything in her life, But in a weird sense allowed her to start a new life, with new opportunities and new goals, Like her current one; a Potions/Pharmacy store. Hermione snapped out of the thoughts of her deceased friends and handed a large sack of galleons to the nice old man. Gleaming with joy the old man took the bag from Hermione gratefully and held out the deed to the store to her. Gratefully she took it and shook Mr. Duke's hand.
"Nice doing business with you Miss. Granger, you can move in at once. I hope things work out well with your potions store. And Congratulations on winning the war against the Dark Lord."
Hermione cringed at the thought of the war... all the dead people, almost everyone dear to her killed and tormented in front of her. Hermione put on a fake smile and nodded to Mr. Duke.
"Thank you sir... but the war was almost 5 years ago."
Mr. Duke nodded "Thanks to you all the same, without you I am absolutely sure we would not have won. So, thank you . Although I wish I could stay and chat, your not the only one who wants to buy property today." And with that Mr. Duke winked and left Hermione alone with her new and large potions shop and her old and hurtful past memories of the war.
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