Harry Potter

Harry was enjoying a nice, quiet lunch in the corner of the Ministry cafeteria. No one ate lunch in the Ministry cafeteria—they either go out or home or eat at their desks or skip it all together. Some still regarded him as the savior of wizard world but thankfully some are smart enough to realize he just wanted to be a normal person. Ginny had already gone back to Hogwarts. Hermione joined her but stopped by the Ministry in the weekends for part of her training. She had decided to take a job in the MLE to work with the aurors without actually being one.

Today in training they were given partners, and those partners would be theirs the whole time they worked as an auror. He was to work with Malfoy. Ron was mad. Harry wasn't the happiest either; however, Hermione would be the personnel working with them. In the one week of training, Harry realized that Malfoy was serious about his work. They weren't close to being friends but had a mutual respect and truce.

Harry was almost done with his quiet lunch when he heard people yelling in the halls. It was growing louder. He started to panic, hoping it wasn't a group of crazy fans. As the yelling got louder he recognized the two voices. Draco and Hermione entered the cafeteria and made straight for Harry.

"Tell me the ferret is not serious, Harry," Hermione demanded.

Draco snorted. "Are you always so pathetic, Granger?"

Harry sighed. "Hello Hermione. Hello Malfoy. To what do I owe your loud and unruly presence? I was enjoying a nice, quiet lunch."

"Do we seriously have to work with him?" She said his name as if it was bitter to the tongue.

"That is correct," Harry answered. "Can I please continue my lunch in peace?"

"But we have to work with her," Draco groaned, ignoring Harry's request. "Why couldn't it have been Melinda? She was good to look at."

Hermione hit him in the shoulder. "Arse. At least I am competent. Melinda is an idiot."

They continued to bicker back and forth. Harry continued to eat but was getting more stressed each bite. Soon he couldn't take it anymore. "Will you two just shut up!" he yelled. Hermione and Draco stopped talking. "You are both adults now, so act like it. Yes there is a history between all of us but we need to put it aside to get our job down. All three of us want to do this job right. We have to get along. I expect you two to get along. I'm going back to the training room. I'll see in twenty minutes, Draco. I'll see you for lunch at the Burrow tomorrow, Hermione."

Harry got up and left the two. They were quiet as he walked away. He hoped they would decide to get along.


And get along they did. Whenever Hermione joined them for training, she and Draco never had any serious quarrels. Sure they argued like anyone else did in making decisions, but they always compromised in the end.

July is when Hermione started with them full time. September, a year after the three became a team, is when Harry noticed a change in dynamics between his partner and best friend. Draco was more considerate to Hermione's opinions and vice versa. Harry would even see the two chatting before training began. He was glad they finally decided to get along. Their arguments had started to give him a headache. It wasn't until a low risk mission Harry knew there was something going on between Draco and Hermione.


"This is stupid," Draco grumbled once more. "We are the best set of trainees they have and they've sent us to catch a low life thief!"

Recently a thief had been traipsing around Diagon Alley attacking and stealing from women who were alone. Harry wasn't sure how the guy was pulling it off. Seven women were hurt before the auror department sent the two trainees to survey the Alley. It had been three days and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"This dude has hurt seven women, Malfoy. Plus Dawlish said my 'stalking' skills and your 'jump into action' skills suck. That's why he put us out here," Harry said. "We need to work as a—"

"Shhh," Draco put his hand over Harry's mouth. He pointed over to a side path not far from the entrance of Knockturn. The area around was close to deserted, with a few people keeping their heads down, most likely either on their way to or coming from Knockturn Alley.

As they crept closer, the noise of struggle hit their ears. Harry tried to rush forward but Draco held him back. They stepped a little closer. "Get off of me you mangy mutt," a woman cried.

The two boys relaxed for a second, thinking it was only a dog, until someone else replied, "Listen lady, we'll do this the easy way or the hard way, and right now the only thing you can move is your mouth."

Draco looked towards Harry, seeking his approval for attack. Harry nodded. The two aurors jumped into the alley and stunned the thief. "Hermione!" Harry heard Draco shout. "Finite Incantatem."

Draco helped Hermione off the ground. "Are you alright, Granger?"

He wiped some of the blood off her face as she clung to him. "Let's get you to St. Mungo's. Then we'll go and have dinner like we planned."

Dinner? "Draco, we have to get her statement," Harry said. He didn't want to sound like the bad guy. He cared very much that his best friend was hurt but they had a job to do too.

Draco waved him off. "I'll get it at the hospital and drop it off. You take the sick guy in." They apparated away.

Harry glanced at the thief. "Did he really say dinner? Are they actually going on a date? That can't be right. He's probably just comforting her." The thief, still stunned and petrified, did not respond.


That's part of Harry's perspective. Maybe later we'll see more. He's kind of ignorant about things at the start. I'm thinking Ron will be next. Please review, and even tell me whose perspective you want(and maybe even what they see). I know this is kind of short but that's just how this will play out. Some will be longer. It's all for fun.