Fleur and Hermione had been sitting eating their breakfast, and exchanging little kisses, for almost 15 minutes before the rest of the Gryffindor 7th years came down and found their seats near them. Ronald looked down into his plate and yawned before suddenly going at the food like a starved man. Harry, Ginny and Neville all rolled there eyes at the red-headed boy as Hermione wrinkled her nose a little disgusted by the way the guy was stuffing his face.
"Phot are oo oing ere?" Ronald made sounds at Fleur when he finally noticed her. Ginny and Harry were beside the French witch.
"I will hex you were you sit if you dare speak to her, or anyone else, with your mouth full again. I know your mother taught you better than that." Hermione hissed at him before anyone else could speak. Ronald swallowed hard and blushed.
"Sorry, Phlegm." Ronald actually went purple when he realised what he'd called Fleur. Hermione growled low in her throat and her eyes went a little gold.
"Phlegm? 'ow long did it take you to come up up with that one?" Fleur had a very mild look on her face and she calmingly rubbed Hermione's leg with one hand while her other hand cupped her chin and her elbow rested on the table by her plate.
"I didn't Lav did." Ron attempted to defend himself only to earn himself an elbow to the ribs.
"Ronald!" Lavender's shrill voice made Hermione cringe and she scowled at the table in front of her.
"I'm sure that Hermione has told you how creative Ron isn't There is no way he would be able to come up with a moniker like 'Phlegm." Ginny explained with a less than impressed expression on her face as she regarded her brother.
"Oui, I suppose she 'as." Fleur smirked as Ronald scowled.
"Oi. That isn't very nice." Ronald huffed at his sister and the blonde beside her.
"Nice? You mean like calling my girlfriend 'Phlegm'?" Hermione growled out and Ron and Lavender both clammed up.
"It is so sexy when you get all aggressive for me." Fleur cooed to her girl as she turned and smiled at her.
"Gosh I cant wait for tonight." Hermione huffed and pulled her witch into a rather deep kiss. The others gawked until Ginny cleared her throat.
"Not to be rude or anything but I think you're disturbing some people." Ginny reminded the two they were in public.
"Don't care, Gin." Hermione mumbled against Fleur's lips and the French woman hummed her agreement. They might have continued but for Severus Snape physically pulling the two witches apart.
Hermione and Fleur had also grown rather fond of the Duel Coach over the years, of course Severus and Hermione already had a rather friendly raport before the Professor revealed his being a god parent. Hermione and Severus would have dinner once a week, either with or without Minerva and the two realised that beyond duelling they had quite a bit in common, both of them being book worms and all. The Potions Master would also make an effort to meet with his god-daughters mate once a week, usually he would stay down at the Three Broomsticks until after close when the French witch would have some free time.
They often spent the night talking about cultural difference, they used to talk about potions but Rosmerta would get fed up with the two being downstairs arguing and discussing potions and their uses or the best way to substituted an ingredient. Fleur found out quite quickly that a sleep deprived Rosmerta was scary, Hermione joked that the Innkeeper would become Fleur's boggart if she didn't control her evening chats with Severus.
"After today you two can debauch one another as much as you like but for now myself and the rest of the residence of Hogwarts would appreciate if you lay off a bit." Severus gently chided the two witch who both pouted at him.
"Of course, Professor." Fleur sighed softly and Hermione simply huffed again.
"Yes well... I appreciate it. See you both later." Severus scowled at his god daughter before making his way out of the hall.
Fleur and Hermione continued to pout but decided to remain and have a cup of coffee each before going down to the Quidditch pitch. The pitch was always where they had graduation ceremony, spring in the highlands was always a pleasant time of year, never too hot or too cold. The students and parents attending also simply seemed to thrive off being out in the sun. They walked slowly, enjoying the warm sun and knowing that even though the 7th years had a free day today nothing would be done for the ceremony until almost lunch time.
They were both thinking along the same lines, they were both incredibly eager for this day to end so they could finally, truly start. Yet, with the ceremony and now Minerva wanting to give them something afterwards they were both a little frustrated. It wasn't even about sex, though it was on both of their minds to be able to explore one another in that way. Of course they were just excited to be together, to have the freedom, finally, to consummate their relationship.
The had hardly made it to the pitch when they were greeted from behind, each suddenly having hands over their eyes with a chorus of 'Guess who?'. The witches grinned knowing exactly who it would be and turned to see Nym and Ren grinning at them both. There hugs and 'how are you's?' all around.
"It's great to see you both. I didn't think we would be seeing you until next week." Hermione frowned slightly.
"Yeah well Cissy's will be great and all but I couldn't handle listening to Ren whine about missing her best friends Graduation." Nym sighed dramatically and earned a smack on the arm from her wife.
"Well, 'Ermione was there for 'ers after all." Fleur piped up and high fived Ren when the French/English witch raised a hand.
"Ugh. French witches." Nym looped her arm in Hermione and chuckled the violet haired witch and her little cousin turned and headed towards the stands to help with setting up the seats for those who would be attending.
Ren and Fleur watched their loves for a moment before following along, they took the time to catch up with one another. They filled each other in on the goings on with one another, their lives and relationship. Ren made the comment that she and Nym had been thinking about starting on children soon but didn't know how to even get started since they were both women. When they caught up with their loves they found they were talking about the same thing.
"We get the whole you need a dick kind of thing, I mean trust me we have a few, but ours aren't really that functional." Ren explained as they set out the seats together.
"Strap-ons? Cherie, we should get one of those." Fleur speaks up seriously.
"What ever you want, love. We'll go shopping sometime this week." Hermione says smiling at her love.
"Mi! I thought you were a virgin! You shouldn't be talking like that." Nym frowned at her little cousin but Ren laughed and Fleur walked over and kissed the brunette on the lips.
"I may be a virgin but that doesn't mean I have to be naive. We all know how much I like to read." Hermione points out reasonably and they all laughed softly.
"Are you not a Metamorphmagus? Can you not change that bit too?" Fleur inquired suddenly curious looking at Nym.
Ren and Nym look at one another for a moment before blushing a little. Nymphadora smacked herself on the head and looked down at herself for a moment concentrating before wooping and pulling her pants out a little and looking down into them. Ren moved over and bit her lip as she looked down into her wife's pants. Fleur and Hermione watched on amused as Ren reached in, it was clear the moment she made contact before Nym sucked in a sharp breath and stepped away from her wife.
"Well i'm embarrassed to admit that I have never thought of trying that before." The Metamorph huffed at her own lack of imagination.
"Yep. Would have saved us money on those toys." Ren smirked at her wife.
"Excuse me? I quite enjoy when you put one of those on." Nymphadora spoke up a little indignantly.
"Anyway... You should talk to mum. Her and Muma Black managed to get pregnant with me. Ask her how." Hermione speaks up after a moment of watching the married couple share a kiss full of promise.
"Oh! That's actually a brilliant idea. Aunty Min will love talking sex to Ren!" Nym smirked deviously.
"Yeah because I am obviously her favourite." Ren sniffed and folded her arms over her chest.
"Well mum's been invited to Cissy's next Wednesday. Ask her then." Hermione pecks Fleur's cheek before going back to unstacking chairs. Why they were doing this without magic she had no idea but oh well.
Once the unstacking was done they say around in the empty seat and chatted until students started to make their way down and eventually parents and family members showed up to find their own seats. After a little while Minerva appeared with Apolline at her side and the two women went over to their daughters. There were hugs and kisses and a small exchange on conversation, Minerva informing that Apolline would be joining them with Gabrielle and Isaac at the Manor for dinner next week.
Finally Hermione was ushered up to the seats by the stage where she was sat beside Harry and thankfully had Neville on the other side of her. They sat quietly though Hermione was eager to get this done, she knew this was all just fanfare. There was no way not to graduate from school unless the teachers absolutely think its necessary to be kept back for another year. Hermione had passed all her NEWTS with O's even though she was so focussed on her duel training Minerva was a little more than proud that her daughters marks topped both her own and Bella's.
Finally the brunettes name was called, she walked up and got her little certificate, shook everyone's hand and then went and sat back down where she had to wait for everyone else to receive there own certificate of graduation. When it was finally over and everyone was certified graduates they all filed on stage and watched as Filch lit the fire works. As had become tradition the last few years instead of sparks from their wands the school had taken to purchasing four specially made fireworks, all created by Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.
As it turned out, the twins had managed to convince Sirius black to fun their shop. They had paid him back triple within the same year of opening. They had started with a lot of joke candy, mostly angled towards school students and branched out from there. Now they had Pygmy puffs and sold more specially made firework than they could keep in stock. The school had bought fireworks for holidays such as Christmas, New Years, Valentines, Easter. Even the Queens birthday though typically only the staff were there to celebrate that one.
Now they watched as the four large fireworks burst into the air above the stage. They formed the House coat of arms before gradually becoming the respective house animal. A large snake that hissed at the crowed along side a roaring lion a growling badger and cawing raven. Then the snake began to set a rat, the lion stalked an antelope, the badger chased a large moth that the raven wanted. Suddenly the rat the antelope and the moth merged above the four animals and each house animal struck simultaneous. The crowed was awed as the four Hogwarts animals merged in a stunning display and became the Hogwarts coat of arms. It truly was an impressive display.
