Chapter Four; Hermione's Announcement

Sorry this is a little bit late, I've had a lot of stuff on my mind to deal with today so I hope you enjoy the next chapter anyway.

Luna put a plate of tuna down on the floor in front of Tigger for him to eat and a saucer of milk right beside it. "That cat's going to start looking like Garfield if you always spoil him that much." Neville told her.

"He needs to keep up his strength so that he'll be able to play after dinner so he'll be all worn out and tired tonight." She told him as Neville chuckled.

"It's pretty obvious that you don't know too much about cats. They're nocturnal animals so they're mostly awake during the night." He told her.

"Really? I would think that dogs would be too then since they're descended from wolves." She said.

"I know, it is pretty strange when you think about it but it's true." He told her as she walked into the kitchen to cook dinner.

"Maybe they just learn to adapt. After all, dragons are supposed to be nocturnal but the reason that the ones at Dragon's Delight are always awake during the day is because they know that the workers are there to give them lots of love and attention." She said.

"Oh yeah." Neville began. "I reckon that they must miss Harry." He finished when suddenly the telephone rang. "I'll go get it. It's probably Hermione." He said as he went to go grab the phone and picked it up. "Hullo?" he answered.

"Hey Neville it's Hermione." She began.

"Yeah, I figured that it would be you calling. I'm afraid that Luna can't come to the phone right now since she's too busy cooking dinner." He told her.

"Oh that's alright, could you please tell her something for me though?" Hermione asked him.

"Yeah, sure what is it?" he wondered.

"I just want you to let her know that I talked to Julie and she agreed to help us start our business." She explained.

"Alright that's very good news, I'll go ahead and let her know." He told her before he told her goodbye and hung up the phone. "Hey honey that was just Hermione on the phone and she just wanted me to let you know that your friend Julie agreed to volunteer to help out." He said.

"That's great! Everything's ready by the way." She told him before he turned around and headed straight towards the kitchen right after Tigger had finished scratching up his litterbox.

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Ron heaved a heavy sigh while he continued to watch Harry and Ginny making out inside their bed. "You know, I heard that the brain dies more than two minutes without oxygen." Ron told them when all of a sudden he saw Hermione's head appear inside the fireplace. He widened his eyes with complete and utter astonishment and disbelief before he got up from his chair and Harry and Ginny finally broke apart. "Hermione?" he questioned with uncertainty as he slowly started walking over to it and knelt down in front of it with Harry and Ginny following along behind him.

"Hey Ron." She began with a grin while Harry and Ginny knelt down on either side of him. "How have you guys been?" she wondered.

"Alright, you?" Ron questioned her back.

"Yeah, pretty much. I just wanted to let you know that Luna and I decided to start our own pet rescue service. We got the idea after Eve helped me save a kitten from the tree out in the backyard. And due to the fact that Hogwarts doesn't start again for another month or so, and I don't much of a singing career to occupy my mind with right now, we figured that this was a good idea to help keep us busy." She explained.

"I think it's a wonderful idea!" Ginny exclaimed excitedly.

"So did you get to keep the kitten?" Harry wondered.

"No. Your father said that we had too many animals as it was so I decided to give him to Luna. She's already in love with him." Hermione explained.

"That's great! What's his name?" Ginny asked her as Hermione smiled at her.

"Tigger." She replied.

"Really? Wow, that's really cute." Ginny said.

"Yeah, I like it." Harry told her.

"So do I. We start working tomorrow so I better go. I haven't even eaten supper yet and then I'll need quite a bit of rest so I can have plenty of energy tomorrow morning." She told them.

"Alright, good luck!" Harry cried before Hermione disappeared out of the flames.