Hi guys
I am really sorry for not updating yesterday, I had the story written but didn't get the time to write it, something unexpected came up. So this chapter is actually yesterdays. I will try to put up todays chapter in a few hours but no promises, I am not all that well today.
There are quite a few hints in this chapter about the nature of the spell. A challenge to all of you to try and find them, if anyone manages to get it right, they will get a reward! (I sound obnoxious, sorry). If anyone can guess what exactly the spell is, hats off to you.
emily. .strange, unicorn-trojans, isra22 and Guest reviewer: Thank you!
Potterhead911: Thanks for the suggestions! Did you know Teddy day actually exists?!
Broodinggloom: I felt that the last update was short too! Your constant reviews really motivate me, thank you!
Trustpixiedust: The love letter is probably coming in the next few chapters, watch out for it!
Well I won't make you wait any longer.
The Teddy Day
Hermione jerked awake from her sleep. She had seen that face again, the little boy with blonde hair and brown eyes. Since the day she had seen the boy I her spell she hadn't been able to forget him. Hermione had always wanted children and she felt a connection to him. She wanted to see him again.
Hermione walked too get workroom, the moonlight lighting her path. She whispered the words that had been the reason of her distress for the past few days, "Give light to my mind, make me see in the night."
As expected, memories of her past came first. The Sorting Hat, The Burrow, her parents, small pleasant scenes flew across. Then she was in a conference room, one she had never seen before. The older Hermione, the one she had seen at King's Cross last time, was there again. She was explaining a group of people about some project, she could not quite understand what she was saying, it was like a foreign language to her. When the older Hermione finished her presentation, everyone clapped, they all looked in admiration at her, and Hermione herself felt admiration for her. It was as if the older Hermione was a magnet and she was a helpless piece of iron. The scene shifted again, she was in a huge house, the little boy with brown eyes, her brown eyes, was dressed in pyjamas, holding a big fluffy brown teddy with a red bow tie. He was calling her, his eyes inviting her to come to him, her body remained where it was but she moved towards him. She didn't have control over herself anymore. Bright spots appeared in front of her eyes and Hermione fainted.
The sharp rays of the sun pricked her eyes. Hermione shaded them with her hands. She felt a heavy pain grow in the back of her head, it slowly spread to her whole body.
She rolled her side, away from the sun and tried to get up. Groaning as pain shot from different parts of her body and her head spun, she got up and ran to her bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach. She felt drained, she needed water. After washing her mouth and she went to the kitchen and took a few hesitant sips of water, it tasted bitter. Hermione was exhausted, so she decided to go to sleep again, no one would mind if she skipped work for one day.
When she woke up it was almost evening, her stomach growled. She went to her kitchen and warmed last night's leftovers. When she was sitting down to eat, she noticed two owls sitting patiently on the window sill. One had a huge packet and the other had a letter. She took the items and sent both of the owls away with a few treats. Sitting down to eat her dinner, she started reading the letter, it was from the Ministry. She had forgotten all about the fest.
Dear Miss Granger,
We hope you have enjoyed the seven days of valentine fest till now. Your task for today, the Teddy Day, is to gift partner a teddy bear. You have to charm the teddy bear in such a way that it should speak your favourite love quote when its nose is pressed.
Yours sincerely,
Betty Smith
Head event manager
Ministry of Magic
She would have to go out to buy a teddy bear after dinner. When she had finished eating and cleaning up, she opened her partner's gift. It was a huge fluffy, white teddy bear. It was wearing a pink frock and a little hat. Hermione smiled at this, it was adorable. She pressed its nose,
"The way to love anything is to realise that it may be lost."
She took the small not attached to the teddy bear,
This was a difficult task for me because I don't have a favourite love quote.
The quote definitely contradicted the appearance of the teddy bear, she was expecting a romantic, poetic quote. This quote was very forward and blunt. She had thought of him as a very romantic guy but she appreciated the honesty. It showed that he was ready to put himself in a vulnerable position in front of her.
Half an hour later Hermione was in a nearby toy store, browsing through the colourful shelves of soft toys. There were puppies, kittens, giraffes, a few cartoon characters and a whole lot of teddy bears, but none of them really pleased her. She finally chose a medium sized brown teddy; she would go home and transfigure it to her liking. She paid for it and walked out of the shop. The cold burned her cheeks, it felt good, and she felt fresh.
When she reached home she immediately started to work on the soft toy. She darkened the teddy's fur and added a bow tie, a red one with white polka dots, around its neck. She charmed the teddy bear to say her favourite quote:
"Love can sometimes be magic, but magic can sometimes just be an illusion."
She always loved this quote. For her, magic was real, but sometimes it could be just an illusion.
It was when she sent the gift to her partner that she realised that the teddy bear she had made was exactly like the one she had seen the little boy holding in her spell.
A/N: I went a little deeper into the spell. Did anyone find the clues? First one to get them gets a special prize ;)
