This story is based on Harry Potter written by J.K Rowling

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"- normal speech

'- Parseltongue

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Most of the morning past in silence with tom asking a question about his book occasionally, Salazar and i would answer the best we could with Mathew mentioning a few things.

It was close to 11:00AM when i finished my paperwork for the day, i look over to see Tom still reading his first book and Mathew finishing up his paperwork.

Good he isn't busy, maybe he's up for a game of 20 questions.

_Mathew P.O.V_

While i finish up my paperwork my mind wanders back to a few hours ago in the hellion's office, if i didn't like magical creatures so much i would be out of this department faster than the old crone can raise a brow.

So when my new partner ripped her a new one i was amazed and surprised. When i was waiting for my partner to show up i wondered what kind of person they would be, i hoped desperately that it wouldn't be another snob.

And it looks like my hopes were fulfilled in a spectacular fashion, if tearing into the crone isn't proof of us getting along i don't know what is.

And i was pleasantly surprised that Hermione didn't drop her son like a hot potato to please her new boss, she just walked out, which says a lot about her qualifications.

I am no slouch of course, but i'm sure the only reason i am guaranteed a job here besides their desperation is that the hellion believes she is doing my supposed family a favor, not that they will care. My test scores have little to do with being hired.

Of course this makes me angry but i'll take what i can get.

That i why i am so pleased that i have an partner who is so far awesome, i will be spending a lot of time around her after all, and her son of course.

Seeing their interactions with eachother is interesting, they are not lovingly mushy, they do subtle things that show their love without it being smothering, like hair ruffles and advice.

Which isn't something i ever got as a kid, Tom has it good if you ask me, well, at least from what i can see.

Just then i see Hermione waveing at me to get my attention, i look over, "yes?"

She smiles kindly, "seeing as we are both finished early would you mind passing the time till noon?"

"Sure that sounds fine, what do you have in mind?" Should be interesting either way.

Still smiling she says, "now that we are partners we should get to know eachother since trust is very important, i ask you a question and you ask me one until we are satisfied, we will both be as honest as possible."

Yea, this will be interesting, "sounds fine, you go first."

Hermione asks, "what school did you attend?"

I answer, "Hogwarts, slytherin house." Which is why I'm still curious about the portrait she brought, "how do you have Salazar Slytherin's portrait?"

She glances at the frame, "the Gaunt family are decedents of Salazar Slytherin, which are related by marriage to the riddle family" she grimaces slightly, "thats the short version, we will tell you the long version another day."

That sounds like an interesting story, a glance at tom shows him having a similar expression on his face. I push those questions aside for now and focus on other ones, such as them having the ability to use Parseltongue.

She then asks, "what is your favorite magical creature?"

Thats easy, i grin, "dragons of course" not that i would try to pet one, "are you able to use Parseltongue?"

She smiles and simply hisses out some inarticulate sounds, wow Parseltongue. After she finishes Tom starts hissing also, followed by Salazar Slytherin in his portrait, i sigh and say, "i feel so out of the loop."

Hermione giggles and says, "maybe that will be solved one of these days, until then i get to tease you" she asks her question, "do you have any hobbies?"

I really want to ask about what she means but i can wait till another day, I shrug, "i don't really have any, cooking i guess, and other things i feel like doing" i haven't really stuck to one thing, "do you have a familiar?"

She smiles brightly, "Tom and i both have familiars, they're snakes, mine is akasha and Tom's is Nagini, they are lovely" i guess i'm not surprised that two Parselmouth have snakes as familiars, she asks, "whats your favorite type of food?"

I think for a few minutes, since i cook a lot it is very hard for me to choose, "i guess i enjoy stew the most, any type of stew" tastes delicious and is easy to make, "why do you have tattoos?"

She smiles and looks at the snake on her forearm, "this one specifically has two purposes, the first is that it covers up a rather nasty scar, but the second and more important thing is that it connects me to Tom, whenever he is in danger i will know" she nods to tom, "go ahead and show him" Tom then rolls up the sleeve of his robe to his elbow and i see a nine tailed fox tattoo in the same spot as Hermione, "all he has to do is tap his finger or wand to it for it to activate."

I never though about something like that, a way to be connected to someone in case something happens, very smart idea.

Just as Tom is finished rolling down his sleeve there is a knock at the door and Nora pokes her head in, "there aren't any field assignments for you to do today, you have the rest of the day free" then she pulls her head back out and closes the door.

A glance at the time and it shows that it is already noon, i look at Hermione, "we will have to finish another day i guess."

She nods, "of course, tom say goodbye to Mathew, it's time to go, maybe tomarrow we can all go to lunch if we don't have an assignment."

Tom puts his books away and looks at me, "bye, see you tomarrow."

Hermione grabs his hand once he reaches her, "bye Mathew, see you at home Salazar" said man simply grunts and leaves the portrait to go to one of his others, with one more smile in my direction they leave towards the elevator.

Well at least this job will never be boreing.

_Hermione P.O.V_

The next few days were similar, we would arrive at the department, meet up with Mathew in the office, complete our paperwork quota, think up a few more questions, and then leave at noon, saying goodbye to Mathew and Nora on the way out.

It wasn't until thursday that the routine finally changed.

It was close to noon and since Mathew and i had finished work, we were about to start a verbal exam for Tom on his completed book, one thousand magical herbs and fungi, when Nora poked her head inside.

She smiles and says, "we have some field work for you today" Tom and i give a woop while Mathew chuckles at our silly antics, "a wand maker apprentice is having some issues with a Bowtruckle in the forest of dean, and that he didn't bring the necessary items with him for it, believe he is Mr. Ollivander's son Garrick, he was sent to get Apple wood and poplar wood" once she finished relaying all of the important information her head pulls back out.

I smile, perfect first job for tom to experience, i walk over to tom, and scoop him up, "looks like we can have the test later, right now we get to go on our first assignment, would you like to bring akasha and nagini? It shouldn't take very long and Bowtruckles are not dangerous but they should meet Mathew eventually don't you think?"

Tom smiles, "yea lets bring them it will be fun, can we start bringing them to the office now too?"

Since i had changed my mind about bringing them the first day, and not wanting to have to deal with rio, we haven't brought them to the office yet, "sure we can" i keep ahold of tom and reach a hand out to Mathew, "i already have some wood lice in my bag so we just need to stop at the house for our snakes, then i can apparate us to the forest."

Mathew nods and grabs my hand. I apparate us to the edge of the barrier around our property that was put up by gringotts, i feel like keeping Mathew in suspense so we will walk the rest of the way.

I look at him, "this is the beginning of our property, you have permission from me to cross the wards but since they are strong you'll still feel the magic when you cross the property line."

He simply nods while he continues to study our surroundings and then steps forward towards tom and i since we already walked through the wards. When he walks through a visible shudder goes through his body that lasts for a few moments. He looks at me, "i wonder if your wards are close in strength to hogwarts, because that was some strong magic i felt."

Well, gringotts did do a great job, i shrug, "who knows, come on nagini and akasha are probably hunting around this time."

Tom hurries ahead of us, obviously excited to spend quality time with his familiar. When we catch up tom has already found nagini at the edge of the trees next to the house, looks like nagini was excited too because right when she noticed him she coiled around him and started rubbing her head all over his hair.

But that wasn't new, what was priceless is the look on Mathews face when he sees the shear size of nagini, pure shock and alarm for a good minute before he attempts to compose himself, this makes me giggle hysterically.

'What is so funny Hermione?' I hear akasha hiss a few seconds before he is coiled around me, which causes another hilarious reaction from Mathew.

I sigh and relax while still giggling, 'our guest just saw you and nagini for the first time, even though he knew about you i guess he never considered your size' i stroke his head while i hiss, 'we have our first field assignment today so tom and i want to bring you guys with us.'

He hisses lazily, enjoying the attention, 'good, how can i keep you safe if i am stuck here, better for me to go with you.'

I give him a peck, 'whatever you say.'

I look up and find Mathew finally calm enough to not only look more closely at the snakes but also the house, after a moment of studying it he says, "you have a very nice house" he smiles sadly, "it looks like a home too, not all houses have that luxury."

I smile, "glad you like it, maybe you can see the inside another time, we have a Bowtruckle to deal with first" i walk over to tom, "alright everyone ready?"

Tom nods, "yea, i wanna see a Bowtruckle, there is only a little bit about it in the book i read" he practically skips over to me.

Once both Tom and Mathew have one of my hands i apparate to forest of dean, i don't have a lot of good recent memories here but i did have happy childhood ones, and it's not like i can choose to ignore the assignment.

It took a while to search the area but eventually we found a young man sitting near a poplar tree, must be him. The Mr. Ollivander from my time looks so different this young.

Garrick practically jumps up when he sees us, "hello i am Garrick Ollivander are you here to help me? I suppose i could have done this alone but time is of the essence" well his skittishness goes down when he gets older i guess, other than that he doesn't change much.

I smile and nod, "of course, i am Hermione, this is Tom and Mathew, you have a problem with a Bowtruckle?"

He nods, "yes, i did have wood lice with me but i used all of it when i was getting apple wood."

Makes sense, "ok, Tom come with me, Mathew do you mind supervising?" At his nod Tom and i walk up to the tree, "get ready Garrick" while he does that i pull out the bottle of wood lice and explain to Tom, "we have to distract the Bowtruckle so i will pour some wood lice into your hand once we have it's attention, hopefully it will jump into your hand and eat while Garrick gets the wood, be ready but don't worry they are generally harmless unless they're mad and very cute."

I walk closer to the tree and put my hand on the trunk, i see movement to my left and i end up having to squint to see the tiny Bowtruckle, good he's looking. I wave Tom over and uncap the jar, which catches it's attention even more.

I tip a generous amount of wood lice into Tom's palm and lift up his hand towards the Bowtruckle. It takes a little while but it eventually starts making it's way down the trunk slowly towards the wood lice. As it tentatively climbs onto Tom's hand and starts eating i wave over Garrick and he gets to work gathering the minimum amount of wood he needs.

By the time it finishes eating Garrick has already gotten the wood, he works very fast.

Garrick smiles kindly at us, "thank you for helping me" he looks at tom next, "you did an especially good job if i do say so myself, keep up the good work."

Tom was having a hard time trying to hide his happy and smug grin.

Once Garrick has apparated away i grab Tom's and Mathew's hand, "lets get going, we have reports to write, food to eat and tests to give" with that i apparate away to our home with our guest for lunch in tow.