So do you think Fred and Hermione will get together? Would you like them to get together? Should she care about what Ron thinks?

Chapter 52 – Ministry Interview
George had returned for work in order to accompany me to my interview at the Ministry for the course.

"I have a bit of good news." He chirped shuffling into the kitchen. "We have officially bought over Zonkos. We signed on the dotted line this morning. It's officially ours." A huge, proud grin was plastered on George's face.

"Oh Merlin that's amazing news George." Hermione chirped jumping off her chair to hug the red head.

"Wow that's brilliant news. I'm so chuffed for you." I chirped doing the same as Hermione though our hug lasted a little longer.

"Thank you so much ladies. We've finally got it after all this time of waiting. I can't wait to get started on it, get everything moved in." George gushed.

Fred and George had been looking to buy over Zonkos Joke Shop for years but due to the war they had to scrap those plans while they went into hiding then they concentrated on Wizard Wheezes afterwards as business was booming for them and people couldn't get enough of the place.

"Good things come to those who wait." Hermione said.

"Indeed, indeed and we were wondering if you two lovely ladies would like to give us a helping hand with everything?" George questioned.

"Of course I'll help you, you don't have to ask me twice." I answered back.

"Count me in too." Hermione added.

"Also we might need the two of you to help make some more products. It'll give Laura a chance to work with potions and stuff, get used to using a cauldron." George said. "Don't be worrying we'll be there to help you and make sure nothing goes horribly wrong."

"You might end up with pink hair now and again but nothing too serious." Hermione said with a slight laugh.

"Me and Fred have ended up with much, much worse trust me." George said.

"Well I'm off to meet Mum for a catch up and a coffee so I'll see you both later. Good luck with your interview Laura." Hermione spoke heading to the fireplace to floo, stepped in and doused herself with the green power then disappeared.

"Did she tell you anything about what happened last night between her and Fred? Something must have happened because Fred was in an exceptionally good mood today." George wondered.

"Fred didn't tell you?" I asked raising an eye brow.

"Nope he didn't the git!" George replied.

"I don't know if it's my place to say anything." I spoke.

"So something did happen then!" George shrieked excitedly.

"I'm saying nothing." I said pretending to zip my mouth shut.

"Well enough about Fred and Hermione, we better get to the Ministry." Geprge said.

As you can't apparate into the Ministry we had to floo. It felt like I was on a never ending playground slide which passed various fire places. I came to a halt in the famous green Ministry floo networks landing feet first then dusted down my jeans. George wasn't far behind me but landed on his bottom which made me laugh a lot.

"It's been a while since that has happened to me." He spoke standing up and dusting himself down and looking a little embarrassed with himself.

"Why can't you apparate in here?" I wondered.

"It's to stop people apparating during trials and stuff." George replied.

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My interview had went really well considering I hate doing interviews of any kind. Usually I get tongue tied and forget what I want to say. The woman that interviewed was lovely and very easy to talk too. I was asked questions about why I wanted to do the course and how it would benefit me. We also talked about the various subjects and what would benefit me the most.

"Yes defence against the dark arts is a must for anyone wanting to live in our world. It's always good to know defensive spells. Potions will come in handy if you're looking to help Fred and George out in their shop and also can help save lives. I would recommend you doing Herbology as well because it'll co inside with your potions classes as you use a lot of the herbs etc. in your potion classes." The woman explained.

"What about the other subjects?" I asked.

"Well there is History of magic which a lot of students find incredibly boring. I know I did when I was at Hogwarts. If you're looking for basic skills to get you through then I wouldn't recommend it. The same with Divination and Astronomy too. They would be beneficial if you were looking to be a seer or are interested in that sort of thing." Madame Wills stated.

I shook my head.

"I would recommend Care of the magical creatures if you are planning on working with creatures at any time but again it all depends on what you want to do. As you are already a muggle then I don't see any point in you doing Muggle Studies however you may be required to do some talks with the younger students and may be asked to be a peer mentor in that subject." Madame Wills spoke.

"I think I'm happy enough with the five subjects I have picked." I said.

"That's brilliant. You can drop a subject at any time or decided to take another one on if you feel the need too. You will be required to attend an induction day at the school to meet your professors and find out more about each subject. That will be in the coming weeks. You will receive an owl with the date." Madame Wills stated.

I found out the professors would be Professor Sprout, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Slughorn and Professor Lupin with Sirius Black and Harry Potter filling in for Lupin once a month. After we discussed the subjects we moved on to where I planned on living.

"I'd like to travel to the school daily as I'm currently living in London with Fred, George and Hermione." I informed Madame Wills who began scribbling on her note book.

"Unfortunately you won't be able to apparate into the actual school but you'll be able to apparate to Hogsmede village then walk on up to the school. You'll be giving a student card which you'll be required to get scanned when you arrive and before you leave every day. You will also get your wand scanned everyday too." Madame Wills stated.

"Will I be allowed to apparate though before I officially get my test?" I questioned.

"Yes you will. You will be given a special provisional licence or you can use side-along apparation." Madame Wills replied.

By the time we had finished my head was full of mush as there was so much to remember.

"I can't actually believe I'm going to be attending the famous Hogwarts for two years. I'm actually looking forward to it." I stated as we left the office and made our way to the lifts.

"I think you'll enjoy it. Obviously it's not the same without Dumbledore there but McGonagall is a brilliant head mistress. She really has every single person's best interests at heart." George replied.

"I just hope there's no dark wizard attempting to kill a student while I'm there or no murderer on the loose either." I said.

"I highly doubt it. The security in Azkaban is stronger now than ever before and it's not only dementors they have protecting it. Plus Hogwarts is probably safer than ever before too." George replied.