A/N: Thank you for those of you who have reviewed, added this as your favourite, and followed the story. This second chapter and some chapter afterwards might be a bit boring as I need to lay groundwork for the stories. I hope you can bear with me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
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Hermione's eyebrows furrowed together as she wrote on her journal, it was weird. Weirder than normal, but she has started to see the pattern. Since meeting Oliver Wood in the beginning of this month, she had kept the journal just as he advised her to. A sleeping journal, it's what he said it was. And she was supposed to meet him again this week, but her last episode at the ministry made her rethink to reschedule the appointment, and even asked if they could meet outside St. Mungo's, outside wizarding world to be exact.
It's been two months since Hermione had the sleeping episodes. She didn't remember exactly when she realized there was something weird with the way she just fell asleep like that. Her work's been very busy lately, but she never caught off guard like that. She wasn't even tired when she suddenly awoke from her episode.
Contrary to everyone's expectation, after the war and graduating from Hogwarts, Hermione didn't work for Ministry of Magic or anything related with the wizarding world. She chose to return to Muggle World, but not entirely. She didn't want to forget her root as muggle-born. Most muggle-born usually stayed at Wizarding World because it was easier for them, and after the war, with the blood prejudice became lessen it was much more appealing to have a life there than return to their muggle world. However, Hermione felt that it'll be unfair for her parents. She had sent her parents away, obliviated too, when she decided to accompany Harry hunting the horcruxes.
She had spent the time she had before returning to Hogwarts to attend funerals, meetings, and hearing. Including the hearing of the Malfoys. That was something she could not forget, Harry's too. At first, Ron was reluctant to testify. There was no lost love between their families, but Ron has changed a lot too. He still held a grudge toward Malfoys, Draco especially, but he, too, felt like they owed him a debt when Draco Malfoy refused to identify Harry when they were brought to the manor.
Harry said that Narcissa Malfoy was the one who lied to Voldemort and declared that he was dead the moment Riddle killed the horcrux inside Harry's. Hermione never thought she could feel grateful for the older woman. Harry told them that she did that because she was, like his mother, concerned for the safety of her son. That's why, for her sake, Harry also testified for Draco. Saying that he was there under the invisibility cloak on the night of Dumbledore's murder and witnessed that Draco was indeed had lowered his wand.
The trio's testimony granted Draco Malfoy a probationary period for 3 years, 1 year at Hogwarts to finish his study, and 2 years at St. Mungo's. Narcissa Malfoy's verdict was house arrest, for the rest of her life. She was not to leave Malfoy Manor until the day she died, and to give 2/3 of the Malfoy's vault content as a fine, to help restore the wizarding world. And like a pureblood noble woman that she was, she accepted the punishment with her head held high. Lucius was not that lucky, he was proven to follow Riddle on his own will, even though in the end he defected for the safety of his son. He was sentenced to Azkaban for five years, he didn't last for five years. There were no longer Dementor at Azkaban, only Aurors, magical devices and plants to keep the inmates in order. Lucius died because years of practicing dark magic tainted his magical signature and slowly corrupted his magic and finally claimed his life.
After she graduated from Hogwarts and gained the highest NEWT in century, even more than Lily Evan's, Kingsley who was the Minister of Magic had offered her a job in Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Hermione was no fool, she knew Kingsley was trying to appeal her with her passion to get fair treatment for Werewolves, House Elves, and even Goblins. But Hermione had made her own decision ever since she fought the second wizarding war.
It was when she was declining the job offer from Kingsley but daringly asked for his help if he knew someone who can help her tracking her parents in Australia, that she was introduced to the muggle prime minister. By the way he greeted Kingsley, she knew the prime minister had respect in store for the other minister. To her relief, the prime minister was willing to help her track her parents, using muggle technology. Hermione was fascinated and she could almost feel her magic hummed in delight upon absorbing the things muggle could compensate for their lack of magical blood. This, too, was her world. It took her 1 year to finally meet her parents, another 6 months spending in St Mungo's to counter the obliviation charm and rehabilitate both her mother and father for the possible after effect.
While waiting for the news on her parents, Hermione busied herself with getting herself a proper muggle qualification, and 6 months after her parents fully heal, they attended her graduation along with Harry, Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville. She realized that her parents finally looked happy after not being able to share what she learnt and her achievements in wizarding world, this was the world that they understood, the world that they could share.
For her unique talent, the prime minister and Kingsley gave Hermione a new title: liaison for both worlds. She was to be embedded in the SIS, to monitor the threat both from muggle and wizarding world. And ever since then, Hermione had been working her hardest to keep both worlds safe. Mission after mission that she took made her grateful for her magical ability that was more convenient than any gadget provided by the agency.
For the last five years, the prime minister and the minister of magic, Kingsley then Bill, had discussed on having a secret agency to specialize in identifying threat from wizarding world to the muggle world. The plan was difficult to carry out, the biggest obstacle was the statute of secrecy. At first they considered muggle-born and half-blood wizards and witches to be recruited, only realizing that the numbers of them were quite limited, courtesy of the second wizarding war. Not to mention, those that were available had difficulty readjusting their life to the muggle technology and also getting qualification. Last year, when Hermione was first heard about the plan, she suggested to recruit squibs instead. There was a good chance that some of the squibs chose to live as muggle, but still be aware of the wizarding world.
Hermione froze. It was then! Her sleeping spell started when she was trying to identify the squibs that might stay in muggle world in London. She reached her parchment and quill, scribbled an address and time and date, and as secretly as possible, she opened her window to call her owl, Morgana.
"Take this to Oliver, please" she stroked her owl lovingly and gave a soft peck in return before the beautiful barn owl took off to deliver her letter.
Hermione was giddy, she's finally able to put a point on when was these whole narcolepsy started.
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