Title: Into the Ministry
Author: Cyher
Summary: Harry & Co. have joined the Ministry of Magic, but it's not quite as glamourous as they thought it would be.
Disclaimer: Me? Own Harry Potter? You must be mad! Harry Potter is the property of JK Rowling, her publishers, and Warner Brothers. They make all the money, too.
Chapter 2
The days flew by and before anyone knew it, it was time to start their jobs. Mrs. Weasley prepared the biggest breakfast any of them had ever seen outside of Hogwarts. There were pancakes and eggs, hot cereal, cold cereal, sausage, bacon, biscuits, if it was food, it was there. "Hermione," Ron said through a mouthful of oatmeal, "Why aren't you eating?"
"I can't eat at a time like this," Hermione said clearly nervous about her new job. "What if I get there and they tell me they've made a mistake? What if they send me back home? What if…what if I'm no good at what they want me to do??"
"Hermione," Ron countered, "Is there anything you're not good at? Other than flying?"
"You think they'll make me fly??" Hermione's nervousness was quickly turning into outright panic.
"Hermione, calm down. I'm sure you'll be doing the exact same sort of stuff you did at Hogwarts. Do you remember how much time we spent in the library?" Harry said with an air of certainty as he speared a piece of sausage.
"You seem awfully confident," Ron said, once again through a mouthful of food. "You know, I've been thinking. Since we both couldn't get into the Academy, I'm glad you did. I've heard they're pretty rough on cadets. You can give me fair warning!"
"I'll do that," Harry said, smiling at his friend (who was taking it quite well, in Harry's own opinion). It's true, Harry was pretty confident about being an Auror, and not without reason. His first four years of school were littered with run-ins with evil things that he managed to defeat and live through. The last three were rather uneventful, evil-wise.
Just when it looked like Voldemort was about to rise again, everything stopped. Sure, there was still the occasional killing here and there, but nothing that was cause enough for major alarm, and nothing bad happened at Hogwarts.
It was during that time that Harry's reputation really started to change. At 15 he was made Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team (a post he held for the remainder of his schooling). His team not only won the the Quidditch cup for the next 3 years, they also got national recognition in Quidditch Weekly and various other periodicals. Harry finally found himself famous for something he actually had skill at instead of something that he couldn't even remember, and he was more than willing to talk about it. Some even said he was a better Captain than both Oliver Wood and Charlie Weasley. He was also made a prefect, but missed out on Head Boy. Something about losing too many points during his first four years. He grew to 5'11" and lost the "scrawny boy look." That compared with his Quidditch rep quickly made him not only a Hogwarts champion, but also a Hogwarts heart throb.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just finishing breakfast when Arthur and Molly entered the kitchen. Molly came first, fussing over whether or not the three of them had enough to eat. Then came Arthur, straightening his tie before donning his robes. "Is it time to go already?" Ron said spooning the last bit of cereal into his mouth.
"Calm down Ron, you've got a little time left before entering the working world," Arthur said with a chuckle. "There are a few people here that want to wish the three of you good luck on your first day." As if on cue, Ginny, Fred, George, and even Percy came bursting into the kitchen.
Hugs, handshakes, and chatter abounded while the group made their way to the company cars Arthur had attained. Everyone was just about to the cars when Ginny came bounding out of the house, struggling with a giant dish. "Wait you guys! Don't leave yet!
"Ginny, is that a pensieve?" Harry asked unbelievably.
"Yes-"
"Where'd you get one of those??" Ron, the twins, and Percy all said simultaneously.
"I was getting ready to explain, thank you." Ginny said, only slightly irritated. " The new professor of Muggle Studies loaned it to me. I'm doing a summer project for school. I'm making a…a…I think Professor Smith called it a 'documentary'. You guys say stuff to me, then I pull the memory into the pensieve and organize things until it all looks how I want it. Then it can be shown to other people, and it kind of shows people what things were like here. She said it's like the Wizard version of…video editing. I think that's the term. Anyway, just say something to me about going to the Ministry. It'll all make sense when I'm done! Ron, you go first."
Ron's ears turned a slight shade of pink. It was quite obvious that the rest of the Weasleys had virtually no clue what Ginny was talking about. "Okay, umm," Ron started, "Ginny, I'm just supposed to look at you?" Ginny nodded her head and gave a slight eye roll before Ron continued. "Okay, I'm heading off to work with Dad in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. I'm not sure what I'll be doing, but I'll be with family, and friends will be nearby, so I can't be too bad off, can I?" Ron gave an uneasy smile and stepped out of Ginny's line of vision.
"That was good Ron. Okay Hermione, you next!" Ginny said as she pulled her memory of Ron into the pensieve. Hermione stepped in front of Ginny and gave a polite smile. She knew a little more about this sort of thing than Ron and any of the other Weasleys, but she still wasn't quite comfortable in the limelight. "I'm going to the Department of Research. I guess I'll be researching things. From what I understand at this point I'll mostly be keeping track of all the Wizard Laws, researching for court cases and such. Um…I'm glad to be going, because…well, I guess it'll make me feel like all that time at school and in the library is finally paying off."
It was Harry's turn next. He stepped in front of Ginny and gave a confident grin. While he had never been filmed before, he was well used to interviews. "I'm just glad we're all finally getting a chance to make a difference," he began. "When we were in school no one listened to us when we tried to talk about…things to come, but now that we're in the Ministry they have to listen."
Author: Cyher
Summary: Harry & Co. have joined the Ministry of Magic, but it's not quite as glamourous as they thought it would be.
Disclaimer: Me? Own Harry Potter? You must be mad! Harry Potter is the property of JK Rowling, her publishers, and Warner Brothers. They make all the money, too.
Chapter 2
The days flew by and before anyone knew it, it was time to start their jobs. Mrs. Weasley prepared the biggest breakfast any of them had ever seen outside of Hogwarts. There were pancakes and eggs, hot cereal, cold cereal, sausage, bacon, biscuits, if it was food, it was there. "Hermione," Ron said through a mouthful of oatmeal, "Why aren't you eating?"
"I can't eat at a time like this," Hermione said clearly nervous about her new job. "What if I get there and they tell me they've made a mistake? What if they send me back home? What if…what if I'm no good at what they want me to do??"
"Hermione," Ron countered, "Is there anything you're not good at? Other than flying?"
"You think they'll make me fly??" Hermione's nervousness was quickly turning into outright panic.
"Hermione, calm down. I'm sure you'll be doing the exact same sort of stuff you did at Hogwarts. Do you remember how much time we spent in the library?" Harry said with an air of certainty as he speared a piece of sausage.
"You seem awfully confident," Ron said, once again through a mouthful of food. "You know, I've been thinking. Since we both couldn't get into the Academy, I'm glad you did. I've heard they're pretty rough on cadets. You can give me fair warning!"
"I'll do that," Harry said, smiling at his friend (who was taking it quite well, in Harry's own opinion). It's true, Harry was pretty confident about being an Auror, and not without reason. His first four years of school were littered with run-ins with evil things that he managed to defeat and live through. The last three were rather uneventful, evil-wise.
Just when it looked like Voldemort was about to rise again, everything stopped. Sure, there was still the occasional killing here and there, but nothing that was cause enough for major alarm, and nothing bad happened at Hogwarts.
It was during that time that Harry's reputation really started to change. At 15 he was made Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team (a post he held for the remainder of his schooling). His team not only won the the Quidditch cup for the next 3 years, they also got national recognition in Quidditch Weekly and various other periodicals. Harry finally found himself famous for something he actually had skill at instead of something that he couldn't even remember, and he was more than willing to talk about it. Some even said he was a better Captain than both Oliver Wood and Charlie Weasley. He was also made a prefect, but missed out on Head Boy. Something about losing too many points during his first four years. He grew to 5'11" and lost the "scrawny boy look." That compared with his Quidditch rep quickly made him not only a Hogwarts champion, but also a Hogwarts heart throb.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just finishing breakfast when Arthur and Molly entered the kitchen. Molly came first, fussing over whether or not the three of them had enough to eat. Then came Arthur, straightening his tie before donning his robes. "Is it time to go already?" Ron said spooning the last bit of cereal into his mouth.
"Calm down Ron, you've got a little time left before entering the working world," Arthur said with a chuckle. "There are a few people here that want to wish the three of you good luck on your first day." As if on cue, Ginny, Fred, George, and even Percy came bursting into the kitchen.
Hugs, handshakes, and chatter abounded while the group made their way to the company cars Arthur had attained. Everyone was just about to the cars when Ginny came bounding out of the house, struggling with a giant dish. "Wait you guys! Don't leave yet!
"Ginny, is that a pensieve?" Harry asked unbelievably.
"Yes-"
"Where'd you get one of those??" Ron, the twins, and Percy all said simultaneously.
"I was getting ready to explain, thank you." Ginny said, only slightly irritated. " The new professor of Muggle Studies loaned it to me. I'm doing a summer project for school. I'm making a…a…I think Professor Smith called it a 'documentary'. You guys say stuff to me, then I pull the memory into the pensieve and organize things until it all looks how I want it. Then it can be shown to other people, and it kind of shows people what things were like here. She said it's like the Wizard version of…video editing. I think that's the term. Anyway, just say something to me about going to the Ministry. It'll all make sense when I'm done! Ron, you go first."
Ron's ears turned a slight shade of pink. It was quite obvious that the rest of the Weasleys had virtually no clue what Ginny was talking about. "Okay, umm," Ron started, "Ginny, I'm just supposed to look at you?" Ginny nodded her head and gave a slight eye roll before Ron continued. "Okay, I'm heading off to work with Dad in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. I'm not sure what I'll be doing, but I'll be with family, and friends will be nearby, so I can't be too bad off, can I?" Ron gave an uneasy smile and stepped out of Ginny's line of vision.
"That was good Ron. Okay Hermione, you next!" Ginny said as she pulled her memory of Ron into the pensieve. Hermione stepped in front of Ginny and gave a polite smile. She knew a little more about this sort of thing than Ron and any of the other Weasleys, but she still wasn't quite comfortable in the limelight. "I'm going to the Department of Research. I guess I'll be researching things. From what I understand at this point I'll mostly be keeping track of all the Wizard Laws, researching for court cases and such. Um…I'm glad to be going, because…well, I guess it'll make me feel like all that time at school and in the library is finally paying off."
It was Harry's turn next. He stepped in front of Ginny and gave a confident grin. While he had never been filmed before, he was well used to interviews. "I'm just glad we're all finally getting a chance to make a difference," he began. "When we were in school no one listened to us when we tried to talk about…things to come, but now that we're in the Ministry they have to listen."