Chapter Twenty Six
Kismet
"The wizarding world was shocked today by the news that the notorious criminal Draco Malfoy was captured with his accomplice Goyle on the Italian isle of Sicily two days ago. As our listeners may remember, Malfoy made headlines several months ago with his daring and destructive escape from America's wizard prison.
"According to Ministry sources, Malfoy had been assisting a group of muggles in bank robberies across the south of England. Ministry Aurors Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger made the arrest in Italy, but were unavailable for comment. However, an anonymous informant within the Ministry has told the WWN that the struggle to subdue Malfoy resulted in injuries to all parties and the destruction of an Italian villa. Malfoy and Goyle are currently awaiting trial.
"In a related story, the Ministry launched an internal investigation this week. Confidential sources claim that this is to root out the last of the double agents from You-Know-Who. Official Ministry spokeswizards would neither confirm nor deny this.
"Moving on to sports news, England passed the qualifying rounds for the Quidditch World Cup…"
Hermione tapped the box with her wand, and the reporter's voice faded out. Crookshanks curled happily around her ankles and went back to his favourite perch on the television. The London apartment she and Ron shared was an eclectic mix of magic and muggle devices. Hermione's own flat was a total loss (as was her security deposit) so Hermione told Ron she was moving everything that was left to his apartment.
"Hey!" Harry protested indifferently.
"Oh we already know what happened." Hermione returned. Harry muttered something inaudible over the roar of the home warming/Quidditch World Cup party. Fred and George and the rest of the gang from Hogwarts had been plotting a welcome back party for quite some time and were delighted for the excuse to stay up till dawn.
"So, is this happily ever after?" Ron asked.
"I hope not." Hermione said primly.
"Why not?"
"Because happily ever after implies stasis, monotony. Who wants that?"
"Who indeed?" Ron agreed and planted a kiss on her cheek. Fred catcalled from across the room. Harry laughed along with 'Mione as Ron flushed and yelled at his brother. Maybe it wasn't happily ever after, but for right now at least, all was right with the world.
The End…
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Kismet
"The wizarding world was shocked today by the news that the notorious criminal Draco Malfoy was captured with his accomplice Goyle on the Italian isle of Sicily two days ago. As our listeners may remember, Malfoy made headlines several months ago with his daring and destructive escape from America's wizard prison.
"According to Ministry sources, Malfoy had been assisting a group of muggles in bank robberies across the south of England. Ministry Aurors Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger made the arrest in Italy, but were unavailable for comment. However, an anonymous informant within the Ministry has told the WWN that the struggle to subdue Malfoy resulted in injuries to all parties and the destruction of an Italian villa. Malfoy and Goyle are currently awaiting trial.
"In a related story, the Ministry launched an internal investigation this week. Confidential sources claim that this is to root out the last of the double agents from You-Know-Who. Official Ministry spokeswizards would neither confirm nor deny this.
"Moving on to sports news, England passed the qualifying rounds for the Quidditch World Cup…"
Hermione tapped the box with her wand, and the reporter's voice faded out. Crookshanks curled happily around her ankles and went back to his favourite perch on the television. The London apartment she and Ron shared was an eclectic mix of magic and muggle devices. Hermione's own flat was a total loss (as was her security deposit) so Hermione told Ron she was moving everything that was left to his apartment.
"Hey!" Harry protested indifferently.
"Oh we already know what happened." Hermione returned. Harry muttered something inaudible over the roar of the home warming/Quidditch World Cup party. Fred and George and the rest of the gang from Hogwarts had been plotting a welcome back party for quite some time and were delighted for the excuse to stay up till dawn.
"So, is this happily ever after?" Ron asked.
"I hope not." Hermione said primly.
"Why not?"
"Because happily ever after implies stasis, monotony. Who wants that?"
"Who indeed?" Ron agreed and planted a kiss on her cheek. Fred catcalled from across the room. Harry laughed along with 'Mione as Ron flushed and yelled at his brother. Maybe it wasn't happily ever after, but for right now at least, all was right with the world.
The End…
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
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