Hogwarts Ten Year Reunion
~* Chapter 6 edited. *~
Chapter 6 ~ The Auror
Hermione Granger had chosen a carriage with two people she recognised at once. The first was Dean Thomas, and the other was Eloise Midgen. Hermione thought she had looked rather pretty now that she lost her acne.
'Hello Eloise,' Hermione said.
'Hi, I'm sorry but I don't remember you...' Eloise said.
'I'm Hermione Granger, I finished top of our year.' Hermione said.
'Oh, I remember you now.' Eloise said.
'Hermione! How are you?' Dean asked.
'I'm quite good Dean.' Hermione replied, smiling warmly at her friend from Gryffindor. 'What have you been doing with yourself?'
'Myself and Seamus work for the Weasley twins now, we advertise their products door to door. It's a very handy service, and they have made more money with us working for them. So we all win.' Dean said, looking satisfied. 'The more money they make, the more money we make,'
'That sounds great!' Hermione exclaimed.
'What do you do Hermione?' Dean asked.
'I studied Astronomy at a muggle University for three years, and now I'm an Astronomer.' Hermione said proudly. Dean looked slightly puzzled.
'Don't you need muggle high school grades to get into a muggle University?' Dean asked, he himself being muggle born, and knowing all about muggle Universities.
'Well, technically yes, but I conjured up a bunch of fake grades, and teacher comments, and things like that to make up for my lack of muggle school studies. The people at the University couldn't tell the difference, because I took Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, and I'm quite smart. I finished the course as one of the top students,' Hermione said, explaining her University studies.
'Oh, fair enough, so you cheated your way into University?' Dean asked.
'You might say that, but I made my grades what I would have gotten if I had studied at a Muggle High School,' Hermione said.
'Alright then. You look pretty successful, have you discovered anything?' Dean asked, eyeing Hermione's large briefcase.
'Have you heard of the mysterious second moon of earth? I discovered that, and named it after Hogwarts: Hogs, and I also discovered a small star which I named after Harry, I named it Potter,' Hermione said proudly.
'Oh yeah, that was in muggle and Wizarding papers a few years back! Well done Hermione,' Dean said.
'That's quite an achievement, discovering a moon, and very noble of you to name a star after your friend,' Eloise said, speaking finally.
'Thank you both,' Hermione said happily.
'You're welcome Hermione. I'm just glad to see that you've had a great life,' Eloise said. 'But aren't either of you going to ask what I do?' Eloise was wearing a suit similar to Hermione's, but hers was entirely black, and she had a pair of black sunglasses on the top of her head.
'Sorry Eloise, of course we would like to know what you do,' Hermione said to Eloise. Dean nodded in agreement with Hermione's words.
'Well, about seven years ago now, the Ministry of Magic in Bulgaria invited me to go down there and have some tests performed to see if I had what it took to be an Auror. There were thirty wizards and witches in total, and only five were selected. I was one of those five, so I became an Auror, working for the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic,' Eloise said proudly.
'Wow,' Dean said. 'You've certainly been busy then, haven't you.'
'I sure have,' Eloise said. 'It was me who finally caught Bellatrix Lestrange,'
'Excellent! You must be so proud,' Hermione said. 'I heard that Parvati Patil was trained to be an Auror, but the Ministry of Magic here in England didn't take her on,'
'That's a shame, she would have made an excellent Auror.' Dean said.
'What makes you think that? If the Ministry of Magic didn't take her on board, they obviously didn't think she had what it takes,' Eloise said haughtily.
'Maybe,' Dean said carelessly.
'Hey, look, there's Hogwarts!' Hermione said, pointing at the large castle which towered over the small carriages. Dean and Eloise looked to where Hermione was pointing.
'It looks so similar to what it used to!' Eloise said.
'I missed Hogwarts so much!' Dean exclaimed.
'We're back, I never thought I'd see Hogwarts again, that's why I named the moon after my favourite school,' Hermione said, a small tear escaping her eye and rolling down her cheek.
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~* There's the new chapter 6. I think I took out more than I added, but the chapter still fits. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~