Chapter 1

Serenity is healing a patient. She works at St. Mungo's Hospital. She is an all-around healer. She works whichever department needs her. Serenity made a reputation as being a healer good as Dily Dewart, an extraordinary healer. Sometimes she works at the artifacts accidents, creature-induced injuries, magical bugs, potion and plant poisoning, or spell damage. But mostly, she works at the artifacts accidents, which usually have quidditch players. Since she was one of the best chasers of Europe, she knows a lot of the injuries. Right now, she is in the artifacts accidents treating a man caught in a cauldron explosion.
When she finished healing the man, he apparated to the billing office where the clergy and the welcome witch is. 'I thought I'd never finish,' she thought, 'time to go home!' It was midnight, her ending hour.
Like many healers, she starts at dawn, stops working at midnight, take the next day off, and continue on the next day.
She goes into the healer's locker room, takes off her lime green healing robe covered with blood, put on her regular clothes, and head home. Unlike other witches or wizards, Serenity has a muggle car, a BMW X5 to be exact. She gets into her car and heads home.

-At home-
The feeling of being home is great. As she enters her home, she is greeted with the sweet lily smell that she sprayed everywhere. As she enters, she pauses and looks at her apartment. Her living room looks like a muggle sitting room. The living room have walls painted light, creamy blue, dark blue couches, silver silk cushions, a black rug underneath the dark oak coffee table, and a tall bookcase filled with muggle novels and books on magic, potions, her old school books, Hogwarts, a History, and healing book about everything. The only abnormal thing about her living room is her large fireplace she has on the wall. Even though she lives in an apartment, her apartment is soundproof and is like a penthouse. Her kitchen is like a normal muggle kitchen, except for the second stove underneath her first real stove. It is a potions lab in which she keeps her ingredients and potions. Her dining room is connected to the kitchen, so she has three long chairs next to the counter. There are vases on the window ledge filled with lilies and pink and white roses. Her floor is obviously dark oak. All the walls of her penthouse is painted light creamy blue, except for her bathroom, library, bedroom, and guest room; her bathroom is painted black and white, with black tiles, forest green for her library, dark creamy yellow for her bedroom, and dark blue for the guest room.
She opens the window and the owls flutter in, including her own snowy owl with red eyes, Olivia. Letters and a package are placed on her kitchen counter. Then the owls stopped by at Olivia's cage. There, they ate owl treats and water before flying away. She picks up the first letter and sees it's from Uncle Snape.
Dear Ren,
How is your summer? I have been invited to join Professor Karkaroff at Drumsrrung on a potion's trip. You remember Professor Karkaroff? He came over at St. Mungo's when Victor Krum got injured. Anyway, I promise to bring back many presents and potions as possible.
All the love,
S. Snape.

She was happy for her uncle to go on the trip. It's been years since he had a proper holiday. The second letter is from Charlie Weasley, her best friend. He's in Romania working with dragons. Last year, when she visited him, he showed her around everywhere, including the dragon's cave where he works.

Ren,
Hey! This July, I'm coming by London to be with family. Ron somehow is still a prefect. I'm just worried about Percy, so I intend to go visit him. Please let me stay at your place. I'll be there around 8:00 AM on July 15. Reply a.s.a.p.
 Charlie...

She checked her calendar on the wall. Today was June 30. She had 15 days to get ready. She didn't even have anything interesting scheduled in July. Serenity decided to let Charlie stay. She was happy to see Charlie again. Charlie and Serenity started to be friends when she joined the Gryffindor quidditch team. When Charlie graduated, she never felt lonely.
The next letter was in a black envelope. The only person she knows that sends letters in black envelopes is Simon Zimmerman. Simon is Serenity's boyfriend. He's also the chaser for England's national team, and the whirling tornados. She was scouted and offered the chaser position, but declined like Charlie did for the seeker's position.
Ren,
I'm so sorry, but I can't be able to see you for a whole week. The team is going to Russia for a Quidditch National Meeting. I'm so sorry. I'll write everyday, I promise. I love you.
 -Si.

Simon and Serenity have been together for one year. They met when Simon came to the hospital after taking a fall off the broom. It was a hectic day, but at the same time the best day for both of them.

-flashback-
"We've got ten quidditch players injured!" said martin, the clergy. Serenity and Matt, the other healer were the only healers in the artifacts accident floor since it was the Christmas holiday. The doors opened and revealed quidditch players withering in pain, and some unconscious. "Ren, take five and I'll take five," said Matt rushing off with his five patients. As she made her way to the room in which her five players were in, she felt like she was going to be sick. It has been a while since she faced quidditch players. She let the feeling go and entered the room. She noticed that all the quidditch players took off their robes and shirts, and they were all men revealing heavily toned upper bodies. Serenity was nineteen at this time. She was a pretty hot fellow. "Lets begin, shall we?" she said.

She took the first clipboard off the first bed and observed the player, a beater. He took a bludger to his right rib and to the left elbow. She healed him with a spell. "Boneareta." His bones were healed. He was quickly healed, but decided to stay. She put the clipboard back and picked up the next clipboard on the second bed. The second player is a keeper, which he took a bludger to the head, but was still conscious. This immediately brought memories with Oliver Wood. She shrugged it off and healed. She put her hand over the player's head and her hand glowed, healing the bleeding wound and fractured head. He also decided to stay. The next patient is another beater, who was knocked off his broom. So he has many broken bones. "Boneareta." With the flick of her wand, his bones were healed. He decided to stay. The fourth player, a chaser, had bone injuries on his arms. She used the same spell on him as she did on the first and third players. He, too, decided to stay. The last player, another chaser, was knock off his broom and landed on one of the wooden benches. He had pieces of wood sticking out to his stomach. Serenity gave him a potion to make him numb. She pulled all the pieces out, took all the splinters out, and said "Europetra," and with the flick of her wand, stitches were placed on the open slash on his body. She put her hand above the slash, healed it, and pulled the stitches away. He stayed in the room as well.
When Serenity was done, she turned around and saw the players were still in the room. "What are you all still in this room for? You have to go the clergy and pay," she said. The second player spoke up. "Um, miss, are you Serenity Beckinsale?" "Yes I am, so?" she replied. This time the first player spoke up. "Weren't you offered the chaser position?" There was a pause.

"Yes, I was offer, but I declined."

"Why?"

"I wanted to be a healer," she said in a cold voice, "now please leave, you are all healed and there are many other patients in need." They all left but one. It was the fifth player, the chaser. Serenity was about to leave the room, but he asked a question that made her shiver. "Did you decline because Charlie Weasley declined as well?" She turned around and looked at him. He had bright blue eyes, sandy blonde hair, 6'2", and was very cute, in a hot way. "What is your name?" she asked. "Simon Zimmerman," he said.

"Well, Simon, I declined because I suddenly didn't want to join the team. I wanted to be a healer."

"Oh, I just thought that Charlie Weasley was the reason."

"Why would you think that?"

"Because Charlie and I are friends and he talked about you so often that I thought you where a couple. When he declined the position, I was devastated because I couldn't play with my friend. I'm still his friend, but I don't see him that much. When I heard you were offered a position, I thought that I at least can play with his girlfriend. But when you declined, I thought it was about Charlie."

"Well, you're wrong. Charlie already have a girlfriend, but if he didn't I still wouldn't go out with him. And how did you know who I was?"

"Charlie gave me a picture of you and him in Romania."

"Oh...well now that you know, can you get up and go now?"

"That's the other reason why I stayed. I'm still numb so I can't move." Serenity completey forgot to give him the reversal potion. She took out the potion and gave it to him. He drank it and let out a sight with the feeling of blood rushing all over his body. When he stood up, he fell back down. Serenity rushed to him and helped him up. When she touched his skin, she felt a shock. By the look of his face, he felt the shock as well. Forgetting the shock, she helped him up. "Thank you. I think I'll go now," said Simon disapprovingly. "Yes, just be careful and don't trip," she said with a smile. Serenity left the room, leaving Simon to think. He quickly got up and chased after Serenity. "You didn't feel that shock?" he yelled in the hallway. Serenity turned around and nodded. Simon walked toward her and grabbed her face and kissed her. The kiss was the most passionate kiss she had ever got. When they parted all Simon could say was "Be my girlfriend." She nodded.

-end of flashback-

She put his letter away with the rest of his letters. She picked up the fourth letter, and it was the bill for her floo network. She decided to open the package. It was a crystal award. At the bottom, it inscribes 'The Honorary Prize,' and at the bottom was her name. Since she forgot to go the ceremony, she got the award sent to her. The Honorary Prize is like the Nobel Peace Prize in the muggle world. She was award this because she found a cure for the Cruciatus Curse. A lot of witches and wizards were healed. She put the crystal award on the bookcase, having no care in the world for a stupid award. 'All I did was found cure to help people. That's it!' she thought, 'and they had to make a media frenzy about it.' The last letter was surprising. It was from Hogwarts. She hadn't gotten a letter like this one since her seventh year. She opened it and began to read in interest.

Dear Miss. Beckinsale,
We are please to tell you that you have been offered the Defense Against The Dark Arts position at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. This position was an open position for two years. With you outstanding O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's during your stay at Hogwarts, the staff, including your Uncle Snape, think that you are the prefect candidate for this job. We have already informed your head healer about your job offer. If you accept, please send an owl a.s.a.p. If you accept, you can go to your head healer and let him know. We wish that you remain in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for two school terms. You won't be fired from St. Mungo's hospital. It will only be a two-year absence with the summers working there. Please take this position. I would like to see bright students come back to Hogwarts to teach.

Sincerely,

Professor Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster of Hogwarts, school of witchcraft and wizardry