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Five years after graduation,
Hermione sat at her table in her kitchen drinking coffee and reading the Daily Profit. She was skimming it when she found something quite interesting on the front page.
Lucius and Wife Found Dead in Manor.
Weeks ago Thursday, only son Draco Malfoy found his father Mr. Lucius Malfoy and his wife Narcissa Malfoy dead in their manor. They had been dead for over two hours by the time Draco had found them. Although Mr. Malfoy refused to answer questions about his father's death, which had given the people reason to believe that it was Draco himself who committed the crime, there was no proof that he in fact did. He had an alibi and it was later confirmed.
The mystery of these deaths are astounding but now people have reason to also believe that one of the unforgivable curses was in fact used and who ever had committed this crime is up for life in Azkaban.
Mr. Malfoy will also inherit his father's fortune including the estate and the money his family had in Gringotts.
Hermione stared at the article in amazement. She knew Draco had a heart of stone but he would never commit murder, would he? The article had said that he was later released because his Alibi was confirmed but people will still be suspicious of him.
She then laughed to herself. 'He would deserve it.' She thought.
She stood up from her chair in her kitchen and made her way to the sink to clean her coffee. She lived in a relatively small house with only two floors and it was rather cramped but it was enough for her. She bought the smallest house she could find because she wanted to save her money just in case she needed it. She made her way out the front door and apperated to Diagon Ally for a bit of shopping.
When she arrived she made her way through the crowded street and looked for Flourish and Blotts. When she came up to the store she looked in the window from the outside. She saw a new set of books that had been released just today and she felt her face light up.
She made her way into the shop and picked up the set. She ran her hands over the top of the cover. It was blue with gold letters that read 'Balderdash, disarming in a new form for the 21st century.'
Hermione looked at it for quite some time when the bookshop owner came up to her.
"Hermione! Back again. Ahhh...I see your eye caught our new collection. Yes just came out yesterday. Although I have to say that I think you might enjoy it." He said with a wink.
Hermione smiled. She had read almost every book in the entire shop and she was really looking forward to finding something new to read.
"I think I just might take it then. Edward. I'm going to take a look around for a few moments before hand though." She said.
Edward the bookshop owner nodded his head and headed back to help some other customers. Hermione began to look around at all the other shelves of books when she looked up and thought she was going mad. She saw a man standing very close to her with blonde hair that fell over his eyes. He had a lean build and he was looking at a book. She closed her eyes and shook her head a bit. She had to be going mad. It was just a man that looked like Draco. It wasn't really him. She opened her eyes and saw that the man was gone. She thought it would be best to go and she walked up to the register and paid for her set of books and left the shop.
As she walked down the street of Diagon Ally she remembered what her seventh year was like at Hogwarts. Draco had broken up with her the year before claiming that he had to save her life and that was why they couldn't be together but the way he treated her the whole year after that made her wish she was dead. She would cry herself to sleep every night because he would never even so much as look at her. He wouldn't even grace her with disgraceful comments, which she found herself longing to hear just so she could here the sound of his voice. He drove her into a depression. She would dream of his touch every night only to find that it never happened when she woke up.
She made her way to the Café and she ordered a small crumpet and water. She took her food outside in the sun and began to read her new set of books while she ate her snack. After reading almost the whole first half of the book she looked up and saw the big clock on the Gingotts and saw that she had to get home. It was getting late. She closed her book and cleared her table. She knew that the café had house elves for that but she also didn't like to make them do work that she could do for herself easily.
She began to walk down the street, not looking where she was going, when she ran into someone.
"Oof. I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going." She said. She raised her head and noticed that she ran into none other than Albus Dumbledore.
"Ahh...Miss Granger...what a pleasant surprise. I was just about to go and owl you." He said.
"Owl me?" Hermione repeated in awe.
"Why don't we have a little chat." He said.
Hermione nodded and followed Dumbledore to a small bench just across the street from the café she just ate at. They sat down and Dumbledore looked at her seriously.
"We seemed to be without an Astronomy teacher. And I thought, seeing as to how you were unemployed you might like to take this offer." He said
"How did you know I was unemployed?" Hermione asked stunned.
"I know a lot of things Miss Granger. Some I would rather not go in to. So what do you say...would you like the job?" he asked.
Hermione thought for a moment. She was unemployed, which was another reason she lived in such a small house. She did miss the castle after all.
"I would love too." She said to Dumbledore.
"Splendid, well now all the positions are filled, and we don't have to go through another fiasco like we did in your fifth year with Umbridge now will we?" he said with a small chuckle in his voice.
Hermione looked at him oddly.
"Other positions?" she asked.
"Ahh yes...sadly Professor Snape retired and we have found ourselves a new Potions Master. Someone from your year I believe." He said still smiling with joy behind his long white beard.
"Who?" she asked curiously.
"A young Mr. Malfoy I believe. Anyway I better be off. Please come to the school tomorrow to get things set up." He said. And with that he apperated.
Hermione looked at the ground stunned with Dumbledore's words ringing in her ears. Malfoy? She would be working in the same place as Malfoy? But then suddenly she lifted her head in bravery. She could do this. She needed the money and she wasn't going to let someone who broke her heart five years ago ruin this. She stood up from the bench and headed back to her house to pack. This was going to be a long, long year.