As Hermione looked around her room she sighed with contentment. She was back home at Hogwarts and she was excited.

The summer had been enjoyable, and she had seen Harry and Ron on the Hogwarts express already. What she was really excited about was starting her 7th and final year at Hogwarts. She finally had a chance to test her skills at a level that would decide her future.

She had already decided to banish everything else from her mind including Ron's crush on her, the fights with Draco and Voldermort's inability to grow up and get over this whole taking-over-the-world-and-killing-off-all-muggles thing. This was her chance to shine and prove to herself that it was all worth it.

She got out of bed, dressed and went down to the common room to wait for Harry and Ron. Realizing what time it was, and knowing that Harry and Ron would still be asleep for another half an hour or so, she found one of her new school books to read.

It was fascinating to Hermione. So fascinating that she didn't even notice when Harry and Ron came up behind her an hour later.

"Bloody typical. We haven't even started classes yet and already 'Mione has her face stuffed in a book." Ron waited for her to react but she didn't. Harry decided to try.

"I heard Hermione just won the lotto and wouldn't claim it 'cause she was using her ticket as a book mark." Still they couldn't get a reaction from her.

Tired of waiting Ron walked to the front of her and grabbed the book from her hands. Hermione looked up and saw Ron looking at her with a goofy grin on his face.

"What do you think your doing Ron?" Hermione tried to grab her book again.

"I'm saving you from starving to death."

"What are you talking about Ron? I'm not starving to death I'm reading"

"Yeah, and its time for breakfast. Honestly Hermione, no wonder you're so skinny. You must forget to eat a lot." Hermione stood up and put the book ok the table next to her before turning to leave. Ron and Harry just stood there looking.

"Well are you coming or not? I thought you were starving."

Together they sat in the great hall and chatted about everything that would happen in the year ahead and even what might happen after. All spoken between mouthfuls of scrambled eggs and bacon, and toast and jam, and bowls of fruit with fresh squeezed orange juice too.

Just as they were finishing Fred and George came and sat next to them.

"What are you 2 gits doing here" Asked Ron halfheartedly looking up from his new timetable.

"Now really Ron, is that any way to talk to your teachers?" George smiled mischievously "We could deduct points from your house you know."

"Yeah but you wont." Said Ron

Since Fred and George's Joke shop had become so successful they had hired people to work in the shops for them and all they had left to do was to invent the products. But after a while that had gotten boring so Fred and George had gone to Dumbledore to ask him if they could work at the school.

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"Fred and George Weasley as teachers? What would you teach; all the positions are currently full?" Dumbledore thought about it but his thinking was interrupted.

"We have it all sorted out." George looked at Fred and nodded. Fred and George began there proposal to Dumbledore together, each taking a sentence or speaking in perfect unison.

"Have you ever noticed that even though you don't teach it, there are kids running around the school doing ridiculous charms for various silly things without actually knowing how to do them? They aren't always dangerous charms, and they aren't always appropriate or even useful but still they use them because they see it in a book and decide to try it. Well what we want to do is teach a class that is designed to teach kids the alternative spells to help them in everyday life. The ones that everyone uses but no –one remembers learning. The pimple reducer, the hair straightener, the bug repellent (no smelly muggle creams any more.) the plant bloomer, and even the room cleaner, Just to name a few.

Dumbledore looked at the boys slightly amused.

"And when would we run this class. Everyone's timetables have been assigned and sorted already."

"Well we figured we could run it as a sort of after school thing. You know like a voluntary class. No one would be forced to take it anyone could sign up. We could run one class every day and students need only attend once a week if they like."

"Well I suppose that would be useful. Alright step into my office and we will see to all the legalities." Fred and George followed Dumbledore, pumping the air in glee. Who would have thought, the Weasley twins, teachers?

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