Chapter 11 – New Staff

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A/N – Ok guys I need you to tell me something. Do you want the ending to be a 'and they all live happily ever after' sort of one or do you want it to be a little more tragic. Let me know in a review because I'll need to change some characters personalities according to what you want. So hurry and review because I can't start writing chapter 12 until you do!

A/N2 – thanks go to Tracey, my beta reader.

Sunday afternoon rolled up and the teachers all congregated in the Entrance Hall waiting for the arrival of the new member of staff. They heard the sound of horses' footsteps and quickly stood up straighter. Dumbledore stepped forward and opened the doors. A woman stepped out of the carriage with her case and walked into the hall.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I presume." She smiled and shook Dumbledore's hand. "I am Pamela Cape, the Hogwarts High Inquisitor."

"A pleasure Miss Cape. Please do come and meet the staff." Dumbledore smiled warmly and went round each staff member introducing them. When they got to

Hermione, Cape's eyes lingered on her for slightly longer than the other teachers and her smile seemed to become a little more forced. It made Hermione uneasy and she quickly looked away.

"So what do you think of her then?" Draco asked as he, Hermione, Ron and

Neville were lounging about in the staff room.

"Don't you think she seems really familiar?" Hermione asked, hoping others would share her concern.

"From where?" Neville asked

"I don't know. It's just that I'm sure I've seen her somewhere." Hermione frowned, trying to place her.

"Maybe she just has a familiar face." Ron suggested before turning his attention to the biscuit tin.

"Yeah, that'll be it." Hermione muttered trying to convince herself. "Anyway I'll be off, homework to mark and all that."

"Yeah me too." Draco sighed and got up.

Neville followed. "I have to make a stock list of the plants I have in the store room."

All three turned to look at Ron who was still happily munching his way through the whole supply of biscuits.

He stopped and looked up at them. "What?" He mumbled around the food in his mouth, spraying crumbs everywhere.

"Don't you have any work to do?"

"Nope. Don't set homework and anything I need doing I can do on the days I don't do lessons in the week. Weekends are my time off."

"So you're just going to sit around and eat your own body weight in food then?" Neville asked.

"That's pretty much the gist of it!" Ron laughed and reached for another biscuit.

"Seriously Ron you really need to- " Hermione started but Ron interrupted.

"Find something productive to do with my time. Yeah, yeah I know, I working on it ok?"

That evening Professor Cape was introduced to the students at dinner. She sat at the staff table and was kind and polite. She got on well with everyone, but still something made Hermione feel uneasy about her. She couldn't put her finger on what but her eyes just seemed so familiar. But from where?

That night Hermione finally got around to writing letters to her friends and family outside Hogwarts. She was just about to go to and get an owl to send them when there was a knock at the door. She opened it to come face to face with Ron, looking slightly disgruntled. He pushed past her and came inside.

"Sure. Come on in." Hermione muttered sarcastically before shutting the door.

She turned around to see him pacing up and down the room. "Hey, you're gonna wear down the carpet. Now what's wrong?" she tried to joke weakly.

"I can't get you out of my mind Hermione. All I do I'm thinking of you and it's killing me. I know I don't deserve you and I know you said no. But please give me another chance. I've changed."

Hermione gave a small laugh and walked over to the desk. She picked up two rolls of parchment and handed them to him.

"I guess I've been thinking of you too." She whispered as he looked at the paper. It was covered with 'Ron Weasly' on front and back. She looked up at him face and their eyes locked. Suddenly the gap between them disappeared and their lips were pressed together. Hermione's arms circled around his neck, while Ron's hands made their way to her waist. They pulled apart for a second and looked into each other's eyes. "God, I missed that." Hermione smiled before leaning up to kiss him again.

"Well I don't think this is a very good extra curricular activity." A voice said and Hermione and Ron pulled apart. Professor Cape stood in the doorway.

"Professor Granger, Professor Weasly I do not think that this is a good example to be setting the students. They are here to learn not to date and it is you who should be teaching them that." She snapped before walking swiftly away. Hermione walked over and shut the door this time locking it too.

"God, she really needs to get some." Ron muttered as Hermione kissed him again.

"You are in?"

"Yes of course, all is going to plan."

"And you will strike soon?"

"They'll be dead before you can say Advra Kerdavra."

"What about the boy?"

"He is resisting for now but give me time and he'll come round and see our way of thinking once more."

"No one suspects anything?"

"Are you kidding? They're all far to wrapped up with the school and each other to see what's going on. We could set the whole forest alight and they would suspect. They're too scared to want to go back that they all make such wonderful excuses I can use."

Ok so just in case you didn't read it at the top I'll put it here too –

I need you to tell me something. Do you want the ending to be a 'and they all live happily ever after' sort of one or do you want it to be a little more tragic. Let me know in a review because I'll need to change some characters personalities according to what you want.