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A/N Thank you to everyone who is reading, and a bigger thanks to all who review. Pitter patter of little feet? Not quite yet, need some drama first...lol. Love ya all and Happy Reading!

The Ministry…

We woke up early on September 1, just as we had every year for the past 7 years to go to Hogwarts. I dressed conservatively in a grey skirt and white blouse with black robes over the top. I almost felt like I was dressing for school again. Draco put on black pants, a black shirt and black robes. We were both very excited. We ate a light breakfast together before grabbing our things and apperating to the ministry.

We appeared at the old broken down phone booth at about 8:30 am. We stepped into the phone booth and dialed '62442' and a female voice said.

"Welcome to the Ministry of magic, please state your name and your business."

"Draco and Hermione Malfoy, starting work today."

"Thank you, please take your badges and have a nice day."

Two silver badges came out of the change slot and the booth shook and then lowered into the ground. We arrived in the lobby and got directions to our respective offices. Draco kissed me goodbye and we agreed to meet for lunch. I walked to the elevator and took it to my floor. When I got out a tall, dark bearded man greeted me.

"Mrs. Malfoy?" he asked.

"Yes,"

"I am Dorian Lovell, director of training for Unspeakables. Pleased to meet you." he said extending his hand.

"Thank you, you too." I replied.

"You will begin training today. But first we need you to sign some documents and take an oath, actually an unbreakable vow, that you will never reveal details of your training to anyone." he said in a serious tone.

"Okay." I said without much concern. I was good at keeping secrets.

We walked down the hall to a door that I recognized. It led into a circular room with many doors. Dorian led me to one I had not previously been in when I was here 2 years ago. It had several desks in it, and one wall was lined with books. There was another witch in the room, sitting towards the back.

"Tamwyn" Dorian said, "Will you be our bonder for the vows?" he asked.

"Sure" the tall thin redheaded witch said moving forwards towards us, holding her wand out. He held my hands in his.

"Do you, Hermione Malfoy promise not to reveal your training to anyone outside the department of mysteries?"

"I do" I replied. A thin red rope snaked over our hands.

"Do you promise to keep these secrets when your training is finished?" he asked.

"I do" and another rope interlinked with the first.

"And do you promise to take all of these secrets to the grave with you, unless you leave this department, in which case your memory will be altered so you will remember nothing of what you learned or discovered?" he said firmly.

"I do" a final rope snaked around our hands binding them tightly.

"There, the vows are complete. Now your training can begin. Tamwyn will help you cover the basics. You may break for lunch at noon." he walked out of the room.

"So, where to begin, where to begin?" she wandered around the room looking for books and parchment. I got out my quill and prepared for what I loved best, learning.

She sat several large books in front of me and started talking about death, life, time and generally rambling in every direction possible, trying to prepare me for reading. Before I knew it, lunchtime was here.

"I am meeting my husband for lunch." I told her. "He works here too."

"Yes I know. Draco Lucius Malfoy, son of the late death eater Lucius Malfoy. We know all about the Malfoy family." she said with an odd note to her voice.

"Yes, well, what time should I be back to continue?" I asked somewhat annoyed.

"One" she said flatly looking through her notes.

"Okay" I said. For some reason she annoyed me with those comments about my husband. She didn't know him, only of him.

I walked to the cafeteria and saw Draco waiting for me, our lunch already on the table. He had ordered me a chicken Caesar salad and a butterbeer. He was eating a large cheeseburger and fries.

"So, how is it going?" he asked me between bites.

"Ok." I said. "I don't like the witch I am working with, she is snobby." I said pouring dressing on my salad.

"I'm sure she's just as nervous as you are." he replied.

"How about you? How is your day going?" I asked

"Great, there is not much to do. The people I have working under me do most of the work. I just coordinate them." he laughed. "I think some of them are scared of me. They just run by my office door without even looking in."

"Well, you are quite scary." I replied, poking him with my fork. He grinned.

"What time do you get done with work?" he asked finishing his food.

"I think five, oh Merlin, I have to be back by one, gotta go." I kissed him on the forehead and ran down the hall to the elevators.

The elevator doors opened and I ran smack into Harry, who was getting off on this floor.

"Hermione" he said hugging me, "How is it going?"

"Uh, no time to talk now, have to be back by one, stop at my house later and I will tell you all about it" I yelled as the doors closed.

Back in the department of mysteries, Tamwyn had lots of books out and had marked what I was supposed to read. The rest of the afternoon was spent in silence reading marked chapters, and taking notes. My head was swimming with information and soon the clock struck five. 'Thank Merlin' I thought, closing the large book on the desk and standing up to stretch.

"Same time tomorrow then?" I asked.

"Yes" she said flatly and turned without another word.

When I got to the lobby Draco was again waiting on me, and chatting with Harry where the fountain of magical brethren had previously been.

"Hi sweetheart!" Draco said, hugging me. "How was your day?"

"Yeah pooky," Harry joked. "We really want to know." he laughed hysterically.

"Very funny. My day was okay. About as fun as listening to Professor Binns." I laughed. "All I did was read and take notes. This is going to be a long year."

"I know you hate it, but we are taking the floo home, the phone booth is only for first timers. We are to floo here from now on." Draco said. "Harry is coming over to hear about your day if that is okay with you."

"Since I invited him, I think it is okay." I smiled as he threw some powder and disappeared into the flames.