Disclaimer: I own nothing. I only created the Golden Snitch and The Lion's Den. Jk Rowling owns everything else. As for Chef Ramsay, that's not mine either.
A/N: hope you enjoy the first chapter
It's been three years since the famous trio graduated from Hogwarts. The days of baddie Voldiemorty has been long over after their sixth year. After a stressful six months of searching high and low for the Horcruxes, they finally destroyed all of them. During the time of Horcrux hunting, Ron and Hermione got together briefly. They didn't last too long. They constantly fought and acted on sibling rivalry most of the time. Their relationship as lovers wasn't meant to last. After two weeks of dating they called it off. They became stronger as best friends and the love they had between them was as strong as ever. Ron treated her like the second sister he never had. As for Harry Potter, he dealt with them being together even though it annoyed him. He dealt with both parties during the break up and he was there to watch the friends reconcile as best friends. Despite the get together and the break up of Ron and Hermione, Harry swore to himself that he had to defeat the evil Voldemort to keep his two best friends safe. Harry found the motivation in him to fight. For three months after the destruction of all the Horcruxes minus Lord Voldemort, Harry trained with the Order's greats. Remus took that into his own hands and became Harry's next mentor. Harry was terrified that Remus may be the next one on Voldemort's hit list because of their relationship but Remus convinced Harry that it was his job to look after him now. They trained eight hours a day going through spells and strategies to defeat Lord Voldemort. Not only did Harry train magically but he also trained physically and mentally. Harry had to be physically fit to fight against the dark lord. With the help of Mad Eye Moody, Harry learned to duel with a sword, bamboo sticks, and he took on all types of martial arts. He also had to defend himself mentally. After two long weeks of practicing occlumency, Harry successfully mastered it and during that time he also became a skilled in legilimency. After all that training Harry knew. The war has been going on too long and too many people have died from it. One day in the birth of spring, Harry just knew he was ready to take on the man who marked him of his misfortune. Harry was ready to step on the battlefield. Harry, Ron and Hermione stuck together most of the way until Harry went off to find Voldemort to end it once and for all. Harry made Ron swear that he would keep Hermione safe, and though she cried not wanting to let Harry go alone, Harry had resulted to magic to make her stay. Harry tearfully stunned Hermione to make sure she stayed where she was. Harry and Ron fell into a brotherly embrace and Harry was off to fight old Tom Riddle. Three hours later, Harry defeated Lord Voldemort with the broken wand in his hands. Harry depended on muggle ways to defeat Voldemort, something that he hadn't expected. If it wasn't for Fawks and Gordric Gryffindor's sword, Harry couldn't have pulled it off. Sweat and blood dripped from his head as he collapsed in the arms of Ron and Hermione. He lay unconscious for seventy-two hours before he woke up. Though Hermione and Ron did suffer from minor injuries they never left Harry's side as the wizarding world celebrated the defeat of the most ugly and evil wizard alive. Most of the Death Eaters were sentenced to the kiss by the dementors or life time in Azkaban. There were the few that got away. The defeat of Lord Voldemort did have its sacrifices. There were many deaths on the light side that many forgot including Albus Dumbledore, Charlie Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Rufus Scrimgeour, Mundungus Fletcher, Alastor Moody, and Kingsley Shaklebolt.
Hogwarts opened the September after the defeat of Tom Riddle where Professor McGonagall became head mistress. The trio returned to the wizarding school to complete their N.E.W.T.S along with Ginny and Luna. Harry and Hermione returned as being Head Boy and Head Girl helping Professor McGonagall run the school that would make Albus Dumbledore proud. Even though the war was over Ginny and Harry did not continue their relationship. Ginny begged Harry to be with her but he couldn't. To Harry, being with Ginny felt like Voldemort never happened but he learned that the past makes the person who they are. Harry gently let her down making her understand that they couldn't have a relationship based on a lie. After multiple boxes of tissue used by the youngest Weasley, she finally got over Harry Potter and moved on. However they do still share a few awkward moments when Ron or Mrs. Weasley tries to play match maker. None the less the trio finished their seventh year with flying colors. Hermione finished top of her class with honors scoring a record high of nine N.E.W.T.S. Harry finished with eight N. E. W. T. S and Ron didn't finish too bad with six. All three of them had enough to qualify for Auror programs. However they decided the days of fighting evil were over with and it should fall into the hands of other individuals, they decided to find a flat before a career. A surprising Neville Longbottom scored himself six N. E. W. T. S and decided to follow in his parents' footsteps and entered Auror Training. As for Ginny Weasley she finished well doing internship in the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Games and Sports.
After graduation Harry and Ron moved immediately into a flat in the heart of London. The boys designed their three room bachelor pad the good old muggle way. They left a room just for Hermione in case she wanted to stay over night every now and then. As for Hermione, she stayed with her parents for a couple of months before moving out with Luna Lovegood where they shared a comfy loft not too far from Harry and Ron's bachelor pad. Hermione and Luna grew really close during the war. With Ginny not associating with the trio minus her brother due to her past with Harry, Hermione came to understand Luna. The dreamy girl that Luna used to be changed, she had brilliant research skills from years of reading the Quibbler and the wizarding media. Hermione was impressed by Luna and the both did most of the research regarding war strategies. They spent a lot of time in the Black Library and Hogwarts looking for information that could be useful. They made a good team and became great friends. After Graduation Hermione returned to live with her parents and Luna spent some time with her father. They met quite often and one day they saw a loft up for sale not far from Harry and Ron's bachelor pad, they decided to move in together and be roommates.
Since the defeat of Lord Voldemort the trio did lighten up. They all went into different careers, which were interesting and self-fulfilling. Ron's love for Quidditch continued to grow, as he became one of England's most well known Quidditch journalists. His articles are often featured in the Daily Prophet and Quidditch Illustrated. He recently started a book about Quidditch with the help of Hermione. Ron grew to be six foot two, with hair and freckles as red as can be. His high cheekbones made him quite attractive earning him the title of being a playboy. His confidence has grown since the defeat of Lord Voldemort; he's no longer the shy boy who is scared of girls. His job helped him score the girls wherever and whenever. He's gone through as many girlfriends as his underwear's gone through the washer, which is quite often.
Hermione on the other hand became one of the top lawyers in London. She majored in muggle law, allowing her to make enough money. She works in a law firm in the middle of muggle London. She still contributes to the wizarding world saving house elves. She could also use her attorney license in the wizarding world. She studied wizarding law after Hogwarts and she is part time at the Ministry being a prosecutor. Her constant workaholic attitude has not made her relationships with boyfriends successful. Her boyfriends want the time she is not willing to spare. Even when she did have a boyfriend, Harry and Ron went into defensive mode and scared the boy away. All her time went to work, family and friends. It often takes Harry and Ron to pull her away from work just for a weekend.
As for Harry, he opened his own restaurant in the heart of London. He did it the good old muggle way. He also owns a pub in Diagon Alley. His skills for cooking came from all the years of cooking for the Dursleys'. His pub called the Golden Snitch opens in the morning and afternoon where he runs it himself. Harry would cook breakfasts and lunches at the Golden Snitch and at night his partner, Seamus Finnigen took over the pub to bar tend. At night, Harry ran over to his muggle restaurant, The Lion's Den. The Lion's Den is a high-class restaurant, which Harry created after he took two years of culinary school under the famous Gordon Ramsay. Gordon Ramsay often reminded Harry of a combination of Snape and Moody. It often scared him but the strict way of teaching by Chef Ramsay made Snape seem like a butterfly. Soon after Harry was shaped up and Chef Ramsay taught all he knew to his prodigy, he advised Harry to open his own restaurant. Thus, The Lion's Den was created. The Lion's Den was London Times restaurant of the month and ranked five star. As for The Golden Snitch, it stayed low profile in the wizarding world. No other wizards besides the Weasley's, Hermione and their close friends knew Harry owned the place. Seamus and Harry first came up with the idea when Harry ran into Seamus one day not long after he opened The Lion's Den. They were catching up when they crossed a vacant space in the middle of Diagon Alley and it all started from there. Hermione drew up the contracts, and the business began a few weeks later. The interior had huge screen televisions floating playing live Quidditch games. However that was a problem for the ministry because of muggle artifacts mixing with magic. Luckily for Harry and Seamus, Hermione and Arthur Weasley put in a helping hand with getting the screen tvs to work. As for the ministry, ever since the defeat of Lord Voldemort, Arthur Weasley gained new respect from the wizarding world and since he's head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifact department, he took care of it. It was Arthur's way of saying thanks to Harry for saving the wizarding world. The Golden Snitch may not be in the Daily Prophet but thanks to Luna Lovegood, who now dates Seamus helped with promotion with advertisements in her magazine "The Quibbler". She is respectfully the top editor after her father retired and decided to go searching for the rare creatures like the Srumple-Horned Snorkack.
Despite the things going on in each of the trio's life they still make time for each other. They meet every Thursday night in the VIP Room of the Golden Snitch or the Lion's Den or even at the boys' bachelor pad. Even though Harry and Ron live together, their busy schedule clash together every now and then, sometimes Harry would get home so late from the restaurant that Ron would be sound asleep or Ron would be out so early to catch a training session of Quidditch teams to write about for his articles, magazines or his book. As for Hermione, since she doesn't even live with the boys she seems them even less. Sometimes if she wasn't in a hurry she would usually pop in the bachelor pad for breakfast but other than that the boys seldomly saw her due to her busy work schedule. That's why the trio meet every Thursday. If it wasn't for that they would hardly see each other. There were some ground rules to every Thursday of the week. They were not allowed to miss any Thursdays except for family emergencies, they were not allowed to be more than 15 minutes late and they were not allowed to bring a boyfriend or a girlfriend to those Thursdays. There were the occasional misses from Ron because of being out of town due to business. Other than that for three years the Trio never missed a Thursday together. Many spouses were upset due to that arrangement. Many of Hermione's boyfriends didn't understand why she went out with two other guys every Thursday and many of Harry's or Ron's girlfriends wanted to tag along to those Thursdays was vetoed right away by them. So even after three years the tradition of meeting on Thursdays it continued.
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