What is Happily Every After?
Summary: Spoilers 4 HBP! Hermione always wondered what happily every after was. A great guy or a exciting career. Well right now she seems to think it's her career as Minister of Magic.
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Chapter 7 Judgment Day
Hermione walked into her living room and picked up the file. She grabbed a pair of robes and pulled them over her clothes. She put her shoes on and went outside. She quickly apparaited to her office.
"Miss Granger, I thought that you went home for the day!" Hermione's secretary yelled in shock as she went into her office. "Why did you come back today?"
"Get Kenneth Wood up here now!" Hermione said as she sat down at her desk putting the file in front of her.
The secretary was gone a moment before she came back in followed by Wood. She quickly left the two alone, closing the door with a snap.
"You wanted to see me?" Kenneth said as he sat down. This call to Hermione's office had been unexpected and he was kind of hoping it had nothing to do with work.
"I needed to see you about this." Hermione said holding up Draco's request.
"What about it?" Kenneth said a little disappointed.
"It says here that you agree that Malfoy should be released. Is this true?" Hermione said trying to keep a business tone.
"Yeah I do agree that Malfoy should be released. That guy has to spend the rest of his life in darkness so why should he have to suffer in prison, too? He has cleaned up his act a lot since he got there. He came in thinking woe as me and is now more concerned about things that don't involve him. Either he is a really good actor or he really has changed." Kenneth said as he reclined back in the chair onto two legs.
"Let me be the judge of that." Hermione said standing up.
"Fine when do you want to be the judge?" Kenneth asked looking at Hermione though not eye to eye.
"Now."
"What?" Kenneth said causing the chair to come onto all fours.
"Now! I want to judge this now!" Hermione said impatiently.
"Fine. It is only mid- afternoon. I guess we can if you really want to." Kenneth stood just as Hermione apparaited out. Kenneth rolled his eyes and followed.
Hermione was made to wait in a conference type room so that a guard could go get Draco. The seconds ticked by on a large clock in the room. It had been five minutes before the guard open the door and brought Malfoy in.
Draco was handcuffed and was being pushed along by the guard. He bumped into everything in the room because with his hands behind his back he was unable to feel his way around.
The guard managed to get Malfoy into the set across from Hermione before he left to guard the door.
"I hear that the Ministry of Magic has come again to visit me." Draco said staring blankly around.
"It's true," Hermione said sarcastically. Draco turned his head and looked directly at her.
"So what brings you here twice in one day?" Draco asked his foggy eyes focused on Hermione.
"Early for an inspection and I'm here now about your request." Hermione said in a business tone.
"So you came in person to tell me no, how sweet." Draco said as he shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"Actually, I came to be decide if you should be released." Hermione said looking away from Draco's eyes. It was so hard for her to look at him and know that he was injured for it made her heart ache.
"So your going to ask me a whole bunch of questions. Shot." Draco said still keeping his eyes focused on Hermione.
"Why do you really want out of here for?" Hermione asked the first question that came to mind.
"I can be a lot more useful if I'm not in here." Draco said as he turned to look in the direction of the clock. "What time is it?" He asked his foggy eyes focused on the clock.
"Almost four. What would you do if you got out of here? How would you spend your time?" Hermione asked looking at Draco a smile coming on her face and a blush in her cheeks.
"To tell you the truth I've always be fascinated with the stars, maybe I could teach astronomy." Draco said as he turned back to look in her direction.
"Really, Draco Malfoy, a teacher. I don't think that you can teach a class with a criminal record."
"I thought you would some thing more along the lines like: You can teach a class if you have to point out stars you can't see." Draco's voice was dead cold.
"What would you do instead of an astronomy teacher?"
"I never really thought about it. To be truthful I was thought I would graduate school and go be a teacher." Draco said his voice wasn't as cold.
"So there's no job you would want?" Hermione had said as the clock struck four o'clock.
"I want to finish my education. Then decide what I would do." Malfoy was looking down at the table.
"How would you get an education?"
"Get a tutor maybe? It depends on if I have any money."
"Why did you become a death eater?" Hermione asked before she could stop herself.
"I was young and stupid. I never thought about what I was doing plus it was my father shoving towards doing it. I regret becoming one every day of my life and I regret every listening to my father talking about the glory of it."
"Did you every kill any one?" Hermione was regretting asking but she had to know.
Draco was taken back by the question and his answer was forceful. "Never! I couldn't have killed anyone! I wasn't heartless!"
A/N: Wow! Powerful chapter huh? Review, please!