THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR OF HOGWARTS TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE CASTLE TODAY
Draco smiled at the newspaper headline as he remembered receiving the invitation a week ago. He got up from his desk and stretched. As he stepped out of the office, he smiled at the size old curly haired witch sitting right there
"Hold the fort please Pat.. I'm stepping out for lunch…" He said and pat just raised one hand in acknowledgement never once looking up from her laptop.
As he walked down the Hall, he saw Arthur Weasley walk in a snazy suit "Draco, taking lunch with Hermione?" He asked
"Yes… how did the meeting go…"
"As well as I'd hoped, turns out you were right, they just wanted to meet with me once…"
"You are the head of product development, besides I learnt the hard way that Germans respect the engineers more than the business owners…" Draco smiled
"Oh pish…" Arthur said as he gave him a friendly punch and walked away saying "have a good one…"
Draco smiled turned to see Percy running in "Everything okay?"
"Oh good you're here… need you to sign these…" Percy said pulling out a stack of papers and levitating it on his face…
"Now?" Draco sighed
"Well… tomorrow by lunch… and that's the ONLY delay i'll allow… magical patents are quite a pain in the ass Draco…" Percy sniffed
"I know and I am eternally grateful that you chose me over the ministry… but I really have to get to lunch…" he said
He got to the elevators and pressed G. As he arrived on the floor above his he entered an atrium of what looked like a perfectly busy muggle office. The secretes at reception smiled at him and he smiled back as he stepped out. There were 18 floors of - Malfoy Investment and Tech - above ground where the procurement offices and the financial investment in the muggle market to convert Galleons to Pounds was managed. Below ground in a magically a expanded basement was where the real magic took place...
Flashback
"I think that's fantastic" Hermione said
"Well you gave me the idea love…" He said "You want to learn muggle healing techniques and find a way to bring the best of both worlds together in the field… I quite enjoyed that introduction to Engineering class I happened to walk into while waiting for you… I figured if I studied engineering, I could find a way to do the same with technology and magic… Now I just have to figure out what stream of engineering I need to study…"
"I love you…" Hermione said watching Draco as he ran a search on a computer in the library of Hermione's school…
"And I you… now can you help me understand this… what on earth is an electronics?"
Hermione laughed and gave him a kiss on his cheek before beginning what turned out to be the discussion that changed the face of the Wizarding World over the next decade…
End Flashback
Draco put on his sunglasses and walked across the street. A left and right and he was at a brick wall. He pulled out what looked like a pen and tapped 3 up 2 across and 3times on the middle. The last brick he had touched quivered – it wriggled – in the middle, a small hole appeared – it grew wider and wider – a second later he was facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway on to a cobbled street which twisted and turned out of sight
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Luna snapped the suitcase shut and looked up "Ready to go home?"
"I follow where you go my dear wife..." Blaise said gallantly offering Luna an arm
As they stepped out of the hotel, a little girl ran up to them "Excuse me miss... aren't you Miss Lovegood?"
"Yes I am" Luna said smiling and crouching to get to eye level with the little girl...
Her eyes grew wide with excitement as she bounced up and down on the balls of her feet asking "Will you please sign my copy of your book please please!"
Luna smiled and signed as the prattled on about how much she loved animals and how she was going to grow up to be just like her. As they took their leave the little girl asked "Did you ever manage to find the Nargles?"
"Of course..." Luna said dreamily looking at her husband "they glowing all over Blaise after all..."
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"You're back early..." Harry commented as Daphne walked in and took off her Legal robe and hung it up in the study.
"You're home?"
"I took the day off to write my speech..." Harry groaned
"I thought it would be nice to have a cuppa before we head to Hogwarts..." She said as she waved her wand around and got the pot on the boil and Harry came around to give her a welcome home peck as he reached for the biscuits.
They caught up on each other's day and as the sun began to set they cleared up and headed towards the bedroom to get ready
"I heard Blaise and Luna will be coming... It'll be nice to see them after all this time..." Daphne said
"True... It'll be nice to see Hermione also, I feel like we only ever see Draco..." Harry commented "Do you think they'll ever get married?" he added
"If you want to see mione, drop in when she's not on call..." Daphne said offhandedly "and yes... I feel like this will be the year..." Daphne smiled
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"A couple of blood replenishing potions and I think she will be all better by tomorrow…" Hermione said he used wandless magic to close up the patient. She stepped out of the operating room and got rid of her scrubs and gloves.
She opened her hair up and checked her face in the mirror before snapping off her st. mungo's uniform in exchange for a simple jeans and sweater.
Draco was flirting with the nurses when she found him.
"She's right behind me isn't she…" He asked as the nurses giggled "Hello love…"
Hermione smiled and shook her head as he took her hand apparated away.
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The castle look beautiful as the fae had taken it upon themselves to decorate it in flowers that magically glowed. The entrance payed tribe to martyrs as large portraits hung from the walls and people talked to the shadow's of their old friends and family.
There were moving speeches and performances by the guests and students. Finally as everyone was mingling over dinner and drinks. Draco walked over to Hermione with a glass of wine
"Are you feeling okay?" He asked
"Yes… brilliant… why?"
"You didn't think at the toast, you cried a lot more than you usually do and you're barely touching the food… did you pick up a bug at work again?" He asked concerned
"No… come on…" Hermione took Draco's hand and they walked around the castle reminiscing the initial years of their romance…
When they arrived at the room of requirement. Hermione closed her eyes and entered. It was a replica of the flat in London that they were living in
"If you wanted to go home, we could have just left love…" Draco said
"No… this… this feels right…" She said then looked at him with big smile and said "Draco, I'm pregnant…"
Draco was shocked, then he smiled wildly and then is face suddenly fell "My mother is going to kill us…" he said flatly
"No…" Hermione laughed "She's going to marry us…"
THE END