Chapter 14: Hermione Surprise

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The notice on the common rooms, explaining that a new company called Top Witch Broomstick Company was showing off their launched product caused a wave of excitement through the school, especially with the Quidditch teams. Hermione listened as Ron, who had recovered from his shock, read out-loud for the rest of the common room to hear.

The Dragonfire 2000

This top-of-the line racing broom is the fastest broom to meet the market. Made of solid willow and polished with a diamond and emerald polish it has been molded to aerodynamic perfection. Every oak broomtail has been charmed and tested for the fasted speed possible. It can go from 0 to 200 miles in under three seconds and incorporates an anti-burning, hurling, and thief charms. The tail end when under acceleration leaves a stream of red sparks that will dazzle those watching the game.

The front end has an ivory handle with an anti-sweating and identification charms and the rider, upon kicking off will be kept dry with a drying charm that encircles the rider, but doesn't interfere with the rider's ability to pass, block, defend, or catch the golden snitch. The handle also has an intricate design of a dragon that is decorated around the edges with solid gold and the eyes have real emeralds. This broom is sure to delight those with its good taste and solid performance on the Quidditch field.

"Oh god, that broom is going to cost a fortune," Neville said.

"Ya, you can bet Malfoy is going to have one," Harry muttered darkly. "He always has the best of everything."

The hole opened and Professor McGonagall climbed through. Hermione noticed that she had a box with her and she grinned mentally, knowing exactly what she was going to tell them.

"Gryffindors, I've got some exciting news," she informed them. "I've just got a notice from Dumbledore that there will be a drawing and a selected number of students will receive the Dragonfire 2000 before it hits the market."

Like Hermione predicted there was a roar of excitement.

"Just put your names inside the box and tonight there will be the drawing, so I expect that you all to be there."

She put the box down and no sooner had it been placed people were scrambling to put their names in. Hermione knew this was going to be one exciting evening for her.

"Everyone, calm down," Dumbledore yelled, when dinner had arrived and the students had all gathered. "I would like to introduce you to Thomas Hawk, the owner of Witch Broomstick."

There was a round of applause when Thomas Hawk appeared.

"Thank you, Dumbledore," Thomas said. "Now I'm going to have a short demonstration on how fast this broom is and then everyone will get to see an up close look at the broom itself. I asked the owner of Top Witch to come and she's delighted to join us. She will be choosing the winners and handing them their new broomstick."

He then took out a whistle and giving it a blow the doors opened and a sudden rush of speed a figure in white zoomed all around the hall, the spark of red following it. When it stopped they all saw Lee Jordan riding on top of a broom they had never seen before.

"Thank you, Mr. Jordan, for that demonstration," Thomas said. "Now dismount and let each of the students see the broomstick. Start with the Gryffindors, if you don't mind."

Lee landed and walked over to the Gryffindor table. The broom was inspected at all angles up and down the table. Finally it was handed over to the Ravenclaw's, then the Hufflepuff's, and finally the Slytherin's. When it returned to Lee he stood aside.

"Now I would like to welcome the owner of Top Witch Broomstick Company and no, I'm not making this up, Mrs. Hermione Lupin."

Everyone muttered when Hermione walked in, a pair of thick dragonhide gloves on, her husband hauling the brooms that she was giving away.

"Thank you, Mr. Hawk," Hermione said. "Now I know that all of you are surprised that I'm the one that designed such a fast broomstick, but it was either this or being a librarian and I'm not wanting people to say, yep that what I knew she would become. Now I decided to start this company because I wanted to prove that a female could do this and be successful. Now I think it's time to announce the winners."

Dumbledore handed her the first box, which had the blue and bronze of Ravenclaw house. She opened the box up and pulled out the first name.

"Luna Lovegood," Hermione called.

The Ravenclaw table cheered when Luna's name was called. She walked over to Hermione and was handed her broom.

"Terry Boot."

Again the Ravenclaw table cheered as he went up and got his broom.

Hermione called each name until she had the ten that she intended to call from the Ravenclaw table. Dumbledore then handed her the Hufflepuff box and Hermione started the process all over again. When he handed her the Slytherin box she knew that Snape had something to do with this. However, she wasn't going to deny the Slytherin's the right to have them just because they had been mean to her. She opened it and started to call out the names.

"Pansy Parkinson."

Pansy slowly got up and walked over to Hermione. She took the broom and then returned to her table.

"Vincent Crabbe."

Crabbe got up and yanked the broom out of her hand. He grinned at her as though she had done the worst thing. However, Hermione ignored him.

"Gregory Goyle."

Goyle did the same thing that Crabbe did, but like before she ignored it.

She called the rest of them, this time it didn't include Draco Malfoy. Hermione knew that she would be hearing about this for a long time. When Dumbledore finally handed her the Gryffindor box she hoped that none of her friends would be upset with her if their name wasn't called. She pulled out the first name.

"Seamus Finnigan," Hermione called.

The Gryffindor table cheered when his name was called. She handed him the broom and with a quick thank you, he returned to his seat.

"Ginny Snape!"

Everyone on the Gryffindor Quidditch team cheered when Ginny's name was called. Hermione was glad that she had been able to give her something as nice as an expensive broom.

"Lavender Brown."

Lavender got up and giving Hermione a quick thank you, returned to her seat.

"Ron Weasley," Hermione called next.

Ron got up to accept his gift.

Hermione continued to call out the names until she was down to one last broom. She pulled out a piece of parchment and read:

"Harry Potter."

Note: I bet no one was expecting Hermione to do that. Next chapter: Things are going to get a little strange for Hermione and Remus, Hermione discovers some interesting news, and Ginny and Severus have an accidental kiss.