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Anyway, here's the next chapter !
Thanks to all my reviewers ! You guys are great.
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The gates opened automaticaly when she came close enough to them. Actually, she wasn't minding anymore not having been picked up at the train station. Her walk through the hills gave her enough time to adjust to her new job.
She was greated by Hagrid as the big doors opened. He seemed happy to see her.
"Blimey Hermione, thought ya arrive tamorrow!"
"It's ok Hagrid, I had a very nice walk." She reassured him.
"I'll show ya your apartment, the Headmistress ain't here today."
"Alright then."
She followed him on the Hogwarts grounds. She saw his little house and she was nearly expecting Harry and Ron coming from the door running to great her back. It was pretty strange to see Hogwarts with no student to be seen around. Even during the holidays, when most of the students were going home, Hogwarts wass not that empty. Hermione smiled thinking of Filtch. She was sure he was happy there with no student to chase around. Or was he missing it?
It was quite funny thinking back of it. She was nearly feeling the need to touche the old walls as if proving to herself she was actually back. How many memories were they holding? As she was followinf Hagrid, she came across the library. She would have stopped if Hagrid weren't continuing his way to her apartment. Anyway she'll have time to come back. He finally stopped at the top of a tower and gave her a key.
"Hermione, this is the key to your apartment. Although I'd like to introduce you with Lady Fiona. She'll be keeping an eye on your door. She'll give you your password.
"Hello Lady Fiona" said Hermione.
"Oh then you're the new Charms teacher? I heard loads on you. One of my dear friends is keeping the Gryfingor's commun room you know. I'm very proud of being your door keeper Miss Granger."
"Oh please, just call me Hermione."
"Hermione, I have to go back to me house, I'll see you later" said Hagrid.
"Alright young lady, what would you like your password to be?" asked Lady Fiona.
Hermione thought for a moment and said : "Harry Potter"
"Well not very difficult to find I would say. Anything else?"
"No, this one will definitely do fine."
"Harry Potter it is then."
As the door opened, Hermione got to get a first glimpse on it. She stopped on the threshold to have a better look at it. There were several rooms. The entry door garded by Lady Fiona was opening on a small but cosy living room. There was a little coffee table and a sofa just behind it. On the other side of the coffee table were two very confortable looking armchairs. They seemed to be so deep that Hermione was wondering wethever she'd be able to get out of it if she'll sit on it. There was also a small table close to the armchairs. That would have looked like a tv table in the muggle world.
Looking on the other side of this room, there was a table with about 6 chairs around. Hermione smiled at this. In the middle of the room was a fireplace. Quite odd to put it right in the middle though, but very nice. She'll be able to see the fire from whatever place she'll be in the room. Discovering her apartment, she made her way towards one door and opened it. It was her office. There was a huge desk with a very confortable chair. The shelves were full of books and she quickly looked through the titles. Then she turned to examine her desk.
"Hogwarts a History" was left in evidence on it. She took it and couldn't resist the surge she felt to open it. On the first page was a message from Albus Dumbledore. The ex headmaster of Hogwarts had left his responsabilities a few years ago, earning a well deserved retirement. He was now said to be travelling the world with his phoenix looking for new spells and charms.
Looking through the windows of her office, Hermione was able to see the Quidditch pitch and beyond that was the Forbidden Forest. She'll be able to make a good work in here. Everything was very cosy, from the chair to the carpet that were so deep she felt she was entering it. Thanks to the huge windows, the office was very bright which was quite unusual for Hogwarts. The walls were very pale with a creamy color.
She then left her office and went back to the living room to discover what was behind the second door she saw earlier. She guessed it was her bedroom and was right. It was so beautiful it nearly took her breath away. The bed was king size for a start. On each side of it was a little bed table on which was a shining bed light. Getting closer to it, Hermione noticed it was indeed shining little fairies that were reunited like clusters. They were kinda scared when she approached them and then they formed a message for her. It spelled : "Welcome Hermione!"
She smiled at it wondering who could have done that. Then she looked at her bedroom more closely. On the left of the bed was a door leading to her dressing room. It was large enough for a whole family. Then one the right of the bed was a door certainly leading to her bathroom. She entered it and discovered she had both a shower and a bathtub. Or was it a swimming pool? It was so huge! There was a very good smell there and she wondered what was generating it. A spell was certainly the answer. It was smelling like lilies and she liked it very much. She went back to her bedroom and was very happy to see there was a balcony. She opened the French windows and went on it. It was exposed to the Lake.
She then went back to her living room and froze on the door. There, just on the left of her office was a third door. She was absolutely positive that door wasn't there when she came in the room in the first place. What was that trick? She went close to it and opened it. She was very surprised to see it was leading to a garden. A garden? Inside of the castle??? She had heard numerous tales about mysterious doors in the castle during her seven years here as a student. But it was the first time it was really happening to her. She wondered a few minutes about what to do. Talking about mysterious doors tales, she now remembered about that tale of the boy who got emprisonned one full night in a secret room he found out with a certain mysterious door that appeared. She looked at the garden. There was a litle wood on one side and lots of flowers and even some water. In the middle was a little bench. She considered the situation and tried to enter the garden not really leaving the door. Her reason then got the better of herself and she closed the door. She needed to get ready to go to Hogsmead and she had to unpack anyway.
She spent two hours to unpack her trunck feeling more and more at home as she was putting her belingings everywhere in the apartment. When she was done, she started to run the water in her bathtub and put some perfumed liquid to male bubbles. She choose nice green robes and then plounged in her bathtub.
Half an hour later she was ready. She made her way to Hagrid's house to ask him if he wanted to come with her but he said he could not as he was waiting for a very special delivery for his Care About Magical Creatures class.
Hermione went to the train station and arrived very early to Hogsmeade. She decided to do a little bit of shopping. She was granted most of her supplies by Hogwarts but she needed to open a teacher account at "Ink Quills and Parchments' Paradise". That account included an accurate day to day refill of ink, quill and parchment. That simply meant she won't have to come and get new stuff during the whole year. Implying she will never get short of those three supplies. Her ink bottle would be magically filled whenever it would come close to be empty. Same for her quill that would be repaired as soon as broken. She'll have a dozen parchments as soon as she'll take the last one. Pretty useful for a teacher. That would be very useful for students as well she thought. She just needed to provide a few details to the witch that greated her. Colors of the inks she'll be using during the year, quality of the quills she wanted to use and a quick check on her personalized parchments. They were stating "Miss Hermione Granger – Hogwarts Charms Teacher". That was impressing. She was of course granted plain parchment as well.
She exited the shop and made her way towards the twins' shop hoping she was not arriving too early. She couldn't believe how successful those two had become. There were as many customers as when she left the store earlier. Well of course, they were a living Hogwarts legend to any joking student. Filtch was still fuming at them. Even if they had quit Hogwarts a few years ago, they were still tricking him, by procuration of course, but still. Filtch recognizd the Weasley's touch. Lots of Hogwarts students were buying their jokinf stuff at the twins'store.
This month's best seller was a potion that was enabling anybody to sleep a few minutes while acting as if normal. Opened eyes and all. That made Hermione frown. That was way too much. How could she manage her class with that kind of stuff? Loads of students would be buying it. Not serious at all! How could they manage the charms she'll be teaching them if they were sleeping during her class? She took a little bottle and decided to buy it to check the potion and find a counter curse. She have to talk to those Weasley twins tonight!
She made her way towards the counter to pay her little bottle and she saw a very agitated Ginny soon to be overwhelmed by a whole bunch of young people. She quickly stepped behind the counter and started to help Ginny. A Hogwarts teacher selling joking items, spells and potions? Tsk tsk !!!
One hour later the shop was empty and there were only two very tired young ladies left, sitting on two chairs behind the counter.
"Thank you so much for your help Hermione, I thought those little demons will have me dead!"
"You're welcome Ginny. Plus that was interesting. I got to have a good look at all the jokes they'll be trying on me or on their fellow students during the year."
Ginny started to laugh at that.
"Hermione dear, Fred and George are way too inventive for you. You'll never be up to date. I'll try to do so when I arrived as the new nurse. I was working on counter curse to take care of the poor kid being tricked. Usually they're telling me how to do. They never do a new trick without having the antidote now."
"That's a realy family business. You should quit Hogwarts and open your counter curse shop" said a very amused Hermione.
"Yeah right! I'll be selling the antidotes and I'll get as rich as them. Now that's an idea!" said an equally amused Ginny.
"So where are we going tonight?" asked Hermione.
"Well we have to meet at that new restaurant Luna opened last year."
"Luna? That's going to look like a Hogwarts reunion." Joked Hermione.
"Oh you bet" thought Ginny mischievously smiling.
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So? I promise, Harry will be here next chapter !!!
Please read and review!! I want to know what you're thinking of it.
Constructive criticism is welcomed.
I'm sorry it took me so long to update but I've been very busy these past days.
Anyway, here's the next chapter !
Thanks to all my reviewers ! You guys are great.
Back to the story !!!
***************************************************************************
The gates opened automaticaly when she came close enough to them. Actually, she wasn't minding anymore not having been picked up at the train station. Her walk through the hills gave her enough time to adjust to her new job.
She was greated by Hagrid as the big doors opened. He seemed happy to see her.
"Blimey Hermione, thought ya arrive tamorrow!"
"It's ok Hagrid, I had a very nice walk." She reassured him.
"I'll show ya your apartment, the Headmistress ain't here today."
"Alright then."
She followed him on the Hogwarts grounds. She saw his little house and she was nearly expecting Harry and Ron coming from the door running to great her back. It was pretty strange to see Hogwarts with no student to be seen around. Even during the holidays, when most of the students were going home, Hogwarts wass not that empty. Hermione smiled thinking of Filtch. She was sure he was happy there with no student to chase around. Or was he missing it?
It was quite funny thinking back of it. She was nearly feeling the need to touche the old walls as if proving to herself she was actually back. How many memories were they holding? As she was followinf Hagrid, she came across the library. She would have stopped if Hagrid weren't continuing his way to her apartment. Anyway she'll have time to come back. He finally stopped at the top of a tower and gave her a key.
"Hermione, this is the key to your apartment. Although I'd like to introduce you with Lady Fiona. She'll be keeping an eye on your door. She'll give you your password.
"Hello Lady Fiona" said Hermione.
"Oh then you're the new Charms teacher? I heard loads on you. One of my dear friends is keeping the Gryfingor's commun room you know. I'm very proud of being your door keeper Miss Granger."
"Oh please, just call me Hermione."
"Hermione, I have to go back to me house, I'll see you later" said Hagrid.
"Alright young lady, what would you like your password to be?" asked Lady Fiona.
Hermione thought for a moment and said : "Harry Potter"
"Well not very difficult to find I would say. Anything else?"
"No, this one will definitely do fine."
"Harry Potter it is then."
As the door opened, Hermione got to get a first glimpse on it. She stopped on the threshold to have a better look at it. There were several rooms. The entry door garded by Lady Fiona was opening on a small but cosy living room. There was a little coffee table and a sofa just behind it. On the other side of the coffee table were two very confortable looking armchairs. They seemed to be so deep that Hermione was wondering wethever she'd be able to get out of it if she'll sit on it. There was also a small table close to the armchairs. That would have looked like a tv table in the muggle world.
Looking on the other side of this room, there was a table with about 6 chairs around. Hermione smiled at this. In the middle of the room was a fireplace. Quite odd to put it right in the middle though, but very nice. She'll be able to see the fire from whatever place she'll be in the room. Discovering her apartment, she made her way towards one door and opened it. It was her office. There was a huge desk with a very confortable chair. The shelves were full of books and she quickly looked through the titles. Then she turned to examine her desk.
"Hogwarts a History" was left in evidence on it. She took it and couldn't resist the surge she felt to open it. On the first page was a message from Albus Dumbledore. The ex headmaster of Hogwarts had left his responsabilities a few years ago, earning a well deserved retirement. He was now said to be travelling the world with his phoenix looking for new spells and charms.
Looking through the windows of her office, Hermione was able to see the Quidditch pitch and beyond that was the Forbidden Forest. She'll be able to make a good work in here. Everything was very cosy, from the chair to the carpet that were so deep she felt she was entering it. Thanks to the huge windows, the office was very bright which was quite unusual for Hogwarts. The walls were very pale with a creamy color.
She then left her office and went back to the living room to discover what was behind the second door she saw earlier. She guessed it was her bedroom and was right. It was so beautiful it nearly took her breath away. The bed was king size for a start. On each side of it was a little bed table on which was a shining bed light. Getting closer to it, Hermione noticed it was indeed shining little fairies that were reunited like clusters. They were kinda scared when she approached them and then they formed a message for her. It spelled : "Welcome Hermione!"
She smiled at it wondering who could have done that. Then she looked at her bedroom more closely. On the left of the bed was a door leading to her dressing room. It was large enough for a whole family. Then one the right of the bed was a door certainly leading to her bathroom. She entered it and discovered she had both a shower and a bathtub. Or was it a swimming pool? It was so huge! There was a very good smell there and she wondered what was generating it. A spell was certainly the answer. It was smelling like lilies and she liked it very much. She went back to her bedroom and was very happy to see there was a balcony. She opened the French windows and went on it. It was exposed to the Lake.
She then went back to her living room and froze on the door. There, just on the left of her office was a third door. She was absolutely positive that door wasn't there when she came in the room in the first place. What was that trick? She went close to it and opened it. She was very surprised to see it was leading to a garden. A garden? Inside of the castle??? She had heard numerous tales about mysterious doors in the castle during her seven years here as a student. But it was the first time it was really happening to her. She wondered a few minutes about what to do. Talking about mysterious doors tales, she now remembered about that tale of the boy who got emprisonned one full night in a secret room he found out with a certain mysterious door that appeared. She looked at the garden. There was a litle wood on one side and lots of flowers and even some water. In the middle was a little bench. She considered the situation and tried to enter the garden not really leaving the door. Her reason then got the better of herself and she closed the door. She needed to get ready to go to Hogsmead and she had to unpack anyway.
She spent two hours to unpack her trunck feeling more and more at home as she was putting her belingings everywhere in the apartment. When she was done, she started to run the water in her bathtub and put some perfumed liquid to male bubbles. She choose nice green robes and then plounged in her bathtub.
Half an hour later she was ready. She made her way to Hagrid's house to ask him if he wanted to come with her but he said he could not as he was waiting for a very special delivery for his Care About Magical Creatures class.
Hermione went to the train station and arrived very early to Hogsmeade. She decided to do a little bit of shopping. She was granted most of her supplies by Hogwarts but she needed to open a teacher account at "Ink Quills and Parchments' Paradise". That account included an accurate day to day refill of ink, quill and parchment. That simply meant she won't have to come and get new stuff during the whole year. Implying she will never get short of those three supplies. Her ink bottle would be magically filled whenever it would come close to be empty. Same for her quill that would be repaired as soon as broken. She'll have a dozen parchments as soon as she'll take the last one. Pretty useful for a teacher. That would be very useful for students as well she thought. She just needed to provide a few details to the witch that greated her. Colors of the inks she'll be using during the year, quality of the quills she wanted to use and a quick check on her personalized parchments. They were stating "Miss Hermione Granger – Hogwarts Charms Teacher". That was impressing. She was of course granted plain parchment as well.
She exited the shop and made her way towards the twins' shop hoping she was not arriving too early. She couldn't believe how successful those two had become. There were as many customers as when she left the store earlier. Well of course, they were a living Hogwarts legend to any joking student. Filtch was still fuming at them. Even if they had quit Hogwarts a few years ago, they were still tricking him, by procuration of course, but still. Filtch recognizd the Weasley's touch. Lots of Hogwarts students were buying their jokinf stuff at the twins'store.
This month's best seller was a potion that was enabling anybody to sleep a few minutes while acting as if normal. Opened eyes and all. That made Hermione frown. That was way too much. How could she manage her class with that kind of stuff? Loads of students would be buying it. Not serious at all! How could they manage the charms she'll be teaching them if they were sleeping during her class? She took a little bottle and decided to buy it to check the potion and find a counter curse. She have to talk to those Weasley twins tonight!
She made her way towards the counter to pay her little bottle and she saw a very agitated Ginny soon to be overwhelmed by a whole bunch of young people. She quickly stepped behind the counter and started to help Ginny. A Hogwarts teacher selling joking items, spells and potions? Tsk tsk !!!
One hour later the shop was empty and there were only two very tired young ladies left, sitting on two chairs behind the counter.
"Thank you so much for your help Hermione, I thought those little demons will have me dead!"
"You're welcome Ginny. Plus that was interesting. I got to have a good look at all the jokes they'll be trying on me or on their fellow students during the year."
Ginny started to laugh at that.
"Hermione dear, Fred and George are way too inventive for you. You'll never be up to date. I'll try to do so when I arrived as the new nurse. I was working on counter curse to take care of the poor kid being tricked. Usually they're telling me how to do. They never do a new trick without having the antidote now."
"That's a realy family business. You should quit Hogwarts and open your counter curse shop" said a very amused Hermione.
"Yeah right! I'll be selling the antidotes and I'll get as rich as them. Now that's an idea!" said an equally amused Ginny.
"So where are we going tonight?" asked Hermione.
"Well we have to meet at that new restaurant Luna opened last year."
"Luna? That's going to look like a Hogwarts reunion." Joked Hermione.
"Oh you bet" thought Ginny mischievously smiling.
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So? I promise, Harry will be here next chapter !!!
Please read and review!! I want to know what you're thinking of it.
Constructive criticism is welcomed.