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Author's Note - Just a short one this time!
Chapter six.
Meanwhile, Hermione and Neville also nodded, "I'd love to be the Gryffindor Head of House." Hermione smiled.
"I know Hufflepuff wasn't your original house Neville-"
But Neville just smiled, "No, that's okay, at least I won't have to deal with those crazy Gryffindor parties." He joked and Hermione scrunched up her nose.
It had been sorted; Hermione and Draco would be sharing a common room and Neville would live on the grounds near Hogsmeade with Hannah, in a small house specifically built for them.
When the train had arrived and everyone was boarding the threstral drawn carriages, Draco finally spotted Hermione, getting into a carriage with Neville Longbottom and Remus Lupin, he ran up to it and yelled, "Oi! Granger! Catch!" before throwing a small velvet box at her and turning back to his carriage. Hermione's war-learnt reflexes caught the box, even though she was in shock.
"Don't open it! It could be hexed!" Neville joked…kinda, before he and Remus gingerly sat down on the seat, Hermione had yet to give them the counter-curse. Hermione glared at him before turning her glare to the box, but before she could move, the box glowed and opened and a beautiful ring was shown, before it disappeared and reappeared on the ring finger of her left hand. The box disappeared into a small glowing orb of blue light, not unlike when the message about the Marriage Law had been delivered.
The image of the Minister of Magic appeared and once again began to talk, regardless of the three wands that had been instantly pointed at it.
"Every man must present his chosen spouse with an engagement ring. The ring may be of his choice, but if it is neglected to be chosen before the week is out, then the Ministry will provide said ring." And it disappeared.
"Oh yeah,' Neville rubbed the back of his neck nervously, 'I forgot about that. I mean, I've given Hannah her ring, but I forgot that that was what it was."
Hermione raised an eyebrow at him, before looking at the delicate ring. It wrapped around her finger and was finely crafted. A ruby was inlaid within it with etchings of leaves going around the rim of the ring. Two small emeralds laid either side of the ruby. She looked at it confused and then showed it to Neville and Remus. "Is- is that one of the Ministry rings?"
Neville took her hand, inspected it then shook his head, "Nope, the Ministry ones are just plain gold."
Remus took her hand and inspected it as well. He smiled and shook his head, "I don't know anything about jewellery, but it looks pretty."
Hermione took back her hand and inspected it, before shrugging and turning back to the two men. "How exciting is this? We're going back to Hogwarts!"
Neville leaned over to whisper in Remus' ear, "She's in denial."
"I heard that!"