Just in case you do not know I do not own Harry Potter or Criminal Minds. I am just playing in the sandboxes of other people, however this is my sand castle. I have changed ages a little because I can. I am trying to keep everything as cannon as possible however sometimes you have to do your best. After all this is clearly AU.

"Thank you sir. It is an honor to be here" Hermione said shaking his hand.

"From what I have heard Agent Granger the pleasure is ours. I have seen your files and I have to say I am impressed. No need to call me sir though Hotch is fine. I have most of the team in the briefing room ready to meet you. The only ones not here are our public relations manager J.J and one of the other Agents Dr. Spencer Reid. But you will meet them later today." Hotch said as he shook her hand and indicated she should follow him.

As he walked through the doors of the BAU he spoke to her again "This is where you will have a desk with the rest of the team. My office is just up those stairs second door. Another agent on the team has an office his is the third door at the top of the stairs. His name is David Rossi. If you have any questions feel free to stop by my office."

Hermione was looking around the room in ah. It looked to her like a honeycomb of bees. She could not wait to get to her desk.

"Right up this way"

Hermione's daydream was cut short when she noticed the Hotch was standing by a staircase leading upstairs. She took one more look around and then turned too follow him to meet the rest of the team.

"Everyone this here is Hermione Granger. She recently graduated the academy and will be joining our team. Agent Granger this here is SSA Derek Morgan, SSA David Rossi, SSA Emily Prentiss and our technical analyst Penelope Garcia." Hotch said as he addressed the rest of the room pointing each one out as he said their names.

Hermione looked around at the 4 people in the room. Each person was so different from each other. She had read all their files before coming here so she knew a little of who she was going to be working with. David Rossi was an older gentleman with dark hair that Hermione could tell was turning gray and he had a goatee. Hermione had read most of his books while at uni and was very pleased to meet the author in person. Derek Morgan was a tall athletic man with chocolate colored skin. He seemed a little older then Hermione but his face held a youthfulness about it. Next Hermione saw Emily Prentiss. She was an ambassadors daughter with straight black hair and pale skin. The last person Hermione saw was the strangest person there. While the others were in either jeans or slacks and muted colors Penelope Garcia was in a bright orange and green patterned dress with a red bolero jacket. She had bright red hair and around her eyes were purple glasses.

Hermione shook each persons hand and then sat down at the seat that Hotchner had indicated was for her.

"Please call me Hermione." She said as she sat down looking around the room.

"Hermione that's an interesting name. Shakespeare correct?" Asked David Rossi once everyone had sat back down.

"Yes. My parents loved 'A Winters Tale' and they would always go see it whenever it was being performed at the park when they were first married." Hermione answered with a smile.

"So Hermione why don't you tell us about you. Based on your accent I can tell your from England." Said Prentiss

"Oh, England! Now someone won't look at me weird when I say 'loo'" Penelope said with a huge smile across her face.

Hermione giggled "Yes I am from England. London actually. I went to a very private boarding school in Scotland and after I graduated I went to Cambridge University, where I graduated with a PhD in Psychology and one in Criminal justice as well as a bachelor's in philosophy and a bachelors in occult religions and ruituals and an associates in forensic science."

"How did you get all of those? You don't look old enough" Emily asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Oh I got them all in 4 years. That was a major part of my being recruited out of school. I guess the Dean knows one of the directors here and told him about me."

"Wow looks like you and Reid will get along just fine." Morgan said with a teasing grin as everyone else laughed at the joke. "You both can have your little genius meetings together."

"Well I do love to learn. One of my former professors at my boarding school used to call me an insufferable know-it-all. Granted at the time I was 11 years old and I was a bit of a swot." Hermione answered with a grin "I have always been fascinated with knowledge and very organized. So it was really easy for me to be able to complete all the requirements. A lot of the classes I was able to test out of because I had read so much already about the subject. In fact Agent Rossi some of your books were on the required reading lists for some of my classes. I have to say I was very intrigued by them."

"You can call me Rossi. And thank you. I do know that Cambridge uses some of my works but I have not been able to go over there yet, even though they keep asking me to come lecture."

"So how do you like the states so far? Missing your family?" Prentiss asked leaning forward in her chair, putting her hands on the table.

Hermione looked sad for a moment before she answered. "My parents died right when I was 17 and they were only children like myself. I do have a sort of extended family. One of my friends from school, their family took me in and yes I miss them a lot."

"Oh I am sorry. I had no idea" Emily said looking ashamed for asking.

"It is okay. You did not know, and I have come to terms with it. I have two best friends and they helped me. We are as close as siblings with everything we went through. In fact when Harry got married him and his fiancée almost got in a fight because she wanted me to be a bridesmaid and he wanted me to stand with him." The memory passed through Hermione's mind. Harry and Ginny almost ended up playing a game of quidditch to decide who she would stand with. In the end though Ginny threatened to make Harry sleep on the couch if she did not get her way. Harry told Hermione that as much as he loved her he loved Ginny more. Hermione teased him so much for that.

Noticing that Hermione was still looking sad Morgan asked "So have you been able to find a place to live yet?"

Hermione pulled herself out of her memories and replied "Oh yes I was able to find a place and I came over a few days before I went into the academy. It is really lovely."

"Well now that we have all gotten to know each other, Morgan can you take Hermione down and show her to her desk. I have to go have a quick meeting with Director Strauss but should be done quickly and then I will take you to go get your permanent ID for the building."

"So this is your desk. Once you get your ID Garcia will get you a login in for the system. She is the best. Anything you need she can do. Just don't ever make her mad. I once did and she did not speak to me for 2 weeks. Worse 2 weeks of my life. Baby girl is sweet but vicious."

Morgan had shown her where she would be working. Hermione set her bag on the desk and looked back at him.

"Good to know. Don't ever make Garcia mad." Hermione looked around and then leaned up against the desk and crossed her ankles as she looked at him. "Any other tips for me?"

"Don't be afraid to speak up if we have a case. Which since it is right before Halloween I would say we should be getting one soon. People tend to go crazy around this time of year. But if you think something tell us. You never know if that could be something we missed." Morgan relaxed back on his desk as he spoke to her. "J.J should be in soon and then you can meet her. She is our public relations manager. She takes all of the requests for the team and picks which one we go to and she also handles the press once we get there. He and her fiancée have a little boy named Henry. He is the cutest thing ever. He just turned 1 in June. And genius boy Reid should be here any minute now. He is at the college right now doing a lecture. You and him should get along. After all your both super smart and leave the rest of us in the dust."

Hermione laughed at this. Never before has she met someone as smart as she was. Before she could answer a beeping sound could be heard and Morgan pulled out his cell phone.

"Oh hey I have to take this it is my sister."

Hermione waved him off with her hand. As he walked away she decided to read a little while she was waiting for Hotch to come and get her. She was glad she had packed her copy of 'The Iliad' in her bag before she left her apartment today. She made sure that her wand was still hidden in her bag before she turned back around to read her book. She normally would have her wand on her on her holster that Lupin and Tonks got her for her birthday after the war. It was charmed to be invisible to muggles eyes however for some reason it would turn up on an X –ray machine. So Hermione had transfigured her wand to look like a pen this morning so there would be no questions asked about it. Once she had her permanent ID she would be able to skip the machine and be able to keep her wand on her at all times. Even though the war was over Hermione knew that there were still some witches and wizards that were not happy with her and would love to have a chance of hurting her. While she now had a gun strapped onto her side, she still felt safer with her vine wood wand near her hand. Hermione put her bag back on the floor under her desk, making a mental note to grab her wand once she had her new ID and was settled in, and opened her book to a red and gold ribbon she used as a bookmark and started reading.

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