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- So… This is the day – A brown-haired older woman said.
Even if she was in her mid-forties, Hermione Jane Granger didn't look older than thirty years, but considering she's a magical person, it's normal for her to age differently than other humans even though she is a muggle-born witch, what matters when it comes to aging is magic.
The woman is wearing a black suit, and she was looking at herself in the mirror that she has in her office, she's fixing the last details of her outfit, today is a special day not just for her but for the whole magical Britain.
- I can't believe it's been already 25 years – The woman said before sighing heavily.
She couldn't help but take a picture that was resting on a desk alongside the mirror, in the picture three young people were moving with smiles on their faces, showing that they were hopeful for the future, there was a dark-haired boy, a red-haired one and a young bushy-haired girl with a big smile.
The older woman couldn't help but stare at the picture for a long time, she has a melancholic smile as she ignores the presence of the red-haired boy and just stares at the dark-haired boy.
- I wish I had a picture of just the two of us without Ron - The older woman sighed and stared at the dark-haired boy.
She's so focused on the picture that she didn't realize someone already entered into her office, it was a young blonde woman who was carrying some papers in her hands, the young woman is wearing a white blouse, a black mini skirt, and black heels, her platinum blonde hair is fixed in a ponytail.
- Minister… Minister… MINISTER! – Suddenly the loud voice of the blonde-haired woman who didn't look older than twenty made the older woman get back to reality.
- What—Oh Victoire, it's you – Said the older woman before looking at the younger woman who was a little confused.
The young woman was about to say something but she saw the picture that the older woman was holding, and the blonde suddenly placed the papers on the main desk of the room before she approached the older woman to hug her.
- Oh Aunty Hermione… I know this is difficult for you… You should take a leave, I'll tell everyone you're not in the best mood right now – Victoire was worried about the brown-haired witch who suddenly shook her head negatively.
- No… Thank you, Tori, but I can't do that… I must do this like I do every year – Hermione suddenly got a serious expression on her face – if I don't do this, my adversaries that want my position would use it forever to defame me – She added as she tried to regain her composure back, she placed the picture on the desk it was placed before.
Hermione looked around and picked up her wand and her glasses before wearing them once again, she only did this in important situations, it wasn't like she couldn't see well, but it made her look more imponent for some reason, must be because she's known as a wise person and wise people should wear glasses, right?
- But most of all… I need to do this for him… Today it's the anniversary of the battle of Hogwarts and the day that… Harry, the hero of this world and my best friend disappeared forever without any sign of coming back – Hermione looked at the ground before she looked at herself in the mirror once again to check if she looked good or not.
And just like she said, twenty-five years ago the war came to its end with the apparent death of Voldemort and Harry… Or at least that's what the world tries to believe.
The battle was so intense that the people that witnessed the confrontation between the two strongest wizards of that time would remember that battle forever, the explosions, the techniques, the strength, and the magic that the two of them emanated was enough to make weak people faint.
And it was clear that the energy was too much and there was too much power because neither of them could make the other subdue to their power, they were too balanced, and as the battle and the power against the other increased, something happened, something that no one expected to happen.
The only way Hermione could describe what she saw was as if there was a tear in reality, and that little broken piece of reality created some kind of spiral or portal that sucked both Harry and Voldemort and the world hasn't known about them ever since then.
The experts at the Department of Mysteries tried to decipher what happened, Hermione joined them in their investigations after taking an advanced physics degree at a muggle university.
But it wasn't enough, and as the years passed the hope to see Harry once again faded, not even with the most advanced magic and physics was possible to bring him back to this dimension, Hermione is convinced that he was in another dimension, she just hopes he's okay and alive because if that's not the case, then Voldemort could come back at any second.
And after five years of waiting, Harry and Voldemort were declared officially dead, which was the best for everyone else, or at least that's what the government thought, Hermione became obsessed with the idea of bringing him back and that destroyed her marriage causing Ron Weasley, her husband, and Harry's former best friend to hate him.
But eventually, she accepted that she wouldn't be able to see her best friend again, still, there was a bit of hope that at least his body will be back, after all, everything that goes up eventually comes back down, and Harry doesn't belong to that dimension he was sent, he belongs on this dimension.
- Let's get going Vicky – Hermione said to her non-biological niece before she took her hand and in a matter of seconds they already teleported to the place they were supposed to be right now.
The place was Hogwarts, the best magical school in the world, or at least that's what all the people in magical Britain believe, when Hermione and Victoire arrived at the place, they were hoping they didn't come late as almost everyone was already here, all the students were reunited outside the castle, in the place where the last battle occurred.
There was also a line of many adults which included close friends of the hero of the wizarding world, teachers of the school, and some important figures of the modern wizarding world, there was a podium with Harry's picture, soon Victoire joined the rest of the adults, she moved towards a group of other blonde women who looked almost like her but older, she was hugged by a man with a scar on his face.
Hermione moved to the podium, she was ready to talk and she realized something, there were some grey clouds in the sky, it seems like even the sky was sad, or at least she tried to believe that.
- Ladies and gentlemen… As the minister of magic, I'd like to thank you so much for accompanying me on this important date – Hermione clarified her voice after she said those words – I know that some of you wouldn't like to be here and I know that for many of you, this location, on this date brings many awful memories – The adults agreed with her while the students were a little annoyed.
This was their last day of classes and everything has been set for this date to be the last day of classes, in that way, before they could take the train back home, they needed to be reminded of why they were able to study here without complications, and not only just human wizards, Hogwarts was becoming more and more inclusive in welcoming other races like vampires, succubus, etc.
- But I feel that as someone who survived the war and someone who lost a very important person that day… It is necessary to remember their sacrifice and not just Harry's sacrifice, all the people that died that night, innocents who were just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time… It was a fight-or-die situation and I hope they know that their sacrifice will always be remembered – Hermione clarified her voice once again.
But before Hermione could start talking once, a drop of water fell on her face, it was starting to rain, and she cursed herself for that.
- Okay… Let's get back inside, I'll finish in the dining hall – Hermione told everyone, they will have to proceed with the anniversary breakfast.
But then something more incredible happened, the sky started to darken little by little, and the barely visible sun was turning black as if it was some kind of eclipse, it didn't take too long before many thunders started to reign in the sky.
If Hermione could describe what she was seeing, it was as if you were looking at a potion getting brewed, as if something bigger and strange was brewing and they had no way of knowing what to do, even as magical people, nature was still scary for them sometimes.
- What the fuck – One student said as the day was disappearing little by little as if time was moving at a different pace.
And unknown to them, in the rest of the magical world there were happening many weird phenomena, there were huge waves in the sea, vulcanoes started to release an abnormal quantity of ashes, there were some earthquakes in some places, asteroids were falling in many places, but thankfully wizards were able to destroy them so it couldn't harm anyone.
One could argue that this was the end of the world as the sky completely darkened.
- Everyone get inside! – Hermione urged them, but no one wanted to stop looking.
And they were glad they did.
- Look at that! – One random first-year said pointing at the sky.
In the middle of all the thunders and the chaos in the clouds, a little light was emerging, and it was getting bigger and bigger, and it seems like it was attracting the thunders as all of them were attacking the little ball of energy that was getting bigger with each thunder that struck on it, but in a small frame of time, Hermione realized that there was a form she recognized from somewhere, but she didn't want to get conclusions at this moment.
- Could that be…? – Hermione wondered, but the moment she noticed what she saw previously for a small frame of time, as the ball reached a big stable size her eyes widened – Everyone, run away from here! – Hermione ordered them and they did as she ordered.
The adults helped most of the students to teleport towards the nearby mountains a place where they could see what was going to happen to the school, it was important for them to know if it would be destroyed.
The ball acted like a meteor, and as it was falling at an incredible speed it was also losing size, it really seemed unstable, until it finally landed in the middle of the place where all of them were before, destroying the podium completely.
But the most surprising thing was that once the ball of energy landed it didn't stop glowing, if Hermione could describe that thing it would be as if it was radioactive, seeing that thing hasn't moved ever since it landed, the adults decided to teleport themselves towards that ball.
- Hermione what do we do now? – Asked an older blonde woman with a dreamy expression even at this moment.
- We need to be careful… This thing could be dangerous – Hermione said with a serious expression.
- Wait? I'm too busy, we should get this done with already! – A blonde man with an angry expression said before he ran towards the ball.
- Malfoy! No, you idiot! – Hermione voiced loudly as she tried to stop the man but it was too late.
Malfoy conjured a curse towards the ball of light using his wand, but the thing reflected Malfoy's attack, and in a matter of seconds the blonde was already on the ground screaming in pain.
- This fucking idiot! – Hermione said with an angry expression.
The rest of the group tried to help the blonde, but suddenly something worse happened, the ball of light covered Malfoy as it exploded and all of them conjured protecting spells to protect themselves as much as they could, they felt guilty they couldn't save Malfoy but protecting themselves was their top priority right now, but surprisingly, the ball exploded from its upper part, as if it was a ray that was launched towards the sky creating a huge veil that seemed endless.
As the light disappeared and a lot of dust covered the area where the ball was covering Malfoy, the sky started to get back to its normal state, even the clouds were disappearing to give light to a new day.
- Malfoy what an idiot, we told you not to get close! – The professor of magical plants said.
The rest of the adults were waiting for the dust to completely clear and as they suspected, Malfoy was probably dead, the little glimpse they could see from him was the blonde on the ground, unconscious.
- I'm calling Tonks right now – Hermione sighed.
But as the dust started to clean, the adults noticed something, there was something else.
- Wait… It can't be – Hermione mumbled as the dust was completely wearing off.
As the dust fell to the ground thanks to gravity, another figure was revealed standing all over Malfoy's body, the adults looked from his feet to see a pair of boots, a pair of blue jeans in a bad state, a white broken shirt, and a jacket.
- Just like the clothes he wore the day of the last battle… - Hermione's eyes started to fill with tears – No… It can't be! – The minister of magic added as it was finally revealed.
Standing in the middle of the chaos, a figure they didn't expect to see once again after more than twenty years, with a look full of decision and a smirk on his face, one of the crystals of his glasses partially broken, his jet black hair wild as it has always been, wearing an ancient wand with one hand and his deep emerald eyes looking hopeful, some blood on his face and a few cuts but overall, a completely safe man, looking the same way as the day he was gone literally because he didn't seemed to have aged one day!
- Harry!? – Asked all the adults at the same time as they looked at the green-eyed wizard.
And the man in the middle was completely confused, he didn't recognize any of those people.
- How could the world have changed so much? I just went away for a few minutes… - He thought completely confused until he realized something – No way! – He said as he fell onto his knees.
Many ideas were running in his mind, but if remembered one thing from his days as a muggle student, is a phrase that a science teacher told him and that could do more than describe the way he felt right now… Time is relative.
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