Heya everyone luckily this chapter came to me quite quickly once I started writing so the update is here a bit early! Thank you so much to everyone who commented and left kudos they really inspired me to write more so I could hear what you thought! -Dayin

The Leaky Cauldron was teeming with customers drinking merrily, Daily Prophet newspapers charmed to stick to the walls covered just about every inch of the wall the Headlines proclaiming

"YOU KNOW WHO VANQUISHED BY MUGGLEBORN SAVIOUR"

Unable to contain her curiosity Hermione walked up to one of the copies on the wall and quickly scanned it. She couldn't help but grimace at the photo of her clearly taken during the Triwizard tournament at the Yule Ball.

YOU KNOW WHO VANQUISHED BY MUGGLEBORN SAVIOUR

By Rita Skeeter

You read that headline right my dear readers, just this very morning the terrifying force that was You Know Who has been brought to justice by none other than Hermione Granger a muggle-born witch that all interviewed witnesses proclaim to be the smartest witch of her age.

I have done my best to get the full story for you here today however many of the key witnesses are still recovering at this time. So for now I will only speak of the certainties of this morning. In the early hours, Hogwarts became under siege by You Know Who and his death eaters they proceeded to kill and maim all in sight while demanding that Harry Potter relinquish himself to them.

Once the attack was in full force; to the horror of all the brave souls who were battling that day Harry Potter's body was carried in by one of the Hogwarts professors, Harry had seemingly sacrificed himself for the greater good of all those on the battlefield. Our young heroine Hermione who couldn't stand to see Harry dead turned her full magical force on the death eaters and what a force it was! The notorious Bellatrix Lestrange disintegrated in front of everyone's very eyes before Hermione turned her wand on the Dark Lord himself. In a feat of the most powerful magic anyone has seen since Merlin himself the onlookers were blinded by the spell that surged forth and struck him, and within near moments You Know Who was gone. A powerful silence overtook the battlefield and then the unbelievable happened again, our Boy who lived reclaimed his title and jumped out of the professor's arms! That is right dear readers do not weep for the boy who lived as he continues to defy all odds.

And almost just as the battle had begun it was suddenly over and Hermione was whisked away by Harry Potter to an undisclosed location.

As wonderful as the news is for us to hear that we are finally truly free of You know who this report is not without true tragedy as of this moment we do not have a full casualty count or the names of those fallen but we do have confirmation of at least 50 lives that were lost in the battle. We at the profit wish the families of those lost the best in their time of grief and we also extend the thanks of the wizarding world to our Herione Hermione wherever she may be at this moment. That is all we have for now dear readers but as more information is made available you can be sure I shall report on it!

She was actually pretty surprised at how little Reeta bent the truth, of course, it still had the gossip column fluff that she had come to expect but on the whole, it was a pretty accurate account of what had happened. Perhaps Rita didn't want to spark her ire again after the jar incident, or perhaps she knew that in the current political climate making an enemy of Hermione would be a career-ending mistake.

The delicious smell coming from the kitchen guided both of them forward to the front register, they hadn't eaten in what felt like days and that was something they would like to fix sooner rather than later.

"Good evening Sir and Madam, what can I get for you on this fine day" the barkeep greeted with a grin. It seemed that even the rather stoic man was not immune to the cheerful atmosphere in the pub.

"I'll have the steak and ale pie with a butterbeer," Harry ordered while gazing down at the menu.

"Make that two, and would it be possible to rent a room and have it in there?" she questioned practically hearing the sound of a comfortable bed calling to her.

"Of course miss, let me get you a key quick I will need you to just sign in it requires a single drop of blood to verify your identity that will be 4 galleons for the room and 2 for the meals is that alright?" he questioned while turning around to grab a key and the sign in booklet.

"Oh um yes that's alright," she said nervously trying to think of how to explain their mismatched appearances and identities "I trust you will be discreet with the verification findings?" she questioned him.

"As long as you aren't wanted by the law I wouldn't give a wink if you were the Queen of England'' He said, rolling his eyes slightly probably thinking they were up to no good.

"Of course," She said, reaching over and signing her name down as Hermione Granger and adding the required drop of blood, interestingly she noticed that once her drop of blood touched the page her name automatically corrected to Dame Hermione Granger she quickly wiped off her finger before handing the book to Harry to do the same.

The barman took the book back and quickly read over the names, his eyebrows raising in astonishment as his head flew up to look at them. As he met eyes with Hermione his face broke out in a smile and he winked at her jokingly before casting a privacy charm between the three of them. "Well, there is the wink you made me give, colour me surprised. I am Tom; Dame Granger and Sir Potter and I will of course be discreet but may I just offer my personal thanks to you both for all you have done your meals and board are free of charge it is the least I can offer."

" Thank you very much, Tom, please just call us Harry and Hermione, no thanks at all are needed. We are just happy it's truly over, we appreciate your generosity but there is no chance we will take our room and board for free. We are happy to pay." He graciously replied as she nodded along in agreement.

"All right if you two are sure but you have unlimited free refills of butter beer and can stay as long as you like in that room and I won't hear more on it." He said firmly before ending the charm and retrieving the room key from where he had set it down moments before.

Hermione quickly swapped the galleons over for the room key, happy that their identities could remain secret a bit longer.

"I will have your food ready in about ten minutes if you want to just sit tight and then you can take it up to the room."

"Thank you" she replied as she and Harry walked over to wait at two of the only empty chairs in the pub that were right in front of the bar table. No one spared them so much as a glance thanks to their glamours. The patrons were merrily singing an off-tune version of a sports chant that She had heard at the world cup in her fourth year.

As she sat down she let out a relieved sigh at finally being off of her feet. The past few months had been nothing short of hell and being surrounded by the celebration from a community that was living in terror only days ago helped her to feel it was all finally over.

Her eyes were just starting to drift shut as someone shoved past her startling her fully awake with her wand out and at the ready.

"OI! Put that thing away you bint" the obnoxious voice of none other than Ronald Weasley commanded and he turned around refocusing on his main objective of ordering.

"What do you say you give me this on the housemate since I saved the wizarding world yesterday?" He said with a shit-eating grin.

Tom narrowed his eyes at the redhead trying to place if he knew him at all or if he remembered seeing him mentioned in any of the articles about the final battle, he cast a quick look over at Harry and Hermione and upon seeing their disgusted and shocked faces he knew he was no friend of theirs.

"Just exactly who are you?" He questioned harshly though trying not to make his distaste too obvious.

"Why I am Ron Weasely, of course, I helped Harry and Hermione defeat Voldemort." He said, raising his voice as he got to the end loud enough that everyone in the pub could hear, they all stopped listening at that and turned around in interest looking to see if any of the aforementioned people were in their presence but found none.

"The daily prophet certainly didn't mention anything about you Mister Weasley nor did you receive an order of Merlin" Hermione guessed there must have been a follow on article after the one she had read as it had not mentioned the order of Merlin.

"Well obviously that Skeeter is just a liar, she wouldn't know the true hero if they came up and bit her on the ass and I'm sure I will get my award any day now once things get straightened out"

"What shite are you talking I was there you did a great load of nothing you dolt, in fact, I saw our marvelous Saviour Hermione punch you senseless moments after she killed him!" shouted out one of the wizards sitting at a nearby table, she vaguely recognized him as one of the people that was on the battlefield during Voldemorts final speech.

There was a murmur through the patrons as they all tried to shuffle closer to the older wizard eager to hear a first-hand account from someone who had been there to see it.

"Yeah well, she was just confused! Really it was my plan that they just put into action, who do you think told Harry to play dead? And I even taught Hermione the spell she used on him" He said in a matter-of-fact way boasting to any of the customers that were still paying him any mind.

At that, she tried unsuccessfully to hide her laughs in her sleeve. She didn't even think the magical surge was a spell, and it definitely was not one that she thought could be replicated or taught even by the best teachers which made Ron suggest it all the more comical.

"What are you laughing at ?" He roared looking at her with a viscous glare which only served to make her laugh harder. He began marching towards her at a furious pace hand twitching towards his wand.

Tom, not liking the aggressiveness, stepped forward to intervene; the fact that Ron wasn't glamoured with them was all he needed to know and he would be damned if the saviors of the wizarding world were hurt or even anything more than mildly inconvenienced in his pub.

"Well I am sorry Mr Weasley, I am not looking to hand out any free products, especially to someone I don't know and I highly doubt you are telling the truth. I won't have you in here causing a fuss, everyone has paid their own fair share, and if you want anything you will pay and sit quietly like the rest of em." He said trying to be kind and de-escalate the situation without exposing who they were.

Ron's face completely soured at that turning an ugly shade of red, his eyes bulging as he looked at Tom for daring to question his narrative.

"Of course, I am telling the truth, I am a hero!" he turned to Hermione's glamoured form moving towards her again causing Harry to jump up in between them.

"You think I am funny do you, who are you to laugh at me?" he said looking her up and down in utter disgust "You wouldn't find it so funny if Voldemort was still here! I am the reason he is gone, you should be thanking me!" He said triumphantly which caused her to let out an unladylike snort at the absolute irony and garnered the laughter of a few nearby patrons along with Tom who let out a hearty chuckle.

Hearing her continued amusement just infuriated him, with a hiss-like breath he lunged forward towards her only to be stunned quickly and hit the ground like a bag of rocks Tom stood behind him ready to send out a second stunner if needed.

"Right that is enough of that, this trash needs to get outside" The people in the pub gave a great cheer and clap as Ron was levitated out and the door shut firmly behind him, the atmosphere quickly returning to one of joyous celebration.

"My deepest apologies for that inconvenience madam, I am happy to refund you your meals to make amends," Tom said nervously upon his return, he knew if word got out that they had been attached in his pub he would never be able to recover from it.

"No not at all Tom thank you very much for helping me out," she said gratefully.

"Yeah that was funny as fuck anyway, in fact, here's a token of our appreciation for your services," Harry said with a laugh handing over a few galleons

"Any time, anytime at all."He said with a smile, "I will be back with your food in a minute" he turned back towards the kitchen.

It wasn't long before he had returned with two full trays that had plates with delicious pies, mash, and a few extra treats he had thrown on.

"Thank you very much," Harry said as he picked up the tray and Hermione grabbed their butterbeer before heading up the stairs to their room.

Well, I hope you liked it thank you again for taking the time to read it and please let me know what you think if you have the time!- Dayout