Hermione's POV
I smile as I hold the sleeping baby dragon. I had just fed it and it fell asleep in my arms. Charlie had left to do something, leaving me to care for the baby. He's a Ukrainian Iron-belly the orphaned off spring of the dragon that Harry, Ron and I had escaped Gringotts on. Her name is Banksia. It's hard to believe one day she'll grow into the largest species of dragon in the world.
"There you are Hermione" a familiar voice says and I look up to see Harry.
"Oh hi Harry, didn't know you were here" I state.
"Figured you would of been back at work nine days ago, we were beginning to worry" he tells me.
"Well as you can see I am fine, just enjoying my vacation" I tell him.
"She's been a great help around here the last two weeks" Charlie states as he joins. "See you got her to sleep" he says with a chuckle holding his arms out. I smile and gently hand Banksia to him. "Don't know how we'll manage her without you Hermione" he states.
"I'm sure you'll manage fine" I tell him.
"You were the first person she saw" he states.
"And you were the second" I remind him.
"Are you ok Hermione?" Harry asks me concerned.
"I'm fine" I assure him. "I'll be back" I tell them and left for the loo.
Charlie's POV
"What's happened to Hermione?" Harry asks me confused.
"She's enjoying her time off, she told me taking care of dragons is easier then changing laws" I tell him.
"But she loves her job" he states.
"She does, but I think her being her is doing her some good. She's learning to relax and not take things for seriously all the times" I tell him.
"She has been very serious since the war" he admits. "It's just I wanted to check on her and talk to her about Ron" he tells me.
"Ron still hasn't apologized for being a brat" I tell him.
"I know he hasn't" Harry states as Hermione reappears. "Can we talk in private?" he asks her. She nods her head and looks at me.
"Go ahead, I got it from here" I assure her. She lead Harry away. I look down at Banksia and smile. She is a beautiful baby dragon.
Hermione's POV
I lead Harry to a vacant office. "What's up Harry?" I ask him. "Is the family ok?" I ask him.
"Yeah the family is fine, it's about Ron" he states.
"I don't really want to talk about him Harry" I tell him as I run my hand through my hair. Which has gone back to being wild curly and untamed like it was at school.
"I know you don't, but he hit on me" he tells me. I look at him shocked. "I know I was surprised also. I reject his feelings and I feel like he'll do something stupid" he states. "Before you both were together, you were one of his best friends. Can you please reach out to him? No one has heard from him in two days" he pleads.
"Charlie and I will both reach out. I'll let you know if we hear from him" I assure him.
"Thank you" he says grateful. "You are Charlie seem close" he states.
"We're friends and raising Banksia together" I tell him with a shrug.
"Banksia?" he asks confused.
"The baby Ukrainian Iron-belly" I tell him. "She is actually the orphaned daughter of the dragon we escaped Gringotts on" I states.
"Whoa, that was so long ago" he says running a hand through his hair. "I don't think the goblins ever truly forgave us for breaking in or the damage we caused" he states. We both laugh.
"Yeah, to this day they won't let me near the vaults or off the ground floor. They send a goblin with my key to get the money I require" I tell him.
"Same here" he states. "So I take it you're going to stay here for the last week of your vacation?" he asks me.
"Yes, I have to whine Banksia off of me. So that Charlie can raise her when I return to work" I state. "Though it's hard as she imprinted on me" I add.
"Imprinted?" he asks confused.
"As I was the first thing she saw when she hatched, she believes me to be her mother" I tell him.
"And Charlie is the father in this scenario?" he asks.
"Yes, as he was the second thing she saw" I state. "But I've assured him I'm only a floo call away if he needs me" I add.
"You never used to care much for Magical Creatures" he states confused.
"Since being here, I've began to see why Hagrid and Charlie love dragons so much. They really are misunderstood creatures" I tell him.
"Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?" he asks jokingly. I laugh. "I haven't seen you this happy and relaxed since school" he states.
"I am happy and I am relaxed" I tell him with a smile. "Since being here, I realized how much pressure I was putting on myself and how stressed I was. You and Kingsley were right, I needed this vacation" I state.
"You admit it?" he asks shocked. I nod. "Anyway we're have lunch at the Burrow next Sunday. If you want to come" he states.
"I'd love too" I tell him. We said our goodbyes and he left. I went to search for Charlie and found him reading a report on Norberta's family.
"Harry left?" he asks me.
"Yes" I state. "He invited me for the Weasley sunday lunch next week. Will you come?" I ask him.
"Probably not, we have a shipment of new dragons coming in. And I have Banksia to look after" he states.
"When did you last have a vacation?" I ask him.
"The war" he states.
"Maybe you should take one? See your family" I suggest.
"I'll think about it" he tells me. "Anyway want to come with me on my rounds?" he asks. I go to agree when a patronus appears. Apparently there's trouble at the mountain top cave and they needed all available dragon tamers to handle the situation. "Coming?" he asks me.
"Is it safe?" I ask.
"Just stay beside me and you'll be fine" he assures me. I grab his arm and he apparates. We land drawing our wands. We see two Hebridean Blacks fighting. We join the other dragon tamers.
"Good you're here, you both join team one and stun the dragon on the right. The rest of us will get the one on the left" Astrid tells us. "Get in your places" she orders and we so dodging tails & fire. "Now!" she yells and we stun the dragons. The fall down unconscious. "Lets get these two separated and treated at once" she instructs. They're placed into separate cages.
"They couldn't of behaved another couple of days" Charlie mutters.
"At least we handled the situation. Though Matilda got Terrence in the face good. It will scar" Astrid states.
"But they'll both be ok right?" I ask them.
"Yes" Charlie assures me.
"I thought Hebridean Blacks hated each other?" I ask confused.
"They usually require a territory of as much as one hundred square miles each. But these two were siblings and grew up together. We were going to return Matilda to the wild in Hebrides this week. And keep Terrence for another few years until he was bigger" Charlie explains.
"Well all being well with Matilda, we'll still be able to release her as scheduled" Astrid states. "Good work everyone, please return to your tasks" she tells the others. We all dispersed. Charlie and I went to do his rounds. The rest of the day was uneventful.
A/N
Pictures above of the baby Ukrainian Iron-belly and Harry.
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