Only You (Hiatus)

Two

"Ladies and gentlemen we will soon be landing in Dublin Airport. Please make sure your chair is in the upright position, all trays and blinds are up and your seatbelt is securely fastened. We hope you had a pleasant flight and thank you for flying with Ryanair"
Hermione set her tray back up and put on her seatbelt before looking out the window at the city below. This was it. A new start.

The landing was surprisingly smooth and it didn't take Hermione long to get through the airport, it helped that all of her belongings were inside her small beaded bag so she didn't need to stop and collect luggage. Soon as she was in the arrivals area she made her way to currency exchange, while she had enough sterling left in her muggle bank account to afford getting to Dublin, she needed euros if she was going to last and thankfully she had thought to get all the paperwork sorted at Gringotts before travelling over.
As she approached the exchange desk she noticed it was unoccupied. Sighing she moved closer and looked to see if there was a bell or anything she could ring. There were two. One she was sure must be glamoured as it read "wizarding exchange", taking a deep breath she pressed the bell almost expecting to be sucked through time and space to the Irish Ministry of Magic, to her surprise all that happened was a woman came out from the back room.
"Wizarding exchange, my name is Ruth how can I help you today?" The woman greeted with a cheery smile.
Hermione couldn't help but smile back "Hello, I need to exchange some money from my vault into euros please?"
Ruth nodded and began typing on her computer "From your accent I am guessing the vault will be in Gringotts correct?"
"Yes. I have the paperwork here to verify everything." Hermione said as she reached into her bag
"Well if you are just here for a visit I will only need some ID however if you wish to transfer the whole lot to an Wizarding Irish bank then you will need to set up an appointment to speak with a representative of the bank." Ruth explained with a smile. "I can help you with that if you wish?"
"That's alright, I have an appointment with them tomorrow morning" Hermione reassured with a smile as she passed over her ID.
"I am impressed I rarely meet a witch this organised to move here." Ruth chuckled softly before looking at the ID "So how much will you need to exchange for the evening Ms. Granger?"
"I think I need about €1000 to start off with." Hermione admitted with a frown adding "I am apartment hunting after the meeting and it looks like it may be harder than I thought."
Ruth nodded "it is a nightmare in Dublin, even the wizarding part is struggling and we deal with actual gold" she chuckled at the last part making Hermione laugh a little too "but ya know where I hear is very reasonable," Ruth stated as she continued typing away "Galway. And it's beautiful over there. Perfect for anyone looking for a fresh start" she gives Hermione a small knowing smile. Hermione looks at her in shock her mouth opening and closing twice as she tried to formulate a response before asking "How did you know?"
Ruth blushed a little and said "I get a feeling about these things. I come from a family of seers but my gift manifested differently, instead of seeing I get gut feelings and after learning to trust the feeling I found it was never wrong." she turned and handed Hermione an envelope "Here you go."
Hermione nodded a little uneasy and took the envelope "Thank you." She was a little unsure as she put the money in her bag and waved goodbye, turning to walk away when Ruth stopped her.
"I'm sorry I get that this is a little unnerving" Ruth began when Hermione looked at her surprised, "But please think about it. I just have a feeling you are supposed to go to Galway" she paused with a small frown before saying "If you feel the need to know more, my mother works in George's Street Arcade, she has a clothing store there, she can tell you where and maybe even why. I'm sorry that I can't get further details from a gut feeling, but just tell her Ruth sent you and she will help you Ms. Granger." with that Ruth nodded and went back into the back room leaving Hermine to her thoughts.
Hermione headed straight to her hotel feeling drained from a day of filling out and gathering all essential paperwork to move, then travelling, granted the flight wasn't very long but still tiring, and to top it off the exchange desk incident had shaken Hermione slightly. No seer of any kind had ever had a feeling or vision for her before, she had always said divination was total rubbish but for Ruth to know she was looking for a new start did shake Hermione a little, there are many reasons someone may move country it isn't always down to needing a fresh start, then again maybe it was a guess.
Getting into her hotel room Hermione sighed dropping her bag on the single bed before letting herself fall back on the double bed. it had been a long day and it was only 5:00pm.

Hermione woke the next morning at 8:00am, her appointment was in the Ministry at 10:15 sharp. Getting herself ready she put her hair into a nice clean bun, put on a minimal bit of eyeshadow and lipstick, dressed into a white blouse, black pencil skirt, black pumps and a black blazer then headed down for breakfast.
She walked into the Ministry at exactly 10:00am, following the signs to the Goldleaf Clover Bank representatives office, it didn't take her long to find the offices she needed and checked in with the receptionist before taking a seat. At precisely 10:15 the door across the hall from Hermione opened and a woman's voice called out "Hermione Granger."
Standing Hermione made her way into the office, the door closing behind her as she moved to sit in the chair in front of the desk. She looked around a little confused as she didn't see anybody in the room but soon as she sat down a small woman with red hair seemed to apparate, silently, onto the stool behind the desk a file in her small hands and her head already down into the file "Good morning Ms. Granger I understand you want to move your entire vault from Gringotts to Goldleaf Clover, however you also stated that you plan on gradually transferring all of these funds over to a muggle bank as soon as you find one that you can trust." The woman raised her eyes looking at Hermione for the first time and the witch found herself gasping in surprise making the small woman chuckle "Never saw a leprechaun before I take it?"
Hermione shook her head and blushed "I'm sorry I didn't mean-"
"Don't worry about it, I find it quite amusing" she set the file down adding "I didn't even need this I read it before you came in I was just having some fun"
Hermione half laughed in surprise and nodded "I feel like I should have known, the clues were all there really."
"Well now that I had my fun I'll actually do my job" she laughed "First let me introduce myself, Clover Goldleaf" her eyes twinkled a little with mischief before she added "the 22nd."
Hermione looked at the woman with surprise and shook the outstretched hand "Pleasure to meet you Ms. Goldleaf"
"Call me Clover, Ms. Goldleaf is my grandmother." Clover said as she looked to her computer "Alright so, Ms. Granger, I can assure you that your money will be very safe in Goldleaf Clover Bank, we have been operating since 1452 and that ol' Goblin Gringott learnt only half of our tricks from our founder Jig Goldleaf" she winked "Ol' man named the place after his betrothed, anyway" she went back to her notes "I know you are considering the use of a muggle bank, and if you really want to do that I can't stop you, however I can advise you against it. At Goldleaf your vault will be far more secure, the money is kept in physical form in your vault, not computerised like the muggle banks and we have an ATM card which will convert your wizarding funds into euro's when you use it. A lot of witches and wizards who are removing themselves from the wizarding world still avail of our banking services for the purpose of security, I can give you a tour and all to assure you if you would like but there will be no chance of anyone robbing this bank" her eyes twinkle a little as she looked at Hermione making the witch blush crimson "Yes we know about how you did exactly that to Gringotts, but considering the reason behind that act and the fact that all of the goblins were later slaughtered anyway we won't be holding that against you. Besides we don't use dragons or any creatures the way the goblins did."
Hermione nodded her blush still there as she smiled a little "I appreciate that. I don't think I will need a tour, but perhaps I will leave my money with you. You have a physical branch in a few places correct?"
"All the major magical towns have a branch, and your vault will be assigned a personal secretary who you can call on at any time, similar to the english house elves." Clover explained before checking the computer "Your VPS will be... Thistle Gumdrop. I think you will like her she is rather cheerful, which is why I assigned her to your vault as soon as the paperwork came through."
Hermione nodded a little uncertain but figuring she would give it a chance, perhaps its not exactly like the house elf situation.
The rest of the meeting went smoothly and Hermione was given her vault keys, assured everything will be there by the end of the day and that Thistle will be available from tomorrow morning. And with that Hermione left the ministry to begin her apartment hunt, maybe today was going to go far better than she thought.