This will be a Marriage-Law fanfiction EXCEPT, THIS TIME THERE IS FLOOPIN' THERAPY FOR THE KIDS.
in all seriousness, I am going to try and create a fanfiction that, although the entire idea has been used and reused again, is unique. I hope that this...
It only took a week for the surveys to get processed, during which most of the Hogwarts students had forgotten about them entirely. Hermione was in Ancient Runes attempting to translate a complicated pattern, when all of a sudden there was a soft tap on her desk. Hermione was so transfixed in identifying the runes that she had hardly noticed Professor Bathsheda Babbling right beside her.
"Ahem, Ms. Granger, although I am immensely pleased with your dedication to translating that sentence, I was told that you have an owl awaiting you," She gestured to the dingy window where a large brown owl was hooting impatiently, "Oh thank you Professor —"
"You seem to still have a knack for mistaking Ehwaz and Eihwaz Ms. Granger," The professor said with an amused tone. Hermione blushed at the obvious mistake, had she learned nothing from her O.W.L.s? She stood up to fetch the letter from the owl. There were two sheets of paper in the envelope. One which confirmed her submission of the first Ministry survey and thanked her for her cooperation. And another which looked like yet another form.
Hermione tucked it into her robe pocket intending to fill it out later. But while she sat back down and attempted to retranslate the Runes, she found her line of concentration had vanished and all she could think of was the survey and what more would the Ministry want to know.
Hermione skipped dinner in favor of doing her survey before her other homework, after all, she was curious. The survey was simple and did not take her long to finish.
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By the time she had sealed the envelope and set it back on her desk to send off later, she heard Harry, Ron and Ginny coming up to the Common room.
"Hi guys, how was dinner?"
"Hermione! There you are, why didn't you join us?" Harry asked, looking dumbfounded at her being on the couch. Hermione shrugged her shoulders, "I just wanted to get the survey out of the way before my Runes work."
Ron walked over to the couch and placed a plate of food on the coffee table beside her, "I thought you might be hungry... " he mumbled while scratching the back of his neck. His eyes were still dull but they had a spark of his old self in them, something soft and comforting. Hermione smiled and gripped his hand tightly, "Thank you Ron." He offered a small, sad, smile back and walked up to the boys dorms. Harry kissed Ginny quickly, wishing her a good night, before following Ron to the dorms.
"'Mione?" Ginny called out lightly. Hermione was absentmindedly taping her quill to her lips, lost in thought and obviously not too self aware at the moment.
"Huh? Yeah what is it Ginny?"
"Me and Harry submitted the form to the ministry... You think they'll accept us?" Ginny's voice wavered a bit and Hermione realized with a start that this really could ruin Ginny's life. She got up and hugged her friend tightly, "Don't worry Ginny, I'm certain the Ministry will allow it. After all, Harry is recognized as a national hero, I doubt they will say no to him,"
