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TITLE:
Season of the WitchPERPETRATOR:
sithlordkillsSUE-O-METER: Awful
COVER/BANNER ART: None
SUMMARY:”A high-profile murder case throws Hermione into a storm of Political Espionage, the secretive world of the Vampire Nation, and into a turbulent partnership with a mysterious, beautiful Vampire investigator. Can these two work out their differences in order to solve a murder before two different worlds begin to collide?”
FULL NAME: Hermione Granger
SPECIES: not Hermione Granger
HAIR: n/a
EYES: n/a
MARKINGS: n/a
POSSESSIONS: n/a
CONNECTION TO CANON: None. The summary pretty much summarizes the only existing chapter as well as what was likely to come.
ORIGIN: We've got an original fiction piece which uses the name of the canon characters and places.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Not having anything to do with the canon material.
NOTES:
SAMPLE:
She was bored, officially and utterly bored and perhaps annoyed. Not for the first time had she been corralled into attending a Ministry Political Ball, a bunch of egotistical, bureaucratic stiffs who had never fully grasped the concept of for the people and by the people. This function was no different but Harry had begged her to go with him, since he had no choice but to be there seeing as he was Assisstant Head Auror for the Auror Department. Who was she to deny her closest friend? Even if she preferred to be at home on her night off curled up on her couch, with a glass of wine and good book. As one of the star Aurors of the Department, a night off for her was rare. She had tried dabbling into the Ministry of Law and Legislation but the with the constant road blocks into any legislative ideas, she easily chose the next best thing: Auror.
She, like Harry, quickly rose through the ranks tracking down the baddies and throwing them into Azkaban. She was even assigned to the Special Investigations Division working loosely with Muggle law enforcement. That was the new thing for the British Wizarding World, cooperation with the Muggle World. There wasn't a choice since the last war with Voldemort, his Death Eaters committing public executions with Magick up and down the British land. It wasn't too bad she supposed, she got to share her knowledge with interested Muggles as well as learn new Investigative methods. The five years since the Battle of Hogwarts had been full of picking up the pieces of both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds and healing fresh wounds. Now though, she was irritated with the Ministry officials for throwing this farce of a ball. Looking around the Atrium, she caught Harry's eyes who mouthed an apology while a short, white haired wizard talked to him. She just rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders throwing him a smirk.
The years had been kind to him. No longer was he a scrawny boy with messy black hair and glasses. Harry was now a man who had filled out well compliments of his Auror training and his own workout regiment. His black hair was now cut very close to his scalp on the sides and back with his hair on top long and usually combed back in the hipster way. He had long gotten rid of his glasses, allowing himself to wear contacts. He had truely become a handsome man. If Hermione, herself, wasn't more partial to the fairer sex, she would've been attracted to him. Her own self-discovery of sexuality had been a hilarious adventure involving Harry shortly after they began to work for the Auror Department. It couldn't be said that Ron was happy about it, having continued to pine after Hermione well after their failed attempt of a relationship. Ron had been too caught up in the hero status and had turned into a very egotistical git and his pecker began falling out of his pants and into other women. That and he just wasn't on her level of intelligence. Harry had caught her soon after their break up checking out a very attractive brunette and had laughed his merry ass off. Since then, she had been on a few dates and had a couple of short term relationships but she never felt that spark and soon the relationships were over.