Chapter 245: Beaver’s Maneuvers

Chapter 245: Beaver’s Maneuvers

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4th October 2012, British Ministry of Magic

(Hermione Granger POV)

Hermione Granger had almost achieved all her goals in life, or at least, had come very close to achieving them. She graduated first in her year, she was labeled the brightest witch of her generation, she got the best grades in her OWLS and NEWTS ever recorded and she was currently the first Muggleborn to have ever achieved a high position in the Ministry of Magic, being the current Undersecretary to the Minister himself, Nathan Potter.

And that's just what's on the surface; her influence had spread through the entire Ministry and everyday she was coming closer and closer to achieving her dream, a magical Britain where everyone is equal, with the same rights and opportunities.

It had been an uphill battle that's for sure, and Hermione was opposed by practically everyone that wasn't a Muggleborn. It made sense, in a way, that the people with the least opportunities and rights be supportive of her ideals.

The fact that a mediocre Pureblood would be picked before a competent Muggleborn disgusted the bushy haired woman. The elitist government that made up magical Britain was one whose goal was to enrich the families of the Wizengamot nothing more. Ministry positions were nothing more than political moves and bargaining chips to gain favors. No wonder that the entire Ministry was barely working under Fudge's administration, before she came into power that is, where bribes were commonplace and higher ups were incompetent in their jobs.

The only way a Muggleborn or a Half Blood from a poor family could get a job would be if they're not involved with politics whatsoever. Most of the magical shops in Britain were opened by Muggleborns, and most of the curse breakers, warders, and enchanters, are either Half Bloods or Muggleborns.

It was a neat system where the Purebloods were in power, and the rest are either employed outside of the Ministry, or have businesses of their own. It was a subtle thing that everyone took for granted, especially during the war with Voldemort where he promoted the death of Muggleborns, which pretty much held up the economy and development of the country. Had he won and succeeded in his ambitions of wiping out the Muggleborns, Magical Britain would have fallen in months at most. Because with the lower classes gone, being a member of a high class wouldn't have meant much anymore. Who would sell the precious little potions and artifacts to the Purebloods, who would work in bookstores and set up wards? No one that's who, and in the end, they would either have had to leave the country because they hadn't learnt how to do any of this, or they would have had to separate the purebloods into other classes where the lower ones will be segregated against in turn. And the circle would have repeated itself until nothing remained of the former powerhouse that was Magical Britain. Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only

Because the ones that had access to Rose Potter, had the upper hand in the political landscape. She was like the new Dumbledore, a weapon to pressure anyone in the international scene, to gain more favorable conditions from the ICW and so on. But the immature brat didn't accept her responsibilities to her country and just fled to 'find her place in the world' whatever that means.

But inevitably, the girl would return, and Hermione would finally achieve her goals. But, all her machinations came to a stop when a few of her informants in Hogsmeade ran into her office to show her a memory.

It was troubling, it was terrifying, it was a magical fight on a scale she had never seen before. It started in the three broomsticks where an elderly man and a woman seemed somewhat cordial, until the man just started glowing and attacked the woman. Which resulted in an aerial fight, using unaided flight, with spells that were just akin to natural disasters. In the end they teleported and moved their fight elsewhere.

She needed to find out what happened, how this occurred, and she sent an agent of hers to scry what happened. She knew that something happened over the pacific, but the energy output was too high for anyone to try scrying the past. She couldn't even use a time turner and see the fight herself since for some reason, they had stopped working a few years back.

What she does know, is that the Muggle government thought that a meteorite had fallen down in the middle of the pacific which changed their readings. But Hermione knew better, it was just the result of the fight between the two Titans.

But, if that was it, she would have just been nervous about the victor of the Duel, and what it would mean in the grand scheme of things. Because when she analyzed the memories even further, she recognized the face of the woman in this situation. She looked younger than she had any right to be, barely more than her early twenties, but it was a face that the bushy haired woman could never forget, it was a face that she hated with a passion, the face of a woman she envied, a woman who in a single year, secured her place in the history books while Hermione kept slaving for her righteous goal, it was the face of Jasmine Potter.

Somehow, Jasmine Potter had survived her duel with Dumbledore. Somehow, Jasmine Potter had remained hidden from the world. Somehow, Jasmine Potter became even more powerful than she used to be.

But outside of her shock, the young witch felt a pang of betrayal. Had Nathan known all this time? Did he hide her existence from Hermione knowing that his sister could have been the key to Hermione's own goals of a utopian magical society?

She needed answers, and she needed them now. The witch stood up in her office and walked towards the fireplace. She sent some floo powder at the fire and bellowed, "Potter Manor!"

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