Hermione didn't know what could be worse.
For one thing,she was forced to do Ginny's interview of the boy who lived(Ginny was out sick by dragon pox).
Another, her hair was bushier than ever, and no amout of Gilderoy's silk-hair-care potion(lather rinse shine! by Gilderoy Lockheart :3) seemed to do the trick.
She sighed, closed the book she was reading, and walked way towards south tower, where the boy who lived lived.
Harry potter was given a whole tower to live in, not to mention extra security , because everyone knew he was in danger of being killed by Voldemort.
Even though harry had come to Hogwarts four years ago, no one saw much of him.
He rarely came outside, and he got private lessons from the staff who came to his tower every evening.
As Hermione walked towards south tower, she saw her friends Ron Weasly , his twin brothers, and Lavender Brown.
"Hey Hermione!" they called out.
She smiled, and they came over to walk with her.
"Soooo,"said Ron grinning"you're going to meet harry potter!"
"So what?" said Hermione , annoyed "i should be in the common room finishing my essay for shrinking solutions, not interviewing some boy who survived you know who."
Lavender was surprised.
"But i thought you were curious about him" she said "you told me you read all about him in 'the rise and fall of the dark arts' ,and-"
"I'm curious about him, you know the ...um... concept"Hermione said "i'm not interested in him in person.what does he look like anyway?"
"Dunno"said Fred ,"There aren't any illustrations of him at all, i just hope he doesn't have a dismantled head where the curse hit him"
"or,"said George "he might have another face in his back head!"
"He should hide it in a turban."joked Fred, laughing.
The four of them soon reached south tower, and hermione walked towards the big doors.
"good luck!"said Ron.
Hermione nodded nerviously, and walked inside.
Inside, there was a spiral stair case and infront, a small desk, where a blonde witch was sitting behind.
she was muttering as she read the Daily Prophet.
"um..excuse me?" said Hermione, and the witch looked up.
"oh it's you,,um.."she consulted her notes "Ginny Weasly?"
"no, i'm Hermione Granger" said Hermione, nervously"i came instead of ms. weasly"
"hmmm..."the blonde witch said"i see.."
she then wrote on a piece of parchment, and put it inside a box.
The box shot upwards to the celing and disappeared.
A moment later, the box descended to the witch's desk, and she opened it.
"right"she said "Mr. Potter will see you now."
Hermione walked towrads the staircase, and walked for a very long time.
When she finally reached the top, she was facing two magnificent oak doors.
She opened it, but suddenly lost her balence and toppled over, her books flying out of her hands.
"Are you okay?"asked a soft voice , and hermione looked up.
Harry potter was standing infront of her, offering his hand.
