"Honestly Ronald!" The familiar yell rang through the Gryffindor common room again, not getting even a glance from anyone except Harry and Ginny, who wondered if they should stop Hermione before Ron got killed. "Can't you ever just keep your rubbish in one place, or even put it into the bin? And How many books have you got scattered around that you're ignoring?" Hermione carried on into a lecture, still set on reducing the amount of work made for the house-elves since she started .
Ron looked bored, having heard the lecture 5 times this week and counting. "God, Hermione! Why do you always tell me off? Fine I'll pack away, as much as I can. Hang on is this book mine or yours." Ron interrupted, holding one of the books he had been putting in his bag up.
Hermione looked aghast. "That's mine it disappeared a week ago. I wanted to give it to the library, but it's so hard. I don't want to now."
"Hermione, how often have you read that book and have you got it memorised yet?" Harry laughed, walking over to them. "Because if you have, surely it's only right to let someone else enjoy it. Except for 'Hogwarts a History' because you without that book would be too strange."
"Yeah, I think you could double the size of the library by clearing out some of your books 'Mione." Ron joined in joking, knowing she would always hold onto her books if she wasn't teased like this.
Hermione sighed. "You're right, if I bring all my books down will you help me sort through them?" she asked, needing the help to get rid of any of her books."
"Sure no problem." Harry smiled. "Everyone duck for a moment or ten. Accio Hermione's books." he called, causing everyone else in the common room to dive for the floor, knowing how many books Hermione had. There was a shocked silence around the common room once two hundred or more books had settled themselves on the table in front of the trio.
"Action Stations Everyone!" Seamus yelled after a moment. "The day has come to help Hermione. Pick a book and list when you've seen her read it and why it's good or bad." then there was mania and chaos as just about every Gryffindor was rushing to the table, leaving only a few books on the side.
Hermione looked stunned. "W-what do you mean a-action stations? Why has e-everyo-one got one of m-my books now?" she stuttered.
"Well we sort of knew once you finally fell for Ron that this would end up happening someday." Ginny started, a little sheepishly.
"So we took the precaution of forming a plan while you were hunting horcruxes." Neville continued, looking more proud of what was happening than anything else.
"And filled Harry in on it when Voldemort was killed and we knew we could come back for this year." Dennis Creevey added, almost jumping up and down with excitement.
"Basically, you've got everyone in Gryffindor ready to help with the biggest book clear out you're ever going to need." Dean laughed, noticing a blush grow on Hermione's cheeks.
"We're not letting you take more than half the books we've taken from the table back, but the ones on the table are ones you must swear never to get rid of." Harry finished, letting Hermione see the books on the table.
They'd left 'Hogwarts: A History', 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', 'The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore', and only a couple of others, that didn't seem important to Hermione but apparently Harry and the others had deemed them as 'Hermione's books' and she couldn't get rid of them. "Okay, I promise not to get rid of them, now what do I need to do?" Hermione said, wondering what she could do if everyone was helping her.
Harry just shook his head, "That I'll explain later, but just for now, it looks like a good idea for you and Ron to go down to the Three Broomsticks while we get on with this work.