DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the original Harry Potter characters, settings or pretty much any of the Harry Potter stuff...infact I only own, well, the story line?....how sad! WB AND J.K. Rowling get to own it all pretty much! Kotos to them!

Chapter One:

Hermione stared up at the darkining sky and grimiced. It was a gray and dreary day outside, exactley the same way that Hermione felt. The wind ripped at her school robes and pulled them each to other way trying to snag them from her. Her hair flew around her face, bushy curls waving dramaticly about and framing a heart shaped face. Her golden brown eyes shone from being open against the wind so long and her pouty lips and cheeks were red from the cold.

It was six and still no sign of them. She looked around nerveosly, pushing her numb hands further into her thick robes. Damn them, she thought looking around at the grounds again her eyes resting on the patch of bushes in the forbidden forest that they had entered. For once in their life could Harry and Ron be on time?

She looked towards Hagrids cabin where she could see light shining from his warm fire place and sighed pathetically, wishing that she too could be near a warm fire place. She gazed in the window and watched as the fire danced around in its keep. Watching it almost made her feel warm again.

It was the beginning of her sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. The summer had been rough on the wizarding world. Voldemorts return was now well known and Fudge had made a public apology to Harry and Dumbledore, re-appointing Dumbledore to all of his high minstry positions and reinstating his place as a hero among the wizarding world, Hermione felt that this mattered nothing to Dumbledore. Harry had been weary and withdrawn during the summer, trying to convince everyone that he was fine while still mourning the death of his godfather, Sirius, the closest thing to a father figure he had. Ron, Hermione and Harry had all mentally grown up more, accepting the fact that they could no longer go on as children and continue their frivolous adventures and must now accept that the three of them, more importantly Harry, had the future of the wizarding world resting on their shoulders. They spent the summer at Grimmauld Place, the safest place they could be, and trained with some of the members of the Order.

Hermione laughed out loud remembering some of the horrible things they had to go through to get themselves physically in shape. Harry and Ron had had no trouble what so ever. They were used to it because they were used to training for Quidditch. Hermione on the other hand had alwayshated sports and physical activity making it quite humorous for the others to watch her attempt to learn how to defend herself without a wand.

So the summer had past quickly, there were only a few attacks and Harry forced himself to take occumelancy again for he was afraid that he could be tricked again and causing another tragic event. Only one strange thing occured and that was when Hermione woke up one morning to find Neville, Dean, Seamus, Lavander and Parvati sitting in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place looking around nerveosly. It turned out that Dumbledore had brought them there to train with harry, Hermione,Ron and Ginny, ultimatly bringing the Griffindors together as a tighter knit group then before.

Hermione turned quickly in surprise as she heard a rustle from the patch of bushes in which her friends had entered. She watched them suspiciously and drew her wand out of her pocket, pointing at the patch. She waited for a few seconds and then lowered her wand as the bodies of Ronald Weasley, Harry Potter and Remus Lupin emerged from underneath the invisibility cloak and gave a sigh of relief.

They approached her smiling and Hermione watched them, trying to keep a strait face. What a sight they made! Ron had grown yet again this summer giving him a 6'1 height and training had broadend his shoulders and given him a few poundes of muscle. His red hair hung in his eyes with loose waves that flopped about as he walked. He was still completley covered by freckles. Harry was still skinny but had gained weight after a summer of Molly Weasley's home cooking and added a tiny bit of muscle. His hair still stuck out everywhere and he was still wearing his famous round glasses. Remus looked worse for wear his robes ripped and horribly pale but his smile lightened up his face and he walked confidently.

When they reached her they waited for her to say something about them being late and she did.

" You do realize that you are 45 minutes late! I was worried sick thinking that some dark creature had eaten you or you were captured by a rogue death eater!" Hermione cried.

They smiled at her, Remus kindly, Harry laughing and Ron smirking. What a picture they made.

"Sorry Hermione, we had to wait a few minutes before the centaurs let us pass...they havent been very happy with humans since Firenze left...and we had to run a little ofcourse." Remus said running a hand through the back of his hair.

She smirked, knowing full well that they had really run for their lifes and most likley spent 20 minutes hiding in a tree.

"Well I guess as long as the three of you are okay..." she mutterd looking them over again, inspecting each for even the tiniest scratch. "Well we had better be going then, I swear that Dean is going to throw a fit after standing guard at the entrance hall so long, he wanted to spend some time with Ginny tonight you know?" Hermione stated as they headed towards the school. Harry flinched a little and hermione and Ron shared a knowing glance. Ever since Cho had left the picture, harry had been trying his best to not make his growing crush on Ginny obvious.

They trudged up the hill slowly until Hermione could make out the faint outline of Dean Thomas leaning against the doors lazily his breath coming out in white puffs and his cheeks red as a tomato.

"Bloody well long enough." he said surveying them. "Did everything go alright?" he asked shoving his hands into his pockets and walking towards them.

" Everything went as planned, now we just have to get Remus into the school and into Dumbledores office." harry said, handing Lupin the invisibility cloak.

"Alrighty then, lets get a move on, Ginny doesnt like it when I'm late." Dean teased looking mercifully at them as Harry tryed to look pre-occupied while dusting off his trousers. Hermione glimpsed behind her to make sure no one was watching then and then followed the others towards the Gargoyle statue that stood in front of Dumbledores office.

"Password?" It said glimpsing down at them. Dean looked at Harry and Ron who shook their heads and looked at Hermione for aid. She let out a frustrated sigh.

" Oh for Heavens Sake you three should know the new one by know," she said giving them a VERY McGonnagle like look.

Dean shrugged and Harry said, " You can't expect us to remember everything, he changes it once a week!"

Hermione just glared as Lupin chuckled at the teenagers antics.

"Fine then," she stepped up to the gargoyle and muttered," Pickled Sugar Pasties."

The gargoyle opened and the four of them headed up to the Headmasters office. They opened the heavy wooden door and entered a room filled with mysterious gadgets and portraits of the past headmasters covering every inch of the walls. Phawkes sat on his perch and cooed at them when they entered flying over to Harry's shoulder. Hermione looked on as one of the witch's in the portrait beckoned her over.

" Your Hermione Granger, correct?" She nodded, curious. She reckonized the witch to be Esmerelda Hopkins, who was headmistress some hundred years ago or so.

" Yes, I am... is something the matter?" she asked, looking at the witch pointidly.

" I have a message here for you dear, from Nymphadora Tonks and the Ministry of Magic." the witch said, looking around to make sure that no one was paying attention. It was quite obvious that they werent. Harry was having a conversation with Phineas Nigellus, Sirius's great-great grandfather who was talking to him in a low voice from his place in the portrait, Ron was looking curiosley at the Sorting hat who seemed to be telling him a story, Dean ( who had only been in Dumbledore's office once before ) was looking around in awe and Lupin was sitting comfortably in a squishy armchair reading a book.

"Yes?" said Hermione wondering what the message could be.

"She says that she found the spell that you were looking for and will be sending it by owl at midnight, to be inconspicuos... not to worry she is sending it by ministry owl and that she has it under good authority that it should be safe enough to perform." the old witch recited smiling at her.

Hermione couldnt help but beam happily at the portrait, this was fantastic!

" OH THANK-"Hermione had started but was cut off as Dumbledore entered and Ron stumbled over a chair in surprise. She stifled a life and smiled at the old witch gratefully. This was all very good.

Dumbledore strod past her and towards his desk, sitting behind it and clasping his hands together. He smiled up at them from behind the desk and Hermione's heart warmed at the sight of her headmaster, he was a great wizard.

"So good to see you Remus. I trust your trip went smoothly?" he asked. Hermione got the feeling that Dumbledore already knew, but was asking from politness.

" It went very well Albus. Very well indeed." Remus Lupin replied. Hermione observed him skeptically. He did not look very well at all. Infact, now in better light he looked utterly exhausted.

"Perhaps it would be best if Mr. Lupin got some rest Proffesor?" she asked Dumbledore.

"Ah, yes...well, very well then...Harry if you could lead Remus to the hidden rooms that Mrs. Weasley prepared for him..." Dumbledore said. He moved around to shuffle some papers on his desk and then looked up at her and smiled. His eyes twinkled and she couldn't help but smile back. He must know that Tonks got the spell for her. This would help the young Griffindors become closer than what is usually possible.

The group of teenagers split at the door. Ron and Harry took Remus to his hidden quarters and Dean and Hermione headed for the Griffindor tower. Hermione could barely contain her excitement about the information that Tonks had sent her. She wished that Harry and Ron hadn't left with Remus, but understood that they had to do it and decided that she might as well just tell Dean about the spell. The boys wouldn't mind.

"Dean, you are never going to guess what the old witch in the portrait told me!" she said jumping up and down with excitement.

Dean gave her a look that she clearly read as one you would give a crazy person and immediatly stopped jumping.

" er...no, Hermione, I do not know what the crazy old witch in the portrait told you but I'm guessing that it must be something bloody good for you to be jumping around like a mad woman!!" he replied smirking at her as they slowly made their way through the old castle corridors.

Oh. Well, then. Hermione decided she should stop jumping and get down to the point.

" I'm not going to tell you what she said till tomorrow morning, there will be a DA meeting."

"SINCE WHEN?" Dean cried, frustrated that he had not known about it....no one ever told him anything....

" Since I just said that we would have one! Tell everyone, and spread the word!!!" she cried, and then she was off, skipping through the corridors of Hogwarts like a crazy lunatic and singing to herself.

Hermione continued skipping for another few minutes before deciding to go the room of Requirement and make sure everything was ready so they could have a meeting tommorow morning.

She walked by three times, each turn getting more and more excited as she ambled by imagining the headquarters of the DA.

Finally a door appeared and she jumped in, smiling as it unveiled the beautiful ( ha anything was beautiful to her right now) room in which she spent so much time.

She jumped onto one of the large cushions and sighed staring up at the ceiling and thinking about how great it would be once she told the whole DA that it was finally possible...

Suddenly, the door slammed and Hermione looked up and found herself face to face with a boy she had never expected to see in such a place, a boy in Slytherin robes whom she had seen quite a few times but had never really met. She jumped up quickly, brandishing her wand and pointing it at him. He simply smiled, his thick black curls hanging in his dark blue eyes.

"Hello hermione."

A/N: Well, I hope you liked it!! Its just a beginning. I don't have a beta reader so all the spelling mistakes are simply because Im typing it quickly and not checking, but it doesnt mean that i dont care. Anywho, if you like it please review and I will update soon!!!!!