As pointed out by HRInuyashaFan16 in a review, this is post-HBP, something which I must say I'm pretty proud of, because I figured I would skirt around the issue in my fics until after DH.
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Hermione woke up, blinking the sleep out of her eyes. She rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes and her robes, and walked down to the Gryffindor common room. Ron and Harry were waiting for her.
"C'mon, Hermione," Ron said. "It's breakfast time!"
Hermione sighed. "Do you think about anything but food?"
Ron thought about it seriously, then replied, "Quidditch?"
"Figures," she scoffed. Ron sighed and walked to the portrait hole, Harry and Hermione behind him. They walked to the Great Hall in relative silence, only asking each other if they slept well.
Once they made it to Gryffindor's table, Ron immediately began eating. An owl swooped down to bring Hermione her paper and a rather peculiar package.
Hermione skimmed through the paper, finding nothing interesting. She covertly checked her horoscope, and found it said, 'Today, you will discover new things that will play a great deal of importance in your lives and others.'
She shook her head and closed the paper, turning to the package.
"What's that, Hermione?" Harry asked.
"I don't know." She stared at it for a moment, then began to untie it carefully. She pulled the paper off, and her brows creased upon discovering what was under the brown wrapping. "What theā¦" she whispered, trying to find any sort of explanation. She muttered, "Specialis Revelio" to make sure the book wasn't dangerous. Nothing happened.
"Wha is't, 'Mione?" Ron asked, mouth stuffed with scrambled eggs.
"Swallow your food, Ron," Hermione ordered. "It's a copy of Moste Potente Potions."
She opened it and found a scribble of text at the bottom that read, 'Use this wisely. Do not steal ingredients. Learn how to believe me.' She read it over and over again, trying to decipher what exactly it meant.
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Please review! I was initially going to make this whole thing much shorter, but, it started getting more interesting as I wrote. It'll still be rather short, not book-length or anything, but I'm going to post it in short snippets like this. There'll probably be... oh, ten to twenty? Heaven knows. I'll post them at least once daily, maybe twice, depends on reviews (hint hint?) and inspiration (which is sometimes hard to come by for me).
