Introduction

Hermione Granger, Harry Potter & Ron Weasely were staying at Grimmauld Place with Sirius Black over the summer; Voldemort had been killed by The Boy Who Lived, after Severus Snape destroyed the horcrux in the form of a snake, Nagini. He had gone back to teaching Defence against the Dark Arts, while Horace Slughorn resigned his post as Potions Master and Albus Dumbledore was still looking for a replacement. Sirius had been cleared of all charges, owing to the testimony of Peter Pettigrew under the influence of Veritaserum. No Order Members, teachers or students died in the battle, with the exception of Sybil Trelawany, the Divination Professor. The centaur Firenze was teaching in her place.

Hermione had decided to continue her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, and Harry & Ron, saying she would be lonely without her, did the same.

They were relaxing in the living room, in another week they would be going back to school. Harry was playing chess with Sirius, Ron was looking through Brooms Weekly and Hermione was writing out an essay.


"Hermione! Honestly, we haven't even got any homework to do!" Ron said exasperatedly as he looked at his best female friend writing out at least a kilometre long essay on Veritaserum and its uses. "I know Ron, but I want to make sure I'm ready for school, I don't want a Dreadful on my potions" she replied busily as she jotted down some obscure fact. "That reminds me; anyone got any idea on who the new Potions Master is?" Harry asked "Sirius, did Dumbledore tell you something?"

Sirius smiled one of those smiles that says 'I know something you don't know' and said "Yep, but it's a surprise. Care to guess?"

"Umm… Lupin?" Harry asked Sirius shook his head "Mad-Eye-Moody? Mrs Weasely? Tonks?" He fired off names, but Sirius shook his head at each one, laughing at the last one "Tonks would never be able to go a day without blowing up the lab" he said "Ok… This is a long shot, but Hagrid maybe?"

"Ok, Harry, I think maybe you've gone barmy, too much time snogging." Ron spoke up "Oi!" Harry yelped, a blush growing on his cheeks, "Ginny will kill you for that" he said. With the downfall of Voldemort, Harry and Ginny were back together, and had been seen frequently kissing each other when they visited The Burrow. "I'll tell her you said that" Hermione giggled. Ron turned back to his magazine.

Hermione caught Sirius's eye as Harry turned to make his next move he looked at her as if she were a puzzle he couldn't figure out, Hermione looked for a minute longer, then averted her gaze & rolled up her parchment. She stood up "I think I'll go finish this in my room, it's quieter" This sparked the interest of her friends, as the room had acted as if it had a silencing charm on it, but they let her go, returning back to their activities. Except Sirius, Hermione could feel his eyes on her as she walked out of the room.

She had a large bedroom coloured gold & silver, decorated with pictures of her friends. It had a bookcase against one wall, and a desk with a computer on it on the opposite wall. Hermione had just gotten the computer a few weeks ago; it was a normal muggle computer that her parents had given to her for her birthday. Hermione walked to her nightstand and picked up Hogwarts: a History it wasn't really a history book, it was her diary. The only difference between the real one and the fake one was a circular indent on the cover. She pressed her index finger to it and the book turned into a red diary & opened up. It had the words Hermione Granger written in gold on the inside cover, she had had it ever since her first trip to Diagon Alley, whenever she ran out of pages, she just asked the book to expand, and it did. It had cost 20 galleons, but it was worth it.

Hermione sat down at the desk, took out her quill, and began to write.

25, August 2003

Dear Diary,

We're going back to Hogwarts soon, but I still don't know who the new potions master is, Sirius does, but he's not telling us. I'm guessing it's someone I know, because he said it was a surprise.

I'm still not sure how I feel about going back, I know I want to, but I'm not sure if I can stand everyone staring at me, even when I go to Diagon Alley everyone was gawking like Grawp, my friends mightn't think I'm me anymore, they might worship the ground I walk on... Now I know what Harry's always complaining about.

Sirius is acting strangely, he looks a bit more excited than normal. He seems to be concerned about me… Maybe he knows everything; maybe he's read my diary!

No one else knows I have this diary, and I'm glad. I'm Head Girl, and Malfoy will probably be Head Boy and we'll share a dormitory. Malfoy would somehow find a way in & he would love to announce to the school every crush, secret & fear of the muggleborn he hates most.

I hate these stupid dreams I'm having! Maybe I shouldn't have skipped Divination, Harry said that there's something in there about dreams. Great, now I know I'm going crazy, I actually want to learn Divination.

Got to go now, someone's knocking on the door.

Hermione Granger

She closed her diary, pressed her finger into the indent and it turned back into Hogwarts: a History again. She put it back on her nightstand and opened the door. Sirius was standing there, looking at her with his brown eyes. "What is it, Sirius?" She asked tiredly. "May I come in?" He asked. "Fine, but you don't have to ask, it's your house." She sat on the bed as he came in and shut the door.

"Is something wrong, Hermione?" He asked, bluntly "There was no noise in that room, and you're always running up here for some reason or other." He conjured an armchair and sat down "You may have fooled my godson & Ron, but Ginny and Luna have noticed."

Wrong? Oh, nothing's wrong, except that I'm afraid a ferret will embarrass me and I'll become The Girl Who Is Friends With The Boy Who Lived. "Nothing's wrong Sirius, I just want some time on my own" She sighed "Not that I'll be getting it when I go to school…" she whispered under her breath. "What was that?" He asked "I can hear more than normal people you know, I am a dog" She looked him right in the eye and said "Nothings wrong, Sirius, just normal teenage drama." 'Yeah, Right' she said in her head, in case Sirius hears her again. "Well… Ok, then, but promise to take a Dreamless Sleep potion? You look like you haven't slept in days" He asked, she heard genuine concern in his voice, so she agreed.


'What's wrong with her? She had bags under her eyes and looked like she was about to drop dead any moment' Sirius thought as she left her room. 'She's lying, I can tell, but what about? I heard her say something about school before, but I might have imagined it.'

He went back to the living room, where Harry was now playing chess with Ron. "It is 11:00 and time to go to bed, you kids!" He said, in such a good impression of Molly that Ron looked up and said "But, Mum –"automatically before he realized it was Sirius. Harry and Sirius laughed at Ron as he grumbled about hiding his mother in a cabinet.

As Sirius climbed back up the stairs to his room and fell asleep, the last though he had was 'I will find out what is wrong with Hermione'

My first fic that's not a one-shot, can anyone help me come up with a better name?

I made everyone alive except for Trelawany, because they died later in the books and I never really got used to their deaths. Except maybe Dumbledore, but I just can't see Mcgonagall as headmistress. Trelawany I allowed because someone had to die and I just don't like her.

This is not a Draco/Hermione fic, they might become friends, maybe even a kiss or two (which I strongly doubt) but in the end Hermione will be with Sirius. The same thing goes for Ron/Hermione. It will also not be entirely centred on Hermione and her problems; it will also include some stuff about other characters.

Please Review, It's my first fic and I'm self conscious. Criticism will be welcome, but not outright insults.

If anyone's already made something like this, please PM me and I'll take this down.

I think that's it

Oh yeah, I do not own Harry Potter.