That you for all the wonderful reviews. I'll be going on vacation soon so I'll try to update one more chapter before then.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, the person or the series.

"Ron wake up." Hermione said shaking him. "Harry help me." She pleaded. The perfects had just come into the great hall and told everyone to wake up and go to the bathroom to get dressed. One of their uniforms had appeared at the end of their sleeping bags when they woke up.

"I'll wake him up." Harry said crawling out of his sleeping bag. Harry grabbed the bottom of Ron's sleeping bag and flipped it over causing Ron to fall out.

"Is he okay?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah this is how we wake him up most days." Harry told her. "Ron get up we have to go get changed."

"It's too early." He complained.

"If you don't get up they can't serve breakfast." Harry told him. Ron leaped and stared at them.

"What are you waiting for lets go get changed." He said grabbing his clothes and walking out. Harry and Hermione just shared a look and followed him.

"So where do we go now?" Ron asked after they all meet up after changing.

"Well if you had gotten up on time Ronald you would know that we're meeting in the spare classroom across the hall."

"Well some of us like to get a full 8 hours of sleep." Ron said back.

"Please stop." Harry begged, not wanting them to start fighting.

"Are all the Gryffindors meeting there?" Ron asked.

"I think there's a board that says where everyone is staying." Hermione told them. "That's what your brother said Ron."

"Which brother?"

"Which brother do you think? I'm not going to believe anything Fred or George say. I did hear that their getting 2 months of detention though."

"Really that's a lot."

"Well look at what they did. The common room is in shambles." Hermione said clearly agreeing with Fred and George's punishment. Ron just nodded not wanting to fight with her this early. They entered the class room to find that the rest of the Gryffindors were gathered around a board at the front of the room.

"Hermione go see where were staying."

"Why do I have to fight the mob?"

"Because you're the smallest, so go." Harry said pushing her towards the mob. She scowled at them but pushed her way through. After about 5 minutes she came out of the mob.

"Well?" Ron asked. She gave them a weird look.

"Do you want the good news or the bad news?"

"What's the good news?" Harry asked.

"We're all staying together." She said with a smile. Harry and Ron grinned.

"Awesome, now what's the bad news?"

"All the first and second years are staying in a teachers quarters." They both stared at her in shock.

"You're kidding right? Please tell me you're kidding." Ron begged. She shook her head no.

"Maybe it won't be that bad. It's not an evil teacher is it Hermione." This time she smiled.

"No it's not an evil teacher; I'm just worried about how you guys will take it."

"Just tell us Hermione." Ron said.

"It's Professor McGonagall." She said quickly. Harry looked relieved, Ron didn't.

"Were stuck with McGonagall, that's horrible, we're not going to be able to do anything." He lowered his voice slightly. "Might as well hide that cloak you got Harry where not going to be able to use it now."

"Oh calm down, it won't be that bad." Hermione said with a slight glare.

"So says the teacher's pet." Ron said harshly. Hermione glared fully now.

"Would you rather have had someone like Snape." She hissed back at him.

"Come on lets go get some breakfast." Harry said with a sigh. Once they were seated at the Gryffindor table Harry turned back to Hermione. "Did the sign say anything else?"

"Yes it said classes are canceled for the day." She paused to wait for the boys to stop cheering. "And some time today Professor McGonagall is going to come get us."

"This is awesome and it's Friday so we get a three day weekend." Ron said leaning back on the bench. "What should we do?" He asked eagerly.

"Go see Hagrid?" Harry suggested. "Maybe we can see if we can get anymore out of him on who Nicholas Filmal is."

"One problem with that, we don't have our cloaks, there's 2 feet of snow outside we'll be drenched." Hermione cried. "I don't want to get soaked."

"It'll be fine Hagrid will probably have a big fire going." Harry assured her. After a few minutes of pressuring Hermione finally agreed and they left the great hall. After 5 minutes of pulling their way through the snow, they arrived at Hagrids hut.

"I was wonder'n if you all'd come to see me." Hagrid said as he let them in.

"Well with classes cancelled." Ron said running to sit by the fire.

"Well were ar yeh cloaks? It's to cold to be out without em." He asked looking at their wet clothes.

"We don't have any of our clothes." Hermione told Hagrid draping her robe in front of the fire.

"Oh yea, I eard them sayin that you Gryffindors would be put in different places. Where are the three of you stayin?"

"With Professor McGonagall." Ron said angrily.

"Well that ain't bad. Professor McGonagall will take good care of yeh."

"But were not going to get to do any thing." Ron complained.

"Oh I'm sure yeh will, Professor McGonagall was quite the problem student when she went here."

"What? You went to school with McGonagall Hagrid?"

"Ug… forget I said that, I don't need to give you three any more stories.

The trio spent most of the rest of the day with Hagrid. They even had a huge snowball fight, which just got them even wetter. When they finally left Hagrids they were freezing cold, but still laughing because they had had such a good time.

Meanwhile…

Minerva McGonagall couldn't wait for the day to be over. She had at the beginning of the day, to escort the groups of 5th, 6th and 7th years to their rooms and answer any questions they had. That had taken the better part of the morning then after lunch Albus took her back to her quarters so that she could see what had been done with her extra room. Then she set off to find the three first years and she was having no luck. She checked the library, the study hall; she even checked the kitchens though she doubted they knew where that was. She was just coming to check in the great hall when they came stumbling in from outside drenched.

"Where have you three been?" She said loudly. They stopped in shock and stared at her. They forgot that they probably should have stayed in the castle.

"To see Hagrid." Hermione said speaking up.

"In 2 feet of snow?" She asked. Hermione just pointed to Harry and Ron.

"We were bored, we couldn't think of anything else to do." Harry defended them. Minerva just sighed. While she was happy that she was watching the trio, she knew it was going to be a challenge.

"Come on." She said waving them to follow her. They went up a floor to the transfiguration room and Minerva took them into her office.

"Now some rules before we go in. You will tell no one how to get in here. You will still obey the curfew, and I want you all in your room by 10:30 except when you have astronomy. Understood?" They all nodded meekly. "Okay then this is how you get in." She walked over to the book shelf and pulled out a divination book and put it back in. The wall beside the book shelf opened up and made a door appear. Hermione was staring at the wall.

"Wow! It's just like Scooby Doo." Hermione exclaimed looking back and forth between the book shelf and the wall. "That's so cool." A small smile graced Minerva's face as she pushed the door open. It was modeled with colors to look like the Gryffindor common room. It had a couch and two armchairs surrounding the fire place. There was a hall way on the far side of the room, and a window that over looked the main entrance of the school. There was also a door on the opposite side of the room. McGonagall led them to this door first. She opened it to show a fully stocked kitchen that even had an old fashioned ice box.

"Now, this kitchen is not to be used to make any meals, you still have to join all the students in the great hall for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I only use it to make tea and to keep the occasional late night snack." She led them back out towards the hall way. About halfway down the hall there was two doors on the left and right.

"This is the bathroom." She told them pointing to the door on the right. "This will be your room." She said opening the door on the left.

It was a rather spacious room with three twin beds on the right side and a fire place on the left. It too was covered in red and gold in honor of Gryffindor. The walked into the room and Minerva showed them how there were drawers under the beds for them to put their clothes, and their trucks were sitting at the front of each bed. When you faced the beds Hermione's was on the right, Ron's on the left with Harry in the middle.

"Hermione come here." Minerva said drawing her away from the boys. "Are you okay with sharing a room with Potter and Weasley?"

"Oh yes I'm fine sharing with Harry and Ron it'll be fun." She said smiling. Minerva smiled back.

"Well just in case see this curtain? You can pull it around your bed if you want some privacy or if you want to change clothes. Only you or I can move this curtain your friends can not." Minerva explained.

"Neat." Hermione said pulling the curtain back and forth. Ron and Harry noticed what they were doing and came over.

"Hey what's this?" Ron asked pulling on the curtain only to find it wouldn't move. "Why won't it move?" He said straining against the curtain.

"Let me try." Harry said pulling on the curtain, it didn't budge. Hermione was laughing at them and she got up grabbed the curtain and moved it.

"Bloody hell how'd you do that Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Language Mr. Weasley." The transfiguration teacher said. "And only Miss Granger or myself can move the curtain." The boys groaned.

"That's no fun."

"I'll leave you to unpack and get settled." Minerva said. "My room is at the end of the hall." She shut the door behind her. She hoped that this all worked out well, unlike many of her younger students beliefs; she did get to know her students well. But she normally only became close to them as they got older, and enrolled in her NEWT class. They were so young… she would never show favoritism, and she genially looked forward to getting closer to them, but she knew she couldn't let them take advantage of her. Maybe I'm over thinking this, she thought after all they are only, what 11 years old. And from what I've understood from Albus Mr. Potter will play a big part in what's coming.

I felt the need to add that last line because I just saw the Deathly Hallows trailer and poster. It gave me chills… but in a good way. And 7 more days and I'm in Orlando at the park! I'm so excited. I can't wait to see the movie. My friends and I will be going to the theme park next year as our senior trip it'll be great.