When Harry returned to his house he was immediately caught by the silence. Even when Remus was working or doing other quiet tasks, there was always some noise.

"He's not in" Harry thought. Looking around the living room he spied a sheet of paper with HARRY written across the top.

I have gone to visit Teddy and Dromeda for a bit. I shouldn't be gone long and I will see you soon.

Keep out of too much mischief and keep yourself safe. If you need me for anything at all, floo me at Andromeda's or send me a patronus.

Remus

Harry put the letter down with a thoughtful look on his face. He was glad that Remus was taking some time out for himself and to be with his family, he knew the man had been needing to do just that. It just seemed so... Sudden. Visiting for a bit? That sounded like he would be gone for a while. Why would he have made that decision so quickly? Remus was not a man to leap before he looked, he always asked at least three other people before he did anything. Or, Harry thought, he had to be told to do something because he couldn't make up his mind if it were the right thing to do.

Now Harry had thought of it he was sure that that was what had happened. Remus had been told to visit Teddy, and there was only one person Harry could think of with the gall to do that. This had Madame Pomfrey written all over it.

"Well, if he's happy and safe I'll leave him to it" he muttered to himself. "Can't blame a man for wanting his family, nor a healer for sticking her oar in."

He made a light dinner and retired to his study. He still had a building to find, a curriculum to finalise and this damned Ministry Ball to worry about.

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Harry set his head in his hands. There did not seem to be any building fit for his purpose in Hogsmeade or its surroundings at all! Everything was too small! He could create his own, but then he'd be barely better than Hogwarts and it could take years. He didn't have years. He needed his school ready to accept students by the coming September. That meant he had ten months to go from nothing, to fully functional school.

He heard the fireplace ringing in the living room next door and got up to answer it. There weren't many people that knew his floo address, so it had to be someone important to him. As he reached the living room he was shocked at how dark it was outside. He must have been in the library for hours!

"Harry?" a voice said.

"Her-Hermione?" Harry spluttered. "What are you doing?"

"Flooing you, what does it look like?!"

"Yes I set myself up for that one! The old ones never fail do they?"

"Nope!" Harry could make out a smirk appear on Hermione's face. "What are you doing? And what have you been doing? The Weasleys have been in a right state all day because Molly's received an Order of Merlin!"

"Yeah Neville did too. Fourth of February's the ball isn't it?" Seeing the look of bewilderment on Hermione's face he continued "why don't you come over and I'll tell you everything to tell the rest of the gang?"

"Alright, I'll just be a minute!" Hermione grinned before ending the call.

The two teenagers talked for a solid two hours. Harry told Hermione about his meeting with the Minister and why there were suddenly two extra Order of Merlin recipients. He told Hermione about why he had left the Hogwarts rebuild and his plans now. Hermione listened carefully, offering suggestions where she thought they might be useful, but remaining supportive throughout. When he mentioned his building dilemma, she interrupted him.

"Have you got these plans Harry?" she asked. "For each location?"

"No..." he said tentatively. "I can get them, but if they aren't any use then there's no point really is there?" He looked quizzically at Hermione.

"Ever heard of a campus?"

"Nope. What is it?"

"It's a group of buildings, that altogether make the whole place. Muggle schools and universities use them without a second glance now. There are so many students they don't fit all in one building."

"How does that work?"

"Well you might have a science building, an art building, a languages block, a music centre and a sports hall. They're all small buildings but between them they can have a lot of people."

"So it's spread out?"

"Not over very far, often. The buildings are usually clustered together. Do you have any like that?"

"I'm not sure I know what you mean Hermione. How can a school be in groups of buildings?"

"Come here." She apparated them both until they were standing in front of her local high school. "So this is the entrance hall, if we go around the back we'll be able to see a lot of the other blocks. There's Science, there's Design Technology, there's the teachers' offices." She gestured with her hands to the places as she spoke. "You can just about make the tennis courts out through that window and down behind that we have the all weather pitch. Now around here are languages. The building points north so it's called the North Corridor."

"How do you know all this Hermione?" Harry asked.

"I'm muggle-born. I still don't know how good my chances are getting a job in the magical world. I need to be able to get by in the muggle world as well so I joined in the sixth form here. Everyone's gone home for the night, that's why it's so empty, but if you come tomorrow then you'll see how it works. Next week is the last week of term before the Christmas holidays so everyone's excited! I'll introduce you to some of my muggle friends if you'd like."

"Ummmm..."

"Haha, it looks better when it's light! Took you a while to find your way around Hogwarts in the dark didn't it?! Especially if you were in that cloak!" Hermione winked.

"Yeah. I had it down by the end of first term though." Harry stuck his tongue out at Hermione.

"There you are then. The castle wasn't any smaller than these grounds. Remember trying to get from Binns' class to DADA? Took an age to cross that castle, especially if you took the wrong staircase!" Harry smiled and nodded. "So just think of this as castle with no roof. All you've got to do is learn your way round if."

Hermione apparated them both back to Hogsmeade and bid Harry goodbye. "When can I come to your school?" he asked.

"How about Monday? I've got a free at ten, so I can pick you up. Dress smart muggle."

"Ok, see you Monday 'Mione!"

"See you Harry. Keep well!" She stepped into the flames and vanished.

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Harry thought the school was fantastic. Hermione had taken him around all of the buildings, showed him how they were grouped together and how the students knew where they had to go.

To Harry's mind, the coding system was excellent because of its simplicity. Each block had a letter, S for Science, M for Maths, T for Technology, L for Languages, A for Art and then within each block each room was numbered. Hermione had a Chemistry lesson next period in S14 followed by an Art lesson in A3. All the doors were numbered as well! Harry was bouncing with excitement as Hermione explained each new thing to him.

When eleven o'clock came and they headed back to the Science block, Harry witnessed the feat of many children moving in different directions, in a space they feasibly should not all fit in, without magic! He thanked Hermione for enlightening him and found a quiet corner to apparate out. Once home, he brought out his maps of Hogsmeade again. He wanted a campus.