Chapter 11

"So that's why he beat him up?" Ginny asked, sounding shocked. I nodded to Harry and Ginny. The memory the Malfoy and I in the girls' bathroom replayed in my head, it was horrible. It replayed over and over again, each time it hurt even more.

"Hermione?" Harry asked.

"Oh sorry, I was just thinking about it." I mumbled, as I said that Ron came into the room and sat down next to me. I didn't say anything, I just spaced out thinking about the girls' bathroom and the fight.

"What did he say?" Ginny asked Ron curiously.

"He said that he was going to send a letter to both our parents and that we have one week detentions, lunch and after school. Well, Malfoy has two weeks." Ron said glumly.

"Did you tell him why you beat him up?" I asked, trying not to sound like there was a huge lump in my throat.

"Yes." Ron replied after a while. "Maybe they can try find out where the Death Eaters are hiding from Malfoy?"

"I doubt it." I said under my breath, I curled up on the couch and closed my eyes. I almost immediately fell asleep.

"HERMIONE!" I heard Ron scream from a room almost underneath the one I was in.

"ARGHHHHH!" I screamed, the pain that was flowing through my body was excruciating. I just wanted it to stop.

"CRUCIO!" Bellatrix's voice echoed throughout the room. Another sharp shot of pain jolted through me and I screamed even louder.

"HERMIONE! HERMIONE! LET HER GO!" Ron screamed.

"NOW TELL ME WHERE YOU FOUND THAT SWORD YOU FILTHY MUDBLOOD, OR I'LL KILL YOU!" Bellatrix shouted in her high pitched voice.

"W-we fo-found it." I cried.

"YOU LIAR! CRUCIO!"

I shot up and realised that I was lying in my bed, Ron must of brought me up when he had realised I had fallen asleep. I looked at the clock on the bed side table and it was 7:33, I had school today so I grabbed my school uniform and got dressed. When I was ready I looked around and realised that I was the only one who was up, well, we did start at ten. I shrugged my shoulders and walked downstairs, as I was about to sit down I felt my legs rushing me to the bathroom (a different one than before) and my head was automatically near the toilet and I was being sick. I hated my morning sickness. When I had finished, I washed my mouth out and walked slowly back to the common room.

I felt like somebody was following my every move, I turned around to see if anybody was there but I couldn't see anybody, all the paintings were still asleep. I turned back and carried on walking to the common room. After I had whispered the password to the Fat Lady I curled up on one of the armchairs and read a book that I always left out on the table next to it.

"What you doing up so early?" I jumped as I realised who it was.

"I might ask you the same question." I winked at Ron.

"I'm still used to it from when we were looking for the Horcrux's." he trailed off. "You still haven't answered me, why you up?" Ron asked playfully.

"Bad dream." I said with a stern voice. Ron looked at me and came to sit on the couch nearest the chair I was sat on, and gave me a signal to tell him about it.

"I was dreaming about the night we were at malfoy manor, when Bellatrix…" I felt a lump in my throat, "was torturing me." I whispered, a tear flowed down my cheek. Ron came a kneeled in front of me and wiped the tear away with his thumb.

"That was the past 'Mione. I wont let anything like that happen to you ever again. I promise." he kissed me softly on the lips. I knew that this promise couldn't be made but I had hope. There was a comfortable silence between us.

"Shouldn't you be getting changed?" I asked, smiling. Ron looked at the old clock on the fireplace, "It doesn't take me an hour and forty five minutes to get changed." He laughed, I laughed along.

"You want to feel my stomach? It's already really hard." I smiled and grabbed his hand before he could answer and pressed it on my stomach. I saw his face brighten as he felt how hard it was.

"Speaking of the baby, what are we going to call it?" Ron asked.

"Well maybe we can look for some names after your detention later."

"Why did you have to remind me." Ron said almost moaning.

I carried on reading the book I was reading before I was 'distracted' by Ron until Harry walked down. Was I ever going to finish this book! I thought to myself.

"Hey, Harry." I smiled. He was still half asleep when he sat down on the couch.

"Morning." he mumbled.

"Somebody's not a morning person." I said sarcastically.

"Oh ha ha." Harry glumly said, now properly awake. "Where's Ron anyway? I noticed he wasn't in his bed."

"He's gone to take a shower, he's used to getting up this early from when we were looking for the Horcrux's." I replied, Harry just nodded as if to say "Oh.".

We were talking about Harry's parents when a group of first years came down, still in their pyjamas, and one of them came up to us.

"Um…excuse me? Are you Harry Potter?" Harry nodded looking confused at the boy.

"Is it true that you killed V-voldemort last year?" the boy asked.

"Uh…yes." Harry said still looking confused.

"Can I have your autograph please?" The boy held out a small piece of paper and a quill, Harry let out a small smile and signed the piece of paper. The boy grinned and went back to his friends who were talking and playing wizard chess.

"Remember our first year? When that troll came into the bathroom." I smiled at the memory of Harry and Ron saving my life.

"Remember when we had to go into the forbidden forest with Hagrid, Ron and Malfoy in the middle of the night and Malfoy was acting like a baby!" We laughed so hard at the memory that our stomachs started hurting.

Just at that second, Ron came walking in wearing his uniform.

"What you laughing at?" He asked as he sat next to Harry.

"Just in our first year when we all went into the forbidden forest with Hagrid and Malfoy and Malfoy was a total baby!" Harry said, trying to stop himself from laughing again. Ron let out a loud chuckle.

We sat in the main hall eating our breakfast, I stared at Ron at how much of a pig he was. "How much do you eat, Ronald!" I said in disgust.

"What? I'm hungry." was what I thought he said, I didn't bother asking what he had said because I didn't want bits of food on my face. I ate the last bit of my toast and checked my watch, "We need to get to class." I said.

"'Mione, we have ten minutes. Nobody else has gotten up to go yet." Ron said after he swallowed whatever was in his mouth, I ignored him, got up and walked down to the dungeon's for my potions lesson. I waited outside the door for people to come.

"A little early I see, Miss Granger." I turned around to see Professor Dumbledore walking down the steps I had came down.

"Professor?" I said confused.

"I got an owl back from the hospital and the letter said that they could get you an appointment to day, if that's okay?"

"That's perfect. Should I tell Ron or do I have to leave now?" I asked.

"I shall ask Professor Snape to tell Ron where you are." Dumbledore smiled.

"Thank you. Now where should I go to get to St. Mungo's?"

"I trust you to go to my office, you may have noticed that there is a fireplace in the corner so you can use the floo powder to get there. I will wait for Professor Snape to tell him of you absence." I smiled and walked to Professor Dumbledore's office. There was nobody in the halls or on the moving stairs on my way up, everyone must still be having their breakfast.

I landed near the entrance doors of St. Mungo's and walked up to the reception.

"Hello, I'm here for a check up on my pregnancy." I told the receptionist.

"Your name miss?" She asked me.

"Hermione Granger." I replied.

"Yes, we have your appointment ready. The room number is 436, that's down the left corridor." She pointed down the left corridor and I smiled and walked down it looking for room 436. Finally I found it and knocked.

"Come in, Miss Granger." a sweet female voice shouted, I opened the door.

"Hello, I'm here for the check up." I said.

"Yes, just lie down on here" -she patted a bed- "and roll up your shirt so we can do a scan. Dumbledore said that you would like to do it the muggle way." I smiled and lay down on the bed, I rolled my shirt up (just so you could see my stomach) and the nurse rubbed the cold gel on my stomach. "We don't have all the muggle equipment so I'll have to use a wand."

"That's fine." I smiled. She got a wand from a draw in the room, it didn't look like any wand I had seen before, it was longer, a bit fatter and the end of the wand was white. Then she traced it along where the gel was and I could see the scan of the baby on a screen next to me.

"Would you like to know the sex?" The nurse asked me, all I could do was nod I was that happy. "It's a girl."

I could feel my self welling up. I was going to have a little girl! I couldn't wait to tell Ron! I felt my face light up.

"I have finished now, Miss Granger. Your due date is May 5th and would you like to book another appointment?" She asked me.

"Yes please. When's the best time?"

"Hmm…is October 19th good? Exactly one month from now."

"Perfect." I walked out and went back to the entrance where the fireplace was, I stepped in grabbed some floo powder and whispered clearly "Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry."

A/N: this was originally two chapters, but the first one was really short so i just put them together :}
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