LLL- Hey people. Hope no one is lost.

Snape- Don't think that's very possible.

Hermione- Everything in my mind is lost apparently.

LLL- Haha. Yeah. Well OK.

Snape- I'll do the disclaimer today.

Hermione- I'm doing it.

Draco- NO! I'm doing it.

LLL- None of you are. I don't own Harry Potter. HA!

Snape, Draco, Hermione- ...

LLL- Aww.

*Hermione's POV*

I sit in the Great Hall with Harry and Ron. They've been trying to get me to talk about what happened all day. I still remember absolutely nothing from the past week.

"I know what she can remember," Ron says. "You had a project for professor McGonagall. You said she gave it to you before the break."

My raise my eyebrows suspiciously. "I never had a project from her."

"You, didn't?"

"No, are you sure i told you that?"

"Yes. You said something about extra work or extra credit."

"I must have been hiding something that I was working on."

"And what makes you say that?"

"Why would I need to have extra credit? I'm too ahead in everything already. Didn't that ever occur to you guys?"

"Well..," Ron starts.

Harry finishes, "We had a pretty good Idea that you were hiding something, but we didn't think you'd lie to us about the project."

"Whatever I was hiding must have been big if it involved deatheaters"

"But why would you hide something like that from us."

"So you wouldn't get in any trouble of course. That's been something I've been trying to do all break."

"OK," Ron says.

"Come on. Let's get to Hagrid's before it gets late." We get to the hill and start talking again.

"So what's going on at Hagrid's? Does he want to show us something?"

"You don't remember that either? He has some Gryphons that he wants us to take care of. We've been doing it for about four days now."

"Oh. OK then." We get into his house and I see the three baby Gryphons. They are so adorable. I've seen them in books but in person the feather color is just magnificent. The two guys stand looking at me. "What?"

"They only eat bezoar."

"Why are you looking at me? I don't have any."

"Yes you do. You told us that you got some extra from Diagon alley for potions class, just in case. That's something you said you brought way before the school year started so you should remember."

"I never brought and extra bezoar. Why would I need that?"

"Well check your bag because you've been giving it to us for the past four days." I roll my eyes and rummage around in my bag. I take out a lot of books and then I come to a black feathered quill with golden highlights.

"What's this?" I ask the two.

They shrug. "We've never seen it," Ron says.

"Did I get it for Christmas yesterday?"

"No. No one but my mom sent you something and it was a book." I look at the quill a little bit longer, then I put it down, digging deeper In my bag. Finally, I find it, perfectly cut bezoar. I give it to Harry and he throws it to the Gryphons. They lie asleep. I pick up the feather lying next to them and tickle them. They wake up with a squawk and start eating.

"You remembered how to do that."

"Well of course. I read a book on how to do that a long time ago."

They nod. "That makes sense." We leave Hagrid's house and I try to make sense of everything. 'I was lying to my friends, but what about? I lied about having the bezoar but I actually had some.

"Where did I get that bezoar?"

"We don't know. You're just now telling us that you lied about Diagon Alley," Ron says, throwing his arms up dramatically.

I roll my eyes. "Well then I must have gotten it from somewhere in the castle. The first place I'd think of is potions. Did we ever go there together?"

"No. We've actually been avoiding Snape."

"Sounds safe. Was I avoiding him?"

"We don't know. Ever sense the night we met with Hagrid, we hadn't seen you much."

"We did that at night? We didn't get caught out late did we?"

"No. On our way up you said you had to go to the bathroom, but were with us the next morning."

'That doesn't sound right.' "Why would I stop to go to the bathroom? Sure enough I didn't have to go that bad. And that is the one place you and Ron wouldn't follow me. The girl's lavatory. So obviously I didn't want to be followed. Come one you guys, we're going to take a little trip to potions.

"She's actually on to it. It took her ten minutes to figure something out that we still hadn't caught onto after five days," Ron blurts.

"If there's anyone who could figure it out. It's Hermione," Harry points out.

I laugh at that and make my way into the castle.

*Snape's POV*

Things around here have been busy. The ministry heard about what happened at Hogwarts in a heartbeat. It was unbelievable. I'm now a traitor in everyone's eyes, but I don't give a shit what everyone thinks. I want to know how Hermione is. How much damage did Draco do to her? How could I have let it happen?

'I did what I did with the best in mind for her. If they don't know I have a connection to her, the deatheaters can't target her.'

"Your fears have changed," says Victoria, walking up to me. "I believe you're loyal to us now because now that everyone knows that you are one us, your first fear has disappeared. Now it's another fear. Who is she?"

"What?"

"Your fear has to do with love, but it's not clear enough. Who's the girl?"

"Uhm..."

"I understand if you don't want me to know but tell me this. Do you love her?"

I put my head down and think about my answer.

"Snape. Do- You- Love- This- Girl?"

"Yes. I do." I look into Victoria's eyes. They are ice blue.

"Then when you are ready to tell me who it is. I will guarantee you that she will not get hurt."

She turns on her heels and starts to walk away.

"You know my lord," I say after her, " you're a lot more merciful than your father."

"Yes. I know," she answers, "not turning around. I'm evil because of my devouring of souls. My attitude towards witches and wizards isn't that bad. I just have a position in power that I intend to keep. I have nothing again half-bloods Severus. But I will always hate mudbloods."

Those words send my heart into a spiraling nose dive.

LLL- Hope you like.

Victoria- Not bad.

LLL- I just have to say thanks to Linda. I got the line "If anyone can figure it out, it's Hermione." That Harry said, from her review. Very crafty comment. Thanks. Oh yeah, please review!