Disclaimer: I wish I did, but I don't own Harry Potter.

This story is now dedicated to Pope John Paul 2nd, who died on Saturday, April 02, 2005.

Thank you to all my reviewers from the last chapter: STEPHANIE and the-power-of-love.

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A TALENT SHOW?

Chapter 14

(…Tears and Fears…)

Hermione ran up to her dorm room, flopped on her bed and burst into tears. Why did everything have to go wrong? Harry had saved her from Malfoy and she was still being a total bitch to him. What was wrong with her?

Lavender was furious with her. After having Lavender yell at her, Hermione had realized that she was right. Hermione had been wrong to accuse them of doing anything wrong. They did nothing and Hermione had had no right to yell at them like she had.

Ginny had probably been affected the most out of all of the people she had been a bitch to. She wasn't a person to yell or scream or fight. She just took things very personally. It affected her deeply if anyone ever yelled at her or was mad at her.

Hermione jumped of her bed and began throwing random things around. She ripped her blankets off her bed and threw her pillows across the room. One of them hit a lamp and it fell over and smashed on the floor. Going over to her desk, she opened the drawers and threw everything out of it and then took one of her notebooks and ripped all the pages out of it.

Giving a scream of defeat, she fell on the floor and started crying. Everything in her life was falling apart and she felt like she could do nothing about it.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Hermione quickly looked in the mirror. Her eyes were red and puffy and her face was tear stained. Her clothes were all rumpled and wrinkled. She wiped her hands with her face, but realizing she wouldn't look any better for a while she went and opened the door.

Ginny was standing there with a piece of paper in her hands.

Hermione sniffed then said weakly, "What do you want Ginny?"

Ginny looked sadly at Hermione then said, "This is for you." Handing Hermione the piece of paper, she took off up the stair to her dorm.

Hermione walked over to her bed and fell onto it clutching the piece of paper. Looking at the paper, she read:

Hermione,

Even though we're fighting, both of us think that it would be right to remain friendly around each other for the third talent show and not snip at each other or get in anymore fights before the talent show when we see each other. After that, we can do whatever we want to each other.

Please send us a reply if you agree.

Lavender & Ginny

Hermione sniffled then wrote a note on the other side of the sheet of parchment:

Lavender and Ginny,

I agree with you and hope we can get along in peace.

Hermione

Hermione knew there would be no use in trying to apologize to them on paper. She would have to tell them in person. Attaching the note to Crookshanks collar, Hermione sent him to Lavenders room.

As Hermione threw herself back down on the floor her mind went back to went back to when Malfoy had attacked her. It was one of the scariest things that had ever happened to her.

Hermione had thought about telling Dumbledore about what had happened, but she had thought about Malfoy's threat and had decided to not tell. She was really scared that Malfoy might do something to her again. What would she do? Could she ever stop him from doing that? Hermione wondered if he had ever done that to any other girl before.

Hermione stood up and said a spell that put her room back in order. Sitting on her newly made bed; she came up with a plan to stop Malfoy.

Harry and his band had practiced for the third talent show that was tomorrow. He had heard Hermione and her band practicing as well. They sounded really good!

At around three in the afternoon, everyone had crowded around the list to see which three competitors had made it on to compete in the third talent show.

When Harry had looked at the list he had sighed in relief. He had made it!

Luna Lovegood, Pink Slip, and Lifeless had made it onto third talent show!

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Sorry for the short chapter. It's kind of a filler because I have writers block…but I'll hopefully have my next chapter up really really soon! I hope you like it anyways! The next chapter will be: The Third Talent Show! Please read and review!