I'm Just a Kid

Simple Plan

I'm just a kid

I know that it's not fair

Nobody cares

Because I'm alone and the world is

Having more fun than me

Don't fit in with anybody

How did this happen to me?

Wide awake I'm bored and I can't fall asleep

And every night is the worst night ever

All throughout dinner Hermione could hear the whispers of the other dinners about Harry's outburst in Umbridge's class. She could tell the most were just trying to get another rise out of him so they could hear the story for themselves but Harry wasn't going to let that Happen.

"Why don't they believe me I told them what happen. Dumbledore told them what happen." Harry said in frustration after an hour of the whispers.

"Harry we don't know what happen in that graveyard. Only you and Cedric do and even then Cedric only knows what happened up until he was stunned." Hermione replied.

"That still does not explain why—"

"Harry they were told what happen at the end of the term and went home for the summer where they read about you going coo-coo for cocoa puffs, Cedric's brain being funny and Dumbledore going senile." Hermione replied cutting the agitated Harry off.

"I still don't—"

"Forget it I'm leaving." Hermione said leaving the great Hall early to do her rounds.

"See you Hermione." Ron called after her.

"Do your homework or I won't even try to help when I get done with rounds." Hermione told him knowing what he really wanted to say.

Hermione did her rounds with Pamada from Ravenclaw. They were quiet after they talked about Pamada's sister. She unlike her sister believed Harry and Cedric about Voldemort being back. It was close to eleven o'clock when Cedric came to find them.

"Hermione wait I need to talk to you." Cedric called after her before she could walk away.

She grudgingly agreed and stayed where she was while she watched Pamada walk away. "Now what do you want?" Hermione asked as soon as Pamada was out of ear shot.

"I wanted to give this back to you." Cedric replied handing over a piece of paper.

"Oh." Hermione replied taking the paper out of his hand.

"Didn't know you had interest in such older—"

"I do not have an interest in older men. I was adopted and this is a list of possible men who could be my father." Hermione Snapped before running back to Gryffindor tower as fast as she could.

Hermione was not happy when she walked into Gryffindor tower because she saw Fred and George giving 'sweets' to first years. The sweets caused the first years to look like they were conked over the head with a hammer.

"I told you that you cannot test them on first years. I can't say anything about you using yourselves as test subjects."

"Are you going to give us detention if we don't stop?" George asked marking something on his clip board. Hermione yanked it out of his hands.

"I'll write your mother." Hermione replied.

"They are fine Hermione." Lee Jordan said after putting another 'sweet' in the mouths of the fainted.

Hermione shoved the clip board back into George's arms and huffed away. "You could have backed me up Ronald." Hermione yelled over her shoulder at Ron after leaving a few knitted hats on a table.

Hermione starts to get nervous as more and more teachers brief the students about their Owl's. She is not at all surprised by the home work because she had done the amount and more back in third year when he had the time turner. Ginny was busy with her own class Maybe not as busy as fifth through seventh years were but she was still a little too busy to help Hermione but they had a whole school year to discover who her dad was but she wanted to know they were at least safe. She was also worried that Hagrid was gravely injured and that's why he wasn't back yet or something else that was just as bad if not worse than being injured but she didn't want to think about that. The classes he would have taught were safer than they were use to but no one was complaining. Grubbly-Plank was doing a good and apparently Umbridge thought so too because she didn't give the woman an evil eye like she did the rest of the staff.

"Hey Hermione how are you doing?" Ginny asked sitting down by Hermione in the courtyard.

"Better than Harry." Hermione deadpanned.

"Yeah I heard Angelina all the way in the charms corridor before she lowered her voice." Ginny replied back. "So have you found the potion yet?"

"Not the one I need. I found one that could tell you who your kids are and it's impossible for me to have any kids. I cannot believe I lost the book your mum gave me." Hermione said shaking her head.

"I know that sucks but I think the library has a copy of the same book. I'll have to look it up for you." Ginny said standing up.

"Thanks Gin. See you later." Hermione replied.

Hermione watched as Ginny walked away. She shivered as the wind blew and an owl landed next to her. She didn't recognize the owl. It must have been owned by someone in the order she hadn't met yet. She relived the owl of it package (a letter) and the owl was soon on its way.

J,

This letter is short but I had to let you that the Umbridge woman is not what she seems. I have seen the prejudice she holds against others because they are not completely human or she just doesn't like them, I have a feeling I am among them but I also want you to worry about Umbridge because I like many others believe her to be Fudge's right hand man so to speak.

I have chosen to stay at The Order of the Phoenix headquarters for now. I haven't been given any kind of mission and have nowhere else to stay. It is quite now that all of the Hogwarts age kid had left. Meetings are still weekly but Dumbledore doesn't appear at them often with school being in session. A few of the Weasley's family are still here but I think they might be heading back home soon and when they are gone there will only be a few of us staying here. I just might leave also not much to do here anyhow and I can always stop by.

Before I go if you are friends with Cedric Diggory please tell him to contact his mother. I overheard her talking with Molly Weasley about how no letters have come to her from Cedric making her worry.

I'll always miss you

P

"Miss Granger may I ask you why you are out at this hour of night?" Umbridge asked walking up from behind Hermione.

"Oh sorry I didn't know that it was that late Professor. I'll be sure to let harry know that his detention is in an hour." Hermione replied.

"I will not tolerate smartness Miss Granger. You have detention tomorrow an hour before Mr. Potter and ten points from Gryffindor." Umbridge said to Hermione before she swiftly walked away.

Hermione was scared about her detention with Umbridge. God only knew what Umbridge was planning for her. She hadn't met anyone who had been punished by the vile woman yet and it was because of that that she figured that Harry would be the first one even thought she didn't want him to be. She didn't think anyone—be sides—Draco Malfoy or any Slytherin would want Harry to be punished.

She walked back to Gryffindor tower and ran into Harry along the way. "You should hurry up she's on her way to your detention." Hermione said

"Don't remind me. I only left early because Ron ran off with his broom." Harry Replied.

"Remember don't talk smart to her. She'll just torture you with lines or whatever else she has planed longer." Hermione said as Harry started to walk away.

"I know." Harry repeated over and over again and again as he made his way to detention.

Hermione turned back around and continued on her way to Gryffindor tower. The walk was quiet not even a whisper of a guy or giggle from a girl could be heard. No other students were around—not a single one running off to their common rooms so they wouldn't get in trouble. Hermione found it kind of creepy.

She was lost in her thoughts about the quiet when she ran into someone causing her to drop all her books and the letter. "Sorry. I didn't see you." Hermione mumbled.

"Don't worry. I'm fine. You're the one that tripped anyway Hermione." The guy replied handing Hermione her books.

"Thank you." Hermione said looking up. "Cedric." She added when she saw that it was Cedric that she ran into for the umpteenth time.

"Like I said there is no problem." He said giving the all too familiar crooked grin.

"Look I better get back to the tower before Umbridge comes to make sure I'm in my place." Hermione replied adding the last part with sarcasm.

"I should too even though I am head boy and have a reason to roam the halls at night."

"Bye Cedric." Hermione replied taking off in the direction of Gryffindor tower. Hermione went faster this time because she needed to talk to Ginny to see what she thought. Dang she thought as she remembered that she should have asked Cedric if he was writing his mother or not. She shook it off and decided she would either write him about it or talk to him about it tomorrow. She got to Gryffindor tower mumbled the password and climbed through the portrait hole.

"Hey Lavender have you seen Ginny?" Hermione asked.

"No but she's probably in her dorm" the girl replied turning back to her magazine. Hermione rolled her eyes and continued on walking once she saw that it was witch weekly. She walked up the stair case to Ginny's dorm knocked and waked in when she heard Ginny say come in.

"Hey Gin anyone else in here?" Hermione asked opening the door.

"Nope. You can talk freely." Ginny replied not looking up from the note book she was writing in.

"Look what I got." Hermione said throwing the letter down on top of the note book.

Ginny sat up on her bed and then picked up the letter and read it out loud. "Well he's getting closer to revealing himself." Ginny noted pointing to the 'P' at the end of the letter.

"I know. I just wonder if that 'p' is for a nick name or a real name. That would make things so much easier if I knew what it stood for."

"How?" Ginny asked.

"Well I only know one person with a nick name that starts off with a 'p'." Hermione replied.

"Well the library does have the book you lost but it's checked out."

"All ready and I thought I started in on my homework early." Hermione grumbled.

"Oh don't worry; I already put my name down along with yours on the waiting list. We are in spot one on the list." Ginny replied with a grin. "Hey look on the bright side you should be able to narrow down the list now."

"How?" Hermione questioned.

"Scratch off anyone who doesn't have the letter p as an initial or have a nick name that starts with that letter." Ginny went on to explain and even started doing.

"Oh."

"You know I thought you were supposed to be a genius by muggle standards; so why are you lacking the knowledge about this?" Ginny asked in a very good impression of Dumbledore.

"Please don't talk like that you sound like Dumbledore." Hermione said sitting down beside Ginny.

"One more thing before you get into bed."

"What?" Hermione asked.

"Tell Cedric to write his mother before she becomes like my mum." Ginny replied.

"Oh I was already planning on it because I forgot to mention it when I ran into him."

The two girls said good night and went to bed. Hermione slept fitfully that night. She kept thinking about Cedric and his mum and who her dad was. She had a nightmare that she was Voldemort's daughter but that couldn't happen since he hated muggles.

Hermione was glad for once not to be in classes because they were finished for the day, but was nervous about her detention with Umbridge. She came to the door that leads to Umbridge's office after stopping to talk to Cedric about patrols for the night. She knocked on the door. "Ahh Miss Granger early I see. Well don't dilly dally now come in." Umbridge said to Hermione in an impossibly sweet voice.

"Yes. I figured it would be better to show up earlier than later." Hermione replied without indifference.

"You will write 'I must not smart off to teachers' until I deem it time for you to stop dear." Umbridge told her pointing to the quill and paper.

Hermione started to write and it did not take her long to discover that the 'ink' she was using was the color of blood; her blood to be specific. "Professor these quills are illegal." Hermione said stopping for a second.

"What the Minister doesn't know won't hurt him." she replied with a cruel smirk.

Hermione shook her head and continued to write by the time the hour was up Umbridge still hadn't told her that she could leave. About five minutes before Harry's detention started Umbridge spoke. "Let me see your hand." She ordered. "Okay you may go. I must remind you not to smart mouth me again if you don't want to appear in this room again."

Hermione took one look at her hand after the door closed. She cringed as the drips of blood fell from the scar. She wiped them off and hurried off to Gryffindor tower before anyone could see her and was thankful that she did not run into harry on her way up.