Okay, I know I haven't updated in a loooooooooooong time, and I'm real sorry. I know I shouldn't have had, you guys are all just so sweet. I was so freakin' busy I didn't have time to do anything! Okay, so that's that… hope you like this chapter:

'I'll be going to bed now, I think that's enough homework covered up!' said Ron as he yawned and stretched, pushing his parchment that had his Transfiguration homework scribbled on.

'Coming, Harry?' he asked, as he packed up his books and rolls of parchment into his bag and set it aside.

'No, I'll be –' Harry started, but a stern stare from Hermione made him change his sentence the other way round. 'Or no, I think I'll come up. But, in a minute ok? I need to wrap this assignment up' he said as he motioned towards his Divination homework which included reading and predicting the future of a person by looking at his handprint. They had done this assignment in pairs and had gotten each others handprints. Harry had, obviously, paired with Ron and he had been searching through book after book for the right way to predict the future by reading an unusual crooked line that Ron's handprint had.

Ron snickered. 'How is it going up till now? Have I any luck of earning money?' asked Ron, leaning forward to take a look at Harry's Parchment.

'No' said Harry, searching through his notes. 'But you will win a few bets, and you might… yeah, you might even earn some galleons' he said, looking up at him, smiling.

'Cool! Keep it up, Harry! You seem to have the Inner Eye Trelawney keeps searching for in all her students!' joked Ron as he made his way into the Sixth Year boys' dormitory.

'Wh –'

'Ron would feel suspicious if you stayed up for too long. You do go to sleep mighty early you know, and what if he had a hunch and came to look out for you after wards?' said Hermione, who was ready for the explanation.

'Oh… right' said Harry, pondering over and wondering why he didn't think of that.

'Ok, whatever' said Hermione, with a wave of her hand. 'Now, you can go to bed in a few minutes. But, be sure to be out at around one or ten to one or whatever' she said in a half-whispered as there were other students in the common room.

'What if I fall asleep?' asked Harry.

'Hmm… Point to be noted' said Hermione, thinking over it. 'Ok, here, I can enchant … this ink bottle into an alarm clock that will – '

'I'm not the only one in the dorm! It'll wake up everyone else' pointed out Harry.

'Yeah ok, I know! Ok, here' she said muttering a spell and pointing her wand at the ink bottle. 'Now it'll just be able to be heard by you, that fine?' she asked.

'Cool, yeah, of course its fine!' said Harry, taking the ink bottle from her. 'Er… Hermione, does it have to be this ink bottle?' he asked pensively.

'Harry!' said Hermione, furrowing her brows.

'Ok ok, it should be okay… I guess' he said uncertainly, then getting up he walked to his dorm as well.

Draco lay amidst his deep green bedcovers, thinking about her. He didn't know if it would be the right time and he didn't even know if it was right to barge into a dormitory of an enemy house and declare his feelings to Hermione in the middle of the night at 1 a.m. But, one thing was for sure, he had to stop getting into little trances while thinking of her. It was too much, it would surely affect his health as well as his studies in the long run. Grabbing his cloak and wand, Draco silently crept out of his dormitory, careful not to wake anyone else up as he went out into the common room.

'Going somewhere, are we?' came a voice from behind him as Draco approached the entrance to the portrait hole of the Slytherin common room. What? He had thought the common room would be empty by this time. Who was it now? Annoyed, he turned around to find Jones Tibble, seated luxuriously onto a huge green and silver couch in Draco's trademark position – with his legs swung over to one side of the armchair and his head read on the other side.

'Tibbles, I…' Draco started, trying to sound firm in his hurried position.

'Jones is the name Draco!' said Jones, getting up from his seat and coming up to Draco.

'Okay! Jones… it shouldn't matter to you if I'm going somewhere, ok?' said Draco firmly.

'Draco, you can tell me about it, its okay!' said Jones, looking into Draco's eyes concernedly, silently pleading him to trust him.

'Jones I – its…' Draco started.

'Hermione Granger?' finished Jones unpredictably. 'I knew it!' he said as he punched the air with his right fist.

'How did you…' cried Draco, clearly amazed.

'It was pretty obvious lover boy!' he replied. 'And I expect you're going out to see her now? As in talk to her, right?'

'Yeah' smiled Draco.

'That's why I got you this' said Jones, handing Draco something that felt very much like water to the touch. A slippery cloth that felt ultimately smooth and light to touch.

'An – ' Draco started, dumbfounded.

'That's right! An Invisibility Cloak! Good luck, pal you'll be needing it' said Jones as he thumped Draco on the back and cleared his way from the front of the portrait hole.

Draco turned around to face Jones. Without any hesitation, Draco stepped forward and hugged Jones.

'Thanks a lot, mate!' he said, his voice dripping with gratitude.

It meant a lot for Draco that his fellow Slytherin hadn't mocked him for liking a Half-blood Gryffindor. Instead, he had wished him luck and had helped him achieve what he had aimed for.

'Anytime' replied Jones. 'Now, run along, you don't wanna be late'

'Hi' Hermione greeted Harry as he came out of his dormitory, his hair ruffled even more than ever, in Hermione's opinion he looked real cute.

'Hey' smiled Harry. 'Let's go' he said, indicating at the Invisibility Cloak in his hand.

'Good idea'

The two Gryffindors tiptoed to the dark classroom they were to go to under the Invisibility cloak. Since Harry had grown really tall, he had to bend down a lot to remain well hidden from the much-dreaded Mrs. Norris and the much-more-dreaded Argus Filch, the caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A door creaking open all out of its own accord would seem real odd to anyone who would see it, but not to people who are familiar about the existence of Invisibility Cloaks and their use.

Once they reached the classroom, Harry took off the cloak off the two of them and sat down.

'So…' he said, rubbing his hands together. 'What did you want to talk about?' he asked.

'It's kind of important and… you may not like it, but please don't get angry!' pleaded Hermione. She felt awkward, sitting there like it was some big time secret that she was about to disclose.

'Don't worry! Go on…' said Harry as he motioned for her to keep going.

'The thing is…' Hermione started out hesitantly, but she stopped in mid-sentence. Instead of looking at Harry, her eyes were fixed on something else behind him.

'Hello?' Harry said, waving his hand in front of Hermione's face. 'You there? What are you staring at?' he asked, looking around.

Hermione simply got up and headed to the wall she had been staring at. Sure, it was an empty classroom and it seemed as if it hadn't been used for quite a long time now, but in her own opinion, it still gave some hints of once being a much used one.

She ran her hand over the grimy walls for some time before she succeeded in finding a crack in it. Not just any crack, it was more of a deliberately made slit through the thick wall. Harry got up and followed Hermione as she investigated… what? He did not know.

'Harry! It's…' Hermione said in a hushed voice, her eyes wide with mingled shock and excitement.

'What?' asked Harry, perplexed.

Hermione dug her fingers into the slit and pushed sideways. Nothing happened.

'Harry, help me' she motioned towards the wall as she beckoned Harry forwards.

Harry, suspecting Hermione's mental state at the moment tried to reason with her.

'Harry! I'm very much in my senses, now will you help?' said an annoyed Hermione. Seeing no other way out, Harry came forwards they both pushed with all their might. As amazing as it was, it was all there in front of the two.

When they pushed aside the 'wall' it had simply moved, after much effort… but it still moved! And as it slid aside, it revealed a huge bookshelf built into the wall. The bookshelf was vast it started right from the ceiling and ended at the very end, as close to the floor as possible.

The two simply stared at the new discovery, their mouths hanging open in surprise and their eyes nearly popping out. Thick, leather bound books filled the huge bookcase. The classroom must have once been used as a Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, because that was just the topic all the books were related to. A thick layer of dust had settled upon the books and their once posh, velvet covers seemed to have lost their royal touch amidst the many particles of dust that now adorned them.

'Woah' Harry managed to say.

Hermione simply blinked, then pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She winced, which told Harry that she was now sure that she was wide awake and whatever was happening was for sure.

Coming forwards, Hermione eyed all the books suspiciously. After looking at the whole bookcase, she finally smiled and pointed at a book.

Harry came forwards and looked at what Hermione was pointing at. In contrast to the rest of the books that sunk under layers of accumulated dust of centuries, this book had been dusted off. Carefully, Hermione took it out and pointed her wand at it. The pages ruffled on without her effort and stopped on one page.

'Tracking Charm' told Hermione 'it automatically takes out the page the last reader had went through, unless of course that person had been clever enough to put a misleading charm on it, which doesn't let the Tracking Charm track the last page the reader went through'

As she finished saying that, the pages of the book ruffled on and on until the book shut close again.

'Hmm… So the last reader was clever enough' Harry mused.

Hermione nodded. Then, taking out the context, she ran her finger through it. She stopped on the Instant Assassination Charm and opened the book to the page it was on. Reading it in a few moments she said they would take the book with them to their common room.

'No' Harry protested. 'For one, we are already at a lack of space in here' he said indicating to the Invisibility Cloak. 'And for another, whoever came in here to search through these ancient books will surely search for this one again, as it seems to be the only one this unknown character wants out of the whole lot of them. We don't want to get into any trouble!'

'Yeah…' said Hermione. Then, with another swish of her wand, she made a copy of the pages that gave details about the charm she was interested in. 'It's only temporary, the copy will vanish in a matter of hours'

'C'mon! Let's go' said Hermione, putting the book back in the bookcase and sliding the wall over it. 'Whoever came here for this book might come again, we don't want to get caught'

'But… didn't you have to tell me about something?' asked Harry, who really wanted to know what Hermione's little secret was.

'That can be discussed later' said Hermione, with a wave of her hand.

'You'll have to talk once we get into the common room' Harry said, stubbornly.

'Okay' Hermione gave in. Harry gave her a huge smile. Then the two got under the cloak and tiptoed their way outside the classroom they had come in.

Lots more to happen next chapter – in fact, the thing all of you are waiting for might just happen in the next chapter, so be sure to read next week! (hopefully) Okay, and now for the replies. sigh I'm such an evil little thing…

thehpgang: Hello there, sorry if you found it boring, but that's what I wrote and I won't be sorry I did. You can't make all people happy at one time anyway. Hope you liked this chapter, review in and tell me.

Christi-Lynn: Ahhh! You're the best! You make me feel all appreciated. Still waiting for your story, though. Find some time and puhlease update, before I die of curiosity. Love ya, XOXO

Ice-Pheonix-Tears: Cool nick! Hope you liked this chapter, even if it is a bit tooooo descriptive. You reviewers are the best.

NorieApe1:Thanks a whole BIG BUNCH for such a sweet review. Here is the next installment for you, hope you like it and hope you keep reading and reviewing. I'm real sorry I updated so late, but I hope you guys understand.

DeeCohan: Thanks for your review, hun. But… how many times exactly do I have to explain the Esmeralda thing for you? I'm sure I've explained it all before, 'cause I remember eliza29 asking me about it. Look, Draco knows who Esmeralda is, he also has (obviously) seen her. But…he never made her sneeze! I never said it was Draco who made her sneeze. Look, Draco and Hermione aren't the only two people in this world who know about this sneezing thing. Maybe Esmeralda has a special someone somewhere and he makes her sneeze, for all I care! I mean… just cut the Esmeralda over here, she's got nothing to do with Draco and his Agnia Vifol. By the way, how old are you?

Smiles 28: Thanks a lot Smiles, for saying it was even better than the last one, at least someone thinks it wasn't boring! Was it boring? Oh well, here's the next chapter for you, hope you liked it! Review in and tell me all about it.

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HPbabe143: I told you it wouldn't take the story as far as you want it to go! I warned you guys already so I'm not going to apologize that the story didn't do much, although in a weird way, it did a lot. But, I'm not saying anything yet. Thanks for the review anyway, review in later and tell me about this one, ok?

rachelle: Hey there! Are you a new reviewer too? Hope you remain a regular one then! Yeah, the sneezing thing is an actual superstition, wouldn't it be great if it would work as well? Oh well…no daydreaming I guess…

Chowmeingrl: Aww! You're always the first one, what happened this time? Not that it matters, lol! Anyways, how have you been lately, and oh yeah! What happened with your story? Done with it? Tell me and I'll make sure to check it out. Meanwhile, you can read ahead and let me know how you liked this chapter.

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Thanks a lot to all of you guys! 150 reviews and still going... YAY!

Right then, I'd better run now…

Signing off,

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