That evening when Harry and Ron went to dinner I went straight to the library. When I had told them that I wasn't hungry Ron had groaned. 'Not S.P.E.W. again,' he had said, 'I thought that you had given up on that'
'I have' I had said, 'bye-bye' and walked off to the library. They obviously weren't that worried about me that they would put off dinner for much longer. So there I was, searching for Quantum Potions. I had been looking for almost an hour when Madam Pince walked over to me.
"What are you looking for?" She asked.
"Oh, something to do with Potions," I replied vaguely before inspiration struck me (A/N Rather like the king's sword struck Harry), "Madam Pince, would it be at all possible for me to look in the restricted section?"
Madam Pince shook her head, "Not without a note from a teacher you can't I'm afraid. Why? What are you looking for?"
"Quantum Potions, I was just a bit curious, I read about it in our Potions textbook and I was wondering exactly what it was."
"Well, I believe Madam Pomfrey may have a book on it, if you're interested that it?"
"Thank you," I replied, "I'll ask her" So I ran down to the Hospital Wing, narrowly avoiding McGonagall as I turned a corner. Soon I arrived in the Hospital Wing. I opened the door and saw Madam Pomfrey standing with her back to me looking at shelves of bottles.
"Good evening Miss Granger," She said without turning round, "The book is on the table" I walked over to her desk and indeed the book was on the desk.
"How did you-" She asked cutting off mid sentence.
"Who else would be coming here at this time?" I asked. Her silence told me that she saw my point
"But how did you know that I wanted this book?" She really didn't have a clue about who the spies were in Hogwarts.
"Ah," I said mysteriously, "Instinct." I heard her pick up the book and flick through the pages.
"This is such a cool book," Miss Granger said.
"I'm glad you like it," I replied, turning round for the first time, "Shouldn't you be getting back to your dormitory?" I asked.
"Yes," She said, "Would you mind if I took the book and had a look at it tomorrow morning?"
"You may take the book but only if you go to breakfast tomorrow morning and don't miss your meal" It wouldn't do to have her ill as well as Severus, would it?
"Ok" She agreed. I watched her head towards the door.
"Which dormitory are you in?" I asked her.
"The second one on the right" She replied, surprised.
"Are you in the bed nearest the door on the left?"
"Yes"
"There's a hidey hole. If you tap your wand on the brick immediately to the left of the bedpost and then on the one three left and two up and a hole will appear in the wall. You could hide the book in there."
As Madam Pomfrey suggested I hid the book in the hidey hole. It was only about half a metre by a quarter of a metre but it was the perfect place to hide any research that I did on Quantum Potions. Little did I realise how important that book would be. Next morning I ate my breakfast quickly before going back up to the dormitory to read the book. Luckily the other girls in my dormitory were taking ages over their food. The only problem was that the previous night I hadn't been able to sleep so this morning I was tired and I couldn't understand what everything meant. Suddenly I realised that I was late for our potions lesson. I sprinted down to the potions dungeon and walked in.
"Sorry I'm late Professor," I mumbled. McGonagall didn't pursue it, knowing exactly why I was late. Thankfully Harry had saved my usual place on the back row. Malfoy was in the middle row for a change.
"As I was saying…" She began but trailed off, "Miss Granger, are you alright?" To tell the truth, I didn't feel alright at all. I felt dizzy and clammy. I could see the classroom but everything was out of focus.
"Miss Granger?" McGonagall asked. I felt myself fall to the cold floor.