Disclaimer: All the creation of J.K.Rowling. When, oh when, will you
remember it at last?! (No means to insult anyone, just too depressed
about having to come up with yet another disclaimer)

A/N: Thank you, Luinthoron, for beta reading. And I'm still in need for
another beta. That's about all for now. Enjoy!

--Altair



Dear Diary!

I got a detention! I can't believe I got a detention! And lost
Gryffindor FIFTY House Points! Now everybody will hate me, I know they
will! They never liked me much in first place, but now they will
literally hate me. And there's absolutely nothing I can do about it.
I've never seen Professor McGonagall more disappointed, not even while I
covered up for the boys back in october (you know, the Mountain Troll
Affair). And she gave us all detentions. Us, that is Harry, Neville and
I. And then she took fifty points from us. Each. She took one hundred
and fifty points from her own House in just one go. They will all hate
us! The whole house will. I just know it! That will not only cost us the
lead in the run for the House Cup, it will place us back very heavily.
Just as the whole school thought we might actually have a fair chance to
get the Cup this year and set an end to Slytherin's winning row. The
whole school was already hoping to see Slytherin fall, as much as I have
heard. And now we had to get caught out of bed in the middle of the
night. Is this some kind of celestial punishment for us for rejoycing
when we saw Snape's Pet getting a detention from Professor McGonagall
earlier? Nah, can't be. Even God must really hate the Slytherins. I
mean, he put Malfoy in there, right? That's proof enough to me. Nobody
NOT under God's wrath deserves to be stuck with HIM. And well, HE really
deserved the detention for telling on us. And we were only trying to
help! Filch got us goming from the Astronomy Tower and then Neville had
to go and get himself caught by our very own Head of House Professor
McGonagall. He had overheared Little Prince Of Slytherin bragging about
how he's gonna catch us with an illegal dragon and had come to warn us.
Well, that was very nice of him, but he still shouldn't have done this.
Now he is in trouble all because of us, too. I feel so guilty about it.
And he wouldn't have lost his fifty points, had he stayed in bed. But
then again, it shows his loyalty. He must be a really loyal friend to
risk all of this just to warn us. And I really haven't spent time with
him lately. Even though he was my very first friend here at school. I'm
a horrible friend! I really must spend more time with him.
By the way... before I forget - we sent Norbert on his way.

Good night, Diary!

Hermione



A/N: Hasn't Ron already told it? She REALLY needs to sort out her
priorities! Anyway. Please, review, OK? Thanks.