CHAPTER 2: The Plan and How Hermione discovers Harry

"Ron, let's do something, I'll read my book every night and if there's something interesting, I'll let you know, OK?" Harry whispered. Ron hesitated but then agreed. Then he went to his bed and fell asleep. Harry too put away the book and went to bed.

Next morning Harry got out of bed,showered, got dressed and went to the Great Hall. Hermione was already there, reading Hogwarts: A History again. Harry raised an eyebrow. "I thought you took out a book yesterday." Hermione looked up. "I read that one before I go to bed." Then she went back to reading.

"I want to know what Hermione's thinking right now." Thought Harry happily. Then Ron arrived. "Hi guys!" he said and winked at Harry, harry snorted. Hermione looked up at him and said "What did you wink at Harry for?" Ron and Harry shook in silent laughter. Hermione got annoyed. "What is up with you two? First, you go to bed early, now you're not telling me something!" "It's nothing." Said Harry chuckling. "Yeah Right, and I'm Santa Claus." Mumbled Hermione and went back to her book.

All through that day, when Harry and Ron saw Hermione they would laugh their heads off. Hermione didn't get why they were laughing at her and kept asking "WHAT'S SO FUNNY????? Do I have something in my hair or what?" but then Harry and Ron would just laugh even harder. At the end of the day Hermione just gave up trying to persuade them to tell her what was so funny and headed up to the dirls dorm rather annoyed and mad at them. She took out her book and opened it to the first page, a small asterisk appeared and suddenly disappeared. Then words began to appear on the book, below her thoughts of that day.

Wait a minute. Why did an asterisk appear? I didn't write one and no other book exists, unless…someone found it and made another. Let's see who's it is.

Hermione took out her quill and wrote Hermione*January16,2002. A pageful of words written in Harry's handwriting filled 2 whole pages. Hermione said "I am going to KILL Harry and Ron." But her curiosity got the better of her and she began to read.

I really want to know what Hermione is thinking right now. If she only knew!!!!! She'd really kill us. I mean REALLY kill us. She'd chop of our heads with a rusty, blunt ax.
The food's good.
There's Ron.
Oh-oh. Hermione's getting annoyed. But, it's really funny, I mean, to see her annoyed beause she doesn't know what we're doing to her.
I am really enjoying this. This'll be a great term. Each night, I have a joke book to read. And Hermione thinks we're laughing at her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then, some more words began to appear.

Oh my god. Where is she? We've searched for her EVERYWHERE! She's not in the common room, it's empty. Maybe she's crying. Oh I wouldn't want that. I'll go check in the girl's dorm.

Hermione, quickly closed the book and hid it. She also had a plan. "I'm going to read your thoughts too Harry, see if you like it. Too bad Ron, doesn't have one of these books. Or he'd get the same thing." She whispered to herself. She knew that wouldn't go into the book since she said it out loud. Then a loud knock came from the door. And then a worried voice. "Herm? Are you in there?" Hermione walked over to the door and opened it. There stood Harry, looking down at her. Worried.

"Are you Ok?" he said. Hermione nodded. "We got really worried when you just disappeared. I hope you're not mad at us." He added. Hermione smiled. "No, I'm not mad. I mean, I know there are some things I would like to know, but I can't because they are BOY stuff. It's Ok." She said. Harry smiled. "Oh. Thanks. Well see you at dinner." Said Harry and he went down the stairs. Hermione took the book and read:

She was there. But something's not right. She seemed calm. Too calm. Maybe she found out. No, that's impossible. Or is it? Aw, Potter, you're such a worrywart. You worry about her too much, she's ok. Or is it I have other feelings for Hermione? No, I'm just being stupid. I'm becoming paranoid, I worry about Ron, just as much as I worry about Herm. But…oh, I'm so confused. I'll forget about it, inventing some new ways to die. Herm, cutting my head off with a blunt ax isn't such a bad idea, Professor Trelawney would like that.

And with that Hermione whispered. "Now I am definitely going to read this every night.
And at that same moment Harry whispered "Maybe, I can find out something about Herm in the book. I'm reading it every night."