Authors Note: Thank you soooooo much for all of you guys who reviewed!!! It means a lot to me -*tear*- Anyways, I'll definitely take into consideration what you guys said. I love you all! (Special Thank You's to child-of-the- dawn and rocketsolarcat)

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~*Chapter Two*~

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This Is Just the Beginning

Harry was sitting in the Gryffindor common room when he heard the picture swing open. Not knowing whom it was, he quickly grabbed the paper that he was writing on and stuffed it clumsily into his pocket. He stood up and turned around, to see Ron and Hermione walking up to him. He half smiled.

"Hey Harry, what are you doing?" Ron asked as he sat down next to Hermione on the couch.

"Uh, well, I'm just getting in some extra homework." That was all Harry could come up with. Hermione snorted, obviously not believing him.

"Would you like me to check it over?" Hermione asked, with a faint smirk on her face. Harry grimaced.

"Oh, no. That's ok. Besides, I'm not even done yet." Harry started to think to him self. 'Really, how lame can I get? I need to get away, before I do something stupid.'

Hermione raised her eyebrows. "Ok, suit yourself. I don't know about you guys, but I am REALLY tired, so I'm going to go up to my room to get some rest. I'll see you guys later."

Hermione walked off, with both Harry and Ron's eyes following her every move. As she shut her door, Ron was the first one to talk.

"So Harry, what were you REALLY doing?" Apparently, Ron hadn't believed him either.

"Uh, I told you already, homework! Gees, you have to be so critical sometimes. And besides, I, I agree with Hermione. I'm going to go get some sleep." Harry walked off, leaving Ron in the common room alone.

"Fine, leave me here. All alone!" Ron yelled. Ron looked down to see a paper just lying there on the floor. "Wait, Harry, you forgot your homework!" But Harry was long gone. "It must have fallen out of his pocket."

Ron opened the crumpled up letter, taking care not to rip it in half or anything. He opened it up, and tried to figure out what Harry had been doing. But the letter hadn't had time to dry, so almost all of the words were blurred and unreadable. This is what Ron read:

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Dear Hermione,

I ---------- to talk ---------- something. ------- keeping ------ you for a while ---. I don't ------------ this, but ---------- best. I

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"Hmmm, he must have stopped when we walked in. I wonder what this letter says? I'll just have to go to the library to get a spell to get those missing words back."

Ron ran to the library, not looking back to see Hermione watching him.

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More Authors Notes: Ok! End of this chapter! I know that this isn't that long, but it's longer then the first chapter, so I'm getting better! Anyways, like I said before, special thanks to rocketsolarcat and child-of- the-dawn! You guys were a lot of help!
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