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A/N: I got a reviewer! Yay! Now the chapters will be slowly getting longer, if anyone else comes. Hermione's thoughts "Regular talking"
Annie Took: Wow. Thanks. Do you really like it? Ha, now you know, it wasn't a ring.
The group slowly set out; each group of a different year going in a different direction, as they all had different things to get. Hermione, Ron, & Harry had all decided to only take what they usually took this year. Strangely enough, in Hermione & Harry's letters, Dumbledore had written a PS, something he almost never did. It said something about them taking special extra courses. Neither of them knew what it meant at all though. Harry, like Hermione, had been made a Gryffindor Prefect, but sadly, Ron didn't make the cut.
"Hmm, let's see what to get first," Hermione said, looking at her list.
"Let's go to Flourish & Blotts, it looks like we have a bunch of new books," Harry said, also taking out his list & looking at it.
Indeed, they did have quite a few more books than normal. They needed Standard Book of Spells: Grade 5, Advanced Potions, Dark Magical Creatures & How to Deal With Them, The Advanced Book of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Elements of Life & Death, Advanced Herbology, The Beginners Book of Apparation, Year 5 Transfiguration, & about 4 others. So, the trio wearily made their way to Flourish & Blotts, not wanting the extra heavy load they would be carrying when they left. The tiny bell on the door rang softly when Hermione, Harry, & Ron entered. After much searching & grabbing, they finally had all the books they needed.
"Gee, I love to study, but isn't this a bit much?" Hermione asked herself.
"Where to next boss?" Ron questioned jokingly to Harry.
"Looks like we'd better go to the Apothecary now, we wouldn't want Ol' Snapey to get mad at us for forgetting our Potions ingredients, would we?" Harry said with a grin.
"Ol' Snapey?" Hermione said incredulously.
"Just kidding, just kidding Herms," Harry said, now his grin widening.
"Humph," Hermione grunted. She grinned a little. "You better be. If you weren't, I think I'd have to inform 'Ol' Snapey' that you've gone mad. Maybe then, you could run off to the mental farm together," Hermione said, her grin getting as wide as Harry's did.
"Oh, cut it out you two. Let's get a move on," Ron said, cutting in.
"Fine. To the Apothecary then."
They trudged out the door of Flourish & Blotts to go to the Apothecary. The usual stench of all the different potion ingredients immediately filled their nostrils the second they stepped through the door. Hermione tried to get her ingredients as fast as possible so she could pay & get out. Harry & Ron apparently had the same idea, because they managed to get in & out within 10 minutes.
"Finally, I thought we would never get out of that stink room. It smells worse than that old pair of Uncle Vernon's socks that I have! And that's saying a lot," Harry exclaimed once they were out.
"Yeah I know," Hermione said.
They rest of the day passed quickly, each getting a new dress robe & several other items that they needed for school. Harry had informed them that he would be staying at the Leaky Cauldron for the rest of the summer, his aunt & uncle were infuriated, Uncle Vernon had just lost his job, & they took it out on Harry.
"That's why I'm so cut & bruised. But I don't want to talk about it now," Harry explained.
At about 5:30, they all met back at Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Parlor for a quick ice cream then Hermione had to leave. Mrs. Weasley chatted about all the new happenings at the Ministry to whoever would listen. Fred & George were having a hushed conversation about who knows what (A/N: I bet Harry does), Harry & Ron were talking about, who could have guessed, Quidditch, & of course Hermione & Ginny talked about boys & the latest fashions. Six o'clock came only too fast, & Hermione had to leave Harry & the Weasleys. Mrs. Weasley said that they would be off to the Ministry soon to visit Percy & Mr. Weasley if they could.
"So, honey, how are all of your little friends doing?" Mrs. Granger asked when she got in the car.
"Oh, they're fine," Hermione said dully. Except for the fact that his only family has savagely beaten Harry, they're just great. Hermione added in her thoughts. I wonder how Harry is doing back at the Leaky Cauldron. Suddenly, she fell into that trace-like state again. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Harry was stretched out on his bed in the Leaky Cauldron, staring up at the ceiling. He looked rather uncomfortable. From all the cuts & bruises on his back, it was no wonder why. Weird. I can see Harry again. Suddenly, Harry sat up quickly. He looked around the room suspiciously, like he was trying to find someone, but apparently he couldn't see them, so he lay back down. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Hermione snapped back out of her trance. That's the second time I've done that. What's wrong with me?
A/N: I got a reviewer! Yay! Now the chapters will be slowly getting longer, if anyone else comes. Hermione's thoughts "Regular talking"
Annie Took: Wow. Thanks. Do you really like it? Ha, now you know, it wasn't a ring.
The group slowly set out; each group of a different year going in a different direction, as they all had different things to get. Hermione, Ron, & Harry had all decided to only take what they usually took this year. Strangely enough, in Hermione & Harry's letters, Dumbledore had written a PS, something he almost never did. It said something about them taking special extra courses. Neither of them knew what it meant at all though. Harry, like Hermione, had been made a Gryffindor Prefect, but sadly, Ron didn't make the cut.
"Hmm, let's see what to get first," Hermione said, looking at her list.
"Let's go to Flourish & Blotts, it looks like we have a bunch of new books," Harry said, also taking out his list & looking at it.
Indeed, they did have quite a few more books than normal. They needed Standard Book of Spells: Grade 5, Advanced Potions, Dark Magical Creatures & How to Deal With Them, The Advanced Book of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Elements of Life & Death, Advanced Herbology, The Beginners Book of Apparation, Year 5 Transfiguration, & about 4 others. So, the trio wearily made their way to Flourish & Blotts, not wanting the extra heavy load they would be carrying when they left. The tiny bell on the door rang softly when Hermione, Harry, & Ron entered. After much searching & grabbing, they finally had all the books they needed.
"Gee, I love to study, but isn't this a bit much?" Hermione asked herself.
"Where to next boss?" Ron questioned jokingly to Harry.
"Looks like we'd better go to the Apothecary now, we wouldn't want Ol' Snapey to get mad at us for forgetting our Potions ingredients, would we?" Harry said with a grin.
"Ol' Snapey?" Hermione said incredulously.
"Just kidding, just kidding Herms," Harry said, now his grin widening.
"Humph," Hermione grunted. She grinned a little. "You better be. If you weren't, I think I'd have to inform 'Ol' Snapey' that you've gone mad. Maybe then, you could run off to the mental farm together," Hermione said, her grin getting as wide as Harry's did.
"Oh, cut it out you two. Let's get a move on," Ron said, cutting in.
"Fine. To the Apothecary then."
They trudged out the door of Flourish & Blotts to go to the Apothecary. The usual stench of all the different potion ingredients immediately filled their nostrils the second they stepped through the door. Hermione tried to get her ingredients as fast as possible so she could pay & get out. Harry & Ron apparently had the same idea, because they managed to get in & out within 10 minutes.
"Finally, I thought we would never get out of that stink room. It smells worse than that old pair of Uncle Vernon's socks that I have! And that's saying a lot," Harry exclaimed once they were out.
"Yeah I know," Hermione said.
They rest of the day passed quickly, each getting a new dress robe & several other items that they needed for school. Harry had informed them that he would be staying at the Leaky Cauldron for the rest of the summer, his aunt & uncle were infuriated, Uncle Vernon had just lost his job, & they took it out on Harry.
"That's why I'm so cut & bruised. But I don't want to talk about it now," Harry explained.
At about 5:30, they all met back at Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Parlor for a quick ice cream then Hermione had to leave. Mrs. Weasley chatted about all the new happenings at the Ministry to whoever would listen. Fred & George were having a hushed conversation about who knows what (A/N: I bet Harry does), Harry & Ron were talking about, who could have guessed, Quidditch, & of course Hermione & Ginny talked about boys & the latest fashions. Six o'clock came only too fast, & Hermione had to leave Harry & the Weasleys. Mrs. Weasley said that they would be off to the Ministry soon to visit Percy & Mr. Weasley if they could.
"So, honey, how are all of your little friends doing?" Mrs. Granger asked when she got in the car.
"Oh, they're fine," Hermione said dully. Except for the fact that his only family has savagely beaten Harry, they're just great. Hermione added in her thoughts. I wonder how Harry is doing back at the Leaky Cauldron. Suddenly, she fell into that trace-like state again. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Harry was stretched out on his bed in the Leaky Cauldron, staring up at the ceiling. He looked rather uncomfortable. From all the cuts & bruises on his back, it was no wonder why. Weird. I can see Harry again. Suddenly, Harry sat up quickly. He looked around the room suspiciously, like he was trying to find someone, but apparently he couldn't see them, so he lay back down. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Hermione snapped back out of her trance. That's the second time I've done that. What's wrong with me?