Hermione woke up just before they alarm bells started tolling. She thought back to her strange conversation with Harry the previous night. He seemed genuinely worried.

"Hermione, everyone is so different, it's like we all left last year as children, and now we're-"

"Even more childish." She had cut him off.

She was still missing things from her memory, and this was very frustrating. She sat in her bed, hugging her knees to her chest. A photo of her, Ron and Harry, that had been taken by Mr. Weasly with his new "muggle camera" sat on her nightstand. Picking it up, she noticed for the first time just how young they looked. Ron with his bowl cut, Harry with his acne, and her with huge teeth. They looked so immature and so innocent. They all seemed to be laughing about something, but Hermione couldn't remember what. Looking in the background of the photo, she could see trees and a small shed, as though they were in someone's backyard.

She was startled by a knock on her door. "C-come in!" She called.

In walked Ron's younger sister. "Hermione! Can't you hear the bells? They don't stop until everyone is out of bed!" Hermione shrugged. Ginny rolled her eyes. "I came to see if you wanted to walk down with me, I need some help with Arithmancy, and you're the smartest person I know!"

Hermione stopped, she stared at Ginny. "Are you the one person who is more forgetful than me?" She asked.

"I think that's Neville." Ginny said, pretending to sound thoughtful. "But, what are you talking about?"

It was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes. "Ginny, I can barely remember anything from last year, much less some math lesson!" Ginny froze, and immediately began to blush.

"I'm sorry Hermione! I totally forgot!" She said hurriedly.

Hermione smiled, "don't worry about it; you're not the only one who does it!" She said finally getting off of her bed. Within the next three seconds the bells stopped. She quickly changed out of her pajamas into her school robes. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail, something she couldn't do the year before, and applied some mascara. Then she and Ginny headed down to breakfast. Neither of them noticed the sobbing figure in the commons room.