Harry and Ron sat there totally dumbfounded for a few seconds then they got up to go find Hermione. Ron and Harry didn't see her in the hallways so they figured she had gone back up to the commons room. When they got there she was no where to be found, then Ron checked the Prefect's bedrooms and she wasn't there either. The library, of course that's where she would be, but she wasn't. They decided after about another half hour of searching that they would just wait for her in the commons room. After all sooner or later she would have to turn up there. So Ron and Harry sat down to play wizard's chess and to wait for Hermione, who finally arrived an hour later.

"Hey, where were you?" Ron asked as soon as Hermione walked in.

"I went for a walk, I needed to clear my head", Hermione responded. Then she picked up Hogwarts A History and sat down in a chair and began to read.

Ron was about to ask Hermione why she took off but Harry shot him a look and they resumed their game. About an hour later Harry yawned and looked at his watch and told Ron he was heading to bed, Ron followed leaving Hermione by herself.

"Harry why did you stop me?" Ron asked, "I wanted to ask Hermione why she took off like that. I wonder what's wrong, she isn't usually this quiet and she didn't bother us about studding and getting our homework done."

"I think we should leave her alone tonight, she seems really distracted and maybe she just needs some time to herself." Harry said, "Besides I think she'll tell us when she's ready. We'll talk to her tomorrow, Goodnight Ron."

"Yeah good night Harry", said Ron as he crawled in bed.

Hermione was just waiting for them to leave her alone, Finally they're gone Hermione thought as she got up and ran into her room and grabbed a parchment and a quill and began to write her Mum and Dad a letter.

Dear Mum and Dad,

How is every thing going at the convention? Everything is going well here at Hogwarts, I've finished all of my homework assigned for break and now I've begun reading ahead, and we have almost a whole week left. I figure at the rate I've been going I'll be at least a few days ahead. I've had a lot of spare time and I got to thinking about elementary school, I even dug out my old year book. Do you remember Amber Fremont? We used to be best friends, well any ways I was thinking about getting together with her this summer. I was hoping you knew where she lives, is she still on Sun Terrace? Well if you have anything to add to that I would really appreciate. Can't Wait to see both of you again. Hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Hermione

Then Hermione tied it and set it aside, she figured she would ask Harry if she could borrow Hedwig, she was sure he would let her, but just in case she knew she could use the school's owls. Finally at almost 1 in the morning Hermione went up to her room and began to get ready for bed. She lay awake for quite a while thinking about Amber and what she had done. Harry and Ron will probably want to know more about Amber, well I guess it's about time that I told them. I highly doubt they will agree with me, but they are my best friends they'll understand and with that Hermione closed her eyes and fell asleep.