Later that day Mrs Weasley and Ginny headed off to Diagon Alley, Harry and the Weasley boys played Quidditch and Hermione sat and read Hogwarts: A History for the hundredth time.
The rest of the summer went extremely fast soon it was the night before they all returned to Hogwarts, everyone was fed, packed and snuggled into bed.
The next morning a frantic looking Mrs Weasley awaked Harry. He and Ron dressed sleepily and stumbled downstairs to breakfast. They were greeted by sleepy looking Weasleys and an anxious looking Hermione. He and Ron sat down, he smiled at Hermione who was watching him intensely and began shovelling down breakfast.
An hour later they were all running through Kings Cross towards the wall between Platform 9 and 10.
"All right Ginny, you first!" Mrs Weasley puffed.
Ginny disappeared through the wall followed by Mr and Mrs Weasley, Ron, Hermione and Harry.
Saying goodbye to Mr and Mrs Weasley, the four students boarded the red Hogwarts Express engine.
After waving goodbye to Mrs and Mr Weasley until they disappeared, Hermione gave Harry a small nudge in the back.
"Come on let's get an empty compartment."
They found one at the end of the train, after settling in and changing into their Hogwarts uniforms, Hermione rose from her seat, pulling Ron up with her.
"We've got a Prefects meeting" Ron grumbled.
"We'll try to get out of it early Harry" Hermione added.
Ron looked shocked, "Hermione are you feeling all right?"
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" She asked impatiently.
"It's just, you never ever want to miss any part of a Prefects meeting!" Ron answered.
"Oh, shut-up Ron!" Hermione snapped glaring at him, "let's just go! Bye Harry" she added flashing Harry a smile as she dragged Ron out of the compartment.
Now Harry was completely alone, Ginny had gone to visit her boyfriend. So Harry decided to experiment with the Dumbledore's mirror.
He pulled the silver, emerald-encrusted mirror and twisted it in his hand, then looked into the glass.
"OK, here goes nothing, Ron!" He told the mirror.
Almost immediately the glass fogged, then cleared and revealed a clear view of Ron, heading resting on his left hand, yawing sleepily and vaguely listening to the Head Boy and Girl.
"Ron!" Came Hermione's hissing voice as she entered the picture nudging Ron and glaring at him fiercely as she rose from her chair.
Harry chuckled, "clear" he told the mirror and it obeyed it returned to the state of a normal mirror.
"Harry!" Hermione suddenly appeared at the door.
"Hermione? Why aren't you at the Prefects meeting? And." He looked around, "where's Ron?"
"Well, the Heads told me I could leave, but Ron had to stay because he hasn't been paying attention in past meetings" Hermione mumbled.
"Yeah I know" Harry smiled.
"How?" She asked taking a seat beside him.
"Arh, this" he answered showing her the mirror.
"Harry! You're not meant to use it unless it's an emergency!" Hermione said in her matter-of-fact tone.
"Calm down Hermione! I was just testing it" Harry smiled.
"Fine" she said.
"Are you going to test yours?" Harry asked.
"I.I will" Hermione answered biting her lower lip.
"There's no need to be afraid Hermione" Harry said softly practically reading her mind.
"I guess I just think if I don't use it, there will be no need to" Hermione said.
"Hermione, no matter what you do, you will eventually have to use the mirror" Harry said, "and I'll always be here for you" he reassured her.
"Thanks Harry"
"Anytime Hermione" Harry said and they both smiled.
"Oh, look the famous Harry Potter had replaced his ex with his Mudblood friend!" Came the fimilar cold, drawling voice.
Draco Malfoy and his two goons Crabbe and Goyle stood at the compartment door smirking.
"Shut-up Malfoy!" Hermione called jumping to her feet, wand in hand.
"A shocked Harry, did as his friend hafd done, "now go!" he growled.
A frightened looking Malfoy stumbled away his goons trailing him.
"What was that all about?" Ron who had just entered the compartment asked.
"Oh nothing, nothing at all" Harry said and he and Hermione exchanged amused smiles.
"What?" Ron said looking from Harry to Hermione and back again.
"Oh, just Malfoy being a git!" Harry answered.
"And some double wand power, by the look of it!" Ron quoted seeing that both of his friends were replacing their wands into their robes.
"Yeah, I guess" Hermione smiled sitting back down.
"So, how was the meeting?" Harry asked, sitting next to Hermione.
"As boring as ever!" Ron exclaimed.
"Ron!" Hermione groaned.