Harry and Ron wore sitting in the usual compartment waiting to see if Canny had found Hermione. Harry was sitting down looking relaxed, Ron was pacing back and fourth looking rather worried.

''Ron sit down mate she'll be here.'' Harry said hopping to get ron to sit down ''you she would never miss the first day back to school.''

Ro who was still pacing gave a nerves laugh and finally sat down saying nothing. It had been hard on him over the summer not knowing if she was alright or hurt or lose he didn't know. Hermione was his friends, his best friend other than Harry. He couldn't imagine her not in his life.

Than the door to the compartment swung open, Ginny was standing before with a big smile on her little freckled face.

''Ginny hey any luck?'' said Harry

''yes did you find her?'' said ron very fast.

She moved in side the compartment and sat down next to Harry reveling a very different looking Hermione, not the Hermione they remembered last year. She had no feeling in her face. Her eyes seemed so hollow and empty. She had grow thinner . Her went past her waist but she had it up in a messy bun with little strands falling in her face, but it was not brown and bushy anymore it was straight and jet black. Her face was very pale with really no color to it, she had dark black eye liner on. She was wearing all black clothing, tight black boot cut pants, black boots, a short sleeve black shirt that said ''I'M nOt hErE I aM eLse WhEre'' in blood red writing and under that black fish net like sleeves. She had gained a few more ear rings in her ears and a nose ring.

Ron and Harry just stared at her like she was a stranger. They all stood in salience for a few seconds, felt like forever to Hermione, until Ginny cleared her throat and jabbed Harry very hard in the side. He quickly got up realizing what he was doing and walked over to her hugged her very tightly.

"Mione I'm sorry, you just look so different how are you ." Harry said as he let her go from his grip." " why haven't you written us all summer, are you ok."

She was looking rather sad and confused. She did not want to tell them how bad her summer had been. How her mum fall ill and could die. How her father did horrible things to her. Would not let her contact her friends.

''Calm down Harry I'm fine.'' she said hopping he would by it.

'' Harry, love back off and let the girl breathe, ok.'' Ginny said pulling Harry away from Hermione, seeing her face and sitting him down next to her.

Hermione was thankful to Ginny, she did not need a hundred questions right now. Than she turned to look at Ron.

''Hi Ron.'' she said not sure how he would react.

Ron who was just looking at her, his eyes full of questions and confusion.

Just stood up walked over to her looked her up and down one more time before wrapping her up into the biggest hug of her life.

'' Hermione I have………..missed you so much.'' ron said whispering in her ear.

Ron had grown much taller now, he was even taller than Harry now and muscular too. He heed her for a good five minutes letting her go. They sat down in the seats across from Ginny and Harry. Hermione felt odd, it was so quiet she didn't know what to tell them, but ron broke the salient by asking the one thing she did not want to her.

'' Mione please tell me why have you not wrote to us turning the summer.'' Ron said sounding disparate. '' I have really been worried about you, I was not sure if that thing with Krum hurt you so much that you stopped talking to anyone. I swear I should have killed him for what he did to you." Ron said he ears turning pink.

Hermione looked rather shocked had how worried ron was.

'' I'm sorry I didn't write you guys, my mum was ill and I had been taken of her." Hermione said trying sound worried and cheery at the same time.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

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