"Ughhh" Hermione sighed. " Ron, can't we talk about something other
then the nomes that are in your garden at your mum's house!'
"So you were listening" he said with a chuckle.
"Ugggghhhh!" she moaned once more. "Yes. I sadly was listening.
"There are nomes in your mum's garden. They 've always been there.
They 're taking over the house. Your mum wants you to help her get them out,
but you would have to miss the show down at the Three Broomsticks.
They 're ugly little creatures-YES I HEARD THE WHOLE BLOODY THING!!!"
she yelled so loud that others in the ice cream parlor turned around.
"I can't wait to go back to Hogwarts" she mumbled.
The rest of the time it was silent, finishing they're ice cream sundays.
Hermione stared out the window when they were done.It was so dark outside.
There wasn't a star in the sky-just black "I need to go-and you,
she started, you Obviously need to help you dear mum with those nomes."
She got her purse and headed out the door, leaving Ron.
He was getting even more annoying by the day.
She walked all the way home. The cold night air made her breath puff
out in tiny clouds. She her scarf around her nose. It was late, and
she wanted to get home.Paranoia came over her at one point, sending
chills down her spine, and she found herself runnung as fast as she could.
Ron's boring conversation lingered in her head. They were still going out,
but things were getting stale. She had grown up, during part of her summer.
She found herself looking in the mirror more, and accually straightening
her hair. She accually thought she looked good, and was pround she grew up.
But Ron wasn't that way. He looked good, but he wasn't as mature as her.
She didn't make a big deal over it though. Ron was..well, Ron. When
she got to her door,she opened it very qietly. She knew her mother
would not like it if she awoke to find Hermione just coming home at
1 O' clock.She usually could stay out this late, but her mom had made
her promise to come home early tonight. Hermione didn't know why.
She tip-toed up the stairs and into her room.
She changed into her pajamas, and tucked herself in bed.
There was something wrong about how the house felt-then she reconized
this feeling. It was the feeling of her dorm when she had just moved
in at Hogwarts in her first year. Empty.
The wind howled outside, and she was pretty sure that it was raining.
She put on her robe, and opened her bedroom door again. She looked down
the hallway, which was dark, and shadowed.The darkness was as thick as
fog, and lumed over her head.Hermione stepped out of her
room and suddenly, a large bang, a crash, then a flash of lightning
flashed through the windows of the hall. The shadows danced, and flashed
before her.
"Ahhhh!" she shrieked. She relized it was just a storm coming in.
She waited for her parents to dash out of they're bedroom door to
comfort her, like they did when she was a child. Nope. No one came,
and her heart sank even lower.Did they hear me? she wondered.
Were they made at me for coming in late, and didn't bother to come?-no, they're no
like that. They love me.
A flash of lightning shown through the hall windows again, and she gave
out a little whimper. She just stood there,halfway out of her room, and
thought. It took a while before Hermione convinced herself that it was
just a storm, her parentsjust didn't hear her, and that nothing was
wrong tonight. She slowly, and quietly walked down the hall, which
seemed to get longer, and longer as she walked.
She took a deep, shakey breath, and walked on. She got to the light
switch, and flicked it on-which did not work. The power was out. "Darn"
she whispered to herself. She walked slowly to her parent's room.
She knocked quietly. The lightning flashed again. "Mum...Pa? she
whispered. Unable to get the words to come out any louder. She knocked
again. Hermione turned the knob-locked. "Mum?" she said, her vioce shaking.
She breathed heavy now. She was about to turn, and go back to her room, but there
was a strange clicking noise from down stairs. She walked slowly down
every step, and peeked around the corner to look into
the kitchen. All she saw was black. She stumbled cabibet to cabinet,
and finally found the flashlight.
"Phhew" she said, happy it worked. The storm started to get worse.
She tip-toed to the living room. Finally, with her flashlight, she
headed back upstairs. She knocked on her mom's door one more time-no
answer.
She went into her room, and tucked herself in to bed. She was scared.
She drifted off to sleep, only to be awoke many times by thunder, and
the flash of lightning. "I can not stand this" she said, getting up.
"What is going on?" She ran back to her parent's room. This time, it
was unlocked.She tried to flip on the lights, and suprisingly it worked.
But no one was in the room. The bed was made, and there was clothes
laid out, but no one was there.
Hermione started to get mad, rather than scared. She ran down stairs,
switched on the lights, and ran outside, in nothing but her robe.
"Honey, what are you doing outside in nothing but a robe?" a familiar
vioce called.
'How-Uh!-I can't believe you would play tricks on me!' she screamed to her mom.
'Whats going on?" her father said smiling, coming up from the basement.
'You had me scared stiff-' she tried to go on, but her mother interupted her.
'Now, her mom said, putting an arm over her,'You know how we feel when your not home."
Hermione smiled. 'Sorry mum'' she said. 'So this was all a trick?'
'No,' her father said. "Just good timing'
"What?" Hermione said confussed.
Hermiones mom hugged her. 'The lights went off, and your father and I
went to fix them'Her father came over to her. "Then we saw you sneaking
in, and thought we'd teach you a lesson'Hermione pushed her hair out of
her eyes, and for the first time in her life, felt stupid.
'wait,' Hermione said, still confussed. 'How did you get the door to
lock, then unlock?'Her mom and Dad looked at each other. Hermione saw
the nervous look in her mom's eyes.Something was going on.
'Hermione, why don't you go to bed' her Dad said. He went in the house.
'Mom?' Hermione said. 'Why did you want me home early tonight?'
Her mother looked at her, then put a arm over her shoulder.
'Come, lets get you to bed'
Hermione was to tired to argue. She went in her bed and fell fast
asleep.
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then the nomes that are in your garden at your mum's house!'
"So you were listening" he said with a chuckle.
"Ugggghhhh!" she moaned once more. "Yes. I sadly was listening.
"There are nomes in your mum's garden. They 've always been there.
They 're taking over the house. Your mum wants you to help her get them out,
but you would have to miss the show down at the Three Broomsticks.
They 're ugly little creatures-YES I HEARD THE WHOLE BLOODY THING!!!"
she yelled so loud that others in the ice cream parlor turned around.
"I can't wait to go back to Hogwarts" she mumbled.
The rest of the time it was silent, finishing they're ice cream sundays.
Hermione stared out the window when they were done.It was so dark outside.
There wasn't a star in the sky-just black "I need to go-and you,
she started, you Obviously need to help you dear mum with those nomes."
She got her purse and headed out the door, leaving Ron.
He was getting even more annoying by the day.
She walked all the way home. The cold night air made her breath puff
out in tiny clouds. She her scarf around her nose. It was late, and
she wanted to get home.Paranoia came over her at one point, sending
chills down her spine, and she found herself runnung as fast as she could.
Ron's boring conversation lingered in her head. They were still going out,
but things were getting stale. She had grown up, during part of her summer.
She found herself looking in the mirror more, and accually straightening
her hair. She accually thought she looked good, and was pround she grew up.
But Ron wasn't that way. He looked good, but he wasn't as mature as her.
She didn't make a big deal over it though. Ron was..well, Ron. When
she got to her door,she opened it very qietly. She knew her mother
would not like it if she awoke to find Hermione just coming home at
1 O' clock.She usually could stay out this late, but her mom had made
her promise to come home early tonight. Hermione didn't know why.
She tip-toed up the stairs and into her room.
She changed into her pajamas, and tucked herself in bed.
There was something wrong about how the house felt-then she reconized
this feeling. It was the feeling of her dorm when she had just moved
in at Hogwarts in her first year. Empty.
The wind howled outside, and she was pretty sure that it was raining.
She put on her robe, and opened her bedroom door again. She looked down
the hallway, which was dark, and shadowed.The darkness was as thick as
fog, and lumed over her head.Hermione stepped out of her
room and suddenly, a large bang, a crash, then a flash of lightning
flashed through the windows of the hall. The shadows danced, and flashed
before her.
"Ahhhh!" she shrieked. She relized it was just a storm coming in.
She waited for her parents to dash out of they're bedroom door to
comfort her, like they did when she was a child. Nope. No one came,
and her heart sank even lower.Did they hear me? she wondered.
Were they made at me for coming in late, and didn't bother to come?-no, they're no
like that. They love me.
A flash of lightning shown through the hall windows again, and she gave
out a little whimper. She just stood there,halfway out of her room, and
thought. It took a while before Hermione convinced herself that it was
just a storm, her parentsjust didn't hear her, and that nothing was
wrong tonight. She slowly, and quietly walked down the hall, which
seemed to get longer, and longer as she walked.
She took a deep, shakey breath, and walked on. She got to the light
switch, and flicked it on-which did not work. The power was out. "Darn"
she whispered to herself. She walked slowly to her parent's room.
She knocked quietly. The lightning flashed again. "Mum...Pa? she
whispered. Unable to get the words to come out any louder. She knocked
again. Hermione turned the knob-locked. "Mum?" she said, her vioce shaking.
She breathed heavy now. She was about to turn, and go back to her room, but there
was a strange clicking noise from down stairs. She walked slowly down
every step, and peeked around the corner to look into
the kitchen. All she saw was black. She stumbled cabibet to cabinet,
and finally found the flashlight.
"Phhew" she said, happy it worked. The storm started to get worse.
She tip-toed to the living room. Finally, with her flashlight, she
headed back upstairs. She knocked on her mom's door one more time-no
answer.
She went into her room, and tucked herself in to bed. She was scared.
She drifted off to sleep, only to be awoke many times by thunder, and
the flash of lightning. "I can not stand this" she said, getting up.
"What is going on?" She ran back to her parent's room. This time, it
was unlocked.She tried to flip on the lights, and suprisingly it worked.
But no one was in the room. The bed was made, and there was clothes
laid out, but no one was there.
Hermione started to get mad, rather than scared. She ran down stairs,
switched on the lights, and ran outside, in nothing but her robe.
"Honey, what are you doing outside in nothing but a robe?" a familiar
vioce called.
'How-Uh!-I can't believe you would play tricks on me!' she screamed to her mom.
'Whats going on?" her father said smiling, coming up from the basement.
'You had me scared stiff-' she tried to go on, but her mother interupted her.
'Now, her mom said, putting an arm over her,'You know how we feel when your not home."
Hermione smiled. 'Sorry mum'' she said. 'So this was all a trick?'
'No,' her father said. "Just good timing'
"What?" Hermione said confussed.
Hermiones mom hugged her. 'The lights went off, and your father and I
went to fix them'Her father came over to her. "Then we saw you sneaking
in, and thought we'd teach you a lesson'Hermione pushed her hair out of
her eyes, and for the first time in her life, felt stupid.
'wait,' Hermione said, still confussed. 'How did you get the door to
lock, then unlock?'Her mom and Dad looked at each other. Hermione saw
the nervous look in her mom's eyes.Something was going on.
'Hermione, why don't you go to bed' her Dad said. He went in the house.
'Mom?' Hermione said. 'Why did you want me home early tonight?'
Her mother looked at her, then put a arm over her shoulder.
'Come, lets get you to bed'
Hermione was to tired to argue. She went in her bed and fell fast
asleep.
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