***O.k. guys next chapter is here! Yay, I hear you all scream! Lol Anyway hope you all liked the last one, now enough chit chat and on with the story!***

Chapter Two: Stars and Snacks

There it was, the Mirror of Erised, I've heard of it before but I've never actually seen it. Its beautiful. I walked up to it and brushed my hand over the side. I stop when I see what the reflection is. Its, me and Harry, and Harry has his arms around me. Were smiling at each other, and now he's, he's kissing me! If only that were real. I sigh and look down at my feet, knowing that will never happen. I turn around and look at Harry. He's staring at the mirror, apparently mesmerised by whatever it is that he see's. He smiles to himself. Suddenly he snaps back to reality and takes out the piece of parchment out of his robe pocket.

"Hermione, look at this, the next clue is appearing!" he says excited.

I smile at him and walk over to where he is standing. I look down at the piece of parchment he has in his hands, and watch as the letters of the next clue suddenly appear. Once they are all there, I read it out loud.

'If a man carried my burden, he would break his back. I am not rich, but leave silver in my track.
What am I?'

After I had finished reading the clue I looked up at Harry. He was smiling at me. He knew the answer.

"Any idea's?" I asked.

"Certainly" he replied.

"Well then. What is it, tell me!" I pestered.

"A snail, and we feed the plants in Greenhouse 4 snails, don't we?" he said, happy that he got the answer.

"You're a genius!" I said hugging him.

He laughed and grabbed my hand.

"Come on then, we can do this last clue before we have to be back in the common room, then we can continue first thing tomorrow, o.k.?" he asked.

"Sure, sounds great!" I said smiling up at him.

We left the Room of Requirement and headed down to Greenhouse 4. It was starting to get dark, so we decided to be as quick as we could. We entered Greenhouse 4 and shut the door. No sooner had we done so, when the next clue began to appear.

'At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen'

"This is a tough one" I said.

"I know"

"Why, don't we go back to the common room and try to figure it out, that way we can get something to eat and get some rest ready to carry on tomorrow?" I suggested.

"Great idea Mione" said Harry smiling.

I took his hand and together we walked back up the Gryffindor tower, letting our hands go before entering. Surprisingly, the common room was empty from what it normally was at this time of night. We walked over to the couch and Harry sat down. While I walked over to the window, trying to figure out the next clue. I repeated it over and over in my mind, until Harry broke my train of thought.

"I'm gonna head down to the kitchens to get us something to eat, o.k.?" he said standing up.

"O.k. Harry see you in a bit" I said without turning around.

I heard the portrait hole close behind him as he left the room. What was the answer to the clue? I looked up to the night sky for some inspiration, when I realised what it was, stars! They come at night without being fetched and they are lost when the sunlight comes in the morning! I smiled to myself proud that I had worked it out, the only problem was, which star was it? I wandered over to the couch and plopped down. I opened my copy of Stars and Their Origins and began to read. I could feel my eyelids drooping, I was really tired. I carried on reading none the less, determined to find out which star it was before morning so we could carry on with the hunt. I must have fallen asleep as the next thing I remember was being awoken by Harry.

"Mione, wake up, I brought you something to eat, Mione" said Harry gently.

"Just five more minutes mum!" I shouted back not realising that I was in Hogwarts and not at home.

"Mione, wake up Mione" asked Harry again.

"Not yet, come back later!" I replied.

"Hermione Ann Granger! You're late for class!" shouted Harry.

My eyes flickered open immediately. I jumped off the couch and began to run around the common room frantically. I stopped and turned to face Harry when I realised he was laughing.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER! YOU ARE SO GONNA GET IT NOW!" I screamed at him.

"You have to catch me first!" he replied beginning to run around the room.

"Don't you worry I will!"

I chased after him but gave up in the end, he was to quick for me.

"Oh, I give up!" I said sitting back down on the couch.

"Yay! I win!" he shouted and beated his fists against his chest.

He sat down beside me and I punched him playfully in the arm. He smiled at me and I picked up my book that I had dropped on the floor.

"I've worked out the answer but I don't know which one it is" I said turning to face Harry.

"What do you mean?" he asked confused.

"The answer to the riddle is stars, but I don't know which one it is" I said.

"Maybe it's the north star, I mean it is the brightest star in the sky" he replied.

"Lets see, hand me the parchment please" I asked.

Harry dug out the parchment from inside his robe pocket. I took it off him and walked over to the window. I looked around at the sky until I found the north star. I held the map up to it and instantly the next clue appeared.

"Harry, you're amazing! It was the north star!" I said running over to him to give him another hug.

"I aim to please!" he replied as he responded to the hug.

I pulled back and looked him in the eye.

"I'm going to bed Harry, I'm really tired"

"What about your food?" he said pointing to the snacks on the table.

I walked over and picked up a few biscuits and a drink. I smiled at him again as I walked up the stairs to the girls dormitories.

A/N: That's the end of this chapter guys! Sorry its taken me son long to update but I had writers block. Thanks for all you ideas and yes a few of them I will use in my story! Please, please review and no flames! Thanks!

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