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belongs to Dani.
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Harry was extremely confused. Hermione had just had her memory erased. She went straight to the hospital wing. Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, Hagrid and Madame Maxime came with Harry as he went to the hospital wing.
Harry was close to tears. He had just failed to protect one of his best friends because of his ego. He asked people not to worry about him, that he was going to be able to take care of himself. He didn't think about the people who he cared about. He hated himself. When he entered the hospital wing, he saw Hermione up and looking around her bed.
'Hermione! You're up!' He thought for a second that everything was okay. That it had been a joke about the spell. He was however wrong.
'Who's Hermione? And who are you? What am I doing here? Who am I? Why don't I know who I am?'
These words broke Harry's heart. She was completely clueless.
Dumbledore approached Hermione and he began to speak to her in the voice which calms any soul.
'My dear, you have lost your memory. Don't panic. We will help you remember everything. Meanwhile, may I ask you to trust us and just rest for now? All will be explained to you in time.' she nodded which meant she trusted Dumbledore. He turned to the others. 'If you would all be kind enough to leave Miss Granger alone for today, it would be very much appreciated.'
He sounded like he was making a normal speech but everyone took this seriously. They knew Hermione must be feeling lost now.
Harry was about to walk to the door when,
'Mr. Potter, would you please do your friend a favor and stay here for the night?' asked Dumbledore.
Harry's face lightened up. He was more than happy to. He nodded and Dumbledore left. He cautiously approached Hermione. She was having tears run down her face now. She turned to him and,
'Excuse me, can you tell me my name?' Harry was about to hug her tightly and break out in tears but he forced himself to stay strong. For her.
He smiled a weak smile. 'Your name is Hermione. Hermione Granger.'
'Hermione Granger, huh? That's very lovely.'
'Yes, it is.' he said, still trying to keep a straight face.
'And what's yours? You seem oddly familiar.'
'I'm Harry Potter. We were friends. Best friends.'
'Oh really?' I can see why we are. You're very friendly.... sorry but how old am I?'
He smiled again and said,' You're 15. You had your birthday on September 19th and it's Christmas today.'
Hermione looked sadly down. She managed to smile and she asked all kinds of things about herself. She found out everything Harry knew about her.
At around 3 in the morning, they were still talking.
'So you say this Voldemort is the most evil wizard in the world? And he's after you?' she asked intently.
'Yes. But he's also after Mudbloods.' (***Harry Potter saying "Mudblood"? Hmmmm.... I must ask Dani about that one***)
'My goodness.*YAWN*Excuse me.'
'That's alright. You'd better sleep now. It's pretty late.'
'Yeah, I think I will. Goodnight, Harry. I'm glad I was friends with you. And I'm glad to be your friend. *YAWN*'
'Goodnight.' he said with his weak smile.
She dozed off quite quickly. Harry now had the chance to cry but he didn't. Instead, he went over to Hermione and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead. He couldn't bring himself to leave her so he slept on a chair which he placed next to her bed. He didn't know it but when he was fast asleep, a single tear fell from his eye....
Harry awoke to find Hermione still asleep. She was sleeping like an angel, Harry thought. Then, he realized that he's been staring at her for more than 10 minutes now. He looked away and shook his head.
'Oh! I see that you are awake, dear boy.' said a voice behind him.
'Professor Dumbledore!'
'Yes. Well, how is Miss Granger?'
'She's fine. She asked me a lot of questions yesterday. I told her whatever she wanted to know.'
'Good, good.' said Dumbledore.
'Uh... Professor?'
'Yes, Harry?'
'Will Hermione ever get her memory back?'
'We can only hope, Harry. We can only hope.'
'Isn't there any way e can help her?'
'There is. But sadly, I can't tell you.'
'Why not, sir?'
'Only time will tell, Harry.'
Harry took this as a sign not to ask anymore questions. Professor Dumbledore left the hospital wing and asked Madam Pomfrey to let Harry stay.
He looked at Hermione and saw her slowly waking up.
'Good morning Harry.'
'Good morning Hermione.'
'Who? Oh, that's right, I'm Hermione.' she laughed one meaningful laugh and asked, 'Harry, this Ron person, is he my best friend as well?'
'Yeah. We three are the best of friends. We were ever since 1st year.' Harry stopped at this. For him, it brought back memories, for her, it didn't.
'I'm sorry Hermione, you haven't even seen Ron. I'll just stop now.'
'No, go on. Continue. I wanna hear more about my life. Only, can you give me a tour of Hog...warts?'
'Okay. I'll ask Madam Pomfrey if you can go out.'
'Thanks.'
Madam Pomfrey said it was okay, with signs of disagreement. They went down to the grounds and Harry showed her to the lake, the Quidditch pitch, the Great Hall, Gryffindor common room and all the classrooms. They were talking about everything and anything.
After their little tour, Harry showed her Hagrid's hut and re-introduced her to Hagrid. He had large drops of tears coming down his face and beard.
'Uh, Hagrid, Hermione's fine. You can let go of her now.' said Harry, slightly amused.
'Sorry. I jus' feel so sad. It was me fault yeh went down the grounds.'
'Don't be silly, Hagrid. I'm sure that whoever put this spell on me, must've known I knew something I wasn't supposed to.' said Hermione, her voice full of reassurance.
'Okay. If yeh say so.'
Harry remembered what Hermione was about to tell him the night before.
'Uh, Hermione, you don't mind if I get a look at your Diary? Maybe you wrote it down there.'
'That's a great idea, Harry! And I'm not even sure what I wrote so I won't feel embarrassed if someone read it.'
Harry went to the hospital wing. Hermione's things had been put there. He was followed by her in a minute.
'Ah ha! There it is.' exclaimed Harry. 'Good. Now, let's read it.' said Hermione.
Harry opened it with a huge grin on his face. It was however wiped off when he saw what was written in the book.
*******Hmmmmm... I could be mean and leave you with a cliffhanger, but I won't. Instead, I will just make you scroll down for a while.
*******Keep going you're almost there.
'There's nothing in it.' he said flatly.
'Oh no! What have I done?'
'No, no. You must've just put a password.'
'But that's impossible to know!'
'Looks like it'll take us weeks to figure it out.' he said sulkily.
'Awwww. So what do we do now?' she asked.
'Well, I should catch up on my homework and figure out what password you put here.'
'What do I do?'
'You will stay by me at all times just in case.'
'Okay, Harry. Be more than happy to.'
The Christmas holidays ended with still no progress on the password or Hermione's memory. And worst of all, today was the day Harry was going to explain to Ron what had happened.
*******Thanks for the reviews. Could use a little more, or Dani might make me stop! You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?
****** For any of you wondering why I put the * instead of A/N it's because I'm not the author! That's Dani! I'm just doing this as a favor to her.
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Harry was extremely confused. Hermione had just had her memory erased. She went straight to the hospital wing. Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, Hagrid and Madame Maxime came with Harry as he went to the hospital wing.
Harry was close to tears. He had just failed to protect one of his best friends because of his ego. He asked people not to worry about him, that he was going to be able to take care of himself. He didn't think about the people who he cared about. He hated himself. When he entered the hospital wing, he saw Hermione up and looking around her bed.
'Hermione! You're up!' He thought for a second that everything was okay. That it had been a joke about the spell. He was however wrong.
'Who's Hermione? And who are you? What am I doing here? Who am I? Why don't I know who I am?'
These words broke Harry's heart. She was completely clueless.
Dumbledore approached Hermione and he began to speak to her in the voice which calms any soul.
'My dear, you have lost your memory. Don't panic. We will help you remember everything. Meanwhile, may I ask you to trust us and just rest for now? All will be explained to you in time.' she nodded which meant she trusted Dumbledore. He turned to the others. 'If you would all be kind enough to leave Miss Granger alone for today, it would be very much appreciated.'
He sounded like he was making a normal speech but everyone took this seriously. They knew Hermione must be feeling lost now.
Harry was about to walk to the door when,
'Mr. Potter, would you please do your friend a favor and stay here for the night?' asked Dumbledore.
Harry's face lightened up. He was more than happy to. He nodded and Dumbledore left. He cautiously approached Hermione. She was having tears run down her face now. She turned to him and,
'Excuse me, can you tell me my name?' Harry was about to hug her tightly and break out in tears but he forced himself to stay strong. For her.
He smiled a weak smile. 'Your name is Hermione. Hermione Granger.'
'Hermione Granger, huh? That's very lovely.'
'Yes, it is.' he said, still trying to keep a straight face.
'And what's yours? You seem oddly familiar.'
'I'm Harry Potter. We were friends. Best friends.'
'Oh really?' I can see why we are. You're very friendly.... sorry but how old am I?'
He smiled again and said,' You're 15. You had your birthday on September 19th and it's Christmas today.'
Hermione looked sadly down. She managed to smile and she asked all kinds of things about herself. She found out everything Harry knew about her.
At around 3 in the morning, they were still talking.
'So you say this Voldemort is the most evil wizard in the world? And he's after you?' she asked intently.
'Yes. But he's also after Mudbloods.' (***Harry Potter saying "Mudblood"? Hmmmm.... I must ask Dani about that one***)
'My goodness.*YAWN*Excuse me.'
'That's alright. You'd better sleep now. It's pretty late.'
'Yeah, I think I will. Goodnight, Harry. I'm glad I was friends with you. And I'm glad to be your friend. *YAWN*'
'Goodnight.' he said with his weak smile.
She dozed off quite quickly. Harry now had the chance to cry but he didn't. Instead, he went over to Hermione and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead. He couldn't bring himself to leave her so he slept on a chair which he placed next to her bed. He didn't know it but when he was fast asleep, a single tear fell from his eye....
Harry awoke to find Hermione still asleep. She was sleeping like an angel, Harry thought. Then, he realized that he's been staring at her for more than 10 minutes now. He looked away and shook his head.
'Oh! I see that you are awake, dear boy.' said a voice behind him.
'Professor Dumbledore!'
'Yes. Well, how is Miss Granger?'
'She's fine. She asked me a lot of questions yesterday. I told her whatever she wanted to know.'
'Good, good.' said Dumbledore.
'Uh... Professor?'
'Yes, Harry?'
'Will Hermione ever get her memory back?'
'We can only hope, Harry. We can only hope.'
'Isn't there any way e can help her?'
'There is. But sadly, I can't tell you.'
'Why not, sir?'
'Only time will tell, Harry.'
Harry took this as a sign not to ask anymore questions. Professor Dumbledore left the hospital wing and asked Madam Pomfrey to let Harry stay.
He looked at Hermione and saw her slowly waking up.
'Good morning Harry.'
'Good morning Hermione.'
'Who? Oh, that's right, I'm Hermione.' she laughed one meaningful laugh and asked, 'Harry, this Ron person, is he my best friend as well?'
'Yeah. We three are the best of friends. We were ever since 1st year.' Harry stopped at this. For him, it brought back memories, for her, it didn't.
'I'm sorry Hermione, you haven't even seen Ron. I'll just stop now.'
'No, go on. Continue. I wanna hear more about my life. Only, can you give me a tour of Hog...warts?'
'Okay. I'll ask Madam Pomfrey if you can go out.'
'Thanks.'
Madam Pomfrey said it was okay, with signs of disagreement. They went down to the grounds and Harry showed her to the lake, the Quidditch pitch, the Great Hall, Gryffindor common room and all the classrooms. They were talking about everything and anything.
After their little tour, Harry showed her Hagrid's hut and re-introduced her to Hagrid. He had large drops of tears coming down his face and beard.
'Uh, Hagrid, Hermione's fine. You can let go of her now.' said Harry, slightly amused.
'Sorry. I jus' feel so sad. It was me fault yeh went down the grounds.'
'Don't be silly, Hagrid. I'm sure that whoever put this spell on me, must've known I knew something I wasn't supposed to.' said Hermione, her voice full of reassurance.
'Okay. If yeh say so.'
Harry remembered what Hermione was about to tell him the night before.
'Uh, Hermione, you don't mind if I get a look at your Diary? Maybe you wrote it down there.'
'That's a great idea, Harry! And I'm not even sure what I wrote so I won't feel embarrassed if someone read it.'
Harry went to the hospital wing. Hermione's things had been put there. He was followed by her in a minute.
'Ah ha! There it is.' exclaimed Harry. 'Good. Now, let's read it.' said Hermione.
Harry opened it with a huge grin on his face. It was however wiped off when he saw what was written in the book.
*******Hmmmmm... I could be mean and leave you with a cliffhanger, but I won't. Instead, I will just make you scroll down for a while.
*******Keep going you're almost there.
'There's nothing in it.' he said flatly.
'Oh no! What have I done?'
'No, no. You must've just put a password.'
'But that's impossible to know!'
'Looks like it'll take us weeks to figure it out.' he said sulkily.
'Awwww. So what do we do now?' she asked.
'Well, I should catch up on my homework and figure out what password you put here.'
'What do I do?'
'You will stay by me at all times just in case.'
'Okay, Harry. Be more than happy to.'
The Christmas holidays ended with still no progress on the password or Hermione's memory. And worst of all, today was the day Harry was going to explain to Ron what had happened.
*******Thanks for the reviews. Could use a little more, or Dani might make me stop! You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?
****** For any of you wondering why I put the * instead of A/N it's because I'm not the author! That's Dani! I'm just doing this as a favor to her.