For Hermione everything had seemed in a blur. The Dursleys were now dead. She had not thought that it would be so hard on Harry, he never seemed to love them, but she guessed it was bit that pushed him over the edge.

Hermione was feeling many things. Confused about how Harry was feeling behind his curtains, joyful about staying at Hogwarts, guilty that she was happy and Harry was miserable and angry at how oblivious Ron was to Harry's emotional turmoil.

It was when she was yelling with on about what to do that the strangest thing happened. Harry came downstairs and said some of the words Hermione never expected to hear.

"Hermione, can I borrow all of your Defense against the Dark arts books?"

"Sure Harry. Wait, you WANT to read. Willingly?" This situation is worse than I thought. Poor Harry was actually wanting to study to get his mind off things.

"Yeah, I want a head start on the NEWTs." NEWTs were not even till next year. Even I am not that crazy.

"Harry, mate, we aren't takeing those tests till seventh year. We are only in our sixth year. You are going to get worse then Hermione!" At this statement Hermione promptly smacked Ron with a well-deserved pillow to the head.

"Harry, is there any reason why you want to start studying for NEWTs?" Hermione phrased the what Ron had been implying in a much nicer tone.

"Well, I don't want to have to take classes." At this point in Harry's sentence Ron's face lit up. Skipping classes was a fine reason to study! "I want to take Occulemcy during those periods instead. Haven't talked to Dumbledore but I figure I have enough experience with the dark arts." Ron's face fell again. His best mate wanted to take more classes.

"Oh Harry, that's an absolutely brilliant idea! You should go talk to Dumbledore right now! I'll start makeing a list of the best books you can read!" Hermione beamed at Harry as he rushed out of the common room.

Hermione had started making a list when Ron noticed she was not the one writing. "Hermione, your quill is kind of of moving by itself."

"Of course it is Ron. I made a few changes to Rita Skeeter's quill and this is working out great for me. It writes down what I say. I'm even thinking of marketing them when I grow older." Having answered the question Hermione started on her list again. Shrugging Ron went down to the kitchens. It was bad enough for him when one friend wanted to study, but two? That was more then he could handle.

By the time Harry had returned Hermione had two feet of parchment of suggested books and Ron had consumed a lot of food.

"Well Harry, what did Dumbledore say?" Hermione and Ron asked this at the same time.

"He thought it was very good idea and thinks I can pass easily. I did get an O in it for O.W.L.S. after all."

They had received their O.W.L.S. results that day from Dumbledore and Harry did well but Hermione beat both him and Ron.

"That's great Harry. Now I thought that we could start on this book because it has loads of basic hexes. We can practice in the room of requirement."

With that the Dream Team headed to the Library. Ron brought along a bunch of his snacks seeing as how he always got hungry pretending to study.

Authors Note: IMPORTANT! I am having a poll. It is called, "Who wants to be the new DADA teacher?" You have a selection and the teacher with the most votes will be included I the story!

1) Hannah Trepur: A striking brunette with much wisdom and a loathing of Harry that matches Snape. She is witty and sarcastic and provides challenges, though not a threatening danger! (No connection to Snape)

2) Cornelious Fudge: The ministry has impeached him because his lack of awareness about Voldermort. Dumbledore offers him a job and Fudge is an object of ridicule!

3) Amos Diggory: Now a bitter old individual he goes to Hogwarts to pull past his depression and grieving over his son. Not a happy person. He does however have great insight about Harry's mourning.

4) Dobby: Dumbledore can find no one to teach and Dobby has provided a powerful ally for Harry Potter so he gets the job. Despite appearances he is really quite good at his new job.

5) James Potter's ghost: We never knew it but James and Lily Potter had been haunting Godric's Hollow. They did not choose death out of fear for their son and now the two finally meet.

Please vote on who you think should be the new teacher. Only one vote per reviewer and I may decide to go off the votes and stick with my favorite.

Funness: I am sorry you are in a bad mood. Maybe you should exercise. That is supposed to help a really lot. I am all for constructive criticism, just in a nicer tone.

Star Allise: Thanks for reviewing again! I cannot wait for the fourth chapter of Time Turning Madness!

Leviyl: Thank you for reviewing! I will try not to get big headed. I have recently had two bad reviews so do not worry about that. It is annoying when no one thanks you for reviewing. I reviewed this one girls' story every chapter and she used a lot of my suggestions. Not one author note to me! Humph! Thanks for putting me on your favorite's list! Try reviewing "Harry Potter and the Falling Stars" by Funness. Not only is it an excellent story but she gives great reviewer response!

Chapel-the-evergreen13: I stopped the first person thing. It was harder for me to write anyway. The concept of the Dursleys dying just popped into my mind. I always thought that J.K. Would make Dudley have a magical kid. I am glad I have gained another reader and hope that you write your own story soon!