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Chapter 4

It was 10:00 Hermione had finished eating breakfast and was throwing some last minute items into her trunk. Everyone was rushing around getting ready to go to King's Cross station. Exactly 8 minutes later every one was in the car, and on the way. It was 10:47 when they finally got there.

"Were actually kind of early this year," said Hermione.

"Hurry, Ron through the portal." Yelled Mrs. Weasley. "Good now you Ginny. Hermione dear you're next."

Once through the portal, the familiarity that the Hogwarts Express created felt almost uncanny. It was like she was finally going home.

The four of them moved all the way to the back of the train to the last compartment, which was usually always empty. But, this year, just like last year, Luna Lovegood was sitting there reading her magazine.

"Hi Luna," said Hermione walking into the compartment.

"Hello." said Luna looking up from her magazine for just a second and then back down.

"Right well I'm off to the Loo, then" Hermione told everyone after they all got settled in.

Once Hermione was in the Loo, the train had already started to move, which made it even harder to go pee.

After, Hermione changed into her robe, pinned on her prefect's badge and made her way to the meeting. She walked to the compartment they always had the meeting in every year, and found nobody there, so she decided to wait. She figured everyone else was running late as well.

But while she was waiting, what Malfoy had said, came back to her. Maybe they really did cancel it she thought. Well then why would Malfoy tell me? Wouldn't he just not tell me so I would show up waiting like an idiot...Then it hit her. That prat knew I wouldn't believe him! So he told me anyways!

Hermione had already stood waiting for ten minutes before she stormed back to the compartment.

When she went in she saw Harry and Luna were the only one's in there.

"Where's Ron?" she asked.

"He went to the prefect meeting" answered Harry.

''What?? I was just there, there's no one there."

"Oh, yeah, Ernie came in a while ago and said they changed the compartment."

"Great." She muttered "Well what compartment is it?"

"I don't remember" Harry said in a tone like, why are you asking me?

"Harry!" Hermione was starting to get frustrated.

"Jeez, you can't take a joke" Hermione glared at him. "Okay it's number 27."

"Thank you" she said leaving. When she finally made it She was she was exactly 15 minutes late.

She came in quietly and sat down next to Ron.

"Well, is nice of you to join us, Miss Granger" came Malfoy's drawling voice.

"Shut up you prat"

"Well now, there's no need for insults" he smirked.

"Well nothing else seems to fit you" Hermione smiled sarcastically.

"Okay, that's enough" Ernie interrupted. "Let's get back to the meeting, and Hermione try to be on time."

"Sorry, I went to the other compartment"

"Well, there was a note posted on the door telling you to come here."

"Wha- She glanced at Malfoy just in time to see him smirk. But something else caught her eye. Not his smirk but what he was holding. A white piece of crumpled paper in his fist.

She looked back at Ernie. "I guess I didn't see it."

"Gee, Granger, the sign was pretty big, I wonder how you missed it?" Malfoy asked while throwing the paper over her head, and making it into the wastebasket, behind her.

She glared at him. "Just remember" Ernie said interrupting her – well – not so good thoughts about Malfoy, "to be on time next time."

Hermione nodded.

Back in the compartment, Harry tried making conversation, between Ginny and Luna but it just seemed better sitting in silence, until they got back.

After 5 minutes Ginny got up, to go find her other friends leaving Harry alone with Luna.

He tried talking again, but it was no use. He just took to watching Luna occasionally turn her magazine upside down and read it for a while before turning it right side up again.

It seemed like forever but Hermione finally got back.

"Hey, where's Ron"?

"Oh, went to talk to Seamus and Dean."

"I'm going to the Loo," Luna announced suddenly getting up and quickly walking out the door.

"Great, so how was your meeting?"

"Oh, fabulous, except, Malfoy has once again proven that he is and will always be and evil git."

"Wow, it went that good?"

Hermione just looked at him.

"What did he do?"

"Nothing life threatening, so I'll get over it." She replied going over to her trunk and taking out a book. She sat down next to Harry and started reading.

Ron came back a few minutes later, followed by Luna. He and Harry played wizard's chess a few times followed by exploding snap. Luna, instead of reading her magazine watched the two wizards go at it, and laughed a little too long every time Ron said something funny.

A few hours later the train pulled to a complete stop at the Hogsmeade train station. All the student filed out, while Hagrid was yelling for the first years. Hermione, Harry and Ron made their way to the carriages.

There they were, Harry thought. Those horrific looking creatures that pulled the carriages and would forever remind him that he saw Cedric die. It was enough to make you shudder. They finally found an empty one and all got inside. Just when they were about to start moving the carriage door pulled open, and there stood Luna Lovegood. She invited herself in and squeezed herself between Hermione and Ron.

"Sorry, everywhere else was full" she said after she got settled in.

"Oh, that's okay" Hermione replied politely. "We don't mind." She finished pointlessly, because Luna seemed to be ignoring her. She had already pulled out this month's edition of The Quibbler and was reading it while blowing a big bubble with her chewing gum.

When they got to the school, the memories came flushing back. All the time they had spent beyond those doors seemed so long ago. They stepped out and admired the castle. It was gigantic. The magnificent structure possessed an age-old beauty that was worth admiring and an ancient power that seemed to hold the wizarding world together. But all the trio knew was that they were home.

Inside the Sorting hat was just finishing it's song. Professor Mcgongall started calling the first years in alphabetical order, to be seated on the stool.

The first two were Hufflepuffs, a Gryffindor and then two Ravenclaws. Harry seemed to loose track after that. His eyes kept wondering towards Hermione. He wondered what she was thinking. They made eye contact a couple times and all she did was smile then he would look away first. But he always found himself looking at her again.

Suddenly an applause started at the Ravenclaw table, then two more people were sorted. Finally Dumbledore gave his annual speech and the feast began.

"Slow down Ron, the food won't go anywhere." Said Hermione staring at the way Ron was eating. He was a disposal.

Suddenly a pain shot through her. "Ahh..."

...there's an Order meeting tonight at midnight.

"What? She looked at Parvati. "Did you say something?"

"No."

Hermione searched the hall trying to find the source of the voice. She happened to glance at Snape when she was trying to look at the Teacher's table.

"Ahh..."her hands immediately went to her head.

I need more woodroot.

"What?" She accidently asked out loud. Why was she hearing these thoughts.

"I didn't say anything" responded Parvati again. Now she was starting to look at her weird.

Her head was throbbing.

Whats wrong? Asked Ron

But Hermione didn't hear him.

The voices were multiplying, after the first two, she seemed to be reading everyone's thoughts. And now they were swarming inside her head. She couldn't sort them out they were too many.

She had to get out of there, so she quickly got up, and walked out as fast as she could with out making a scene. Hermione thought she would collapse before she made it to the front doors, but she finally reached them. And once she passed the doors the voices seemed to fade away slowly, and then stop. Her head stopped hurting as well, but it left a minor headache.

No, this can't be happening to me. Why me? Hermione thought. She had to talk to Dumbledore. But she couldn't do it now. She had to wait until after the feast.

When she went back in, mostly Gryffindors cared to wonder why she ran out of the hall, no one else seemed to notice.

"What's wrong?" Asked Ron as she was sitting back down.

"Headache."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, don't worry I'll be fine."

After they ate Hermione told Ron to lead the 1st year to the Gryffindor dormitories. She had to find Dumbledore.

There it was, the door to Dumbledores office. She took a deep breath and knocked. Inside a voice answered "Come in"

Hermione gathered her courage and pushed the door open. She saw Dumbledore sitting behind his desk with a stack of papers he seemed to be reading.

"Ahh, Ms. Granger." He peered at her through his half moon glasses. "Is there trouble with the 1st years already?"

"No, they're fine" She answered. "I let Ron handle the first years...." she walked over and sat down in the chair across from him.

"What I need is to talk to you."

"Yes?"

She smiled nervously, "I was reading a book, a-and I saw a passage about wandless magic, you know things of that sort."

"Yes?" he replied again.

"Well," she continued "I-I was just wondering if you knew anybody like that?

He smiled at her gently, "Yes, I know one...no two wizards with such abilities, but Ms. Granger, I still seem to wonder what this has to do with you?"

"Im not sure," she replied. Her voice was shaking. "But there are – well—strange" she thought that was a word that fit, "things happening to me." Hermione paused. Dumbledore looked like he didn't under stand what she was saying. He just seemed to be staring at her.

"I think I have powers" Hermione blurted out under his gaze.

Dumbledore was silent for a while. And Hermione seemed extremely uncomfortable in the time it took for him to respond.

"I should have known." She finally heard him mutter.

"Excuse me?"

"Well it only seems right, with a witch that posses extrodinary talent as yourself. You see Ms. Granger there are only a few truly powerful witches and wizards in each generation I have seen to pass. When Tom Riddle came to school here I noticed he was one. And Lily and James together they were almost unstoppable" He had a sad tone to his voice. "So naturally" he continued "Harry posses greatness. But when I first saw you I could tell you were different as well."

"But Harry's not like me," she protested.

"Ahh, but he is. Did you not notice his vision the night Arthur Weasly was attacked? Or that he's a Parsletounge?"

Hermione was silent.

"You see, you both have powers, but it has chosen to manifest itself differently in you."

How did he know all this stuff? She wondered. Dumbledore always seemed to have the answers to everything.

"Ms. Granger, do you remember when you were little, when you didn't know you a witch yet, that you would get angry or upset and strange things would happen?"

"Yeah" she replied.

"And yet you did this without a wand. You see, it's just another form of wandless magic."

"I never thought of it that way"

But then, she thought if wandless magic was so special then why was is such a pain?

"But I get these headaches all the time, and—"

"Time, Ms. Granger, that's all it takes is time. You'll learn how to control your powers. Just practice. But for now you need not tell everyone about them." His faced turned from gentle to serious. "Hermione you must understand the seriousness of you situation. Powers can be stolen, and they can be dangerous, not to mention life threatening."

"I understand" she replied nodding. Her face looked as serious as Dumbledore's.

"Good, now what have you been able to do so far?" He asked lightening up the mood.

So far Hermione hadn't really practiced her powers. She could do them at will, but not very well. Cups she used would fly in opposite directions than she wanted them to go or the wrong the she focused on would go flying across the room. But at least she could do it. Except her telepathy. That was the only thing beyond her control. She told this to Dumbledore and did her best to show him her other power.

He was very understanding and helpful. She felt much better after coming to him, not to mentioned relieved.

"Just remember to come back anytime you need help" he said as she was departing.

"I will"

Hermione went back to the common room to find everyone was already asleep, save for two 7th years, up late talking, so she made her way up to her dormitory. She was completely worn out. In the morning she would tell Harry and Ron.

The next morning she woke her head pain free. She gladly got up and took a shower, got dressed and headed down stairs. In the Common room she spotted Harry and Ron sitting on the couch finishing up some Homework.

"Honestly, you had the whole summer and you still couldn't get it done." she said trying to smile.

"Shut up, I'm almost done" Ron answered still writing. About two minutes later he finished his essay , rolled up the parchment and stuck it in his bag. "Where'd you run off to last night?" he asked looking up.

She paused looking from Harry to Ron. If she was going to be honest she might as well start now, right?

"I was at Dumbledore's office" she told him.

"Why?" Ron asked interested.

"Uhh...she looked around her, you guys wouldn't mind skipping breakfast would you?"

"I wasn't really that hungry anyways" Harry stated just finishing his essay as well.

"Okay then we need to go somewhere private".

"Come on" he said leading them out of the common room.

Finally they were inside the room they had been to so many times before. This brought back a lot of memories from the D.A. meetings, they had in 5th year, and Hermione wondered if they would be continuing them.

She stood pacing around the room for awhile.

"Would you tell us already?"

"Oh, Alright "

"I was talking to Dumbledore last night and he confirmed that I have powers." She said matter of factly. She figured she might as well be straight with them. She waited for her pause to take affect.

"You what?"

She told them about what she had read and what Dumbledore had said, and they seemed to get the idea.

"I knew something strange was going on but powers?" Ron exclaimed.

She looked at Harry. He seemed to be comprehending what she was saying.

They were taking the new better then she expected.

"What exactly can you do?" Asked Harry breaking the silence.

"Well, I'm glad you asked," she replied a smile breaking out across her face. "Now mind you, I'm not good at it so you'll just have to bear with me. See that book over there?" She pointed. "Well now..." she said lifting her hand and the book rose as well. Then she waved her hand and the book glided through the air to the other side of the table. She moved her hand downwards and the book gently landed back on the table. That went better that she had anticipated.

"Wicked! "Ron exclaimed examining the book.

"And I get bloody visions." Harry replied smiling.

Hermione felt so much relief telling them about her powers. Now she definetly wasn't alone.

End of Chapter 4

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