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AN – Omg another chapter I was quite surprised myself. I tend to forget about them for a while after the 1st chapter and cant remember how I wanted to continue it. But I really like this one so there you go! I would also like to introduce you all to my good friend Marmaduke.

"Small hand sized penguin steps onto authors desk and waves enthusiastically*

Likes pop tarts, hates being blamed for things he hasn't done.

Author – It was only once marmaduke I thought we were past this

Marmaduke - fold arms or w/e penguins have instead and turns back on author.

Oh well on with the story woohoo.

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Hermione sat crossed legged, tucked in the corner of her bed, she rested her head against the headboard and concentrated on breathing through her tears. It wasn't easy. All she felt like doing was crying. All she ended up doing was crying. She knew she shouldn't she was needed. Between her and Harry Ron's life rested, a wrong decision could be the line between life and death. She hated her life sometimes.

Sometimes she wished she could wake up one morning and find her self in her bedroom back home. With the pale yellow painted walls covered in stenciled daisies. Her matching curtains would be swaying gently from the breeze floating through the slightly open window. She would pull her yellow covers around her chin and snuggle further down in her cozy single bed (she often wondered why she hadn't been sorted in to Hufflepuff). Her mother would open the door a little while later and pull the covers from her demanding she get her butt up before she was late for school. She would grudgingly rise, shower and dress. After a quick breakfast and some idle chatter with her parents she would grab her school bag from beside the door and rush off to meet her best friend.

Charlotte. Not Harry Potter, not Ron Weasley, Charlotte. And her school bag wouldn't contain spell books on the art of the craft but math's books and science maybe some geography and a PE kit but no magic. After school she might do her homework (come on people this is Hermione she WOULD do her Homework) maybe watch a bit of TV and hang out with her friends. She wouldn't be sitting huddled on her bed after spending all day trying to come up with a way to prevent her best friend's untimely death. Even though she had no idea when or how it was gonna happen. Muggles didn't know how lucky they were!

She didn't have these thoughts often she didn't know what she'd do without magic but sometimes she wished it were a little easier on her.

And now she was back to the problem in question. Ron. Why out of all the Hogwarts students did it have to be him? Not that she wished it were someone else (Pansy Parkinson) but why Ron.

He was the greatest guy you could even hope to meet. He was funny, sweet, caring, an excellent listener, a shoulder to cry on (Hot) an all round good guy. He was one of the only people she felt understood her. One of the only people she could trust and she might lose him. Life was unfair.

"Yes it is isn't it"

Hermione looked up through blurry eyes and smiled a watery smile to her guiding light.

"Hermione you know I wouldn't be here if I didn't think you could stop this don't you"

She nodded

"I believe in you. Ron's lucky to have you as a friend, your both going to make it through this and the happy ever after will follow"

"You think?"

"I know" Helena smiled wisely making her look much older than she usually did.

Hermione felt a little better. She could do this she'd faced danger before, she'd faced death before and come out maybe a little scratched but otherwise ok why should this time be any different?

"It doesn't have to be" Helena whispered

"You know we really should talk about this whole reading my inner thoughts thing"

Helena laughed and so did Hermione. Helena had an infectious sweet giggle that seemed to lift some of Hermione's troubles. It was welcome.

"I really should be going I only came to cheer you up a bit," Helena said after a while

Hermione nodded. Helena had cheered her up and she felt ready to face the world again.

"I'll be in touch" she smiled and disappeared in a twinkling of lights.

"Wait" Hermione suddenly called out "how am I gonna stop this if I don't know when its supposed to happen, How can I stop this without your help?"

"Trust me I'll be around"

The voice wasn't outspoken Hermione realized it came from within

"Trust" she whispered to herself "Trust the voice within"

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"Maybe it's the upcoming Quidditch match "

"I doubt it"

"And why is that"

"How can you die at a Quidditch match especially a school one. It's so supervised it would be practically impossible. And unless you're planning on shooting at him in mid air I don't see how he could die anyway"

"Fall from a great height"

"A combined floating and speed reducer spell protecting the whole pitch. You fall you immediately slow down and float safely to the ground. No death"

"The Slytherin's can be pretty lethal you know. They'd do anything to win"

"I doubt they'd kill someone"

"We are talking about the same house aren't we?"

Hermione glared at him. "Like I said supervision it's not likely"

"But possible"

"Harry"

"Ok then Bludger to the brain"

"As if"

"It could happen"

"If it did and I mean IF we have Madame Pomfrey she'll sort him out"

"Well if she could sort him out we wouldn't be in this bloody mess" Harry growled

"What do you mean by that?" Hermione asked her voice was also beginning to rise they'd been going on like this for hours.

"Well if she could sort him out why are we having these messages about his death?"

"HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW . . . . Wait Harry I've got it"

"What?"

"It I've got it"

"Please elaborate"

She hushed him with an icy glare. "Harry for 2 days we've been going on like this, trying to find out how he dies and everything we've said couldn't possibly happen"

"Well it could you said it was just unlikely"

"Harry listen . . . "

"Sorry"

She scowled at him, he grinned.

"Well why were they all unlikely?"

"There's no where for Malfoy to buy a gun"

She ignored his comments and carried on "Because we're at school" she said triumphantly

"So"

"Intelligence is wasted on you isn't it"

"Ha bloody Ha come on then why does being at school matter and don't say we're safe coz Dumbledore's here and no one can get past him, many people have proven that theory wrong"

"But that's just it. So many people have tried and succeeded getting in to the school since you came here. Each year security checks have been going up and up. We're at the limit now that you-know-who's back no one's getting in this castle without someone knowing about it"

"So someone must help them in," Harry said jumping up

"Exactly" Hermione said laughing for the first time in 2 long days "Either that or its someone already here"

"Either way it narrows it down"

Hermione hugged Harry "Yes we're a step further"

"What are we going to do now we know?" he asked re-sitting himself down

"No idea" she replied bluntly

"We could . . . never mind"

"No what"

"Well I was gonna say we could go through everyone's records I mean they'd show us anything unusual wouldn't they?"

"You watch to many movies" Hermione giggled but she didn't criticize his plan. She actually thought it was quite good and it wasn't like they had any others,

"And they say TV isn't educational"

They both laughed thankful they were getting closer.

They were still laughing when Ron walked through the portrait hole a good 5 minutes later neither knew why as it wasn't like it was that funny.

"What's up with you 2?" He asked confused

Hermione shook her head and stopped laughing "Nothing" she sighed

"Where've you been mate?" Harry asked who had also managed to stop laughing

"Prefects meeting"

"What" Hermione gasped "Why didn't you tell me? Why wasn't I there? What was it about?"

"Chill drama queen" Ron grinned, coming over form the notice board where he'd been standing. A fresh piece of parchment had been pinned up. "Only one prefect from each house was needed so I volunteered to go as you seemed pretty busy, It was just about Hogsmeades visits"

"Oh" Hermione relaxed relieved she hadn't missed anything of vital importance

This would later prove to be a fatal mistake.

AN – Ta daaaaa wew another chapter done yey lol well tell me what you thought by pressing the magical reviewing button that is shining in the corner of your screen. Until next time. Buh bye. Xxxxx

Elfin Princess and Marmaduke the penguin would like to take this opportunity to wish all her reviewers an Enchanting Christmas and a Magical New Year. Xxxxx