Disclaimer: I shall state the obvious. I am not J.K.Rowling and therefore
don't own Harry Potter.
Hermione couldn't sleep. Suppose what the boys said was true? Well, she would find out tonight.
She must have dozed off, because she awoke because the boys woke her again. Without a word, she got under the invisibility cloak and tiptoed to outside the grounds.
Oddly enough, all three of them had brought a mirror so Hermione could look at herself to see if the weird things that were *supposed* to have happened last night was true.
"Ok, take a look in the mirror, Mione," said Harry.
Hermione took a look and nearly dropped the mirror. "My HAIR! What happened to my hair! It's black and SHIMMERING! And my skin! It's so pale!"
"At least you don't look like Snape," said Ron trying to make a joke.
Hermione silenced with a look that told him SHUT UP!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in the common room at 1 AM Hermione was in serious shock. Thoughts were running through her head. Why was she looking like this? Was something wrong with her?
Harry interrupted her thoughts by suddenly saying "Hermione, your hair's brown and normal looking again. And your skin is normal too."
Hermione looked in the mirror again. Sure enough, the reflection was hers again. That weird reflection had looked otherworldly yet so beautiful. She couldn't sit still. She got up and began to pace the floor. She walked from near the window to near her chair and back again. Ron and Harry did not look any more comfortable than her. They were looking at everything but Hermione. When Ron looked up, he gave an expression that might have managed to wake the school if Harry had not stifled him. "Harry, Hermione I think I've found out why Hermione's changing," said Ron in a fervent whisper.
"Why?" said the other two in unison.
"Get up and go by the window Mione," said Ron.
Perplexed, Hermione did so. As she did she changed.
"Now step away," said Ron.
She changed back as she stepped away.
"Don't you see? She's changing near MOONLIGHT!"
"Moonlight?" said Hermione.
But now Harry had it pieced together. "The first walk was in moonlight. So was the second. And when she stands in moonlight she changes!"
"That's strange. But strange or not, we have to go to bed," said Hermione firmly. So they all went to bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In the Great Hall at breakfast Harry, Ron and Hermione were talking about what happened last night.
"It's not like anything I ever read about," Hermione said.
"Well obviously not. It can't be common," said Ron.
"What kind of book would this stuff be in?" asked Harry.
"We'll have to look in the library," was the answer.
"After double potions with that slimy haired git," was Ron's remark. "And after morning classes. D'you think Snape has ever washed his hair?"
Harry snorted and Hermione said "Ron" in a most reproving tone. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They got through classes without too many mishaps and looked at several old musty books. At last Hermione pulled out a book. It was called "Luna". She knew it was Latin for moon. It just might be what they were looking for.
"Look you two," she whispered. They looked at the book. It had a pearly white cover with a silver moon on it.
"Where did you find that?" asked Ron.
Hermione show them where. Harry looked surprised. "I looked there a minute ago. I'm sure it wasn't there," he said. Hermione shrugged and began to open the book. And gasped at what she saw. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N Thank you to my friend Chanel who helps me with this fic.
don't own Harry Potter.
Hermione couldn't sleep. Suppose what the boys said was true? Well, she would find out tonight.
She must have dozed off, because she awoke because the boys woke her again. Without a word, she got under the invisibility cloak and tiptoed to outside the grounds.
Oddly enough, all three of them had brought a mirror so Hermione could look at herself to see if the weird things that were *supposed* to have happened last night was true.
"Ok, take a look in the mirror, Mione," said Harry.
Hermione took a look and nearly dropped the mirror. "My HAIR! What happened to my hair! It's black and SHIMMERING! And my skin! It's so pale!"
"At least you don't look like Snape," said Ron trying to make a joke.
Hermione silenced with a look that told him SHUT UP!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in the common room at 1 AM Hermione was in serious shock. Thoughts were running through her head. Why was she looking like this? Was something wrong with her?
Harry interrupted her thoughts by suddenly saying "Hermione, your hair's brown and normal looking again. And your skin is normal too."
Hermione looked in the mirror again. Sure enough, the reflection was hers again. That weird reflection had looked otherworldly yet so beautiful. She couldn't sit still. She got up and began to pace the floor. She walked from near the window to near her chair and back again. Ron and Harry did not look any more comfortable than her. They were looking at everything but Hermione. When Ron looked up, he gave an expression that might have managed to wake the school if Harry had not stifled him. "Harry, Hermione I think I've found out why Hermione's changing," said Ron in a fervent whisper.
"Why?" said the other two in unison.
"Get up and go by the window Mione," said Ron.
Perplexed, Hermione did so. As she did she changed.
"Now step away," said Ron.
She changed back as she stepped away.
"Don't you see? She's changing near MOONLIGHT!"
"Moonlight?" said Hermione.
But now Harry had it pieced together. "The first walk was in moonlight. So was the second. And when she stands in moonlight she changes!"
"That's strange. But strange or not, we have to go to bed," said Hermione firmly. So they all went to bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In the Great Hall at breakfast Harry, Ron and Hermione were talking about what happened last night.
"It's not like anything I ever read about," Hermione said.
"Well obviously not. It can't be common," said Ron.
"What kind of book would this stuff be in?" asked Harry.
"We'll have to look in the library," was the answer.
"After double potions with that slimy haired git," was Ron's remark. "And after morning classes. D'you think Snape has ever washed his hair?"
Harry snorted and Hermione said "Ron" in a most reproving tone. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They got through classes without too many mishaps and looked at several old musty books. At last Hermione pulled out a book. It was called "Luna". She knew it was Latin for moon. It just might be what they were looking for.
"Look you two," she whispered. They looked at the book. It had a pearly white cover with a silver moon on it.
"Where did you find that?" asked Ron.
Hermione show them where. Harry looked surprised. "I looked there a minute ago. I'm sure it wasn't there," he said. Hermione shrugged and began to open the book. And gasped at what she saw. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N Thank you to my friend Chanel who helps me with this fic.