A/N Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay! I went on vacation. I would like to thank MuGgLeNeT27 who has offered to beta read the my chapters. I'll send you the next one.

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Chapter 7: The Announcement

"Sorry Harry." Ron said. Harry was just looking at Ron.

"SORRY? SORRY? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A SHOCKER THIS IS??!!"

"Well Harry, you weren't there, Hermione wasn't there, and I had no one to talk to except Cho, so I would feel some feelings towards her!!!"

"DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM FOR YOU?!!"

"Well………" Ron paused, he finally realized that Harry wasn't mad at him, he was just the opposite. There's a shocker. "Oh, ok." Ron said quietly.

"Sometimes you are such an idiot," Harry said, "No wait, you are ALWAYS an idiot."

"Shut up Harry." Ron said. Ron felt a lot better, and then he noticed Hermione was overcome by a fit of giggles.

"You, shut up too." Ron said. Hermione stopped laughing and thought about something. She suddenly remembered something; she really needed a place to stay.

"Um, Guys?" She asked unsure of herself

"'Esh?" Ron said stuffing his mouth full of bacon, eggs, and hash browns. Hermione scowled. She normally liked bacon, eggs, and hash browns; but all together? EW! She would've understood if they were scrambled, but they were poached! "That's wrong." Hermione thought to herself.

"Yes Hermione?" Harry asked politely

"Where are you guys staying?"

"At the 3 broomsticks, McGonagall got us a nightly discount of 50 galleons a night."

"That's still too much; I'll probably stay at the Hog's Head. Do you know what there rate is, Harry?"

"Well, yeah, I think its 10 galleons a night--" Harry was about to say something else but Ron interrupted.

"Why at the Hog's Head, what happened to you Hermione, are you ok?" His face was full of concern.

"Nothing happened to me Ron; I just want to save money." Ron was really confused; her parents were pretty rich, so how come she would stay at the hog's head? Ron didn't want to upset her so he didn't ask. Harry didn't want to ask either. They finished their breakfast quietly, and then Hermione stood up to leave. Harry looked at her and then he saw her very clearly. Her shirt hung limply on her, and it was torn in some places, and patched up carelessly in other. Her jeans were really tight on her and they were also torn in a lot of places, and patched up in others. Her arm had a number of odd bruised and scars. There was also a giant scar going down her cheek and it went partially down her neck. Harry was about to stand up too, when McGonagall stood up to make an announcement.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to make an announcement."

"Well, what was she going to do, wear a frilly dress and do the Can Can?" Ron said. Harry sniggered while Hermione looked at him disapprovingly, and Cho looked EXTREMELY embarrassed.

"Yes, well, about the party in two days, we are planning to make it a ball in 4 days; you have to have dress robes and everything, and by the way, the remaining two days are free of cost at the 3 broomsticks, Dumbledore thinks that you will have more interest in the ball that way."

"A Ball?" Hermione asked herself looking shocked. "With Dress Robes?"

"Yes 'Mione, A BALL, with DRESS ROBES." Hermione started walking towards the door with Ron and Harry at her heels. When they got to the big double doors Hermione turned around to say something, but right then and there, Ron got a glimpse of her.

"Hermione?!" He asked

"Yes Ron?"

"What happened to you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I mean your clothes, and that big scar, I don't remember it." Ron was genuinely concerned.

"Well, um, I can't tell you yet, but I promise I will. I WILL tell you, but only when I am ready. Not now." Hermione wanted to go dress robe shopping together. The golden trio, together, roaming Hogsmeade, but she knew that the boys would want their wives when Harry interrupted the awkward silence.

"Maybe we can shop for our Dress Robes together, and spend the next two days with each other, no wives, just us."

"Okay, I'm up for it." Ron said.

"So am I." Hermione said happily. The golden trio would finally be together. Right now, she looked at the boys. Harry's hair was still messy, but he had succeeded to make it a little tamer. He was taller, and he had broader shoulders. He still had his startling green eyes and glasses, but the glasses weren't the cheap round ones he had worn 10 years ago, they were a little squarer. He still had his lopsided grin and his lightning bolt scar which was forever branded into his skin long after Voldemort's demise in their seventh year at Hogwarts. Other that that he really hadn't changed.

Ron, on the other hand, had changed. His hair was a little longer, and it was a lot more windswept looking. He had a lot more muscles, and his face had a scar on it, probably from being hit by a bludger. He looked almost like a cross between Bill and Charlie. He was really HOT, even Hermione had to admit it.

"Hermione?" Harry asked unsurely.

"Yes?"

"Could you move, the students are trying to get to their first class and they can't if we are gaping at each other like idiots." Harry was saying trying not to laugh

"Oh sorry." Sure enough there were a bunch of students waiting to get out. And they were getting restless.

"It's ok." Harry said He understood, Hermione felt very happy and very weird about this. He understood, after all, this was Hermione's first time seeing them in 10 years. They soon walked out the doors onto the Hogwarts grounds. They needed to rest for a couple of hours so they would meet at Zonko's Joke Shop which was now a branch of the Weasley Wizarding Wheezes.

Hermione walked over to the Hog's head inn while thinking of her miserable life. She checked in, and walked into a dingy room, flung herself at the mattress and cried while remembering something a long time ago, it was one of the last days where they were a trio.

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Hermione, Harry, and Ron walked down the halls. They were about to take their N.E.W.Ts (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests), and they were very nervous.

"Do you think that we will get our career choices?" Harry asked Hermione

"Sure we will, we spent hours, and hours practicing!" Hermione said to them both.

"Wolfsbane potion, what does it do?! Oh NO!"

"Ron, YOU ARE PITIFUL, and Wolfsbane potion is for werewolves that makes them a lot less wolf like during their monthly transformations!" Hermione said looking annoyed.

"I knew that." Ron said stubbornly.

"Of course, now we have to take our written test, are you ready guys?"

"Yes." Ron and Harry answered.

With that, they entered the hall and took their seats.

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A/N: So how did you like it? And I need your help, what should I do next chapter? I HAVE NO IDEA!!! Remember this is a Ron/Hermione fic, so dont worry theyll be together just not now. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED MORE (joking). Cya soon!!