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Chapter five

As soon as Hermione's things had been gotten and Ron was owled to bring Harry's things, Hermione and Alexia apparated back at Hogwarts. Hermione immediately asked Jordan about Harry and was told that he was awaiting her in the Gryffindor common room. The four talked and caught up through the night until Harry and Hermione fell asleep, against each other, on the couch.

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Alexia smiled at the sleeping couple as she drew a blanket over them. She turned to Jordan and smiled as he held out his hand and she took it. She interlaced their fingers and laid her head on his shoulder.

"They make a perfect couple don't they?" she asked her husband softly, daring not to speak loud and break the moment by waking the two, "Where has time gone, Jordan? Hours ago I could have sworn that Harry was still a baby. Now here he is a young man in his fifth year at Hogwarts and in love."

"Time stands still for no man, Alexia, muggle or magical," Jordan replied just as softly, "In time everyone has to grow up. Even those whose childhood is snatched from their hands by the jaws of fate and flung far into the adult world."

"I know," Alexia stated, "Harry had no childhood, but at least I am here to insure he has a future."

"We are here to insure everyone has a future," Jordan corrected her.

"I know," Alexia replied with a soft smile, "Let us retire for the night."

Alexia and Jordan headed for the room that Dumbledore had had prepared for them.

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The next morning found Hermione still asleep in Harry's arms and, of course Harry also, on the couch. She thought he looked kind of cute sleeping and decided not to wake him. Skillfully she extracted herself from his gentle embrace and went to change. Hermione decided to get a shower while she was at it and when she came back down about half an hour later, it was not a pretty sight.

The Common Room looked as if five tornadoes had torn through it. The furniture was all overturned, things were littered everywhere, and paintings were askew. It looked as if nothing was broken though and that was a relief. Jordan was repairing the room when she arrived back downstairs. A look of relief passed across his face before he let out a sigh.

"Where were you?"

Hermione pointed a thumb back, over her shoulder, toward the girl's dorms.

"I was getting a shower," she explained, "What happened here?"

"Harry happened, that's what," Jordan replied and shot a repairing spell at a couch, which righted itself, "He woke up, didn't see you anywhere, tore the room apart, and then when he still couldn't find you, he freaked. It was all Alexia and I could do to keep him from doing something rash like blow up the entire castle or even kill himself. Alexia subdued him with a spell but if you don't hurry to the infirmary, there's no telling what Harry will do or what Alexia might have to."

A look of horror passed over Hermione's face, as memories of her time at the hospital came to surface. Harry's words from the day she woke up burned brightly in her mind.

"No!" she cried out unconsciously and raced to the infirmary.

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There she found Alexia struggling to keep a certain, angry, young wizard in check. A red light was coming from Alexia's hands and wand and was surrounding Harry. The spell had him suspended in mid-air over a bed. As soon as Hermione set foot into the room, Alexia turned to her with a look of fear in her eyes and anger in her voice.

"Help me!" she cried to Hermione, "Settle him down before he kills us all!"

Hermione ran to Harry's side.

"Harry, it's me, Hermione! Everything's okay! I'm right here! I'm perfectly alright!" Hermione cried out and with no response, she pulled out her secret weapon.

She hated to use the weapon, but she had to if it would calm him down.

"Stop it Harry! Please stop it! You're scaring me!"

As soon as she said that, Harry went limp and the spell broke, sending him flying down into the bed. Harry woke up two hours later and shuddered every time Hermione touched him, which tore her heart every time. She finally convinced him that she had been scared of losing him and not scared of him. After that Harry and Hermione patched things up and became closer that ever.

The last of the week flew by, with the exception of Harry and Hermione finding out they were Prefects, the four spent their time together. At one point they took a trip to Diagon Alley for school supplies. Finally it was time for the students to be coming in on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione, Harry, Alexia, and Jordan had decided to have fun with their entrance and, with Dumbledore's permission, planned it out.