Harry sat between Ron and Hermione during all the meals for the next week. They would talk to each other, and Ron wouldn't even look at her. Harry stop trying to get them to talk, and started talking to Ginny instead of them. Finally Hermione left for the library and then Ron asked, "So Harry, have you seen Kyla around?"

"Not really," Harry told him.

"I'm starting to get worried," Ron told him. "She skips meals, and if she does come down for meals it just to grab a handful of food, and then she leaves for the library. She looks like she gets no sleep."

"Maybe she just has a lot of homework to do," Harry suggested.

Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Kyla came down at the same moment. Ron and Harry watched as Kyla took tow slices of toast, put some jelly one them and then stuck them together. She took a bite, then waved goodbye to everyone and then left.

"See, that's what I mean," Ron said after she left.

"Maybe she had some forgotten homework," Harry suggested.

"Maybe," Ron said skeptically.

Later that afternoon, Hermione stopped by the library. Kyla was there, working like always. Hermione was all prepared to go over there and give Kyla some more work to do, when she saw Kyla's head was hung and Hermione heard muffled cries. She saw Kyla raise her hand and wipe something away from her eyes. Hermione went to turn around and leave her alone when she saw Ron and Harry walking by. Anger flared up in Hermione and she forgot all thoughts of compassion.

Hermione dropped a book in front of Kyla who jumped at the sudden motion. Hermione smiled and said, "I know you don't have Care of Magical Creatures, but I think that you like writing a essay in it. Everything you need might be in the book, but you might want to do some more research. The essay has to be a least a foot long and it is on griffins."

Then Hermione walked away with a happy look.

Later in that night Harry went looking for Hermione in the library. However, he only found Kyla. Harry would have let the second he realized that Hermione wasn't there, but he noticed what Kyla was doing. He sat down next to her and looked over the book she was reading. He frowned and asked her, "When did you join Magical Creatures?"

Kyla mumbled something that Harry wouldn't understand and then went back to work. Harry started looking through her papers and asked, "Why are you writing to copies of everything? Is Hermione making you?"

"No," Kyla told him, and went back to work. Harry said nothing more and left to go back to the common room.

Hermione was in the astronomy tower talking with Zabini. "Listen Zabini, this isn't working."

"You're telling me."

"So maybe we should stop this," Hermione suggested.

"No, we had a deal," Zabini snarled at her.

"Well, I'm not getting what I want out of it," Hermione reminded him.

"Because you're not following the plan," Zabini told her.

"I am, I turned most of the Gryffindors against her and that is getting me nowhere," Hermione told him. "It's over, I'm not helping you anymore."

"Filthy mudblood," Zabini called her. He pushed her to the side and went to leave. Right before he left, he told her in a warning voice, "You're going to regret this."

Kyla looked like she was going to pass out from exhaustion. The only thing that was keeping Kyla awake in Potions class was the fact that Ron almost blew up the caldron three times. He really saw turning into the Neville of the class. Right before the bell rang, Snape called out, "Granger, O'Connor, stay after class."

Hermione glared at Kyla figuring this was her fault. After class both Hermione and Kyla went up to Snape's desk. He looked at the two girls and said, "Congratulations, you both got Os on all your weeks assignments."

"Is that a problem sir?" Hermione asked.

"You both had the exact same answer, only slightly worded differently," Snape told them. He smirked and said, "I can take you both down for cheating."

"Sir, I wasn't cheating," Hermione protested.

"Quiet Granger," Snape snapped at her. "One of you was cheating."

"No sir, neither of us cheated," Hermione defended.

Kyla hung her head and raised her hand. Both Hermione and Snape's eyes widened in shock and Snape asked, astonished, "You cheated?"

Kyla nodded her head, not looking up. Snape then said to Hermione, not taking his eyes off of Kyla, "Granger, you may go."

Hermione hurried off to the top of the stairs and waited for Kyla.

"You cheated?" Snape asked again. Kyla nodded, and Snape asked, "Are you lying?" Kyla shook her head and Snape asked, "Did Granger cheat off of you?" Kyla shook her head again and Snape sat back in his chair thinking. Finally he said, "Two weeks of detention and minus twenty points from Gryffindor as your punishment. Dismissed."

Kyla nodded and then left. She met up with Hermione, who asked, "Why did you lie?"

Kyla shrugged and kept walking. Hermione was stunned and ran up to her. She cleared her throat and said, "So, we both will have to do our own potions homework from now on. Maybe we should both do our own Transfiguration too."

"No," Kyla told her.

"You want to do my Transfiguration?" Hermione asked.

"No," Kyla told her again.

"No what? You won't do any of my work at all?" Hermione asked.

Kyla nodded and Hermione asked, "Do you want horrible information about you slipping out?"

Kyla just shrugged and kept walking. Hermione stopped and called after her, "Fine Kyla. All of the school will know about you!"

Kyla just shrugged and kept walking. Leaving Hermione very angry.

"Ron, can I talk to you?" Hermione asked sweetly.

Ron grumbled something and Hermione asked, "Can we talk someplace private?"

Ron nodded and then she led him into the library. She found a place where no one was near and led him over there. She grabbed some books she need and said, "I think I should tell you something about Kyla."

"What?" Ron asked, his eyes narrowing.

"She is supposed to be in Ireland, ruling," Hermione told him.

"Hermione," Ron started, but Hermione continued.

"Of course, she was a horrible ruler. Raising taxes on the poor, giving the rich tax breaks. Under her rule poverty increased, and people are miserable." Hermione would have kept going except Ron put a hand over her mouth.

"You're lying," Ron told her. Hermione shook her head and Ron said, "Kyla wouldn't do that."

Hermione took Ron's hand away from her mouth and said, "Ron it's all in these books."

"I don't believe you," Ron told he angrily.

"Ron, I'm not lying," Hermione defended. "I just wanted you to know about her."

"She wouldn't do that," Ron said, his voice shaking.

"Ron," Hermione said softly, reaching out to touch his arm.

"I don't want to speak to you again," Ron told her before he walked away from her.

Kyla smiled, as she was Ron walk in the common room. He had been missing since dinner and no one knew where he was. She greeted him with a, "Hola Ron."

"Kyla, don't speak to me," Ron told her as he went up to his bed.

Kyla looked at him confused and didn't know what to say.

Snow started to fall, and Ron still hadn't spoken to either Hermione or Kyla. To keep himself busy Ron was pouring his heart and soul in the Quidditch team. Hermione and Kyla would have little spats, which included Hermione yelling at Kyla and Kyla flashing her better grades at Hermione. Harry stayed out of it, and noticed that Kyla didn't spend so much time in the library anymore, but she still looked extremely tired.

Ron would have kept to himself if the Quidditch match against Slytherin hadn't happened. It was towards the end of the game, the score with Slytherin thirty and Gryffindor forty. Harry was chasing after the snitch and Malfoy was right behind him. The Slytherin chasers had the quaffle and were coming towards Ron. The quaffle was thrown towards the hoop, and Ron flew to block it. He did that successfully, causing a cheer from Gryffindor. The Slytherins weren't too happy. In fact, on of the beaters sent a bludger at Ron's head. There was a loud crack as the bludger hit Ron's head, followed by a huge gasp from the Gryffindor side. Ron rock back and forth on his broom and then fell off it and blacking out.

Ron woke up in the Hospital Wing. Hermione was sitting by his bed and Kyla was sitting in a chair on the other side of his bed. Ron looked up at them and asked, "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came to make sure you were all right," Hermione told him.

"Oh, who won?" Ron asked.

"Gryffindor," Hermione told him.

"Good," Ron said and looked away from them.

"Ron, we're sorry," Hermione told him.

"You're what?" Ron asked.

"I shouldn't have told you all those things about Kyla," Hermione told him.

"Oh, well that isn't the only reason I was mad," Ron told her. "Zabini told me everything right before you talked to me."

"He did?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, you sold Kyla out to a Slytherin," Ron told her.

"I'm sorry," Hermione told him. Kyla looked away from her, in anger.

"Why?" Ron asked.

"I, I, don't know," Hermione stuttered.

"Also, if you had done all of the research, you would have known Kyla couldn't technically been in power till she was sixteen and had her inauguration ceremony," Ron told her and Kyla nodded.

"Oh, I guess I should have done more," Hermione said in a defeated tone.

Ron nodded and Kyla slowly back away from Ron and Hermione giving them lots of space.


A/N: thanks eckles, used your idea! and thanks to everyone else who reviewed! can't think of what else to say! so, tootles!