Disclaimer: I do not in any way claim to own, nor did I create, Harry Potter or any related material. All credit should go to J.K. Rowling and her publishers. I do not profit from these writings.

Hermione awoke abruptly to the sound of trodding feet. It took her a moment to realize that she had, once again, fallen asleep in the library. Studious Hermione had always made a habit of giving in to slumber after many careful hours of schoolwork. "I really need to be more organized with my time," Hermione spoke ruefully to herself.

However, she was not long delayed. Her hair disheveled from lying on her book, she poked her bushy head out of the library into the corridor, questioning what had awaken her precious sleep. Seeing nothing ahead, she shrugged offhandedly to herself and packed the now spilt pile of textbooks in front of her into her book bag. Grunting with exhaustion, she trotted as quietly and quickly as she could, in fear of being caught in the dead of night outside of her dormitory. Hermione turned a corner (a mere hundred feet from the Gryffindor Common Room) when Hermione's stomach gave a thunderous growl. Taken aback, she put her hand to her stomach and, by mistake, emptied the entire content of her brimming bag. An obstreperous clatter followed as the books banged, one-by-one, to the floor. Now panicking, Hermione grabbed her books and, with no thought of fatigue, sprinted in fear of being found by Filch towards the Fat Lady's portrait. The Fat Lady whom wore an expression of the utmost annoyance as she spoke primly, "What IS this nonsense of students coming in and waking me at all hours of the night? You should not even be out of bed."

"St-students?" Hermione stuttered nervously. "I am not accompanied by anyone…"

Interrupting, the Fat Lady continued as the doorway opened, "First those Weasleys and that Potter boy, and now you. It is amazing all that I put up with."

Shocked, Hermione ran through the open portrait without another word. It was all too much to comprehend at the present. Careful not to make the girls' staircase creak, she tip-toed determindly to the dormitory room that she shared with Lavender and Parvati. Unfortunately for Hermione, she was not the only one who had not yet gone to bed…

Author's Note: Finally I have updated! School has commenced again, and I have been ever so busy with schoolwork and such. I must say that I have a very bad habit of procrastinating when it comes to this story. It is becoming rather badly written…not at all up to the standard that I intended.

I have noticed that I have not been receiving as many reviews. This slightly disturbs me, because if people begin to stop reading this story, it is quite a wasted effort in writing it. Please, if you can, review and after you read this time. I need to evaluate whether this story needs to continue. To my faithful reviewers, thank you.

I will have the next chapter up in a week. It is much more interesting and has already been written, in fact, which is always nice. Have a wonderful weekend, and please REVIEW!!