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Thanks for the reviews people! I know that there were some questions considering Hermione's decision and just remember, that was just a prologue. There will be explanations in later chapters, so just bare with me folks!

Chapter 1

Hermione made her way downstairs to breakfast. She wasn't hungry, but she didn't want any unnecessary questions considering her health.

In the kitchen were Fred, George, Ron, Remus and Mrs Weasley. MrsWeasley was serving up breakfast as Hermione walked in. She greeted everyone and sat herself in between Ginny and Harry. She ate in silence, going over her plan in her head.

She didn't like the thought of killing her child, but this wasn't what she wanted yet. Not that she didn't want children, she just wasn't ready to take on such a responsibility of being a single parent. She didn't think she could handle people, including her friends, looking at her in a different light. She sighed, causing Ginny to turn to her.

"You ok, Mione?"

This shook Hermione out of her thoughts and she turned to her best friend.

"Yeah, I'm fine Ginny, just sill a little tired," it wasn't a lie exactly, as she kept waking up though the night.

This seemed to convince her, though, because she smiled at Hermione and turned back to her half eaten breakfast.

Hermione excused herself from the table and made her way to the library, up on the third floor. She had decided to find something herself, because she knew there would be questions at St Mungo's, which she didn't want. This was her problem, and hers alone.

Four hours later found Hermione desperately pouring over every book in the library. She was growing frustrated with each page she turned. There had to be something she could use! She threw the book from her in anger and stood up. She had searched every book in the place, and there was nothing she could find.

She leant on a bookshelf and banged her head a few times, completely frustrated. She slid down the shelf into a sitting position, hitting her head one last time, only to have the shelf hit her back.

"OW! Wait, shelves don't attack people! What's this?" Hermione looked at the dusty book that had fallen from the shelf, onto her head, which was now lying innocently next to her. She picked up the old book. There was nothing on the cover, except for small writing in the corner, which read, 'Potions for your troubles.' Hermione opened it to the first page, which held a list of all the potions the ancient tome contained.

She scanned the list quickly, stopping at one she found half way down. She quickly turned to the page to find the ingredients. Relief flooded through her as she had finally found her solution. She didn't bother to read the whole passage, she was so excited at her discovery that she just skipped through to the ingredients.

"This should be easy, I can get all these at Diagon Alley. And if I do it right, I'll be able to have it finished in a day!" Quickly she grabbed a quill and parchment and copied the ingredients. With a flick of her wand all the books shot back into the bookshelves and she hurried out the room.

On her way to her room she met Ginny.

"Mione, where have you been?"

"I was in the library, I was looking for something to do and I found some ingredients for a potion I want to try."

"Oh, what is it? Maybe I could help, I mean, we don't do much together," Ginny offered.

"Oh, it's just something that will make my hair more manageable, that's all. I don't really need any help though." Hermione hated lying to her friend, but she wouldn't understand the truth, no one would.

"Well, ok, if you're sure." Ginny turned to leave, when Hermione's conscience got the better of her.

"Hey, I'm going to go to Diagon Alley. You can go with me if you want, we could make a day of it. What do you think?"

Ginny turned back, with a smile on her face. "Really? I'd love to! Give me a minute, and I'll get some money." She turned and ran to her room. Hermione followed, happier than she had felt for a while. Everything was getting back to normal already, she thought with a smile.

When she made it to her room, Ginny was already waiting for her. "Come on Mione! I can't wait! We have to go into that new clothes store, and try things on we can't afford! It will be so fun!"

Hermione laughed at her friend's eagerness, for once forgetting about Severus and the baby. She felt like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

She retrieved some money, and together, she and Ginny flooed to the Leaky Cauldron. Hermione couldn't keep the smile from her face. In two days she would be free of all ties from Severus and she could follow her original plans.

Well that's chapter 1 up.Ha, I always do that with my friends, try things on we can't afford, but we always get thrown out, lol. I hope that gave reasons for Hermione's decision. Like I said, I am trying to make the chapters longer and they will be, hopefully in later chapters, when the plot starts to thicken! Please leave a review people!