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Graduation Day
The little rays of sun light came through the window to fall upon the form of a sleeping Hermione Granger. She slowly opened her eyes, then they began to widen of realization to what today was. Today was the day of that were she has been waiting for about seven years. Today she was graduating Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
She slowly stepped out of bed and walked over to her vanity. It was one of the perks of being Head Girl, you got your own privet room. She looked in the mirror at herself and noticed a few things. Her hair was no longer a bush that it once has been. It was now long and sleek with perfect ringlets cascading at the bottom. Her eyes had somehow gotten to a brighter kind of hazel, unlike how it had been dark, chocolate brown. She stood at the height of about 5'6 and looked to weight about 115lbs.
She then got her graduating robes out and went to go take a shower. When she was done, she dried her hair and got dressed. The ceremony would begin in about three hours.
'Wow, this is it' Hermione thought to herself walking down the stairs. 'This might actually be the last time I will walk down these stairs.'
When she had finally reached her destination of the Common Room, she immediately started scanning the room for her two best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley.
"Oy! Hermione over here!," A voice called. She turned her head to see who had called to find that it was one of the people she had been looking for.
She walked over there and smiled, "Hey Ron."
"Did you get your speech ready yet? Well, of coarse you do! You always have everything ready!", He laughed
Hermione she rolled her eyes and answered, "Yes Ron, of coarse I have my speech ready. I'd look pretty stupid if I went up there unprepared. Lucky for us it's not you going up there."
"Ha ha, very funny. Anyways, have you seen Harry?" He asked, going off topic.
"Actually, no I haven't. He should get down here though, there ceremony is going to start," She glanced at her watch. "In about a half hour!"
"Oh, well he better hurry up! While we wait, you want to go down to the kitchens to grab a bite?" He suggested. 'Typical Ron' Hermione thought 'Thinking about food when our best friend could miss graduation"
"Fine Ron, we'll go to the kitchens. But then we have to hurry back to get Harry."
So then they walked to the kitchens and came back. When they went in to the Common Room, they found it deserted.
"Where on earth is Harry?!" ,Hermione asked when she came in after Ron.
"Hmm, must have already went down there with out us," he suggested.
"Without us?", she asked. "Oh, alright. But we better get down there now.
So then they went outside and sat down in their rightful place, just as they had rehearsed the week before. Hermione glanced around and found what she had been looking for. She saw Harry, sitting there with a blank expression on his face. He turned his head to face her, and she gave a look meaning 'Why weren't you in the Common Room earlier?". He didn't answer back, just turned his head again and expression remained.
'Oh well' she thought 'I'll ask him later'
So then the ceremony continued on. Professor Dumbledore made his speech, same as Professor McGonagall. Even Snape made a speech, which surprised everyone. But finally, it was Hermione's turn to say her speech, being at the head of the class and all.
She slowly walked up on stage, took a deep breath and started, "We are here today to celebrate the graduation of the students before you. We had worked very hard to come this far, especially with the threat of Voldemort looming over our shoulders. But we trained and trained until that one day came. I can still remember it like it was just a few hours ago. Some darks clouds were rolling in at a faster than normal pace. When the sky was totally black, we saw hooded figures coming out of the Forbidden Forest. By then most of the teachers and older students were already outside. Then we saw him. The one we had been waiting for since we first came to Hogwarts. But then we fought to the end, and fortunately we won. No one really knows how the Dark Lord was defeated, but it happened. As soon as he was defeated though, a white like spread through all the grounds and killed all the remaining Death Eaters. So now I am glad to say that we can go into the Wizarding World and not be afraid! And in conclusion, congratulations to the Class of 1996. We finally did it!!!"
And with that everyone then she as the student threw up their hats. Hermione walked down the steps, wobbly legged and light headed.
"It's actually over. I'm an actual adult witch now" Hermione thought.
After everyone was done celebrating, later that night, they all headed up to their dorms. Hermione being Head Girl, had to stay after everyone to make sure that no one tired to run off. After doing her duties, she headed back up to the Gryffindor Common Room. It was all deserted all except for one person, Harry. He once again had that blank face expression and so Hermione finally decided this would be the time to talk to him.
"Harry, are you okay? You seem kind of out there," Hermione asked, approaching him.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered, but that didn't get past Hermione.
He's been doing this for months, ever since the defeat of Voldemort. And by now, Hermione was fed up with it. "Harry James Potter! You will talk to me this instant! You have been like this for months now and I'm getting tired of it! You will talk to me and you will talk to me now!" By now Hermione had tears running down her eyes.
He just looked down and whispered, "You wouldn't understand."
Now Hermione was really mad. "Of course I don't understand! How do you expect me to understand when you don't ever talk to me!?". He then remained silent. "Well you know what Harry? I've had it. Have a nice life." She then stormed out the portrait and started sprinting down to her Head Girl dorm as soon as she exited.
A/n: Hey people, this is kinda the first story, so if you have any constructive criticism, I'll gladly take it. And don't forget to review!
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