Disclaimer: still don't own anything you recognise from the books….
Hey, I'm glad those who reviewed liked the last chapter…the good news is that I will definitely be trying update again in the next two or three days because I don't have much homework cos my teachers are getting slack again (and we've only been back at school for three weeks) anyway here's the new chapter…enjoy!
p.s you all need to remember my story began before HBP so it does not follow any spoilers, meaning Dumbledore is still in it.
"Alex," Nicole's voice came from somewhere around her bed, the sound of the red head walking around her bed waking her up.
"Alex," the red head tried again, pulling open the curtains of the brunette's bed.
"Whaa-at?' Alex said yawning, sitting up, "It's Saturday, let me sleep,"
"What?" Nicole asked looking a bit confused. Groans came from the various other beds of the sleeping girls, "Charlie and Kimmie are arriving today,"
"Yeah so? Their not getting here until this after noon, let me sleep," Alex pleaded, lying back down, covering her head with her pillow.
"Um, Alex, it's almost twelve thirty, they'll be here in about an hour…" Nicole trailed off, seeing it still wasn't getting a response from Alex.
"WHAT?" came the squeals Alex recognised as Natalie and Jess.
"What? What's going?' Sam's muffled voice came from the bed opposite Alex's, "Who died?"
"I guess I won't be getting anymore sleep," Alex mumbled, dragging her self out of her bed, "No one died…why would you ask that any way?"
Sam just shrugged and climbed out of the bed and walked into the girl's bathroom.
"Happy? I'm up," Alex said grouchily to Nicole as she rummaged through her trunk for some clean clothes.
"Very," Nicole replied, bouncing cheerfully out of the room.
Hermione put the books down on the table. She had come to this library almost everyday when she was at Hogwarts, and the amount of books it contained never seemed to startle her.
She sighed as the light caught her engagement ring, and instead of opening the books she had just placed on the table, she sat on the hard wooden chair and just stared at the delicate stone set in the white gold on her finger.
She was happy now; it was everything she wanted, for fifteen years, just to be with him. And now, now they were getting their second chance. Their opportunity to be together, their happy ending.
"Professor Granger," a gentle voice came, startling Hermione who was still in her trance.
"Professor Dumbledore," She said, standing quickly, "Is there a problem?"
"No, no, everything's fine," He chuckled, sitting down, his blue eyes twinkling behind his half moon spectacles, "I am here simply to express my happiness for you and Blaise."
Hermione looked at her old Headmaster, unsure of how he had found out, since they were yet to announce their engagement officially.
"I think you need to blame the female half of the potter family for me finding out," Dumbledore smiled at her.
"Thank you Professor," Hermione said, smiling softly at him.
"On another topic, however, Blaise has assured me that you have organised everything for when out visitors from Fascino Quas arrive?" Dumbledore looked at her a bit more seriously now, although the twinkle was still (as it is always) present in his eyes.
"Yes, they will be arriving here just before two," Hermione nodded, "Class schedules and room requirements have already been organised for the students, as have the eating arrangements for tonight."
"Very well then," Dumbledore said, "I must be getting off, I was hoping to visit Hogsmeade before they arrive, please express my congratulations to Blaise for me,"
Hermione nodded again, "See you this afternoon Professor."
Riley let the wind whip against his face. It stung but still he flew higher, circling the empty quidditch pitch.
Finally he stopped, and hovered just above the goal post for a moment, watching the horizon. In the distance he could see his uncles, Fred and George entering the castle grounds with his Dad. In the opposite direction he watched as his other team mates re-entered the castle, their red quidditch uniforms blowing around their feet.
The cool air whipped around him again, making him shiver. Carefully he landed his broom and put his feet on the soft green grass of the quidditch pitch. The sound of clapping came to his ears.
"You're a very good flyer," Professor Walker said as Riley turned to face him, "Just like your father I suppose,"
"Um, Yeah," Riley replied, uncertain as to why the professor was watching him fly.
"Now, Riley," Thr Professor continued, unaware of the boys discomfort, "I see you've been having a little difficulty in your History assignments, and I've been thinking it would be best if I were able to tutor you on Tuesday and Thursday nights after classes, that is until your grades pick up again."
"UM, okay," Riley, said as Professor Walker walked toward him, "I guess that would be fine."
"Excellent, excellent," Walker Mumbled, more to him self then to Riley, "Well, I must be off, I was hopping to see Professor Brown in the greenhouses before lunch,"
Riley watched as the Professor walked away, talking to himself. Shrugging it off he walked the familiar path to the Gryffindor change rooms.
"Hello,"
Blaise looked up from the conversation he was having with Ron Weasley, to see Hermione standing in front of them, carrying at least five thick books.
"Hello," He said back, kissing her on the cheek, taking three of the books, "Having a good day so far?"
"Yeah, it's been good, Dumbledore sends his congratulations," She smiled at him, "Ron, where's Jess, I wanted to show her some pictures I found."
Ron shrugged, "I dunno, she said something about cleaning out the old divination class room, for the Fascino Quas students, but it wouldn't have taken her this long,"
"Okay, thanks, See you this afternoon." She kissed Blaise on the cheek again, taking the books back, before bounding down the hall, in the direction of their old divination classroom.
Blaise watched as she walked away from them. He turned back to Ron, happy to restart the conversation again, but found that Ron had disappeared.
Alex sat in the great hall, a little bored, fidgeting with the hem of her black Hogwarts robes. Nicole was sitting besides her, talking excitedly to her friend Daniel and the other Gryffindor fifth years. Looking u, Alex found Draco and Sam sitting a little down the table from them in what looked like a very private conversation. She glanced around again, hoping to find Riley, but the red heads she found belonged to the Weasley's. She sighed and continued to fidget with her hem.
She glanced at her watch, again. It was 1:25; the students in the Rutilus house would be arriving soon. Meaning she was getting to spend the week with Charlie and Kimmie. She was excited about it, but there was just something that didn't make her hyped up, not like she felt when she was about to see Logan and Georgie again.
Suddenly the doors to the great hall opened and Professor Dumbledore casually strode in, followed by her mother, Harry, and Fred and George Weasley.
The chatter in the great hall died down as Dumbledore stood at the front, smiling at hem.
"Good afternoon," He said slowly as the Weasley twins and Hermione and Harry sat at the table next to Blaise, Ginny and Ron, "T day our guests from Fascino Quas will be arriving for the first time, I trust that you will most certainly be on your best behaviour,"
At this, Alex felt someone sit beside her. She looked up and found Riley watching the teachers with a look of confusion across his face. She turned back to the staff table, to find her parents standing once again, heading towards the great hall. Dumbledore had sat down and the student's voices filled the hall again.
"Hey," Alex said to Riley who was still watching the teachers table, "Hello?"
"Oh, uh, hey," He smiled at her, but still continued to watch the teachers.
"What's up?" She asked
"Nothing," he answered as the food for their lunch appeared on the table. He grabbed a sandwich and turned toward Draco and Sam before Alex could continue her questioning.
"Wow, I still can't believe it's a real castle," Kimmie said excitedly as they followed Nicole back into the entrance hall, finally finishing the out of Hogwarts.
Alex smiled at her. "Yeah, it gets a bit confusing sometimes," she glanced at Charlie, who had been oddly quite since they had arrived.
"So, hows Georgie?" Alex asked him. She watched as he paled slightly, then turned away, involving himself into a conversation with some of the other boys in his house.
"Did I miss something?" Alex said, turning to Nicole and Kimmie.
"They had a fight," Kimmie whispered as the three girls glanced back at the blonde boy, "Neither of them will talk about it. Georgie's been pretty upset though."
Alex nodded, unsure as to why Logan (or even Georgie for that amtter0 had not told her about what had happened. She had defiantly kept Georgie informed about what was going on with Riley, she even told her what had happened over Christmas, praying that she had enough sense not to tell Logan. Things were changing and they were growing apart.
Hermione sat next to Jess and Ginny at the staff table, watching as the students ate the great feast that was being held in honour of the special guest. She scanned the room, the dark purple robes scattered throughout the black Hogwarts ones. Suddenly she felt extremely tired. Finally her eyes came to rest on a group of students, all Weasley's sitting at the Gryffindor table. She smiled dreamily as she remembered seeing the Weasley's sitting at the very same table back in her first year. They had encouraged her to sit with them after she had been sorted, shortly being joined by Ron.
She glanced across at Her best friend, who was talking to Harry, presumably about Quidditch. He caught her eye and smiled back at her, before turning back to Harry. He had changed, sure, every one changed over fifteen years, but to Hermione he was still the same old Ron.
"Hermione," Ginny nudged her in the ribs.
"Ow," She whimpered, rubbing her side, "What?'
"Ben…he's looking at you weird again," Ginny whispered, careful not to make eye contact with the other teacher.
Hermione looked down at the other end of the staff table, where Blaise was sitting wit the Fascino Quas teachers, and she found Ginny was right. Ben Walker was watching her, closely, a little too closely she thought.
She shook her head and turned away, but the rest of the night she couldn't help but feel like someone was watching her.
Once dinner was finished, and most of the students and teachers had evacuated the great hall, Blaise stood and moved toward his fiancé.
As he walked toward her, she snapped her head up quickly, before giving him a smile. Blaise couldn't help but notice that it seemed relieved.
"Hey, are you alright?" Blaise asked as he sat in the seat that Ginny had just evacuated.
"I'm fine, just a little tired, I guess," Hermione said quietly.
Blaise nodded, "I guess I have to take you to bed then," He stood up and took her hand, leading her out of the great hall.
"No, Blaise, I mean it, I really am tired, I want to go to bed to sleep," Hermione protested.
"I know," Came Blaise's simple reply, as they entered the dungeons.
Soon they were walking past his room, and he surprised Hermione by not stopping, since they had spent every night in there together since they had been back at Hogwarts. Finally they came to Hermione's small room, Dumbledore still wanted her to stay in there next to Snape, just in case anything funny happened, especially since only few people knew where she was living.
"Goodnight my dear love," Blaise said in a singsong voice as he helped Hermione into bed.
"Good night Blaise," Hermione whispered back.
She was asleep before Blaise had even reached the door. Quietly he closed the door and made his way back down the cold dark corridor, his thought still with the sleeping brunette.
WHAM!
Blaise fell to the floor instantly as something hard hit the back of his head. He was knocked unconscious as his face hit the cold stone floor from the force.
Blaise woke the next morning with a searing pain in his head. It was excruciating and the light coming from the windows were not helping either, he didn't remember there being windows in the dungeons. He opened his eyes and tried to focus, but instantly closed them again, the light blinding him.
"Blaise," Hermione's soft voice came from beside him, but he still did not open his eyes.
"Mmm," He answered.
"Blaise," Professor Dumbledore repeated this time. On instinct Blaise opened his eyes, this time focusing after a minute.
He was in the hospital wing. Hermione was sitting in a chair beside him, while Harry, Dumbledore and Snape were standing at the end of his bed.
"Where is he?" He could hear Alex's voice from the waiting room.
"What? Why am I in here?" Blaise asked, the pain in his head becoming worse.
"Blaise," Dumbledore began, "You were found unconscious not far from Hermione's room, Snape found you."
"Dad," Alex cried as she entered the room, she flung her arms around her father's neck.
"Alex, please," Hermione said sternly. Alex let go of Blaise and stood behind her mother.
"What? How?" He suddenly had trouble stringing a sentence together.
"You were attacked, presumably by the same person who tried to attack Riley and Alex," Harry said slowly, "Do you remember anything?"
Blaise shook his head, the last thing he remembered was saying goodnight to Hermione. He looked at the brunette who was slightly pale.
"Blaise, if you remember anything, anything at all, you need to tell us," Dumbledore said.
'I don't," Blaise said looking at the old man.
Snape and Dumbledore turned to leave the hospital wing.
"Professor," Hermione's voice stopped them, "What's going to happen with the students? This guys already tried to attack two students, it's not safe for them…"
"Hermione," Dumbledore looked at her, then at Harry, "Harry and I have discussed it, we will be doing everything we can to make sure no other attack occurs."
A/N: okay…well yes I guess most of that was a but of nonsense but I needed to vent…..a the moment I have no idea what's going to happen next….but don't worry I will update soon (I do have a few ideas)…anyway please review…
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