Hermione had no choice but to go through her day with splotches on her face. She endured a fair share of ridicule, but nonetheless survived.

Around 8:30 that night, she collapsed in her room, thankful to have heard the last of the comments, like:

"Eww, did you forget to put your mask on?" or

"Gross! What is THAT!"

She looked in the mirror for a few minutes, staring happily at her face. Hermione knew her hair was continuously a mess, but she had always held some pride that her face had remained unblemished through her life. It was one of the few physical appearances that she could be proud of.

Finally, after a few moments of that, Hermione spread out on her bed and drifted off into a nice, long dream.

(In dream)

"Harry, where did she go?"

"RON! She's gone!"

Hermione knew those must have been the reactions of her friends after she disappeared.

Annie's face went totally blank for a moment, then she burst into tears.

"Mimey! Mimey!" she hollered.

Hermione gasped in her dream. Annie could talk already? Was 'Mimey' her first word perhaps?

After a few minutes of the madness, Ron had the brilliant idea to call his mum. He explained everything to her, but it sounded like she had no idea what to do.

Suddenly Hermione realized it had grown dark. They had spent the whole day searching for her but had found nothing. She saw Ron look at Harry with fear in his eyes as the doorknob jangled as her parents unlocked it. Soon her parents entered the room, and noticed her absence.

"Where is my daughter?"

(End of Dream)

"Hermione, get up!"

Hermione slowly opened her eyes to see Lily standing over her.

"Mmm . . .Ah un wha oo . . . u mo miuhs?" ( mmm ... I don't want to, few more minutes?)

Lily shook her head.

"Hermione, you have already slept through breakfast. Today is Saturday, we have nothing to do but have fun for the whole day!"

Hermione knew she was right, so she kicked off her covers and followed Lily to the Common Room, entirely forgetting that she looked as if she had just woken up.

"Woah! Mimi! You look AWFUL!" Sirius taunted her gleefully.

Hermione snapped back that he better never call her Mimi again, and then hurried back to the dormitory. She decided it would be better to shower before finding some breakfast.

After a long, hot shower Hermione walked into her room and dressed in her bright green robe. She combed her bushy hair, then performed a drying spell on it. Finally, she decided she looked alright and headed back to the Common Room.

Lily smiled at her and offered some bisquits. Hermione ate quickly.

"So, what should we do today?" James asked.

Hermione noticed that it was the usual group that was left in the room - James, Lily, Sirius, Peter, Mandy, Hanna, Remus, and her.

"Have you guys figured out anything fun to do at the dance?" Hermione asked them, mainly pointing at the Marauders.

"Nope, we decided to behave at this one. We want to have fun with our dates," James explained.

"And who are you all going with?" she asked.

Remus spoke up, " James with Lily, Sirius with Mandy, Peter with Hanna, and me with you?"

Hermione almost missed the last comment. Remus was asking her out? This seemed wrong on so many levels. She was his student, after all. But he didn't know that yet, and he probably wouldn't remember later in life. He was kind of handsome looking . . . Hermione considered for a moment, then realized she should make sure she heard right.

"Did you just ask me to the dance?" she blurted out.

She then noticed that she had 14 eyes staring at her from around the room.

"Umm . . . you don't have to say yes or anything, but yeah, I guess I did," he told her.

"Of course I will go with you!" she exclaimed.

Remus' face lit up. He hadn't expected her to accept this.

"Then it's settled!" James said with enthusiasm. "I'll go with Lily, Hanna will go with Peter, Mandy with Sirius and Remus with Mimi!"

Hermione glared at him for calling her that. Mimi was her least favorite of the nicknames he had given her.

The group of teens went out on the grounds to play around in the fresh snow that had appeared overnight. Hermione giggled as Sirius flew back to make a snow angel, and Lily screamed as James pounced on her, making her fall into the snow. The rest of the day was spent like that, with occasional breaks for cocoa.

A week or so passed, and the dance came closer and closer. Hermione was excited to be going with Remus, it turned out he was a sweet and great guy.

Finally, it was the 13th of February. The next day was the dance! Hermione went to bed with her heart pounding. She couldn't wait to get dressed up again! The last time she had done that was at the Yule Ball, and that certainly wasn't the best she had ever done. Remus was going to be flabbergasted!

AN:

Finally! I finished the chapter! Sorry it took me awhile, I was reading the new Harry Potter book! Way to go JKR! For all of you who haven't read it yet, make it a point to do so.

Next chapter will be the dance! I can't wait to dress up Hermione!

Keep reviewing please! My goal is for 25! The more reviews I get, the longer the chapters will be.

Always,

Meg