A/N: CONGRATS DRAGONMASTER KURAI! You are reviewer 100! You reward is…well…I've no idea! I'd put you in my story but I don't know your name or anything so yea! But just remember you've been officially recognized by little old me who only has 2 fanfics out! Thanks to everyone else who reviewed too! I can't believe I've got 101 reviews! Hurrah! Alright, excitement over, and now to give you the next chapter that all my loyal readers reviewed relentlessly to get! Sorry I didn't review it exactly at 100! I've started school and such…Very exciting! (Erm…All I can say is that my Language Arts teacher is not my last years teacher…He was a GREAT HP fan. Sarah (If she still follows my fic) you agree…right? Anyways! TO THE FIC!

Disclaimer: Oh my...If I was the author of the HP series, I wouldn't tell you. I'd keep it very secretive and say all the time 'I'm not J.K. Rowling' and all of you would find out the plot to Book 7. But…seeing as Book 6 came out and pretty much screwed up any chance of this story not being AU…And Rowling probably wouldn't write about a rape in her books…I have to assure you, I am not J.K. Rowling, truthfully!

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When they found Hermione Granger she was cackling madly over one Ronald Weasley who was shaking so badly they thought he might start some sort of earthquake. It was a disturbing sight. Ron had all kinds of spells and hexes over him. A Bat-Bogey curse was apparent, along with other types of Jelly-Legs and fungus type things. He was locked into and odd fetal-like position. His hair was sticking straight up, and was no longer and fiery red but an odd faded out sort of orangey yellow. His mouth hung open and his jaw was set at an odd angle. His nose was squashed in much like a trampled over broken up pumpkin, like the ones some people smash on Halloween for fun. His face was an ashy grey where the curses and hexes of multiple colors weren't. Ronald Weasley was a sad sorry sight to behold to any eyes.

Hermione had to be dragged away from him, still laughing madly and crying at the same time out of anger and sadness. No one knew quite what was going on. Most had believed that Ron and Hermione had always been quite close. Apparently they were wrong. That or Granger had gone mad. The Slytherins all believed the latter.

Peeves sped around school singing;

Granger's gone mad!

Granger's gone mad!

Madder then she ever had!

She works all day and also night,

Now she's gotten a rabid tick bite!

Grangers gone mad,

Mad mad mad mad mad!

He giggled gleefully singing his song and spreading the news. Some people thought Peeves was just being idiotic. Hermione Granger, go mad? Ha! Laughable at the most. But to be taken seriously? Not in the least! But they all knew something, something serious had happened between Ron and her. What, they didn't know for sure, but something had happened. Something important. They never saw Ron or Hermione, and two beds were closed off in the Hospital Wing, and students weren't allowed to visit patients anymore. Everywhere kids were trying to break their arms or get seriously ill just to get checked into the Wing to get a glimpse of the pair. No one saw anything though, they were checked in swiftly, given medical care, told to take some bed rest and sent out as quickly as they came in. After a couple hundred rounds of daring students doing this, Dumbledore gave a short but effective speech about injuring oneself. The loads of students was immediately reduced to a trickle, and then almost to a total stop.

However the curiosity remained. What exactly had happened? Why was it that Harry Potter walked down the halls looking extremely glum. And Malfoy scowling more then usual, without a smirk to be seen? What had caused the drastic changes in Hogwarts? Why had Seamus disappeared? So many questions ran through most of the students minds. Except for two of course. Harry and Draco both knew exactly what had occurred. But it didn't do any to ease their own tensions. Had Hermione really gone crazy?

A/N: cliffie I know…and this is more of a transition chapter then anything, but its not too bad, is it? I hope not! Kind of a comic relief in some places…right? Well that's what I was going for at any rate! Read review and enjoy!