Title: Harry Potter and the highland's key part 2

Author: Me of course

Rating: PG-13-R

Pairings: Hermione/Ginny at the end, but until then Hermione/some weird character of my own Ron/Luna, Harry?

Disclaimer: Most of the characters are the property of J.K Rowling and stuff except the characters I make up for the heck of it; they belong to my weirdo imagination.

Comment: Yes, I came back to finish it although I kinda forgot I was writing it but to the fic, hya!

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"I don't trust her!" Harry said opening his Transfigurations book. It was their first day in class and they were already burdened with homework.

"She hasn't done anything to you Harry!" Hermione counters, also opening her book and dipping her quill in ink to begin her paper.

"And she gorgeous" Ron says starring out the window.

"That's besides the point" Hermione says sighing. "and anyway, we have defense against the dark arts tomorrow with Slytherine and I still don't know who the new teacher is!" She finishes not taking her eyes off the paper in front of her.

"True, I wonder who is brave enough to take the job this year!" Harry says, forgetting the angry tirade he was supposed to finish about Alex.

"And quidditch tryouts will be starting in a week!" Ron adds, not really paying attention to the conversation.

"Are you planning on doing your homework Ron?" Hermione asks.

"It's not due until next week, Hermione, not everyone is a perfectionist like you, you know" Ron says matter-of-factly. "Besides I have to meet Luna in half an hour to help her study" he says.

"You? Help someone study?" Hermione says incredulously.

"For your information, Luna think I'm very smart, probably the smartest boy in the school!" Ron says.

"Luna also thinks the sky is pink!" Hermione says making Harry burst out in fits of laughter. It was true; Luna had in fact told them that the sky was pink.

"Well, I'm going to head to the bed, I'm tired" Harry finally says after her giggle fit, stifling a yawn. He picks up his books and heads upstairs to the boys common room.

"I'm going to head to the library" Hermione says, putting finishing touches on her paper and scooping all of her books into a bag.

"Goodnight then" Ron says, watching her crawl through the exit. "And I am very smart." He mutters under his breath brushing off his robes.

"Says who?" Ginny asks sarcastically, appearing behind her older brother.

"It doesn't matter who says it, it's true!" Ron says and walks away from his younger sister.

In the library, Hermione finds a quiet place to sit and silently reads a book. After about an hour she gets ready to leave the library. As she packs up her books, she hears something or someone flipping through pages of a book and muttering under their breath. This was Hogwarts and that someone could have well have been a ghost or a goblin or some other kind of mystical creature but something compelled Hermione to look.

She poked her head around the corner and there, sitting on the floor flipping through the pages of a book was Alex. She looked frustrated, angered even. Hermione dared to step closer, still unseen to see what book it was Alex was reading. As Hermione squinted her eyes to look at the book, she almost instantly recognized it without even seeing a title. It was a book on Lord Voldemort's magical methods from the restricted section. Hermione had broke into the section to get that book for Harry a few years back only to have the book's banshee screech deter her. But how did Alex get the book? It has been banned for years because of it's detailed descriptions of painful and powerful dark curses and potions. And what would she be doing with the book? Hermione thought.

Alex looks up from her book into Hermione's direction but the darkness makes it difficult to see. She draws her wand and gracefully gets up from the floor. Hermione quickly shoots from the corner with her bag and runs out of the library bumping straight into Ron.

"Watch it mate..." Ron starts but stops realizing it was Hermione. "Hermione, you look like you've just seen a ghost!" he exclaims, seeing the pale colour in her cheeks.

"Worse" She breaths out "I'll tell you about it in the common room"

TBC

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