The next morning was so tense because everybody ( meaning Harry Ginny and Ron) had to wait until lunch to follow Hermione and save her from any danger (if there was one) They had to act so can Hermione mustn't suspect anything from them. At breakfast they all ate in quiet, and when the clock stroked 11:30, they've hidden under Harry's cloak and quietly went to Frowning's office. They nearly got hit by the door which on that moment was opened by Frowning. He didn't realize that three students were following him! Surprisingly he went to the dungeons. There Harry saw Hermione, and a bunch of other small students even first years.

Harry couldn't hear what he was saying to the children but in a second they vanished!

" How could that happen?'' asked Ginny, standing in the place were gone.

"They…. Disappeared'' replied Ron.

"Of, course…. Other wise anybody could have followed them.. He's smart!'' said Harry

"But how come the small kids could have done that?''

''Maybe there is a way for groups…'' respond Harry

''Perfect! Now, what do we do? We can't go after them not knowing where they are!'' said Ron irritated.

''Nothing…..'' said Harry disappointed .

Ginny looked at him with worried eyes, and instinctively looked at the Dungeons Entrance. All they could do was to wait.

" We have to wait until the come back……Who knows what's happening over there …'' she said finally; Ron got scared at this statement but he didn't want to show it . Eventually they went back to the Common Room.

At midnight Harry couldn't sleep. He heard a door slam coming from the girls dormitory. He got up and went to the door but he didn't opened it. He heard a girl… crying… He couldn't resist it; he slowly opened the door and saw Hermione on the stairs crying softly. "Should I go there and find out what happened?" He thought that if he went now, Hermione's pride would have been ruined, but if he went later, like tomorrow morning, he may not receive nothing from her. By the time he maid up his mind Hermione was heading to the girls dormitory. Harry went back to bed, annoyed that he didn't went to talk to her.

Morning came along and Harry was woken up by Ron. Ron was very excited.. he needed to go ask Hermione about yesterday but he needed Harry for this.

" Come on Harry! "

"It's too early… they don't serve breakfast at this hour!"

Indeed it was too early, and when Ron realized that he put himself back in bed all dressed up and waited. After Harry got up, they both went downstairs for breakfast.

''Go on, ask her!'' said Ron behind Harry's back

"I don't understand why you don't ask her!

"Well, aren't you anxious to find out?''

"Yes , but…'' he was interrupted by Ginny:

"Hi guys!" have you seen Hermione?

"Well, we're heading to the Hall…"

"She's not there…" said Ginny immediately.

"But then…?''

"I bet she's still in the Common Room." Said Harry precise.

Then he told them about last night.

" Oh, you twit, why didn't you went and ask her?" asked Ron annoyed.

"I told you already! "

"Tell him what?" asked a girl's voice behind them.

"Oh, Hermione!" said the three of them together.

"Well, I'm surprised you're all… surprised to see me.'' she said while walking to the Gryffindor's Table.

Ron was sqeezing Harry's arm, forcing him to ask her about the trip.
- " So… How was yesterday?''

" Yesterday?" asked again Hermione looking perplexed at him.

"Yeah, with the trip …. Frwoning's trip!'' Harry was afraid that her memory was erased.

"Oooh, the trip! It was cancelled you sillies! " she said jolly.

"What do you mean cancelled, I.. we saw you.. Disappeared!"

"……in the dungeons'' completed Ron

"Are you all out of your minds? After the trip was cancelled I went to the library and then I remain in the Common Room to study!"

"What do you mean? How come we've never saw you?'' asked Ginny

"Of course you saw me! I saw you, you saw me! I went with you at the classes remember?''

''But we….'' Continued Ron but he was stopped by Ginny.

"Sorry, I guess we've must have taken some of Fred and George's products and forgotten!'' said Ginny smiling.

"Hay, those things are dangerous.. Watch out, even though they are your brothers!'' said Hermione wisely

''We'll go now…'' said Ginny grabbing Harry's arm and Ron's robe.

"Uhm.. .Ok…. Bye!" respond Hermione a bit questioning.

Ginny grabbed both of them to the library and then went to search for a book. She returned quickly with a large, old book and opened it right in the middle.

" Have you heard of parallel universes?" she asked both of them. She was behaving now like Hermione.

" Uhm…no.." they said in chorus.

"Well, let's say that in another place we are doing in the same time different things! That we exist , but doing different things, during another life!"

"Wait! Are you saying that we… are not here right now?'' asked Ron .

"No, I mean that just another You is somewhere in another country, or world doing something else! Like a clone! This is what Eileen Drift calls parallel universes.'' She finished with a smile.

"So… I may have another ….life.. He's not aware of me?''

"Exactly! Look here" Harry read the passage explaining everything Ginny just said.

"When Hermione told us the trip was cancelled I knew she was lying.. Because that moment wasn't real… I mean it is but not in our time! You see, we where there when she told us about the trip, we where there when Frowning Disappeared with them, but we weren't there when Hermione told us that she was studying in the Common Room.''

"So, you're saying that this Hermione is a fake?"

''Yes …and no. She exists in Hogwarts, but the thing is that Her universe interacted with Ours and we're know very mixed up! The "real" Hermione is still out there with Frowning''

"But if that Hermione is here, it means that somewhere all of Us are there also… And if we meet…''said Harry

''It would be very confusing!''

''My gosh…." But when will this end?''

"It doesn't! It's not a cycle, it's real!''

''How can it possibly be real! How did Her universe collided with Ours?

" These universes are moving, so we just have to wait until Hers universe go away, we just have to keep away from Ourselves….

"But how do we know when it will go away, and which one of the students is which?

"Eileen said that these changes are made subtle.. Like then when Harry saw Hermione crying… Actually it was "another" Hermione" explained Ginny.

''So we just have to wait….'' Said Ron

No one said a word. They heard a giggle, Ginny recognized it. It was hers! They hide behind a bookcase and watched their own lives. But Harry saw something different. The "other" Harry was holding the "other" Ginny's hand and they were laughing! Suddenly Harry couldn't believe his eyes! He was kissing Ginny Weasley and it seemed that he didn't mind it at all! Harry blushed, so did Ginny, and Ron couldn't help not looking bad at Harry. Then he said him:'' Oh come on! In public?"

"Hey, that's not me! I mean it is me, but I couldn't do that…" "Or could I ?" completed in his mind. After the "others" left they went to the Common Room and saw Seamus and Dean talking to each other. They looked at them in a way that made them feel uncomfortable.

"Back so soon?''

"Uhm , yes, we…I'm not feeling that well'' said Ginny.

"Oh, sure…'' giggled Seamus.

It was odd for Ginny to think that Dean thought that she and Harry we're together. They sat near eh fireplace quietly.

"Shouldn't we be… invisible? Or just get away from here? Everything would be mixed up!" said Ron looking around at the changes around him: Parvati glanced at him, Neville seemed to be much taller, and new paintings were on the walls.

"Maybe, but what can we do?''

"If we could only Disappear!''

"Hey! We could go to Hogsmeade! So what if no one will allow us, I mean they will punish the "other" Us and we won't have to bare the consequences !''propose Ginny

''Hey, great idea!" Approved Harry "But if we have to sleep were will we do that?"

"In the station!''

So they went to Hgosmeade. They flew there with stolen broomsticks, they bought some goodies-luckily they had some money- and they spent the night in the station. It wasn't that comfortable , but Harry was thinking about that scene when he saw himself kissing Ginny. This image gave him goose bumps, but he was still wondering himself what was like if that was true. That night he dreamed about Ginny… He woke up with a smile, thinking that maybe one day he will be with her, just the way his "other" life was with the "other" Ginny.

Morning passed, and they flew back to the castle. They didn't figured out how to explain this to whoever they may catch them. Luckily, they manage to enter into the castle and took a peek at the Great Hall. They didn't saw "themselves'' nor Frowning, but there was Hermione.

"Let's go!'' Ginny said.

They left their brooms and went inside.

"Hey Hermione!"

"Oh hi guys! Where were you?"

"We just… went to a …morning walk." Lied Ron.

"So….."

"I don't want to talk about that!" she rushed Harry.

"She's back" he said in a whisper to Ginny and Ron.

But still they needed to talk to her about what happened.

At the end of they day they sat in the Common Room. Ginny told Hermione about the parallel universes, Hermione was very interested in this, she was very angry with herself that she didn't knew this.

"Look, Hermione, we need to know what happened yesterday! When did you get back?" asked Harry

"I don't know what you're talking about! I know I had been missing but I just don't remember anything!"

" But, why did you said that you don't want to talk about ….something"

"Oh, somebody said to me something rude and it affected me and I just… cursed him"

"Oh, gosh! Have you been punished?"

"Yes, by Snape!"

"Look, Hermione, you said to us that you were about to go on a trip with professor Frowning to the Valley of the Shadows or something!'' said Ron

Hermione became pale and looked at the dancing fire while Ron continued :'' We think that you were under the Imperius Curse"

" We need to know what happened there… But what is the Valley of Shadows?'' continued Harry.

"The Valley….It's a place known to be ruled by Voldemort.. It's a place where he used to revive all the dead …Maybe Frowning is a Death Eather and he wanted mine…. Our services for something!..."

"But what ?….."

They sat in silence for about 3 minutes , eventually Ginny broke the silence:

" Look, we won't find an answer like this, maybe we should take a Veritaserum
from Snape and force him to drink him."

"That's a good idea, but if we get caught…"

"It's too risky…" said Hermione in silence.

Harry was determined to steel a bottle of Veritaserum from Snape, after all he stole the Dragon Silver Tooth, the problem was how to force Frowning to drink it.

"I can steal it! " said Harry

"What..?'' asked Hermione impatiently. He saw Ginny looking interested at him.

"I've stolen the Silver Tooth! I could do it again!"

"Harry, what did you just said?"

"No,……why? If you want to make the potion you don't have the ingredients! You were a fool to do that!" said Ginny

"Look, it was a great opportunity, I could just leave it there! I will get the rest of ingredients, I don't know, the point is I can do it again!"

"NO! You won't do that! There must be another way! We can't just force Frowning to drink that, he will tell the Headmaster." Replied Hermione angry.

"I'll go talk to the Headmaster. It will be much easier then" propose Harry.

This time no one respond. Harry had to go and talk to Dumbledore, he was determined to do that..