Exams were nearly upon the students of Hogwarts. No one was more anxious than Hermione. It was obvious to Ron and Harry that the amount of work was slowly crushing their dear friend. For the most part the boys had given up asking her how she was managing all of her classes. Hermione sat down flipping through her potions book. A sheet of parchment lay down on the table. It was an exam schedule she had drawn up for herself.

Under Monday it read….

9 o'clock, Arithmancy

9 o'clock, Transfiguration

Lunch

1 o'clock, charms

1 o'clock, Ancient Runes

"Hermione?" Ron asked cautiously, Hermione was liable to explode when interrupted theses days. Ron had tried to talk to her on several occasions to see if she was alright but he was yell at most of the time. "Err-are you sure you've copied down these times right?"

"What?" snapped the bushy haired brunette "Yes, of course I have."

"Is there any point asking you how you're going to sit for two exams at once?" asked Harry.

"No" she said shortly "Have any of you seen my copy of Numerology and Gramatica?"

"Oh, yeah, I borrowed it for a bit of bed time reading" said Ron sarcastically in a quite tone. He was truly sick of Hermione's bad mood and was frustrated that he tried to help and she just kept shooting him down. Well, if she needed help she would say something right? She is a bright girl after all. After exams everything will be back to normal. Ron told him self.

A noise came from the window and a white owl flew in from Hogwarts grounds. Harry walked over to Hedwig and took the letter out of her beak. The note was from Hagrid. Buckbeak's appeal was set for the June sixth, the same day they finish exams. Harry read the note to his friends.

"They're bringing and executioner the appeal! But that sounds like they've already decided!" said Hermione

"Yeah it does" Harry said slowly.

"They can't. I've spent ages reading up on stuff for him: they can't just ignore it all" spoke Ron.

The day of exams finally came. Hermione was a nervous reek. Hermione was had stayed up late studding and had planned to wake up early to do the same but when Hermione awoke refreshed with the sun shining brightly she knew her time for studding would be limited. Hermione thought about using the time turner, to give her more time but decided against it. The girls around her began to get out of bed as Hermione finished dressing.

"Hermione, you're normally up ages before this time of day"

"Um yeah, I kind of slept in" she told Parvati and grabbed her bag and left the room"

Hermione walked down the girl's staircase. She felt a bit badly for not talking to her fellow Gryffindor girls, she couldn't remember the last time she had a conversation with them, or Ron and Harry for that matter. She plopped down on to the sofa and began to go over her notes that she brought down to study….

With in the next few days a number of unpredictable (unless you are professor Trelawney that is) events occurred. Of course they had their exams, which Hermione did very well, until the end of the DADA exam, where she encountered a particularly scary boggart. With the help of the timeturner Hermione and her friends were able to free Buckbeack, found out Sirius was innocent and Peter Pettigrew was still alive and is currently in Lord Voldemort service, and since word was out about Lupin being a werewolf was out he unfortunately resigned. It was a very eventful few days.

The end of the school year came to a close and Hermione hardly felt any better. She, yes, was still cutting. Her parents had no clue she was the slightest bit upset since she had gotten so good at lying. Now away from the school and friends she loved she felt a bit empty even though she was happy to see her mum and dad. Her summer mainly consisted of reading, homework, and going on long walks. One thought stuck with her was the arrival of a letter from Ron about the world cup and spending time at the Burrow. She thought about Ron a lot she soon found out. One afternoon after going on a walk she sat at her desk and began to write a letter.

Dear Ron,

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A/N: sorry I haven't updated foe a while, I've been a bit busy with school and work. I got a bit lazy with this chapter. The next one should be better. It will have Hermione going to the burrow and Ron helping her and stuff. I'll try to have it soon but I can't make any promises. Please Review, flame if u want.