AN: I'll make this short so it wont repeat, thank you for adding me to the favorite authors list. YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
Disclaimer: Harry PotterNot mine
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The next few days passed by slowly.
For Ron, they were miserable. He didn't even have Pig to talk to.
Hermione was feeling anxious, she knew as soon as that reply came she would be able to catch Harry, after a year of waiting.
Harry was clueless. He thought Hermione had given up on following him.
She had, for the time being. The only time she saw him was at mealtimes and classes. They almost never talked anymore.
Ron and Hermione were sitting at a table, finishing their Charms homework.
Hermione had just finisher hers, Ron was trying to copy, which led to a slap in the back of the head.
"Ouch, Hermione that hurts!" Ron said.
"Maybe if you wrote your own essays, I wouldn't have to hit you," she said, packing up her things.
"Hermione, how do you expect me to learn this in time for our NEWT's next week?" Ron asked, rubbing his head.
"Maybe if you paid attention in class, instead of sleeping, you would learn a thing or two!" Hermione said with a tone of finality.
But Ron wasn't done arguing yet.
"It's hard for me to sleep at night," he said with some reluctance, "Harry is never there anymore, we used to play chess before bed. It would help me sleep."
"I could play chess with you," Hermione said.
"Yeah, you could, but you're nowhere near as good as me and Harry," he said smiling.
This earned him another slap on the head.
"Ouch, quit doing that!" Ron said rubbing what was now a lump on the back of his head.
They bickered the rest of the night until they went to bed around midnight.
They were bickering so loudly, they didn't hear the tapping from the window.
Pig was outside, with Fred and George's reply.
Seeing that Ron was no longer there, Pig flew off to the owlery.
What else could he do?
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Pig didn't return to find Ron. He was too tired from the long journey to London that all he did was eat and sleep.
Ron had taken to waiting by the window in the common room. He studied while doing this, hoping to learn something in time for his first NEWT tomorrow.
It was the Defense Against the Dark Arts written exam, followed by the practical exam in the afternoon.
He was getting to the fourth chapter of So You Want to Defend Yourself Against the Dark Arts? by Alec Newton, a retired Auror.
He was practicing the arm-locking curse, when he looked up hoping to see Pig, he would only see the long stretch of sky, and the mountains.
Thinking of calling it a night, he headed up to the dormitory without saying goodnight to Hermione.
Hermione watched him go and took his seat near the window.
She watched for Pig, and after a half hour of waiting she felt like going to bed too.
As she was getting up a small speck appeared out of the owlery.
It was Pig. He was booking it towards the window, as fast as possible.
Hermione opened the window, just before Pig hit it.
Pig flew into the common room and dropped the letter on the table, then returned to the owlery, with a faint, tired hoot.
Hermione opened the letter and read:
Dear Ron,
I would advise not sending Pig to London anymore. He is not made to fly that big of a journey. It took him a week to even be able to fly again. Anyway, the passageway you are referring to leads to a secret room of requirement, like the one we used for DA meetings, but a lot more secret. If you say the password to the stretch of wall past the third torch on the right hand side of the corridor, it will open and there will be an extremely long hallway leading to the room. The room is located under the lake, which makes it cold and damp. We don't recommend using it. The password is 'Procrastination', have fun, and make sure to leave a mess for Filch to clean up, from us!
Fred and GeorgeHermione read the letter again, making a mental note of the password. It would have to wait until next weekend, NEWT's were too important.
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They were in the Great Hall, the tables had turned into desks, and the scratching of quills was prevalent to the chirping of birds outside.
Harry looked at the remaining questions.
What is a mountain trolls weakness?
What can kill a werewolf?
What is the incantation for the first Unforgivable Curse?
What is the incantation for the second Unforgivable Curse?
What is the incantation for the third Unforgivable Curse?
What is the incantation for the shield charm?
What is the incantation for the stunning curse?
These were easy, and Harry answered them with ease. He was the first one done, and he looked around.
Ron was sleeping, his exam only half done. Harry sent a sneezing curse his way, unseen by the supervisors.
Ron woke up instantly and sneezed…right into Parvati's hair.
The entire hall erupted into laughter, and it took a full five minutes to restore peace.
Harry returned to looking around, his eyes fell on Hermione, six seats ahead of him and one row to the right, scribbling violently.
Harry found himself staring at her for the next few minutes until the bell rang and they all left.
Harry felt relieved, this nightmare was almost over.
He didn't know where he was supposed to go, he thought of staying at the burrow, but Ron had not been himself lately.
Harry felt partially responsible for this, he wasn't around.
His nights had been the same the entire year, spent alone, looking at a picture of her the entire year.
But only he would know this, and no one else.
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The rest of the week passed as normal as could be, Harry felt like he did okay, not as good as he could have though.
Ron was willing to bet Hermione received top marks, but Hermione wasn't so sure. She was as preoccupied as Harry.
She was going to the secret passageway tonight, nobody would stop her.
At midnight, she threw the invisibility cloak over her, and proceeded to the dungeons.
She found the stretch of wall explained in the letter, and muttered the password to it.
"Procrastination," she whispered.
The passageway opened leaving a long, dark hallway, where the wall used to be, she walked into it and the door turned back into a wall behind her.
She proceeded quietly down the hall, to the end…
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Ron was sitting alone in the dormitory, he felt horrible, he couldn't sleep…
He felt like he would never be able to either.
What was he going to do?
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Hermione opened the door, thinking of seeing an extravagant, elegant room, only to find a small room, with stone walls, one chair, with Harry in it, and a picture frame.
Harry was staring at it, one tear falling down his cheek.
Hermione crept up behind him to look at the picture, expecting to see Sirius, Dumbledore, or his parents.
But it wasn't….it was her, smiling and waving at Harry.
"Oh my god," Hermione whispered.
Harry turned around quickly, and Hermione pulled off the cloak.
Harry felt embarrassed straight away.
He tried to hide the picture from view but the damage was done.
He expected her to run, to never talk to her again.
But she stayed right there, looking confused.
Several seconds passed by, with nothing happening, they were just staring at each other.
Then Hermione leaned in and kissed him. Without any warning, which took Harry by surprise, but kissed her back as soon as the surprise faded away.
"One week left, and it finally happens," Hermione said, laughing.
She was starting to feel dizzy, this happened too fast.
Harry helped her back to the common room, and showed her to the stairs.
They would resume this "talk" tomorrow.
Harry went up to his bed, for the first time in months.
He finally felt normal again.
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AN: I know it happened fast, but I am thinking of an alternate ending as well. Probably in a few weeks. Review please. Alternate ending coming soon!