Hermione searched through extra clothes for something decent to wear. Her jeans were ripped and her tee shirt was dirty had large holes in it.

"How's it coming?" Harry asked, coming up behind her.

"Okay," She replied.

"Do you want a banana?"

"Thanks," Hermione said, taking the banana from Harry's hand.

"The food here sure isn't like the magical food we're used to, eh?" Harry said, peeling his banana and taking a large bite.

"Harry, that's it!"

"Wha' er ew tawki' bou'?"

"Harry, you've been spending too much time with Ron. Chew and swallow before you decide to speak."

He gulped and said, "What are you talking about?"

"We could use magic to get off this island!"

"That's a great theory, Hermione," Harry said. "But there's only one problem – our wands probably didn't survive the crash. Think about it. Do you really think three thin sticks of wood could have survived a crash that killed all the other passengers?"

Hermione looked crestfallen, but said, "I guess you're right Harry. Do you know if they found our trunks yet?"

"Me and Bernard, I think his name was, are looking for them later. I was going to go find Ron to see if he wanted to come. Have you seen him?"

"Sorry, Harry, but I haven't seen him. I'll come with you if you want me to, though."

"No, that's okay. Tell Ron I was looking for him if you see him."

"Okay," Hermione said, returning to her search. She found some khaki capris that were her size, but couldn't find a shirt. With out realizing that she had said it, she muttered under her breath, "Why aren't there any shirts in my size?"

"You can borrow one of mine," someone said, coming up behind her. She turned around, startled. She saw a young woman (about twenty-five) with blonde hair and blue eyes carrying a baby. She smiled and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm Claire and this is Aaron. I have a shirt back at my tent if you want one."

"Thanks, that would be great!" Hermione said, smiling. Claire started to walk along the beach, and Hermione followed.

"So, I heard only you and four other boys survived," Claire said, rocking Aaron a bit.

"Yeah, but I'm not sure where the twins went," Hermione said. "I just hope they're not into any mischief.

"So, what pranks are you up to now?" Hurley asked. He and the twins were sitting on the beach, looking out into the rolling waves.

"Not much really," Fred said.

"We were going to work on some new love potion pranks," George stated.

"And test them out on ickle Ronniekins and his sweet Hermione."

"But they're in our trunks, and since we don't know where those are, we wouldn't be able to show you."

"Bummer," Hurley said with a frown.

"Well, if you were hoping to lighten the mood around here - "

"We know of a game you could try."

"Like what?" Hurley asked inquiringly.

Fred and George gave Hurley identical wicked grins and said in unison, "Truth or Dare"

"So….." Charlie started. He and Ron were walking down the beach, and Charlie wasn't exactly sure about what to say to a person he had assumed wasn't real. He noticed Claire coming out of her tent. Without even realizing he said it, he sighed and whispered, "She's beautiful, isn't she?"

Ron followed Charlie's gaze to see Hermione coming out of a tent with a blonde woman. Assuming that Charlie was looking at Hermione, Ron smiled and said, "Yeah."

"You like Claire too?" Charlie asked, outraged.

"What? No! I was talking about Hermione," Ron said quickly.

Charlie looked over to where he had seen Claire before and saw her talking to a young woman with curly chestnut hair. He smiled and said, "So you've found yourself a girl then. She looks nice. Have you two-"

"No!" Ron shouted, causing several people around them to jump. "We aren't exactly what you'd call a couple. I like her a lot, but I haven't had the guts to tell her."

"Well you had better get a move on!" Charlie exclaimed, hitting Ron on the shoulder. "There are plenty fish in the sea, and if you don't make your move soon, your lass will be taken."

"Believe me; I know what that's like," Ron said, and then continued after seeing the confused look on Charlie's face, "We had a dance at our school a couple years ago. I wanted to ask her, but by the time I had the guts enough to ask her, she was already going with someone else. Worse yet, I made it sound as though the only reason I wanted to go with her was because I couldn't find anyone else. Then we wound up getting into a big fight over it, and I ruined the whole bloody evening for her."

"Ouch," Charlie said. "But the past shouldn't stop you from moving on. You love this girl, right?"

"Yes," Ron said. "I really think I do. I can't imagine if I never would have met her."

"So, its kind of like what one of my songs says," Charlie said. He quickly added, "I used to be in a band. We could have been great, but we broke up. Anyway, one of my favorite songs of ours, "Burn," goes - I can't ignore when you walk in; Sensations consume me; Burn me alive with your touch; Burn it all away; Be the source of my devastation; Conquer me - escape into me; Let me feel the flame of your heart."

"There couldn't be a truer song for the way I feel about Hermione," Ron said. "Your band sounds pretty cool. Do you have a copy of that song on, I think it was called, a VD?"

"You mean a CD? Yeah, I have one back at my tent. Come on, I'll show it to you."