Ch. 5! I promised this one would be longer, and it is! Enjoy & REVIEW!

Hermione's POV

"So what do you think caused that pain, Harry?" I asked him. He was sitting up in a bed in the hospital wing, having just woken up from passing out because his scar hurt.

"Geez Hermione, he just woke up. Shut up for 2 seconds for once." Ron snapped at me. I shot him a look. I kind of have mixed feelings about Ron. In fact I'm not really sure how I feel about him. Sometimes, like right now, he could be really mean and hurtful, but other times, he was funny, nice, and (when no one else was around of course) actually really sweet. Harry told me once that he thinks Ron likes me, but thats impossible. Right? Ugh I don't know.

Anyway, Harry rubbed his forehead. "I don't know." He said slowly. "All I remember is looking at this one girl who looked really, really farmiliar and then my scar started hurting."

"Which girl?" I asked. "Do you think she's related to-You-Know-Who?"

"No, I don't think so...I mean, it didn't feel like she was evil, just, extremely farmiliar. Like, she was from a dream, or a past life or something." Harry replied thoughtfully.

"Uh...mate...how hard did you hit your head on the floor?" Ron said, looking weirded out.

"Which girl was it Harry?" I asked.

"She had...long curly brown hair and..." he struggled to remember. "...hazel eyes."

Madam Pomfrey came over and said Harry needed some space, and that Ron and I should leave.

"I'll look for her." I told him before Ron and I left.

"So...where do you think these new people came from?" I asked Ron once we were in the corridor.

He shook his head. "I have no idea. I mean, I have 5 older brothers and I've never heard of something like this happening when they were here."

"I wonder what stopped them from getting thier letters..." I said thoughtfully.

"Well, whatever it is, something doesn't feel right about them." Ron said. "Oh, and Hermione, theres something I wanted to ask you..."

"Yes?"

"Well, you know, there's a Hogmeade trip coming up in a few weekends and...I was wondering...if you wanted to come with me?" Ron said nervously.

"Of course, we always go together. Me, you, and Harry," I said.

"Yeah, but I meant like...just us. without Harry." He said slowly.

I was stunned. "Like...on a date?"

"Er...yeah."

What? Ron wanted to go on a date with me? After he just yelled at me five minutes ago? Am I missing something?

"Erm...I suppose... but... what about Harry?"

"What about him?"

"Well...we'd kinda be ditching him." I said tenatively.

"He'd understand." Ron said.

I was still unsure. "Err...I don't know..."

"Fine." Ron said, and he turned and walked away.

"No, Ron." I said, running to catch up with him. "I didn't mean-"

"No, Hermione, it's fine, I get it."

"Wait but-"

"Seriously Hermione. I don't want to talk about it anymore. Can we pretend it never happened?"

"Ermm..." I didn't know what to say. The truth was, I did want to say yes to the date. But...I'd feel bad about leaving Harry, and what if it didn't work out between us? It would ruin our friendship.
So we just continued walking, and didn't say a word to each other the rest of the way back to Gryffindor tower.

When we got back to the common room, I decided I needed to do something to take my mind off the whole Ron incident. So I went up to my dormitory to introduce myself to the new people. I went up, and they were all standing around talking as if unsure what to do. Thank goodness Parvarti and Lavender hadn't gotten to them first. When they saw me coming, they stopped talking abrubtly.

"Hello," I said cautiously. "I'm Hermione. Welcome to Gryffindor!"

"Thanks," said a girl with brown curly hair and bright green eyes, which must've been the girl Harry talked about. " I'm Nina."

"I'm Amber!" exclaimed a girl with blonde hair.

"And I'm Mara," said a girl with dark curly brown hair sweetly.

"Patricia." said a girl with dark red hair and blue streaks. She wore combat boots and purple leggings with her uniform. I wonder how McGonagal will react to her tomorrow.

"It's nice to meet you guys." I said. "So, do you know which beds are yours?"

They all shook thier heads. My dormitory had a bunch of empty beds, since it was just me, Parvarti and Lavender that shared it. I looked at the trunks on the previously empty beds and directed them each to the right ones. Nina was next to me, Amber was next to her, and Patricia and Mara were across from us. We all started talking, and I found out that they had all been at a boarding school together, and they didn't know why they didn't get their letters when they were eleven. They seemed nice enough. Nicer than Parvarti and Lavender anyway.

Oh, speak of the devil. Or devils, rather. Parvarti and Lavender walked in a few minutes later.

"Who are they?" Lavender asked me.

"Nina, Amber, Mara and Patricia." I said.

"And why are they here?" Parvarti asked snobbily.

"They're new."

"Whatever." Parvarti grabbed her purse. "C'mon Lav." They walked out without so much as greeting Nina, Amber, Mara or Patricia.

"Well, that was mean." Amber said.

"No kidding." said Patricia. "Do they also sleep up here?"

"Unfortunately." I replied. "But don't worry, there are plently of other nice people here to make up for them."

Lavender came back up the steps. "Oh, by the way, Hermione, your boyfriends back."

I turned red. How could they have heard my convorsation with Ron? "Wha-what are you talking about?"

"You know, the one with the nerd glasses and the scar." Oh. They were talking about Harry. I rolled my eyes and they giggled and went back down the steps.

"You have a BOYFRIEND?" Amber squealed.

"What? No! They just always tease us. It's really annoying actually." I said.

" I know the feeling." said Nina, glancing at Amber who giggled.

"But you and Fabian are TOTALLY perfect for each other!"

"Who's Fabian?" I asked.

"My friend. He's here also, you'll probably meet him." Nina said. "Who I told I would meet downstairs 5 minutes ago. Sorry!" She quickly walked down the steps.

Amber giggled. "She'll never admit it but she'd TOTALLY in love with him!"

Mara nudged her. "Can't you lay off them for at least a little while? Sure it's true, but all you do is make it awkward between them."

"Anyway," I said quickly changing the subject. "You guys want to come down and meet everyone?"

Fabian's POV

I came back down the steps from my new dormitory to look for Nina. She wasn't there yet. I sat down next to the boy that had passed out earlier.

"Hey, are you OK?" I asked.

"Yeah. It just...happens alot to me. You know because of-" he pointed to his forehead where I saw a red mark, but I couldn't tell what it was. I must've looked confused, because he said."Oh, right you're new to the wizarding world. I got this scar when I was one year old, from a dark wizard that murdered my parents. He tried to kill me too, but the spell backfired somehow, and all I got was this."

"Oh..." I said, unsure if that was normal. "Well...thats horrible. You know, my best friend's parents died as well. except in a car crash."

He raised his eyebrows. "Before I found out I was a wizard, I was told my parents died in a car crash as well. Maybe your friend's were murdered too."

I laughed, not sure if he was joking or not.

"I'm Harry, by the way. Harry Potter."

"I'm Fabian...Fabian Rutter." I saw Nina coming down the steps of the girls dormitory with Amber, Patricia, Mara, and another girl that I didn't know.

"Nina!" I jumped up and ran over to her.

"Hey!" she said, smiling.

"Is that the friend you were talking about?" Harry had come over as well.

"Yeah," I said. "Harry, this is Nina, Amber Patricia and Mara."

They all said hello. Mick, Alfie and Jerome came down, and I introduced them to Harry.

"Well, I'll try to introduce you to most people, but as you can see, theres alot." Harry said. "Those two, over there on the couch-" he pointed to a red haired boy and a girl with curly brown hair-"are Ron and Hermione, my best mates. They obviously fancy each other, but they'll never admit it."

"Sounds like someone we know..." said Amber, looking pointedly at me and Nina. We both blushed and I hastily changed the subject.

"So, Harry, tell them about your parents. and You-know-Who" I said. "Since it seems like everyone knows about it except us."

Harry told them. "And I heard your parents died in a car crash," he said to Nina. "Maybe we're like, secretly siblings or something."

Nina laughed, and I felt a pang a jealousy.

"Oh, I don't know about that." Nina said smiling.

"Anyway, " I said, once again changing the subject.

"Woooh, green eyed monster alert!" Alfie sniggered. I felt myself turn red, and I made a mental note to KILL Alfie later. At least it got Nina to stop staring at Harry...

"What?" I asked defensively. " I was going to ask about Sibu-I mean...uhhh...Nina, can a talk to you for a moment?"

"Yeah, sure." We walked over to another part of the common room. I could hear the others snickering at us. "Whats up?"

"Well, firstly, I was wondering if we're still doing Sibuna?" I asked tenatively.

"Of course!" She exclaimed. "I mean, we could always change the name to...rodniffyrg or... strawgoh, but I like Sibuna better."

I laughed. "Me too. I said.

"And, about Harry," she said slowly, "Do you notice anything...strange about him?"

HA! she thought he was strange! YESSS! "Uh...well he did defeat the darkest wizard of all time at the age of one."

She laughed. "I know, but he just seems so...farmiliar. I don't know why though."

"Me either. you're probably just tired. We should get some rest, we have that 'special meeting' with Dumbledore tomorrow." I said, grinning.

I started to walk back over to say goodnight to the others, but Nina said "Fabian, wait."

I walked back over. "Whats up?"

"Its just...I'm kind of...scared of whats going to happen. I mean, everythings been so strange! It was only this morning that we decided to go through Victor's office! And what is with this Victor business anyway? And how about that evil guy, vodermol or something that killed Harry's parents? Is it all related?"

She looked as terrified and confused as I felt. I put my arm on her shoulder. "Hey, everythings gonna be alright."

So there's chapter 5...Review please please please please please!