Author's Note: Hey once again guys! Thanx sooo much 4 the reviews, I luv you all! Unfortunatly they peeps that own FF said that i couldn't have lyrics in my chapter 1 so they deleted the story! Grrr...well thats why my reviews were suddenly deleted and i had to create it again! NOOOO! Well i wont keep you waiting and hopefully no one does me in so it gets deleted again! ha!

This chapter is dedicated to two people;

First of all, i would like to take this time to thank "Destiny's Darkness", who has been very loyal over the very short time i had this story up. Even when it got deleted, she still stuck by it and sent me messages trying to help out and to ask when it would be back up because she loved it so much. Thankyou so much for your dedication to this story and i hope you continue to love it as you have previously.

Lastly, i would like to dedicate this chapter to a very special person. On the 1st of February, 5 days before my birthday, My grandmother passed away in her sleep. She was 90 years old and i will never forget how she encouraged my passion for writing when no one else would. I will forever miss her, but never forget her. She was so genorous and special and i loved her so much. Please know how much she would have loved to see thse stories, they would have made her cry with happiness to see her grandaughter perform the things she wished she would still do.

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Chapter 2 – Happy Reunions

Hermione raised her wand and murmured a few words, pointing to various things in her room. Books, quills, parchment and robes folded themselves in mid air and placed themselves neatly in her trunk. Well, one of her trunks anyway…

Not one, but two large trunks were situated on Hermione's bedroom floor. She flipped the clips on the first one and moved to the next one swiftly, marveling at just how much she was taking to Hogwarts this year. She easily summoned the necessary items a girl might need throughout the year; makeup, nail polishes, candy, jewelry, and most importantly, Clothes. She actually had to magically enlarge the inside of her trunk so she could fit everything in. Luckily it didn't look any bigger from the outside, so her parents wouldn't notice how much she was taking. Looking from her trunk to her wardrobe, she saw how empty it looked now that she had packed basically all of it into her trunk. She closed it with difficulty; it was still very full. Sadly, she gave Crookshanks a big hug, tears sprouting in her eyes. She had very toughly decided not to take him to Hogwarts this year. He always caused too much trouble, and she was sure her parents would take good care of him here.

With one swish of her wand her trunks were floating easily down the stairs and into the kitchen where her parents were waiting to say goodbye.

Her mum smiled at her and walked to her with her arms outstretched.

"Bye Sweetheart, have a wonderful term"

Hermione accepted her Mum's tight hug and gave her dad one after that. He smiled too.

"Be good honey, and be sure to write. Remember we are so proud of you. I can still remember your first trip to Kings Cross when you were eleven…Well…now look at you, come this far, and turned out to be such a beautiful young lady. Well, off you go, we'll miss you!"

Hermione waved goodbye and walked out to the street outside, looking awkward carrying two very heavy trunks, as she couldn't magic them when she was out in the open in front of Muggles.

Taking out her wand, she threw out her right arm, only to hear a deafening 'BANG!"

A large, purple, double-decker bus had shot out of nowhere and skidded to a stop right in front of Hermione's feet. She looked up to see a lanky boy walk out and step onto the pavement.

"Good Morning Miss, My name is Stan Shunpipe and I will be your conductor this morning. Welcome to the Night Bus!"

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"Never…again" She moaned, hauling the two heavy trunks into the little inn. "Never…ever…again...will I ever…ride…that…nightmare!"

She shoved the bags through the door and pulled herself inside. It was a smokey, yet homey sort of place. She always felt quite comfortable here, and it was always an enjoyable stay. She walked through the Leaky Cauldron and up to the front desk where a squat looking wizard with grey hair was looking down at her with a kind face.

"What can I do for you my dear" He said croakily.

"I made a reservation here for tonight" Hermione said. "Under the name; Hermione Granger"

The man looked down a long list that was pinned up on a wall behind him.

"Her-mione…Gran-ger" He said slowly, running his finger down the parchment. "Ah yes, here we are, room number 27"

He handed Hermione a small gold key and she gave him the galleons to pay for it.

"Thank you" she said. "Oh, and can you tell me which room Ginny Weasley is in please?"

The man glanced at the chart. Weasley…Weasley…yes…room number 28 as a matter of fact, right next to yours."

"Oh good" Hermione said, smiling. "Thanks again"

She left the barman and walked with her trunks to the left and up a flight of stairs that led to a hallway containing many doors with shining gold numbers written on them. She looked at the closest door. It read '35'. She walked down the hallway and it wasn't long before she had reached a door to her left that read '27'. She placed the gold key in the lock and opened the door.

It was actually quite a nice room. A comfortable, single bed sat next to the large window, overlooking the shops of diagon alley. A chest of drawers stood near the wall to her left and a table and chair were placed to her right.

She dropped her trunks down on the floor and jumped onto the bed looking around thoughtfully. She was back in the wizarding world. Back where she belonged.

A knock on the door stopped her daydreaming. "Hey gorgeous!" said a cheerful and excited voice from her doorway.

"Hey Ginny!" Hermione squealed excitedly, running up to hug her friend. "It's so good to see you!"

"And you!" Ginny replied back, also squealing. "You look great, wow great job on the hair!"

Hermione grinned and she grabbed her handbag before heading out of the door with Ginny, and down the stairs. Ginny only looked slightly different. Her gorgeous red hair, instead of being waist length, was now at her shoulders and she was taller too, although still shorter than Hermione.

"Can't wait to see everyone again!" Hermione said excitedly, as they went through a big wooden door. "Where's Harry and Ron?"

"Somewhere in Diagon Alley already" Ginny replied. "I stayed here, wanted to wait for you"

They stopped outside a looked at a big, brick wall. Hermione got out her wand and tapped various bricks so the wall opened out and revealed a glorious sight. She loved Diagon Alley.

Shops of every kind lined down the never-ending street, some selling Books, others selling cauldrons or potion ingredients. Hermione grinned happily at the sight.

"Where do you want to go first? Ginny asked, also looking around eagerly.

Hermione thought for a moment. "Let's…umm…make our way down I guess!"

And with that they entered every store in turn, buying all the things they would need for Hogwarts that year. First they went to buy Ginny a new cauldron, as her old one was rusting through.

Then they went to buy Hermione a new set of scales and a few more Potion ingredients as she had been running low.

They went to Flourish and Blotts, where Hermione not only bought the 4 new text books she would need, but 11 others that she told an exasperated Ginny were 'necessary for future knowledge'. They also went to Quality Quidditch Supplies and bought Ginny some new Quidditch gloves, and most importantly, into Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions, to buy some new dress robes.

Hermione and Ginny flicked through robes of all colours and designs, until they had narrowed it down to about five each, then three each, until finally they were trying on their last dresses.

"Ready yet Ginny?" Hermione called from her dressing room.

"Yeah" Ginny's voice said from the cubicle next to her.

They both opened their doors, and stepped out to observe each other. Both girls gasped at the same time, looking at their friend's beautiful dress.

Ginny was wearing, sort of a light emerald green dress, that came down to a low V shape for the neckline, with spaghetti straps over her shoulders to hold it up. It went basically straight down, but ended in wavy gold embroidery and the very bottom. It contrasted perfectly with her red hair.

Hermione looked equally, if not more gorgeous in her dress. It was a beautiful shade of light blue, and was strapless, so it showed an attractive amount of cleavage but showed off her curves perfectly. Beautiful, silver dimonties snaked their way down the boddess of the dress in creative spirals. The bottom of the dress shaped out a bit when it got to her hips, but not too much that it made her look like a mushroom. Its silky material came all the way down to the ground, and it made her look stunning.

The two girls paid for the dresses without another thought and left the shop feeling very excited about their latest purchase. As they walked back along the alley, Hermione counted how much money she had left, paused, then nodded to herself and walked into Ilops Owl Emporium, Ginny running to catch up.

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Hermione left the shop feeling extremely happy with herself. A large cage was clenched lightly in her hand and she cooed happily into it, looking at a beautiful grey speckled owl.

"Yes…yes you are gorgeous…yes you are!"

Ginny sighed. "Oh shut up and talk to me already! What are you going to call him anyway?"

Hermione paused and thought for a moment. "Tiran" She said shortly, walking further up the street.

Ginny looked bewildered. "Where the hell did you get that name from?"

Out of "Ancient Rune studies and their counterparts". It's a very interesting book you know" She said smiling, looking back at the owl fondly, and shoving her purse back in her pocket. Suddenly they heard a voice yell from behind them.

"Oi! Ginny, Hermione!"

They turned around to see Harry and Ron sitting at an outside table of the ice cream parlor, eating large chocolate sundaes. They made their way over to them and dropped their bags around the table.

Ron and Harry stood up and hugged Hermione in turn. "Hi Hermione!" Harry said, grinning at her before letting her sit down next to him. "Hey you look different, very nice!"

She smiled appreciatively at him and turned her attention to Ron. "How've you been Hermione?" He said, also grinning.

"Not bad" She replied. "You?"

"Ok I guess!" Ron said cheerfully.

The foursome talked for hours, eating ice creams and marveling at how excited they were to be going back to Hogwarts. Harry and Ron both commented on Hermione's new pet (Tiran seemed to be enjoying the attention). And they managed to see a few friends walk past too. They saw Lavender and Parvati at around lunchtime and said hello to Neville a bit later on. Mostly they talked about their holidays, homework and friends, but there came a time where they packed up their bags (Harry and Ron shaking their heads at the amount of books Hermione had bought) and headed back up the road to the Leaky Cauldron where they had a very enjoyable dinner, and bid each other goodnight, before Hermione and Ginny took the door to their left again, while Harry and Ron, took the one to the right.

"This has been a really good day" Ginny said, in a matter-of-fact voice. "Can't wait until tomorrow though eh?"

Hermione nodded enthusiastically. "It will be great once we're back at Hogwarts"

The two girls reached their rooms, and said goodnight to each other before entering their cosy rooms, and away from others eyes.

Hermione crossed the room and fished her brush out of one of the trunks and began to plait it. When she had accomplished a simple braid, she put the brush down and went to get some pajamas.

She opened Tiran's cage and he spread his large wings apart and flew gracefully onto her dresser. She gave him a few owl treats while stroking his speckled feathers happily. He hooted in thanks before she opened the window for him to go hunting.

"Just make sure you're back for tomorrow, okay?" She said fondly to the owl. He made a faint clicking sound with his beak at her in understanding, then flew swiftly out the window, and into the dark, starry sky.

Sliding into bed, she snuggled down and rested her head on the pillow, thinking only of how happy she was to be going back to Hogwarts. To be going back home.

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