Hermione rushed into the hall that morning with the ring box in her hand. She marched up to where the boys were sitting and, with an attitude of seeming calm, placed the box on the table in front of them.

"Tell me! Who left this ring on my bedside table and gave me the biggest shock since Harry told me he was going out with Malfoy!"

Despite her façade of unruffled tranquillity she was positively seething with confusion, anger and shock all mixed up together.

She noticed the glance they shared and also saw the significant look that Draco shot Ron.

"What's going on Ron?"

"I have some bad news, Mione, I can't find the potion. And I can't remember it from memory. I'm so sorry."

"You what?" her voice was quiet, dangerous and the boys quailed as they swore they saw her visibly swelling with suppressed rage.

"I can't make you any more potion until I find the recipe. I'm really sorry."

Hermione looked down as she realised that she had now permanently lost five years of her life. As her eyes hit the table she noticed the ring box.

"Who am I engaged to?" she said quietly. So quietly that they didn't hear her.

"Pardon?"

"Who does the ring belong to?" she said more loudly and her voice was now fuelled by anger.

"Ron gave it to you."

"Not too long ago, I proposed to you and you accepted. We had been dating for five years. I actually worked up the courage to ask you out ("Eventually" said Harry. "Finally" said Draco.) about a week after the wedding."

"And now you're telling me that I can't get my memory back because Draco is unorganised!"

"Calm down Hermione! It's not the end of the world."

"Yes it bloody well is! I want to know what has happened in my life for the last five years and I don't want to hear it from you!"

The boys looked at each other and silently agreed that what Hermione needed right now was a claming draught. Draco went to find the nurse.

A moment later he reappeared with Ginny Weasley in tow.

"What the bloody hell is she doing here!" Hermione screamed.

"I see your problem. Now Hermione why don't you take this drink and then we will try and get your memory back for you."