For those who missed my previous authors note, I'll sum it up for you. Holiday=10th December to 6th January=China=lots of blocked sites= don't know if I will be able to update. And that is how the cookie crumbles. DISCLAIMER: if you paid me $100, I would run around the school grounds in my undies. J.K. Rowling wont, because she doesn't need the $100, therefore, I am not J.K.

She stayed up all night talking to Dumbledore, and it was only when McGonagall came in to go to bed, did she realise the time. She bid both of them goodnight and set off back to Hogsmead before apparting to her apartment. Hermione was shattered and fell asleep without bothering to do anything, like for instance: changing, brushing her teeth, and silencing her room.

Hermione woke up sweaty, with someone very white-faced shaking her. "Hermione!" someone called. "Hermione, you were screaming!"

Despite her blurred vision, she could start to see the person's vividly red hair.

"Ron?" she croaked. Ron looked relived and pulled her into the tight hug that he'd inherited from his mother. A sharp pain seared thorough the arm Bellatrix had cut, causing her to clutch at it. Ron noticed this and said, "Malfoy Manor?"

She didn't need to answer and he hugged her again but gentler this time, and before she knew it, she was sobbing into Ron's shoulder. It seemed that after all this time, a hug and a shoulder to cry on was what Hermione needed most. He held her in his arms until they both fell asleep. For the first time in a long time, Hermione slept a dreamless sleep.

Filler chapter really, sorry its short, I had more but it doesn't look right, will update soon!