"Excuse me Miss Granger?" a small boy, with purple blue eyes and scruffy golden hair said as he approached the much taller brown hair girl who bent down to his height.
"Yes dear?" she asked smiling at him genuinely.
"Um, Well, you wouldn't happen to know where my brother is do you?" he said.
"Hm, i might, whats your name?" Hermione questioned.
"Ah, Alex Creevey." The Boy said slightly Grinning.
"Oh are you looking for Dennis? i think i saw him heading over to the Herbology room." Hermione pointing him in the direction of the room.
"No, not Dennis, Collin." she said sternly.
"I-i, what? I'm sorry, but you do know your brother is d-"
"Hi Hermione!" there was a cold shiver down her spine as the chipper ghost said, he spun around Hermione a few times, making her feel once again dizzy, though she didn't fall this time. The ghost finally came to a stop next to his brother ruffling his hair slightly.
"C-collin!" she stood in complete and utter shock spread across her face.
"Yep!" suddenly there was a dusty flash and Hermione had noticed that Collin had his old camera in his hand and had taken a photo.
"Collin!" the young boy shouted, tears on the edge of his eyes.
"Hey matey! hows it going!" Hermione herd Collin say before she then turned and walked away not wanting to intrude on there family reunion.
'If Collins here i wonder if...' Her thoughts took her away as she began to wonder if all the people that sacrificed there lives in the war would be floating around somewhere or waiting for someone to wake them up from there slumber of death. Hogwarts after wall wouldn't mind if it got some new ghost, especially the ones that had fought so hard to save the castle. She smiled at her thoughts and had come to the conclusion of telling Harry and Ron after her shift looking after the first years helping them get to classes with 'The amazing flying Ferret boy!' she giggled at her memory of seeing the white haired ferret floating up and down, side to side and then down his friends pants. it was a hard picture not to laugh at.
'You shouldn't laugh.' that little voice was back.
'Oh, what would you know. it's only a memory anyway.'
'I know everything you know, i am you, you idiot...' it made sense but it the voice irritated her more than Umbridges did.
'Oh shut it.'she snapped harshly at the voice. The bell for first session has started and Harry Ron and Hermione had a spare first up, though this didn't matter for Hermione seeing as her classes didn't start for another week. never the less her shift finished and Hermione made her way to the Gryffindor to tell the boys about her discovery with Collin.
"BLIMEY! You mean Fred, Remius, Tonks, Sirius, Mad-eye, Snape, Dumbledore! They could all be wondering somewhere around here!" Ron Yelled, complete shock on his face.
"It's just a theory Ronald. We need more proof, but why else would Collin be here? and i mean we all know that if you die in the castle your soul can stay here for a long time i mean look at Mertil." Hermione explained. Harry had his eyes closed, his eyebrows furrowed and he put his hands to his lips. He was thinking hard trying to take everything in.
"I, think your on to something 'Mione but we need more proof, if you see anyone else, let me know. Ron don't go doing anything stupid like telling George about this, we don't know if 'Mione's right or not yet and we don't want to get his hopes up for nothing, he's already lost his twin once, he doesn't need to do it again." Harry had summ'd up perfectly. Hermione nodded in agreement and the bell went for lunch.
"I'm gunna go back to the heads room and do some reading, I'm not all that hungry, I'll talk to you guys later." She said parting ways with the red haired and brown haired boys, walking to her room.
Entering her dorm she found the white blonde haired boy laying on the sliver couch in front of the fire she went up to him about to ask him a question but stopped when she finally reached him, he was asleep a book face down on his chest.
'He must of fell asleep reading, i hate to admit it but he looks so peaceful while he's asleep. hardly looks like resentful git he is when he's awake.' she smiled lightly at her thought and took the book off his chest and put the blanket that was laying on the gold couch over him. Soon the irritating hum was back in her head.
'What are you doing?' it said quietly.
'What does it look like? I'm being nice.' she said calmly.
'Hm, and why on earth would you be doing that?' it commented.
'Don't even think about it.' she commanded.
'I'm you, You're the one thinking about this.' it spat back at her.
'GAAHH!' she yelled in her mind, she stopped arguing and stormed up to her room to do some more research on the map, she still hadn't figured it out and it was certainly getting to her.
Draco woke up later that day, he had been so tired from last night and this morning that when he decided to read he had fallen asleep, he tried to look down at his watch but doing so he got tangled up in a big red ball of fluff and fell off the couch and onto the ground with a thud.
"Ouch." he said rubbing his forehead where it had collided with the floor. he looked down at the big red blanked that he had, had over him, he reached over and picked it up, it was very soft. he folded it and put it on the couch getting up off the floor in the meantime. Finally he looked at his watch.
"7:30!" he exclaimed, not only had he slept though the day, he had missed all of his shifts helping the first years, despite what people though Draco actually adored children and he liked helping them, that's not what he was worried about though.
'Granger's going to have my head...' he thought to himself and smirked evilly.