Meh! Sorry it's taken a while for me to update. I was busy and I didn't Really get a lot of reviews (I don't think I even got one for the last chapter). If i don't get any for this one i will cosider dropping the story. So please review.
Disclaimer: Jk Rowling owns everything. The information they read in their textbooks was found on Harry potter Wiki.
Hermione sat in her last class of the day, Defense against the Dark Arts, and was looking for a group to work with. She considered joining Harry and Ron, but she didn't want to have to deal with them after she had left the Great Hall so abruptly earlier.
So instead she went over to Ginny and Luna, who smiled when they saw her.
This year the current 7th years were combined with the 7th years of last year who were returning to gain an adequate education. The things taught last year by the Carrows were better left forgotten.
Ginny sent her a quick apologetic look that was meant for her brother's dense comments made earlier. Hermione sent a quick head nod with a small smile at her.
Luna was flipping through her book to the page they were to begin working on their project.
The blonde glanced up dreamily and said "Hermione, you look awfully stressed today."
Hermione tried to shrug it off but ended up saying nothing.
"The wrackspurt level has been high lately. I'm sure it will clear up with the winter coming soon, though."
Hermione didn't have the heart, or energy, to argue over the existence of wrackspurts with her friend. Instead she changed the subject back to their assignment.
She opened up her own book and began to read, "An Unbreakable vow is an incantationin which one wizard makes an oath to another. If the person who accepts the conditions of the Unbreakable Vow breaks them, they die. The spell involves the two wizards joining their hands, and a third person, designated as a "Bonder", placing the tip of their wand onto their hands, upon which one person asks another person three separated terms of the Vow, where the person will respond "I will". Upon assent with each clause of an Unbreakable Vow, a thick tongue of fire winds around the linked hands."
As Hermione finished she could hear Ron telling Harry and Neville his vast knowledge on Unbreakable vows.
"Well, you can't break an unbreakable vow."
Harry looked over at Hermione and it looked as if he wanted to hit his head against a wall. She smiled softly and turned to find Ginny staring at Ron in slight awe.
"It's amazing how stupid a single person can be." She told them.
Luna turned her head to the side and looked deep in thought. "I don't think he's stupid. He just thinks differently than others."
Ginny gave her a skeptical look and was about to retort.
"Anyway," Hermione said, deciding to changed the subject, "Let's start the essay."
OOO
All during class Luna's words stuck around in her head 'he just thinks differently than others.'
If there was one person in the world who thought differently than others, it was Luna. And right now Hermione felt as if she actually needed the opinion of someone who didn't always think logically.
"Hey Luna," Hermione said when class was dismissed.
"I'll meet you in the common room, 'Mione," Ron called after her. She nodded and turned her attention quickly back to the blonde in front of her.
Hermione bit her lip, wondering if she should even pursue the conversation she wanted to start.
"Luna, what makes you believe in the things you, well, believe in?"
Her face became dreamy again and said "Well, if you're asking about nargles," she shot a questioning look at her "Then it's because I can see them. Seeing is believing, a lot of the time. And sometimes when I read a story I know that there has to be some shred of truth in it. Somebody can't come up with a complete lie or story,"
Hermione thought back to third year and remembered the stories Ron and Harry came up for the Divination...
"Behind every story is a bit of truth," She finished with a happy smile and then turned towards Hermione with a question waiting in her eyes, "Why do you ask? Did you see something odd? I was telling you the wrackspurt level was high earlier, you may have seen some of them. They like to travel in packs- much like wolves."
I don't know if this is helping me or making me question my sanity even more, Hermione thought to herself.
Luna then suddenly stopped walking and looked down at her watch.
"I have to go meet Blaise in the library."
The brunette sputtered "Blaise? As in Blaise Zabini? Draco Malfoy's Blaise Zabini."
Luna began skipping away and said "He doesn't belong to Malfoy! Draco doesn't even go here anymore. Anyways, i have a potions project with him." Then she waved goodbye merrily, her raddish earings bouncing around with each happy skip.
OOO
Hermione sat anxiously in the common room. Ron and Harry were playing chess and Hermione couldn't keep her mind straight.
She couldn't just let the 'Fred' thing go. What if he was really there in the cemetary?
But that's impossible. He's dead! You can't come back to life after that!
And so the banter continued until she could take no more. Without even noticing what she was doing she shot up from the couch, knocking aside the chess pieces in the process.
"'Mione, you knocked down o-" Ron complained without glancing up at her.
"I'm going to the library."
She began to stride away, but stumbled when Harry grabbed her wrist tightly.
"What's wrong?" he asked. There was real concern inside of his eyes. Hermione didn't want to deal with this right now.
"I have," she tried to think of an excuse quickly, "to meet Luna. We're going to work on our project."
"What about Ginny?" Ron asked, still trying to reset the board to it's original position.
"She has Quidditch practice," She gave a pointed look at Harry, "Which you should be at."
Harry jumped up and swore under his breath.
He had run up the stairs and come back down faster than you could say "Golden Snitch."
"In the meantime, I'll be in the libary."
When Ron waved goodbye to her she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled; she had succeeded in lying. Of course she felt terrible not telling her two best friends the truth, but she needed to sort this out for her self first, she needed to make sure she wasn't going crazy.
And as soon as it came, her smile left her and she thought of what she was going to do next.
She was returning to the cemetary.
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