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CHAPTER 7 – A Talk in the Library

When he made it back inside the walls of Hogwarts, he walked up to the Gryffindor tower under his cloak. Once he made it into the dormitory, he noticed that everyone was still asleep. He made it to his bed, got changed and went back to sleep with a splitting headache.

He woke up again when Ron shook him.

"Hey mate. Come on or we'll miss breakfast," he said.

"Ughh…that's okay…I'm not really hungry. Just let me sleep. I got in late last night…studying and all" Harry said.

"We'll if you say so. We haven't really hung out the last two days. But I guess we can get you later" Ron said.

"Yeah sure…I'll see you" Harry said and flipped around to go back to sleep again. He was already back to sleep before he even heard the door close, and Ron leaving.

When Harry woke again, he checked his clock on the bedside table. 1:30 it read. With a groan, Harry got out of his bed and made his way over to the bathroom. He was still feeling a bit woozy from last night, and the night before, that didn't help either. He got into the shower, and let the warm water fall over his back. After his shower, he decided to look for Ron and Hermione. He didn't really want to talk to them, but he decided that he needed to since he hadn't seen them for the last two days and he didn't want them to become suspicious.

He finally found them crowded over a book in the library. When he approached them, they both looked up at him, with a surprise look on their faces.

"Hey guys" Harry said, a bit stiffly.

"Hi" Ron said.

"So your finally up are you?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah…I was umm…studying late last night," Harry said awkwardly.

"You sure seem to be a doing a lot of that lately," she continued.

"Yeah well…"Harry trailed off, not really knowing what to say to them.

"When will you tell us what you're studying?" Hermione asked, suspicion creeping into her voice. Harry started to panic. This was the one thing he didn't really think about. He had to think quickly. He decided with the semi-truth.

"Well you all know Tonks from…" Harry leaned in and whispered, "the Order and all". When they nodded their heads, he decided to continue.

"Well I have always been fascinated with her ability, and well I was just trying to figure out a way for normal wizards to do that, and well I've been practicing and such…"Harry trailed off.

"Well what can you do?" Hermione asked, a bit intrigued by what Harry was saying.

"Oh just simple things really. I just wanted to know if it was possible and I just tried changing my hair color. That's about it" Harry replied. He didn't really want to share with them the amount of knowledge he had.

"Can you show us mate?" Ron asked, looking forward to seeing Harry do something so cool.

"Ummm…sure" Harry said taking out his wand and concentrating on changing his hair. When he finally did, he looked at two awe stricken faces.

"Bloody brilliant" Ron exclaimed.

"Yeah…you should teach us how to do that," Hermione said enthusiastically.

"Umm yeah….well see about that…I don't know if I can or have time really…"Harry trailed off, not willing to tell them that he didn't really want to.

Hermione, noticing his reluctance, replied, "You don't have to…but if you do just let us know when you have time."

Harry, thankful, that she was not making him start right then and there, and giving him the option not to do it, smiled. He then changed back, and changed the subject.

"So what are you guys doing in here?" he asked.

"Just working on our Transfiguration essay" Hermione said, motioning to their parchments and book.

"Ohh…well can I join you guys…I didn't start on it yet" Harry asked.

"Sure" Hermione said and gave him a piece of parchment.

"Thanks" Harry replied and sat down beside Ron.

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(- sorry, but this chapter is more of a filler -)