"": dreams.

Italics: thinking.

Bold: Letters and notes.

-/-: time lapse.

Chapter Three- An Idea

It had already been two weeks since Hermione had received the letter summoning her for another appearance. She of course had never gone, not wanting to see the people she was now helping. So far she had already filled two of her note pads full of ideas and information about how to turn someone to their original age. Of course she had nothing to be able to test it on, so she didn't know whether or not any of her ideas would actually work. Draco had been hanging round making sure she was still doing the task they had given her. She had taken to cursing him every time she caught him. She knew he was concerned about his parents and aunt but god, did he have to follow her everywhere she went?

Hermione currently sat outside of the castle near the lake, scribbling madly in another note pad. Another idea had come to her on the walk there, and it was all thanks to the twins. She had remembered back in fourth year when Hogwarts had hosted the tri wizard tournament. Of course the twins had wanted to participate so they had brewed an aging potion to trick the aging line Dumbledore had placed. Although it didn't work quite how they wanted, Hermione was sure she could take what they had done, fix it and use it to turn the three adults back again. Problem was the new potion would take weeks to brew if her calculations were correct.

Hermione needed to contact Draco, as much as she didn't want to she had to talk to the three adults about this idea. Closing her book she sighed and leaned against the tree she was currently sitting in front of. She still didn't know how or why she had been caught up in this situation. And she wasn't sure if she was glad or upset that Voldemort had not found out. These were three of the inner circle Death Eaters, how did he not know that they were gone or even young? Unless he did and she was helping him by turning his followers older again. She didn't know, nor did she quite care, as soon as she was finished with this task she was leaving. Going on a vacation. Talking time off. She needed it after all that she had been through over the past weeks.

"Oi Granger! Shouldn't you be doing something important, like, I don't know, figuring out how to turn my parents back to normal!" Exclaimed Draco from behind the tree. Hermione looked up at him casually and took in his appearance. He wore tight skinny jeans and a causal polo shirt underneath his robes. Ahh yes that's right, it was Hogsmeed day. Damm it! I needed to go today to, Hermione reprimanded herself with having this task getting in the way of her day off. She noticed Draco still standing there and sighed again, turning towards him, opening her book and showing him her new idea.

"Why yes Malfoy I do in fact have an idea about how to fix your parents. I need you to tell them that I need to meet them to discuss it. If you would be so kind?" She said sweetly turning her nose up ever so slowly. Malfoy huffed and nodded before stopping off, but of course not without the last word.

"I'll have to owl you with their reply then." Hermione shock her head and rolled her eyes in annoyance. Could Malfoy be any more frustrating? Well at least he wasn't calling her Mudblood anymore, hurray for the little wins. Standing she knew that if Draco was back, that Harry and Ron would also have returned. She started to head towards the Dining hall knowing they would be there, like they always are. She entered the hall in ten minutes, immediately seeing Ron and Harry sitting at the far end of the table. Walking slowly, Hermione scanned the table of food that would always appear when the many students returned for the day. Picking up an empty plate she filled it with all her favourite foods that scattered the table. Once she got to where Harry and Ron were, she sat. Sitting on the right side of Harry and placing her plate on the table. Both boys had pushed their plates aside, already having stuffed their faces and were now playing exploding snap. The boys mumbled a soft, Hey, as she sat down, both deeply engrossed in their game. Mumbling Hey back, Hermione pulled her book out and sat it on the table, opening it to the last page and reading over her notes, whilst eating what she had put on her plate. The boys played another five games before calling it quits, turning to see Hermione engrossed in her book.

"So Hermione, how come you didn't come to Hogsmeed today? I thought we were going to meet up for a butterbeer?" Said Ron, face already stuffed with food again.

"Ron please don't talk to me with your mouth full of food, I won't tell you again. If you must know I got lost in a task I have set myself and completely forgot. I'll make it up to you next weekend ok?" Hermione said carefully not even looking up from her book to look at the boy. She heard Ron agree through a mouth full of food again. Harry however picked up on what she had said, and of course had to comment on it.

"What task is it mione?" He said, turning in his seat to fully face her. Hermione sighed, she knew he would pick that up, why did she say that?

"Oh you know me, just my curiosity getting the better. I'm trying to see if you can turn someone older without the side effect that Fred and George faced back in year four." Harry nodded and smiled in understanding. Sometimes she was glad that she always had her head in books, it gave her a good lie to fall back on when she truly didn't want the two boys to know what she was doing.

"Hey, want to see what we got for you while we were in town?" asked Ron excitedly. Hermione was surprised, the boys had never gotten her anything before. Smiling she nodded, packed away her book and followed the boys up to the common room. Ron ran up to the boy's dorm as soon as they enter, while Harry led Hermione over to the couch in front of the fire. Sitting down, Harry took Hermione's hand in his and grasped it gently.

"Hermione, you have been Ron's and I's friend since we all met on the train. I know we pushed you away a lot, but you stuck with us, and we are so grateful for that." Harry saw Ron run down the stairs, walking over to the couch with a package in hand. "We want to give you something to show how much we both truly love you for being our friend." Ron sat down on the other side of Hermione and handed her the package. Letting her hand go, Harry and Ron watched as she took the package and slowly unwrapped it. Gasping as she saw the content the neatly package held. Inside the package an old book on potions she had set her eyes on last month and a beautiful emerald necklace. That was woven together with both silver and gold threads, emerald stones adorned the necklace in random places. It was so beautiful. She looked up at the two boys and smiled, tears coming to her eyes without her noticing until they blurred her vision.

"Thank you. You boys are the sweetest things. The potions book is the one I wanted but couldn't get, I was going to go today and buy it. I'm so glad I missed it now. The necklace is amazing. How did you know that green was my favourite colour?" both boys smiled back at her, both grabbing one her hands each.

"I kinda guess, I saw that you normally wear a green ring on your ring finger, and thought that you either have an attachment to the ring, or the ring and the colour. So we got you green." Said Harry chuckling. Ron started to chuckle along with Harry, and soon Hermione joined in. it was nice to laugh. With Dumbledore reigning down on them to ready for the war, the laughter was something that didn't happen often enough. The trio collapsed together on the couch their laughter growing. They each clinging to each other in friendship. All three of them were glad that they were still friends, they had been through so much over the last six years and they were sure they would still be friends for many years to come.

"Hey Hermione! You got a letter here!" Scream dean from across the room. Hermione turned around on the couch, wiping the tears from her eyes. Dean walked over to the trio and handed Hermione the letter smiling at the trios antics.

"Thanks Dean." Hermione said with a goofy smiled. Looking down at the letter, but not knowing the elegant handwriting that stared back at her. Never having thought this to herself before, she hoped it was from Draco about the meeting she needed with his parents. Turning around she placed the letter in her new potions book to look at later. She smiled at the two boy's, all three of them curling up in front of the fire, wasting the night by talking softly and laughing.

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