Sirius Black was the talk of the train when they got back from Holiday. While they had been in Sweden, he had been released from Azkaban for a trial and was pardoned from all charges with his cousin Andromeda Tonks by his side in support. He was set to be at St. Mungos until he got better to leave on his own. She was relieved to hear he was also seeing a mind healer.

They went to visit him on New Years where he continiously kept hugging Harry and then hugging her parents in thank you for rescueing Harry from the Durseleys. The Ministry had set him up to be Harry and Hermione's magical guardian when he was better, as they had not chosen one yet for them. As he was already Lord Black to Harry's heir ring and his godfather, it made sense to just add the title. He promised to visit come summer. And everyone promised to write to each other through the rest of the school year.

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As the snow slowly started melting into spring, Hermione took a self examination of her baby brother. He had gained weight some but he was kind of on the small size of it all for his age still.

It took some persuasion but she got him to follow her to Madam Pomfrey.

"Did you get injured again, Mr. Potter? I hope that man didn't try healing you again!" She walks over to them.

"No, ma'am, I brought him here to see if you would be able to give a health exam?" Hermione slips her arm through his. She quickly explains just enough for her reasons to it and before long, Harry was stationed on a bed, privacy screen around them. She giggles as he flushes red when he was ordered to take his shirt off.

They watch as she muttered her spells over him, diagnostic charts hovering over his head. Frown left them worried. She mutters more spells. She frowns some more.

"Well it is a good thing it is a weekend, stay right here," they watch as a silver leaves her wand heading out the doors. She then walks away to collect potions.

"What do you think it is?" Harry looks at her afraid. She reaches for his hand and squeezes it in reasurance.

"I think the living situation with the Dursleys slowed your body growth. You've shown me photos of your parents. By no means were your parents short. Maybe not as tall as Sirius. I think you should be a little taller by now. You still have a few years of growing but we should be seeing it already. Don't worry, I'm pretty sure Ron will still be the tallest of us three," she smiles. He tries to relax as they fill the silence with conversation.

After Draco's showoff of his father buying the Slytherin team new brooms, Harry had decided to do the same. He kept his 2000, but the rest of the lions got 2001s, with an extra 10 Cleansweep7s anonymously donated to Madam Hooch for the broom closet.

"What is going on Poppy?" Professor McGonagall comes swarming into the hospital wing, surprised to see the Potter children w hen she had had no reports of any of her students being sent there.

The 2 teens watched as she talked with the healer at her desk. They were too far to hear despite trying. Their expressions were grim as they walked back over to them.

"Mr. Potter, it would seem the reports for your health exam have proven there are multiple problems with your body and magic. Now Madam pomfrey can fix the majority of it today, you will be staying overnight. However, there are a few concerns that are out of her hands but need to be dealt with. I will be writing your parents and Lord Black. I will personally take you to Gringotts who has special healers of their own and of course curse breakers at hand if needed. I'll write to them as well for an appointment tomorrow morning," she explains to them as best as possible.

"What is is that the goblins have to help me?" he tightens his hold on Hermione's hand.

"We are not sure. We do know it it dark and does not belong to you. Your magical core also looks to have some damage. They can easily repair that once the dark curse in your head is removed. Promise," she tries to reassure them.

At that point Pomfrey was handing Harry potions to take.

"The blue one will need to be taken every 2 hours today, the pink one just twice, and the orange is 4 doses. We have a long night ahead of us Mr. Potter. Miss Potter, you can stay with him until curfew but there will be no staying overnight for you. "

"Can I go with you Professor in the morning?" Hermione looks at Mcgonnagal.

"It will be up to your parents, I'll add the request to your parents," and with that she was gone out the hospital wing.

Madam Promfrey transfigured his clothes into something more comfortable and they settled it.

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Ron, Neville and the twins stopped by with food during lunch and Dinner. They were allowed to stay until they began getting too loud to which they whined as they left.

An owl showed up during Dinner.

"Looks like I'm to stay here tomorrow," she looks at him with the saddest puppy eyes. He pats her knee, promising he will be okay. "Dad and Sirius will be there with you though so thats something."

Eventually she had to head back to the common room. She distracted herself with learning to play wizards chess with Ron and handing the twins an early birthday gift of a stack of muggle board games. She smirks to herself when she hears them discuss possibilities to a make a magic version.

The next morning was bright skys and good moods for a sunday. She couldn't handle it though as Harry and Professor McGonagall left to Gringotts. She was worried and filled with anxiety. After too much pacing in the common room and not being focused enough to read a book, she leaves to walk the halls.

As it was a nice day outside, she saw plenty of students outside, spread out on the grass ans by the lake. She considered maybe she should start running in the mornings. She used to do that with Harry back after he had retired. Not that she had had a choose, he took adfantage of having access to her floo to jump on her bed and wake up her for a run. Heathen.

She cast the tempus charm. She had missed lunch. Maybe they will be back by now. She turns to head down to the hospital wing, glad her head of houses office was on the same floor.

She was so distracted, it took her brain a second to realize she was stepping in a puddle of water. She looks around and realizes shes outside of Moaning Myrtles restroom. Curious, she walks in. Her brain worked to see if it had missed a memory. The crying while water spilled over the floor from the sinks clinked the memory of Harry telling her about the moment. When the diary had been thrown at her head. She slips across the room and there it was. Tom Riddle's diary. She grabs it and sneaks out, not wanting to attract attention from the ghost.

She didn't linger. She wanted it out of her hands quickly. She runs up to her room where she had the enchanted bags ready for the Horcruxes. The moment the diary was put away she felt relief as the dark magic left the room. She goes ahead and checks to see if Harry was back. When she sees he is not, she runs up to the 7th floor and brings up the Room of Hidden things. 2nd bag in hand, she goes in search of it. She closed her eyes and focused on the feel of dark magic in the air and followed it as a guide.

She uses a stick to lift it and toss it in. That made 2 down and out of a school full of children. One safety box later attached to an owl flying off, Hermione watched it disappear into the sky.

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When Harry arrived back, it was almost time for Dinner. She couldn't help fussing over him as he explained why it took so long. Apparently after the dark soul piece had been removed from him, his body had started seizing. A large vial of gray potion later to cleanse his body and a pain relieving potion to help him get through his body catching up to wear it was supposed to be, he was now 2 inches taller and didn't have a scar anymore. His old body pains were gone and his body itself looks properly like the jock he was. He was happy. He explained how it felt like a dark weight had been removed off his shoulders.

She just hugged him in response and let him now shes going to have to use his broom to beat girls off of him. They went to dinner together, sitting in between Ron and Neville. He wanted to hide under the table as he felt eyes on him like predators spotting their prey. Ginny, his ever #1 fan, had to even start glaring at other girls to back off.

As finals got closer to arriving and board notices started going up about picking classes for the next year, she brought up the Career day to Professor McGonnagall.

"This way, they can meet people in these fields and get a gist of what it means to to do. Our classes chosen for next year will be just the beginning to our future. We shoudl know what we are in for."

Shes approved but it also meant she was in charge. She accepted but as she walked back she knew she couldn't do this by herself. She needed a team with resources.

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She walked into the empty classroom to see a small group waiting for her. Susan Bones, Daphne Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson, Padma Patil, Pavarti Patil, and Lavender Brown.

She greeted everyone and got to work. They had to get this done before the meetings with students began.

She was glad she knew what she was doing when she picked her team. They were fireballs at planning the event. They had over 3 dozen adults coming to the event to talk about their jobs. Aurors, Healers, Ministry workers in different departments, Quidditch players, magizoologist, Some of the Professors on how they became teachers and so many more.

With the help of 6th and 7th year boys from all houses, table booths were set up in Great Hall, snacks and drink stations, decorations.

Certain jobs had more than one person as another setup was placed outside on the Quidditch field. These stations had more of a demostration field to them. Magizoologist for example having animals with them , aurors with a mini obstacle course, etc.

The event started without any problems, set on a Saturday so all could join the festivities.

She and her friends found themselves stuck at many booths to ask questions. Even Ollivander's grandson was there about wandmaking, the broom companies with a large map behind them on the methods of making racing brooms. Seamstresses on how they made clothes and Apothecary owners on Potion making. Everyone took turns on the obstacle course and meeting the great Newt Scamander and his son had everyone talking. His Niffler did steal a few items though.

The Board of Governors showed up as well many fathers of students who help Lord titles. Theirs was a long book that explained how laws were decided and passed and the responsibilities of those holding a title. Harry lingered there a few times to listen.

The Weasley siblings got to add another as they realized their brother Charlie was outside with others from the Reservation about Dragons. She couldn't help grinning at the sight of Hagrid jumping between Newt and Charlie. She realized how wasted Hadrid was here as the grounds keeper with his love and knowledge of animals. Especially the large ones that he could better handle than others woth his half giant status. Maybe she could help him study for his NEWTS. Work with Scamander himself or on some kind of Reservation. Somewhere he was free to be himself. He gets carried away sometimes in his decisions at the school. The Spiders in the forest were because of him. Fluffy, the baby dragon, the Hippogriff was cool but honestly shouldn't have been shown to anyone under 5th year. Those horrible blast ended skewts.