Hermione's Secret

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these charaters, they all belong to J.K. Rowling. The

story is all mine though!

Chapter 1 -Rough Beginnings
It was a crisp autumn night in the middle of October and Hermione Granger was lying on

her front in the girls dormitory finishing her potions homework for next week. She

paused, chewing on the end of her quill and fought with herself on whether or not to

include the wolfsbane formula. She gave up and decided to finish it later. Hermione

walked over to the window, and she looked out onto the silent lake and the towering trees

that surrounded it. At that moment Parvati and Lavender came in talking loudly about

Harry.

" I don't know why he hasn't gotten himself a girlfriend. It's already fifth year and Harry

Potter hasn't had one girlfriend! All he does is play Quidditch and get himself into

trouble, it's no wonder I was his last resort for the Yule Ball last year! He didn't even

realize I was there! All he did was follow Hermione around."

" You know, Parvati, I think he likes her."

" Who? Hermione! No way! She always has her nose in those boo.Oh, hi Hermione.

We didn't see you standing there." Parvati said sheepishly. Her and Lavender had

stopped dead center in the room and were staring at Hermione.

" That's okay, a lot of people think Harry likes me, but its just not true, if he did

I'd know. Now you have to excuse me, I am going to the library to put my nose back

where it belongs." Hermione walked past Parvati and Lavender, leaving them to continue

to talk about her. As Hermione walked towards the Library, she secretly wished that

Harry did like her. She was ridiculously jealous of Cho, and would find herself scowling

at her in the corridors. Since last years Triwizard Tournament fiasco, Harry had become

closer to Cho, to comfort her. Hermione walked briskly over to the restricted section and

pulled out the book, " Most Potente Potions." She flipped through it and found what she

was looking

for quite quickly. She put a book mark on the page she wanted, and proceeded to leave

when she heard someone whisper her name,

" Hermione...Hermione!" She whirled around to see where the voice was

coming from and saw no one. She heard it again behind her and turned back around,

wand ready in hand facing nothing but a wall. She clutched the book against her chest

and walked slowly to the exit. She felt something cold wind itself around her and

Hermione fell to the floor and her book slid across the floor and into the air by an

invisible hand. The book opened by itself and the pages turned one by one very slowly

eventually stopping on the page Hermione had marked. It stayed on that page for what

seemed like an eternity, and then slammed shut suddenly. Hermione rose from the ground

and went cautiously towards the book to retrieve it. She felt the coldness engulf her once

again and nearly fainted. Hermione pulled out a chair and sat down catching her breath.

She heard her name being called again and someone was laughing at her, whispering in

her ear,

" Naughty girl! Naughty girl!" She turned her head sideways and gasped with

fright and nearly fell off her chair. Peeves face appeared in the air with no body to

accompany it. " Granger! What are you doing in the Library so late at night? In the restricted

section, might I add. Looking for foolish love potions to make Potty Potter fall in love

with you?" Peeves sneered.

" That love potion is for someone else, a friend, I was just trying to help her out,

I.it's not..Harry and I..oh, get out of the way Peeves! I have to get back to my

dormitories!" Hermione blushed, grabbed the book and stormed off, but Peeves wouldn't relent.

"Why so fast to leave Granger? Are you afraid Filch will find you in here? Don't

worry about him, he usually doesn't come here unless he hears something.or someone.

FILCH! FILCH! Student out of bed! Library!" Hermione's face went stark white.

"Whats the matter Hermione? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Peeves called

after her. Hermione ran up the grand staircase, and as she was nearing the portrait of the

fat lady, she could hear a soft meowing and turned to see Mrs. Norris trotting behind her,

and she could hear Filch's flat feet scurrying to keep up with his cat. Hermione picked up

the pace and as she neared the secret entrance to Gryffindor tower, she yelled,

" Caput Draconis!" The portrait opened revealing a small hole to crawl through.

Hermione jumped through the passageway and landed on her hands and face. Her book

was beside her and Filch hadn't found her; she was safe. She lifted her head and saw a

pair of feet standing in front of her. She slowly looked up and Harry Potter was looking

down at her.

" Hermione?" Harry's soft soothing voice said to her. He sounded concerned.

" Oh, hi Harry! I was just at the library and well I ran into Peeves and he called

Filch, and I had to run back here before I was caught." Hermione babbled getting back

up, trying her best not to look at Harry, she didn't trust the stability of her legs.

" Hermione, what were you doing in the library at this hour?" Harry inquired

picking up the book she had forgotten on the floor.

" Most Potente Potions? Hermione, what are you doing with this book again? You

don't plan on turning into any Slytherins do you? Remember what happened last time?"

" Relax Harry, it's not what you think, its just a little harmless magic, that's all."

Hermione muttered nervously.

" Nothing harmless can come out of this book, you know that, why do you really

have it?" Harry asked suspiciously, his eyes narrowing.

" Listen Harry, I just took it out for the potions homework that's due next week. I

figured I could find something useful in here.You know, get some extra credit, maybe

some house points for Gryffindor." Hermione lied. She knew that this fib would not

satisfy Harry.

" Snape will never give you extra credit, and you'd know he'd rather die before

he'd give Gryffindor house points. Stop lying Hermione, you know you can tell me

anything." Harry put his free hand on her shoulder and looked deep into her eyes. "

Whats going on that you can't tell me?" Hermione opened her mouth but nothing came

out. Her eyes closed slowly as her whole body tingled from Harry's touch. He removed

his hand and quietly said,

" Hermione, its late. We can talk about it in the morning, you need to get some

sleep." Hermione was grateful for this last comment and she nodded her head slowly, and

looked at Harry.

" See you in the morning Harry." He passed her her book, and Hermione climbed

the stairs to her dormitory, her legs trembling. Author's Note: End of chapter one! She does the chapter dance! OH YEAH! Anyhoo, I hope you guys like the story so far, for those who don't- don't worry it gets better! So many good things happen, so the things that seem completely irrelevant to the staory- really aren't! KEEP READING! And REVIEW!