Hermione's POV

Ron snorted as his knight took out my queen. Pumping his fist in the air, he grinned widely.

"Ha! Hermione, you lose!"

"I swear, Ron, next time..." I was cut off by another chuckle from Ron as he got up from the chair and stretched. It was about two days after the episode in McGonagall's office and Ron and I were playing wizards chess in the common room. I had lost. Again. Wizard's chess was the only thing Ron could ever beat me at. Well besides Quiditch.

"That's funny," Ron laughed. "Harry said the exact same words when I last beat him. Talking about Harry, have you seen him anywhere?"

"No, the last time I saw him was when he was going to the library to study with Ginny." I replied nonchalantly.

"Knowing them, they'll still be studying huh?" Ron asked arching an eyebrow and I laughed.

"Not a chance.," I retorted. "By now they're probably on the Quiditch pitch or something." I also had another idea of what they were up to but I decided not to mention it.

"Five sickles says they're still studying. Harry's become a nerd lately. Kind of like you." Ron said and I slapped him on the arm.

"Well this nerd," I said pointing at myself. "Got ten OWLs whereas you got three, maybe? No four..."

"Hermione! Sorry, okay?" Ron gave in. Ha point for Granger.

"Anyway, five sickles says they are flying around in the grounds." I said and we shook hands before sprinting out towards the library.

As soon as we barged into the library, earning glares from the people studying nearby, Ron shouted, not even bothering to look around,"SEE, I TOLD YOU THEY'D BE HERE! FIVE SICKLES PLEASE!!" and then his expression melted when he saw they were not there and that the whole library was now gawking at us."Oh, Uhh I guess not. Would you look at that!" he said feebly after we had hastily backed out of the library.

"Five sickles, Ron," I said sweetly.

"Ah that's where you're wrong, dear Mione," he said. "You said that five sickles said they were outside on their brooms so if they are not flying outside, you won't win."

I huffed and we made our way outside. The sun was shining faintly over the grounds and a chilly wind was blowing making my open hair get even more tangled than it already was. We had not even stepped onto the pitch when the shriek reached us.

"HARRY POTTER YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! YOU KNOW I CAUGHT THE SNITCH BEFORE YOU! YOU JUST DIVERTED MY ATTENTION AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS! I WON FAIR AND SQUARE POTTER!"

At that moment, Luna Lovegood came rushing out of the castle, her dirty blonde hair flying behind her. "Ginny," she panted. "I need your help with Charms. And we were supposed to do the Transfiguration essay together, remember?"

"Of course I do, Luna," Ginny said, scrambling of her broom, her face flushed. When she saw us she said, "If you see Harry, tell him he's in a lot of trouble." and she followed Luna inside.

Harry decided to show up at that moment. He was hovering above the ground, his hair messy as ever and his emerald green eyes were shinning bright. He too was breathless.

"I... is she g..gone?" he asked in mock-fear.

"Yeah, mate," Ron clapped him on the back."But she said you're..."

"In a lot of trouble. I know." Harry grinned.

"Five sickles, Ron," I smiled holding out my palm. Ron sighed and put several silver coins in it before turning to Harry to talk about whatever they talk about.

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Dumbledore's Army was doing fairly well. We had now gotten about thirty-five new recruits so that made us seventy in total. We had people from all the houses now though the number of Slytherins was less. Third years and up were allowed to enter only though. Harry, Ron, Ginny and I had really taught them a lot. We were going to have meetings everyday for the first weak and then loosen up a bit. Thank goodness the fake galleons were still working. It was now the end of the weak.

"So, everyone we all know sectempumra now." Harry called over the babble. "Any questions about that one?" When there were none, he said, "Okay now let's try something new. This spell can actually make your opponent's brain go all fuzzy, kind of like the confundus charm but this spell will make their reflexes slower and will give you enough time to stun them or curse them without their knowledge. The spell is Fruzinio."

We repeated after him and Harry corrected anyone who got the pronunciation wrong before instructing us to split in pairs and start practicing.

"Fruzinio" I said pointing my wand at Ron. But nothing happened other than Ron's eyes going a little blank for just a moment before he collected himself. Well, I guess I could use some more practice then.

Harry strolled around the room occasionally stopping and telling us how to grip our wands. We were supposed to hold them at arms length and point them at the other person's right temple. I was only beginning to get the hang of it when the clock struck ten and we had to go back to our dormitories

We were making our way through the deserted corridors and trying to avoid Filth's cat at all costs. We were outside the Headmistress's office and were just about to turn left when a voice spoke,

"Ah, good. Now I won't have to go that far to get you."

I turned around in shock to see Mr Flitch standing there holding his cat in his arms,"The Headmistress would like a word with you all and I'm afraid it's quite serious."

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