Room 308, Sunday morning

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Hermione woke up slowly, though she realized the bed did seem smaller than she was used to. She opened her eyes, sitting up to see what the problem was, and was surprised to see the ginger cat sleeping at the foot of the bed. "Crookshanks?" she said, frowning. He hadn't been alive for years...

She looked around the room, blinking as she took in the now-vaguely familiar setting. Of course.

And sighed. "Honestly."


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"This place was always bloody ridiculous. Why should I expect anything different? And how the hell did the owls find me here? I've got two already from Percy demanding that the Aurors find out who is saturating the market with defective cauldrons imported from Asia," Ron said rolling his eyes. "How many times do I have to tell we hunt dark wizards. Not cauldron merchants."

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"Tell him you'll pass the message along to the appropriate parties," Hermione said simply. "He won't learn any other way."

She paused. "Don't tell him I said that, I don't want the owls coming to me."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"I'll pass it off on Harry," Ron said with a grin. "He can use his big reputation to shut him up. Besides no one listens to the little brother. Run into any old classmates yet?"

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"Just Rikku so far," she answered. "Though I've been thinking about heading down to the library. Don't make fun."

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Ron suppressed a world weary sigh. "Just promise me you'll not pester anyone to go back into Special Collections. Maybe come up for air once or twice?"

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"I promise," Hermione sighed. "I spent far too much time there, I just have to see it. And if they happen to have anything new and interesting..."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"Right then. I'll just make sure to send you photos of Huge and Rose when they get older and get married," Ron teased.

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"I would hope that you would come and get me long before that," she said, almost teasing back. "I'd prefer you over the owls from the Ministry telling me to come back to work..."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"Yes. If I could actually find you in that place. You'd probably go back into that special collections place and find an unwritten version of Hogwarts a History and get lost forever."

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"Of course I wouldn't," Hermione assured him. "I would need a pass from a teacher to get in. It's the rules."

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"Like you'd let that stop you dirty bookworm," Ron teased.

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"Only if I really needed to," she insisted. "I have to set a good example."

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Ron just chuckled as he shook his head. "I'd would've thought your job at the ministry would have stopped your academic pursuits."