Insane Asylum escapees!

I found it, Granger, I found it!

Hermione Granger was not quite sure what to expect when she met Harry Potter, but it definitely wasn't the non-believing-in-magic-but-willing-to-play-along-for-now Harry Potter that she got. This, however, did not bother her.

The fact that he got into Slytherin didn't bother her either. Harry didn't believe in magic, so he didn't believe in magical prejudices (ie: he not only didn't believe that a 'mudblood' could exist, he defended her from the other Slytherins that called her that).

She was only slightly bothered by the fact that he believed Slytherin was the only sane house, but he claimed that even if she was a Gryffindor, she was as sane as he was.

Flashback

"I am not insane just because I'm a Gryffindor!" Hermione hissed in anger. Harry just stared at her. He was reminded rather well of a hissing cat.

"I know."

"…you…know…?" Now she reminded him of a confused cat.

"Well, yeah, I mean sure most of Slytherin is sane, but we have Draco Malfoy. Considering that we have an insane person in our house, it's only logical that there would be sane people in other houses, just not that many. You're one of the few. In fact, you're just as sane as I am, Gryffindor or not."

Hermione never told him that that sentiment didn't make her feel very sane.

End Flashback

That had been in their second year, although outside of that conversation he still held true to the belief that Slytherin was the only sane house. Harry's friend, Blaise, never spent much time around her (usually only when Harry dragged him along). That didn't bother her either – Blaise explained that he was neutral on the whole pureblood supremacy thing, but that Harry couldn't protect him from the other Slytherins forever, so it was best that Blaise wasn't seen with what they considered to be a 'mudblood'.

What did bother her? Well, Umbitch – oh, Umbridge (dammit, she was channeling Harry now – Harry had started calling her Umbitch the moment he met her) – for one. That toad couldn't teach a class to save her life (and she was obviously intending for the students to give up their own lives in the process – this was a war dammit – they didn't have time to screw around).

Hermione and a few other Gryffindors had decided to make a sort of club, a defence learning club, but they needed a place to hide it, where Umbitch – oops, Umbridge – couldn't find it. The fact that she couldn't find a place also bothered her.

The fact that Harry came running down the hall and began to shaking her screaming, "I found it, Granger, I found it!" also bothered her, more the fact that she was being shaken than the fact that Harry was nuts.

"Found what Harry?" she asked, after getting him to stop shaking her.

"The holodeck! I found the holodeck!"

"The what?" Harry gave her a strange look.

"Don't you watch Star Trek? I thought you were a trekkie after that Halloween ball thing." Hermione looked annoyed. The Halloween costume party/ball had been the headmaster's idea, and she had dressed up as one of her favorite characters.

"Chewbacca is from Star Wars you idiot." Harry obviously didn't get out much, or know anything about the two series if couldn't tell the difference.

"Oh, well, either way – I found the holodeck! Come on!" And with that Harry proceeded to drag her up several flights of stairs.

"What the hell are you doing?" she asked, watching him walk back and forth.

"Watch," Harry said, walking back and forth one more time. A door appeared, magically – although Harry apparently thought otherwise. "It's the holodeck!" he exclaimed, opening the door and dragging her inside.

"And what exactly does the holodeck do?"

"Think of something, anything."

Hermione sighed, and wished, not for the first time this year, that she had her favorite book series that she had left at home.

A bookshelf appeared, filled with every book of that series – even the ones she didn't have yet. She squeaked, and quickly thought of a place for the students to learn defense.

The room supplied pillows, a chalkboard (with erasers and chalk), books upon books of defensive spells/potions/etc., and targets for them to shoot at.

Hermione squealed happily and hugged Harry, kissing him on the cheek.

"You're a genius!" she yelled, before running out of the room to inform the others of their new meeting place.

"I'm a genius because I found the holodeck?" Harry asked, "Cool! I wonder what else I can find!" This thought, of course, led Harry to explore the castle. He was missing for three days and still hadn't found anything else.

Dumbledore nearly had a heart attack, both when he found out Harry was missing, and when said Slytherin returned, slightly dusty, but none worse for the wear.