Christmas break was over and Hermione came back. They filled her in on everything that had happened, the presents, the mirror, the invisibility cloak. She shunned them for sneaking out at night but was fascinated by the thought of Harry's new cloak. She hadn't been able to find anymore information on Nicholas Flamel either but she had another thing on her mind.
"Our final exams are coming up! We need to start studying! This is big stuff! If we don't ace them it could make our whole career crumble! Think about not being able to get a good job because we failed our first year exams!"Hermione was spiraling, they all knew it meant a lot to her, and seeing this coming Harry, Ron, Neville, and Rose decided they would be supportive, but they would definitely not start studying halfway through the year.
"Hermione's great you know," Ron had said. "But she can get a little bonkers about her grades and stuff. It's not that big of a deal..." They all agreed, but she felt like it was kind of unfair. Hermione was a muggle born and that meant she had to work even harder than kids who grew up doing and being surrounded by magic. Even through all of her setbacks she was certainly the smartest kid in their year.
They went back to the common room and saw that Neville was hopping his way down the corridor toward the common room. They quickly ran up to him. Hermione performed the counter spell and Neville massaged his legs with relief.
"Thank Hermione. Draco and his cronies hit me with this jinx and then told me that they would get more revenge this Friday at the quidditch match. Snape's reffing the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff match." Neville said. They got inside and Harry pulled chocolate frog out of his robe pocket.
"Well you worth 12 of Malfoy Neville." Harry said handing him the candy. Rose gave him a very pointed look. "Well, maybe only 8 or so." Rose smiled and nodded. It was true. Slytherins hated Gryffindors and she couldn't stop that. Neville unwrapped it gratefully.
"Oh I already have this card. Do you collect Harry?" Neville said handing him back the card. Harry took it and looked at it fondly. Then his eyes widened ever so slightly then he covered it up real quick.
"Well thank you guys. I think I'm going to go up to the dorms for a bit. See you!" Neville said chearfully. Rose motioned for them to go sit in the far corner of the room. Rose and Hermione looked at Harry intently while Ron just looked confused.
"I've got it. I know who Nickolas Flamel was. It's right here on this card. I knew I had heard of him!" Harry said excitedly showing us the card. Nickolas Flamel was a famous alchemist who had worked with Dumbledore on the Sorcerers Stone.
"That must be what Fluffy's guarding! The Sorcerers Stone!" Hermione said breathlessly. That was it. Someone was after unlimited life.
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The Secrets of Rose Potter
FanfictionSirius look through the ruble of the house with tears in his eyes. James and Lily, his only friends, had just been murdered. "How did he find them?" He wondered out loud. He was all alone. The world was dead silent. He walked to the body of James...
