Hermione woke up the next morning, bright and early. She liked waking up before Parvati and Lavender. Their morning gossip sessions were not something she enjoyed. Not to mention a lot of the gossip is about her or Harry or both.
To add to her morning responsibilities, she needed to wake up Harry and Ron. Those boys would sleep in all day without her. The rest of their roommates were used to her early morning wake up calls.
She got up, made her bed, grabbed her clothes and school robes, then headed to the showers. Finishing up the shower, she got dressed and used a drying charm on her hair. Then, made sure to brush and floss her teeth. That was a habit due to her dentist parents. She looked closer into the mirror and she could see her shimmering chocolate brown eyes. If you looked close enough, you could see gold flecks that looked like shining stars. The small amount of freckles that dusted her face as well as some baby fat in her cheeks. Hermione absolutely despised make-up. Enjoy the face you have instead of the face you want. What was the point of being born with your identity to just cover it up with layers of cosmetics?
She also didn't do much with her hair. Usually tying it up or leaving it the way it is. She enjoyed her bushy curls. She's heard many people refer to her hair as a bird's nest or tumbleweed. Her hair wasn't that bad though. A Comb through her hair calmed it a bit. People just over exaggerate everything! Whether it's hair or a recount of an event. Her imperfections made up who she was. Sure, it was annoying sometimes, but it made her feel comfortable for now.
She headed out quietly and packed up her bag and hid her time-turner under her shirt. Taking extra classes was extremely exhausting, but she still enjoyed it. It gave her a once in a life-time experience and she loved everything she was learning. The only setback was less time with Harry and Ron. That was why she and Harry snuck out after hours. Her classes were taking up all her time and it was too late to drop some classes. Though, she could definitely go without Divination. Maybe she didn't have to do Muggle studies either? She would talk to Harry and see what he thought. She wasn't allowed to well anyone about the time-turner, so naturally she told Harry. Ron would blab his mouth because of his deplorable secret keeping skills, but we still love him.
She snuck her way to the boys dormitories and found her two sleeping boys. Ron was snoring and hanging halfway off the bed while Harry's bed just looked like a jumbled up cocoon of blankets. She couldn't help the smile that crept onto her face. How to wake them up this time? Maybe take a nicer approach that day. She was feeling more mellow instead of mischievous. It was still an hour until classes so she had some time. It would just mean no studying that morning. She set her bag down and went over to Harry's bed and climbed in. she unwrapped most of the blankets skillfully until he shot his hand out of the pile and pulled her to him. The little squeak that escaped her lips made Harry chuckle sleepily. He gave her one of his blankets and she snuggled closer. "Goodmorning Harry" she greeted in a low voice.
"What, no water dumped on my face this morning?"
"That was fun. Maybe if you woke up earlier, you would get to try it on your roommates."
"Why do you wake Ron up so nicely, Kitten? I knew I was your least favorite" he stated feigning hurt.
"It's true my dramatic friend. I love Ron so much more than you! It's not like I don't sneak out with you after hours or get detention for you or anything. Nope, me and Ron are the bestest of pals."
"Ok, ok I got it. And you say I'm dramatic."
"classes are in about an hour or so. Do you plan on going to classes?"
"Nope. I'll stay here forever with you as my captive" and with that he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.
"Oh no you won't! You will be productive today and help me wake up our lazy counterpart."
"Slave driver."
"Drama Queen."
"Name caller."
"Childish coach potato."
"Potatoes sit on couches?"
"You will not distract me! Now, out of bed."
"No!"
"I will go get the water. You know I can do it."
The hysterical look of horror on his face was worth every threat. He soon jumped out of bed while Hermione just stretched out on his bed. He glared at her and said "you're despicable." She just smirked and shooed him away. Harry just stomped his way to the bathroom to get ready for the day. All of the boys were still sleeping even with all the commotion. 'They'll be awake soon though' she thought. She looked around the room for a tool to fit her newly mischievous needs. There! Perfect, a textbook the right size and with a tweaked sonorous charm, it'll be great. She grabbed the potions textbook and cast the charm on it. With an evil smile, she slammed the book shut with a roaring SMACK! All the boys fell out of bed with a shout and she started laughing like crazy. They all yelled at the same time "Hermione!" With that she rushed out of the dorm with her bag cackling madly.
The only problem with that particular technique was that it woke up the entire tower and Professor McGonagall because she came rushing into the tower with her wand raised. She looked around to only see Hermione sitting by the fire with a sheepish grin. The Professor put away her wand and crossed her arms and lifted an eyebrow. "Miss Granger?"
"Umm, well. I wanted to wake up the boys and um, I guess I got carried away?"
"mmhmm."
Hermione chuckled nervously as the portrait opened again to reveal Proffesor Lupin with his wand held up. 'How did he hear that? It wasn't that loud?' she thought. He caught sight of Hermione and sighed then put his wand away. "Miss Granger. When you wake up Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, use a silencing charm around the room." Only seconds after he said that, some Gryffindors came down the stairs grumbling and glaring at Hermione. "I'll consider that next time, Professor." Both Professors headed out of the tower as Harry came down with a smug smile on his face. "Wipe that look off your face, Potter." He put on a serious face and asked "what look?" Hermione frowned and grabbed him by his ear, dragged him through the portrait. "ow, ow, ow, ow, OW! C'mon Kitten! I'm sorry. You're a genious! Wonderfully magnificent and really really strong so please let go of my precious ear!"
Hermione just smirked and let go of his ear. He rubbed his ear and they continued to walk. Harry asked, "Hermione dearest, why do you feel the need to torment me so?" she just snorted and rolled her eyes. They walked into the great hall and there were more people than usual. Surely not all these people heard her wake up call? No one glared at her, so it was just one of those early days. At the head table sat Professors Dumbledore, Lupin, McGonagall, Flitwick and Sprout. They walked to their seats They sat in companionable silence and ate. A little while later, they were joined by Ron. He plopped down in the seat in front of them and glared at Hermione while getting his food. She shrunk back in her seat and said "sorry?" "You better be. What happened to 'hey Ron, wake up' and a little shake?" She just looked down at her plate and grumbled to Harry, "And you said I wake Ron up nicely." He just chuckled and they continued to eat. The great hall started to fill up. Most Gryffindors tiredly walked in and glared at Hermione.
All the while, the great hall opened to reveal a kid that no one had ever seen before. It was still early in the morning, so not many registered his presence. Harry studied him and he looked to be in third year with shoulder length, dark brown hair and blue eyes. he had a taller build, kind of lanky though. He looked in need of a good week with Molly Weasley and her Weasley dinners. The way he held himself was somewhat arrogant, but classy. Pureblood maybe? He wore Gryffindor robes though, so maybe not as bad as some other Purebloods. He looked down the table and saw Harry. He walked towards their end of the table and sat next to Harry. Not extremely close, but not distancing himself either. He held out his hand to Harry and said with a smile, "Hi, I'm Silos Blather." Harry hesitantly shook his hand and replied, "Harry Potter. Are you new?" He nodded and said "yes, I just came in last night. I'm a relative of Remus Lupin. I ran away from home and ended up with him. My parents don't want me at home any longer so Remus is taking care of me now." Hermione narrowed her eyes critically while Harry just said "oh, well Professor Lupin is a good person to be with. I hope you enjoy Hogwarts, Silos."
Harry turned back to his food while Silos gave a small sigh of relief. Hermione noticed this and shot him one last critical look. She whispered something to Harry and he nodded. They got up and walked to classes, waving for Ron to follow. The three headed to class and "Silos" watched after them.
In reality, Silos Banther was Sirius Black. After Remus left Harry and Hermione, he took Sirius to get a shower and a good meal. After an hour or so of talking, they figured out a cover story and put Glamours on. They went to Dumbledore and explained the situation. They were going to wait until morning, but decided it may be too risky. So, they crafted a story of him running away from home and needing a place to stay. A few tears and sympathetic glances and he was home free! Sirius was sorted into Gryffindor and given a schedule. The hat knew who he was, which was a bit scary, but the hat knew truth. Hence the reason the all knowing talking headwear didn't rat him out.
Sirius at least got to meet his godson. What he didn't enjoy was the calculating and suspicious glances that the Granger girl was throwing his way. Oh no! They never thought to check out the family tree? She'll see that there's no Silos Banther! Maybe he could say that he was like a relative. You know, like your parents friends and all that. That may work…