Who: Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger Where: The Hospital Wing When: New Years Day, afternoon What: Figuring a few things out Completed!
She needed to check up on him. After what she, Percy and Verity had figured out yesterday, about the dreams, she needed to visit Neville. Not that she thought he was entirely correct in his assumption that Bellatrix was back, but it did fit the pattern so far, to a certain extent. He'd said that he had hurt her as well. But then Bellatrix could dream, she was dead. That was where the similarities ended.
Smiling a greeting to Madame Pomfrey, Hermione entered the infirmary and made for Neville's bed. He looked better. The scratches were almost healed, though she could still make them out. But something else was different, something she couldn't quite put her finger on yet.
"Hello, Neville," she said from the foot of his bed. "Happy New Year. Can I join you?"