Hermione was exhausted. By the middle of second term, the toll of additional classes she was taking thanks to the time turner, were finally catching up to her. Not to mention, her two best friends weren’t speaking to her since she had McGonagall confiscate the mystery Firebolt Harry received at Christmas. The latest blow to her person, however, came in the form of a letter from Hagrid. Despite spending every free second she possessed preparing a defense for Buckbeak, the Committee of the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures had decided to execute the Hippogriff.