Her thoughts wandered to different corners of her dusty mind. Everything seemed surreal, one dreadful dream. The war and its end. Her relationship with Ron and the return to Hogwarts. The girl swallowed hard, trying to fight the feeling that was growing inside her. So unfamiliar and alien. Not hers. It clawed at her from within with its sharp claws, trying to rip its way out. But Hermione wasn't ready to just let it loose like that. 