Hermione stared at the letter in her hands in utter surprise. Even though Harry and Ron had told her countless times that she was sure to make head girl it still came to her as a surprise. She smiled at the words in front of her and her smile only widened when she looked at the golden badge that lay in her lap. It was the most beautiful thing she had seen since her first Hogwarts letter. She ran her thumb over the encrusted HG. Her eyes sparkled in amazment. suddenly there was a knock on her bedroom door and she was broken out of her trance.

"Come in" she said looking at her door open slowly and her mother come in.

"I think that it is time for you to go to bed darling. You have to get up and catch the Hogwarts Express in the morning." her mother told her with a small smile.

"Alright mum. I'll go to bed." Hermione said as she put her letter and badge on top of her trunk.

"Are you all packed and ready, dear?"

"Yes."

"Good. I'll see you in the morning. Good night for now darling."

"Good night mum." Hermione said as she watched her mom exit her room.

Hermione got under the covers of her warm bed and took one last look at her badge before falling into a a soft and silent sleep.

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"HERMIONE! HERMIONE! OVER HERE!"

Hermione looked around for the source of the noise when she spotted her friends Harry and Ron walking towards her.

"Hey Hermione! How was your summer?" asked Ron after he and Harry hugged her.

"It was brilliant. And yours?" she asked with a smile.

"Never better." they both said glowing.

"Come on we already got a compartment." said Harry as they waslked onto the train.

They walked to the middle of the train and sat in the compartment that they had Ginny saving for them. Once the train was off they couldn't help but talk about the events that were going to take place this year and what adventures they might embark upon. Hermione frowned a big frown when they began to talk about ways to put Malfoy into a coma.

"You know i was sort of hopping that we could get out of our childish behaviors this year. I mean we are seventh years." Hermione said to them.

They both looked at her in utter surprise.

"Hermione, we know that you are all for the rules and whatnot but do you honestly think that Malfoy and his dimwit trolls arn't talking about the exact same thing at this very moment?" asked Harry.

"Yeah so long as the heads and prefects dont catch us we would be fine." said Ron as he stuffed his face with five chocolate frogs at one time.

"well avoiding the head girl would mean that you would be avaoiding me too." Hermione said as she began to laugh at their confused faces.

"Allow me to explain. I made Head Girl!" she said to them with joy.

"WOW Hermione that amazing. I am so proud of you!" said Harry.

"Yeah me too." said ron.

Hermione smiled at them both, but then Harry asked the question that had been going through her mind ever since she knew that Harry and Ron didn't make head boy.

"So whos the head boy Hermione?"

"I dont know. i suppose that i have to go to the head compartment in order to find out. in fact i think i'll do just that. I'll see you guys later okay." Hermione said as she stood up and walked out of the compartment.

She made her way down to the heads compartment and smiled the whole way down. whoever was Head Boy couldn't be that bad. Dumbledore wouldn't be that dumb as to get someone who was the worst represetaion of a wizard. he would get someone with excelent marks. someone smart and who was anything but racist againt the muggle born witches and wizards.

Hermione opened the door to the Heads compartment when she reached it and when she looked inside she felt as though she was going to faint.

"YOU!" she yelled in utter surprise as she looked back at the the head boy who was smirking a smirk she knew she would never ever forget.

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Draco was looking out the window of the Hogwarts Express and was looking at the passing scenery. He smiled a small smile at the peace and quite he was getting. He hadn't gotten a moment of silence all summer what with Crabbe and Goyle annoying the hell out of him. Not to mention his father trying to get him to join ranks with Voldemort.

He sighed quietly as he pulled out his cd player and placed the headphones over his ears. This was the only muggle contraption that he would ever admit to like. He liked it because he could block out the words his father would tell him and the stupidity his friends seemed to have. He liked it cause no one around him knew what it was so they didn't know that he couldn't hear them and he could get away with not listening. He stared out the window as the sounds of The Postal Service rang in his ears. He was listening to his favorite song from them. It defined how he felt in so many ways.

This place is a prison
and these people arn't you friends.
inhaling thrills through twenty dollar bills
and the tumblers are drained and then flooded
again and again

There's guards at the onramps
Armed to the teeth
And you may case the grounds
from the cascades to Puget Sound
but you are not permitted to leave.

I know there's a big world out there
like the one that I saw on the screen
in my living room late last night
it was almost too bright to see.

and I know that it's not a party
if it happens every night
pretending there's glamour and candelabrum
when you're drinking by candelight.

And what does it take
to get a drink in this place?
what does it take?
how long must I wait?

He smiled as the slow sounds dissolved into his mind. He closed his eyes and took in the air around him. Suddenly he heard a shrill scream over the music. His eyes opened quickly in surprise as he turned off the music and looked at the compartment door. Then slowly a smirk began to grace his face.

"Well hello, Granger.I take it we will be seeing a lot of each other this year then." He said pointing at the his Head Boy badge that was pinned beautifully to his chest.