Chapter 1-

I walked into the Great Hall to find four rows of long tables and right at the end, there was another table which was raised slightly. There were many seats along the fifth table and one large chair in the centre.I assumed it belonged to the headmaster. I'm only a first year you see so this is my first day at Hogwarts. I was in the line in front of all the other first were about 40 of us. We were all following Dumbledore (our headmaster) down the middle of the Great Hall until we came across a small stool with an old, battered hat sat on top."Crowd, round young witches and wizards. First, I would just like to congratulate you all for being invited to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Myself and all of the other professors, hope you enjoy the time you spend here and make the most of this exciting experience. First of all, we must sorry you all into your houses. At this school, we have four houses. They are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. One by one you shall come up and sit on this stool and I shall place the sorting hat upon your head and it shall determine which house you're in. Remember, the sorting hat is always right. First up, let's have... Miss Hermione Granger. Please take a seat here Miss Granger."

I was chosen to go first. I proudly went forward and sat down on the stool. Professor Dumbledore placed the dusty hat on my head. To my surprise, it began to talk. "Mmm, brave, intelligent, slightly cunning, a bit of a rebel. That's a hard one. Let's go with... You can't be a Slytherin as you're not a pure blood. You must be a Gryffindor!" The hat roared. All of the first years applauded as Dumbledore pulled off the hat and I leapt off the stool and went to sit on the bench by the Gryffindor table. The amount of first years waiting to be sorted rapidly decreased. Five boys had joined my house. Ronald Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas and this seriously geeky wizard called Harry Potter; he calls himself 'the chosen one'. Two girls also joined us. They were Lavenda Brown and Parvati Patil. Lavender seemed really nice. We were gossiping about the hot boys for a little while. 2 other girls joined our table but I didn't quite catch their names.

I looked over towards the stool and the sorting hat. The first years had all been sorted apart from one wizard. He had beautiful blond hair, he had slarkling blue eyes and was rather tall and slender. Just my type."Draco Malfoy" Dumbledore called out as the fit young wizard walked up to the stool. He was spotted into Slytherin. I was gutted! Everyone knows that Gryffindor students aren't supposed to get along with the Slytherin children. I didn't give a shit. I don't care if I socialise with a Slytherin, if it makes me happy, that's all I care about. I couldn't take my eyes off of him, it was like they were glued on! There was some sort of... connection, a special bond that is unbreakable. He walked straight past me as I stared at his gorgeous features and he actually glanced down at me. He smiled and bent down and whispered something in my ear. "Hey, after this bullshit ceremony, do you wanna meet me outside, Hermione?" Oh my fucking God! Draco fucking Malfoy knew my name! I felt like I was in a dream. I started at him and went to speak but no words came out so I just nodded. My heart was beating so fast. I thought I was going to explode! I was filled with happiness and excitement.

Dumbledore can't round to all four tables and handed every individual person a map of the school grounds. He labelled each of the house's common rooms so we could easily find our way there from the great hall and get settled. He had also written the password to the common room at the bottom of the sheet so we could enter. Gryffindor' s password was Caput Draconis.