Voldemort was defeated at the end of the trio's sixth year. Things had been great since then; no one was threatening each other's lives and most of the rouge death eaters had been captured by the aurors. Some people were still set in their prejudice ways but many were making the effort to change, not wanting to be accused of still supporting Voldemort and risk losing everything they value.

It was the beginning of September when the trio started their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, and things were just as calm as they had been all summer. Or at least they would have been if it weren't for the two silvery blond headed people standing far away from the crowds at the edge of the platform.

"What is he doing here?" Ron asked in outrage

"Finishing school" Hermione said

"That's not what I meant! Why isn't he in Azkaban where he belongs, with the rest of the death eaters?"

"Ron you know that he was never marked and he even killed his own father on the battle field protecting Hannah Abbott" Harry said finally ending the conversation before Ron's temper got the best of him.

The trio and Ginny mad their way onto the train and after some searching found an empty compartment.

As soon as they got settled Hermione excused herself to go meet with McGonagall and the Head Boy, since she was Head Girl.

She had been gone for about ten minutes, when she reentered the compartment to sit with them for the rest of the train ride.

Shortly after Hermione came back they were joined by Neville, Lavender, and Luna. Many things were discussed between the group like how everyone's summer was, how they were coping, and who was dating who. Hermione and Lavender had silently agreed that they would stick together, considering they were the only Gryffindor girls left in their year. Ginny was also asked to move into the seventh year girls' dorm because Lavender didn't want to stay in the room by herself and she didn't want to impose on the other sixth year girls. Ginny agreed in a heartbeat knowing how much the older girl had been going through.

Their conversation was interrupted by the Head Boy Blaise Zabini telling Hermione that they needed to patrol the train.

Shortly after her patrols they made it back to the place that they have called home for the past six years, Hogwarts.

The welcome back speech seemed to drag on for everyone and after what felt like hours they sorting started and the feast began.

Small talk was made between the group of Gryffindors but most settled on no talking because of Ron's need to talk with his mouth full.

After the feast they went to their common room except for Hermione who had to be shown to her new common room by Dumbledore.

Once she reached the entrance hall Blaise and Dumbledore were waiting for here, "Now that we are all here I will show you to your rooms" said Professor Dumbledore as he began walking up the stairs to the third floor.

They walked right then left, then right again when they finally came upon a portrait of a princess in a yellow ball gown and holding a single red rose (like from Beauty and the Beast). "Students this is Belle, behind her portrait is the entrance to your common room. It is up to you to pick you password. I shall bid you two goodnight" Dumbledore finished has he turned and left the students to their evening.

"Well that was interesting" Blaise said turning to look at Hermione who nodded in agreement.

"Let's pick a password" Hermione said wanting to get out of the corridor.

"Slytherin…or not" Blaise suggested and retracted at Hermione's dark look

"Princess" Hermione suggested

"No that's too girly"

"Fine then royalty"

"Now that's what I'm talking about Granger"

"Whatever" she said as she walked up to the portrait to tell her their password.

The door opened to reveal an elegant common room and kitchenette, with two staircases leading up to an open hallway with three doors. The common room was done in crimson, silver, and black colors. The walls were silver with a subtle crimson scroll pattern; there was a black and silver marble fireplace and mantle, there was a crimson couch with sliver pillows and two silver winged back chairs with crimson pillows, there was also a black coffee table with the furniture in a semi-circle around it. The kitchenette was done in neutral colors (creams and browns). The doors on the second floor lead to the two bedrooms and a shared bathroom.

Hermione ran up to her room after checking out the downstairs. Once she opened the door a note appeared with a spell to make her room look how she wanted it. She envisioned a room with a double bed with a chocolate brown skirt and a tiffany blue comforter with chocolate accents and cream flowers situated in the middle of the far wall. The curtains that covered her balcony windows and door were two chocolate brown curtains on either side of a tiffany blue curtain with the same details and patterns as the comforter. She added a cream and chocolate brown vanity to sit beside the door of her closet on the right side of her room. She placed a decorative book case in the left corner of her room between the bathroom door and the door to her room. She also had cream, brown, and tiffany blue paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling all around the room. She also added a poster of Paris, and four different pictures of purses, shoes, and books that matched the color scheme of her room. On the book case was boxes that matched the pictures, some pageant crowns she had won, and some pictures of her friends and family. She said the spell and her room became everything that she had imagined.

She then ventured into the bathroom. The bathroom color scheme on her side was black, white, and dusty rose. She noticed that the black and white theme continued throughout the bathroom but her accent color stopped in the middle of the room (after her sink but before Blaise's and continued to split the giant bathtub in the middle of the room) and a dark teal color picked up where her accent stopped. She also noticed that there were two toilets hidden behind doors and two walk-in showers hidden behind walls (there were no doors on the showers). She could've stood there in awe at their amazing bathroom, but was startled when Blaise walked in to check it out.

"Pretty cool huh?" Blaise asked upon seeing her

"Very" Hermione said as she turned to go back to her room "Good night Zabini" she added as an afterthought and decided to call it a night.

The next morning went amazingly until breakfast. As soon as Hermione walked into the great hall she could tell that the air was tense but she couldn't figure out why. She ate her breakfast made small talk with Ginny, Lavender, Ron, and Harry. She left breakfast with this sinking feeling in her stomach as she walked to her Advanced Arithmancy class. She concentrated throughout her class, feeling as soon as it started it was over. She then headed to her next class, Ancient Runes, which she had with the rest of the Gryffindors and the Slytherins.

As she sat down in her seat next to Lavender she felt the tension in the air thicken as Draco Malfoy walked in and took the only seat available, next to Hermione. He slid the seat as far away from her as possible, muttering under his breath as he did so. Hermione glared at him and scooted closer to Lavender as he did this.

The class did some easy partner work but Draco refused to join Hermione and Lavender in their work, and they were ok with that.

After her class she had a free hour until lunch, so she decided to go outside and have some fun with her friends (she gave up on her bookish ways after Voldemort was defeated, something about not wanting to spend what time she has left on earth in a library and missing out on all the fun, she also said something about Y.O.L.O.). They ended up goofing off by the lake and having a splash fight and swimming in the lake.

As it got closer to lunch they decided to get out of the lake and dry off, Harry and Ron may not have been affected by seeing Hermione in her bikini but those who had been trying to be in the sun on a beautiful day were not. Wolf whistles surrounded them from all directions, Harry and Ron moved quickly to cover Hermione's body, considering she is like their sister. The crowd dispersed as soon as she was covered up, and everyone went back to what they were doing, except for two pairs of eyes: one silvery blue and the other ocean blue.

After lunch the trio had double potions with the Slytherins. Snape decided to assign them their partners. Harry was with Millicent Bullstrode, Ron was with Pansy Parkinson, and Hermione was paired with Malfoy. The project they were working on was the research and brew Vertiserum, which would take them around a month to finish. All the groups seemed to actually be getting somewhere, except for Hermione and Malfoy. The only words that Draco seemed to be able to say to her were insults and by the end of the class Hermione was beyond pissed.

Seeing that it was time for dinner Hermione decided to skip it to blow off some steam. She ran up to her room and pulled a small trinket from a secret pocket in her trunk. She then ran all the way outside and continued to run until she reached the quidditch pitch. She pulled the trinket out of her pocket and said the enlargement charm. In her hand was the newest broom, the Galaxy 9000. She quickly mounted her broom and started doing some laps around the pitch, as soon as she was warmed up she started doing tricks to blow off some steam and when they weren't helping she started doing harder ones.

As Hermione was flying she didn't notice the group of girls watching her from the group.

Pansy Parkinson looked up at the girl doing stunts she had only dreamed of when she turned to the other girls with her (Millicent Bullstrode, Tracey Davis, and Daphne Greengrass).

"Do you know who that is?" she asked looking at each girl's facial expression.

"I have no idea" answered Tracey

As the group kept watching in awe, Hermione finally decided to call it a night, as she landed she heard a rustling from the bushes close to the entrance of the pitch. She was about to investigate it when she heard an exclamation from behind the bush.

"She can Fly!"