Chapter 1 – The flashback

Hermione's POV

Today is the first day of school (seventh year) and I am so excited. I changed over the summer. Many of you are probably wondering why, well it started off with my stupid ex boyfriend Ronald Weasley.

Flashback

"Hey mum, dad can I go to the Burrow today?" " Course you can sweetie. Have fun." Hermione's mother said. "I will. I'll see you guys at Christmas." "Ok darling, have you got everything packed?" "Yes mum." "Then come and say goodbye." "Goodbye mum, bye dad." "Bye sweetie. Stay safe ok" said her dad. "Ok dad. Bye." Hermione then went by floo to the Burrow.

There were mainly two reasons why Hermione was going. The obvious one, to go visit the Weasley's and Harry. But the other one was to go and see if her boyfriend, Ron, was alright. They had been writing for the first few weeks until a week ago when Ron stopped writing. She thought she should give him some time, but he didn't reply to anything for a week. During those few weeks Hermione had asked Ron to go on many dates but he said he couldn't go to any of them, always coming up with an excuse, saying Quidditch this and family that. She started getting suspicious and so she decided to go and visit him.

It was 12 when Hermione arrived. She got to the Burrow just in time to see everyone going to lunch and also to see her boyfriend with his arm wrapped around Lavender Brown's waist. To say she was pissed is an understatement. She pretended not to have noticed and then when everyone had gone in, she pretended that she had only just there and was getting out of the floo, coughing. Molly came in and saw her. She screamed "Hermione dear, it is so good to see you. Come on we're having lunch." Obviously she wasn't loud enough because nobody else heard her.

Hermione walked into the room and there was silence. Ginny screamed "Hermione, you're here finally. You haven't visited the Burrow in ages. How come you didn't….." "Hermione," Ron said, "What are doing here? Why didn't you owl us, to let us know you were coming?" "Actually Ron, I did owl you, how many times. But you didn't reply. And also, Hi Lavender. How come you're here? Oh wait I know the answer to that already. Ron you've been cheating on me with Lavender." There was silence and Ron didn't know what to say. Ginny and Harry looked kind of happy, even though Hermione didn't know why. She knew that they knew about this and was about to say to about them not being proper friends and telling her when all of a sudden Harry said "Hermione, I am so glad you're here and now that you know we can finally tell you everything that has been going on. We'll explain everything, once you sit down."

"Hermione, I know you're thinking that we're bad friends for not telling you, but we have a good reason. When Harry and I found out about what was going on between Ron and Lavender, we immediately wanted to tell you. But Ron ended up getting the both of us locked in the room and made us take an unbreakable vow to not say a word about this to anyone. He told the family that you had dumped him and that he had moved on to Lavender. We tried to explain without breaking the vow but we couldn't speak of it, write about it or even use actions to tell it. Until now when you found out, thank god." "Wait a second. That is not what happened" said Molly, "Is it Ron?" Ron just sat there looking away. After a few minutes, Hermione got up and said to him "Ron we are through, I want nothing to do with you. It would have been easier if you said that you didn't want to be with me to my face, but to cheat on me behind my back is just harsh. I am very sorry everyone for ruining your lunch and also I will not be staying here and I will see Ginny and Harry at school. Bye guys."

Hermione walked away and went home. Once she got home she told her parents that she wasn't going to stay at the Burrow and that she and Ron broke up. She asked to be alone and then went upstairs and cried her eyes out. That was when she changed. She went to Diagon Alley and when to the hair salon. She got her hair straightened and had a manicure and pedicure. She then went to all the designer stores and brought a new set of clothes, intending to throw out her old ones. Once she was done, no one could recognise her.

End of Flashback

So that's why I changed, to prove that nobody can cheat on me and get away with it. Ronal Weasley you are not gonna know what hit you. All I need now is a boy who can help me get revenge and I know the perfect one. Draco Malfoy…