A/N: This is my first fanfiction ever, so please be kind and please review! Some information that is good to know about this fanfiction is that it takes place the school year after the war. Dumbledore didn't die, though Bellatrix and Voldemort did. The ministry of magic has decided that all students that went last years when Snape was headmaster, have do the year again, so that they will have a proper education and not a death eater inspired one. I think that's all you need to know.!

And thanks to my lovely beta and inspiration to start writing Freakyella!

Again, please review!

Chapter 1: Back to school.

1th September:

Hermione was thrilled to go back to school again and was very happy with the government's decision that they all needed to go another year at Hogwarts. She had really missed school during their horrokrux hunt. Of course Harry and Ron didn't share her enthusiasm, but that was to be expected. She thought about the year that would come and felt how a genuine smile started to grow on her lips when she saw how the Weasley family and waved cheerfully to Ron and Ginny when they approached her near the entrance to the platform of 9 and ¾. When they were close enough she left her things on the ground and ran over and hugged Ginny closely.

"I've missed you" She said truly and got an "I missed you to 'Mione" back before releasing her and turning to where Ron stood. Things had been a bit awkward between them since they decided not to be together under the summer. The reason was mainly Hermione's since she didn't stand all the girls that flirted with Ron.

Actually, the problem hadn't been the girls flirting with Ron, she could manage that. She understood why they did flirt with him. He was after all a war hero. The problem was that Ron openly flirted back. When she had talked to him about the problem, he got mad and said that she just was jealous with him because he got all the attention. That had made Hermione see red, and the slap that she'd given Ron, had made them realize that they weren't meant for each other. And hence their breakup, there had been this feeling of awkwardness between them. But, she had decided before she got to Kings Cross Station, that she would ignore that tiny feeling and work hard on trying to become best friends again. And if that wasn't possible, then just friends without the awkwardness would do just fine.

So, after her hug with Ginny, she gave Ron a big smile and gave him a hug and a "hi". Ron had apparently also decided to let the past be in the past and gave her a bone crushing hug and a "Nice to see you again". She gave quick hugs to the others in the Weasley family and then heard a familiar voice saying. "Hello, everyone!" She gave a shriek of happiness and throws herself around her black-haired best friend.

She hadn't seen Harry in almost the whole summer since she quickly had travelled to Australia with a couple of Aurors from the ministry to go and find her parents and break the charm she'd put on them for their safety. When she'd come home after almost a month, Harry was too busy with all the testimonies against the remaining death eaters that he barely had time to sleep, less hang out with her. Though when she had heard from Ginny that he'd been at the Burrow a couple of times to hang out with Ron, it had hurt to hear. But she just had to accept that she would always come second after Ron. The only time during the summer she'd actually had spoken with him more than 10 minutes had been at his birthday.

She ended the hug and let him say hi to the others. As she watched him hug the others Mrs Weasley came up to her and congratulated her on being the head girl. "Thanks Mrs Weasley, I wasn't really sure if it would be me or not, but I got so happy when it came with the post" She said as she looked down on the head girl badge in her hand. "Everybody here, right? Then let's go through!" Mr Wesaley said standing next to her parents. Her parents hadn't, much to Hermiones relief, been so angry at her but they understood why she'd done it. After a much needed week to catch up with her, her parents moved back to Britain and their old house. And now here she was, ready to go back to her second home, Hogwarts.

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Draco was always a bit reluctant to go back to school. This year was no exception, and this year the feeling had quadrupled. If it hadn't been for his mother, and that stupid decision that he needed to go back to Hogwarts, he would have preferred to be home schooled. Or who was he kidding? He would have died of boredom if he had stayed at the Manor with only Mother as company. This was probably as mother had said, for the best. Even though he would never confess to her that she was right. That just wasn't something that Malfoys do, according to his Father. Although he had after the war and since Father's departure to Azkaban, realized that to be able to keep up with the society's change. He and Mother needed to put those quote and guidelines on how to behave like a perfect Malfoy, aside.

Or that was actually also something his Mother had decided, but he always had liked to take credit for things other had done. That was just how he was, he smirked at himself, but abruptly ended it when Mother started talking. After the war, Mother had started to talk about her feelings, her feelings about him and Father. He was glad that Mother felt that she could express herself these days, but she didn't had to do it to him. So when Mother said that she would miss him and gave him a hug before he entered the train, he just stood there and wished it to be over. He also noticed that she had tears in her eyes, so he quickly ended the hug and stepped into the train that was going to take him back to school.