THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS

"No, no no!" Hermione cried "There is no way I'm sharing a carriage with, that, that -" The carriage door opened.

"Malfoy." She sighed as though the world was going to end.

"YOU! This is preposterous. Go, get out! This is reserved for the academic elite, not Mudbloods." Draco sneered puffing out his chest, so the emerald green Head Boy badge was blindingly obvious.

It was the start of the final year in Hogwarts nothing much had changed Hermione was still top of her year, Harry was still the miraculous 'boy-who-lived', Ron still had red hair and freckles, and Draco Malfoy was still the annoying little git he always was.

Hermione grabbed her robes around the ruby red Head Girl badge "Oh look," she spat "We match."

"Not quite Granger. However if I suddenly transform into a woman and sprout breasts I assure you, your place as 'Head Girl' is not as secure as you thought it was." Draco rolled his eyes. "Well this is not the start of the year I was hoping for."

"Oh yes," Hermione said sarcastically "Because I really want to share a train carriage with you too."

"You think it stops there do you. Oh no, things get much worse not only that, we have to share a common room, bedrooms next to each other and (Draco shuddered) shower rooms."

Hermione was aghast "We have to share a sh-sh-shower?!"

"NO! Please I've had breakfast. No the same room but cubicles Granger, you know small rooms designed to keep peoples privacy? How did you become Head Girl?"

Hermione shook with anger I'll get him 'One of these days Malfoy you're going to fall from your pedestal and when you do I'll make sure the whole school will watch you crash.'

The silence rested on the edge of a knife one whisper out of either of them and-

SLAM the witch with the food tray appeared "Do you two wan-"

"I'll have 2 chocolate frogs please!" Hermione was desperate to talk to ANYONE except Draco.

"I'll have three." said Draco.

"Well I certainly don't want you near me in the shower if you're going to be piling-on-the-pounds." Hermione snorted.

"Is that so, well maybe that would be safer, make that four?" Said Draco turning to the plump witch.

"R-r-right ok." Stuttered the witch. This was going to get ugly she could tell.

"DRACO MALFOY! I WOULDN'T TOUCH YOU WITH A TEN FOOT BARGE POLE!" Hermione roared.

"MUDBLOOD!"

"FERRET!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!"

"GOOD!" And they both sat and ate their chocolate frogs, albeit a bit violently.

"Lovers." the witch thought and walked away. Maybe she could become a See-er she thought then maybe she wouldn't have to deal with children.

"So how was your journey?" said Ron when they arrived at the great hall.

Hermione smacked her head on the table and said "Shut up Ron, just…shut up."

"That well hmmm."

"I'm off." Hermione sighed.

"Where are you going?" Harry asked

"To my doom probably." she muttered.

Walking out of the hall to the hall by her common room taking a deep breath she walked in to her home to be for the next year. She was not going to enjoy this one tiny bit.