Disclaimer: I own nothing. (sniff sniff) It all belongs to J. K. Rowling. Except for the plot, it's mine. (Yay)

A/N: This is my first story. It's a little confusing. Draco didn't succeed in killing Dumbledore, neither did Snape. But Snape tried, so he still fled.

Guide Me

Chapter 1: Waking Up

"Hermione, wake up." Ginny said, shaking the sleeping Hermione.

"Mmmm. . . . "

"Hermione Jane Granger, get your bum out of that bed right now!" Ginny said, she was losing her patience.

"Ginny, will you shut up? I'm trying to sleep." Hermione said groggily. Then she rolled over with her back to Ginny.

"Hermione, we leave for Hogwarts in . . . " Ginny checked her watch. "Forty-five minutes."

"What! Ginny, why didn't you get me up?" Hermione got up and started running around the room, getting ready.

"I've only been trying for the past 30 minutes." Ginny said through clenched teeth.

"Well, you should've tried harder. We're going to be late and it's all my fault. I'm Head Girl. I cannot miss the train on the first day back to school." Hermione said panicking.

Ginny rolled her eyes and left Hermione to get ready.

On the way to the kitchen, Ginny bumped into Harry and Ron. "Oh, uh sorry Harry." Ginny said blushing.

"That's alright." Harry said blushing as well.

"Ginny, watch where you're going. You nearly killed Harry and me." Ron said angrily.

"Why don't you watch where you're going, Ron?" Ginny shot back. She pushed past him and walked into the kitchen.

"Ginny dear, where's Hermione? We really must be going." Mrs. Weasley asked as she finished putting the dishes in the sink.

"She's—"

"I'm right here." Hermione said, out of breath.

"Where's your trunk dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"It's by the door."

"Ok. Good."

They all got their trunks and left. Within minutes they were at King's Crossing with only minutes to spare.

"Hurry up now. Come on. Platform Nine and Three-Quarters . . . ah here it is. Ok Ginny, you first." Mr. Weasley said.

Ginny made sure that no muggles were looking and walked through the wall.

"Ok Harry . . . Ron."

Harry ran through. Quickly followed by Ron.

Hermione went to walk through, but Mrs. Weasley stopped her.

"Hermione, before you leave, I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you. Head Girl." Mrs. Weasley said teary-eyed. "Good luck, dear." She said giving Hermione a bear hug.

"Thanks. Well . . . bye." Hermione said. Then she walked through the wall onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. She stopped and surveyed her surroundings. All of her fellow classmates were running around, telling their families good-bye and catching up with their friends. This would be her last year at Hogwarts and she would miss it dearly. She was jolted out of her dazed by Harry.

"Hermione, are you coming?"

"Huh? Oh yeah."

Hermione followed her friends onto the train. They had trouble finding an empty compartment, but at last they found one. A few minutes later, the train was moving and they were on their last and final journey to Hogwarts. Except for Ginny, of course.

"Hermione, are you ok?" Ginny asked. Hermione had been staring out of the window.

"Yeah. It's just. . . this is our last year. I'm really going to miss it." She said sadly.

"Yeah." Ron agreed sadly. "Well anyone up for a game of exploding snaps?" He asked perking up.

They played until the train started to slow down. Then they all got on their school robes and gathered their things. Then they boarded the horseless carriages that would carry them to Hogwarts.

They entered the Great Hall and sat in their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. They watched the scared little first years get sorted and then Dumbledore stood.

"Welcome back students." Dumbledore said with a smile. "Please remember that the Forbidden Forest is off limits to all students." He paused and clapped his hands twice. "Let the feast begin." When he was seated, loads of food appeared on the tables.

Ron was the first to fill his plate. And eat it. By the time Hermione was finished with one plate, Ron was working on his third.

"That's odd." Harry said.

"What's odd?" Ginny asked.

"Malfoy."

"Wha bou im?" Ron said through a mouthful of mashed potatoes.

"He's not here. He wasn't on the train and he's not here now." Harry said scratching his head.

Hermione turned around to look at the Slytherin table.

"That is odd." Hermione said

"Probably off doing some death-eater mission." Ron said.

"Ronald!" Hermione scolded.

"What? We all know that it's probably true."

Hermione was about to say something when Dumbledore stood up.

"May I have your attention please?" The whole hall grew quiet. "Thank you. We've welcomed some wonderful new students this year." He said smiling, referring to the first years. "And we've had a wonderful feast. So, good night." All of the students got up to leave.

"Miss Granger, may I have a word with you?" Dumbledore asked.

"Sure Professor." Hermione said good-bye to Harry and Ron and then walked over to Dumbledore.

"It's about the Head Boy, Draco Malfoy."

Hermione nodded. She had hoped that it would be someone that would be easy to work with. Oh well.

"You've probably noticed that he was not here tonight." Hermione nodded so he continued. "You see, the thing is, he's blind."

A/N: Well there's the first chapter. Hope you liked it. The next chapter won't be this long, but hopefully; it'll still be good.