A/N In this story the only people that have not died are Fred, Sirius, Snape, Dumbledore and Dobby

It had been 6 months since the war ended and Harry had defeated Voldemort once and for all. Life for the Golden Trio was finally starting to become normal; Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley had finally started dating and Harry Potter was now dating Ginny Weasley. Hermione also after the war restored her parents' memories and now went back to living with them. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were still the best of friends and they, along with many of the students that aided in the war, had informed Professor Dumbledore, that they were returning to Hogwarts to finish their education.

Hermione Granger was sitting on her bed in her room quietly reading the Daily Prophet until she heard a tapping at her window. She looked up to see a large brown owl that she had never seen before, holding a note in its beak. Wondering whose owl it could be, she walked over to the window and opened it, taking the letter from the owl which didn't hang around for a treat and instead flew away. Hermione turned the envelope over to see the Hogwarts seal, this caused her to grow a big smile and Hermione excitedly tore the envelope open to see the letter that she was hoping she would receive.

Dear Miss Granger,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as Head Girl for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
We will be expecting to see you and the Head Boy in the teacher's compartment on the Hogwarts Express to give you your duties as Head Girl and Head Boy.
We are greatly looking forward to welcoming you back for your 7th year at Hogwarts and hope that you will continue to set a good example to the other students.

Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster.

Hermione was so happy and excited she couldn't suppress a squeal of happiness especially when she picked the Head Girl badge out from the envelope. Immediately she ran downstairs to her parents to share with them the good news, once she and her parents' finished celebrating Hermione ran back upstairs to inform Harry, Ron and Ginny of her accomplishment of Head Girl. Hermione was so ecstatic that she didn't even think about who the Head Boy could be-she didn't even care. All she knew was that it couldn't be some idiot like Crabbe or Goyle, so she was perfectly happy not having to think that she would be stuck sharing a common room with them. Harry, Ron and Ginny replied to her letter very quickly and after their messages of congratulations, Hermione found out that Ron had become a prefect again and Harry and Ginny have been chosen as one for the first time. If Hermione could get any happier she'd explode. The next morning the four of them would be going to Diagon Alley to collect their things for school.

Draco Malfoy was continuing his life as if the last year or so hadn't happened. He wanted to completely forget about being forced into becoming a Death Eater, to forget about the mission that he was made to do by Voldemort and to forget about fighting with the Death Eaters as they killed many students whom he went to school with. Draco was also fairly happy living in the present and not having to worry about what had happened and feeling as happy thinking that he wasn't going to be going back to Hogwarts to finish his 7th year

Draco Malfoy had just taken his broom out of his cupboard in his bedroom and was about to go for a nice fly while the sun was still out, when he saw an unfamiliar large brown owl coming towards his window. With a sigh he set his broom down against his bed and opened the window to let the owl in, all he saw though when the owl reached the window was a letter being held in its beak. Carefully he took the letter from the owl, in case it bit him, and turned it over to see the Hogwarts seal. Draco's eyes went wide with shock and without thinking of opening the envelope first, he rushed downstairs to see his mother and father about this. They had not told him that he would be returning for his 7th year.

"When were you planning on telling me that I would be returning to Hogwarts in September?!" Draco said, throwing the letter on the table that Narcissa and Lucius were sitting around, annoyed that his parents had kept this secret from him.

"Well we weren't going to tell you. Really I thought it was quite obvious that you would be returning to Hogwarts, like every other year, to finish your education." Narcissa Malfoy stated simply.

"So what? Were you just going to drop me off at Platform 9¾ and expect me to figure out that, as a matter of fact, I was going back to school in September?! I thought I was going to be staying here! I don't have any things for school!" Draco complained, not very happy at the fact that they had kept him in the dark for so long-he didn't even know whether any of his friends were going back.

"We'll take you to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning." Lucius Malfoy said simply and turned back to reading the Daily Prophet as Narcissa reached for the letter, inspecting it closely with a small smile on her face.

"No don't worry I'll apparate there with Blaise tomorrow since I've got to go back to school." Draco sighed.

"Draco dear, have you read the letter?" Narcissa asked finding it hard to keep the excitement from her voice.

"No, of course not. As soon as I saw the seal on the back I came down here wondering why I hadn't been told about going back to school!" Draco said taking the letter from his mother. His eyes widened in horror as he read what the letter said.

Dear Mr Malfoy,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as Head Boy for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
We will be expecting to see you and the Head Girl in the teacher's compartment on the Hogwarts Express to give you your duties as Head Boy and Head Girl.
We are greatly looking forward to welcoming you back for your 7th year at Hogwarts and hope that you will continue to set a good example to the other students.

Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster.

"No, no, no! Head Boy! I'm Head Boy! This can't be happening!" Draco muttered to himself in horror. Then suddenly two things occurred to him: Who was the Head Girl? And he was pretty sure that his mother knew about him becoming Head Boy. "You-you! How did you know I was Head Boy?!" He stuttered.

"Who do you think got you to be Head Boy?" Narcissa stated simply. Draco couldn't believe his ears. His mother-his ownmother-made him Head Boy! He didn't even want to go back to school let alone be Head Boy!

"Why?!" Draco whined.

"Being Head Boy is a great achievement Draco. Be grateful." Lucius said.

"Be grateful? Be grateful?! Did you know that I have to share a common room with the Head Girl?! Merlin knows what unfortunate girl they-" Draco stopped mid-rant as he saw his mother take a suspicious sip of her tea, "You! You know who the Head Girl is!" Draco exclaimed pointing a finger at his mother with a crazy look in his eye.

Narcissa carefully placed her teacup down on the table with a sheepish smile before turning to her son, "Now Draco what you have to understand about that, is that I only had a little part in choosing who Head Girl was so I don't want you to blame me for-"

"Who's Head Girl?" Draco said suddenly turning stern.

"Hermione Granger." Narcissa whispered barely loud enough for Draco to hear, but unluckily for him, he heard his mother perfectly well. All Draco could think about at that moment was how this was the end of his life.

Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione had finished shopping for their school things and were now heading to Fred and George's joke shop that they owned in Diagon Alley. As soon as they stepped through the doors to 'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes' they were greeted by the identical red-headed twins.

"Hello little brother," Fred Weasley started saying.

"Sister," George continued before going back to Fred.

"Harry,"

"And...Hermione!" They both said in unison. "What can we do for you?"

"We just thought we'd stop off to see how you're doing since we've already bought our things for school." Ginny Weasley replied to her two older brothers; suddenly the twins had mischievous grins plastered on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes.

"You don't mean-"

"You're going back-"

"For 7th year?" They said in unison again.

"Of course we are you idiots. Well me, Harry and Hermione are at least-Ginny's only in 6th. Why?" Ron asked curious about what his brothers were on about.

"Remember our 7th year Georgie?" Fred asked his brother.

"Of course I do Freddie! Best year there-well, until Umbridge came along and banned it for the rest of the year!" George replied unhappily.

"On the plus side though we did manage to help Oliver during his last year and do a few of our own."

"What the bloody hell are you two babbling on about?!" Ron asked getting impatient.

"The 7th year prank war of course!" They chorused like it was obvious.

"Prank war?" Hermione replied confused.

"Dumbledore finds it highly entertaining." George replied like it was the answer to everything.

"Yes, but what is it?" Harry asked taking interest in the conversation.

"I thought it was pretty self explanatory myself, what about you Fred?" George said looking down at Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Harry.

"Same here George. These four must be pretty thick, how did you make prefects?"

"I can't be that thick if I've been chosen to be Head Girl." Hermione replied in a very matter-of-fact tone.

"Did you hear that George? 'Mione's made Head Girl!"

"Right then! Because of all your achievements with Hermione's being the best," Fred said with a smirk and wink, "You get to choose 2 things each for free from the shop! You're going to need them if you're to survive in the prank war."

Later on yesterday, after Draco had been told he would be going back to school, he owled Blaise Zabini. Draco couldn't care less whether Parkinson, Goyle or Nott was returning for their 7th year, all he needed to know was whether his best mate Blaise was coming otherwise he feared that he might lose his mind. Luckily though he was and as well as stopping Draco from losing his mind, Blaise would also be a big help in stopping Draco from doing anything stupid as now, thanks to his mother, he was forced to complete Head Boy duties with Granger.

Draco and Blaise were in Diagon Alley, they had just, unfortunately in Draco's mind, bought all of the things they needed for school and were now headed for Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. They didn't order anything as it was a quite cold autumn day, but they did sit down and catch up on what's happened since they'd last seen each other. They were so into their conversation that they didn't notice that Hermione, Harry, Ron and Ginny were also coming towards the Ice Cream Parlour.

"So if you're Head Boy, who's Head Girl?" Blaise asked looking at his friend as a weird look crossed over his friend's features.

Draco looked up at his friend and forced out the words 'Hermione Granger'. Just the mention of her name made Blaise smirk, but knowing how his friend felt about her and only being able to guess the amount of hatred she felt for Draco, added to the fact that they would be sharing the same dormitory, made Blaise form a big grin. Such a big grin in fact that even Draco's glare didn't make it falter, and just seeing who was almost behind Draco just made him grin wider.

"Well, well, well, speak of the devil." Blaise said mockingly nodding behind Draco to where Hermione was approaching. Blaise looked at Draco who had a horrified expression as he saw Blaise's mischievous smirk and didn't even hear Draco utter the words 'Don't you dare!' before he called out to her. "Congratulations on making Head Girl Granger! Should have known you'dbe coming back for 7th year, we are though too-aren't we Malfoy." Blaise said looking at the four friends and then back to Draco whose head was rested against the table with his eyes closed hoping that Blaise would leave him alone. All Draco did was grunt in agreement. He really didn't want to be there right now.

Hermione however was confused, Zabini had just congratulated her on being Head Girl, how he knew she had no idea and even stranger the congratulations wasn't sarcastic and he didn't sneer it either. But the strangest thing yet was that Malfoy had not even acknowledged that they were there, nor had he insulted any of them yet. There was something definitely wrong with him. "Thanks Zabini, I guess, but how'd you know I was Head Girl?" Hermione asked curious about the strange behaviour coming from the two Slytherin's.

"The Head Boy told me..." At this Draco groaned, he decided that if this got any worse he'd just disapparate home, "His mother knew who it was and told him, who in turn, told me. I can't remember who it was though, it was a rather unlikely person-I'll tell you that. Can you remember who the Head Boy is Malfoy?" Blaise said grinning at his best mate who he could tell wasn't enjoying what he was saying.

Draco looked up at Blaise and glared at him, "No. I don't remember who Head Boy is." He spat.

"That's strange. Imagine not remembering who you are!"

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" Harry said.

"He said nothing Potter. Zabini here is just being stupid."

"No-he just said something about Head Boy and I want to know what the bloody hell is going on!" Ron insisted.

"You're right Weasley I was and now I remember who Head Boy is! Head Boy is none other than-" Draco quickly interrupted Blaise before he could say anything else.

"He doesn't know wh-" Draco stated with a wave of his hand before being cut off by Hermione.

"Shut up Malfoy, we want to know who Head Boy is and Zabini was just about to tell us! Continue please Zabini."

"Where was I? Oh yeah! I remember who Head Boy is it's-" Blaise started saying before Draco cut him off again.

"Shut up. Shut up! SHUT UP!"

"That's it!" Hermione said getting impatient and annoyed at Draco's constant interruptions. She took out her wand and in one swift movement placed a silencing charm over him. "Now hurry up and spit it out, Malfoy here has ruined the suspense and I'm tired of waiting."

"Draco Malfoy is Hogwarts' new Head Boy!" Blaise exclaimed with delight as Draco muttered to himself 'kill me. Kill me now.' Hermione froze with her mouth agape in shock while Harry, Ginny and Ron just stood there with similar expressions as they took in Blaise's shocking news. Blaise started laughing their expressions and laughed even harder as Draco reached over to try and attack him.

"Well I guess we know who we're getting first in the Prank War." Is all Harry seemed able to say.