"If she doesn't get here soon, we're getting on the train with out her," Ron said scanning the crowd for Hermione.

"I guess," Harry agreed. "But maybe we should give her a few more- whoa."

"Wha-" Ron turned to look at what Harry was gapping at and his jaw fell open to. Hermione walked towards them. Or at least what use to be Hermione. She looked different, really different.

Her hair was now long and straight and had one dark red streak in the front. She had 3 studs in her left ear and a silver hoop and a stud in her right ear. Behind her trailed 3 other girls.

One had deep black hair with red tips and a ring in one eyebrow that were over a pair of dark blue eyes. Another had blonde hair with red highlights. She was talking to the first girl and Harry saw the flash of a tongue ring in her mouth. Her deep gold-brown eyes sparkled. The last girl was shorter that the others. She had deep auburn hair put in a ponytail with a fire red scrunci and green eyes. She has a bronze stud in the side of her nose.

Hermione smiled as she reached them. "Harry, Ron! It's great to see you guys again."

Harry was the first to recover. "Ah.you two Hermione-"

Ron snapped back to life. "If that is your real name!"

"What?" Hermione looked down at herself. "Oh" she then seemed to notice the girls behind her. "Oh, I'm sorry. Guys this is Morgan," she pointed to the girl with the black hair who raised her pierced eyebrow at them, "Dawn" she pointed to the blonde who gave them a dazzling smiles, "and Carey" she pointed to the shortest girl who said a quick hi.

"Ah.hello." Harry said then took Hermione's arm. "Would you excuse us a moment?"

Morgan looked at Hermione "We'll see you at the feast then, we'll probably have to get there early anyway."

"Ok Mor. C ya." She watched the girls walk away Dawn and Carey laughing before turning back to Ron and Harry. "So?"

"So! So what was that all about? Who are they? What happened to you?"

"Um.Well.. I a.joined a band."

Jaws dropped.

"A band! Hermione.with them?"

"Yea, can we, a, get on then train before all the compartments are takin." They got on Harry and Ron gaping silently and settled in a compartment.

"How did you meet them? And why in the world did you-"

"Stop," Hermione said cutting Ron of. "Let me explain first. I met Morgan at the mall. She, Dawn, and Carey were new in the neighborhood. We got to talking and Morgan commented about how she's swamped with her band, especially since she didn't have a lead guitarist who could sing. Well.I kinda told her I play'd the guitar and-"

"You play the guitar," Harry asked skeptical.

"Yes, now shut up. Anyway, she talked me into auditioning for her and well.I got in. Later she let it slip that she was pissed cuz her mom was sending her to some witch school and she couldn't work on her music. I told her I went to Hogwarts too and.. here we are. Morgan and Dawn will be in our year, but Casey's a year younger but she'll probably get moved up cuz she's really good."

"Hermione, I still can't believe this."

Hermione shrugged. "It's true. We might even get to play here. Morgan said she was gonna talk to Dumbldore about it."

"Great," Ron muttered. And they were silent after that.