a/n Okay, so I know this story line is probably really overdone, but I wanted to give it a try. Let me know what you think about it. Anyway here is the first chapter. It begins the journey of Hermione realizing that even though her life is changing, she needs to move on and look for open doors.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

The Beginning

"When one door closes, another one opens. But we often look so longingly and regretfully upon the closed door, that we miss the ones that open for us." Alexander Graham Bell.

Hermione sighed as she looked in her mirror. All she saw was and average girl. Not fat, but not skinny. Not ugly, but not beautiful. Her hair was still a mess, though less bushy then last year. The only feature that she liked about herself was her eyes. She had creamy chocolate eyes and long curly lashes. Unfortunately, few people looked past the books and hair to notice her eyes. She also felt as if it was her personality that repelled her fellow students, especially the guys. To the other people, she was the know-it-all bookworm who was friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. All in all she really didn't have much self confidence.

She looked at her clock. It was 9:45. She had 15 minutes to get ready before she left for school. Her summer had been pretty uneventful. She was sad that Ron didn't invite her over to his house. She knew that Harry would be there. Hermione had spent her summer alone, reading books and doing her homework. She did have some fun, but she knew that there was something missing; she knew that she wanted something more. She waited for the letters that Harry and Ron sent her, but when they did arrive, somehow she felt worse. They were always relatively brief and had an air about them that suggested they didn't really want to be writing, but felt obligated to. One letter cause her much pain, though it wasn't what it said, it was what happened after she received the letter.

Dear Hermione,

Well, everything here is good. You asked what was new; nothing really. Harry and I are having fun here, mainly playing quidditch. Congratulations on making Head Girl. We all knew that you could do it. Oh, and we can't meet you at Diagon Alley this weekend, we already went. Anyway, we are about to start a game of chess so I have to go. See you on the 1st.

-Ron

It wasn't the fact that they went to diagon alley without her that hurt. It was when she decided to go the next day instead of waiting. She walked into the book store and noticed Harry and Ron picking up their school things. She was heading towards them to say hi when she saw Ginny walk up to them.

"Hey guys, where's Hermione?"

"Oh, when we asked if she could come she said she was busy."

"Okay, I guess I'll have to wait until next week to see her."

Hermione quietly walked away and went back home. She had finished her shopping another day, but was terribly depressed. After days of misery, she decided that she wasn't going to dwell on it. She would act like it didn't bother he and see if things changed. She would maybe let them explain themselves before she decided that she was angry with them.

She finished getting ready and walked downstairs and ate some breakfast, said bye to her parents and flooed to the burrow. When she got there she had about 5 seconds of taking in her surroundings before she was attacked by something with a mess of flaming red hair.

"Hermione!"

"Ow! Hi Ginny."

"Omg! I missed you! You have no idea what it is like to live in a house full of boys and having no one to talk to!"

"I'm sorry Ginny, I was really busy this summer."

"That's what Ron said when mum asked if you were coming over at all."

"That's what he said?"

"Yeah. Why? Is something wrong?"

"I've given them their chance." Hermione muttered.

"Hermione, what is going on?"

Hermione told Ginny about the weird letters she had gotten and how they went to Diagon Alley without her. Ginny was in shock. She couldn't believe that they would do something like that; Especially to Hermione, their best friend. Ginny was on Hermione's side and supported her anger. She said that Hermione had the right to be angry and that if it had been her she would have hexed them right then in the book store. It made Hermione happy that Ginny was being so supportive. She even said that she was going to talk to Harry and Ron on the train ride to school. Since Hermione had to be in the Head's compartment the whole time, she had an excuse to avoid them.

After Hermione and Ginny were done talking, it was time to leave. Harry and Ron came down the stairs. When they saw Hermione they glanced ever so slightly at each other before saying hello.

"Hey, Hermione. How was your summer?" asked Harry.

"Oh, you know the usual. Got a lot of reading done."

Ron said hello, but there was tension in his voice. He sounded uncomfortable; almost as if he really did not want Hermione to be there. His tone sounded like he didn't really want to talk to her, but felt obligated; much like the letters he wrote.

"So I hear that you have to ride in the Head's compartment the whole ride. Is that true?" asked Ron.

"Yeah, but it should be fun. I'll be able to talk to you guys at dinner though."

The expression on Ron's face looked relieved. Like he was happy that he didn't have to see her until dinner time. The tension in his voice seemed to disappear the moment he found out the wouldn't be sitting with each other on the train.

"Well, I suppose we should go then." Said Ron.

They arrived at platform 9 ¾ at 10:30. In efforts to avoid Harry and Ron for as long as possible, Hermione headed off to her compartment. She opened the door and sat down on the bench. She pulled out one of her books from her bag and began to read. She was so into her book she didn't hear to door open, or a person walk inside.

"Well, well, well. It if isn't the bookworm Granger as Head Girl. What a surprise there."

That voice sounded familiar. She was so shocked that someone was in the room that she stood up quickly and hit her head hard. The last thing that she remembered seeing was someone with platinum blonde hair and silvery eyes before blacking out.

a/n, well let me know if the story is good so far so I know if it is worth continuing. If I do continue it the chapters should be longer then this one, but this is just an intro type chapter. Please review.