Together
Prologue
It took months to rebuild Hogwarts back to its former glory and rebuilding the guardian statues. New students were being accepted and older students were being welcomed back to redo their last year. Among the few of them was Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger.
Ron and Harry didn't return to school with her because they wanted to finish everything and to become an auror you didn't need to graduate from a magical school. Ron and Harry were currently training although they didn't need it since they were war heroes.
Over the summer Hermione had found her parents, but they decided to stay in Australia since they had opened dentistry there. At first her parents were angry, but they forgave her; understanding why she had done it in the first place.
Draco Malfoy's life was harder. After the war his father became an intense alcoholic and only got off with house arrest because of testimony by the golden trio. Draco wasn't charged with anything since he hadn't used an unforgivable curse or killed anyone. Aurors came in and searched the house and retrieved many dark magical objects. Only a few harmless artifacts were left in the Malfoy Manor. His father became so enraged that the abuse got worse on him and his mother. To escape he took the first chance he got and decided to return to Hogwarts.
Today he was standing on platform 9 3/4. He realized not many Slytherins returned because of shame or their families fled to escape being captured. The few who remained were Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zambini, Theodore Nott, and himself among other Slytherins who weren't associated with the war.
Draco looked around the crowded train station and he saw the girl he'd liked, antagonized, and fought against. He'd seen her being tortured in his home and did nothing, but he'd wanted to. Hermione turned around to look for fellow Gryffindors and their eyes locked for a few moments before both looking away. Neither of them had any idea what was about to occur this year at Hogwarts, but they would soon discover fate.