Disclaimer: Nope, I do not own Harry Potter and the crew in the books. Would I be writing this if I had? So just simply said, no suing can be done because I am not plagiarizing.
Its another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the Golden Trio. Hermione, Harry, and Ron all sit in a compartment at the end of the Hogwarts Express.
The Golden Trio had grown up a lot over their summer holiday and during their sixth year. Their sixth year had gone in silence on the parts of Lord Voldemort and his minions.
Hermione Lynn Granger grew mostly physically. Mentally she just grew wittier, stable, and independent. Her body developed enough so that she had slightly, more noticeable curves. Her face has a wiser look, and with the fact that she now wears glasses, she looks like she could beat Lavender and Parvati, any day, in a beauty contest. Hermione also grew a few inches taller, too. Hermione's hair finally tamed and now rests against her shoulders at mid-back.
Over the summer, Hermione went to the States for a training camp in ice skating. She had been chosen, out of three hundred ice skaters, to train with Michelle Kwan. With this training, she dropped the extra weight she had gained from her years at Hogwarts and is now lithe and lean. But, like all happiness, it has to come crashing down sometime. Hermione trashed her knee when she fell out of her double axle.
Although very slowly, Hermione is now recovering. She has to wear a knee brace and walk with the aid of crutches. Hermione, without telling Ron or Harry, is having a surgery to repair her knee if the brace didn't help.
Now, as for Harry, Harry has grown out of his shy boyish looks and has grown into that of a young, handsome, gentleman. He still wears his glasses, but they are smaller framed and enhances his sparkling, green eyes. He also has a new style, and new clothes, come to think of it. Anyway, his glasses and, of course, his scar, are the only things he has kept from his childhood.
Harry has grown a goatee and a mustache which make him look so debonair. He also grew his hair out and it now lets it hang between his shoulders. Harry currently has it pulled back into a rubber band at the nape of his neck.
Now, because his uncle has started to approve of him being a wizard (only because Harry was able to use his magic outside of school now and was able to save them if something had happened...), Harry was able to get his permit, and then his license. This led to him going to a gym in downtown London, which led to him now being very muscular, not bulky, but very lean.
Ron, on the other hand, had a very good summer. Ron spent his entire summer in Romania with his brother, Charlie and his buddies. Ron now has a really nice and even tan, his hair had lost its flaming color and is more related to a strawberry blonde color. He grew to an astounding 6'4", beating Harry by a weak three inches.
Ron's personality had changed over the summer, too. He became more independent, and his temper less violent. Dealing with the dragons made him more patient, too.
A knock on the compartment door brings the three out of their reveries. The three look at each other, and as if sharing the thought of "Who is that?" and shrug.
"Come in!" Hermione calls from her spot on her bench.
The door opens and the Draco Malfoy and his faithful companion, Blaise Zabini walk in. Hermione, Harry, and Ron look at the two foreigners with raised eyebrows. Harry and Ron glare to the Slytherins.
"Whoa now, Bessie." Blaise says, "Want to call off the blood hounds?"
"Why should we?" Hermione asks in a snippy tone, "You two have done nothing but go out of your way to torture us and our friends."
Blaise and Draco look to each other and nod, as if agreeing with the trio. Draco runs is hands through his hair and looks at the floor.
"Look," Draco says, " You know as well as I do that you cannot choose your parents. Answer this for me. Do you think, that at the ripe age of three, that you would have a specific reason not to trust your father?"
Hermione looks to Draco, then to Harry and Ron, then back to Blaise. "At least," Hermione says, "You had someone to look up to. My parents abandoned me. My mother wouldn't look at me, from what I hear, because my father raped her. My father! So, yeah, at the 'ripe age of three,' I did have a right not to trust my father."
Harry goes to comfort her, but Hermione turns on him and points her finger at him. "Don't you dare. You have heard this story before. You should be used to it." She snaps. When Ron goes to open his mouth to stuff a chocolate frog in it, Hermione rounds on him, "And Ron, you are just hopeless."
Ron stuffs the frog into his mouth and looks blankly at Hermione as if replying with a "What did I do?" Hermione laughs, and soon everyone is laughing at Ron. As the laughs die down, and Ron whines about not knowing what she was on about, the compartment settles down into an awkward silence.
Hermione sighs and looks to the foreign boys. She slides down to the floor to give them a seat. When she receives a glance of concern from Harry, she ignores it.
"Have a seat, boys," Hermione says, " Its a long two hours till we reach Hogwarts. Anyone up for some Truth or Dare? Or some I've Never? Or some Truth?"
Blaise looks at Draco who nod to each other, then to the boys across from them. Harry and Ron shrug.
"Which game?" Hermione inquires, looking to her knee.
Harry thinks for a moment and replies, "Truth." He looks straight across to Blaise and Draco.
Blaise shrugs, "I like the sound of Truth or Dare," says Blaise.
Draco runs his hands through his hair again while he thinks. "Truth sounds good to me," he says.
"Wuh Mafa sah," Ron says with a full mouth.
Harry looks to Hermione, who turns to Blaise and Draco. "He says what you said, Malfoy," Hermione translates her bilingual friend. (He speaks English, obviously, but also he can speak Full-Mouthanese!) "Truth it is."
"So basically," Blaise says, "It's like Truth or Dare except without the dare part, right?"
"Oh," Hermione says, "Yeah, basically." When Blaise nods, she looks to Harry with a sly smile, "Draco Malfoy, how far have you gone with a girl?"
Author's Note:
Well, there's the first chapter. I know, a cliffie on the first chapter, I am so mean. But hey...It works. I hope I get a lot of reviews on this! R and R! Gracias!
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