She was just starting her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
She already met this boy on the train. He said his name was Adrian Pucy, and he wanted to be her friend.
She was happy that she made her first friend ever. Before she discovered that she was a witch, she was bullied and picked on because she was 'different'.
She secluded herself from the rest of her peers, keeping to herself. Her parents worried about her but when they asked she always responded "I don't need any friends."
But that changed now. Adrian was her friend, and she couldn't wait to write to her parents about it.
They were all waiting outside the Great Hall doors, nervousness and excitement filling all of their bodies to the core.
Hermione stood next to Adrian, scanning the crowd of first years with her eyes, she noted that there was two roudy red-heads that she figured out pretty quickly were twins.
She turned her attention back on the doors as they creaked open and eyes were placed on all of them. They walked into the hall, eyes going wide when they noticed the ceiling.
Hermione leaned in close and whispered to Adrian, "I read in Hogwarts:A History that they charmed the ceiling to look like the sky."
A snort came from behind them, they turned to look and saw that the two red-heads were snickering at them.
Adrian said, "Just ignore them. Come on, its beginning anyway."
Hermione knew he was right, so she let it go.
The Deputy Headmistress held a list in her hand along with a three legged stool and a hat.
"Now when i call your name, you are to come up and sit on this stool."
She began naming of names, until she finally got to Hermione, "Granger, Hermione."
She looked nervously at Adrian, and he gave her a smile of encouragement and pushed her lightly towards the stool.
Hermione sat on the stool and the hat was placed on her head.
She was shocked when the hat immediatly placed her in "GRYFFINDOR!"
She hopped off the stool as the table with the red and gold laced banner with a symbol of a lion hanging over it roared in cheers and whistles.
Blushing she gave her friend an encouraging look before shuffling over to her new housemates who all clapped her on the back and welcomed her into the family.
"Pucey, Adrian."
Adrian gulped and stumbled up to the stool and quickly sat down, the hat barely touched his head when it shouted "SLYTHERIN"
The two friends looked at eachother in horror at the placement. Adrian gripped on the edges of the hat and held it to his head, "No, I can't be with the snakes, place me with Hermione."
The hall was quiet as they watched the horror struck boy plead the hat to reconsider. But the hat remained quiet.
He finally gave up and with one last glance at Hermione, sat the furthest away from his other housemates.
After a couple more students, the woman got to the end, "Weasley Fred,"
The boy sauntered up to the stool and plopped down, the hat didn't have to be placed on his head for it shouted "GRYFFINDOR"
The same went for his brother George.
They were both welcomed into the family, they joked around and lit off some fireworks. Hermione didn't really know what to make of them, but never judge someone until you really know them. Thats what her mother always said.
The twins noticed her and they at in front of her. Shoving his hand in her face Fred introduced hmself.
She smiled at him and introduced herself as well. She reached in her pocket and pulled out her mothers necklace. Her mother gave it to so she could always have a piece of home with her.
The rest of dinner went well, students and teachers as well chattering with eachother until Dumbledore stood up from his chair and all went silent.
He talked about the expectations for this year and all of the things that are on Filtchs list. Hermione noticed that a hunched over man with a cat was grinning in the corner.
Dumbledore dismissed them all with a good night. Hermione quickly stood from her seat and ignoring the prefects ushering of the first years, she met Adrian half way to eachother and looked at eachother sadly.
"You know, even if we are in the two houses that are enemies, that doesn't change anything right?" Hermione spoke, shyly.
Adrian brightened at this statement and he hugged her, "Of course."
A prefect from both Gryffindor and Slytherin counted their first years and noticed that one of them were missing.
They looked behind them and saw a horrible sight. A Gryyfindor and Slytherin together. HUGGING!
The two prefects stomped over to them pulling them apart. None of them knew that the potions proffesor was watching the scene like a hawk.
"Get your snake away from her." The Gryffindor sneered at the Slytherin.
The guy sneered right back, but didnt say anything but pulled Adrian away.
Proffessor Snape stepped down from the head table and made his way to the four students. "Now what seems to be the. . .problem Yaxley?"
The Prefect, now known as Yaxley stood up straighter and said, "Nothing sir, just trying to lead this stubborn first year to the Slytherin Common Room. But he want's to seem to stay with the Gryffindor..."
Snape's eyes roamed each and every one of them, not bothering to stay long on the Gryffindor Prefect who was straight faced with her hand on Hermiones shoulder.
He looked at the two first years, and back to the prefect. "Move along. Let these two be."
They were reluctant but did as they were told.
Hermione and Adrian smiled brightly at Proffessor Snape, but they had to bid eachother good bye as the other students were getting rather impatient with them.
"I will sit with you at breakfast Adrian, after I get my schedule we can compare."
He agreed and they went seperate ways.
Hermione shuffled shyly along with the other Gryffindors and ignored most of the looks that some were sending her.
They made it to a painting of a fat was currently trying to sing to the glass. And she wouldn't let anybody in until she broke it.
Percy Weasley, the twins older brother. They had the same hair, and last name so it was pretty obvious. "Patroni."
"Now just hold it boy, no ones going past me until i manage to break this glass."
Percy groaned, "Can't we just skip this part this year."
The lady looked absolutely horrified at the mere suggestion and glared at him. Just to urk the boy, she began at a higher pitch then before.
Hermione stumbled to the front of the crowd shyly, yet polity asked her, "Please ma'am, I'm extremely tired, may we pass please. I would love to hear your beautiful voice more but, all this is terribly exhausting."
The portrait looked at the girl with pity and decided to finally let them in.
They filled the Common Room, yet Hermione didn't take the time in admiring it. She just wanted to get some sleep.
She clampered up one foor to the 1st year girl dormatories and quickly clamed a bed that twas right underneath a high window, where a waxing moon could be seen shining through.
She looked up at the sky and gave a wistfull sigh. This was her home now.
And she was going to thouroughly enjoy it for the next seven year's.