Hey all! Thanks for reading my story – or at least attempting it :) please keep reading it even if the first few paragraphs are boring. Interesting things are coming, and many more chapter too! Oh, and I don't own any Harry Potter stuff, it all belongs to J.K Rowling; awesome series isn't it? Anyway, please enjoy the story, and I can't wait to hear your reviews!
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All is fair in love and war
a story written by Grace Robin
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Chapter 1 – Back home
It was a dark, stormy night when Hermione Granger got off the Hogwarts Express, leaving her to her last year of Hogwarts.
She felt sorry for the first years – their first memories of Hogwarts would be off getting drenched on their boat trip across the lake. Then Hermione's train of thought changed to her man – Chris Scheldein.
They had been dating for several months now, and still had not kissed. Hermione had no idea why. Like, she'd kissed guys before, but Chris was just too kind, and didn't want to put her in an awkward position. Or at least, that was the old reason for why he hadn't kissed her. It had changed over the past 2 weeks. During their summer break that had tried to see each other at least twice a week, but one morning when they had planned to get together at a cute little muggle coffee shop, Chris hadn't turned up. Hermione had gotten slightly annoyed, but she knew that their had to be a reason why the boy she loved had forgotten her. That night she rung his mobile and got no reply, so she tried the home phone. Chris' mother picked up. In her voice it sounded as if she had been crying for a long time, and was exhausted. Hermione asked if she could speak to Chris, and was very shocked to hear that he didn't want to speak to her. His mother reassured her that he was just upset and would come around, but Hermione hadn't been so sure. So Hermione sent Chris a text asking to meet her at the same coffee shop a few days later. Hermione had worried and worried about whether or not Chris would show, but to her relief, he did. Or at least, in the flesh; not in spirit. He acted cold and closed away from the rest of the world, and whenever Hermione asked if he was okay, he pushed her away. Hermione really felt that he just needed time, and that when he was ready to talk, he would call her. It had now been a week since that event, and they had not talked.
Hermione was still deep in thought about what her plan of action should be, when someone bumped into her, causing her to fall to the ground in pain.
"Oww! What the heck are you doing? Can't you see? Where is your curtisy?" and as she looked up, she realised who it was, and began to shiver. Draco Malfoy had just run into her, and in so doing touched her, which made her nearly puke in disgust.
"Well So-rry Granger. I thought you of all people knew that you shouldn't get in my way," at hearing this, Hermione went berserk.
"Well sorry right back at ya, because I don't give a rat's ass about how you think the whole world revolves around you, because guess what? You are only worth a piece of skum on the bottom of my shoe, and you'll never be anything more!"
'I hate to break it to you Granger, but in reality, Mudbloods are the pieces of skum on the bottom of pure bloods shoes, so get over yourself," and with that, Malfoy lavishly walked off. That last comment hurt Hermione – it really did. It wasn't her fault she was a Mudblood. And why should it matter? It's just like racial discrimination; totally not cool. And the worst part was, she would be living with comments like that for the next year, as Hermione and Draco were the new head Girl and head Boy of Hogwarts, and would be sharing quarters with each other.
Luckily, when Hermione felt her heart could take no more grief, Harry, Ron and Ginny ran up behind Hermione and hugged her.
"Hermione! Where have you been? We were looking for you on the train, but couldn't find you anywhere!" exclaimed Harry.
"Oh, well, I had head stuff to do, you know?" explained Hermione, trying to say anything but what she had actually been doing. In truth, she had spent the whole ride by herself, in an empty cabin, crying about the whole Chris situation.
"Okay, so anyways, does anyone remember how long it takes to get to Hogwarts from here? I'm starving!" Ron inquired.
"Ron, do you ever think of anything but your stomach?"
"Yes, I also think of Maddy," Ron blushed as this last comment came out of his mouth unexpectedly. Since about half way through the holidays Ron had met a girl named Maddy who would be starting at Hogwarts that year in their grade, and they had really started to like each other.
"Oh, you should have seen them!" Ginny gleefully stated. "Flirting, but trying not to be obvious. Telling each other all their secrets, and man! It was so funny seeing Ron trying to find the right time to kiss her!"
"Shut up pipsqueak! I don't need the whole world hearing about my girl troubles!" Ron screamed at Ginny so angrily that Ginny started to back away.
"Okay, I won't say another word," and so she didn't, at least not straight away.
"Hey, lets go and find a carriage so that we can get back to good old Hogwarts asap – I need to talk to someone there," pushed Hermione, trying not to be obvious, but failing miserably.
"Aww, that is sooo gorgeous. Wanting to see her little Chrissy... oh, I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?" Ginny tried to finish innocently, but with fire in her eyes.
"Hey Ginny – remind me again – why are you one of my best friends?" over the summer break, Hermione had realised how much she needed a really close girl friend. Sure, she had Ron and Harry, but she couldn't talk to them about much besides their girl problems, ever since their hormones had kicked in so heavily recently. She had spent a lot of the holidays over at Ron's, but sticking to Ginny's side. What scared Hermione though, was that Ginny now knew most of Hermione's deepest secrets. At least she could mostly trust her.
"Because I am the best – now lets get moving," and so the foursome began their journey to find a carriage. But before even a minute passed, Professor McGonagall came up to the group and addressed Hermione.
"Miss Granger, could you please make your way to the Head's carriage? Mr Malfoy, you and I need to quickly chat about some of your duties as heads, and then you can make your way up to the castle," and without question, just a huge sigh, Hermione bid her friends farewell and followed Professor McGonagall to a very elaborate carriage.
"Now, Miss Granger and Mr Malfoy, please listen up. It is finally your turn to follow in the footsteps of past great heads of houses. Many amazing people were once in the position you are in now, and you must respect that. And in so doing, it means you must be so utterly responsible this year, that people will follow you and give you the respect you deserve. You both have received letters from Dumbledoree and myself about your duties, but we forgot to add one. You will be organising, with the prefects of each house, all the Dances for the year, including your graduation ball. We will need to you to work in harmony, and that brings me to my next point. I know that there is rivalry between you two, but could you please try to put it aside this year? The school needs to see harmony between it's heads," and before they even had a chance to utter a single word, Professor McGonagall walk off, yelling at some sixth years for rocking one of the carriages.
Hermione began to get into the Head's carriage, but was beaten by Malfoy, who was now lying on the only seat in the vehicle.
"Malfoy, shove, some of us actually want to get to school and learn something this year,"
"Who said I didn't want to learn anything this year? My goal is to learn how to - you know what, you probably don't want to know. Although, I can show you," sneered Malfoy.
"Well, you just keep thinking that, and I'll kick your manhood so hard that you will never be able to have kids – or worse, not be able to get it to stick up, it's so broken," and we that, Hermione grabbed Malfoy under the arms and pulled him out of the carriage, almost throwing him. Then she hopped in and told the driver to take her to Hogwarts, which he did instantly, leaving Malfoy in the dirt, back near the Hogwarts express.
"Oh, so she thinks she can get rid of me that easily? Well, she's got another thing coming – and I am going to get her back for what she just did," but before Malfoy could continue thinking, Professor McGonagall picked him up out of the dirt and forced him into a carriage full of Hufflepuff second years, who were all scared to be within a metre of him.