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Hermione's Point of View
It was crazy. I couldn't believe it was already time for our seventh year. Well technically eighth year seeing as our seventh year was ruined by the war.
I could see that everyone was here. Even all the Slytherins came back to finish their education knowing that if they didn't they wouldn't get the best jobs in the wizardry world.
I looked around once more skimming the crowds for Harry and Ron. I knew that they could be late at times but this was ridiculous. The train would leave the station in 10 minutes and I had to go find a compartment before they were all taken.
Sighing I picked up my luggage and boarded the train putting my big suitcases in the back of the train to be delivered to my room. I grabbed the first empty room I saw throwing my purse onto the couch, just to hear Ron and Harry coming down the hall. I smiled and waved when they passed the compartment and they came in smiling. I looked at Ron, it was funny, even though we were about to turn eighteen he was still changing more and more over the summer. As did Harry, but both kept the stick like figures. Ginny walked in smiling at me as she and she sat down next to me, telling me she had to tell me some very important news later.
"What's so important Gin?"I asked.
"Come out in the hallway" she whispered back.
I walked out closing the compartment door behind me to look at her in confusion.
"You know how the Slytherins are back?" She said
"Yes Ginny I think everyone knows that their back"
"Well have you seen what Malfoy looks like?" she said one eyebrow raised hand on her hip, and smiling like a little girl in a candy store
"No Ginny I haven't seen what Malfoy looks like" I sighed annoyed of her constant boy talk.
"Well he looks good, and did I mention he got a slight tan, and you should see how much muscle he has, I mean you won't believe it , he was wearing this tight black shirt, and denim jeans, and Hermione he's not even shirtless and I can tell he has abs, I mean he sure has to be proud of that, and Hermione his biceps he must have spent the entire summer working out, and by his pool."
"How do you know he has a pool" I looked at her, shocked
"Well Hermione, he is a pure blood and come on as if the manor he lives in wouldn't have a pool you saw how big it is, I mean imagine the backyard."
"The house is creepy, it looks like a house you could get locked away in, not exactly a huge fairytale castle"
"Correction Mione not a house, a mansion"
"Your acting as if you can forgive him for years of torment, unless you've forgotten I am the mud under his feet"
"You never know maybe he's changed"
I snorted "Not likely"
"Well wait till you see him, all those years of hating him will dissapear your going to totally like him"
I rolled my eyes and walked back into the compartment, she was kidding Draco Malfoy the Draco Malfoy, could not look that good.
I sat back down and looked out of the window lost in all my thought. This year was going to be different. It had to be. With Voldemort gone, and all the Slytherins no longer wanting to all be death eaters and all of their parents saying their beliefs on blood status have changed maybe my eighth year could actually have few perks to it.
"You would never guess who I just saw outside in the hall, sorrounded by his adoring fans" barked Ron, who had just walked in from getting a few treats from the trolley.
"The one and only Draco sodding Malfoy" he added jumping onto the bench.
I rolled my eyes. I was not looking forward to hearing the two bag on Maloy for the whole ride.
"Come on Ron, his mother did save me" said Harry, his mouth full of licorice. I looked up shocked to hear those words come from Harry's mouth.
"Ya well Harry that's his mother not him"
"What do you mean fans?" I added.
"His usual flock of girls is all around him, as well as all the Slytherin boys, honestly they think there so cool"
"It makes them feel good about themselves Ron" I said stating a fact.
"Well we are the Golden Trio, shouldn't we feel good about that"
I closed my eyes, sick of hearing those words leave his mouth every other day and rubbed my temples. Yes this was going to be a very long train ride.
"Ronald we choose not to be ignorant prats" said Harry, smiling.
My eyes snapped open and I looked back forth between the two boys "Really Ron, Harry I was thinking more along the lines of 'we know better than that' but I guess not being ignorant plays a part in it too"
"Gosh Mione, we were just joking" sighed Harry.
"Of course you were, just like the way you always joke about beating the Slytherins, can't you find anything better to do with your time than mock them" I added, feeling my anger start to build up.
"Hermione! Relax it was a joke!" said Ron, looking annoyed.
"Ya Hermione no need to go off on a rant" joked Harry, winking before going back to his paper.
"Well I'm going to go put on my robes, I'll be back in a few minutes" I said, gathering my things and walking out of the compartment letting the door slide closed behind me.
I thought about what Ginny had said earlier, about Malfoy and the Slytherins. I was starting to think I was crazy for even thinking about giving it a second thought until I realized where I was headed. I was standing in front of the Slytherin cart. I looked at the door and felt a chill run up my spine, making all the hairs on my arms stand on end. Even after the summer of healing after the war, looking at the curve of the 'S' reminded me of everything that had happened last year. The memories flashed through my head, Harry, Ron and I leaving the burrow early, Ron kissing me after I stabbed the cup, Harry almost dying. I shivered and turned to walk away, but then remembered how big the other bathrrom lines would be. The bathroom was right next to the door, I recalled, if I could sneak in and sneak out unnoticed I could actually get out of there alive.
I took a deep breath and quietly opened the door, looking around to see if there were any slytherins near the bathroom. I closed to door behind me and bolted to the bathroom, noticing that it was empty I sighed in relief of not getting caught. I quickly changed, not wanting Pasny or Astoria to walk in any moment, and stuffed my clothes back in my bag, and exited the bathroom tiptoeing towards the door when I felt a hand close around my wrist. I opened my mouth about to shriek when I felt a hand go over my mouth silencing me.
"Busted" I heard the person whisper in my ear before they snickered. I realized it was a boy and judging by his strength he must have been in my year. I struggled to get out of his grasp. But he was strong.
"So know-it-all Granger snuck into the Slytherin cart, you are truly all Gryffindor" he chuckled, and that's when I recognized the voice, Blaise Zabini.
He let go of me and I spun around breathing heavily from my constant struggle "What do you want from me Zabini?" I hissed.
"Oh.. you just hissed in that case maybe your a Slytherin" he winked, and I felt the look of confusion creep onto my face.
"Don't worry Granger, I'm not going to hurt you, your just lucky I caught you instead of some other Slytherin, because they would have just loved to tear you apart"
Again I could feel the double meaning in his speech and I didn't like it. I glared at him before picking up my bag of the ground, and stomping out of the Slytherin cart. I shook my head what exactly was he going on about. I looked ahead and saw Harry's head looking out of the compartment.. he was probably looking for me. I plastered a smile on my face and walked up to him, pretending that nothing was on my mind at all.
Dracos Point Of View
"You would never guess who I just caught in our bathroom" Said Blaise as he walked in throwing his bag onto the chair and loosening his tie a bit.
", Daphne Greengrass" said Theo. I snorted, Theo had had an on and off crush going for Daphne since his fifth year.
"Theo don't be an idiot, she's in Slytherin, I expect her to use the girl bathroom in this cart" sighed Blaise.
"Anyway who did you catch sneaking into our bathroom?" I asked, lying down on the couch placing my head on the arm rest, trying to become comfortable.
"Know-it-all Granger of course" he said with a smirk on his face.
I shot up from where I had just been getting relaxed. "Granger!" I snapped.
"Calm down Malfoy, I thought you were over the blood status" said Theo.
"Unless you've secretly harboured a crush on her all these year" added Zabini.
"Don't be ridicoulous" I hissed
"Anyway, she looks good"said Zabini, cushioning his head with his hands.
"Please Zabini she's a Gryffindork" I said laying back down, trying to find the comfort I had just lost a few minutes ago.
"Ya a hot Gryffindork" said Theo
"Thought you liked Daphne" I sighed.
"Just because I like a girl, doesn't mean I can't find another girl hot" said Theo, a smirk on his face so big people could probably see it throughout the train.
"Well she can't be that hot, I mean she still is a know it all, she still has that damn bushy hair, and her teeth are probably still buck toothed" I started off, with the small things that made Granger so unappealing.
"Actually Malfoy being a know it all makes her smart, her bushy hair is now curls that are tameable and her teeth have been fixed since out fourth year"
"Well she's a stick absolutley nothing to like about her body"
"We haven't seen her for a year man, she actually filled up"
I groaned, I couldn't believe we had spent the last half hour talking about Granger, she couldn't look as good and the were describing her as. It just wasn't possible.
"Anyway you should've seen her face when I caught her, she looked absoultley vile, as if she;d hex me on the sport for touching her" continued Blaise
"You touched her" Goyle added, his eyebrows raised.
"The moment was priceless" finished Blaise.
Ya and this was going to be the longest half hour of my life. I groaned and closed my eyes wanting to block out the sight of my close friends talking about the new pretty Granger.
"Isn't she still with Weasley?" asked Theo.
"No man I heard she broke up with him, apparently things weren't working out"
I laughed "That's a shock! Everyone expected her and Weasley to get married and have children with bushy red hair running around"
They laughed along with me. It was true every since Grangers crush on the Weasel in sixth year, everyone expected him to return the feeling sooner or later, but when the Daily Prophet had an article on the two breaking up, everyone was flabbergasted.
Suddenly the train stopped, and I realized we were at Hogwarts, I got up slowly making sure that everyone knew I was going to take me time, and grabbed my trunk, my coat, and my scarf before heading out of the compartment, knowing that this year, things were going to be very different.