A/N: Hermione falls for Harry. And Draco. And Blaise. Join her on her voyage of self discovery as she makes friends with enimies and learns to understand herself better. This fic will have tears, laughter & fun along the way. Please read if you're a shipper of any of those couples!

This is set so that Dumbledore is alive, So is SNape and Malfoy isin't that evil! Voldemort was defeated over the summer in a raging war and thw numbers are less now at Hogwarts but it is still fairly full. Proffesor Sprout died in the Battle though! Lucious Malfoy died. so did many others including Bellatrix Lestrange and Madame Maxime!

A Change

Aaaah-Where did this troll come from? Oh I wish I would have just stayed in my dormitory! Please don't kill me…I thought desperately. .Please don't, Aaaah it's getting closer – this is it . . . I'm going to die at the age of eleven – Why isn't he moving? Oh my God – He's going to squash me…. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Help Somebody…. Help….

Images flashed through my mind of what life would be like if Harry and Ron had not come and saved me from the troll…Well – I wouldn't be alive…here it come... I wish my parents knew how much I love and miss them. Oh I hope they do….

Hermione Granger woke with a start. She quickly rolled out of bed and ran over to a collection of wizard photos on her desk. There was one with Hermione and Crookshanks and one with Harry, Ron and Hermione – this one had been taken at the end of last year by Colin Creevy – He'd been so eager to impress Harry he had it developed by the time they reached Kings Cross!!

Phew … it was only a dream Hermione … only a dream!

Hermione went downstairs to make her breakfast to find her mom was already up and had Hermione's breakfast on the table. She ate quickly said thanks to her mom and ran upstairs to shower and change. After ten minutes Hermione was standing at her dresser, wrapped in a towel trying to decide what to wear. Eventually she decided on light denim jeans, with a few rips in them and a white short sleeved top that had a design on it saying "Stop The War, Let Them Live", which she bought over the summer with her cousin Anna. She let her hair out of the towel and quickly blow-dried it, then sprayed a Frizz-Free serum on it. She then put on her make-up – brown eyeliner and black mascara which brought out the muddy-chocolate colour of her eyes, some blusher, and something her mom got her in the chemist for chapped lips. Hermione then began the worst part of packing…taking down the things she loves most, shutting the trunk and saying good-bye to her room for another year. When that was done Hermione wiped away a stray tear and closed her bedroom door. When she reached the bottom of her stairs her dad took her trunk and went out to put it in the car's boot.

"Come on Hunny, Time to go we're already late", he called after him. Hermione then picked up Crookshanks cage and walked out to the car she climbed into the backseat, buckled her seatbelt and as the car pulled out of the drive she stared at her house one last time and then the car turned onto the road, and before she knew it… they were off.

Hermione picked up her trunk and Crookshanks, turned and waved one last time to her parents and ran through the barrier.

"She'll be ok Love. No need to worry, She's a Granger and Granger are always ok…Will we go home now?" Hermiones dad said to her mom. Her mom nodded in result and wiped away tears as she sat into the car and they were on their way home.

Hermione after finding a compartment near the back and had put her things in it ran out and began to look for Harry and Ron. She couldn't find them anywhere. The out of nowhere a petite red-head came running towards her and nearly ran her over with the trademark Weasley hug.

"Hermione! Oh I am glad to see you. How was your summer? Did you go abroad? You've changed SO much I mean, you look great!", Ginny her third best friend and youngest member of the Weasley's said in one HUGE breath after letting go of Hermione!!

"Ginny! Hey! Yea I was in Greece for two months. My summer was great missed you and the boys though. Where are they anyway? I look great? Gin, you look great! I love your skirt by the way wear did you get it?"

"Two months in Greece – that explains your tan. Thanks - I got it in Sasha – a muggle shop. You see I made friends with a couple of the muggles in the town and two weeks a go we all came here to London on a shopping trip it was great and I got my hair done in a hair shop – there was some name for it I cant remember though –"

"A hairdresser's maybe?"

"Yea, that was it!! Oh and the boys are… Err… I can't see them anywhere actually!"

"Maybe they're on the train?" Hermione suggested she intended to say more but was interrupted by the clamping of hands over her eyes.

"Guess Who?" This voice sent shivers down her spine and it took her a few seconds to regain her right state of mind.

"Um….I don't know!"

"Aw, come on 'Mione guess!"

"Harry?"

"Yessum – you answered correctly, 10 points to the lady in jeans!" Harry replied, next thing she Knew Hermione was being thrown up into the air and then given a HUGE bear hug by Harry. Finally she looked up and found herself not in the hands of the small and scrawny Harry she knew, but a tall, toned and gorgeous Harry who had a tattoo on his right upper arm!! He still had the same electrifying green eyes and the same unruly black hair - Hermione was stunned to silence for a few seconds.

Harry took the time to look her over.

Hermione has changed, no she just grew up!! But still – I'm not complaining!

Hermion had blossomed and now had a curvelasios body anda great sense of style too! But she also wore make that intensified her already hypnotising eyes and her hari was NOT frizzy anymore…But the same dazzling smile as always!

"Harry – oh my god you look great and you too Ron." It was true Ron was the same height as Harry and had toned up a bit!! Hermione gave the both a big hug then called for Ginny and the Boy's to follow her because she had a compartment. They waved their goodbyes to the Weasley's and as Ron was climbing onto the Hogwarts express, the clock showed it was one minute to eleven. He could tell something was up with Harry so stopped him getting on.

"What's up Harry? You seem distracted."

Harry whose mind was on a certain brown-eyed girl, looked up at Ron and truthfully answered his question…

"Hermione's all grown up". Ron nodded his agreement and both headed onto the train.

Ron was wondering of ways and spells to use on the new admirers Hermione was sure to get, while Harry just could not get the smell of Hermione's soft curly hair out of his head – it smelt like Lilies.

This is going to be a long but different year!

Harry came to his senses and entered the compartment to find the only empty seat was across from Hermione…

And we're off. . .

Please be gently it's my first fic. Read and review. Thanks, Love… FireboltPheonix.