Harry said goodbye to Remus Lupin, whom he had being staying with for the majority of the summer holidays, and turned to get onto the Hogwarts Express. So far, he hadn't seen a sign of Hermione and Ron, his two best friends. He figured they had already got there, and were in the prefect compartment with the other prefects. Harry grabbed his trunk and walked down the corridor looking for an empty compartment in the jam-packed train. He finally found Neville alone in one, and went in and sat down.
"Hey Neville, had a good summer?" Harry asked Neville, who seemed to be in high spirits.
"Um.. yea you could say that.. how was you.. I mean, why bother asking, cos' well, um.. everyone knows what happened.." Neville tried to give a light chuckle but it just came out really messed up. An awkward silence filled the compartment as memories of the summer came flooding to Harry. Two months ago had been the final showdown. Harry and Voldermort had come face to face once again, and with the help of Dumbledore, Harry had administered magic so powerful that Voldermort's soul had been destroyed. Mysteriously enough, Voldermort's body had not been found, although the Ministry officials and Aurors were still looking.
Harry had spent the remainder of the holidays recovering at Lupin's place, where he had a constant stream of visitors, from the entire Weasley family to friends at Hogwarts, like Dean, Seamus, Hagrid and of course Hermione, as well as various members of the Order. Harry had made a full recovery, both mentally and physically and was looking forward to having a good time during his last year at Hogwarts.
The compartment door shut with a bang bringing Harry out of his reverie. He looked up to see the grinning forms of Ron and Hermione.
"Hey Harry, how're you doing?" Ron's voice had now completely broken; his voice was now deep and mature.
Hermione hugged him and then took a seat next to Neville. Harry could see she was bursting with news about something.
"Guess what Harry, Dumbledore's going to tell us who the Head Boy and Girl are going to be this year, when we get back to school. He couldn't send out owls because of you-know-what happening in the summer!" squeaked Hermione.
Harry was absolutely positive that Hermione would be Head Girl. Who in their right mind wouldn't choose her? The rest of the journey passed amicably, with chitchat, Exploding Snap, and occasional visitors stopping in to say hello.
3 HOURS LATER
Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting on the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, stuffed with food and drink. There was contentment in the air and the sounds of lazy chatter. As soon as the dessert plates vanished, Dumbledore stood up. Everyone immediately turned to look in his direction. Hermione squeaked with nerves and excitement and grabbed Ron's robes. Ron turned bright pink, but no one seemed to notice.
"Ahem.. welcome back students, and I hope you're looking forward to a great year. This year, as we will be celebrating the Dark Lord's fall, we will have a grand event taking place at Christmas. It will be up to the Heads to organize it. And now without further ado, the Head Boy and Girl for this year are Harry Potter and Hermione Granger."
There was thunderous applause and both Harry and Hermione turned bright red. Dumbledore dismissed the students, and they all started heading back. Harry saw Dumbledore motioning towards Hermione and himself to follow him. Harry nudged Hermione and pointed in Dumbledore's direction.
See you later Ron, we've got to go see Dumbledore ok?" Hermione said to Ron, who was wearing a strange expression on his face. He nodded and without a word, turned and followed the crowd up the stairs.
Harry and Hermione followed Dumbledore and the three of them reached Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore ushered them in and the new Head Boy and Girl took their seats in front of his desk.
"Ah welcome back Harry and Hermione. This year will indeed be interesting with your added responsibilities as Heads. Now about the Christmas event, I am leaving it up to you to decide. You can organize everything and use the notice boards as advertisements to inform the student body of your plans. And one more thing before you go, you will have a special common room of your own, where you'll will sleep and work." Saying so, Dumbledore handed a large bronze key to Hermione and then bid them goodnight.
Harry and Hermione left the room and as soon they started walking, Hermione started talking non-stop.
"Oh my gosh, Harry, I'm so glad you're Head Boy! It's going to be great working with you! And this Christmas Event, I already have some great ideas!"
Harry groaned, "Hermione, do we have to talk about it now? Can we please settle down into our new common room first?"
"Harry, do you think Ron's going to be really mad about not sharing a common room with us anymore? I mean, who's he going to hang out with in the Gryffindor common room now?" asked Hermione, looking nervous.
"Oh well, Dumbledore didn't say that our common room was off limits to anyone right? So Ron can just come and be in our common room!" said Harry.
Looking slightly mollified, Hermione nodded, although she knew it would be a long time until Ron got used to the idea.
By this time, Harry and Hermione had reached the statue of the large boar that Dumbledore that told them would be their entrance. The boar came to life and grunted, "What would you like your password to be?"
Harry and Hermione looked at each other.
"Um... how about pancakes with syrup?" said Harry.
"Harry! That's so stupid!" said Hermione, but the boar had already nodded and moved aside to reveal a door.
"Fine then, pancakes and syrup..." muttered Hermione and opened the door.
Harry climbed in after her and his mouth dropped open in amazement. Both of them just stood there, looking at their new living quarters with their jaws on the floor.
AN: This is my first fanfic ever so please don't judge too harshly. It will get better I promise! There will be lots of Hermione/Ron goodness I promise! Please review and tell be what you think. Any constructive criticism welcome!