The first time Draco saw her
The first time Draco Malfoy ever set eyes upon Hermione Granger was on their first ever train to Hogwarts. He hadn't even realised she was there; Goyle was still fuming about that filthy, pathetic excuse of a rat and Crabbe, that goon, was trying to patch him back up. With any luck Goyle would be missing a finger.
And then suddenly Draco bumped into a mess of bushy hair, and a small, vulnerable voice cried out, "Sorry," and before he knew it, Draco was looking into the most beautiful pair of brown eyes he had ever seen.
It took him awhile to respond. "S' o-okay," he eventually managed to choke out.
The girl nodded once briefly, then flashed him a smile. "There's a commotion up ahead in one of the compartments, I should go check. Do you have any idea what's causing it?"
Once again, he was at a loss of words. It took Crabbe to elbow him in the gut (which, later as Crabbe recalled, was thanked by a lecture) before he could answer. "N-no," he stammered.
The girl nodded again, as if she had already known, and smiled at him. Draco was sure he had never had such a collection of butterflies in his stomach before in his life. "Thanks," to which she replied, and half-skipped to Potter's compartment.
The last thing Draco remembered before Goyle and Crabbe started chuckling at him was, please don't let her be muggle-born. Please don't let her be muggle-born.