Ok well this is my first ever story, probably really terribly written, but hopefully its not too horrible. I am trying to make this very much like the actual story of Harry Potter, just obviously about Hermione and Draco, so it will be very slow, I dont want them just falling in love straight away, so if you're wanting to read something a bit quicker, I would just click out now. Plus this may take ages to get written, I do have another chapter written so will put that up in a week or so, but after that I dont know when I will get chapters up. Just warning you because if you're like me and like reading an entire story in one go, then maybe just favourite this and come back in a years time hehe. Might be finished by then. Oh sorry for the bad title, if you have any suggestions please let me know. Rating it as T just incase. Oh as for the storyline, the only main non canon thing I can think of is that instead of them not going back to school after the war, they do. Thats the only 'warnings' as such that I have, so hope you like it. :)
Disclaimer: characters and general story are JKRowlings not mine, this weird little plot is mine though that is all.
Hermione looked around the station, wondering where her best friends were. She couldn't quite believe they were actually going back to Hogwarts, she couldn't even believe they were all still alive after the devastation that had taken place just months before. It seemed amazing that something as simple as school could continue after what had happened during the Second Wizarding war, that everyone could continue with their lives like nothing had happened, to try and simply forget about everything, all the loss of life; the loss of family and friends; the loss of innocence, fear and pride. Everyone had lost and gained, but to have lost the greatest threat of all, Lord Voldemort, was the biggest gain anyone could ask for. Most of the Death Eaters had been killed as well during the battle, or had been captured after it and put in Azkaban.
She remembered receiving the letter that confirmed she was Head girl. Of course, she had guessed that she would be Head girl, her best friends Harry, Ron and Ginny had all thought she would be, and that Harry would be Head boy. But she had not received any form of communication from them to confirm this suspicion. She did however believe that it would be him, as what other choice was there? Harry was after all the person to defeat Lord Voldemort and to bring peace to the Wizarding world. He was the most logical choice.
Hermione finally got bored of waiting for her friends and got onto the train to look for a compartment for them, pulling along her heavy trunk. When she finally found an empty compartment, she sat down and got out a book to read to pass the time until she found the other three. Barely five minutes had passed when they all came into the compartment, beaming at her.
'Hermione! We found you finally, was beginning to think the Head girl wouldn't be turning up this year,' said Ron, grinning.
Hermione scowled at him slightly 'Ron, you cannot just presume I am Head girl.'
'Well you are arent you?,' said Ron frowning slightly.
'Yes, but that is not the point,' said Hermione. Harry and Ginny grinned at each other, knowing what the two were like with their bickering all the time.
Harry and Ginny sat opposite Hermione, sitting close to each other and holding hands. Hermione was glad they were back together, they were a perfect couple and loved each other very much, even if it had taken Harry six years to realise it. That boy was nearly worse than Ron.
Ron sat beside Hermione, not closely though and he is seemed a bit nervous, fidgeting more than normal. She guessed he was still unable to tell her how he felt, and until he did learn how to express his emotions, Hermione was not going to change their relationship. They had kissed before during the war, but nothing much had happened since then and she wanted to take things slowly. After all, they had their whole lives ahead of them and nothing to stand in their way anymore. She hoped at least.
'Harry, I take it you became Head boy,' Hermione said, suddenly realising she couldn't see his badge and wondered if he had left it in his trunk.
'Er, no actually I'm not, Ron isn't either, although he remained Prefect,' Harry said, 'But I've had enough responsibility to last me a lifetime, guess that's probably why Professor McGonagall didn't pick either of us.' Ginny and Ron laughed, along with Hermione.
'I wonder who is then, perhaps it is Ernie,' said Hermione. She didn't mind Ernie, he was a bit arrogant, but he was still nice enough to get along with. She didn't really know anyone in Ravenclaw and it certainly wouldn't be anyone from Slytherin as far as she was concerned.
The train suddenly started to leave the train station, signalling the start to their final year at Hogwarts.
'Well guys, we're off to Hogwarts for our last time,' said Harry, sighing. Hermione and Ron were also sad for this to be their final year at the school, especially since it would probably be the only year something strange did not happen. With no one looking to kill them anymore, this year would practically be boring. On the other hand however, they were looking forward to peace and quiet. It had been a long time since they had been able to have normal teenage worries of homework and relationships.
'It's a shame you will be by yourself for a year as well Ginny', Hermione said.
Ginny nodded, 'Yeah, but I will have other friends like Luna to hang around with. Speaking of which, where are Luna and Neville?'
'Hmm, not sure…' said Ron, suddenly realising they were missing.
'Maybe they are together in a different compartment,' Harry suggested. Hermione shrugged then looked at her watch.
'Damn, we will have to go to the front of the train for the Heads and Prefect meeting, come on Ron,' she said, realising they were a bit late. Hermione and Ron got up, bid the other two goodbye and left, knowing they would be back in a couple of hours.
They walked up the corridor, trying to ignore the stares they got from fellow students. Since they had helped defeat Lord Voldemort with Harry, they got nearly as much attention as he did, even if they were just the 'faithful side-kick and the brains'. Finally they reached the compartment at the front reserved for Prefects and the Heads and went in.
They saw a few students they knew, Parvati from Gryffindor was obviously the new Prefect for their year, Padma Patil and Anthony Goldstein for Ravenclaw, Ernie MacMillan and Hannah Abbott for Hufflepuff, and of course Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson for Slytherin. Hermione had noticed that Ernie did not have the Head boy badge, but that Blaise Zabini was sitting amongst the 7th year Prefects, so she guessed he had been made Head boy, although she could not imagine why, nor could she see his badge. Neither she nor Ron knew the names of younger students to have been made Prefects. They both sat down beside Parvati and Hermione spoke first to Blaise.
'I see you have been made Head boy, congratulations,' she said, as politely as she could.
Blaise looked a little confused. 'Er, no I haven't,' he said, showing his badge underneath his robes. It read Prefect.
'Then who…' she started speaking, realising she did not want to know the answer, as there was only one possibility. He smirked and leaned forward, showing the Head Boy badge at the same time.
'Surprised are we Granger?' Draco said, smirking.
Ron was gobsmacked. 'How the hell did you become Head boy?!' he demanded.
'Guess McGonagall had her reasons, Weasel' Draco muttered, sitting back again.
