Chapter 1
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I know I deleted Veronica Zabini. I'm going to work on it and then upload it again. So sorry!
But in the meantime, here's something else for you. Enjoy, I know it's short.
It was the day the students go back to Hogwarts and Hermione was nervous. The returning seventh years didn't have a 'real' house, but she was going to try and survive it. It's been a few months since the battle and the healing process was slow. Everyone has had time to grieve, especially Ron. Losing Fred was hard on all of them, but Ron and George took his death the hardest. Hermione and Harry gave the Weasley's space and talked to Ron about it. They knew things were going to be better now. Harry and Ginny started dating and Ron and Hermione decided they didn't want to risk their friendship to see if they could have been something more. They didn't want to lose each other after everything. He was currently trying to 'woo' Pansy Parkinson. When he told her he liked the Slytherin, she said, "Go for it." She and Pansy had a heart-to-heart and worked out their differences. The Weasley's actually invited her to stay at The Burrow when she burned down her house in a fit of anger and sadness at her parents' actions in the war. Okay, time to move on, she said to herself.
She was walking on the platform with her head down texting on her new phone. Ginny was telling her to 'hurry'. She and Harry got to the compartment first and saved 'her' spot. A lot of people wanted to be best friends with The Golden Trio and their best friends now that the war was over. That said, if she didn't hurry and get to the compartment, someone else might get her seat.
I'm hurrying!-Hermione.
Two seconds later and she got another message.
Hurry faster!-Ginny.
She rolled her eyes and looked up, bumping into someone.
"Oh, my Goddess! I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed, helping the person pick up their bags.
The other person looked up and she met a pair of bluish-grey eyes. "It's no problem." She said, standing up and taking the bags from Hermione.
Hermione paused. Who was this girl? She looked like…
And then she noticed the girl had blue highlights in her hair.
She squealed, excited. "You have blue in your hair!" She practically yelled.
The girl smiled. "And you have pink in yours." She observed.
Hermione reached up and twirled a piece of her hair self-consciously.
Flashback…
She and Ginny were in Diagon Alley, shopping for school when Ginny got this crazy idea.
"Let's go get our hair done." She demanded, grabbing onto Hermione's arm to pull her to the salon across the street.
Hermione adjusted her bags with one hand. "Wait, what about our bags? I'm not carrying this around if we're doing other things that are not on our list." She glared at Ginny.
Ginny let go of her arm to think for a minute. "I got it." She said, pulling out her first cell phone. "Harry, get Ron and come to D.G." She said.
Hermione smirked. That's what Harry gets when he dates Ginny.
"Hermione and I want to get our hair done, plus we're not done shopping." She sing-songed.
Hermione got closer and said into the phone, "No, she wants to get our hair done. I want to sit down and relax." Ginny pushed her away and ended her call with a tap of her index finger.
"I just love cell phones." She giggled. "Now, salon time!" She preceded dragging a mumbling Hermione to her doom.
"Wow." She said, an hour later. "I like it." She told Ginny.
Her long hair now had pink in it and Ginny got hers cut to her shoulders with side bangs. Hermione loved the deep condition they did to her hair and decided she was going to get it done more often.
"Yes, we like it also. Can we please go eat?" Ron whined.
They were holding Ginny's and Hermione's bags, sulking in the seating area.
She and Ginny shared a look.
"Fine!" Ginny agreed, getting up out of the chair to pay for Hermione's and her hair.
"Why are you two eating salad?" Ron asked, making a disgusted face.
Hermione sighed. "Because we want to." She answered.
"Look at this," Harry said, handing the Daily Prophet to her.
She looked down and saw a headline that she would remember forever.
Malfoy returns home after 18 years in the muggle world!
She almost choked on a cucumber. "What in the hell?" She gasped for air. She dropped the paper and took a drink of her ice tea, looking at Harry in bewilderment.
He ran his fingers through his hair. "I know. Keep reading." He said.
She shared the paper with Ginny.
"Breaking news: Something has just come to attention on the Malfoy family. There's another! That's right. The Malfoy's kept a secret child in the muggle world, twin of Draco Malfoy. They're bringing her back now that the Dark Lord has fallen. Sapphire Malfoy will be going to Hogwarts with her brother for their last year. Keep reading for more…."
She closed the paper and looked at the others with shock on her face. "Wow."
That was two wows, Hermione.
Shut up, she glared at her inner voice.
Ginny sat up straight. "So, Malfoy has a sister and she's coming to Hogwarts. No big deal, right?" She asked.
Ron's face was soon becoming the color of his hair. "No big deal! I'll tell you, the Malfoy's have been our enemy forever! This changes nothing." He slammed his hand down on the table, scaring the occupants of the people sitting next to their table.
Hermione's demeanor turned to ice. "Ron, stop being a bigoted toad and eat your lunch. The war is over." She said, ending the conversation.
Ginny and Harry looked at each other. They nodded, slightly worried.
End of flashback…
"You must be Sapphire," She greeted. "I'm Hermione Granger."
Sapphire Malfoy smirked the 'Malfoy' smirk. "I know, my brother has told me about you."
