A/N Hey people!

This is my first fan fiction…. I hope you like it…. Please tell me what ya think!

Cinderella Unexpected Love

Chapter One Goodbyes, invites and plans

Hermione felt sad as she stepped of the train, and onto platform 9 ¾ with her friends.

Another lonely, boring summer, Hermione thought to herself, as she followed Harry and Ron, with Ginny beside her, towards Mrs Weasley, who was waiting by the gateway.

The air was filled with the sadness because of the murder of Professor Dumbledore. Everyone was upset, but no one wanted to show it.

'It's wonderful to see you all!' Mrs Weasley exclaimed as she pulled them all into a hug.

'It's good to see you too, Mrs Weasley,' Hermione replied with a half smile. 'I have to go though. I'll owl you during the holidays though.'

Hermione gave them all a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

'Bye 'Mione,' Harry, Ron and Ginny said, close together but not quite at the same time.

As Hermione walked through the gateway she thought, there's no point waiting for her, she won't come.

Hermione walked down the street in the direction of her step-mother's house looking forward but showing no emotion.

As Hermione walked, she noticed a new shop on the corner called "Doxy Roxy" and decided to have a look.

When she walked in, she smiled.

The shop was filled with clothing, jewellery and anything that a girl may need.

As she walked around she decided that she was going to give herself a new look, so she decided to get some hair dye and other things to help her with her transformation.

An hour later, Hermione walked out of the shop with about 5 or 6 bags of new things.

In one bag she had hair dyes, some good scissors and other hair accessories. In another bag she had the necessary girly things and in the rest she had new clothing and jewellery.

When Hermione arrived home, she didn't see her step-mother or step-sisters anywhere, so she decided to go to her bedroom before they came out and saw her and made her do chores.

She rushed up the stairs to the top most floor where her bedroom was located and closed the door behind her, locking it when she shut it.

She put the bags down and took the scissors and hair dye and sat at her desk, with a medium sized mirror in front of her.

'May as well start now,' she muttered to herself.

She picked up her wand and charmed the scissors to cut her hair to about a centimetre above her shoulders, then layer it a bit.

Once she was done, she used her wand to put all the hair into the bin and she looked back at her reflection.

So far, she had to admit, she was looking different. Yeah, her hair was still bushy, but she was going to use a straightening charm on that, but at the moment she needed to put the dye in.

She picked up the box and took out the bottle and gloves. She had chosen a light brown colour to put in her hair, which she thought was better than the murky brown she had now.

After half an hour of sitting in front of her mirror, Hermione heard her name being called from downstairs.

I haven't been home for more than an hour and already they want me to do chores! Hermione thought angrily to herself, I'm the modern day Cinderella!

Hermione stood up and grabbed a bandana that was on her desk, and tied her hair back, then put on the hat she had to wear while doing chores.

It was a greyish colour and was like a cap.

As Hermione walked down the stairs, she saw her step-sisters dancing around the hall happily.

'Whatever,' Hermione mumbled as she pasted them.

Hermione stepped into the lounge room, where she saw her step-mother sitting on one of the armchairs.

Hermione greeted her step-mother with a curt, 'hello,' before moving a little closer.

'Sit!' was the only reply she got from her step-mother, who had a happy look about her. 'We just received an invite to the Ambassador's mansion for his nephew's 17th birthday party.'

'Palace? Why would the Ambassador invite us to a party?' Hermione asked, completely bewildered.

'Because the Ambassador is a wizard, a pure-blood at that! And for your information, the Ambassador and his nephew invited us, in meaning, me and your sisters,' her step-mother replied with a smile. 'But I with allow you to go if you do as your told and help your sisters find their dresses and masks.'

'Masks?'

'Yes Masks! It is a masquerade ball!'

'So this is a birthday party?'

'Yes and no.'

'Why no?'

'You like asking questions, don't you?' Her step-mother asked curtly. 'It's also a just a ball. One: to have fun and two: for the prince to look for a future bride.'

'Ok,' Hermione said, standing up.

'Now go and help your sisters to look for their dresses and such,' her step-mother replied, waving a dismissing hand.

Hermione sighed, and walked out of the lounge room.

She walked over to her sisters and tapped each of their shoulders.

'Come on, we need to look for your dresses,' Hermione told her step-sisters. 'We'll go to Parvati's room first, Ok?'

Hermione watched as Padma and Parvati looked at each other with a smile and then turn back to face her.

'Ok!' They replied simultaneously.

As Hermione walked up the stairs behind Padma and Parvati, she thought Well so far this summer is turning out ok, but I wonder who the new prince is…

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A/N

Well that's the end of chapter one, I will try to post chapter two up shortly, but unfortunately, I am having major writer's block…. I know where the story is going I just don't know how to get there.

Well, we will just have to wait and see.

Bye all.

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