Disclaimer: I am only putting this once, I do not own harry potter, and I am not making a profit from this it is purely for pleasure.
I hope you enjoy this story as I've wanted to write one for a while but didn't want to because I didn't think it'd be any good. I'm not going to ask you to review, but I would appreciate any advice. Oh and Dumbledore didn't die in this one McGonagall saved him as he was falling. Thank you. X
Hermione granger was stood at platform 9 ¾ waiting for her best friends to arrive. She didn't notice that someone was stood watching her. After all why would he be looking at her? Stood in the shadows of one of the pillars Draco Malfoy stood observing her. Dam she's changed he thought looking her over. Her hair was a golden brown color with honey toned streaks running through it and was no longer a bushy mess it ran in gentle curls to just below her shoulder blades. Her teeth were now straight and she seemed more confident. She had also filled out in all the right places. Well this is going to be a fun year. Those two are going to be practically drooling over her. On the plus side she may actually converse nicely with me this year. Up until now Draco hadn't been able to say a nice word to her. He had always been taught that people of non magical decent were scum and to be treated as such. Up until he went to Hogwarts he had believed his father but when he met Hermione he couldn't help but question what his father had taught him. She was muggleborn but she was the smartest which to go to Hogwarts in a century.
The previous year Voldermort had given Draco a mission, one that made Draco's stomach churn at the mere thought of it. Draco had been ordered to kill Albus Dumbledore the head teacher of Hogwarts, at first Draco had tried to refuse but Voldermort had tortured him and threatened to kill his mother. So Draco had agreed, at the end of the previous year Draco got all the death eaters into Hogwarts but he had been unable to say the words to kill him. So instead Snape had done it and Dumbledore had fallen to his death. Or so Voldermort thought, Draco knew this to be wrong. Snape had been acting as a double agent and he and the professor had planned this, while Snape said the Arvada kedvara, he had not put the right power into it causing Dumbledore to become merely unconscious. When he tumbled out of the window professor McGonagall was waiting and performed the Levi corpuses thus making Dumbledore survive.
Draco knew this as two weeks ago the professor had turned up on his doorstep nearly giving Draco a heart attack. He had explained what had happened and taken Draco and his mother away, they had been taken to a new house that was made unplottable and Dumbledore was made secret keeper with aurors standing watch to ensure Voldermort couldn't harm them. As far as he was aware the only people that knew he had survived were himself and his mother, the golden trio, the order of the phoenix and the Hogwarts staff.
Hermione looked down at her outfit a little nervous; she was still in her muggle clothes and was wearing a black skirt just shorter than knee length with a green ribbon tied around her waist, a white strappy top and emerald green pumps on. The only piece of jewelry she wore was a long silver chain, the pendant hidden down her top. She had decided against wearing make up and had green slides in her hair. She felt very self-conscious, she hadn't seen her friends since the start of the holidays and she had changed a lot since then. More than she was going to tell them. She saw a mass of red with one bit of black coming towards her through the sea of people. She ran forward to meet them completely forgetting how different she looked.
"Harry! Ron! Ginny! I've missed you all so much!" she cried as she hugged them all in turn. She looked around the rest of the crowd "wait. How come you two are her?" she asked Fred and George who were stood with there trunks.
"Mum decided we needed to finish our education and the new head said they were willing to take us back." Fred explained. Two years ago the twins had quit education in a rather astounding way including lots of fireworks and scaring the life out of professor Umbrige." Anyway, look at you. You've changed a right lot 'mione!"
The others nodded in agreement, she blushed and put her head down and muttered "oh well I thought I'd have a change but I didn't know if it looked right…" she trailed off looking at the floor.
The others assured her that her new look was amazing and they all walked off to find a compartment together. On there way they passed Draco who was still watching her.
Draco had changed a lot over the holidays, his hair was no longer slicked back but fell gently over his face, his body had become more toned and he had lost his air of confidence. When they saw him the group made there way over to him in a kind of shy way. When they reached him he looked terrified, scared that Dumbledore hadn't explained that he was forced into almost killing him. It was harry that spoke first "mal- Draco, can we talk to you?" Draco cautiously nodded his head. "Okay let's go find a compartment."
Draco looked around the group, none of them seemed angry when he reached Hermione she was smiling slightly at him her eyes wary. He returned the smile, and it was a genuine smile no one of his sneers and Hermione seemed to relax and they went to find a compartment, Draco and Hermione walking beside each other at the back of the group. Oh my god I'm walking next to Draco and he hasn't tried to insult me or hex me. I know he's meant to be good but I still thought he'd hate me. Heck who knows we may become friends, huh long shot Hermione. Hermione thought as she walked down the train.
Chapter one finished. I know it doesn't read well but you have to know all this. X