A/N: Okay, this is my first fan fic so don't blame me if it's not the best story you've read. This story was thought of before HBP came out so this story does not apply to the book. Constructive criticism is much appreciated. I'm not going to tell you if it's cliche because cliche means different things to different people, so you will be the judge of that. Now, on with the story!

Life, or Something Like It

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Summary:

Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger are Head Boy and Head Girl,Voldemort's dead because of the famous Harry Potter, and Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy are two of the many convicted Death Eaters sentenced to life in Azkaban, but what happens when they escape and come after their son who landed them in prison? Why did he betray them in the first place? What's going on in the Heads' Dorms between Hermione and Draco? Read to find out some interesting twists in the world of Hogwarts.

Chapter 1: Hermione's Summer

Hermione was swimming in her pool when suddenly someone came up behind her and pushed her down under the water. It was her brothers, Joseph and Ryan. They thought it would be funny to play a trick on her when she wasn't looking. "You assholes!" she said when she came out from under the water. "You may think that, but you know you still love us..." said Joseph with a grin on his face.

"Yeah, and I still can't figure out why..." she said jokingly while pretending a confused look.

"Hey!" the boys laughed. Hermione laughed too.

"Oh, shut up, and let's go inside." Hermione said while getting out of the pool. The boys followed.

The three of them all went inside the kitchen and saw their oldest brother's wife, who also lived with them, Terryl, getting baby food for her daughter, Kelsi, who was currently in her high chair eating cereal. "Did you guys dunk your sister again?" she said half-jokingly."Yes," said Hermione, " but I'll get them back." she said with an evil smirk."Good luck with that."said Ryan and with that Joseph and Ryan left the kitchen.

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Where's Greg?" Hermione asked. "Your brother is playing video games as usual," Terryl said, " I swear you would think he's 10 years old instead of 22 if you pay attention to how much of a little boy he acts like. Not to mention if he didn't have a child." she said referring to Kelsi. "Hey, you married him." Hermione said with a smile and she left for the living room.

Once she got in there, she automatically turned for her room because her 4 brothers were playing basketball on the game sytem. As she was turning, she could hear the 2nd oldest brother, Danny, yell victoriously. Hermione assumed he won the game. She could also hear Greg groaning 'cause he lost.

Hermione entered her room. She immediately crossed her room, passing her bed, fireplace, and desk, to her bookshelf and pulled out a thick book from her shelf. She always read when she felt sad or alone because she was the youngest in her family, but she had gotten used to it 'cause it's been like that all her life. After a couple hours of reading, Harry suddenly appeared through her fire.

"Harry?" she said while watching someone dust ashes off themselves.

"Hey, Hermione." he said while giving her a hug.

"Harry, what are you doing here?"

"I just came to ask you if you wanted to go to Diagon Alley with Ron and I tomorrow and see how you're doing."

"I'm fine and that would be fun."

"Great. I can't stay 'cause everyone's waiting. Come by the Burrow at noon?"

"Perfect."

"Okay, see ya and try not to look so sad." he said when he noticed how she looked and then he left.

Hermione headed towards her book again, but instead of reading, she put it back on the shelf. She went downstairs to find her parents to see if she could go with Harry and Ron tomorrow. On her way down, she couldn't help but feel bad that she hadn't told anyone at school that she was rich. She told Harry and Ron that if they ever came by they couldn't stay long because she was afraid of what they would think if they found out if she had so much money. She also has the smallest room in the house for that reason and she told them that she had a fireplace built in her room because her parents lived in the States and she need a way to get to Diagon Alley and King's Cross, which were in London.

She found her parents in their room. She knocked on the door and cracked it to see if they were awake. They weren't. It's okay, I can have Joseph or Ryan tell them tomorrow if I don't catch them before I leave she thought to herself. She went back to her room and decided to take a shower and go to sleep.

When she was getting into bed, she realized that she wasn't very tired. So she decided to go sit by the fire and think about things. The heat from the fire always made her tired. While sitting by the fire, she always thought about bad things in her past. She didn't know why she did this because it always made her even more sad, but she did because she's done it as long as she can remember and when she got older, it started showing on her. She always had a sad expression and never talked to anybody but her family. Harry and Ron also noticed this too, but never asked about it. She eventually fell asleep by the fire.

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Hey! How'd you guys like it?If you liked it, tell me, if you hated it, tell me...let me know please cuz its my first so i have no idea how i did. well, the second chap will be posted soon, but its, like i said, my first fan fic so i don't know how long... few days at the most... bubi for now