"I can't wait, Hermie!" Ginny squealed in my ear. "We're going to go to Scotland! I've never been out of England before!"

"Correction," I replied, taking another bit of my sandwich. "You've never been out of London before."

"I have!" Ginny screamed. "Remember the time we went to Cornwall the other time? You said then that I'd never been out of London!"

"That was for a school trip. We mean that you had never been out of London on a holiday," Luna dreamily whispered. Ginny and I both stared at her, since she had probably spent the last half an hour 'talking to Nargles'. "What?"

"Nothing," Ginny sighed. "I've been practicing my Gaelic, unlike you two."

"Say something!" Luna and I dared in unison.

"Dia duit!" Ginny replied.

Luna and I both laughed.

"Ola," I smirked.

"That's correct," Luna giggled. "Dia duit is Irish."

As Ginny and Luna bickered like crazy about which phrase belongs to which language, I looked out the window, staring at the breathtaking daytime Edinburgh skyline. On one side, you could see enormous skyscrapers and hotels and the usual yet busy clubs and gigantic shopping malls. But on the other, there were quaint little cottages, small row houses and it was more... friendly to the eye. I could see the young children playing tag with their siblings and friends outside their old, thatched cottages as their mothers chatted together drinking cups of tea and sharing mindless gossip on whatever it is they gossip about. I could see some farmers tending to their plants, checking each plant carefully as they watered them. I was smiling, laughing. I have never seen such a peaceful community like this before.

"You guys!" I replied. "Look out!"

Ginny and Luna shoved me out of the way and gaped at the ever changing landscape. They then started saying that they wnted to go to this place, and that one, and 'that funny building with all those mirrors'. (Which, I pointed out to them, was called Camera Obscura) Great, I thought. And they tell me that I was stupid to pick the window seat.

"Sit down, you two!" I exclaimed. "Listen!"

"Ladies and gentlemen," boomed the pilot's loud voice on the speaker. "We are landing in Edinburgh Airport. The weather is a bit windy so stay in your seats and fasten your seatbelts."

Ginny took a deep breath as she leaned on her seat. "This is it," she grinned.

I smiled. "You bet it is."

I was staring out the window in the coach on the way to the hotel. We heard it was just a couple of miles outside the city centre, but there's a train station nearby, so we can go to most of the city attractions easily. That's good, I thought. Luna and Ginny were next to me babbling about, well, I don't know. It's the first time they've been to Scotland, I guess, and it's no wonder they seem as jumpy as kangaroos.

They were yapping on and on about things they wanted to see while I just sat by the window and admired the landscape. First, I saw people of all ages playing golf. Some looked like they've done for a while, others looked like they needed some practice. I laughed as I saw them fail miserably at swinging the club.

"Hermie!" Ginny smiled, tapping me on the shoulder. "Are you quite alright?"

I nodded, "Yeah. I just saw a bunch of people fail miserably at golf."

I went back outside to admire the outskirts of Edinburgh: there were little primary children running and screaming on the pavement, and small hospitals grimly zipping up dead bodies. There were a lot of trees and plants at the side of the road. It all looked very natural to me, unlike London.

When it reached the city centre, the atmosphere changed very dramatically. There were more buildings. Some were brand new, some were really old, while some looked old on the outside, but they looked new on the outside. I liked this contrast. It makes a city feel old and new at the same time. After I had enough time staring at the scenery, I decided to talk to Ginny and Luna.

"Oooh..." Ginny was yapping. "We can have... errr... Luna and I on one side, and Hermione on the other!"

"No," Luna dreamily whispered. "I can't talk to the Thestrals then."

I then smiled. "You do know we're supposed to share rooms in pairs, right?"

Ginny laughed, "Oh, okay then. Have fun sharing a room with Pansy, Luna!"

"There is no way that's going to happen!" Luna shrieked. "I'd rather share a room with Thestrals than Pansy Parkinson!"

Pansy Parkinson turned around, looking offended and mouthed 'Loser' at Ginny, while I mouthed to her, 'Go away, you twat.' Pansy rolled her eyes and continued talking to her stupid friends. Not before we glared at each other for a few seconds. I then lifted up my hand, curling it into a fist.

"Don't," Ginny warned, grabbing my wrist. She gently put it down as I groaned loudly. "It's not worth it."

"But she called me a... a..." I stammered weakly. "A twat! You do know what that means!"

"I do, Hermione. But she's a natural bitch, and you, out of all people, know that. Let her go."

"You're right."

Ginny smiled as I rolled my eyes at her. The both of us giggled before Luna started talking to us about what we were going to do the next day.

"I was thinking we could just go shopping!" Ginny said. "I mean, I heard there are a ton of good shopping malls here.

"I want to go to that crazy places with the mirrors," Luna said dreamily. "The Nargles said it was good fun."

"I don't really mind," I replied, shrugging my shoulders. "But I really like Luna's idea though."

Luna stuck her tongue out at Ginny and she rolled her eyes jokingly.

We reached our hotel, and we saw that it looked quite grand. It was tall, clean, sleek and modern. In front of it was a lavish, intricate fountain with baby Cupids flying on top of the fountain as it sprouted up water. There were a couple of villas behind it as well. All three of us stared in wonder, picking out which villas we wanted. The villas were pretty grand: some were big, some had swimming pools, and some had a gigantic patio outside them. Ginny wanted 'the biggest one' (that was difficult), Luna wanted the one with a big, green patio with a swing set and duck pond, while I wanted the one with a lavish tennis court and the swimming pool.

"I just have one wish now," Ginny sighed.

"What?" Luna replied.

"That Ron isn't getting any of them," Ginny smiled, winking.

We all laughed as we all took our suitcases from our bus and walked to the hotel.

A/N: Wait, Ron? Haha... I knew you'd probably be expecting that. Even though Ginny/Luna/Hermione and Harry/Ron/Draco go to different schools, they happen to be brother/sister schools, so they visit each other a lot. And you're thinking, where's Draco in this? Well, you'll have to wait for the next chapter, which will be up soon, I promise!