"Ron, stop pushing!" Ginny complained as she tried to get her luggage up over the seats in the train.
"Then move faster! If you keep this tempo, we're not going to get inside before we arrives." He said impatient, and moved the bag in his hands. Ginny hurried, and finished, so Ron finally could get in.
"I like the fact that you stress your sister, and you're not even faster yourself." Hermione teased, as Ron tried to get the bag up. He just had one problem: It kept falling back down.
"Oh, shut up." He mumbled, as his ears grew red. Harry, Ginny and Hermione exchanged glances and giggled. Ron didn't seem to be seeing the funny, so he just gave his bag a last push and got it up, before he sat down beside his sister. Harry helped Hermione out as a gentleman and got both of their things up.
"Thanks Harry." she said grateful as she took the seat by the window, at the other side. Harry sat down beside her.
"You're welcome." He said, before they all turned to the window and started waving at Molly and Arthur Weasley. They were now on the way to their 7th and last year on Hogwarts. The train started rolling, and soon the station were out of sight.
"Man, this is so weird. It's gonna be the last time we're there." Ron said, and leaned back. Ginny shot him a dirty look.
"Talk for yourself, I still have 2 years left." She said. Hermione knew how much she wished to be on their age, to have the chance to be with them (/Harry) much more time. But she was a year younger, so she would have a year on Hogwarts without them.
"Look at the bright side Ginny, it's really nice to go there. I'm gonna miss it so much, if it was up to me I was coming next year too." Hermione said to cheer her up. Ginny sent her a smile, but it wasn't real enough. She still wanted to graduate with the others. Then someone knocked on the door to their cupé. They weren't surprised to see one of their other friends, Neville.
"Hi Neville." Harry said happily. Neville smiled and gave a little wave.
"Uhm, Hermione? Dumbledore wants to see you, in the front. It's about the Head Girl thing." Neville told. All the others looked curiously at her.
"You're Head Girl? Why haven't you told us?" Ron asked, with disappoinment in his voice. She blushed.
"Uhm, I just didn't wanted to brag. I would feel bad about that." She said truly, before she got up. "I guess I'll see you later then."
She closed the door behind her, and followed Neville who lead her down to the front of the train. She knocked on the door, to the cupé Neville showed, and a wellknown voice said: "Come in."
She opened the door, and looked inside where she found Dumbledore, and to her big surprise: Draco Malfoy. She held back a gasp, but he didn't seemed shocked at all, but he did look like he just ate a dogshit, or something worse.
"Miss Granger, a pleasure! Please join us." Dumbledore said, maybe he didn't noticed the glances the two students exchanged, or else he just choosed to ignore them.
"Thank you, sir." She said, as she sat down beside Malfoy. They sat as far from each other as possible, but it only made Dumbledore smile more.
"As I were telling Mr. Malfoy, there comes privilegies with being Head Girl and Head Boy at the school. You two will simply have your own domain, with seperate sleeping rooms, a common room, and a bathroom." Dumbledore explained. Hermione now understood Malfoy's look, and she was pretty sure her face was looking exactly like his now.
"But sir, can't we choose to stay in our normal houses?" Hermione asked, with fear in her voice at the thought of having to share a domain with her worst enemy of all time.
"I'm afraid not Ms. Granger, as Head Boy and Head Girl, you'll have to spent about all your time together. You will still go to classes with Gryffindor and Slytherin as usual, but in your freetime I highly suggest you stays around your own rooms. There'll be many things to plan, so you won't have as much freetime as usual." Dumbledore explained.
"But sir..!" They protested in union, and then shot each other dirty glances. Dumbledore sighed and shook his head.
"I know you two doesn't get along very well, but I suggest you put your differences aside and try to make this work. For the school, for the other students, and mostly for yourself. It's going to be a very long year, if it's gonna go with fights and discussions. Well, well. After the dinner, Severus will be waiting for you to show your new rooms. There'll be a letter, explaining what you need to know. Now, you can go back to your friends, if you want, but feel free to stay here in this cupé with eachother, I'm leaving in a second." Dumbledore finished.
He had only gotten the last word out, before the both disappeared out of the door, with a quick nod. No way they were going to spent their own freetime together. Dumbledore sighed, and repeated his words to himself: "It's gonna be a long year."