Chapter 1.
Back To School.
"Goooooood morning people! It's 6am here on KLABO radio, where its classic rock around the clock! Temperatures today will range-""Shut up", Hermione Granger mumbled as she slapped the alarm clock impatiently until the far-too-perky-for-a-Monday-morning voice ceased.
After prolonging it for another fifteen minutes, Hermione eventually staggered out of bed and into her bathroom for a shower.
Despite her drowsiness, she was actually excited. Today was the day she went back to Hogwarts, to begin her 7th year. Hermione loved school. She was smart and therefore enjoyed all her classes thoroughly. She loved her house Gryffindor and all the people in it. But most importantly, she loved her two best friends, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. They'd been close since 1st year and now Hermione couldn't imagine life without them.
To top it all off, she had just been named Head Girl, the position she had aspired to earn since she started at Hogwarts. And while she had no idea who the Head Boy was, she knew that the Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, would chose someone who deserved it.
Within an hour, Hermione was ready to leave. She closed her trunk and then gave herself a final once-over in the mirror.
Indeed, she had changed a great deal in the past few years. Her hair, which had previously been a mouse-brown, bushy mess, was now straight, silky and a rich shade of chestnut. Her body was curvy and filled out in all the appropriate places. Her short denim skirt showed off her long, slender legs and coupled with a tight black tank top and black sandals, Hermione looked a far cry from the nerdy pre-teen she once was.
Applying one last layer of lip-gloss, Hermione picked up her trunk and headed downstairs. She had arranged to have a taxi pick her up in about 10 minutes, giving her exactly enough time to say good-bye to her parents and to find her cat Crookshanks (who, incidentally, was hiding underneath the TV cabinet). Soon she heard the taxi coast up the driveway and, after a final hug from her mother, Hermione settled herself in the backseat.
"Where to?" the driver asked.
"King's Cross Station please", she replied.