The Magic a School Year Can Bring

Chapter One

"Headed to Hogwarts and an Unpleasant Meeting"

Disclaimer: I admit it! I don't own anything! It all belongs the genius J. K. Rowling. pop My bubble just burst. I can always wish I owned Harry Potter though and I guess that's as close as I'll ever come. cries a river Note-this disclaimer works for all chapters.

A/N: I hope you all enjoy this chapter and this fic. It's my first Harry Potter one. I wrote a Draco/Hermione because I love them to death and they make such a cute couple. I had fun writing this and I hope you enjoy it. Please review but no flames, if you please. Thank you! And on with the show…

"Ok! Bye Mum, bye Dad! I'll be sure to write often! Love ya!" a bushy haired girl yelled to her parents as she walked away from them. 'Platform 9 3/4, Platform 9 3/4, where are you?' she thought. "Aha!"

She made sure no muggles were looking and ran at the wall between platforms 9 and 10 pushing her trolley out in front of her. She was suddenly standing in the middle of a busy train platform unlike any other. Hermione smiled to herself at the thought of seeing her friends again. In front of her, on the train tracks, was the Hogwarts Express, the train that would be taking most of the young wizarding community to get their education in magic.

All of a sudden, Hermione spotted a large group of red heads that were unmistakable and, walking along with them, was a boy with messy, raven black hair that simply had to be Harry.

"There they are!" Hermione said happily. "Hey guys! Wait up!" Hermione called to them as she ran after them, all the while trying to keep control of her trolley, which had a loose wheel and kept wanting to go sideways.

When she got about halfway to the Weasely's and Harry, Hermione stumbled and lost her grip on her loaded down trolley. It took the opportunity to veer to the left and, before Hermione even had time to get up off the ground, crashed hard into a boy that was standing talking to a small group of people who all looked deeply interested in what he had to say. He hit the ground instantly.

"OWW! WHO DID THAT! MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS! WHAT A DIRTY BLOW, I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING! NOW, WHO IN MERLIN'S NAME DID THAT!"

Hermione, who was still lying on the ground, was staring at the scene, her eyes wide open. She shut them upon hearing and recognizing the voice of the injured young man, hoping against hope that it was all some terrible daydream. Carefully, she opened one eye to check and see if the scene was truly there. It was. By this time, one of her worst nightmares was coming true. The boy was on his feet and, upon realizing that it was Hermione's cart that hit him, was slowly walking towards her.

"MUDBLOOD! HOW DARE YOU? YOU AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO EVEN TOUCH A PUREBLOOD SUCH AS MYSELF, LET ALONE SEND YOUR BLOODY TROLLEY CRASHING INTO ME! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?"

"LISTEN HERE, MALFOY, I DIDN'T SEND MY TROLLEY CRASHING INTO YOU ON PURPOSE. I STUMBLED, LOST MY GRIP,AND SINCE THE WHEEL ON THE THING WAS WOBBELY, IT WENT TO THE LEFT AND RAN INTO YOU!" Hermione shouted as she got up off the ground.

Draco's beautiful silvery-gray eyes were filled with outstanding rage and pain. His platinum blond hair that was usually in the perfect position was everywhere, he had a rip in his shirt and was carefully holding his right arm. She noticed that he was also leaning most of his weight onto his left leg and that the right pants leg had darker black spots on it than in some places. Draco's pale white face had some scratches and was starting to bruise in some places. He was definitely going to feel this in the morning. Hermione was starting to feel really bad.

"I-I'm sorry Draco. I didn't mean for that to happen," she said in a smaller voice this time.

"WELL YOU CERTAINLY SHOULD BE SORRY. NOW GET YOUR DISGUSTING, MUDBLOOD THINGS AND GO! AND DON'T CALL ME BY MY FIRST NAME," Draco commanded.

Hermione silently and quickly got her things and used a spell to load them back onto the trolley. Then she made sure she used a good, strong spell to fix the wheel that had caused this whole mess.

Since Hermione and Draco's argument got so loud and it caused such a commotion, when Hermione turned around to leave, she was greeted by a small crowd including the Weasleys and Harry, who were a small crowd all in themselves. Her friends, Ginny, and the twins were all shooting dirty looks over her shoulder at Malfoy.

As soon as they were away from the crowd that had accumulated around the incident, everyone bombarded Hermione with questions and angry comments about Malfoy.

"How dare he call you a mudblood! I should go give him a piece of my mind and I'm not talking about using words either," Ron screamed.

"He shouldn't have just stood there. He could have moved! He probably just let this happen so he could get more attention," Ginny said anger etched into her words.

"To turn this whole thing back on you! It was his fault. Like Ginny said, he could very well have moved," George said outraged.

"And to cause a scene like that, there was no need for it. It was ridiculous. I mean, some things deserve loads of attention, like the stunts we pull, aye George? But he doesn't even need the extra attention anyway. We don't want it to add to his already over-stuffed head," Fred yelled.

They all continued to talk like that but Hermione wasn't contributing or even listening for that matter. She was lost in thought. All she could think about was Draco and how she felt so bad.

"Ok dears! Time to get on the train," Mrs. Weasley called above the children who were still discussing the trolley incident.

They all stopped to bid their mum a farewell. Hugs and 'please be goods' went around. Harry and Hermione shared in the hugs because they too were a part of the Weasley family.

The gang piled onto the train. Fred and George went off to find Lee Jordan and started talking quietly to each other. Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione went off to find an empty compartment. They found one and went in.

"I still can't get over him," Harry said starting the subject once again.

"Yeah, I know. Hey Hermione, are you ok? That was some fall and you haven't said anything since you got away from that ferret," Ron said with worry.

"Yes, Ron, all of you, I'm fine. I just have a little headache. I think I might take a nap. Will one of you please wake me up when we get closer to Hogwarts?"

Harry nodded to Hermione's request before suggesting she go to Madam Pomfrey when they got to the school to make sure she wasn't hurt to badly.

"I'm fine, I assure you. But thanks for your concern. You guys are the best friends a girl could wish for."

"Ok then Hermione. If that's what you want." Harry said.

Ginny hadn't said a word about the trolley incident since they got onto the train. She seemed to sense that Hermione didn't want to talk about it so she told the boys to shut up, which they did. Hermione leaned up against the back of the compartment and the window. Harry and Ron were talking about Quidditch and Ginny kept telling them to be quiet because she didn't want them to disturb Hermione if she was sleeping. Ginny was reading a book that Hermione had suggested and was enjoying it greatly. Hermione heard the boys talking excitedly, fast, and semi-quietly and Ginny flipping a page every now and then while shushing the guys because they kept getting louder and louder with each passing word till they were almost yelling again. In a few seconds, Hermione was fast asleep.

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