Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, probably not even the plot since it's probably been done 50 billion times before by other people.

Chapter 1: King's Cross and Surprises!

It was raining the day Mr. And Mrs. Granger were driving their only daughter, Hermione, to Kings Cross Station for her 7th and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Even with the day being as gloomy as it was, Hermione couldn't help but quiver in excited anticipation. She was actually surprised at her behavior towards returning to school, considering the horrible events of the year previous which had culminated in the death of the man she most respected, Albus Dumbledore.

Even as she was going over these dark thoughts, she still felt an excited smile creeping to her lips.

This may have a little to do with being named Head Girl, a title she'd been aspiring to for the past six years, though she was have willingly given it up to follow Harry on his quest to destroy the remaining horcruxes, but in the end, they had decided to return to Hogwarts, for awhile, at least.

Then she thought about how she had changed this summer. That caused the smile that had been tugging at her mouth finally let loose. What with the death of Dumbledore, Hermione had realized life was too short to not live every day to its fullest and to be yourself, so she had taken on a new look where she expressed her need for girlishness mixed with constant thoughts on war, death, and evil.

This had ended up with a sort of punk-rocker met prep look that only Hermione could pull off. She was wearing a black collared polo, with a pink and black striped skirt that was a bit too short with black and white Chucks. She had dark blue, almost black eyeliner, and bright pink lip gloss. She had at along last managed to tame her hair, and it hung long, and slightly darker than normal and was pulled into two half ponytails, tied with long pink ribbons.

The Granger-mobile, at long last, pulled into the station of King's Cross. Mr. Granger jumped out and went around to get Hermione's trunk out of the car trunk while Hermione and Mrs. Granger went to get a trolley on which to roll it. Minutes later they walked right through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 and out onto platform 9 ¾.

Apparently she had been waited for, for the moment she walked onto the platform there were shouts of Hermione!" and Ron Weasley and Harry Potter ran over to meet her, but stopped short at the sight of her.

She smiled innocently and asked, "What is it?" They glanced at her parents, not wanting to say anything in front of them, but her parents, seeing the awkward situation, hugged her, saying they had to go, and left.

That's when Harry finally said, "Well, er, Hermione. Nice clothes?" Ron was still staring at her and she laughed, saying, "C'mon, just help me carry my trunk onto the train."

So the boys each grabbed a handle of the trunk and were heading toward a compartment in the back of the train when she stopped them, saying, "Wait, guys, I'm supposed to stay in the front in the Heads compartment. "Oh." The boys said together, and about faced to head the other way.

Once they had Hermione's trunk safely loaded into the Head's compartment, the whistle blew, and the train began moving, so they said goodbye after making her promise to come down to their compartment after the Head business was covered.

She settled down into the seat to wait for the Head boy. About twenty minutes after the train left the station, the compartment door opened. Hermione stood up, raising her hand to shake with who ever the Head boy was.

When she saw who it was, however, she raised her wand instead. "Oh you've got to be kidding me." Said none other than Draco Malfoy at seeing Hermione in the Head's compartment.

She had no idea why he was there, and she intended to ask, but she was so angry at just the sight of him all she could spit out was, "Malfoy!" He just glanced down at her wand, "I'd put down that wand if I were you, mu-Granger." He said viciously.

She was about to say 'I don't think so.' But the word caught in her throat as someone even more shocking entered the compartment with a, "Drop the wand, Granger." There was Severus Snape, the very man who had killed Dumbledore in her compartment.

She was about to do something, and raised her wand just when she got the biggest shock of her life, for at that moment, in walked-

I wonder who that was? Hmm…I guess you'll have to find out next chapter! Review! If ya want, to, that is. 