Chapter One
A/N: Due to the fact that English is not my first language, my English isn't too good. Therefore I ask you to please overlook all my spelling- and grammar mistakes.
Hermione Granger woke up early in the morning and felt as fit as a fiddle. She quickly got dressed and went downstairs to have breakfast. Finally it was time for her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! She was really excited about going back to school, and it wasn't only because of the fact that she would learn new things, but because she hadn't had time to meet neither Harry nor Ron during the summer. Instead she had decided to get back in touch with her old Muggle friends and hang out with them.
Theresa, Linda and Megan had been her best friends until she had started to attend Hogwarts. They had been really close and told each other all their secrets, but despite that they didn't know that she was a witch. She had just told them that she was going to attend a boarding school. Before she made friends with Harry and Ron she had written regularly to them, because she had felt so lonely without any friends at school, but after encountering the troll she had stopped writing. Since then she hadn't had any contact with them until this summer.
Together with her old friends, Hermione had spent the summer doing normal Muggle things like going to the movies and playing Laser Tag. Even though all three of them had been very kind to her, she had still felt like an outsider, since they had all changed so much. All they cared about was boys and make up and they giggled all the time.
"Hermione," Megan had asked, "do you have a boyfriend?"
Then she and the others had burst out giggling. Hermione had just sighed quietly, and waited with her answer until the others had stopped giggling.
"No," she had said.
"Why don't you?" Theresa had asked. "Aren't there any cute guys at your school?"
"I don't have time," she had answered. "School takes all my time and if I don't study hard I'll get bad grades. And yes, there are cute guys but I just think of them as my friends."
But the fact that Theresa, Linda and Megan had changed so much didn't bother Hermione very much, since she had Harry and Ron, who were her best friends now. The thought of Harry and Ron made her feel guilty, because she hadn't written to any of them and hadn't gone to the Diagon Alley with them as usual, to buy her school things.
"Herm," her Mom said, "if you don't hurry up a bit, you'll be late for the train."
Hermione woke from her thoughts, and quickly finished her breakfast, got her bags and went to the car.
When she had said goodbye to her Mom, she started walking to platform 9 3/4. She was just about to enter the platform when she heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, Hermione, you weren't going to enter that platform without the two of us, were you?"
She turned around with a big smile.
"Ron!" she exclaimed and hugged him. "Harry! It feels so good to see you guys again; I've missed you so much!"
"We've missed you too," Harry said with a big grin.
"So," she said when she'd finished hugging them, "what have you two been up to this summer?"
"Oh, a lot of things," said Harry. "It will take a long time to tell you."
"We'd better get on the train now so we won't miss it," said Ron. "We can talk more when we're onboard."
"Yes, you're right," she agreed.
As they sat on the train, and were on their way to Hogwarts, they continued to chat about what they'd done during the summer. Harry had gone to the Weasleys already at the beginning of it, since the Dursleys and he hadn't been able to stand each other. At the Burrow, he and Ron had hung out with the twins and helped them to invent some new novelties. Of course Mrs. Weasley didn't know anything about it, and the twins were planning to try the new novelties at school.
"Those two have been a bit weird this summer," said Ron. "They actually bought me a new dress robe! Not that I'm complaining, but I wonder where they got the money from..."
Hermione exchanged a look with Harry, and he nodded to confirm her theory that he had given the twins his prize money.
She told them what she had done during the summer and they kept on talking about other things.
"I wonder if we'll have our usual visit by Malfoy..." she said wonderingly.
"As a matter of fact Granger, yes," Malfoy interrupted her.
He stepped into their compartment with Crabbe and Goyle in tow.
"Get lost, Malfoy," Ron said.
"Why," he said with a contemptuous smile. "Don't you want to hear the news? I bet none of you know that we're going to have a new teacher."
"Of course we know," Harry said irritably, "there must be someone to replace Mad-Eye Moody."
"Yes, but what you three don't know is that we're also going to have a new flying instructor," Malfoy said. "He's a friend of my Father's."
With those words he smugly turned on his heel and walked away.
"No," Harry said complainingly. "Why do they have to hire a friend of Malfoy's Dad's?"
"Don't worry Harry," Hermione said comfortingly, "you know Malfoy always likes to make things sound worse than they are. Remember when Buckbeak scratched him? We'll see when we arrive if he told us the truth. Think of how fun it'll be this year, now when Dumbledore has fixed so we can bring our laptops, CD players and other NECESSARY Muggle things with us. Then we won't have to write our essays by hand."
"Yeah, you're right," Harry agreed.
"Just some questions," Ron said, "what are laptops and CD players?"
The Great Hall was, as always, beautifully decorated for the feast. They all sat down at the Gryffindor table and watched the first year students being sorted. Hermione looked at the teachers' table and got a surprise when she saw that Professor Lupin sat there!
"Look," she said to the others, "Professor Lupin is our 'new' teacher in Defense Against the Dark Arts!"
"Really?" Harry said and looked at the table. "That's great! He was my favorite of all the teachers we had. But what's Oliver Wood doing at the teachers' table? He isn't supposed to be here at all."
"Oh, I see," she said and smiled. "HE is our new flying instructor. It wasn't a friend of Malfoy's Dad's as we thought, after all."
"Then either Malfoy lied or they switched to Oliver in the last minute," Ron said happily.
"I would like to welcome you all to a new year at Hogwarts," Professor Dumbledore said, "especially you first year students." "Now I have the pleasure to announce that we have two new teachers this year: one worked here as a teacher before and one is an old student. Please welcome Remus Lupin and Oliver Wood! Professor Lupin is replacing Professor Moody and Mr. Wood is replacing Madam Hooch."
All the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws applauded happily, but the Slytherins didn't.
"What?!" Malfoy's voice was heard. "That moron is going to be our teacher? What happened to my Father's friend?"
"I wouldn't want to miss seeing Malfoy's face, when Dumbledore said that Oliver is going to be our new teacher, for anything," Harry said and laughed. "I hope we can get a chance to talk to Oliver after the feast."
When they were heading for their dormitories they saw Oliver stand a distance away.
"Oliver!" Ron shouted. "Over here!"
Oliver looked up and started to walk towards them through the crowd of the students.
"Congratulations!" Harry said. "It's going to be great fun to have you as our teacher."
"Thank you," he said.
"I thought you played for the Puddlemere United reserve team," said Hermione.
"Yes, but when Dumbledore offered me to substitute Madam Hooch, I just couldn't resist it," he said and smiled at her. "I missed Hogwarts too much, so I gave up the Puddlemere career."
Hermione blushed and had a strange feeling inside as he smiled, but none of the boys seemed to have noticed it, since they had just started a lively discussion about Quidditch. Why am I having this feeling, she thought, it's just Oliver. Okay, he's gorgeous, but he was that when he was here as a student too. Why didn't I feel anything then?
A/N: This is my first Harry Potter fanfiction. Please review and let me know if you liked it or not.
A/N: Due to the fact that English is not my first language, my English isn't too good. Therefore I ask you to please overlook all my spelling- and grammar mistakes.
Hermione Granger woke up early in the morning and felt as fit as a fiddle. She quickly got dressed and went downstairs to have breakfast. Finally it was time for her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! She was really excited about going back to school, and it wasn't only because of the fact that she would learn new things, but because she hadn't had time to meet neither Harry nor Ron during the summer. Instead she had decided to get back in touch with her old Muggle friends and hang out with them.
Theresa, Linda and Megan had been her best friends until she had started to attend Hogwarts. They had been really close and told each other all their secrets, but despite that they didn't know that she was a witch. She had just told them that she was going to attend a boarding school. Before she made friends with Harry and Ron she had written regularly to them, because she had felt so lonely without any friends at school, but after encountering the troll she had stopped writing. Since then she hadn't had any contact with them until this summer.
Together with her old friends, Hermione had spent the summer doing normal Muggle things like going to the movies and playing Laser Tag. Even though all three of them had been very kind to her, she had still felt like an outsider, since they had all changed so much. All they cared about was boys and make up and they giggled all the time.
"Hermione," Megan had asked, "do you have a boyfriend?"
Then she and the others had burst out giggling. Hermione had just sighed quietly, and waited with her answer until the others had stopped giggling.
"No," she had said.
"Why don't you?" Theresa had asked. "Aren't there any cute guys at your school?"
"I don't have time," she had answered. "School takes all my time and if I don't study hard I'll get bad grades. And yes, there are cute guys but I just think of them as my friends."
But the fact that Theresa, Linda and Megan had changed so much didn't bother Hermione very much, since she had Harry and Ron, who were her best friends now. The thought of Harry and Ron made her feel guilty, because she hadn't written to any of them and hadn't gone to the Diagon Alley with them as usual, to buy her school things.
"Herm," her Mom said, "if you don't hurry up a bit, you'll be late for the train."
Hermione woke from her thoughts, and quickly finished her breakfast, got her bags and went to the car.
When she had said goodbye to her Mom, she started walking to platform 9 3/4. She was just about to enter the platform when she heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, Hermione, you weren't going to enter that platform without the two of us, were you?"
She turned around with a big smile.
"Ron!" she exclaimed and hugged him. "Harry! It feels so good to see you guys again; I've missed you so much!"
"We've missed you too," Harry said with a big grin.
"So," she said when she'd finished hugging them, "what have you two been up to this summer?"
"Oh, a lot of things," said Harry. "It will take a long time to tell you."
"We'd better get on the train now so we won't miss it," said Ron. "We can talk more when we're onboard."
"Yes, you're right," she agreed.
As they sat on the train, and were on their way to Hogwarts, they continued to chat about what they'd done during the summer. Harry had gone to the Weasleys already at the beginning of it, since the Dursleys and he hadn't been able to stand each other. At the Burrow, he and Ron had hung out with the twins and helped them to invent some new novelties. Of course Mrs. Weasley didn't know anything about it, and the twins were planning to try the new novelties at school.
"Those two have been a bit weird this summer," said Ron. "They actually bought me a new dress robe! Not that I'm complaining, but I wonder where they got the money from..."
Hermione exchanged a look with Harry, and he nodded to confirm her theory that he had given the twins his prize money.
She told them what she had done during the summer and they kept on talking about other things.
"I wonder if we'll have our usual visit by Malfoy..." she said wonderingly.
"As a matter of fact Granger, yes," Malfoy interrupted her.
He stepped into their compartment with Crabbe and Goyle in tow.
"Get lost, Malfoy," Ron said.
"Why," he said with a contemptuous smile. "Don't you want to hear the news? I bet none of you know that we're going to have a new teacher."
"Of course we know," Harry said irritably, "there must be someone to replace Mad-Eye Moody."
"Yes, but what you three don't know is that we're also going to have a new flying instructor," Malfoy said. "He's a friend of my Father's."
With those words he smugly turned on his heel and walked away.
"No," Harry said complainingly. "Why do they have to hire a friend of Malfoy's Dad's?"
"Don't worry Harry," Hermione said comfortingly, "you know Malfoy always likes to make things sound worse than they are. Remember when Buckbeak scratched him? We'll see when we arrive if he told us the truth. Think of how fun it'll be this year, now when Dumbledore has fixed so we can bring our laptops, CD players and other NECESSARY Muggle things with us. Then we won't have to write our essays by hand."
"Yeah, you're right," Harry agreed.
"Just some questions," Ron said, "what are laptops and CD players?"
The Great Hall was, as always, beautifully decorated for the feast. They all sat down at the Gryffindor table and watched the first year students being sorted. Hermione looked at the teachers' table and got a surprise when she saw that Professor Lupin sat there!
"Look," she said to the others, "Professor Lupin is our 'new' teacher in Defense Against the Dark Arts!"
"Really?" Harry said and looked at the table. "That's great! He was my favorite of all the teachers we had. But what's Oliver Wood doing at the teachers' table? He isn't supposed to be here at all."
"Oh, I see," she said and smiled. "HE is our new flying instructor. It wasn't a friend of Malfoy's Dad's as we thought, after all."
"Then either Malfoy lied or they switched to Oliver in the last minute," Ron said happily.
"I would like to welcome you all to a new year at Hogwarts," Professor Dumbledore said, "especially you first year students." "Now I have the pleasure to announce that we have two new teachers this year: one worked here as a teacher before and one is an old student. Please welcome Remus Lupin and Oliver Wood! Professor Lupin is replacing Professor Moody and Mr. Wood is replacing Madam Hooch."
All the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws applauded happily, but the Slytherins didn't.
"What?!" Malfoy's voice was heard. "That moron is going to be our teacher? What happened to my Father's friend?"
"I wouldn't want to miss seeing Malfoy's face, when Dumbledore said that Oliver is going to be our new teacher, for anything," Harry said and laughed. "I hope we can get a chance to talk to Oliver after the feast."
When they were heading for their dormitories they saw Oliver stand a distance away.
"Oliver!" Ron shouted. "Over here!"
Oliver looked up and started to walk towards them through the crowd of the students.
"Congratulations!" Harry said. "It's going to be great fun to have you as our teacher."
"Thank you," he said.
"I thought you played for the Puddlemere United reserve team," said Hermione.
"Yes, but when Dumbledore offered me to substitute Madam Hooch, I just couldn't resist it," he said and smiled at her. "I missed Hogwarts too much, so I gave up the Puddlemere career."
Hermione blushed and had a strange feeling inside as he smiled, but none of the boys seemed to have noticed it, since they had just started a lively discussion about Quidditch. Why am I having this feeling, she thought, it's just Oliver. Okay, he's gorgeous, but he was that when he was here as a student too. Why didn't I feel anything then?
A/N: This is my first Harry Potter fanfiction. Please review and let me know if you liked it or not.