Givin' Up

By Pure Mudblood

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the storyline and any of the story that I borrowed I will give them credit in that chapter at the end or the disclaimers in the following chapters. Enjoy and be as honest as possible in reviews without being downright mean.

Chapter 1 The Train Ride and the New Hermione

"Ron, Harry!!!" Hermione Granger screeched as she saw her 2 best friends running across Platform 9 3/4.

She couldn't believe how much the two had changed over the summer. Harry had on a tight red shirt, that showed off his well defined muscles (' obviously Quidditch has done him some good' Hermione thought) and big baggy jeans. He was about 6'3"-6'4" and his black hair was an inch or so longer and unruly as ever. Ron had on an orange shirt that showed off his nicely defined biceps and baggy black jeans. He was a good 6'6" and his flaming red hair was cut off to about 1 ½" long.

"You guys have changed so much!" she said while hugging Ron.

"So have you, 'Mia" Harry exclaimed, as he bent to hug her when she let go of Ron.

"Yeah, I guess have compared to when you guys last saw me."

And she had. Her old self was a little bit more girly then this. When she used to wear hip huggers and things like tight shirts and halter-tops, she had now gone punk, depending on how you looked at it. She was in a loose fitting black t-shirt, really baggy black jeans and her favorite big lack hoodie with a green serpent on the front. She had spent the summer with some friends from NYC and they had influenced her taste quite a bit.

"Come on guys lets go get our compartment before they all get taken" she said to them.

When they found their compartment, they sat down and started to tell each other about their summers. Harry had stayed with Ron for the whole summer, and they had gone and visited Charlie in Romania for 2 weeks. Right when Hermione was in the middle of her story the compartment door opened.

"Well, if it isn't Potty, the Weasel and Granger"

"What the hell do you want ferret boy?" Hermione sneered.

"Well, actually, I was looking for you Granger," he said as he turned to look at her for the first time, seeing as he'd been having a glaring match with Ron and Harry. "Granger, is that really you?" he said, as he took a double take.

"Yes Malfoy I believe it is. Why, do you not like the new look?" she asked.

"Like I care. I just thought it odd that you were wearing a hoodie with the Slytherin symbol and color on it"

"Yeah, actually I was wondering why you had a green snake on your shirt, Mia. Did you become a fan of Slytherin or something?" Harry asked curiously.

"Of course not Harry. I got this from one of my best muggle friends when they came out from NYC. It's my favorite hoodie and I couldn't care less what the symbol was," she then turned to Malfoy. "You said you were here looking for me, why?"

"Oh yeah, I was told to come and tell you that your supposed to be up in the Head compartment, seeing as your Head Girl and.."

"Mia your Head Girl?" Ron and Harry both exclaimed at the same time, while cutting Malfoy off.

"Yes I am. Did you expect someone else to be?"

"Well, honestly no but we thought you would have told us being your BEST friends and all!" Ron exclaimed.

"Well, I'm sorry," she replied sarcastically. " I didn't think you 2 would really care. Anyway" she said turning her attention again to Malfoy, " finish what you were saying"

"There's a prefect and head meeting that you have to be at in 10 minutes, in the Heads compartment"

"Ok, I'll be right there." With that Malfoy turned and walked out.

"I'll talk to you guys later, k?" she said as she started out of the compartment to go to the meeting"

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