Beneath the Surface

by MissMalfoy394

My take on Dramione. Hermione returns to Hogwarts to repeat her seventh year, with out Harry and Ron in tow. Draco has returned due to court orders. Can they learn to work together as Head Boy and Girl, like Dumbledore wanted them to? Or will it turn to dust? Rated T, but may have to be changed to M depending on how the story goes

1. Prologue

Beneath the Surface - Prologue

"Hermione! There's a letter here for you!" Mrs Granger called up the stairs to Hermione. She had been lying in her room, just like every other day that summer. The war was over, Voldemort was dead. The Death Eaters had been captured and charged. Some were in Azkaban; others had been sentenced to the Dementor's Kiss, including Lucius Malfoy.

Hermione sighed and got up. She wondered who could have possibly sent her a letter. She had only sent her letters to Ron and Harry last night, so they couldn't have written back so quickly, unless it was very urgent. Hermione started to worry as she walked down the stairs, just in case it was urgent.

As she arrived in the kitchen, Mrs Granger handed her the letter. Her name and address were written on the front, in a familiar font. She turned the envelope over and saw the Hogwarts crest on the seal. A small smile started to form on Hermione's face, and her mother's as she watched her daughter break the seal open slowly, and pull out the letter. As she took the letter out of the envelope, a small metal badge fell onto Hermione's lap. She picked it up, and stared at it in wonder. Hermione looked back at the letter, and read it slowly.

After a few moments, she looked up at her mother, in complete shock. "Mum, I've been invited back to Hogwarts, to repeat my seventh year. And I've been made Head Girl," she said, as she looked back to the letter and the badge, with Head Girl written on it in gold.

"I'm going back to Hogwarts. I'm going back."