Disclaimer: No matter how hard I wish… or how much I dream… I do not and will never own Harry Potter or anything associated with it… but I want to say a big thanks to J.K. Rowling for letting me share with you my own version of her great work!
A/N Ok… work with me on this… it's my first attempt at a fanfic… please R&R and tell me how I'm doing!
The first thing she saw when she entered platform 9 ¾ was a sad and distraught Ginny Weasley; it had been a month and a half since they got the news of Harry and Ron's death. After Harry killed Lord Voldemort the Death Eaters had captured, tortured, and killed both Harry and Ron. Now the school was re-opening with Professor McGonagall taking Dumbledore's position as Headmistress. Hermione went and gave her best friend the biggest and most loving hug she could muster, though inside the hug was really just her trying to comfort herself. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were there as well, and Hermione gave them equally big and loving hugs. Fred and George stayed back at the joke shop, since the war was over and there was no threat of danger sales have skyrocketed.
"Congratulations on getting Head Girl Hermione, what are you going to do about that arse you have to spend the year with?" said Ginny. Hermione knew that she was referring to Draco Malfoy who had been accepted back at Hogwarts after drinking Veritasyrum thus proving that he had to do what he did or Voldemort would have killed him and his whole family.
"I'm sure I can find a way to deal with him. I could always hex him and slip something in his drink if he bothers me too much." She replied jokingly.
"I can't believe my ears. You are supposed to be Head Girl. You are supposed to set an example for the younger students and here you are threatening to hex me or poison me?" said a smug voice from behind. They turned around and there was Malfoy with his ever-so popular smug grin.
"Just leave me alone and I will leave you alone. Deal?" Hermione said rolling her eyes at his smugness and sounding very annoyed. She had lost her two best friends less than 2 months ago and here he was, one of the people responsible for them leaving, standing there looking smug. This year would be hell!
After all of the First Years had been sorted and the feast finished, Professor McGonagall showed Hermione and Draco where their dorm would be. She led them to a large portrait of a young boy and girl walking hand-in-hand by a beautiful lake.
"This is the entrance to the dorm you both will share," McGonagall put an emphasis on the word 'share'. "Here is the password, you may change it at anytime, but it has to be agreed upon by both of you before it will be accepted." She handed a small piece of parchment to Hermione and left it at that.
Draco stood beside her as she opened the parchment, written there was the word "Cooperation"
'Oh how ironic, here they want me to share a dorm with this mudblood and they gave us the password of "Cooperation"? Just great!' thought Draco
'Wonderful, I have to share a dorm with this incompetent git and of course McGonagall would give us a password that also served as a hint…Why did they even let him back into Hogwarts after what he did end of last term?' Wondered Hermione, she knew what had happened and why he was accepted, but that didn't mean she trusted him.
A/N ok so there was my first chapter… please review… this is my first time and I'm a little nervous… constructive criticism is welcome too ANYTHING! Can you tell I'm nervous about it?