Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything else related to Harry Potter. I do however own Moira, which will come up in later chapters.

AN/ Hello! Thank you for clicking on my storey! It means a lot. Anyway this storey takes place in their seventh and last year at Hogwarts and the pairings will be Hermione+Draco, Harry+OC, and Ron+Lavender. If you don't like those pairings then please don't read this. I guarantee that you will not like the storey. Oh and if I misspell something or get a spell wrong or whatever please just remind me politely. I don't like being yelled at and I'd rather not feel any worse of myself then I already do! Thanks again! LemonEater

Chapter One

New Beginnings and Old Memories

"Avada Kedavra" Those two words echoed in Draco's head as he, once again, woke up in a cold sweat. He looked around the green and silver room; it was still dark out, maybe four or five in the morning. He laid his head back on the green silk pillow and closed his eyes.

'It was only a dream, Draco…' he told himself. Over the summer he had been having these awful nightmares. In them his father was leaning over a young girl, to whom Draco had a strong feeling toward. The girl was screaming in agony and Draco could do nothing to stop him. All he knew about the mysterious girl was that she had brown hair and a beautiful voice.

As he remembered this dream there was a sharp, demanding knock on the door. He quickly, from instinct, pretended to be asleep as the knocker barged in without permission.

"Get out of bed, Son. Today you are to meet with the Dark Lord." His father hissed at him. He was wearing his best cloak, the one he only wore when meeting with other death eaters. It was green velvet lined with silver silk, and embroidered on the silk were serpents attacking each other in a bloody mess. "And do be quick about it." With that he strode back out of Draco's dimly lit room.

"Good morning to you, too." He grumbled as he got out of bed and walked over to his dresser to get dressed in his death eater in training robe, which was mandatory to wear whenever he met with any death eater. As he removed his shirt he stared at his scars from the last meeting like this.

'Just in time to get new ones' he thought as he traced the lines with his fingers. Memories flooded his mind; he standing in the middle of a dark, smoky room, a ring of death eaters surrounded him. The dark lord was in the center Crucioing him with a rage unlike any he's seen even from his father. He took a quick shower and got dressed in the tattered blood stained robe.

'Here goes nothing.' he thought nervously as he walked out of his room.

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Everything was perfect. I was a grade A student, had great friends that I could count on with my life, and a great family. But if that were true then why did I feel like I was drowning in lukewarm water? How could I not be happy when I was living with my two best friend's house?

"HERMIONE" My thoughts were interrupted by a yelling Ron. "Where are you? I know something's wrong. How can I try to fix it if you won't tell me what's the matter?"

'Maybe I don't want you to fix it.' I thought from inside the closet.

"Gah! I give up" he called. I sighed, relieved that he decided to leave me alone but at the last minute the closet door swung open to reveal Ron. "AhHa! I've finally found you! What are you doing in there" He asked turning on the light.

I squinted in pain. "Jeeze, Ron! What the hell" I put my hood up so that it blocked out the bright light.

"Harry and I need to talk to you." He said looking down at me with worried eyes.

"I'm not doing your homework for you." I said instinctively as I resituated myself into a more comfortable position.

"No it's just...we're worried about you Hermione." He said getting in the closet next to me. Harry squeezed in on the other side of me and closed the door.

"You haven't been eating very much, you don't sleep and you hide all the time." Harry said putting his hand on my arm comfortingly, "We want to help Hermione, but you're not letting us."

'Wow.' I thought staring into his green ovals, 'I didn't know that I affected them so much. I should try to act happy...then they won't have to worry about me.'

"I'm sorry. It's just I haven't been feeling well and my eyes have been bugging me. I'm sorry that I made you guys worry but I should be fine before school starts." I said feigning a smile.

He seemed taken aback by my sudden attitude change but relieved none the less. "Okay...now come on let's go get some fast food. I don't feel like cooking and Harry can't cook worth beans." He said earning a punch in the arm from Harry. "Where do you want to eat?"

I thought for a minute. "How about we go to Kyoto? I love their sushi." I said knowing that Ron and Harry both despised raw fish.

A Week Later

On the way to the Hogwarts Express

Hermione's POV

As I ran towards platform 9 3/4 I called to Harry and Ron, who where way ahead of me

"Slow Down! Just because you're physically fit doesn't mean that you can leave me in the dust! Wait!" but they just kept running all the way into the barrier.

When I got across to the other side I felt someone knock me down. I didn't even need to look up to know that it was a Slytherin. They had been even angrier with me when they heard I was made head girl.

"Watch where you're going, Mudblood" Pansy sneered at me as she flipped her long bleach blond hair over her shoulder. I looked up and glared at her as I picked up my luggage.

"Watch where you're going, Neat Freak." I retorted, standing all the way up to face her.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean" She asked looking at me weirdly.

I rolled my eyes, "I forgot that you were slow. You like purebloods and don't like 'mudbloods' so obviously you are a neat freak."

"You little know it all bastard." She spat taking a step forward.

"Pansy…" a mans warning voice said behind me. I whirled around and standing there, glaring at me, was none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Draco! I missed you so much!" She screeched, throwing her arms around his full muscular shoulders.

"Get off me." He spat, pushing pansy off of him and straitening his robes. "Don't you remember what your father told you about this one?" he asked referring to me.

'Same old miserable ferret, I see. Will he ever change?' I wondered as I watched the two of them of them during this exchange.

"What? My father never talks of such filth." Pansy sniffed at me turning her nose up into the air.

He then went up next to her and whispered something in her ear that made the young slytherin's eyes go wide. Pansy then rushed over to me.

"I'm so sorry! If there's anything I can do for you please tell me." She said to me looking me straight in the eyes with a caring look.

"Hermione! There you are! Come on let's go" Ron said coming towards me.

"What's going on" Harry asked glaring at the group of slytherins.

"Nothing, let's go." I said to them grabbing their hands and dragging them away from a possible fight. I lead them all the way to a compartment in the very front.

'What was that all about?' I thought to myself. 'What had Malfoy said to her to make her change so much?'

"Hermione? What was going on back there? Were they making fun of you again" Harry asked staring at me with a quizzical look. "Next time, just call me and I'll beat the crap out of them."

"Uh...okay. I'll remember that next time." I said not wanting them to worry about me. For the next couple of hours we talked about the upcoming Newts tests and what we planed to do after school ended. Only when we heard the screeching of the train coming to a stop did we remember where we were.

I sighed as I thought 'I can't let everyone see how unhappy I am. I can't burden them with this.' I smiled to Harry as we got off the train and into our last year at Hogwarts.

AN: I hope you liked the first chapter. I know that I switched between third person to first person, but I just wanted that effect for Hermione…it's going to stay with Hermione from now on, just so you know. I'm trying the best I can so I'm sorry if I spelled something wrong. Yes there will be a lot more next time. Read and Review please!