Who knew one blonde could be so much trouble?
When Hermione Granger stepped onto platform 9 ¾ in august, she did not know what that year would bring. As Hermione looked around, she began to feel sad, this was the start of her last year at Hogwarts. She, Harry, Ron, and countless others risked and sacrificed their lives to have the wizarding world safe from Voldemort. Hermione brushed aside her depressing thoughts and immediately started planning what she would do this year. This was the first year at Hogwarts that she would not have to worry about Death Eaters and being killed in her sleep. And with that comforting thought, she walked to the train to find her friends.
Hermione joyfully skipped to the train door where she thought about seeing Ron and Harry again. She was excited to spend her last train ride with them and then her hopes dropped. She was head girl this year! That usually was good but that meant she had to patrol the train during the ride to help the first years. She didn't know who the head boy was, but she was glad that Ron was a prefect and Ginny was quidditch captain this year.
There were a lot more students this year than any other year Hermione had been there. She assumed that this was because Voldemort was (FINALLY) dead and parents thought it was safe to send their children away. She also thought that it was because the Golden trio- Hermione, Harry, and Ron- were at Hogwarts again.
When she stepped onto the train she breathed a sigh of relief. The Hogwarts express was comforting to her. She strolled the corridor, making her way to the head girl and head boys compartment. As she was walking there someone breezed by her in a cloak, not having a thought in the word. She stumbled and fell, the cloaked person grabbed her arm and quickly helped her up. The hood of the cloak fell off as the person stood up and before he hastened to pull it back on Hermione did notice one thing. The person had bright, blonde, slicked back hair.
Hermione was stunned. Only one person in the world had that hair that she new of and it was her nemesis the death eater, Draco Malfoy. It couldn't have been him though, could it? After he supported Voldemort in the war, he went on trial and was supposed to be sent to Azkaban. Did he escape? Wait, no, she vaguely remembered something in the daily prophet about him being released. Then why was he in the Hogwarts express though?
Hermione continued to walk towards her compartment and for the second time that day bumped into someone, she really needs to watch where she was going. "RON, HARRY!" Hermione ran to her friends. "Hermione!" Her friends exclaimed! "I've missed you guys so much! How have you been? What have you done this summer?"
"Well, Harry and I played quidditch a lot, seeing as we will not be allowed to play for the house team since technically we are not supposed to be here." replied Ron. "How about you?"
"I have been good. My muggle friends and I met up a lot. But onto more important things, guess who I bumped into- literally- in the corridor?"
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Guess", said Hermione smugly.
"Neville"
"Luna"
"Seamus"
"Dean"
"Voldemort" laughed Harry.
"I wish." sighed Hermione
"Wh-what?" stuttered Harry as Ron paled
"Malfoy." Hermione said in an expressionless voice she only used when talking about the boy who had made her life miserable for years on end.
"MALFOY" Screamed the boys.
"Bloody Hell, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Malfoy supposed to be in Azkaban?" asked Ron as he started to pale.
Before Hermione could respond Harry said," Actually, he was released about a week ago. I don't know why he is here though."
"Strangely, Malfoy seemed nicer, if that's possible for the lousy idiot. Well we can talk later but I need to go and meet the head boy, whoever he is, in the head's compartment." interrupted Hermione
"Bye Hermione!" They chanted like school children before Hermione walked away laughing to herself over their boyish nature, their yearning to annoy her. It was laughable to think about. She was relieved nothing was weird between Ron and her. After the battle of Hogwarts she and Ron got together, much to Harry's delight. Her relationship was perfect and Ron was charming. Then something happened that made her break up the relationship immediately. He was disappointed and mad, but eventually accepted it. They decided to just go back to being friends. Hermione trusted him slightly less, but nevertheless, still friends.
She remembered why they broke up very well. She had never been so unhappy in her life. Which is saying a lot because she fought Voldemort. As she continued walking to her compartment, she thought back to that fateful day of her break up, and of her learning the truth...
