Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy had been best friends since they were two and no matter what was said they thought that would never change. He had promised to protect her from the day they met without even knowing it. They were always side by side growing up and were always getting into trouble. Hermione was in fact friends with most of the Slytherin house, but no one could ever know that. They had all grown up in the same neighborhood and had gotten very close even though Hermione was supposedly a Muggle. When they were 8 she saw magic for the first time and the Granger's were soon let on their little secret and sworn to secrecy.
To say that getting her Hogwarts letter was exciting would be an understatement. As soon as she got it she ran out of the house and down the road to the Malfoy Manor, screaming bloody murder as she waved her letter around in the air.
"DRACO! DRAKE! DRACOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He thought her face was going to crack if her smile got any bigger.
"What the hell do you want? What's that you got? Hey...that sorta looks like my, YOU'RE GOING TO HOGWARTS!" Her smiled doubled as he realized it.
She promptly jumped on him, smothering him in a hug and laughing hysterically in his ear. "Can you believe it? We're not going to be seperated!"
Unfortunately, he knew that he'd see her everyday but they wouldn't be able to talk. She knew all about his bloodline and she knew how he and his family was supposed to act so when his family told her that they wouldn't be able to be in friends in school she knew she shouldn't have been surprised; but she was.
The first day of school was hard for her. She knew so many people but none of them acknowledged her. She was afraid she was going to lose her best friend.