AN: Revised

Disclaimer; JKRowlings not mine except for the plot.

"Hermione darling please be careful and please write to us often okay?" Hermione nodded and gave her mum a tight hug. Although she was excited to be starting her schooling year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry she was also going to miss her parents very much.

"Elizabeth the train is going to leave soon and I still need to say goodbye to my darling princess! Come here Hermione before your mother drenches you with her tears." Hermione looked up and could see her mother was about to cry so she gave her another tight hug and turned towards her father with a big smile.

"Dad don't make fun of mum if she's crying and you're not it means she loves me more!" With her hands on her hips and telling her father off. Elizabeth starting giggling at her daughters brave front and smoothed her hair down and gave her a small kiss to her cheeks. She whispered into her daughters ear quietly so her father couldn't hear.

"He will be crying like a little baby as soon as we get home and demanding to bring you back home."

Hermione giggled and ran towards her father and gave him a hug. She was going to miss her parents jesting at one and another.

After saying goodbye to her parents she pushed her trolley towards the train and got in. She was extremely excited but this would be the first time she would be away from her parents and she looked out of her window compartment and spotted her parents and waved tearfully at them. And slowly the train moved along and soon the train station was nowhere to be seen.

She sat down in the empty compartment alone and had no idea what to do. She picked up her diary from her bag and went through the photos inside of it she smiled at them and closed it back up and placed it back in her bag.

She was happy her parents allowed her to come to this school because back at home she was never left alone always an attendant or one of the houseworkers was always there keeping an eye on her. So she was quite surprised after their parents spoke with Dumbledore and asked her what she thought about it and if it sounded like somewhere where she would like to go. With a bright smile she had nodded and spoke of how amazing everything sounded and that she would love to go there. Her parents couldn't say no to the excitement shining through their daughters eyes and allowed her to attend the boarding school.

Her memories were broken when there was a knock on her compartment door before someone walked in. It was a girl with dark hair tied up into a pony tail with a white bow on top she was very pretty Hermione thought and she looked vaguely familiar although couldn't remember who she resembled.

"Hello my name is Pansy. I hope it's okay if I stayed in here through the rest of the train ride?" She smiled pleasantly and Hermione was happy she was going to make her first new friend.

"Please do sit and my name is Hermione. Are you also a first year?"

"Thank you and yes I am and quite excited too. I've always been interested in potions so I'm more than happy. What is your favourite subject? "

Hermione thought for a few seconds about the subjects that was written in the Hogwarts A History and all of them seemed so interesting but her interest lay in numbers and codes.

"I love numbers and cracking codes so I would say Arithmancy and Ancient Runes."

"My mother also loves those subjects although they are quite difficult you must be quite smart?"

Hermione blushed and shook her head "No my parent's push me a bit so I've adapted the habit to love harder things in life to try and please them."

"Maybe that's something we have we in common our pushy parents but I still love them. I'm going to miss their constant nagging this year."

Both girls laughed at that and Hermione agreed.

"Oh and have you thought about what house you would like to be placed in?"

"No not really all seem very nice. Have you?"

"Yes, I really want to be placed in Slytherin, both my parents were in that house so its kind of expected of me to get in."

Both girls chatted throughout the train ride about everything till they arrived where they both had changed into their black robes and uniform with no colour as to indicating what house they were going to be in.

"First years please follow me in a neat single filed line." Professor McGonagall voiced loudly and every first year cordially followed her instructions.

"I'm scared now what if the house I'm placed in doesn't like me?"

"Hermione stop worrying it will be fine I assure you. Now quiet our names are going to be called out one by one."

Everyone was alphabetically lined up and taken through the huge doors of Hogwarts and Hermione was amazed at everything in this castle it was nothing like the ones she's ever been to. She stood back straight and maintaining the posture she had been taught throughout her childhood. There was butterflies in her stomach and she was nervous very much with Pansy towards the back of the line she was alone. With a chubby boy in front of her that barely even looked like he was awake stood and the girl behind her looked to invested in her nails to even acknowledge Hermione.

The hall was silent as Professor Dumbledore gave his welcome speech and the current returning Hogwarts students were quiet and silently observing the first years. It was a few moments later that the house sorting began.

"Amelia Andrews"

Hermione looked up to the front and recognised her from the small playground she passed everyday when she went home from her study group. She was very pretty she had big wavy blonde hair that was tied into a high pony tail with a black ribbon around it. Hermione observed as she sat on the chair facing everyone and a hat was placed on her head. After a few seconds of complete silence the hat spoke which Hermione found extremely strange but very curious of this other dimension of the world.

"Ravenclaw"

So the sorting went on and on and Hermione was feeling anxious, it wasn't after the boy in front of her was placed in Slytherin that her name was called.

"Hermione Granger" She walked slowly towards the chair and sat down whilst the hat was being placed atop of her head. She sat quietly before she heard someone speaking to her and she knew it was the hat.

"Ahh, a mix of Granger and Villeneuve. Strong and passionate also very prestigious may I say your parents were very humble and powerful although many have forgotten."

Hermione was baffled that the hat knew her parents.

"How do you know my parents?"

"I sorted them when they were eleven many years ago along with all your ancestors."

Hermione was stunned and very upset that her parents kept this from her. Did they not trust her enough?

"There is a prophecy that will be revealed regarding you young one so it is my duty to place you somewhere that you could accomplish the path set out for you."

"Slytherin"