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Chapter 1. Letters

A woman with warm eyes and curly brown hair looked down and smiled at a baby. The woman could be no older than her early twenties, but her eyes-those comforting chocolate eyes- told a story of a life beyond her years. She was so familiar...yet so remote. The woman turned to look at someone else, who couldn't be seen, before returning her gaze back to the baby in her arms and speaking with a musical voice softly "Yes Hermione, you will make us very proud one day..."

TAP! TAP! TAP!

Hermione was roused from her dreams by a faint tapping noise. She ignored it and rolled over in bed, fully intending to drift back off to peaceful sleep since it was still the summer and she planned to sleep in as long as humanly possible.

This turned out to be in vain because the tapping sound became ever louder and more insistent.

After about five minutes of the ever-growing noise, she finally gave up and opened her eyes to a flood of sunshine streaming in from the rising sun, from her bedroom window through sheer gauzy curtains.

Groggily she stood up to find out the source of the noise. Looking around still half-asleep, she saw four very different owls perched outside her window, all tapping their beaks furiously against the glass.

"Hold on, I'm coming" she hissed at the birds, slightly irritated for being woken so early during the summer. Wrapping a robe around herself she walked over and opened the window.

The four owls swooped in and perched themselves on her desk. Three of the owls carrying letters, while the fourth came carrying a rather large package. Hermione took the burdens from the owls and they carefully flew off out her window as she settled herself into her desk chair to read whatever all these things were, still annoyed they had come so early in the morning.

Opening the first, she found it contained her usual hogwarts letter with the supply list and a third sheet of parchment, which she didn't know what said. She unfolded this last sheet and began to read:

Dear Ms. Granger,

I would like to inform you that you have been selected as our new Head Girl. Congratulations! I know you will do a wonderful job. Your Head duties will be explained to you and the new Head Boy soon. Also, just to warn you in advance, you will be expected to hold the normal Prefects meeting on the school train. Again Congratulations and see you when school starts!

Professor McGonagall

Hermione was ecstatic and could barely contain herself and the only thing that kept her from jumping for joy was the knowledge she would probably wake her parents by doing so. The Head Girl badge fell from the envelope as she dug it out and tinkled merrily as it dropped onto desk, gleaming brightly gold. She briefly wondered about who the new Head Boy could be, but was to elated to think it though properly.

'Oh mum and dad will love this!' she thought and stifled her excitement enough to open the second letter.

Hey Hermione!

I wanted to let you know mum says you can come and stay with us until schools starts if you want. Harry's already here. Ok, anyway I hope to see you soon! Write back soon..

Ron

She smiled as she read the letter, remembering how he had kissed her quickly on the lips as they got off the train at the end of last year. He hadn't said another word about it and just ran off and joined the rest of the Weasley's. She made a mental note to write back to Ron later tonight, maybe she'd ask him about it.

Hermione fumbled with the package next, noting it was just about the size of a book and with that thought she tore off the brown paper enclosing the contents to reveal, what else, a book.

"Advanced Magic for Advanced Minds" Hermione read aloud, for that was the title embossed onto the thick black cover, of the very thick book.

She ran her fingertips over the words and noticed a small note taped to the cover, so she pulled it off wondering who this could be from, hardly thinking this day could get any better.

Herm,

You really don't know how much your advice helped me. I really can't thank you enough, but this will have to do for now.

Harry

Hermione couldn't wait to see Harry again and give him a big hug for this. Yes, it was true, she had helped him but she didn't believe she deserved a gift for it. Especially something as nice as this.

After fawning over the book a few seconds longer she turned her attention to the final letter wondering what on earth else someone could be writing to her about. She unfolded thick parchment and saw the letter was written in neat cursive before beginning to read.

Ms. Granger

First of all I congratulate you on becoming Hogwarts very own new Head Girl! Now on to business. I am writing to inform you that today I need you and your parents to meet me at the Leaky Cauldron at 3 o'clock, no exceptions, to discuss a certain matter. Don't worry you are in no trouble, some might actually call it good news.

Your Headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore

What would the Headmaster want discuss with her parents? Head Girl duties perhaps? Hermione could just imagine the mysterious twinkle Dumbledore had in his eyes as he wrote the last sentence.

A hundred miles away another person, the new Head Boy, received an almost identical letter from Dumbledore. He assumed just as Hermione did- not knowing she was Head Girl of course- that the meeting was about Head duties.

Beginning to notice the faint smell of waffles and coffee drifting up from downstairs that signaled her parents getting up, Hermione grabbed the 3 letters-leaving the book on her desk for now- and bounced downstairs towards the kitchen to tell her parents all the good news she had received.

"Morning Mum" Hermione said brightly sitting herself down at the kitchen table pouring herself some OJ.

"Morning Sweetie" her mum replied with a yawn, coming over and kissing Hermione on the forehead. "What's all those about?" Mrs. Granger asked referring to the letter Hermione still had in hand.

"Oh, well the first from Ron wanting to know if I could come stay at the burrow next week, Harry's already there, and if I could stay till school starts..." She replied and took a sip of juice.

"Of course dear, and the others?" her mum continued.

"Ahhh...well this ones my school list and also...I'm Head Girl!" Hermione said practically squealing the last part.

Her mum came over and gave her a big hug. "That's wonderful, I'm very proud of you"" she said.

This momentarily reminded Hermione of her dream, but she swatted the thoughts from her mind as she explained the last letter just as her dad came into the kitchen and kissed her on the cheek, joining her and her mother at the table.

"The last letter is from the Headmaster, we are supposed to meet him at the Leaky Cauldron at 3..." Hermione told them, blissfully unaware in her happiness, of the upset glances her parents exchanged, and her father briefly choking on the bit of sausage he was eating at her words.

Authors Note: Please R/R for me. This is my first story and besides its my birthday today(im serious) ! I have the first few chapters of this story written out by hand, so if you guys like it ill type them up and add them on k? And I promise it will get lots more interesting... HG/RW or HG/HP or even HG/DM? you'll have to read to find out...

Revised A/N: So yes its been a long time since I've updated. Too hard to explain everything. But anyway re-reading these I made some adjustments and also decided I need a Beta.