Hermione Granger walked down the familiar halls of school, with a bounce in her step and a smile on her face,
but what everyone didn't know was that she was faking everything, she went through a lot during the summer holidays and she knew she couldn't tell anyone what happened because they wouldn't understand especially since the last few months everyone had been dealing with the losses of everyone since the war.
She had been ordered to meet at Dumbledores office which is now Headmaster McGonaggal.
She walked up to the gargoyle and spoke the password, "Sherbet Lemon"
a stairway appeared and she climbed up until she reached the door and knocked and heard the professors voice telling her to come in, but when she entered the room her face dropped as she saw Draco Malfoy sitting down in front of the desk, she looked at her and looked back at the headmaster. Something about him was different, especially in his eyes. She ignored her thoughts and sat down in a chair next to him.
" as you both know, you have been chosen as Head Boy and Head girl," both the students nodded their head and the headmaster continued, "but there is something I must tell you, you will be sharing a common room" she knew what the reaction would be and its what she expected.
"But Professor-" they both spoke in unison, but the professor interrupted them,
"you both have enemies from the beginning of Hogwarts and its about time you both understand that its about time you got over it and imbrace what people would call house unity. You might even be more similar then you think…"
Hermione just shook her head and laughed, "us? Get along? You must be joking…its not malfoy like!"
Hermione to him and laughed. Draco didn't speak at all. He knew there was something different but he didn't know what.
They were ordered to leave the office and the their new common room. As they were walking to their common room
Once the reached the common room she ran into her bedroom and shut the door. Not even looking back at Malfoys face, she walked over to her bed and laid down, closed her eyes and instantly fell asleep.
Running through multiple rooms, hearing footsteps behind her. She ran so fast that she didn't look where she was going and tripped over and landed on the floor with a thud. She rolled onto her back to see Bellatrix Lestrange standing above her laughing manically as she pointed her wand at Hermione,"Mudblood! You may have stopped the Dark Lord but I will tell you something…I am still alive and when im ready, she leaned forward slighty, "I will find you " she whispered before yelling, "Crucio!"
Hermione gasped before writhingin pain. It was unbearable for her to the point she thought she was going to die, her face feel hot and tears sliding down her face…she screamed
"Please stop!" she managed to yell through the excruciating pain but Bellatrix just laughed harder as she made the cruciatus curse more painful.
She woke up screaming, sweat running down her face, she tried to shallow her breathing as it was quite deep. She knew she probably would have woken Malfoy but at that moment she didn't really care. At that moment she realized she had to go see the headmaster. At that moment she heard footsteps and sighed as she knew who it would be and then as she predicted there was a knock on the door, actually maybe not a knock but more like a bang. She screamed out, "I know! Im sorry I woke you."
"You know granger maybe you should realize that other people are trying to sleep!" he yelled through the door.
She wasn't in the mood for his rudeness, she got up and opened her door swiftly, "well if you were actually asleep then maybe you wouldn't have heard me but I know you weren't asleep so technically it isn't my problem!"
He rolled his eyes, "whatever, mudblood" she smirked at him which was a suprise for him, she spoke in a tone which was not normal for Hermione Granger,
"oh right, the name calling again...boy, Malfoy. and their were rumours saying that you have changed. God, what a bunch of lies. Like they say. Once a death eater always a death eater."
Malfoys eyes darkened, "Dont you dare speak to me like that! You dont know anything about me and my family! You think i wanted that bloody war? You think i want that pathetic excuse for a wizard in my house! You think you know everything, Mudblood. Well guess what, your so wrong." He spat with all the anger he had inside of him which had been building up since the war started and people thinking that he wanted the war but he didnt, not one bit. All of a sudden he noticed something on her neck, it was slighty covered but it seemed like there was a bruise on her neck, by the colour of her bruise it must have happened a few days ago which was just before she left for Hogwarts. She just rolled her eyes not noticing what he was looking at.
"May be so, Mr Im-Too-Good-For-Anyone. But your not the only one who suffered through the war! You people just dont get it! It wasnt just the witches and wizards who paid the price! It was also muggles, muggles who didnt know what was going on. Muggles who didnt even know that magic existed and yet they paid a price just for bloody existing! They are gone and not coming back!" Hermione didnt realise that tears, were coming out,
Malfoy just rolled his eyes, "God do you ever stop crying? You are so bloody pathetic! They are just muggles! You didnt know them should you care-"
"Because some of them were my family!"at once there was silence between them. Something they never knew would happen, he just stared. The feeling of guilt ran through him but he didnt expect the next move which was pain on his cheek and she slapped him across the face, he was too shocked at what she had done, she never felt more angry in her life...She knew she had to get away from there so she did what had been good at the last couple of weeks, she ran. She ran out the common room and ran. She didnt care where she was running, she just need to get away. She couldnt believe it, she had told Malfoy that she hadnt told any of her friends. Before she knew it she was at Dumbledores grave. She jujst stared at it. Her legs gave way and she collapsed, she felt like her strength was gone, she suddenly felt tired and the next thing she knew she passed out not knowing that the dream she was about to have.
