Hermione's POV
I boarded the Hogwarts express with a sense of happiness only being near magic gave me. I was so excited for my 5th year. It had only been a year since Harry killed Voldemort but it felt like forever ago. The threat of Voldemort was no more. I bounded over to Harry, Ron, and my usual compartment and flung it open.. And my smile vanished. Harry and Ron weren't there. That was weird. They always traveled by magic with the Weasleys, so they always arrived before me. They must have been delayed or something. I was a little suspicious and made a mental note to ask them. I sat and waited for a few minutes before sighing and opening a book. Before I was completely absorbed in my book, though, I noticed a flash of platinum flash by the door. I quickly got up and looked outside but there was nothing there. At all. Usually there were students milling about before they were forced to sit when the train started. You weren't really supposed to be out when the train was moving...but the train wasn't moving. I looked out the window and was stunned to see the scenery blurring past. I must have been reading for longer than I thought. But where are Harry and Ron. "Probably off doing something fun without you" A small voice in my head hissed.
I flinched. That's not true. Just because I was a stickler for rules... I shook off that thought. It was weird. Harry and Ron and I always met in this compartment before doing anything. It was an unspoken rule between them all. I got up to go look for them. I looked through every compartment in the Gryffindor compartment to no avail. I was starting to get scared. Since the Harry had destroyed Voldemort there had been no prejudice against anything but I couldn't help thinking, what if something happened to them. In the last compartment I saw a flash a red hair and looked closer. Ginny! I threw the door open in a flash, making Gin jump.
"Mione!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Hey, Ginny. Have you seen Harry or Ron at all. I haven't seen them all day and we always meet in my, well, our compartment and I haven't seen them all day. Oh, Gin, I'm really worried." I was on the verge of tears. Ginny looked at me with a look I couldn't interpret.
"Well...um...I have nooooo idea where they are. I mean it's not like they asked me to keep it a secret or anything. I mean no Mione, I have no idea what you're talking about. At all." Ginny was talking really fast and was that persperation on her forhead. I slapped my hand on my hip and gave her my best spill it glare. Ginny shrugged. "Okay Mione, What I'm about to say may or may not upset you. You have to promise to listen to me and not interrupt."
I nodded slowly, a little confused. "You know how Harry and Ron owled and told you that they both got girlfriends over the summer?"
I nodded not sure where this was going. Harry and Ron had told me that they had gotten two girlfriends and had met a lot of cool people through them. I hadn't thought anything of it.
"Well," Ginny continued. "Harry's girlfriend is Tracy Davis and Ron's is Pansy Parkinson." My head jerked up. Anger flared in my eyes. Ginny obviously saw it too. How could they betray me like that? The Slytherins were evil. Ginny started to say something but I was already walking away. I ran back to my compartment and slammed the door. I will not cry. I will not cry. I curled up and wallowed in self-pity until the train pulled in at Hogwarts.