Encounter Met With Confusion
Disclaimer : I don't own any Harry Potter characters...that includes: Draco Malfoy, Oliver Wood, and Draco Malfoy.
"Hey hurry up we're gonna miss the train!" A voice shouted.
Two young men were running with trunks to reach the train which was now departing. One of them had black messy hair with a lightning scar on his forehead and the other had bright red hair. They ran quickly to reach it and managed to jump onto the stair and grab on.
"We made it Harry, but that sure was close." The one with red hair said breathing hard.
"Yeah, but it was your fault you broke the alarm clock Ron." Replied Harry, equally exhausted.
"Sorry about that. "Ron said smiling embarrassedly.
They made their way through the cars looking for an empty room or maybe one that had their friends in it. All were full and only the last car was left. After checking several of the rooms, a door slid open and it was a really pretty girl with long brown hair and long legs. As she closed it and turned around, Harry and Ron stared.
"Hermione!" They both said loudly completely shocked.
She looked toward them. Suddenly her eyes recognized them, and she ran forward and gave them both hugs.
"Harry! Ron! It's so good to see you both! I thought you weren't going to make it." Hermione said smiling happily.
"Yeah we thought that too, we woke up late because Ron killed the alarm clock."
Ron turned red at this. Hermione was different in so many ways; she wore earrings now on the bottom and upper parts of her ears. Also she was wearing make-up, and she was taller but still shorter than Harry and Ron. Lastly her chest had gotten much bigger over the summer. With that in mind they couldn't help staring at it. Hermione cleared her throat and they quickly looked back up.
"So Herm, where did you go for the summer?" Harry asked.
"Oh I went to Germany; it was really quite lovely there." Harry and Ron nodded.
They both went into the room that Hermione had just left, and sat down.
"You two wait here, I'll be right back I have a Head meeting I have to go to." She left and they could hear her footsteps going down the car.
"That's right, Hermione is Head Girl, and I'll have to say not at all surprising." Ron said looking out the window at the scenery.
Hermione walked to the Head compartment and slid open the door. The first person she saw was a young man with white-blonde hair slicked back wearing a black cloak.
"Malfoy! What are you doing here!" Hermione exclaimed sharply.
He turned to face her and raised his eyebrow slightly.
"I'm Head Boy, what are you doing here?"
"Well I'm Head Girl."
They both stared at each other in disbelief. Soon after Professor McGonagall came through the door.
"Good, you're both here. Now, as you both have probably figured out you two are the Heads this year." She said looking at both of them.
Draco glanced at Hermione with a sneering look. Hermione gave him a stern look back.
"To be the Heads, you two will have to get along." McGonagall said noticing their evil glances between each other.
Harry and Ron were eating some of the sweets they had bought on the train, when the door opened and Hermione walked through.
"Hey, you're back! Thought you'd gone and left us." Harry said with a mouthful of chocolate frogs.
"I found out who the Head Boy is." Hermione said while plopping down onto a chair.
"Who?" Ron asked chewing on a pumpkin pasty.
"Malfoy." Hermione said frowning. Both of them choked.
"Malfoy!" they said at the same time.
"Yeah, it's horrible. I have to share a tower with ferret boy, this is gonna be awful." Harry looked at her half in pity and half in anger at Malfoy.
Ron was just steaming.
Draco went back to his compartment and sat down.
"I can't believe I have to share a tower with the mudblood, damn!" Draco slammed his fist against the wall.
The windows rattled. Draco had acquired quite a lot of new strength over the summer. He was now ready to beat Potter at the Quidditch match.
I wonder why the hell I didn't recognize Granger when I saw her. At least she isn't so ugly to look at anymore. Oh bloody hell...I did not just think that about the mudblood!
The train finally reached Hogwarts. All three of them got off the train and went straight to the horseless carriages. They were walking to an empty one, but Neville popped out of nowhere.
"Hey Harry, hey Ron!"
Also, Seamus came up to them, and Lee Jordan too. Hermione was pushed out the way as the boys started talking about Quidditch plays. They all got into the carriage and closed it. Hermione sighed.
"Boys will be boys." She looked for another carriage but all were full except one.
Hermione groaned and got in.
"Get over it Malfoy, there were no other carriages left."
"Oh great, I'd rather you walk. What happened to the Dumbfounded Duo?" Draco asked annoyed that she had gotten inside his carriage.
"They started talking about Quidditch, the dumb bastards." Hermione said grumpily settling herself and looked out the window.
Draco stared at her in disbelief. The travel to the castle was silent. The carriage stopped and Hermione got out quickly. She walked to the entrance and went through the door. The dinner was about to begin and Hermione found herself a spot at the Gryffindor table. She sat down and looked around. The Great Hall looked the same, except she was going to miss it all. Harry and Ron sat down next to her. Well, maybe not all of it.
"Hey where did you go? You weren't in the carriage." Ron said thinking about it.
"I went in another carriage." She said simply.
The Beginning Feast was almost the same, except for the new first years getting sorted. Hermione had a bored look and was playing with a spoon on the table. Finally the sorting was done and Dumbledore got up to say his usual speech.
"All welcome to another year at Hogwarts. I have some things to go over first. I will announce the Head Boy and Girl for this year, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy."
There was cheering from the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables as they both stood up to acknowledge their job. Dumbledore made a few more words on off-limit places and events.
Then food appeared on the table. Hermione was only a little hungry, and mostly pushed the food from side to side on her plate. Harry and Ron didn't notice this because they were stuffing themselves with Shepherd's Pie and Pumpkin Juice. When the dinner was over, everybody went to their respective houses.
Hermione remembered the instructions Professor McGonagall had given her on how to get to the Head Tower. She reached the painting of a lion and a snake side by side, and said the password,
"Ad astra per aspera",
And the painting opened up. She walked through and the painting closed behind her. To the left was a door with the Gryffindor symbol on it, and to the right was the Slytherin symbol on another door. Hermione walked to her door and opened it. She immediately saw the bright red four-poster with gold trimming around the cover. There was a balcony that looked over the lake. There was also a very handsome wooden closet for her to put her clothes in. Hermione put her book bag down on a desk in the corner and dropped onto the bed. She fell asleep quickly.
Sunlight streamed through the balcony window right to Hermione's face. She frowned in her sleep, and got up rubbing her eyes. Far away the bell rang eight times. Hermione shot up and ran out her door to the bathroom. It was locked. She groaned and sat down on a nearby chair. 10 minutes later, Draco came out with a towel on around his waist. His hair was still wet and he had a perfect six pack.
He is yummy, and...No! He's evil...mustn't think that...mustn't think...oh damn
"What are you looking at Granger?" Draco asked noticing Hermione looking at him.
"I'm not, you take forever." She said getting up and walking to the bathroom door.
On passing him, Hermione noticed that he smelled like the forest. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door.
Half an hour later Hermione walked out in a black bath robe, brushing her hair. She went into her room and pulled out her uniform. First she put on her skirt and then put on her shirt. Hermione walked onto the balcony and took a deep breath of the morning air while she buttoned up her shirt. The lake was still and the clouds were small as they gathered over the distant mountains. A speck appeared in the sky, and it soon grew bigger. She squinted and saw that it was an owl. It was a foreign owl that Hermione didn't recognize it as being from England. Suddenly Hermione realized that it was Victor's owl. It flew to her and settled itself on the edge. The owl had a scroll in its talons, and she took it off. She gave the owl a friendly pat on its head, and it closed its eyes for a little while. Then the owl hopped into her room and flew onto an owl perch in a corner. She opened the letter and started reading it.
Dear Hermoninny,
I write to you to be telling you that I am having found another. I am very sorry, but with the much distance I cannot be seeing you much. Once again I am telling you that I am much sorry.
Signing,
Victor Krum
At this, Hermione dropped the letter onto the floor and propped herself against the rail. She started to silently cry. The bell rang and it was already 9 o' clock. Hermione walked back in, and picked up her bag.
She entered the Great Hall and made her way to her seat at the Gryffindor table. Harry and Ron greeted her normally not noticing her distant sad look. Draco was sitting at his table when he noticed Hermione's expression.
What the hell is wrong with the mudblood!
Hermione got up and headed to Potions.
Harry and Ron sit next to each other anyway, so who am I going to end up next to?
Her question answered itself when she walked into potions and the seat next to Draco was the only one empty.
"Oh great." Hermione muttered under her breath.
She sat down and threw her bag in front of her.
"Who said you could sit here Granger?" Draco said sneering.
"Can it, you prick." Hermione replied pissed off, she wasn't going to take any shit from Malfoy today.
''Ooh Granger, tough talk coming from a bookworm." He said coolly.
''Do you ever shut up?'' Now completely annoyed.
"No can't say that I do." Draco replied smirking at her obvious anger.
She sat there trying to ignore him.
"So why were you looking so funny at breakfast, mudblood?" He asked hoping to get on her nerves.
"Did your oaf of a boyfriend dump you for a yeti?" He asked further not realizing that he had hit the target dead centre.
She whipped her head up to look at him with tears forming in her eyes. Blinking once, the tears pooled over the edge of her lids and ran down her cheeks, leaving a salty trail.
"Is that a yes?" Draco was surprised at her sudden state.
She looked at the ground, frowning.
"So Krum did leave you. Ha, well that's no shock. He couldn't even say your name right let alone speak any real English. Bumbling chicken on land he was. Forget about him, bird. He was more of an idiot than Goyle, and that's really pathetic." Draco said while checking his perfectly manicured nails.
"What are you doing?" Hermione asked quietly through gritted teeth, her voice trembling.
"What in the name of a dementor's knickers are you on about Granger?"
"Why are you talking to me?"
Draco looked at her with apprehension and disdain.
"Bloody-...fine. Forget it mudblood. You're never ever worth talking to."
With that he slammed his book onto his desk and opened it. Hermione just stared at him before Snape came bursting through the door and started the lesson in his usual 'I hate all students except my own house and I want to give these idiot Gryffindor all F's' way. Potions was dull but Hermione was thinking about what Malfoy had said.
He's right, well, except about the yeti part...
At least I don't think so...
The bell rang to signal the end of classes. It broke her out of her reverie and she got out of the dungeons quickly. There still several classes before lunch and Hermione was dreading every single one. Next was...Herbology as she checked her schedule...with the Ravenclaws. Oh goody.
"H'mione, cud woo path da chikin?" Ron asked at lunch, his mouth already full of bread.
Her mind was elsewhere but she still absentmindedly passed him the plate of fried chicken wings.
"Hey, you all right?" Harry asked, eyeing her carefully.
"What? Oh yeah, I'm all right Harry. Don't worry." Hermione answered, giving him a weak smile.
"Herm, you're a really bad liar," He lowered his voice now, "you can tell me."
Hermione glanced at Ron to see if he was occupied. His attention was on a very large piece of treacle tart. That would keep his attention for a while.
"This morning I got a letter from Krum. He wrote that he had found someone else and he didn't want to be with me because of the distance."
Harry gave her a sympathetic look.
"Oh Herm...I'm sorry. Look, let's take a walk around the lake after lunch, okay?" Harry suggested patting her on the hand.
"Yeah...I could use one of those about now."
Outside was still perfect. There were still some clouds in the sky and there were birds flying gracefully in and out of them. A slight breeze blew across the murky lake causing little ripples to form on the water.
Hermione and Harry sat down on the grass near the lake's shore.
"Thanks Harry, for listening. I really appreciate it." She said gratefully.
"Anytime. So how are you holding up?" He asked seriously.
"You know, I am feeling a bit better. Krum couldn't even say my name right or anything. I would do all the talking, and his I.Q. was lower than a doxie's."
Hermione skipped a stone across the water and then a tentacle stuck lazily out of the surface, snatched the rock and took it underneath into the depths.
"Hey, come to Hogsmeade with me Saturday and we'll get you something to cheer you up." Harry advised.
"That'd be great. I have some money saved up from the summer." Hermione replied estactic.
"Shall we go back?" Harry asked getting up and offering his arm.
"Yes." Hermione replied linking arms with him and walking back up the path to the castle.
Yes I know I'm stupid and you have probably guessed that I like Draco from my obsession of him. But hey, a girl's got to have a hobby...mine's just a yummy hobby. This is the last Harry Potter fanfic I'll write, because I still have to write the ba-jillion other stories I wanna write about other subjects...yay
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