I came up with an idea! I hope you all like it!
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"All aboard! The Hogwarts express departs in five minutes!" the conductor yelled as Hermione bid her parents a final goodbye on platform 9 ¾.
"Good luck, Darling! Have fun and don't study too hard, dear," her mother, Jean, said with a chuckle. Hermione rolled her eyes at her mother. "Oh you know I'm only joking. Your father and I just want you to enjoy your last year at Hogwarts."
"I know, mum," Hermione started with a sad smile, "I just feel like it isn't going to be the same since…you know…"
"The battle?" her father finished, looking at her with concern. "We just want you to be able to look back at this last year fondly, after all, you got the position you've been dreaming of since you were little!" he said to her with an encouraging smile. Hermione fiddled with the Head Girl badge nervously. She took a deep breath and put on a happy face for her parents.
"You're right," she said with determination, "this will be a good year! No impending doom, just fun times with my friends and, of course, a lot of studying! I do have to pass my NEWTS after all," she finished with a giggle.
"That's our girl," Jean said. "Now go on, dear, the train is about to leave!" Hermione gave her parents one last tight hug and hurriedly made her way over to the train.
She quickly found Harry, Ron and Ginny in one of the first compartments. She was instantly bombarded with hugs and questions from her friends since none of them had seen each other since Hermione left for Australia to find her parents.
"Settle down!" she exclaimed with a broad grin, her nervousness dissipating at the sight of her friends. "I'll answer all your questions, just give me a minute to say hello properly and settle in." Hermione hugged each of her friends and sat down next to Ron with Harry and Ginny across from them.
"We've missed you so much, Hermione!" Ginny started, leaning forward in her seat. "Please, tell us what happened in Australia!"
Hermione took a deep breath before she recounted her adventure overseas. "Well, once Kingsly and I got there, it took us a few weeks to actually find them, which honestly seemed to be the hardest part of the trip," she said with a chuckle. "Once we found them in Sydney, it was fairly easy for Kingsly to restore their memories, thankfully."
"How did they react to it all?" Harry asked next.
"Pretty much how I expected them to. They were quite cross with me when they first found out what I had done, but my parents are understanding people. Once I had explained why I erased their memories, they didn't hold it against me."
"That's good, Hermione," Ron said with a crooked smile and placed his hand on her bare knee causing Hermione to blush.
"Yes," she answered, her voice slightly higher than usual. "It was the best case scenario, for sure. After we restored their memories, Kingsly went back home and I stayed in Australia with my parents for the rest of the summer up until last week. I missed them so much," she said wistfully. "It was really hard to leave them again today after just getting them back, you know," she finished. They all agreed with her, Ron still rubbing circles on her skin right above her knee.
"Well, enough about me!" Hermione said, trying to lighten the mood. "What's going on with you guys?"
After a while of talking and catching up with her friends, Hermione tried to excuse herself to change into her school robes and meet with the co-head student.
"Wait," Ron said before she left the compartment, "do you know who the Head Boy is?" he questioned.
She shook her head and replied, "No, I don't. Probably a Ravenclaw, like Michael Corner. He was really smart and was third in our class, so that's my guess."
"That seems like a pretty reasonable assumption," Harry said, nodding in agreement. Hermione returned a quick nod back to him and left the compartment.
Finally, Hermione made it to the other end of the train, changed and pinned her badge to her robe before stepping into the meeting compartment. As she opened the compartment door, her mouth dropped at the sight in front of her.
Draco Malfoy sat in the compartment, legs stretched out and arms crossed over his chest, his shirt pulling slightly which accentuated his lean muscles. Not that she noticed or cared, or so she told herself. His hair wasn't gelled back in its usual du, so it fell slightly into his eyes (were his eyes always that piercing gray?).
"Drool all you'd like, Granger, but you're not my type." He spoke, shocking her out of her thoughts. She snapped her mouth shut and huffed at him angrily, crossing her arms in front of her.
"Contrary to popular belief, Malfoy, not every girl in the school wants you in their knickers," she spat at him.
He stood from his spot and stared down at her. Had he grown?
He chuckled softly to himself with his annoying Malfoy smirk. "Maybe not yet," he said confidently.
Hermione scoffed. "Yeah right, Malfoy. In your dreams. Had it maybe ever occurred to you that you may not be my type?" she said with a smirk of her own.
"Now now, Granger, I am everyone's type. Even filthy Mudblood's like you!" he snapped. Hermione saw red and moved to slap him, but he caught her wrist before her palm made contact. "I won't let you hit me again, Granger, but I do like my girls a little feisty."
"Fuck you, Malfoy!" she spat angrily.
"Not today, princess," he said with a wicked glint in his eyes.
She pulled her wrist out of his grip and scowled at him, "You're vile!" she hissed at him.
"And you're filth."
She sighed frustrated and rubbed her temples. "What are you doing in here anyway, Malfoy, this room is meant for the Head students."
He smirked at her and pointed at the gold badge glinting on his chest. "No…" she whispered.
"Oh yes," he said with a dark chuckle.
Hermione was about to respond but the train whistle blew, signaling their arrival. Draco moved to leave the compartment, bumping her shoulder roughly as he passed her. "See you inside, partner."
So this chapter is short but it's just like a little prologue! I plan on my chapters being longer than this! Let me know what you think!