Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story. As much as I wish I did.

NOTE: Snape is alive. The war is over. No Deathly Hallows for the most part.


After she left the Headmistress's office, Hermione walked back to the common room in a daze. It wasn't so much the transfer that was bothering her. During the war she had become friends with Blaise Zabini so she already had one friend. No, it was convincing Ron and Harry that would be difficult. With the boys need to protect her this year, surely they were going to flip when she gave them the news.

Entering the common room, Hermione decided she needed to tell Ginny first. That way, when telling the boys, she wouldn't be outnumbered. Rushing past the boys, Hermione grabbed Ginny and dragged her up to the dorms. Thankfully, they were empty giving Hermione the perfect opportunity to explain.

Quickly, Hermione spilled all of the details to Ginny. Her friend took the news well and much better than expected. Ginny understood and was completely supportive. During the war, while Hermione has been stationed with Blaise, Ginny had been stationed with Draco. Though she knew Hermione didn't trust Draco fully quite yet, she was confident that should would be safe under his watch. Together, the girls formed a plan for breaking the news to the boys. Hermione was all of not telling them, just to see how long it would take for one of them to notice her absence, but that idea was quickly shot down with a glare from her redheaded friend.

"Just be blunt. And honest." Ginny whispered in Hermione's ear as they headed back into the common room. Two anxious and unhappy boys were waiting at the bottom of the stairs for the girls. Rolling their eyes, both girls giggled at the sight of them. It was ridiculous really. You would think they'd been gone for ages.

"Well?" Ron piped up. "What did she want?" Ron was just impatient for the details, while Harry watched Hermione carefully, searching for some sign that she was- or had been- upset.

"I won't be staying in the Gryffindor tower this year." Hermione skirted around the whole truth for the moment, ignoring the glare she was receiving from Ginny. As much as she had planned to just come out and tell her boys, it was harder now that she was facing the two protective young men.

"I knew it! I knew there had to be a mix up." Ron exclaimed. Noticing the confused looks her was receiving he explained, "well obviously. You're the best in the whole school 'Mione. It was a shock for you to not get Head Girl. So tell me, how'd Hannah take it?" Hermione continued to look at Ron like he had grown two heads.

"You can't be serious?" Ginny laughed. Clearly, she found Ron's theory much more amusing than he planned. Glaring at his sister, he turned to Harry.

"You understand, don't you mate?" Ron was desperate for someone to understand. He didn't think his idea was that outrageous.

"Well actually..." Harry began sheepishly. "Even if there had been some sort of mistake, McGonagall would never have forced Hannah to give up a position she'd already been awarded." Before Ron had a chance to argue and defend his flawed theory, Hermione plucked up her Gryffindor courage and burst back into the conversation.

"I've been resorted!" She cried out. Effectively silencing her two best friends. "Into Slytherin." She finished, much quieter than her previous statement. Hermione silently cursed herself as her voice wavered. 'So much for bloody courage,' she thought to herself.

Ron looked at Hermione as if she'd grown two extra heads before standing, turning away from her, and heading into his dorm room. Hermione's heart dropped into the pit of her stomach as she watched him walk away before turning to the raven haired boy still sitting in front of her.

"Harry?" She whispered. Tears began to fill her eyes as he remained stoic before. Not moving, and not uttering a word. She thought she could see the conflicting emotions in his eyes, but nothing that she could truly interpret. Finally he looked to the ground and Hermione felt her heart break. He wasn't going to accept it either.

"How could you agree to something like this?" He asked her sadly, sounding as heart-broken as she was feeling. "How could you agree to become one of them?" This time, when he looked back up at her, she could read the emotions swimming in his green eyes. Only one really stood out to her though, betrayal. Hermione could feel her temper growing. Betrayal, really?

"How dare you!" She cried. "You were the one preaching to me all summer. Accept bloody Draco Malfoy. Why couldn't I see the good he had done? Why couldn't I see how he had changed? Well guess what Harry? I'm seeing it! I'm accepting it!" Hermione's voice continued to raise in volume drawing the attention of the few students lingering in the common room. "And yet, you have the balls to make me feel guilty about it! Are you out of your bloody mind? I can not believe the nerve of you," She paused, whipping around to see the redhead who had ventured down from the dorms after hearing her screaming, "Both of you!" In a flurry of curls Hermione furiously made her way back to her dorms. Closing her bed curtains and casting a silencing spell to prevent anyone, even Ginny, from bothering her again tonight.

"You've bloody well done it now!" Ginny hissed at the two boys. "Her last night in Gryffindor and you had to go and piss her off." Flowing in Hermione's example, Ginny turned on her heel and stormed up the stairs to her dorm.

Ron and Harry simply stared at the empty space where the girls had stood. For a few moments, the boys were in shock as to what had transpired.

"Oh bloody hell." Ron murmured before heading back up to his dorm. Realizing there was no way to fix the situation until the morning, Harry followed in suit. He knew he would need a good nights sleep in order to fix everything.

Little did he know, Hermione would be packed and gone before he even thought about getting out of bed the following morning.


A/N: Sorry if this chapter is a little rushed. It was necessary to transition into the next chapter, I promise. Also, reviews are nice, but flames are not. This is my very first attempt at fanfiction... ever. Every little piece of advice helps. :)