I do not own Harry Potter, if I was JK I don't think i'd be writing fanfiction


The first person to walk into the Common Room was a girl, she had sleek black hair which was neatly in a tight hair band at the back of her head. "Hello and welcome to Hogwarts, my name is Johanna Marcust and I have been sent here to introduced you to the ways of Hogwarts" You could tell Johanna was the bossy sort. Very organised and you certainly wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of her. "I am just starting 7th year like you are, I'm Head Girl and a boy in Slytherin is Head Boy. We are the people you need to see if you have a minor problem, major problems of course you should consult a Professor" Ron, Luna and Hermione were now all nodding like idiots "Good, here are your timetables and a map of Hogwarts. I have to say Miss Granger you are taking an abnormally large amount of classes, almost as many as our Head Boy. If you feel yourself falling behind do come and see me so we can sort thing out. I have to do corridor duty now so I suggest you three all get an early night, tomorrow is going to be a busy day for you". She marched out of the Common Room as quickly as she had come in.

"Wow" Ron said.

"I think we should take her advice" Luna commented.

"Yes, Ron we'll meet you down here at 7:30 sharp"

The three of them went to their dorms. As Hermione was just getting into bed to reflect on her day Luna started having a conversation with her.

"It's rather exciting isn't it?"

"It's an annoyance; we have to remember that we don't belong here. Tomorrow i'm going to start searching through the library in search of methods of time travel."

"Mm perhaps, night" Luna switched the lights off.

Hermione had no idea what she was going on about "exciting"? How is this exciting we could change the whole course of the future by just letting one thing slip, if anything this situation they had landed themselves in was dangerous.

Luna and Hermione met Ron in the Common Room at 7:30 as arranged; it took them a full half an hour to actually get out of the Common Room because they were being introduced to so many different Gryffindor's telling them how they were going to love their time at Hogwarts.

When they finally escaped the clutches of the over friendly Gryffindor's they made their way down to the Great Hall but just as they were about to enter they were once again sidetracked by a Slytherin boy.

"Excuse me; please may I have a word?" The trio grumbled yes not really wanting anymore greetings.

"My name is Tom Riddle" As soon as he uttered his name Ron and Hermione's heads shot up and looked at him. He has porcelain skin and black hair which appeared like it had been perfectly positioned on its own accord, he was tall but not too tall just tall enough. But the most amazing thing about Tom Riddle was his eyes, Hermione couldn't look away from them they were Green but had black running through them. He was beautiful, he looked almost unreal. "I am Head Boy at Hogwarts; I believe you have already met Johanna who is Head Girl. My message isn't much different to hers just enjoy yourselves" and he was gone.

"What a charming boy" Luna admired.

Ron then did something rather unexpected, he faced Luna grabbed her arms looked right into her eyes so they were only an inch apart and spoke very deeply "You listen to me Luna that boy, that thing is You Know Who, you will not talk to him, you will avoid him at all costs and you will never get close to him. Do you understand me?" Ron was standing so close to Luna it made Hermione very uncomfortable.

"Yes" Luna's voice had turned into a whisper.

Ron backed away from her "Same goes for you Hermione"

"I can look after myself thanks Ron, come on lets go. I'm starving"

Whilst eating breakfast Hermione was comparing timetables "How is it that you two are in every lesson together and I am only in one of your lessons and that's Potions?" She grumbled.

"Search me, probably because you are taking more classes than we are or something" Ron shrugged.

"Well at least we've got Potions first so I won't be alone" Usually Hermione didn't mind being on her own for lessons but with this Hogwarts being new to her she was a little bit more nervous about it now.

The Great Hall started to empty with students heading for their first lesson of the year. "Remember, we are new so we can't know our way around Hogwarts someone get out their map and look confused to where we are supposed to be going" Hermione said quietly. They did as she said and next thing they knew Tom Riddle was at their side escorting them to their Potions lesson which coincidently he was in too.

They waited outside Slughorn's classroom "Professor Slughorn isn't usually late" Tom explained to them as if it was his fault Slughorn was late.

"Ok" Hermione said bluntly.

"How have you been finding Hogwarts so far? I assume it's very different to Beauxbatons"

"It's good" Hermione noticed a few girls whispering and looking admiringly towards Tom "Is that your little group of admirers?" She said it before she even realised what she was saying.

Tom chuckled to himself "I suppose you could say that, Miss Granger"

"It's Hermione"

"I prefer to call people by their first names when we know each other well"

Hermione was blushing wildly, this was so unlike herself. Tom didn't seem to notice how red her face had gotten. He opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Slughorn "Go in class, sorry I'm late. Dippet wanted me. Ah hello Tom, welcome back to Hogwarts I expect you'll keep up my high expectations for your NEWT year"

"You too Professor and of course I will" Slughorn beamed at him totally ignoring the presence of Hermione.

The class entered and Hermione, Luna and Ron were left standing at the back of the class not sure where to sit.

"Are you the three new pupils?" The whole class turned to look at them, except Tom who was staring into space.

Ron gulped "Yeah, that's us"

"Ah well let's see, Mr..?

"Weatherby"

"Well you and your blonde haired companion can sit there" He half heartedly pointed to two empty seats near the left of the classroom. "And Miss..?"

"Granger"

"Well, Miss Granger the only other unoccupied seat is next to Tom. You don't mind do you Tom?"

"Certainly no sir" However he didn't look too pleased. Practically the whole female population of the class started whispering about Hermione getting to sit next to Tom.

Slughorn lectured for what seemed like hours and then he finally set the class to make a potion.

"I'll get the equipment" Tom volunteered. Hermione was very relieved he was leaving her even if it was only for a few minutes, during the whole lecture she kept sneaking a quick looks at him but he was always catching her doing it. She felt so stupid that she didn't answer any questions during the lecture.

Tom came back over carrying the equipment he placed each piece down carefully one by one Hermione didn't know what else to do than stare at him.

She finally gathered together the guts to say "Do you want me to set up?"

"That would be lovely"

The only problem was Hermione had no idea what she was supposed to be doing; Tom came back with the ingredients. "Are you struggling?"

"Um a bit" Hermione started to regret the decision to say they were in 7th year it was going to be harder than she expected. Although she looked over at Ron and Luna and they seemed to be coping fine. Perhaps it was just the fact that she had to make a potion with the darkest wizard of all time, anyone would find that task unnerving. The rest of the lesson in Hermione's eyes was a disaster, Tom did everything and that isn't an exaggeration all Hermione actually did was hand him the ingredients he needed and helped him pack away. They were both walking back to the equipment cupboard with their arms stacked high with all different types of equipment they had used during the lesson, Tom walked in and Hermione followed. The room was smaller than she remembered and it was rather uncomfortable for them both to put away their equipment due to the fact every time they tried to move they kept on bumping into each other. Every time they did touch it sent a shiver up Hermione's spine, Tom however acted as if he were alone.

The lesson ended soon after the equipment cupboard incident and Slughorn dismissed the class.

"Blimey" Ron said whilst walking out of the class with Luna and Hermione on either side of himself.

"What is it Ronald?" Hermione questioned.

"You and You Know Who of course! I told you to steer well clear of him"

"Oh sorry, next time i'll force Slughorn to put me next to someone else shall I?"

"Whatever Hermione but what would Harry think?"

"It might not have registered through your thick skull yet Ronald that Harry isn't here, it's us three alone and the sooner we get out of here the better. I'm already sick of it and we haven't been here a single day, i've got Muggle Studies now. Goodbye" She marched off.

A not so lovely surprise greeted her outside her Muggle Studies classroom.

Tom Riddle approached her as she walked down the corridor "Ah Miss Granger, we meet again. I hope you're not stalking me perhaps you could join my 'little group of admirers'" Hermione couldn't help but smile at that.

"Or it could just be a coincidence"

"I don't believe in coincidences" He said this in a rather sly way which reminded Hermione that this was in fact Voldemort and she shouldn't be talking to him at all. The classroom door swung open, "After you Miss Granger" She felt obliged to go through first.

Fortunately Hermione wasn't sat next to Tom during Muggle Studies which made her relax a lot more, she resumed her know it all ways. Occasionally Tom would look at her with an impressed expression, if anything this just made her want to prove that she was in fact very intellectual unlike Toms 'little group of admirers'. But just before the lesson was due to finish Hermione realised something rather odd, why was Tom Riddle Muggle hater taking Muggle Studies? This rather consumed all of her thinking for the last ten minutes of class and she couldn't come to a conclusion at all. Sooner rather than later the bell went and the class emptied out, it occurred Hermione that she had been in such a rage with Ronald that she hadn't arranged to meet him anywhere. Break was only 15 minutes long and she had Ancient Runes next so she decided to just go to the toilet until next lesson started.

The closest bathroom to her was Moaning Myrtles, she didn't particularly want to go in there but she didn't really have any other choice. She expected to be welcomed by Myrtle immediately but to her surprise the Bathroom was surprisingly quiet except it had a very eerie feel to it. She had just entered a toilet cubicle when she heard footsteps.

"Myrtle" it was only a whisper but already Hermione knew the voice.

Tom Riddle was standing just outside her cubicle. She didn't breathe; she didn't dare to breathe actually. She knew that she had two options one was to stay in the cubicle and pray Tom wouldn't find her or two open the cubicle door and continue just as she would as if Tom wasn't there. The only problem with option two is that it could lead to some awkward questions.

She did the most unGryffindor like thing possible and stayed in her cubicle.

All of a sudden she hear the sweet sickly voice of Moaning Myrtle saying "Oh, hi Tom. I was just circling around the drainage, what bring you here?" She had that flirting voice she had when she spoke to Harry.

But when she spoke to Tom like that it made Hermione feel angry. She had no idea why.


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