Hi everybody,

So, I haven't updated in a while, I know, sorry! I've had exams, vacation, crazy jobs and a lot of family drama combined with a fried hard drive. But I'm back now.

So, since Hermione is all about learning I figured I had to know her school schedule and stuff like that. I reread almost the whole book. Every clue that I could find, I used, but I had to make up most of the schedule myself. Also, I needed a lot of time to find all the names of Harry's classmates. I want to keep it as canon as possible, but I always wondered why there are 20 people in a combined class (when Slytherin and Gryffindor have flying lessons there are 20 brooms, when Hufflepuff and Gryffindor have Herbology there are 20 plants) when we only know 8 Gryffindors. It turns out there are indeed 10 Gryffindor, but we never learn the names of the 2 other Gryffindor girls. A lot of research later I found almost everything out, saw the list of names Rowling made for Harry's classmates and decided that Lilith Moon and Sophie Roper will be the other Gryffindor girls (mostly because they are the only non sorted girls that I know both the first name and surname of). I also think that Hermione is, unlike Harry, the kind of girl that will talk to other/new people and not just her friends. When they start DA she knows a lot of people Harry and Ron haven't even heard of, so I thought it would be fun to meet all those people. Well, tell me what you think.

I want to send my love out to EmmaRose15, who gave me my first review, you made me really happy, thank you so much! I really hate it when people put those 'review please!' all over there page, so I am not going to do that, but I would really like to know what you think (especially if it's something I can improve!).

Don't really get why everybody puts those 'I don't own this, please don't sue me!' notes on every page either. I mean, it's a fanfiction site, is there anything somebody actually owns around here? But since everybody does it: I don't own any of the characters or places. They all belong to the brilliant mind of J. K. Rowling.

Wow, longest authors note ever, sorry! Enjoy the fourth chapter!

Chapter 4 – "Have you ever been in a place this big?"

The next day Hermione woke up at seven o'clock. She could not wait to start class. Today she had Charms and History of Magic before lunch and after lunch she had Herbology and Transfiguration. She was the most excited about Transfiguration, she would love to change one object into another. She had, of course, read all about it already. Hermione tried to make as little sound as possible, not wanting to wake up the other girls. She got dressed and went to the common room. She wanted to read a bit in A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch before her Transfiguration class this afternoon. After reading for a while she went to the Great Hall for breakfast. She sat down next to Percy, the Gryffindor prefect.

"Good morning," she said while poring herself a glass of orange juice.

"Hermione, good morning to you too." Percy gave her a little nod. "You're up early."

"I know, I was just too excited to sleep any longer. I am so glad the classes start right away. This morning I have Charms and History of Magic with the Ravenclaws and after lunch I have Herbology with the Hufflepuffs and Transfiguration. Oh, I am looking forward to Transfiguration! I heard that professor McGonagall teaches that class, is she good?" Hermione was so excited she couldn't stop talking. "And is it true that History of Magic is being teached be a ghost? And are we really…"

"Yes, McGonagall is a very adequate and honest teacher." She was interrupted by Percy's response. "And yes, professor Binns is indeed a ghost. Now if you'll excuse me, I have prefect duties. Have a nice day."

"Thank you. You too!" she said when Percy stood up and walked away. She now sat completely along and although more and more people filled the room, nobody sat down next to her. She didn't mind though, she was to happy to notice.

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Professor Flitwick started his Charms class with taking the register. He was a little man, standing on books just to reach his desk. This was all so different from her old school. When he got to Harry Potter's name he got so excited that he lost his balance and toppled out of sight. After he'd taken all the names he started talking about the importance of Charms and what they could expect to learn the rest of the year. Before she knew it, the class had ended. After carefully putting away her notes Hermione almost ran to her next class, History of Magic.

"Good morning." A ghost had entered the class room. "Emeric the Evil. Emeric got his name during the first Kobold war, which he led. In 309 he started a revolution that would be the beginning of forty-three years of war. When he was…"

The ghost was their teachers! He hadn't even introduced himself! Hermione was so shocked she almost forgot to take notes. According to her schedule the class was teached by professor Binns. Even though the ghost, professor Binns, talked very monotone and didn't pay attention to his students, it was still very interesting. She was especially interested by the story of Uric the Oddball, the kobold that leaded the war after Emeric the Evil had died. He fought the war in a very different way than Emeric had done. In staid of fighting some guerrilla war and taking out a lot of unknowing muggles he infested his time in building up a great defense. Then he tried to talk about the problems, he tried to mediate with the wizards. When that didn't work he made the wizards believe that they had taken over the ministry. Somehow it reminded Hermione of Troy, although Uric never actually got into the ministry. The way Uric had ended the war sounded so much peace fuller than the way Emeric had started it. She just had to read more about this.

And so Hermione ended up in the library during lunch that first day. She read and read and read and almost forgot that she had to go to Herbology. She had to run to the greenhouse to be there in time. While Professor Sprout though them about magical plants and fungi, Hermione was very glad that she had a big breakfast, otherwise she might have gotten hungry. She was so busy taking notes, she didn't even notice that the girl from the train, Susan Bones, was in the same class.

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Her last class of the day was Transfiguration, thought by professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor. Professor McGonagall started the class by chanced her desk into a pig and back, something they wouldn't learn for a few years. They did start with changing a match into a needle, like she had been expecting. It was really hard though, at the end of the class her match was only a little grey and pointy. But when professor McGonagall pointed it out to the rest of the class she realized she was the only one that had accomplished something. She grew with pride.

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Hermione decided to pay another visited to the library, she had about forty minutes before diner. She was impressed by the magnitude of the library, she had barely noticed it this morning. Walking through it she noticed the Restricted Section.

"What are you looking for, little girl?" the librarian stood before her, scarring Hermione a little bit.

"I… I'm looking for a book. Something about the history of this world. I already read all my school books and A History of Hogwarts and during lunch I read about Urik the Oddball and…"

"A little reader you are. Why don't you come with me," the librarian led her away from the Restricted Section. "I'm Madam Pince."

"I'm Hermione Granger," she answered.

"Well miss Granger, here are some books appropriate for your level." Madam Pince pointed at a shelf full. "You're a first year, correct?"

"Yes, yes, I'm a first year. Thank you!"

Hermione turned to the shelves, looking for something that interested her. She quickly found a book named Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry. It was all so interesting, that she almost forgot about diner too, until her belly started rumbling. Quickly she put the book away and hurried to the Great Hall.

"Oemphf, Sorry!" While running around the corner she had bummed into someone. Her bag fell on the ground and flew open.

"Hey, watch it!" She looked up from the ground, looking in the face of the blond boy. "Don't you know who I am?"

"It's Draco Malfoy, right? I'm so sorry for walking into you."

"That's right." He looked quite arrogant. "It's Malfoy."

"Hermione Granger." She stood up and held her hand out, leaving her books on the ground, but he didn't shake it so she put it back down.

"Family of Hector Dagwort-Granger, I assume."

"Now why would you assume that?" He hadn't even ask her, he'd just told her. She wondered how someone could be this sure of themselves. He would probably hate her if he found out she wasn't from some important wizard family. Luckily Hector Dagwort-Granger had won an award, and she had just read about that in Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry.

"Because I never heard of another Granger."

"Well, that they haven't all won prices like Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers doesn't mean that there aren't any other Grangers." She put her books in her bag and wanted to walk around him. She was to hungry for this.

"Wait." Malfoy told her before she made it out of the halfway. She turned around and waited for him to say something more. After almost 30 seconds, just when Hermione started to get annoyed, he continued. "Welcome at Hogwarts."

He walked away leaving a confused Hermione behind.

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Hermione had enjoyed dinner. It wasn't as spectacular as the day before, but it was still pretty impressive. After having eaten she'd gone up to her dormitory, just as the four other girls had done. She had met them last night, and briefly talked to Parvati Patil and Lilith Moon but they had all been too tired to talk much. Now they were sitting together, talking about their day. She took a few books out of her bag and put them on her nightstand.

"Hermione? Come join us," said a small girl with short blond hair. If she remembered correctly the girl was named Sophie, Sophie Roper.

"Euhm.. I was actually planning on doing some reading. Transfiguration is a lot of work, I don't want to fall behind," she said, even though she had finished all homework before diner.

"Fall behind? What?" A girl with brown curls, which must be Lavender, gave her a weird look, before looking at the girl next to her. "It's our first day. Is she crazy?"

The girls laughed, but Parvati stood up. "Here, sit with us, just for a minute. My sister likes to study to, but we all deserve a break. I need to run downstairs, I'll be back."

"So, Sophie was telling us how she has never been in a place this big. Have you ever been in a place this big?" Lavender asked her.

"Well, I went to Gwydir Castle with my parents ones. Although Gwydir Castle is more an example of a Tudor architecture courtyard house or fortified manor house. Not at all a traditional castle, but neither is Hogwarts. It did have a lot of stairs, but of course they didn't move, like they do here. Although during the…"

"Please stop talking," Lavender had cut her off. "No offence honey, but you're dull. I don't really care about the number of stairs in some courthouse. And even if I did, no place has more stairs than Hogwarts. There are about a thousand stairs here."

"Courtyard house. And actually there are 142 stairs in Hogwarts. It just seems like there are more because they keep moving. Sometimes they even…"

"I'm going to walk a stair now, who's coming with me?" Lavender jumped of the bed and walked out of the room.

Both Lilith and Sophie stood up and followed her. Although Sophie hesitated a minute, watching a lonely Hermione sitting on Parvati's bed. "Aren't you coming?"

"No, it's fine, I'm tired anyway," lied Hermione, she was sure Lavender wouldn't want her to come downstairs with them.

"Okay, sleep well," said Sophie, before closing the door.

Hermione couldn't sleep though. This was her second day at Hogwarts and she'd already managed to irritate a lot of people. Maybe she wouldn't fit in here either. She took her copy of History of Magic out and started to read. When she heard the girls coming back, she put it away quickly and pretended to sleep, but it would be hours before she actually fell asleep.

As you can see I decided she should also have a class with the Ravenclaws, in my opinion that seemed logical. Also, I need a first name for two Hufflepuff students named Spinks and Puncorn and one for a Slytherin student named Rivers. Rivers is a girl, Spinks and Puncorn is unknown (although one has to be a guy and the other a girl). So if you have any suggestions, please let me know! Also, I really want to know what you think of the use of the non-canon (but still made up by Rowling, I believe they are called pre-canon) characters. So just let me know, okay?

(Btw, did you guys also think of the song from Fame when Hermione is talking to Malfoy? Yeah, I'm big on quotes, this one was unintentional though.)