The train ride was very uneventful until the heads were called up into the front compartment. In the hallway I met a surprisingly cheerful Draco Malfoy passing by me in the hallway. The salty scent touched my nose as he passed. "Yo Malfoy!"

"Yes Granger?" He turned around and started to walk backwards I smirked and walked in front of him.

"Have fun on your early morning swim?"

"Surprisingly I did, believe it or not." he said while sticking out his tongue.

"Glad you did cause I sure didn't. I had to change my clothes before I got on the train I cant do magic because.... shit my birthday was just the other day. Damn I didn't need to change."

Dray laughed "The class' valedictorian forgot she was of age. My GOD what is the world coming to! Granger didn't even remember her own birthday." he teased

"Shut UP!!!" I said with an annoyed sarcastic voice.

He gave a hearty laugh. "Well, shall we enter?" We had, unknowingly to me, already arrived at our destination.

I passed him without answering and entered the compartment. There sitting in a black leather lazy-boy chair was Professor McGonagal. "Good now that you two have arrived we can begin." She went into a huge explanation on what our duties were to be, patrol schedules, and privileges. "You two will also be planing different functions for the school such as dances and end of the year trips for after final exams for each year and two for the 7th years."

We looked up curiously, "Do you mean like senior trips?" I questioned.

"Yes, exactly Hermione. Professor Dumbledore and I thought that a new tradition at Hogwarts should be formed and with the war being over we decided that we should cross over the magical border and bring in a muggle tradition. So, do you agree to all of the conditions of being a head."

We both nodded.

"Good, now I'll leave you both to plan the start of school ball. Write down all of your ideas on this white board to my left and the professors will prepare the Great Hall before you guys arrive and directly after the feast we shall have the ball. But of course you all shall have time to go and change after the feast which is why instead of sorting today we shall sort the houses tomorrow and the first years will sleep in the room of requirement for tonight."

"Alright professor." we both said.

"Remember make sure that you write your plans on that board and we will arrange the hall the way that you want it to be. Oh, and Mr. Malfoy please do not write on the board, I already have a hard enough time reading your essays I don't want to even try to decipher your handwriting when you write notes."

With a curt nod and a blush Dray says, "yes."

"Well then I shall leave you two be." With that she left with a quite pop.

"Okay, should we begin." I asked him.

"Of course." He responded.

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A couple of hours later the train slowed to a stop. By that time Dray and I were done completing the plans for the ball and we had returned to our prior compartments. Ron, Harry, Ginny, Luna, Neville and I were getting off the train to go toward the horseless carriages when Ron held me back by the wrist. "What are you doing Ron? We need to get up to the school."

"I know, but first..." he pulled me behind a tree and pushed me up against it, and he kissed me. At the moment where his face touched mine I screamed, which made him pull back. "What's wrong?"

"Ron, I can't I don't really like you that way."

"Come on Chloé, I know you do." With that he leaned in again and upon seeing his intention I aimed my knee at the right spot to make him double over and let go of me. With him on the ground I ran toward the carriages and jumped into the first one that I got to.

"Hello again, Granger. To what do we owe this pleasure?"

I turned to the voice and "Shit!" there was Malfoy, Zabini and Greengrass. They sniggered. "Sorry I'll just be quite."

"It's okay Granger we won't bite." said a husky voiced Zabini. "Come on don't be so nervous, the rest of us Slytherins this year don't have to be jerks anymore with our parents in jail."

"Thanks Blaise. So, how were your summers."

"Well I didn't do much I just stayed at my vineyard in Italy and hung out with my great aunt Patsy."

"Lucky! I just learned how to cook at the manner." said a clearly jealous Daphne.

"I just read all summer, I had nothing else to do until Angel's party." stated Draco.

"Yeah, that was some party." I said.

"It sure was" agreed Dray while staring out into space.

"You'll have to excuse him, he's done that this whole day so far. I think he likes that Angel girl" Daphne said with a smirk.

I laughed "Yo, Malfoy you like a Gryffindor eh?"

"So, who cares?" said a red-faced Malfoy.

"The king of all Gryff hater likes a Gryff, I never thought that I would ever see the day." I smirked, "I guess we aren't so disgusting after all Malfoy, are we?"

"I guess Gryffindors aren't as disgusting as before." he teased.

"Well Slytherins aren't that bad when they don't smell like low tide," I smirked.

"You know that was your fault."

"I have no idea what you are talking about, Mr. Draco "Ferret" Malfoy."

Everyone laughed, he had apparently told his friends about what occurred at the beach. The carriage stopped and we all exited. "You know your surprisingly fun to talk to. Well we need to separate from here see ya Hermione."

"Toodles!" I shouted as I walked away to join up with the Gryffs. Once there I caught up with Harry and he asked:

"Where have you been?"

"The dunce, otherwise known as Ronald, held me back after we got off the train, but I escaped."

"Escaped what exactly?"

"Him molesting me."

"What do you mean?" Ginny interrupted.

"You'll see what I mean he's coming this way. See y'all later." With that I left the two of them in confusion to join up with Lavender and Parvati at the door to enter and sit at the end of the Gryffindor table.

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With the feast completed, we all headed up to our respective towers (and the 1st years went to the RoR). We all got ready for the dance quickly and I convinced the girls to go down before me and to tell Ron that I was already on my way to the great hall. When I knew that the common room was empty I took out the piece of paper that my mother had given me and I said the incantations and turned myself back into Chloé and made my way downstairs to the great hall. By the time that I arrived the music had started and all the students were dancing.

I entered and went over to the punch bowl and poured myself a glass. After downing all of my glass a dark haired Ravenclaw named Terry Boot asked me to dance. I shook my head yes and we made our way over to the dance floor and began to grind.