Hello again! Sorry I haven't been able to update this story in a while. I am back to update this story and I hope y'all like it!


It was now September 1st and Platform 9 ¾ was packed full of Hogwarts students. The Greengrass family stood together on the platform, the girls excited to go back to Hogwarts.

"Mother, why do you always cry?" Astoria asked the Greengrass matriarch.

"I'm sorry dears. I just hate to see you all leave." Antoinette said as she wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief.

"Mom, don't worry. Since this is a repeat year for us, we will all be graduating in the spring."

"I know but then you will move out, get married and start your own families and I won't see you at all."

Daphne and Astoria rolled their eyes, "You know you will see us. Since we are in our last year, we can go to Hogsmede whenever we want on weekends. You can come see us every weekend if you want to." Astoria said.

"Tori! Don't say that or she will." Daphne whispered to her sister. Hermione giggled behind her hand.

"Oh, there's an idea! Okay girls, I think you should get on the train. I will send you all an owl telling you when I plan on visiting." She hugged Daphne and Astoria. When they were hugging their father, she pulled Hermione aside, "I don't feel like we had enough time together and now you are leaving me again." Fresh tears started to fall from her eyes.

"I know. But this time it isn't going to be for years. It will only be for a couple of months, and like Astoria said, you can meet us in Hogsmede whenever you want on weekends."

"I know my dear, but that still doesn't make this easy."

Hermione hugged her mother and her mother squeezed her back, "I will miss you, mum. You to, dad."

"I will miss you too, Hermione." Her father said as he joined the hug between mother and daughter.

"Come on, Hermione! The boys have gotten a cabin for us!" Daphne yelled.

"Well I guess this is it. Bye, I will miss you."

"Goodbye dear." William Greengrass said as he saw his three daughters enter the train.

When they got onto the train, Astoria led Hermione and Daphne to the back end of the train where the big cabins were. When they got to the cabin Hermione saw that everyone was there. Harry, Ginny, Ron, Pansy, Luna, Theo, Blaise and Draco. As Daphne and Astoria went over by their boyfriends, Draco smiled at Hermione and patted the seat next to him. She blushed, but smiled back and went to sit by him.

"Hi." She said softly as she took her seat.

"Hi." He said back with a smile still plastered on his face.

"How are you?" she asked him as they started a conversation just between the two of them.

"I am better now." He winked at her.

"You have to stop doing that."

"Doing what?"

"Smiling at me and winking at me. You keep making me blush. I probably look like a tomato right now."

He laughed, "A cute tomato."

She buried her face in her hands and hoped and prayed that when she lifted her head, the redness would be gone. After a few minutes, she felt herself cool down and lifted her head.

"So are you ready for our final year, Mione?" Ron asked.

"Yeah. But I am also sad because it is the last year. Even though a lot of bad things happened, some pretty great things happened too. I am going to miss it." She said.

She felt Draco put his arm around her and give her a small squeeze, "Then I guess we better make this year the most memorable one yet." He said to everyone.


The rest of the train ride was filled with laughter, games and good times. When they arrived at Hogwarts Hermione looked up to the sky, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "I'm home." She said with a smile.

They all entered the Great Hall together but had to split up and sit at their house tables.

"I will see you soon okay?" Draco said to Hermione.

"Yeah. Bye, Draco" Hermione then walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Ron.

The sorting went by pretty fast, or at least it felt like it did.

"Welcome students, both new and returning, to another year here at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It the light of the events that happened last school year, we know that this year will be a great one. I would like to introduce our Head Boy and Girl at this time. Please, everyone, give a round of applause for our Head Boy, Draco Malfoy from Slytherin and our Head Girl, Hermione Greengrass from Gryffindor." Everyone in the Great Hall cheered for the two Head students. "They will be there to answer any questions that you might have, but they will also give detentions and take away house points if they notice any bad behavior. Now, with that all said, let's eat" Headmistress McGonagall said.

After everyone was done eating, they all went to their dormitories, except for Draco and Hermione. They met each other at the back of the Great hall and waited for McGonagall to walk them to their new dormitories. They eventually came to a stop in front of a framed painting of the Hogwarts Crest.

"You have to choose a password together. You can choose to keep it a secret or you can let your close friends know. You can also change it when ever you want to. I assume you both have grown up over the past few months and I expect nothing less that the best behavior from you two. Understood?"

"Yes, Headmistress." They both said.

"Very good. Now choose a password and get some sleep. Class start early tomorrow." Without another word, she walked away.

Hermione turned to Draco, "What should our password be?"

"How about 'Pace ed unita'. It means peace and unity in Latin."

"Sounds good to me." They spoke the password to the painting and it swung open.

As they stepped in, they were greeted with the most beautiful view from the big window on the back wall. Hermione ran over to it and looked out over the grounds of Hogwarts.

"Look, Draco. It's so beautiful." She felt him come and stand next to her. Her looked out the window. He could see the Black lake and in the distance, the Quidditch pitch.

"Yeah. It's a great view."

"I am going to look around the rest of the room.

"Okay." Draco said as he watched her run off. He laughed at her. She looked just like a first year running around their new dorm for the first time.

After they both finished looking around the whole dorm, they both decided it was time to go to sleep.

"Goodnight, Draco."

"Goodnight, Hermione. See you tomorrow." They both closed their doors and went to sleep with smiles on their faces.


I hope you like this chapter of Changes! I don't know when the next time I will be able to update is, but I promise it won't be as long as this past time has been. Please leave a review! – Kati