Disclaimer: It would have been so good if I had owned Harry Potter but unfortunately I don't :)
In the Gryffindor Compartment
Everyone was sitting in their respective places and talking about how they spent their holidays. The Hogwarts Express started moving. Suddenly the compartment door re-opened to reveal Neville and Luna standing by the gate.
"Can we sit here? Everywhere else is full" Neville asked hesitantly.
"Of course, Neville" Hermione exclaimed.
"Thank you, Hermione" Neville replied with relief.
"Thanks, Hermione" Luna replied with a smile.
Neville and Luna took their respective steps. Luna sat beside Hermione and Neville took his seat beside Harry just by the window.
"Doesn't it feels weird coming back to school after the war?" Neville asked smiling.
"Yes it does" Ron nodded.
"And the best part is that there is no psychopath trying to kill me this year" Harry said relaxing.
"Not to forget indeed an ugly psychopath" Ginny said rolling her eyes.
Everyone started chuckling at Ginny's words but Ginny narrowed her eyebrows at them and asked, "What? I'm stating facts. Look I've heard and even read that all the villains are hot and handsome but in our case, even trash looked better than Voldemort."
Everyone burst into laughter, even Ginny. They chatted about their past years and how Voldemort tried to ruin it.
"Remember that year when Barty Crouch Jr. in the form of Alastor Moody taught us DADA ?" Ginny asked in amusement.
"Of course we do. Can't forget about that year, can we? Harry won the Triwizard championship and the best part of the year was when Malfoy was turned into a ferret" Ron laughed.
"Speaking of Malfoy, did anyone notice that Malfoy has returned with his Slytherin buddies?" Harry asked.
Hermione immediately turned her attention from the window to Harry. Everyone nodded in response to Harry's questions.
"That git has got some courage. I mean after everything he did, he dared to return for the last year?" Ron said shaking his head in annoyance.
Hermione kept quiet not knowing how to respond. She started thinking of Draco and how he had bullied her since first year. She recalled all the times he had tormented her and her friends. How he had ruined their lives? And the time when Dumbledore died. She couldn't understand how a person can be so heartless. She really hated the boy.
"Hermione? Hermione?" Luna called her slightly tapping her on her shoulder.
"Uh...yes Luna?" Hermione suddenly came back to reality from her thoughts.
"What were you thinking about?"
"Oh, nothing important" Hermione shook her head.
Luna nodded in response and turned her head to to the front again.
"This is the last year and I am going to spend it chilling" Ron exclaimed.
"And what about N.E.W.T.S?" Hermione asked raising her eyebrow.
"Oh come on, Hermione. You are allowed to chill for a bit instead of just burrowing your nose in the books" Ron said waving his hand.
"Ronald, do you even have any idea how much N.E.W.T.S mean to all of us? We get our jobs on the basis of the marks we obtain in our N.E.W.T.S." Hermione said in frustration.
"That is our Hermione being Hermione" Ginny said side glancing at Hermione.
"Oh you all are pathetic" Hermione said standing up.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked.
"Outside. Just for fresh air" Hermione said opening the compartment door and disappearing after a while.
In the Slytherin Compartment
Everyone was sitting in complete silence. Some looking outside the window, some lost in their own thoughts, some staring at their laps but Theo was glancing all around. He wasn't accustomed to this situation. Finally he broke the silence, "Are we going to be quiet for the rest of the trip to Hogwarts? Because it's fucking killing me"
"And what do you prefer to talk about?" Blaise cocked his head.
"Anything" Theo demanded.
"Oh then let's talk about how the Ministry kicked our asses in the vacation" Blaise said with a fake smile.
"What? That's not funny" Theo said in annoyance.
"Sod off, Theo. We don't want to talk about anything." Pansy said with disgust.
"You guys are terrible. Fuck off all of you" Theo said getting up and exiting from the compartment.
In the train corridor
Theo was thinking whether what he did was right or wrong. Theo didn't take part in the war but his father did. Do he didn't suffer that much as his friends did. But still people think him to be a death eater even if he didn't take the mark.
Hermione was thinking about many things at the same time. Firstly of how her friends could be so careless about studies? And secondly of why Malfoy had to be such an arrogant git? And thirdly where the heck was she going? Suddenly she bumped into someone and lost her balance. She was just about to fall when someone grabbed her by her waist sand steadied her.
"Easy, Granger" Theo smirked.
Author's notes: Thanks to everyone who started reading my ff and sending love to the one who reviewed.