I just want to say that none of the characters belong to me
but to J.K" Rowling so don't sue me.
Change of heart
It was the evening before she would have to catch the train
to Hogwarts for her sixth year.
Hermione was once again sitting but her window in her room thinking
about her up to date life.
"Look at all those people laughing and enjoying themselves
like they don't have any worries. God
do I ever envy them; they probably have no idea what it's like to be me. To never have had one person say something
nice to you, or to be insulted every day with no end? I wish I could step out of my skin and jump into someone
else's. I guess Malfoy was right. For all these years I've ignored him, but in
reality he was right, he saw who I was.
I guess I'm too ugly to be loved.
Those people disgust me, they're so damn happy. I can't remember the last time I was truly
happy. Maybe my existence isn't that
important if I can't even be happy." With tears silently falling down her face,
Hermione lets herself fall on her bed.
And like every other night, crying herself to bed.
After saying her good-byes to her parents, Hermione headed
for the back of the train. She really
wasn't looking forward to the school year.
It wasn't because she didn't like Hogwarts, quite the opposite; she
loved it there, especially the library.
It was the fact of facing the music, which was Malfoy. To spend another ten months of his
insufferable insults and lame puns.
Just the thought of him made chills run down her back. Just then Hermione heard voices outside her
compartment.
"Now be careful, and behave yourself. I don't want to hear about getting into
trouble this year Ron." It was Mrs.
Weasley's voice. "And don't give Harry
a hard time either, he's been through a lot already at such a young age."
"Don't worry Mum."
And he came into the compartment to find Hermione already there, he nose
in a book. Just then Harry came in and
dumped all his luggage into a vacant seat.
"Hey Herm, how was your summer?" Harry asked as the train
pulled out of the station.
"Same as always I guess.
What about you guys?" Ron and Harry talked about their summer vacation
the whole train ride. Now that Sirius's
name was cleared from all charges, he finally had custody of Harry. Harry was quite glad because the Dursley's
were driving him crazy. Not noticing
that Hermione was to occupied with her book to listen to a word they were
saying.
"Herm, wake up, were almost there." Ron was shaking her.
"Wha…Were are we?" she asked rubbing her eyes.
"We're almost at the train station in Hogsmeade"
With that she sat up and packed her book away. Finally realizing that she was still in her
muggle clothes, she fished for her robes in her trunk and put them on.
"You could have woken me up a little earlier you know" She
told the two boys sternly as they descended the train and got into a horseless
carriage followed by Harry, Ron and to their mal fortune Malfoy.
"What's wrong Malfoy, couldn't fine your friends to share a
carriage with?" Ron said almost jumping on him. Harry and Hermione had to hold him down to stop him from killing
Malfoy.
"Funny you should ask." Malfoy said with a slight smile
"How so?" Hermione asked seeming quite interested in this
subject.
"Because Crabbe and Goyle don't attend this school anymore"
"What happened?"
"They got kicked out for finally getting caught violating the
code of conduct of the school. Why?"
"So now your looking for new friends is that it Malfoy?" Ron
spat out. But before he could answer,
the carriage stopped and they headed up to the front doors. They joined the crowd that was flooding into
the Great Hall as always. The sorting of the new students was to take place
before the opening feast. Time seemed
to fly by. It seemed like minutes ago that they had just entered the Great Hall
and now they were headed up to the Gryffindor tower for bed. As Hermione entered her dorm, she noticed
that her luggage had already been brought up.
Flinging herself on her bed, she wondered why Malfoy had told them about
Crabbe and Goyle. Was he indeed, like
Ron had suggested, looking for new friends, or did he have a change of heart
over the summer? It was kind of weird
because Malfoy had actually been nice to them. She fell asleep with this floating in her mind.
Authors note: I really hate cliffhangers, so I don't know
why I put one in.
