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A/N: This is a flashback, just in case you wanted to know.
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Forever Never Ends
Chapter 8
Flashback
Hermione Granger walked proudly through the barrier to platform 9 ¾, with one arm cradling her cat, Crookshanks, and the other arm tugging at her suitcase. It was a large black suitcase that had wheels so it could be easily moved around, which is exactly what Hermione wanted, so that she could easily transport all the new clothes and robes that she had bought during the summer.
Hermione had changed this year. During the summer, she had joyfully found a spell in one of her magic books that could transform her bushy hair into locks of silky, smooth brown hair, permanently. Without having to worry all the time about her fuzzy hair anymore, Hermione had noticed that her hair color was honey colored - a very beautiful golden brown. Her teeth were straightened back in fourth year, and with the addition of her new, beautiful hair, she looked gorgeous. This year, Hermione Granger was going to walk confidently through the halls of Hogwarts.
She smiled happily when she arrived at the other side of the barrier and she looked at the great red train that stood before her. The platform was a crowded place and she glanced around to see mothers and fathers kissing their children goodbye. Her own parents had not come this year but they had given her their blessing before she left for the train station. This was due to the fact that there was a national dentist conference, and her parents had wanted to attend. Of course, they said they would cancel it because they wanted to see her off on the Hogwarts Express, especially since this was her last year, but she told them she'd be fine going by herself. Hermione knew how important this meeting would be to her parents. After all, it only happened every once ten years. So, after lots of persuasion, Hermione finally convinced her parents that she was grown up and she could handle going to the train station by herself.
Stepping nervously into the crowd, she tried desperately to find her friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Harry was her best friend at Hogwarts, and Ron, well, maybe he was a little more. After all, starting from fifth year, they had been deemed as a couple. Hermione looked around hoping to get a glimpse of the Weasleys' trademark red hair. She didn't need to look long because they found her first.
"Hermione! Over here!"
Hermione spun around and saw her two friends grinning madly at her.
"Goodness Hermione, what'd you do to yourself?" asked a very surprised Ron.
Hermione blushed crazily, turning the same color as the train beside her. "Oh, it's my hair, that's all."
"I think it's very pretty," Ron said, his cheeks also reddening. "I'm so happy to see you, it's been forever."
"Yeah, I missed you too," said Hermione quietly, still blushing. Ron leaned over and gave her a little kiss on the lips.
Harry stood beside them mouthing the words 'Ron and Hermione sitting in a tree…' and it wasn't until Ron gave him a furious glare that he stopped and smiled innocently, as if he had done nothing. "I was just saying, uh, we had better find an empty compartment soon, or else they'll be full."
"Oh, Harry, grow up!" exclaimed Hermione as she rolled her eyes.
And with that, the trio boarded the Hogwarts Express with their baggage. They found an empty compartment somewhere in the middle of the train, and sat down to refresh themselves.
"So, Hermione, I suppose you are the new Head Girl," said Ron, merrily.
Hermione blushed furiously and nodded.
"Well, no surprises there," said Harry. "Let us see your badge!"
"It's in my suitcase and I don't want to dig it out at the moment. Besides, haven't you got one too, Harry?"
Harry looked disheartened and shook his head slowly. "No."
Hermione burst into laugher and the other two could not understand why. "Harry, stop being silly, that's absolutely ludicrous! Who else would get it besides you? No boy in the school gets better marks than you. Oh, come on now, Harry, just admit you're lying."
"I'm not," Harry said quietly, denying her accusation.
Hermione looked up, and seeing Harry's face, knew that he did not lie. She was startled and at a loss for words. "B-but…then who?"
Harry shook his head and Ron muttered a "who knows."
"I'm going to find out once we get to Hogwarts! Dumbledore must have made a mistake! It has to be you, Harry, it has to!"
The compartment was unusually quiet and stayed that way until a witch came around with a cart full of snacks. The three, all feeling terribly hungry, bought the whole lot, pigged out, and talked merrily for the rest of the train ride, forgetting their previous conversation.
A few hours later, they decided that they had better change into their school robes. Hermione clumsily put on her robe, but then straightened it when she remembered what she was going to adorn the robe with. She proudly pinned the silver Head Girl badge onto the side of her black robe.
When the train finally slowed to a stop, it was already nighttime. The trio picked up their luggage and stepped off the train, receiving a sudden wave of adrenaline from breathing the cool, fresh, night air.
They scrambled into the nearest empty carriage they could find, and felt excited that this was their last year at school, at last. This was the last time they would be able to ride in these magical carriages, and each of them were silent during the ride, trying to put everything into their memory.
Before they realized it, they were already at the school, and were climbing up the great stone steps. Professor McGonagall opened the door and all the students crowded inside the warm castle and started seating themselves in the Great Hall. After everyone had settled down, and Professor McGonagall and taken her place at the teacher's table, Dumbledore spoke up.
"Before the first years arrive, I want to ask that the Head Boy and Head Girl for this year please meet with me after dinner in the Tranfiguration classroom. Thank you. Now, if I am not wrong with my calculations, the first years should be waiting at the stone steps right now. Professor McGonagall, if you please."
Professor McGonagall quickly stood up and left the hall. The students chattered quickly with each other until a few minutes later, when the professor returned, leading a group of nervous looking children up to the front of the Great Hall, where the sorting hat sat on a small wooden stool. Hermione looked at the frightened, but excited children and wondered if that was how she looked too when she first entered the school six years ago. The students listened patiently as the old battered up hat sang its song, which, Hermione noticed, seemed to be increasing in length every year. The sorting itself, though, was an exciting process. The returning students cheered happily for the new students that were sorted into their houses.
The dinner at Hogwarts was magnificent. Hermione enjoyed the food even though she knew it was cooked by house elves. Last year, Ron and Harry had finally convinced her to give up the whole SPEW thing. She finally agreed to give it up, realizing that the house elves hated her with a passion.
Dinner was a very social event. After she finished eating and the feast was over, she sat there talking with her friends for quite awhile before she suddenly remembered Professor Dumbledore's request to the Head Boy and Head Girl. With a little "oh, no!" Hermione sprang up, and without explaining to any of her friends, she bolted out of the Great Hall and down the halls of Hogwarts until she arrived in front of the Tranfiguration classroom door.
She stood there for a minute, leaning against the wall and catching her breath. Then she straightened her badge, turned the doorknob, and peeked inside. Professor Dumbledore was already there, seated at the large desk in the front of the room, which usually belonged to Professor McGonagall.
"Good evening, Miss Granger. Why don't you have a seat," said Dumbledore, pointing to a chair that faced him.
Hermione quickly scrambled into the room and sat down where he had indicated. "Good evening, Professor Dumbledore."
The moment after Hermione sat down and uttered her reply to Dumbledore, she heard footsteps coming down the hall, heading towards the room which she was now in.
"If I am not mistaken, here comes this year's Head Boy."
The door opened and Hermione gasped at who stood at the doorway. It was Draco Malfoy.
"Good Evening, Mr. Malfoy. Now, if you will please have a seat here by Miss Granger."
Draco walked in slowly, and as if it were terribly agonizingly painful, he sat down
in the chair next to Hermione's, which he moved a little farther way after he was seated. "Good evening."
"Mr. Malfoy, may I introduce to you this year's Head Girl, Miss Granger," he said, nodding towards Hermione, "and Miss Granger, may I introduce to you this year's Head Boy, Mr. Malfoy."
Hermione and Draco stared daggers at each other, but Dumbledore continued talking, as if he had not noticed.
This year will be much different from the last," Dumbledore sighed, and his blue eyes lost some of their sparkle. "Voldemort has regained most of his power, and the whole wizarding world is in terror. Therefore, I need the two of you to set aside your differences and work to make Hogwarts a good environment for the other students to be in. You two will both have private rooms and baths to yourselves. Miss Granger, yours will be connected to the Gryffindor House, and Mr. Malfoy, yours will be connected to the Slytherin House. In addition, both your rooms will be connected to a meeting room, where the two of you will need to meet every once in a while to discuss school matters. I don't think that would be too much to ask of you two. Any questions?"
Hermione had a very forced smile on her face, it made her face look rather distorted. Draco didn't even bother trying to put on a good act. He sat there, staring vehemently at her, and occasionally mouthing the word "mudblood." But aside from that, none of the said anything.
Dumbledore took their silence as a no to his question. "Alright, you two are this year's Head Boy and Head Girl. As you already know, you two were very carefully selected from all of the eligible students of your year. Very careful thought and consideration had been given to the selection of you two to fulfill the position. As Head Boy and Girl, you two carry much responsibility for the other students in this school. As you know, a teacher cannot always be there to offer assistance to students in need of aid. You two must help those in need of help and ensure the safetly of all the students at Hogwarts. In addition, both of you are also role models for the younger students. I hope," and with this, Dumbledore gave both of them a sharp look, "that you two will be civil to each other. Also, with the privilege of being Head Boy and Girl, you will have the power to take or award house points. Please do not abuse this power."
"Professor Dumbledore, since I am Head Boy, shouldn't I have more power than the Head Girl?" Draco asked, in his usual tone of annoyance. "After all, I am a male and a Malfoy."
Hermione glared at him. "How dare you be so sexist?" and then she turned to Dumbledore. "Professor, perhaps you should relieve Mr. Malfoy of his duties. After all, if he's not happy with his status, I'm sure many others would enjoy being the Head Boy."
"I'm not sexist!" Draco fired back. "I'm merely stating the truth!"
"And about being a Malfoy. There's nothing great with being a Malfoy. I
would rather die than be a brainless Malfoy."
"Better than being a dirty, low life mudbl-muggleborn! I can't believe they even made you Head Girl, honestly."
"At least I didn't have to buy my way into it, unlike someone I know."
This struck a chord in Draco. He was furious the way that everyone thought that he used his money to get into everything. Although he couldn't deny that his money was a rather helpful tool, he smiled devilishly at this, he certainly did not buy his way into his Head Boy position. He hated the way that people all thought he was just a dumb rich kid who could buy his way into anything and everything.
"Granger, don't you dare insult me or my family any longer or else-"
Hermione jumped up from her seat. "Or else what, Malfoy? You're going to go crying to your daddy?"
"No!" Draco sputtered.
"Oh, wait, brilliant idea! Maybe if your dear little daddy paid them a hundred
galleons you could get them to expel me!"
"Granger, I swear if you don't shut that loud mouth of yours up-"
Dumbledore, who had been amused listening to this conversation, decided it was time to put an end to it. Dumbledore chuckled. "I see you two are getting along very well. But I think it might be time I showed you two to your new rooms."
Dumbledore led the two very furious students up to their new rooms, where they would live for the rest of the school year. Hermione and Draco were both having the same thought. How am I going to get though the year?
TBC
A/N: ok, so from now on, I think every other chapter will be a flashback. Gosh I think this story is gonna be kinda long…anyways. Oh gosh I never knew that Hermione had brown eyes. I mean, every1 assumes she does, but like, does the book ever say? I tried to look in the books to find her eye color but I couldn't find it. And wow, pansy has blonde hair?????I never knew that either. I always thot she had black hair. Hehehehehe. Oh yeah, and about school robes. Well, in the first book, when harry gets his list of school supplies, it says to get black robes. So I'm assuming that everyone is supposed to wear black robes…and this story is basically draco/hermione, but other pplz twisted lives are also gonna be in it. And about snape and all, he's just a small character…I personally think that hermione/severus is a bit…eeky. Thx a whole lot to the ppl who have reviewed! The reviews are like, my life, seriously. Im trying to write a lot right now while I can, cuz after school starts, life is gonna be hell, and I prolly won't have much time to write. So im trying to write a lot now so then I can post like a chapter per week after school starts without having to take time off my precious sleep. I seriously had like the biggest scare the other day. I thot my dad deleted all my files. I seriously was like gonna cry cuz I had spent so much timing writing this story and all. But then it turns out he put it on another drive. Anyways, this story is gonna be REALLY long…hope nobody minds…usually long stories put ppl to sleep. Alright, anyways, I want to again thank the people who have reviewed, you guyz are awesome, I love you all! Ok I have the next chapter done…if I get lots of reviews (please?????) then I'll post it real soon. And btw, what is a beta? Well, I g2g now to write more chapters, ciao!
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