A new way
By Tom*Feltons*Babe
Disclaimer: Hey, what would happen If I said that I owned Draco Malfoy? I mean, JK Rowling doesn't read ffiction.or does she? nah!
Rated: PG-13.
Pairings: Andrea/Tom *suddenly Andrea wakes up and realizes that everything was a dream, that she wasn't married to Tom, they didn't have 2 beautiful children and they didn't live in a mansion* shut up! Draco/Hermione.
Summary of the chapter: Yeah sir! Finally, the first day at the academy!
Feedback: Review! PLz *begging* PLz!
Grateful: JK ROWLING AND CHRIS COLUMBUS! duuuhhh
Song listening at the moment: Andrea - MxPx *grinning*
THANKS TO MY BETA: Snakeyes
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Chapter 6: First day at Megandra
Hermione woke up alarmed! 'What time is it' was the first thing she thought. She looked at her clock. 8:30am.
Her train left at 1pm, at King's Cross station, platform 2 and a half. As the responsible girl she was, she had prepared her luggage the former night. She took a bath and got herself ready.
She was nervous. Very much Indeed.
Suddenly, she heard something tapping at her window. Hedwig.
"I wonder what Harry has to say"
She received the letter and a little package and gave Hedwig a treat.
***Dear Hermione:
We're very proud of you and in case you forget us, here you'll find something that we hope you like it. Please, don't forget to write, because we won't.
Love, Harry, Ron, Pansy, Ginny, Hannah, Padma & Legolas***
She smiled at the letter. Those were real friends. She felt curiosity and opened the package. She two photos, when they were watching the movie and Hermione and Draco were laughing. The other was on their graduation day. She hadn't realized how strange Draco looked laughing, not a smirk but a real smile.
'Honey, breakfast ready' Elizabeth yelled from downstairs.
She looked at her clock. 9:00am. 'Just 4 more hours' she thought.
****************************************************************** Hermione looked around, she saw many boys and girls her age, gathering around platform two. Students of Megandra she guessed.
She spotted Mandy Brocklehurst; she was saying good-bye to her parents. Since she was going to be on herself for awhile, with no Ron or Harry to stand up for her, not that she needed it, she decided to try to make new friends.
Her mother had left 5 minutes ago and she was alone. It was 12:45m. And Mandy seemed lonely as well.
"Hi. I'm Hermione Granger" Hermione said as she got closer. Mandy seemed surprised but then smiled and said "I know. I'm Mandy Brocklehurst"
"You were in Ravenclaw. Am I right?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. And you were in Gryffindor. The best friend of Harry Potter" Hannah replied without malice in her voice.
"Oh, I'm so flattered. At least I know they will remember me as the-girl- who-was-friend-of-the-boy-who-lived" Hermione said sarcastically.
Mandy laughed and Hermione followed her.
"Hey, look who has arrived" Mandy pointed behind Hermione's back. "Slytherin's king"
Hermione turned around and saw Draco talking to an elder woman "Well, he's not the Slytherin's king anymore, now that we're out of Hogwarts" Hermione said logically. Then something popped in Hermione's head
"What do you think if we talk to him?" Hermione asked Mandy. Mandy's face paled.
"Are you nuts? He'll probably hex us into next year" Mandy looked desperate.
"He won't do nothing. Not with so many muggles around at least" Hermione assured her. "It'll be fun. We just act casually"
"Are you sure?" Mandy asked nervously.
"Wait. I have a better idea. I bet the woman standing next to him is his mother. Let's pretend we're his friends or something to embarrass him"
Mandy smiled timidly "Sounds fun"
They approached Draco from behind. He didn't notice them until.
"DRACO! OH MY GOD! How are you?" Hermione opened her arms like waiting for a hug.
"Granger?" Draco asked confused.
"Why are you calling me Granger?" Hermione mocked hurt but suddenly changed her expression "Oh,you ol' Draco. You're so funny" Hermione elbowed Mandy to say something hopefully neither Draco nor his mother noticed this.
"Yeah. Draco. How've you been. We missed you" Mandy acted easygoing.
His mother had this expression like between suspicious and laugh. "Draco, darling, I think you haven't introduced me to your friends"
"Oh, Draco, how impolite of you" Hermione teased and smacked him on the arm "I'm Hermione Granger, best friend of Draco forever"
"And I'm Mandy Brocklehurst, Draco's fan club president at Hogwarts" Mandy and Hermione were on the verge of laugh.
"Draco? I didn't you had a fan club" His mother asked.
"Er." what was he supposed to say? This Granger and who was the other girl? He should act gentlemanly in front of his mother "Yeah, these are Hermione and."
"Mandy! Oh Draco's so funny" Hermione said quickly.
Draco wanted to escape from that scene. He looked at his watch. 12:55m. Perfect.
"Mother, it's too late. We have to go, the train leaves in five minutes" Draco kissed his mother's cheek.
"Shall we?" Draco turned to the girls with a look that expressed 'you'd better say yes or I'll kill you'
Instead Hermione turned to Mrs. Malfoy and said gracefully "Nice meeting you, Mrs. Malfoy" "It was a pleasure" Mandy added.
Mrs. Malfoy just smiled.
Draco grabbed Hermione's wrist and mumbled to her ear. "Let's go, best friend"
When they crossed the barrier, Hermione and Mandy broke in laughs.
Draco, put his hands on his hips (A/N: Imagine that!) "Are you done?" he said angrily.
"Mud- Granger!" He shouted.
"Hey, I did you a favour! Now, your mum thinks you have good friends instead of things you call friends like Crabbe or Goyle" Hermione responded fixing her hair.
"Very funny! "He said bitterly then his expression changed suddenly "Why did you do it? Trying to get closer to my family, Granger? Trying to get along with the mother-in-law?" He teased.
"HA-HA-HA" she said sarcastically. "Mandy, here, and I just wanted to start a conversation with you" she explained honestly, well, not total honest, because they wanted to make Draco a fool of himself. She only missed on purpose that part.
"Mandy? Where are you from?" Draco asked with a hostile tone.
Mandy didn't mind, maybe she wasn't used to being recognized. "Mandy Brocklehurst from Ravenclaw"
"Oh" he said.
"Hey, do any of you have any idea where Megandra is?" Hermione asked.
"You're supposed to be the know-it-all" Draco stated. Hermione glared him, but didn't respond anything.
"Hey, Hermione, let's go. It's almost 1pm" Mandy hurried Hermione. Mandy lifted her bags and left them in the compartment.
"Sure, go on, I'll be there...in...a sec..ond" Hermione was having trouble with her trunk. She had put more books than necessary as always.
"Ok, I'll search for a compartment for us" Mandy left.
'I shouldn't have brought those seven books of History of Magic' Hermione thought. Draco, who had been looking her curiously, realized that she wanted to demonstrate that she was self-sufficient.
"Hey, do you want some help?" Draco asked.
Hermione gave him a weird look. "Hey! The fact that I am Malfoy, doesn't mean that I can't be a gentleman" he defended himself.
"Well, it's a start" Hermione nodded.
He carried his and her trunk with great ease, and left them in the trunk compartment. Just as Draco got inside the train, it started to move. 'Now, where is Mandy?' Hermione thought.
Then she saw her "Hermione! Hermione! This way!" Mandy signalled Hermione to follow her.
She saw Draco's expression of uncertainty. 'Well Hermione, it's your turn to be a lady'
"Malfoy, you can come with us" seeing his expression she added "if you want to, that is" Draco thought quickly. 'If I go with her, I'll probably have someone interesting to talk to and I won't be alone, on the other hand, I know that Jean Grenouille is riding this train and my father will be very pleased if I get along with him'
In the end he said "Yeah, sure" and followed her.
They entered in the compartment, and Mandy was already there, reading a book.
Actually, her whole seat was covered with books. So, Draco and Hermione had to sit in front of her. Mandy seemed to have a great collection of books, not as many as Hermione, of course.
"Hey, Mandy, could I borrow one of your books?" Mandy smiled and handed Hermione one of her books. Hermione noticed that Draco seemed very uncomfortable, so she tried to start a conversation.
"So, Malfoy, er.do you like to read?" Hermione asked.
"Yes" Draco, who had been looking through the window, didn't turn to her.
"What kind of books?" Hermione tried again.
"Any"
"Have you read: Hogwarts A history?"
"Yes"
"Did you like it?"
"Very"
"Have you ever read muggle literature'?"
"No"
"Do you always answer with only one word?" Hermione asked teasingly.
"Not always" Draco finally turned to her and smirked. Hermione looked at him and said "Very funny"
Mandy laughed at them and commented "You look so funny together"
Hermione said "Ha Ha"
They heard some noise outside the door compartment. Suddenly the door opened and they saw a guy. He had black hair and black eyes. He looked into the compartment and smiled at Draco's figure (A/N: no, he's not gay)
"Hey, are you Draco Malfoy?" the guy said with a trace of French accent. (A/N: Sorry, but I dunno how to write English spoken by French people)
Draco only nodded.
"Sorry, but my er.friend here is kind of impolite" Hermione said quickly and stood up.
"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Mandy Brocklehurst" Hermione signalled Mandy who smiled. "And, yes, this is Draco Malfoy" Hermione got closer to Draco and forced him to stand up.
"Err.sure" the guy looked strange at Hermione "Anyway, I'm Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, my dad has told me about you"
'So, this is Grenouille' Draco thought 'If Granger knew they are one of the most powerful families of pureblood wizards, and they completely HATE muggleborns'
"Yeah, my father has told me about you as well" Draco said.
"I'm here with some friends. Wanna know them?" Jean asked.
It was obvious to Hermione that he only referred to Draco.
"Yeah, sure" Draco seemed to cheer up. He turned to Hermione and said "See you around, then" He followed Jean out the compartment.
Hermione heard them outside "Is she your friend? Because I realize she didn't come from a wealthy family, I've never heard of any Granger"
"Granger? No way, she's a mudblood" Draco said half-laughing. And Jean laughed too. And then their voices seemed to fade as they went away.
Hermione felt. disappointed, she thought they were getting somewhere, but she convinced to herself that he was nothing but a stupid twit. And to think she actually promised Legolas that she'd look after him.
Mandy saw that Hermione looked sad. "Don't listen to him, Hermione" and hugged her.
"You're a nice girl, Mandy" Hermione smiled to her "Friends?" Hermione straightened out her hand. Mandy shook her hand and said "Friends" and they smiled to each other. (A/N: It's not femmeslash, either, you pervs)
****************************************************************** They were in deep conversation about Hogwarts and their friends, when they heard a knock in their compartment. Hermione opened the door and saw one boy and one girl.
"Hello, my name is Megan Matters" the girl said and then signalled to his friend "And this is Pablo Loureiro" the boy smiled.
"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger and this is my friend" Mandy smiled "Mandy Brocklehurst" Hermione finished.
"I've noticed you're British by the accent" Pablo said.
"Yes, we live in London.and by your accent I think you come from somewhere in America" Mandy asked curiosly.
"Actually, I'm from Canada, and Pablo's from Brazil" Mandy explained.
"Brazil? Uh-huh, so you must speak Portuguese, but your English is very good" Hermione recognized.
"Yes, I speak Portuguese, Spanish and English fairly well" Pablo said proudly.
"Yeah, did you know that people from everywhere in the world come to Megandra it's supposed to be one of the best Academies" Megan informed them.
"Oh really? Interesting" Hermione said happily, she loved to learn something new.
They continued talking about different topics, and amazing but true, Pablo didn't like Quidditch, however, Megan loved it. Hermione discovered that Megan and Pablo had just met in the train. Pablo taught them some words in Spanish and Portugese.
The only words Hermione remembered were "Eu não fala português" that meant I don't speak Portuguese. (A/N: I learned that when I was in Iguaçu) And in Spanish she remembered "Hola ¿Cómo estás? Soy Hermione, ¿Y tú?"
Hermione learned that Pablo was also muggleborn and felt relieved. Megan was half-blood and Mandy too.
They spent the whole trip talking.
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They arrived at Megandra after several hours later. (A/N: I don't know about Great Britain geography, so don't ask me about time, miles.etc)
***************************************************************** Inside the castle (Megandra's a castle as well)
"So, this is Megandra" Hermione said to herself.
"Welcome to all, my name is Diana Isaacs, I'm the coordinator" she informed in a cheerful voice.
(A/N: Coordinator is like the manager)
"You would be classified by your abilities, which means which subjects you're interested in" Ms. Isaacs said.
"So, follow me, please" Ms. Isaacs entered through a big wooden silver door.
They entered to a big room, full of beautiful chairs like an auditory "This is the potions auditory" she informed them.
Hermione, followed by Mandy, Pablo and Megan, took their seats together. She spotted Draco with a group of five boys, she saw Granouille with him too. Coincidentally, they seated behind them. 'Oh no' Hermione thought 'Act normal'
"Hermione, look at those hot boys behind us" Megan winked an eye at her.
"I happen to know one of them, so don't say my name outloud." Hermione said nervously.
"You do? I bet you had something" Megan grinned.
"Yeah, we had hate. We were enemies since first year. But, lately, we've been acquaintances" Hermione clarified.
Then, the potent voice of Ms. Isaacs interrupted their conversation.
"So, you have been chosen from different schools to be part of Megandra's Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I'm sure you all know the importance of this. Now, you'll study at the finest school and of course receive the best education. It's hard to get in, but it's even harder to maintain. So, I hope all of you will be the best in every field and of course in your future profession" Ms. Isaacs ended her speech with a big smile.
Everyone clapped.
A tall wizard enchanted his throat "Sonoro!" and said to them loudly.
"I'm Ira McCabe, the Principal, and I agree with Ms. Isaacs. Anyway, I'm sure you're all indeed tired and hungry" he heard uproar through the room "The instructors" he signalled three boys and three girls "will teach everything you have to know about Megandra" "I leave you then, Goodnight" everyone clapped again.
"The principal seemed more relaxed than Ms. Isaacs, don't you think" Mandy commented to Hermione. Hermione nodded.
Then, one of the instructors yelled "I need seventeen or sixteen students over here" it was a tall, red-haired and handsome man in his twenties.
"Why don't we go with him?" Hermione suggested. The others agreed
The group went towards him and Pablo spoke first since the girls blushed at the wizard.
"Hey, Can we be in your group?"
"Sure, I'm Bonne. James Bonne"
Hermione smiled to herself 'Funny'
Then, she saw that Draco and his group were getting closer as well. 'No, No, no, no, not here, not here'
"Hello everybody, I think we can be here too" Jean spoke.
"Sure, great I have nine now" James said. "Oh sorry, I'm James Bonne, but we'll make introductions later"
Draco, who had been standing next to Hermione, didn't say anything to her until Hermione told him "Hi, Malfoy, what a coincidence" He just tuned slightly to her and nodded.
Jean turned to them and said bitterly "Oh, you're the mudblood of the train"
James was busy introducing to some boys and girls who were, now, in her group. She forced herself to ignore THAT comment.
"So, we're sixteen. Ok, again, my name is James Bonne. You'll say your name and last name loudly so we can know each other. This is going to be the official group until December, every time you need anything, please contact me; I'll like to be your friend as well. I'm in third year, by the way"
"You start" he said to Hermione.
"Hermione Granger" they were in a circle, so each one said his name loudly "Draco Malfoy" "Jean Grenouille" "Jordan Goss" "Aaron McCollins" "Dimitri Zeeniko" "Lorena Brideiros" "Isabella Piazza" "Romina Sabbath" "Jesika Barnes" "Martin Smith" "Patrick Mördensen" "Monalyn Holmes" "Pablo Loureiro" "Megan Matters" "Mandy Blockehurst"
"Great, you're exactly eight boys and eight girls" James grinned
"Now, follow me. I'll show your rooms" and with that they followed him.
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Megandra was an enormous castle, even bigger than Hogwarts, but it had a modern architecture. And for Hermione's pleasure, a much bigger library and it didn't have a restricted section, everything was allowed.
They had a big common room and they were rooms for four persons only.
Hermione got a room with Mandy, Megan and Isabella. She seemed a good girl.
In the night, she smiled to herself 'I'm sure it's going to be an excellent year'
"Hermione?" she turned and saw Isabella. Mandy and Megan had gone out to explore the castle.
"Hi Isabella!"
"So, you like Megandra?"
"Sure, I love it.
"Me too. I like our groups as well. Have you seen that Malfoy guy?"
Hermione laughed "Yeah, actually I studied with him at the same school"
"Really? Is he nice?" Isabella looked interested.
"He's complicated actually. We never were friends" Hermione explained honestly.
"So, you don't mind I fancy him?" Isabella blushed.
"You fancy him?" Hermione laughed "And no, I don't mind at all, why would I?"
"I don't know, he's so good-looking and cute, and I thought you liked him or something" Isabella shrugged.
"No, I don't choose boys for their looks, but their brains" Hermione replied sincerely.
"Excuse meee." Isabella joked "Don't worry I'm not a bimbo"
They laughed.
Then, the door opened and Mandy and Megan entered with big grins on their faces.
"Oh, girls, you won't believe what we saw!" Megan said excitedly.
"What!" Hermione smiled.
"We found" Mandy started. "James and a girl kissing in the hall" Whispering the last part.
"No!" Hermione and Isabella yelled at the same time.
The girls broke into a fit of giggles.
When they finished gossiping, Hermione looked at her watch. "Oh girls. It's almost two in the morning, and I'm tired. Let's get some sleep"
"Tomorrow classes start at 2pm, right?" Mandy asked.
"Yeah. Hey. I'm kind of thirsty, I'll get some water." Hermione exited the room.
And found in the common room none other than..
"Malfoy?" Draco turned and saw her in her pj's.
"Oh, hello there, Granger" he seemed uncomfortable.
"Granger? I thought it was mudblood. You explained that very well to Grenouille" Hermione spat.
"Hey, sorry, ok? It was just that-" "Oh, please, cut the act, I know you haven't changed, I thought so, I admit it."
"You know what! I tried to be nice, but. well, Jean came and I didn't have another choice but to get along with him!" Draco yelled desperate.
"But, you didn't have to insult me to do that!"
"If I didn't he'd knew that I was well.befriending you and he'd tell my father and then my father would beat the hell out of me!" Draco regretted saying the last part.
Both of them were silent for a couple of seconds "He beats you" Hermione asked astounded.
"That's none of your business" and he escaped to his dorm not before looking deeply in her eyes
Hermione got back to her room, she forgot about the water.
"Hermione, you ok?" Megan asked worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine" she nodded and changed her expression. "I didn't find the jar of water"
"Anyway, Goodnight girls" she said.
"Goodnight" everyone responded.
She went to sleep thinking about Draco and his startling confession. Her last thought was 'He needs help and I'll give it to him'
Tbc.
A/N: Hello, everybody, you see? I'm fast!! Well, I hope you liked it! REVIEW!!!!!!!!!
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By Tom*Feltons*Babe
Disclaimer: Hey, what would happen If I said that I owned Draco Malfoy? I mean, JK Rowling doesn't read ffiction.or does she? nah!
Rated: PG-13.
Pairings: Andrea/Tom *suddenly Andrea wakes up and realizes that everything was a dream, that she wasn't married to Tom, they didn't have 2 beautiful children and they didn't live in a mansion* shut up! Draco/Hermione.
Summary of the chapter: Yeah sir! Finally, the first day at the academy!
Feedback: Review! PLz *begging* PLz!
Grateful: JK ROWLING AND CHRIS COLUMBUS! duuuhhh
Song listening at the moment: Andrea - MxPx *grinning*
THANKS TO MY BETA: Snakeyes
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Chapter 6: First day at Megandra
Hermione woke up alarmed! 'What time is it' was the first thing she thought. She looked at her clock. 8:30am.
Her train left at 1pm, at King's Cross station, platform 2 and a half. As the responsible girl she was, she had prepared her luggage the former night. She took a bath and got herself ready.
She was nervous. Very much Indeed.
Suddenly, she heard something tapping at her window. Hedwig.
"I wonder what Harry has to say"
She received the letter and a little package and gave Hedwig a treat.
***Dear Hermione:
We're very proud of you and in case you forget us, here you'll find something that we hope you like it. Please, don't forget to write, because we won't.
Love, Harry, Ron, Pansy, Ginny, Hannah, Padma & Legolas***
She smiled at the letter. Those were real friends. She felt curiosity and opened the package. She two photos, when they were watching the movie and Hermione and Draco were laughing. The other was on their graduation day. She hadn't realized how strange Draco looked laughing, not a smirk but a real smile.
'Honey, breakfast ready' Elizabeth yelled from downstairs.
She looked at her clock. 9:00am. 'Just 4 more hours' she thought.
****************************************************************** Hermione looked around, she saw many boys and girls her age, gathering around platform two. Students of Megandra she guessed.
She spotted Mandy Brocklehurst; she was saying good-bye to her parents. Since she was going to be on herself for awhile, with no Ron or Harry to stand up for her, not that she needed it, she decided to try to make new friends.
Her mother had left 5 minutes ago and she was alone. It was 12:45m. And Mandy seemed lonely as well.
"Hi. I'm Hermione Granger" Hermione said as she got closer. Mandy seemed surprised but then smiled and said "I know. I'm Mandy Brocklehurst"
"You were in Ravenclaw. Am I right?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. And you were in Gryffindor. The best friend of Harry Potter" Hannah replied without malice in her voice.
"Oh, I'm so flattered. At least I know they will remember me as the-girl- who-was-friend-of-the-boy-who-lived" Hermione said sarcastically.
Mandy laughed and Hermione followed her.
"Hey, look who has arrived" Mandy pointed behind Hermione's back. "Slytherin's king"
Hermione turned around and saw Draco talking to an elder woman "Well, he's not the Slytherin's king anymore, now that we're out of Hogwarts" Hermione said logically. Then something popped in Hermione's head
"What do you think if we talk to him?" Hermione asked Mandy. Mandy's face paled.
"Are you nuts? He'll probably hex us into next year" Mandy looked desperate.
"He won't do nothing. Not with so many muggles around at least" Hermione assured her. "It'll be fun. We just act casually"
"Are you sure?" Mandy asked nervously.
"Wait. I have a better idea. I bet the woman standing next to him is his mother. Let's pretend we're his friends or something to embarrass him"
Mandy smiled timidly "Sounds fun"
They approached Draco from behind. He didn't notice them until.
"DRACO! OH MY GOD! How are you?" Hermione opened her arms like waiting for a hug.
"Granger?" Draco asked confused.
"Why are you calling me Granger?" Hermione mocked hurt but suddenly changed her expression "Oh,you ol' Draco. You're so funny" Hermione elbowed Mandy to say something hopefully neither Draco nor his mother noticed this.
"Yeah. Draco. How've you been. We missed you" Mandy acted easygoing.
His mother had this expression like between suspicious and laugh. "Draco, darling, I think you haven't introduced me to your friends"
"Oh, Draco, how impolite of you" Hermione teased and smacked him on the arm "I'm Hermione Granger, best friend of Draco forever"
"And I'm Mandy Brocklehurst, Draco's fan club president at Hogwarts" Mandy and Hermione were on the verge of laugh.
"Draco? I didn't you had a fan club" His mother asked.
"Er." what was he supposed to say? This Granger and who was the other girl? He should act gentlemanly in front of his mother "Yeah, these are Hermione and."
"Mandy! Oh Draco's so funny" Hermione said quickly.
Draco wanted to escape from that scene. He looked at his watch. 12:55m. Perfect.
"Mother, it's too late. We have to go, the train leaves in five minutes" Draco kissed his mother's cheek.
"Shall we?" Draco turned to the girls with a look that expressed 'you'd better say yes or I'll kill you'
Instead Hermione turned to Mrs. Malfoy and said gracefully "Nice meeting you, Mrs. Malfoy" "It was a pleasure" Mandy added.
Mrs. Malfoy just smiled.
Draco grabbed Hermione's wrist and mumbled to her ear. "Let's go, best friend"
When they crossed the barrier, Hermione and Mandy broke in laughs.
Draco, put his hands on his hips (A/N: Imagine that!) "Are you done?" he said angrily.
"Mud- Granger!" He shouted.
"Hey, I did you a favour! Now, your mum thinks you have good friends instead of things you call friends like Crabbe or Goyle" Hermione responded fixing her hair.
"Very funny! "He said bitterly then his expression changed suddenly "Why did you do it? Trying to get closer to my family, Granger? Trying to get along with the mother-in-law?" He teased.
"HA-HA-HA" she said sarcastically. "Mandy, here, and I just wanted to start a conversation with you" she explained honestly, well, not total honest, because they wanted to make Draco a fool of himself. She only missed on purpose that part.
"Mandy? Where are you from?" Draco asked with a hostile tone.
Mandy didn't mind, maybe she wasn't used to being recognized. "Mandy Brocklehurst from Ravenclaw"
"Oh" he said.
"Hey, do any of you have any idea where Megandra is?" Hermione asked.
"You're supposed to be the know-it-all" Draco stated. Hermione glared him, but didn't respond anything.
"Hey, Hermione, let's go. It's almost 1pm" Mandy hurried Hermione. Mandy lifted her bags and left them in the compartment.
"Sure, go on, I'll be there...in...a sec..ond" Hermione was having trouble with her trunk. She had put more books than necessary as always.
"Ok, I'll search for a compartment for us" Mandy left.
'I shouldn't have brought those seven books of History of Magic' Hermione thought. Draco, who had been looking her curiously, realized that she wanted to demonstrate that she was self-sufficient.
"Hey, do you want some help?" Draco asked.
Hermione gave him a weird look. "Hey! The fact that I am Malfoy, doesn't mean that I can't be a gentleman" he defended himself.
"Well, it's a start" Hermione nodded.
He carried his and her trunk with great ease, and left them in the trunk compartment. Just as Draco got inside the train, it started to move. 'Now, where is Mandy?' Hermione thought.
Then she saw her "Hermione! Hermione! This way!" Mandy signalled Hermione to follow her.
She saw Draco's expression of uncertainty. 'Well Hermione, it's your turn to be a lady'
"Malfoy, you can come with us" seeing his expression she added "if you want to, that is" Draco thought quickly. 'If I go with her, I'll probably have someone interesting to talk to and I won't be alone, on the other hand, I know that Jean Grenouille is riding this train and my father will be very pleased if I get along with him'
In the end he said "Yeah, sure" and followed her.
They entered in the compartment, and Mandy was already there, reading a book.
Actually, her whole seat was covered with books. So, Draco and Hermione had to sit in front of her. Mandy seemed to have a great collection of books, not as many as Hermione, of course.
"Hey, Mandy, could I borrow one of your books?" Mandy smiled and handed Hermione one of her books. Hermione noticed that Draco seemed very uncomfortable, so she tried to start a conversation.
"So, Malfoy, er.do you like to read?" Hermione asked.
"Yes" Draco, who had been looking through the window, didn't turn to her.
"What kind of books?" Hermione tried again.
"Any"
"Have you read: Hogwarts A history?"
"Yes"
"Did you like it?"
"Very"
"Have you ever read muggle literature'?"
"No"
"Do you always answer with only one word?" Hermione asked teasingly.
"Not always" Draco finally turned to her and smirked. Hermione looked at him and said "Very funny"
Mandy laughed at them and commented "You look so funny together"
Hermione said "Ha Ha"
They heard some noise outside the door compartment. Suddenly the door opened and they saw a guy. He had black hair and black eyes. He looked into the compartment and smiled at Draco's figure (A/N: no, he's not gay)
"Hey, are you Draco Malfoy?" the guy said with a trace of French accent. (A/N: Sorry, but I dunno how to write English spoken by French people)
Draco only nodded.
"Sorry, but my er.friend here is kind of impolite" Hermione said quickly and stood up.
"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Mandy Brocklehurst" Hermione signalled Mandy who smiled. "And, yes, this is Draco Malfoy" Hermione got closer to Draco and forced him to stand up.
"Err.sure" the guy looked strange at Hermione "Anyway, I'm Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, my dad has told me about you"
'So, this is Grenouille' Draco thought 'If Granger knew they are one of the most powerful families of pureblood wizards, and they completely HATE muggleborns'
"Yeah, my father has told me about you as well" Draco said.
"I'm here with some friends. Wanna know them?" Jean asked.
It was obvious to Hermione that he only referred to Draco.
"Yeah, sure" Draco seemed to cheer up. He turned to Hermione and said "See you around, then" He followed Jean out the compartment.
Hermione heard them outside "Is she your friend? Because I realize she didn't come from a wealthy family, I've never heard of any Granger"
"Granger? No way, she's a mudblood" Draco said half-laughing. And Jean laughed too. And then their voices seemed to fade as they went away.
Hermione felt. disappointed, she thought they were getting somewhere, but she convinced to herself that he was nothing but a stupid twit. And to think she actually promised Legolas that she'd look after him.
Mandy saw that Hermione looked sad. "Don't listen to him, Hermione" and hugged her.
"You're a nice girl, Mandy" Hermione smiled to her "Friends?" Hermione straightened out her hand. Mandy shook her hand and said "Friends" and they smiled to each other. (A/N: It's not femmeslash, either, you pervs)
****************************************************************** They were in deep conversation about Hogwarts and their friends, when they heard a knock in their compartment. Hermione opened the door and saw one boy and one girl.
"Hello, my name is Megan Matters" the girl said and then signalled to his friend "And this is Pablo Loureiro" the boy smiled.
"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger and this is my friend" Mandy smiled "Mandy Brocklehurst" Hermione finished.
"I've noticed you're British by the accent" Pablo said.
"Yes, we live in London.and by your accent I think you come from somewhere in America" Mandy asked curiosly.
"Actually, I'm from Canada, and Pablo's from Brazil" Mandy explained.
"Brazil? Uh-huh, so you must speak Portuguese, but your English is very good" Hermione recognized.
"Yes, I speak Portuguese, Spanish and English fairly well" Pablo said proudly.
"Yeah, did you know that people from everywhere in the world come to Megandra it's supposed to be one of the best Academies" Megan informed them.
"Oh really? Interesting" Hermione said happily, she loved to learn something new.
They continued talking about different topics, and amazing but true, Pablo didn't like Quidditch, however, Megan loved it. Hermione discovered that Megan and Pablo had just met in the train. Pablo taught them some words in Spanish and Portugese.
The only words Hermione remembered were "Eu não fala português" that meant I don't speak Portuguese. (A/N: I learned that when I was in Iguaçu) And in Spanish she remembered "Hola ¿Cómo estás? Soy Hermione, ¿Y tú?"
Hermione learned that Pablo was also muggleborn and felt relieved. Megan was half-blood and Mandy too.
They spent the whole trip talking.
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They arrived at Megandra after several hours later. (A/N: I don't know about Great Britain geography, so don't ask me about time, miles.etc)
***************************************************************** Inside the castle (Megandra's a castle as well)
"So, this is Megandra" Hermione said to herself.
"Welcome to all, my name is Diana Isaacs, I'm the coordinator" she informed in a cheerful voice.
(A/N: Coordinator is like the manager)
"You would be classified by your abilities, which means which subjects you're interested in" Ms. Isaacs said.
"So, follow me, please" Ms. Isaacs entered through a big wooden silver door.
They entered to a big room, full of beautiful chairs like an auditory "This is the potions auditory" she informed them.
Hermione, followed by Mandy, Pablo and Megan, took their seats together. She spotted Draco with a group of five boys, she saw Granouille with him too. Coincidentally, they seated behind them. 'Oh no' Hermione thought 'Act normal'
"Hermione, look at those hot boys behind us" Megan winked an eye at her.
"I happen to know one of them, so don't say my name outloud." Hermione said nervously.
"You do? I bet you had something" Megan grinned.
"Yeah, we had hate. We were enemies since first year. But, lately, we've been acquaintances" Hermione clarified.
Then, the potent voice of Ms. Isaacs interrupted their conversation.
"So, you have been chosen from different schools to be part of Megandra's Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I'm sure you all know the importance of this. Now, you'll study at the finest school and of course receive the best education. It's hard to get in, but it's even harder to maintain. So, I hope all of you will be the best in every field and of course in your future profession" Ms. Isaacs ended her speech with a big smile.
Everyone clapped.
A tall wizard enchanted his throat "Sonoro!" and said to them loudly.
"I'm Ira McCabe, the Principal, and I agree with Ms. Isaacs. Anyway, I'm sure you're all indeed tired and hungry" he heard uproar through the room "The instructors" he signalled three boys and three girls "will teach everything you have to know about Megandra" "I leave you then, Goodnight" everyone clapped again.
"The principal seemed more relaxed than Ms. Isaacs, don't you think" Mandy commented to Hermione. Hermione nodded.
Then, one of the instructors yelled "I need seventeen or sixteen students over here" it was a tall, red-haired and handsome man in his twenties.
"Why don't we go with him?" Hermione suggested. The others agreed
The group went towards him and Pablo spoke first since the girls blushed at the wizard.
"Hey, Can we be in your group?"
"Sure, I'm Bonne. James Bonne"
Hermione smiled to herself 'Funny'
Then, she saw that Draco and his group were getting closer as well. 'No, No, no, no, not here, not here'
"Hello everybody, I think we can be here too" Jean spoke.
"Sure, great I have nine now" James said. "Oh sorry, I'm James Bonne, but we'll make introductions later"
Draco, who had been standing next to Hermione, didn't say anything to her until Hermione told him "Hi, Malfoy, what a coincidence" He just tuned slightly to her and nodded.
Jean turned to them and said bitterly "Oh, you're the mudblood of the train"
James was busy introducing to some boys and girls who were, now, in her group. She forced herself to ignore THAT comment.
"So, we're sixteen. Ok, again, my name is James Bonne. You'll say your name and last name loudly so we can know each other. This is going to be the official group until December, every time you need anything, please contact me; I'll like to be your friend as well. I'm in third year, by the way"
"You start" he said to Hermione.
"Hermione Granger" they were in a circle, so each one said his name loudly "Draco Malfoy" "Jean Grenouille" "Jordan Goss" "Aaron McCollins" "Dimitri Zeeniko" "Lorena Brideiros" "Isabella Piazza" "Romina Sabbath" "Jesika Barnes" "Martin Smith" "Patrick Mördensen" "Monalyn Holmes" "Pablo Loureiro" "Megan Matters" "Mandy Blockehurst"
"Great, you're exactly eight boys and eight girls" James grinned
"Now, follow me. I'll show your rooms" and with that they followed him.
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Megandra was an enormous castle, even bigger than Hogwarts, but it had a modern architecture. And for Hermione's pleasure, a much bigger library and it didn't have a restricted section, everything was allowed.
They had a big common room and they were rooms for four persons only.
Hermione got a room with Mandy, Megan and Isabella. She seemed a good girl.
In the night, she smiled to herself 'I'm sure it's going to be an excellent year'
"Hermione?" she turned and saw Isabella. Mandy and Megan had gone out to explore the castle.
"Hi Isabella!"
"So, you like Megandra?"
"Sure, I love it.
"Me too. I like our groups as well. Have you seen that Malfoy guy?"
Hermione laughed "Yeah, actually I studied with him at the same school"
"Really? Is he nice?" Isabella looked interested.
"He's complicated actually. We never were friends" Hermione explained honestly.
"So, you don't mind I fancy him?" Isabella blushed.
"You fancy him?" Hermione laughed "And no, I don't mind at all, why would I?"
"I don't know, he's so good-looking and cute, and I thought you liked him or something" Isabella shrugged.
"No, I don't choose boys for their looks, but their brains" Hermione replied sincerely.
"Excuse meee." Isabella joked "Don't worry I'm not a bimbo"
They laughed.
Then, the door opened and Mandy and Megan entered with big grins on their faces.
"Oh, girls, you won't believe what we saw!" Megan said excitedly.
"What!" Hermione smiled.
"We found" Mandy started. "James and a girl kissing in the hall" Whispering the last part.
"No!" Hermione and Isabella yelled at the same time.
The girls broke into a fit of giggles.
When they finished gossiping, Hermione looked at her watch. "Oh girls. It's almost two in the morning, and I'm tired. Let's get some sleep"
"Tomorrow classes start at 2pm, right?" Mandy asked.
"Yeah. Hey. I'm kind of thirsty, I'll get some water." Hermione exited the room.
And found in the common room none other than..
"Malfoy?" Draco turned and saw her in her pj's.
"Oh, hello there, Granger" he seemed uncomfortable.
"Granger? I thought it was mudblood. You explained that very well to Grenouille" Hermione spat.
"Hey, sorry, ok? It was just that-" "Oh, please, cut the act, I know you haven't changed, I thought so, I admit it."
"You know what! I tried to be nice, but. well, Jean came and I didn't have another choice but to get along with him!" Draco yelled desperate.
"But, you didn't have to insult me to do that!"
"If I didn't he'd knew that I was well.befriending you and he'd tell my father and then my father would beat the hell out of me!" Draco regretted saying the last part.
Both of them were silent for a couple of seconds "He beats you" Hermione asked astounded.
"That's none of your business" and he escaped to his dorm not before looking deeply in her eyes
Hermione got back to her room, she forgot about the water.
"Hermione, you ok?" Megan asked worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine" she nodded and changed her expression. "I didn't find the jar of water"
"Anyway, Goodnight girls" she said.
"Goodnight" everyone responded.
She went to sleep thinking about Draco and his startling confession. Her last thought was 'He needs help and I'll give it to him'
Tbc.
A/N: Hello, everybody, you see? I'm fast!! Well, I hope you liked it! REVIEW!!!!!!!!!
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