After the normal welcome ceremony in the Great Hall I leaded the next generation of Hogwarts students to the dorm, told them the pass and watched them all go inside. I couldn't help but remember my first year at Hogwarts, I remember thinking that this was the coolest thing. No idea would I think I'd be helping Harry Potter defeat the Dark Lord, numerous times. I sighed and walked around the castle and out into the grounds.
"Hey! Hermione!" It was Ginny, I really didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment. But I didn't want to seem rude.
"Hey Ginny." I smiled and waited for her to catch up to me.
"How was your summer? Ron said that neither him nor Harry heard from you." She put her hands in her pockets and looks at me. I could tell she'd grown up a bit over the summer, quite a few of her freckles had disappeared.
"Oh, yeah, I stayed at my aunts most of the summer and she gets a little freaked out about the whole 'witches and wizards' thing." I sat down on one of the stone benches and Ginny looked around a bit.
"I have to go get a few things before classes start, I'll talk to you later, okay?" She didn't even wait for my reply before she ran off. I sighed and leaned back a little.
Just then I saw Malfoy out of the corner of my eye, he was holding something small, looked like a locket when I focused more at him. He didn't look like he normally does when I see him, he looked sort of depressed, never had I seen a Malfoy look anything but snobby. Then, he spotted me looking at him and shoved the locket into his pocket and got that Malfoy sneer back on his face and walked over.
"What were you staring at, Granger?" I could still tell he was thinking about whatever was in that locket.
"You looked like you were about to cry, Draco. How could I not stare?" I looked up at him and he got that same, depressed, look on his face. Then a second later that face turned into sheer fear, and he just stood there.
"Draco, are you ok? Draco! Say something!" I stood up and turned around to see what he was staring at and shrieked.
