Disclaimer: I do not own any of
these characters (except Katherine Scott). They all belong to J.K. Rowling. The
genius behind the original 'Harry Potter' series. So let's all bow down to her.
Oh hail J.K. Rowling! Oh hail J.K. Rowling! Oh hail J.K. Rowling!
Title: A Change Through Life
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (for very few curses,
hmmm... maybe I should switch it to PG?)
Ship: HG/DM
This Chapter is NOT in Hermione's POV
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The trio walked into the Great Hall with pride. Hermione though had shivers running up and down her spine from the excitement she was feeling. This was the moment. All eyes were upon them. Or more upon Hermione. Of course no one recognized her as the bookworm Head Girl with the unruly hair. No one would have guessed that it was her. As soon as Hermione busted through those doors a buzz of whispers broke out all over the Great Hall.
'I was expecting some people to notice me, but this is amazing.' Thought Hermione smiling.
When she reached Gryffindor table Hermione placed both her hands on either side of Harry and Ron's shoulders. Bewildered they looked behind them and raised their eyebrows.
"Hello." Said Ron in a casual tone. Hermione could hear Ginny's muffled giggles from behind. Was Ron making a move on her? Hermione grinned. Hermione turned her face to Harry next. He had an unreadable expression on his face.
"Do we know you?" asked Harry furrowing his eyebrow as if trying to place her.
"Actually Harry, her name is Martha Stewart and she wants to join forces with Voldemort to help him take over Burger King." Drawled Kat her voice reeking of sarcasm.
Hermione shot her a questioning look.
"What? My mum recently got a muggle telly and we spent the summer watching a lot of things..." trailed off Kat blushing.
"Wait, who are you? Really?" asked Ron staring at Hermione with interest.
"Take a wild guess brother dearest." Giggled Ginny resting her elbow over Hermione's shoulder.
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...Five minutes later...
"Cheese and rice Ron! It's Hermione!!" exclaimed Kat with a hint of annoyance but more amusement in her voice.
"Hermione?" asked Ron. Hermione nodded smiling at her dear clueless friend.
"You know we have a best friend named Hermio-" Ron was cut off by the 'augh' of everyone.
"Uh Ron. They mean that 'this' Hermione is 'our' Hermione." Explained Harry making hand gestures towards Hermione.
"'Our' Hermione?" asked Ron in bewilderment, "Nah..."
"No really, Ron it is Hermione standing before you." said Kat.
"But how? Are you sure you're talking about Hermione Granger the girl that spends more than half her life behind a book?" asked Ron obviously not thinking about how that might emotionally hurt Hermione even though it was true.
Hermione frowned at her clueless red headed friend, "Ron, when will you realize that 'I' am a girl!? I'm not always going to be that eleven-year-old girl that you and Harry use to have endless adventures with and help you to study for exams. Can't you just accept that I've grown into a woman?"
Harry and Ron stayed silent for a moment while Kat and Ginny were applauding her little speech. Before letting them speak, Hermione stalked out of the Great Hall without Ginny and Kat. Hermione headed to the first place that popped into her head.
The quidditch field.
Yes, the quidditch field. It was the one place that anyone would never expect to find Hermione at.
1) Because Hermione has always spent most of her years at Hogwarts not showing much interest in the sport.
2) Hermione protested saying that Quidditch has always been a danger to the body (especially after the whole bludger incident that Harry went through during 2nd year).
3) It just wasted valuable time that you could have been using to study or do homework.
So, yes. The quidditch field, the last place anyone would try to fine Hermione at. Why did she pick this place? Well ever since last year, Hermione would normally go to the library or the Gryffindor common to study, but it was always either blaring with noise or talking which certainly didn't help when it comes to concentration. So Hermione decided to find a nice quiet place where no one came to so she could study. Hermione found out the schedule to when the quidditch teams practice and free time where no body was using the field.
Hermione sighed exasperatedly as she entered the field. She shivered slightly at the morning chill that hung through the air. "Who does Ron think he is, trying to tell me that I could never come out to look exceptionally well. Yes, I know I'm not exactly Miss. Universe, but it doesn't mean I can't change at least a little." Hermione thought rubbing at her arms which had goose bumps from the chill. She headed towards the bleachers to walk around on. It was quite nice view from up there. The lake could be seen from here and some trees surrounding it. Weeping willows to be exact. Hermione walked around the side of the Gryffindor bleachers and ended up in the Slytherin ones which were right next to each other. Hermione sat down and sighed. She just sat there thinking to herself while admiring the beautiful landscape around her. So far no body was out on the field.
"Hi." Hermione stood up immediately as she heard the sound of a male voice. She looked behind her. Malfoy.
"Great, just the person I wanted to see." Thought Hermione wincing from the breeze.
"Not now Malfoy, can't you see I'd like to be alone?" Hermione spat feeling a bit uneasy at the site of Draco looking a bit hurt. Hurt? What's up with that?
"Wait... Granger?" he asked obviously confused that the girl-No, woman- in front of him was bossy-know-it-all-bookworm-mudblood-Granger? The girl that's hair looked like a cat crawled onto her head and died had formed into this gorgeous debutant?
Hermione could see Draco's face contort in confusion. He was really having a hard time receiving this information about her.
"He- Hermione Granger?" he asked looking her up and down.
"Yes, I'm Hermione Granger. And you're Draco Malfoy. You and I detest each other." Hermione said slowly as if talking to a small child who was having trouble understanding. This was quite amusing to Hermione now. Draco was in discombobublation and had this adorable little look on his face.
"Adorable? Did I just think that? Oh lord, I'm in trouble now..." Hermione thought alarmed.
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A/N: Thanks for all the reviews guys! Hey look! I finally got this whole thing with bold and italics down. Anyway, forgive me for the delay once again. School sucks. I have a test in science tomorrow and I really should be studying more, but since we had a snow day today I had enough time to write the rest of the un finished chapter (this one!) that I started a while ago but couldn't finish.
Thanks to...
ProwlingKitKat: You are such a great person to chat with! Wait wait, Orlando Bloom plays Legolas in LoTR and Viggo plays Aragorn. LOL! I wonder what they would look like if they swapped characters! Yes, I could put OB in my story and hook him up with Katherine. LOL, I wish!
foreveryours89: Sorry for the cliffie, I just have a tendancy to this type of stuff. I am eleven and I have this thing about keeping people on their toes so they'll stay to read more. =)
Slytherinbabe4ever: Why thank you! I love getting comments from people like you, you guys just flatter me so much.
CaptainOddBall: Yes, I know I keep switching the POVs but I'm trying to see what fits the story better and apparently I'm still trying to decide so please forgive me if it confuses you sometimes in different chapters. Oh and I know there isn't any electricity at Hogwarts, but you know I'm eleven and I live in my own little fantasy world. lol. Anyway, thank you very much for the comment. I do not consider this as a flame, I consider it friendly advice and I appreciate this type of stuff. I don't mind being told if there are mistakes in my story, because sometimes there are things I miss and if a reader notices it and tells me it's something I won't get mad about. I know there are plenty of typos in my story and mechanics and such, so anyway thank you once again.
EltonJohn143jd: Aw, thanks that really makes me feel good to know that people enjoy my story. =)
Starry: *smiles* Why thank you. Anyway, yes I am evil when it comes to leaving you guys with cliff hangers. Yes, Hermione/Snape will never, and I mean NEVER make sense.
Angel in Disguise: That's so sweet of you to say. Thanks so much. You know I think I've seen someone with the same name as you before. But it was at snitchseeker, but I suppose that a lot of people have your pen name.
sweetchicaangel: Yes, some people find it hard to believe that I'm only eleven, but yeah I am. Thanks, I feel really flattered when people tell me I'm talented, I wouldn't say that I'm that good, but I suppose I'm alright at writing. Anyway, yeah Hr/D is my favorite pairing as well, they have that whole 'opposite's attract' thing going on. Muchas gracias for the comment!
