Alright, I have to say, this is becoming much longer than I anticipated! I
hope you all don't mind! Well, this chapter 9 and the students are
arriving...WAHOO!!
Chapter 9
She stood in front of the mirror straightening her robes. She had done her hair at least 5 times, and had decided on a loose bun to the back of her head. She straightened it with the spell she had used her fourth year for the Yule Ball. There was a sudden tap on the window and turned to see an owl floating around trying to get in. She opened it and noticed it right away, "Pig!" The tiny owl fluttered inside and it took Hermione all her might to get him to calm down. She grabbed the letter attached to the owl's feet and opened it, her hands shaking from her nerves.
Herm,
Hey Hermoine! We hope this gets to you before the Welcoming Feast tonight. The four of us are here at the Burrow celebrating Luna's birthday. We are thinking of you and know you will be an awesome addition to the Hogwart's staff. Remember to breathe and stay calm, and try not to be too much of a Know it all!
'Thanks Ron' she thought to herself'
Also, Harry told us about Malfoy, don't let him get you down. He may be in the Order now, but he is still a snotty little-----
Sorry bout that, Hermione, this is Ginny. You know how Ron is. Anyways, we are thinking of you and wish you the best of luck. OH, yeah, be good, *wink*
What does she mean by that? Harry here, We love you Herm! Keep your head up and try not to take too many points from Slytherin! Just kidding, not really. We will be coming up for the first Quidditch match, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, I heard Dennis Creevey is a pretty good seeker. We'll see soon!
Hiya Hermy! Watch out for those crazy people! Have fun!
'Luna, still strange'
K, Ron again! Remember, you are Hermione Granger and you can do anything!! We love you!!
Your friends,
Ron, Luna, Harry and Ginny She had tears in her eyes. She missed them so much. She was so happy she would be seeing them next week for the match. She would have so much to tell them! She then thought of what Ginny said, 'Be good, *wink*' She smiled to herself. Ginny was the one person Hermione had told about the kiss with Malfoy. She wondered if Harry had even told Ginny about when he found out Draco would be teaching here, 'No she would have told me straight away, she couldn't keep something like that quiet' She folded up the letter, kissed it and placed it on her nightstand. She grabbed a piece of parchment and began to write,
Dear Ron, Luna, Ginny and Harry,
I am about to go welcome the students so I can't write much. But I wish you were all here with me and I miss you so much. I am looking forward to seeing you all next week. With all my love!
Hermione
She folded it closed and sealed it. She fed Pig a few crumbs from the cookies on her nightstand and tied the letter to his leg. "Happy flying, Pig!" and she let him out the window and watched him disappear into the moonlight.
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Draco was preceding up the through the dungeons with much anticipation. He was nervous, excited, nauseous, all the above. He soon reached the doors to the Great Hall and saw Hermione standing at them.
"You alright?" he asked her.
She jumped, "Oh, hi! Yeah, I guess. Are you flipping out as well?"
He could see her hands shaking and placed his hand on one of them, "Of course, but we will be just fine," he squeezed her hand and released it to open the door.
"Ahh, Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy," McGongall stood from the chair at the head of the teachers table.
"Good evening, Minerva."
Hermione smiled, Draco was rather enjoying calling their old teachers by their first name, "Good evening," she sputted out.
McGonagall smiled at both of them, "Draco, if you'll take your seat up here next to Professor Snape. Hermione, if I may have a word," and she motioned for her to follow her, "Miss Granger, I will need you to greet the first years and lead them in. I will also need you to lead the sorting ceremony."
Hermione didn't know what to say, "Er, okay, sure."
McGonagall smiled, "It's really not a choice Hermione," she winked at her, "here is the list of the first years. I imagine you know how to do it all?"
"Er-, and at that the doors to the Great Hall opened and the returning students entered. Butterflies formed in her stomach.
McGonagall quickly moved back to her seat. Hermione stood there and waited for the students to finish sitting. She got a few waves from old friends, some curious looks with the students whispering in their neighbors ears and pointing at her and up at Draco. She also got some nasty looks from most of the people at the Slytherin table. The one's that hadn't most likely didn't know who she was. That is until the person next to them whispered and then, she got nasty looks from them as well.
"Ah! I see the first years have arrived," Hermione turned to see Hagrid walking through the hall, "Professor Granger, would you please retrieve our first years?"
Hermione nodded and looked quickly at Draco who gave her a smile and wink. She walked through the hall keeping her focus straight ahead. She didn't want to look as frazzled as she actually was. As she passed the Gryffindor table she heard many, "hey Hermione," whispers. She formed a small smile and quickly looked over and winked.
She reached the doors and swung them open. She looked down to see a sea of frightened faces. A few of them gasped as she looked down at them. She heard one girl whisper to another, "That's Hermione Granger," with her friend quickly responding, "No it's not, Hermione Granger is dead."
She looked curiously at the two girls and spoke loudly, "Welcome to Hogwart's first years. My name is Hermione Granger. As you can see I am not dead, some of you may have been misinformed," and she shot a look to the two gossipers. She thought to herself, 'great, another Lavender and Parvati duo' she continued, "We will begin the feast shortly, but first we must sort you into your Houses. If you will follow me in to the front of the Hall, we will get started," She turned and entered into the Hall, all heads turned to the entering group.
She led the group of students to the front of the Hall. Professor Flitwick had brought in the stool and the sorting hat sat upon it. The students gaped as the hat sang his song. When finished, Hermione looked at the list and read the first name.
"ELLIOT, DANIEL!" As small boy moved forward and sat on the still, "RAVENCLAW!" The boy smiled and hurried off to the table, "FINNIGAN, SANORA," one of the two gossiping girls moved toward the stool with a fearful look up at Hermione. She sat, "GRYFFINDOR!" the girl hopped down from the stool and went quickly to join her new housemates. This went on for another five minutes. In the end there were four new Hufflepuffs, three new Ravenclaws, three new Slytherins and five new Gryffindore's. Professor Flitwick took the stool and hat and Hermione went and took a seat in between Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout.
McGonagall welcomed all the new students and then introduced the two new teachers, "There have been several changes to the teaching staff this year, first let's congratulate Professor Snape who has taken over the teaching position for Defense Against the Dark Arts." A few claps followed, "The Potions position has been taken by former student and member of the House of Slytherin, Draco Malfoy," there were claps but most noise came from the Slytherin table who's students were hooting and whistling, "Finally, as I have taken over as Headmistress, the Transfiguration position has been filled by another former student and former member of the House of Gryffindor, Hermione Granger." At this, the hall erupted into continuous applause, whistles and the students at each table stood and clapped, with the exception of the Slytherin table. She couldn't believe her eyes. What was going on? She was flushing with embarrassment and tears welled in her eyes.
Eventually, the noise died down. McGonagall made a few other announcements and the feast began. Hermione was beside herself. Why had she gotten such a warm reception? She didn't understand. She picked at her food a bit and found herself unable to eat. McGonagall leaned over, "Are you alright?"
"I don't understand, why did they do that?"
"Hermione, everyone knows what happened the day Voldemort was killed, and who was there."
She was confused, "But Pro-, Minerva, Draco was there too. He is just was much of a hero as I am. Why didn't he get the same reception?"
McGonagall sighed, "Well, know no one knows he was there. He tried his best to not let anyone know."
"But, why?"
She looked at Hermione with a puzzled look, "Have you already forgotten our discussion last night Miss Granger? He felt he failed, he has always believed that it was he that let your parents die."
Hermione was shocked. She never blamed Draco for her parent's death, never. She leaned over to see Draco who looked as though Snape was talking his ear off. He caught sight of Hermione and smiled. She smiled back. "Are you okay?" he mouthed to her. She hesitated and nodded and kept smiling. He could see in her eyes, she was lying.
Wow, that was a long one, Whew! That was a bit more detailed than I thought it would be, but I hope it made sense. Don't think I will get 10 out tonight, Final Friends is on tonight! I will be sobbing my eyes out! By the way, Daniel Elliot was my first love back in the day. He was always very smart so I put him in Ravenclaw.
Chapter 9
She stood in front of the mirror straightening her robes. She had done her hair at least 5 times, and had decided on a loose bun to the back of her head. She straightened it with the spell she had used her fourth year for the Yule Ball. There was a sudden tap on the window and turned to see an owl floating around trying to get in. She opened it and noticed it right away, "Pig!" The tiny owl fluttered inside and it took Hermione all her might to get him to calm down. She grabbed the letter attached to the owl's feet and opened it, her hands shaking from her nerves.
Herm,
Hey Hermoine! We hope this gets to you before the Welcoming Feast tonight. The four of us are here at the Burrow celebrating Luna's birthday. We are thinking of you and know you will be an awesome addition to the Hogwart's staff. Remember to breathe and stay calm, and try not to be too much of a Know it all!
'Thanks Ron' she thought to herself'
Also, Harry told us about Malfoy, don't let him get you down. He may be in the Order now, but he is still a snotty little-----
Sorry bout that, Hermione, this is Ginny. You know how Ron is. Anyways, we are thinking of you and wish you the best of luck. OH, yeah, be good, *wink*
What does she mean by that? Harry here, We love you Herm! Keep your head up and try not to take too many points from Slytherin! Just kidding, not really. We will be coming up for the first Quidditch match, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, I heard Dennis Creevey is a pretty good seeker. We'll see soon!
Hiya Hermy! Watch out for those crazy people! Have fun!
'Luna, still strange'
K, Ron again! Remember, you are Hermione Granger and you can do anything!! We love you!!
Your friends,
Ron, Luna, Harry and Ginny She had tears in her eyes. She missed them so much. She was so happy she would be seeing them next week for the match. She would have so much to tell them! She then thought of what Ginny said, 'Be good, *wink*' She smiled to herself. Ginny was the one person Hermione had told about the kiss with Malfoy. She wondered if Harry had even told Ginny about when he found out Draco would be teaching here, 'No she would have told me straight away, she couldn't keep something like that quiet' She folded up the letter, kissed it and placed it on her nightstand. She grabbed a piece of parchment and began to write,
Dear Ron, Luna, Ginny and Harry,
I am about to go welcome the students so I can't write much. But I wish you were all here with me and I miss you so much. I am looking forward to seeing you all next week. With all my love!
Hermione
She folded it closed and sealed it. She fed Pig a few crumbs from the cookies on her nightstand and tied the letter to his leg. "Happy flying, Pig!" and she let him out the window and watched him disappear into the moonlight.
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Draco was preceding up the through the dungeons with much anticipation. He was nervous, excited, nauseous, all the above. He soon reached the doors to the Great Hall and saw Hermione standing at them.
"You alright?" he asked her.
She jumped, "Oh, hi! Yeah, I guess. Are you flipping out as well?"
He could see her hands shaking and placed his hand on one of them, "Of course, but we will be just fine," he squeezed her hand and released it to open the door.
"Ahh, Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy," McGongall stood from the chair at the head of the teachers table.
"Good evening, Minerva."
Hermione smiled, Draco was rather enjoying calling their old teachers by their first name, "Good evening," she sputted out.
McGonagall smiled at both of them, "Draco, if you'll take your seat up here next to Professor Snape. Hermione, if I may have a word," and she motioned for her to follow her, "Miss Granger, I will need you to greet the first years and lead them in. I will also need you to lead the sorting ceremony."
Hermione didn't know what to say, "Er, okay, sure."
McGonagall smiled, "It's really not a choice Hermione," she winked at her, "here is the list of the first years. I imagine you know how to do it all?"
"Er-, and at that the doors to the Great Hall opened and the returning students entered. Butterflies formed in her stomach.
McGonagall quickly moved back to her seat. Hermione stood there and waited for the students to finish sitting. She got a few waves from old friends, some curious looks with the students whispering in their neighbors ears and pointing at her and up at Draco. She also got some nasty looks from most of the people at the Slytherin table. The one's that hadn't most likely didn't know who she was. That is until the person next to them whispered and then, she got nasty looks from them as well.
"Ah! I see the first years have arrived," Hermione turned to see Hagrid walking through the hall, "Professor Granger, would you please retrieve our first years?"
Hermione nodded and looked quickly at Draco who gave her a smile and wink. She walked through the hall keeping her focus straight ahead. She didn't want to look as frazzled as she actually was. As she passed the Gryffindor table she heard many, "hey Hermione," whispers. She formed a small smile and quickly looked over and winked.
She reached the doors and swung them open. She looked down to see a sea of frightened faces. A few of them gasped as she looked down at them. She heard one girl whisper to another, "That's Hermione Granger," with her friend quickly responding, "No it's not, Hermione Granger is dead."
She looked curiously at the two girls and spoke loudly, "Welcome to Hogwart's first years. My name is Hermione Granger. As you can see I am not dead, some of you may have been misinformed," and she shot a look to the two gossipers. She thought to herself, 'great, another Lavender and Parvati duo' she continued, "We will begin the feast shortly, but first we must sort you into your Houses. If you will follow me in to the front of the Hall, we will get started," She turned and entered into the Hall, all heads turned to the entering group.
She led the group of students to the front of the Hall. Professor Flitwick had brought in the stool and the sorting hat sat upon it. The students gaped as the hat sang his song. When finished, Hermione looked at the list and read the first name.
"ELLIOT, DANIEL!" As small boy moved forward and sat on the still, "RAVENCLAW!" The boy smiled and hurried off to the table, "FINNIGAN, SANORA," one of the two gossiping girls moved toward the stool with a fearful look up at Hermione. She sat, "GRYFFINDOR!" the girl hopped down from the stool and went quickly to join her new housemates. This went on for another five minutes. In the end there were four new Hufflepuffs, three new Ravenclaws, three new Slytherins and five new Gryffindore's. Professor Flitwick took the stool and hat and Hermione went and took a seat in between Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout.
McGonagall welcomed all the new students and then introduced the two new teachers, "There have been several changes to the teaching staff this year, first let's congratulate Professor Snape who has taken over the teaching position for Defense Against the Dark Arts." A few claps followed, "The Potions position has been taken by former student and member of the House of Slytherin, Draco Malfoy," there were claps but most noise came from the Slytherin table who's students were hooting and whistling, "Finally, as I have taken over as Headmistress, the Transfiguration position has been filled by another former student and former member of the House of Gryffindor, Hermione Granger." At this, the hall erupted into continuous applause, whistles and the students at each table stood and clapped, with the exception of the Slytherin table. She couldn't believe her eyes. What was going on? She was flushing with embarrassment and tears welled in her eyes.
Eventually, the noise died down. McGonagall made a few other announcements and the feast began. Hermione was beside herself. Why had she gotten such a warm reception? She didn't understand. She picked at her food a bit and found herself unable to eat. McGonagall leaned over, "Are you alright?"
"I don't understand, why did they do that?"
"Hermione, everyone knows what happened the day Voldemort was killed, and who was there."
She was confused, "But Pro-, Minerva, Draco was there too. He is just was much of a hero as I am. Why didn't he get the same reception?"
McGonagall sighed, "Well, know no one knows he was there. He tried his best to not let anyone know."
"But, why?"
She looked at Hermione with a puzzled look, "Have you already forgotten our discussion last night Miss Granger? He felt he failed, he has always believed that it was he that let your parents die."
Hermione was shocked. She never blamed Draco for her parent's death, never. She leaned over to see Draco who looked as though Snape was talking his ear off. He caught sight of Hermione and smiled. She smiled back. "Are you okay?" he mouthed to her. She hesitated and nodded and kept smiling. He could see in her eyes, she was lying.
Wow, that was a long one, Whew! That was a bit more detailed than I thought it would be, but I hope it made sense. Don't think I will get 10 out tonight, Final Friends is on tonight! I will be sobbing my eyes out! By the way, Daniel Elliot was my first love back in the day. He was always very smart so I put him in Ravenclaw.