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The first couple of weeks staying at the Malfoy's were pretty boring. Hermione had stayed in her room most of the time, but when she did leave her room, it was only to go to the kitchens to help out the house-elves.
She knew that the Malfoy's had a son around her age(11 years old) But she never got the chance to meet him. 'All for the best, I guess' Hermione thought looking out her window. She walked over to her calendar she had recently bought and counted down the days left until school started.
Hermione was looking forward to her new school. Learning to become a fully- fledged witch would be fun and educational. She also had wondered, 'Will I make new friends?' She had left all her friends behind when her home and her whole entire family was killed in the terrible fire.
Just remembering about that day made Hermione shed a few tears. "Miss Granger, I have brought you your dinner." A wobbly looking house-elf was carrying a silver tray over to her desk which had many opened books piled on top of it.
"Thank you, Lucy. Would you like to join me?" Hermione pulled up a little chair to the desk and motioned for Lucy to sit down. "I-I would be most honored to Miss Granger!" The house-elf got up onto the other chair and waited for Hermione to start.
Hermione took the saucer from her tea and placed on it some peas, chicken, and peaches. Then she poured more tea for Lucy in one of the other saucers. She handed the house-elf her share of the dinner and she started on hers.
The chicken was her favorite. But she also liked the peas and peaches too. The tea had an extraordinary taste, different from what she was used to. Hermione looked over at Lucy to see that she was slowly eating. "Lucy, your not in the present of the Malfoy's, you can eat like a slob if you want." Hermione told Lucy.
Lucy seamed to understand and she started eating like Hermione was, bite after bite full. She gulped down the rest of the tea, and got up. "If Miss Granger is finished, Lucy will take the tray back to the kitchens now." Hermione was finished so she let Lucy take away the tray with a full stomach and a smile on her face.
Hermione looked at the clock hanging above her door and thought she might want to go to bed. Because she had only one week left until school started.
------------Meanwhile------------------------------------------------------
Draco had finished eating dinner with his mother and then went to go pay a visit to his 'So-called-sister.' On the way to the door, Draco suddenly changed his mind. "I think I'll go and see her another day." So Draco just left when he was right in front of his sister's door.
Instead, Draco decided to go to the library and rummage around for any of the items he lost a while ago. Once he entered the library he saw his father and some others, so Draco decided to quickly hide behind one of the large bookcases.
Then, he strained his ears to here he conversation. "Harry Potter is going to Hogwarts this year. Now is the chance for Voldemort to regain his energy and strength! Let us go and tell him!" One of the many hooded men said to Lucius.
"Fine, go tell him that if that is what you wish. I will go and see him personally about the mater later though." Lucius dismissed the men and walked out of the room after them. Draco came out of his hiding space and just stared at the door.
'Why? Why did my father have to be a death eater?" Draco said aloud hearing an echo in the room repeating his every word and movement. He decided to just forget about it and look for his lost sneak-a-scope.
After about an hour looking, Draco found and brought it back to his room. He hadn't packed his trunk up yet, so he decided to do it then. He gathered his new robes from his wardrobe and he placed them in them in the bottom of the trunk.
Next he grabbed his boxers and socks and put them in the trunk. Once all of his books and school supplies were packed nicely in his trunk, Draco had room left to put in his personal belongings. Like his sneak-a-scope, family picture of his mother and him, and a journal.
He didn't know why he even started a journal in the first place, but he did know that it was a gift from his mother to him and he treasured it dearly. His mother wanted him to write in it, so he had been writing in it since the day he got it.
Once Draco's trunk was all packed up and ready for his first year at Hogwarts, he went to his wardrobe once again and got dresses in his pajamas.
-------------King's Cross Station------------------------------------------
Lucius was going to bring Draco to King's Cross while his wife was going to bring Hermione. But they were both going two separate ways. Lucius and Draco were going by using a port key and Mrs. Malfoy and Hermione were going by Floo powder.
Hermione held onto her trunk and got into the fireplace. She grabbed a handful of Floo powder and said, "King's Cross Station." Then she fell onto the platform. She looked at her ticket and saw that the platform was called Platform 9 ¾. 'A weird number for a platform.' Hermione thought to herself as Mrs. Malfoy appeared behind her.
"Dear, there is your train, 'The Hogwarts Express.' Love you, here, it's a gift from me to you. It is a little something for you to remember me by." Mrs. Malfoy said handing a cage to Hermione with a baby sugar powdered owl.
"Oh! Thank you!" Hermione gave a hug to Mrs. Malfoy and got on the train with her baby owl. Walking down the narrow hallway, Hermione heard laughter from behind many of the compartments and she wished that she had friends that went to this new school.
Sighing, Hermione found an empty compartment near the back of the train. She took a seat near the window and looked out. Since the train had already left the station, Hermione had a good look at the scenery around her.
She would pass by farms and old abandoned houses, or just plain grazing pastures once again. Hermione just stared out the window when suddenly her baby owl gave out a hoot.
Hermione turned her attention to the baby owl. "I haven't named you yet, have I?" Hermione opened the cage and put her hand inside. The owl jumped onto her hand without hesitating. Hermione slowly pulled her hand out of the cage so that she wouldn't scare her bird. Lifting her hand up in front of her, Hermione said, "What to name you. What to name you...I know you look like a powdered donut so, I'll call you Donut!" he owl appreciated the name and nudged Hermione's hand.
Before no time, Hermione had looked back out the window and saw her school. With all the lights and joy that seemed to fill it! Towers higher then many buildings then she ever saw! And to top it all off, Hermione heard the most beautiful music coming from inside it and silvery people floating around the walls.
Hermione decided, maybe this place will be more fun then I thought. Maybe I might make a friend! Then she heard the train whistle go off and knew that they had stopped and were leaving the train to go into the school, Hogwarts.
A./N.: There is chapter 4 for those of you who were waiting. I was also wondering if anyone needed an over the internet pen-pal for a while. If you need or want a pen-pal, just e-mail me at cocoa13mgmsn.com. Nothing further more to say, so bye for now! Morgan
The first couple of weeks staying at the Malfoy's were pretty boring. Hermione had stayed in her room most of the time, but when she did leave her room, it was only to go to the kitchens to help out the house-elves.
She knew that the Malfoy's had a son around her age(11 years old) But she never got the chance to meet him. 'All for the best, I guess' Hermione thought looking out her window. She walked over to her calendar she had recently bought and counted down the days left until school started.
Hermione was looking forward to her new school. Learning to become a fully- fledged witch would be fun and educational. She also had wondered, 'Will I make new friends?' She had left all her friends behind when her home and her whole entire family was killed in the terrible fire.
Just remembering about that day made Hermione shed a few tears. "Miss Granger, I have brought you your dinner." A wobbly looking house-elf was carrying a silver tray over to her desk which had many opened books piled on top of it.
"Thank you, Lucy. Would you like to join me?" Hermione pulled up a little chair to the desk and motioned for Lucy to sit down. "I-I would be most honored to Miss Granger!" The house-elf got up onto the other chair and waited for Hermione to start.
Hermione took the saucer from her tea and placed on it some peas, chicken, and peaches. Then she poured more tea for Lucy in one of the other saucers. She handed the house-elf her share of the dinner and she started on hers.
The chicken was her favorite. But she also liked the peas and peaches too. The tea had an extraordinary taste, different from what she was used to. Hermione looked over at Lucy to see that she was slowly eating. "Lucy, your not in the present of the Malfoy's, you can eat like a slob if you want." Hermione told Lucy.
Lucy seamed to understand and she started eating like Hermione was, bite after bite full. She gulped down the rest of the tea, and got up. "If Miss Granger is finished, Lucy will take the tray back to the kitchens now." Hermione was finished so she let Lucy take away the tray with a full stomach and a smile on her face.
Hermione looked at the clock hanging above her door and thought she might want to go to bed. Because she had only one week left until school started.
------------Meanwhile------------------------------------------------------
Draco had finished eating dinner with his mother and then went to go pay a visit to his 'So-called-sister.' On the way to the door, Draco suddenly changed his mind. "I think I'll go and see her another day." So Draco just left when he was right in front of his sister's door.
Instead, Draco decided to go to the library and rummage around for any of the items he lost a while ago. Once he entered the library he saw his father and some others, so Draco decided to quickly hide behind one of the large bookcases.
Then, he strained his ears to here he conversation. "Harry Potter is going to Hogwarts this year. Now is the chance for Voldemort to regain his energy and strength! Let us go and tell him!" One of the many hooded men said to Lucius.
"Fine, go tell him that if that is what you wish. I will go and see him personally about the mater later though." Lucius dismissed the men and walked out of the room after them. Draco came out of his hiding space and just stared at the door.
'Why? Why did my father have to be a death eater?" Draco said aloud hearing an echo in the room repeating his every word and movement. He decided to just forget about it and look for his lost sneak-a-scope.
After about an hour looking, Draco found and brought it back to his room. He hadn't packed his trunk up yet, so he decided to do it then. He gathered his new robes from his wardrobe and he placed them in them in the bottom of the trunk.
Next he grabbed his boxers and socks and put them in the trunk. Once all of his books and school supplies were packed nicely in his trunk, Draco had room left to put in his personal belongings. Like his sneak-a-scope, family picture of his mother and him, and a journal.
He didn't know why he even started a journal in the first place, but he did know that it was a gift from his mother to him and he treasured it dearly. His mother wanted him to write in it, so he had been writing in it since the day he got it.
Once Draco's trunk was all packed up and ready for his first year at Hogwarts, he went to his wardrobe once again and got dresses in his pajamas.
-------------King's Cross Station------------------------------------------
Lucius was going to bring Draco to King's Cross while his wife was going to bring Hermione. But they were both going two separate ways. Lucius and Draco were going by using a port key and Mrs. Malfoy and Hermione were going by Floo powder.
Hermione held onto her trunk and got into the fireplace. She grabbed a handful of Floo powder and said, "King's Cross Station." Then she fell onto the platform. She looked at her ticket and saw that the platform was called Platform 9 ¾. 'A weird number for a platform.' Hermione thought to herself as Mrs. Malfoy appeared behind her.
"Dear, there is your train, 'The Hogwarts Express.' Love you, here, it's a gift from me to you. It is a little something for you to remember me by." Mrs. Malfoy said handing a cage to Hermione with a baby sugar powdered owl.
"Oh! Thank you!" Hermione gave a hug to Mrs. Malfoy and got on the train with her baby owl. Walking down the narrow hallway, Hermione heard laughter from behind many of the compartments and she wished that she had friends that went to this new school.
Sighing, Hermione found an empty compartment near the back of the train. She took a seat near the window and looked out. Since the train had already left the station, Hermione had a good look at the scenery around her.
She would pass by farms and old abandoned houses, or just plain grazing pastures once again. Hermione just stared out the window when suddenly her baby owl gave out a hoot.
Hermione turned her attention to the baby owl. "I haven't named you yet, have I?" Hermione opened the cage and put her hand inside. The owl jumped onto her hand without hesitating. Hermione slowly pulled her hand out of the cage so that she wouldn't scare her bird. Lifting her hand up in front of her, Hermione said, "What to name you. What to name you...I know you look like a powdered donut so, I'll call you Donut!" he owl appreciated the name and nudged Hermione's hand.
Before no time, Hermione had looked back out the window and saw her school. With all the lights and joy that seemed to fill it! Towers higher then many buildings then she ever saw! And to top it all off, Hermione heard the most beautiful music coming from inside it and silvery people floating around the walls.
Hermione decided, maybe this place will be more fun then I thought. Maybe I might make a friend! Then she heard the train whistle go off and knew that they had stopped and were leaving the train to go into the school, Hogwarts.
A./N.: There is chapter 4 for those of you who were waiting. I was also wondering if anyone needed an over the internet pen-pal for a while. If you need or want a pen-pal, just e-mail me at cocoa13mgmsn.com. Nothing further more to say, so bye for now! Morgan