AN: Chapter 10. I hope you like it and I hope I get loads more reviews. Anyhow enjoy!

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Chapter 10

"Ginny! Where's my jumper?" called Hermione half dressed

"On the kitchen table. Hurry up the hogwarts express in an hour."

Hermione put on her jumper and called "Finished"

"Come on we need to get the c10 to earls court from there the train."

They walked down the road to get the bus to take them to earl's court. Then from there they took the train to kings cross station. They ran out from the underground level off the station to over ground platform 9 and 10.

"Oh my god it hasn't changed a bit." Hermione whispered looked around her feeling tears sting the corner of her eyes.

"Come on we have to go through the barrier remember. You only have twenty minuets left."

"Oh that's plenty of time. But I might as well go through now. Here goes" Hermione walked through the barrier and memories flooded back to her.


#Flashback

"Hermione! Over here!" Harry called, "How was Italy?" he asked giving her a hug.

"Great! Those ancient Italian wizards are so amazing they -" but was fashionable cut in by Ron

"Hermione we asked how it was not a bloody history lesson!" Ron said.

Hermione gave him an evil look, but before she could say anything Harry said; "come on" Harry grabbed Hermione's hand and led her in to the train. They found a empty compartment at the very back of the train and sat down.

The train started moving and the compartment door slid open. "Well, hello! Look who we have here potty, weasley and their little mudblood whore."

Before Harry and Ron could do anything Hermione got up and said calmly; " what the hell do you want ferret boy?"

"You!" he exclaimed with an evil grin. Hermione gave him a sceptical look and went to shut the door but he put his hand in the way. He gave her a smirk and said; "Well come on head girl we need to go to the head compartment,"

"You got to be joking" Ron exclaimed "you as head boy!"

"Yes because I'm the smartest boy in the year weasley" he turned back to Hermione "well come on for god sake!"

#End of flashback


"Well come on for god sake" Ginny looked at her dazed friend strangely.

Hermione looked up at her friend Draco had said that.

"Trains leaving in ten minuets!" Ginny almost shouted. Bloody weasley temper.

"Good point" Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Here," Ginny waved her wand and Hermione's stuff went on the train.

They both walked towards the train and stopped in front of the carriage door. "Don't forget to write as much as you can ok?" Ginny hugged her room mate and best friend. "I'm gonna miss you so much you dozy tart!"

"I'm gonna miss you just as much."

Ginny gave Hermione one last kiss on the cheek and said. "I need to be at gringotts at eleven, but you enjoy yourself and make sure that griffindor win the house cup." Ginny gave one last wave and apperated away.

"Well I might as well stay with the driver." She walked in. She saw first years running around after each other and then some higher years looking inside a box wit a load of spiders in it.

"Just came from Greece meant to be very deadly." The boy holding the box saw Hermione and closed the box. "You new here?"

"No I'm the new transfiguration teacher." Hermione replied with a smile the boy looked in shock. "You really you look a bit young to be."

"I'm a 26-year-old woman. Is that young for you?"

"Well no but still you're a bit too good looking to be a teacher." Hermione laughed and carried on walking up the gangway to get to the driver.

"Hermione?" she heard someone with a deep Scottish accent say.

"Wood?!?" Hermione looked at the ex griffindor captain. "What are you doing here?"

"About to ask the same question. I'm the new quidditch coach. Madam hooch quit last year. What about you?"

"I'm the new transfiguration teacher,"

"Well come in and sit down." He pulled open the compartment door and Hermione sat down in front of him

"Why were you away for so long?" wood asked.

Hermione a little taken back by the sudden question replied; "well, life changed a bit for me."

"Oh." Wood looked at her. "Why though you have everything going for you. You're beautiful and smart why run away?"

"Someone broke my heart."

"Who?" he persisted

Hermione didn't want to answered the loyal Gryffindor but she couldn't help herself, "Draco Malfoy"

"MALFOY!?"

"Yes Malfoy"

"You and him. He was a slytherin. Cared for no one but himself!"

"For a while it really seemed like he actually cared for me. But how wrong was I.? He broke my heart and no would talk to me because they all believed that I had betrayed them. So I ran were no one could find me. Dumbledore found me four weeks ago and gave me the job I've only seen a few people since then just Harry, Ron Ginny Blaise zambini and Malfoy" Hermione looked at wood "so what about you love life?"

Wood looked at her and grinned. "Well I was with Cho Chang for a little while. You remember her don't you?" Hermione nodded. "And then I got with Fleur Delacour."

"THAT BITCH!" Hermione hated her she had no reason to she just did.

Wood laughed, "yea and we're engaged too. Here look." Wood showed Hermione his engagement ring, which had an inscription ' Je t'aime' "Fleur's got one that says 'I love you'."

Hermione smiled "that's sweet"

Hermione spent the whole journey catching gossip. From what she heard George weasley had been going out with Kate bell and two-timed Lavender Brown. Fred weasley had gotten married to a half veela called Melina. Luna Lovegood was currently dating Gregory Goyle and Neville longbottom was one of the top aurors in the country.

"Did you hear about Lucius Malfoy? Her was executed for the misuse of dark artifacts."

"Yea. I went to see it"

"Oh" there was an uncomfortable silence, nut it was soon broken. Wood looked outside the window and grinned; "Hermione come and look out the window we're here."

Hermione looked out the window and saw she coming across a old yet familiar sight. There it was she was finally home. Shining in all its magnificent glory. It was hogwarts that glistened in the dark of the night.

The train stared slowing down and finally came to a stop. She got off the train and heard a familiar voice she left wood and ran towards it. "First years this way!"

"HAGRID!" Hermione cries. Finally Hermione saw him. The smile fell right off her face "no" she whispered " he looks so old."

"Hermione is that you? Come here my girl"" his hair was now completely white and he was extremely wrinkled. He looked as old as Dumbledore himself.

Hermione ran up to him and grabbed him into a hug and started to cry. "You, my dear are going to have to visit me one day this week and tell me why you ran away"

"I will I promise Hagrid"

"I'll see you later I need to take the first years over the lake. You go ahead and apperate just before the school grounds."

"Thank you Hagrid bye" Hermione did what she was told apperated before the school grounds and walked through the school gates. "Well I'm back." And she proceed towards the huge doors.

AN: Here it is chapter 10. In the next chapter Hermione finally begins to understand a few things. REVIEW!!! TBC