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At the beginning
She was alone at small taxi car thinking about the days to come. She was on her way to the train station to embark once more on what would probably be her most dangerous year at Hogwarts. Her summer had been filled with excruciating boredom and worry as she spent the days alone at home wondering what was to become of the world with Voldemort gathering his full strength.
Sighing she looked out the window and wondered how one person could turn into such an unfeeling monster that he would want to destroy the beauty of life.
"Here we are miss." her driver announced stopping at the station.
Hermione grabbed the money from her shirt pocket and handed it to the man knowing it would be the right amount for the trip. After all how many times had she made this trip?
She got off and strolled casually towards platform 9 and 3/4 feeling the anxiousness of the summer melt away to be replaced by excitement at the thought of seeing her friends. And maybe, just maybe find out if she one of her letters had gotten lost in the mail.
Looking around to make sure that nobody was watching ,Hermione joined a group of people that were walking past the entryway to the Hogwarts platform and without anyone noticing vanished beyond the wall.
The sight that greeted her from beyond the entryway was a welcome one.
Witches and wizards dressed in robes, magic books, wands, owls and everything that said she was going home.
Smiling she easily spotted some of her classmates already gathering to talk about their summers. Hermione wasted no time to join them but was stopped when she saw a familiarly unwelcome sight.
There stood a man not twenty feet away from her with white hair and a permanently arrogant expression on his face.
Draco Malfoy.
The weird thing was he was standing alone.
Where had his awful monkeys gone? She wondered silently. They were probably already in training to be Death Eaters like their fathers.
But then why was Malfoy still here?
She stared at him some more curiously trying to figure out the young puzzle, but like so many other times before when she had allowed herself to wonder about Draco Malfoy, not Malfoy the enemy, but Draco Malfoy, she just ended up frustrating herself. After all what was there to wonder about Draco Malfoy. There was nothing more to him than an arrogant bigot, who would someday grow up to be even worse than Voldemort, if that was even possible.
But as she stood there gazing silently at his lonely form, what she didn't know was that he knew perfectly well she was there. As he had always known whenever the dangerously enticing mudblood was around him.
He debated whether it would be worth his time to annoy her right now, or wait until hey two boyfriends were with her.
He couldn't help himself. After all, he was bored.
Hermione noticed Malfoy's shoulders becoming a little tense and knew that he had caught her eyes on him. His shoulders always tensed up whenever she looked at him. As if she wasn't even worthy of doing that.
How could a person hate someone that much she wondered.
She shook her head and moved to join her Gryffindor friends but before she could move an inch. He was suddenly there.
"Well well, hello mudblood. Had a good summer?"
"Piss of Malfoy."
He smirked at her. Where was her two monkeys? He wondered.
"So mudblood, I'm surprised your not parading your Head girl badge around." he questioned. Sincerely wondering why he couldn't see it on her.
And when her face cringed at his question, he could've laughed. No... surely Miss-Know-It-All-Mudblood had to be the Head Girl. She was top of their class..
So he did laugh when he realised that she wasn't it.
"Shut up Malfoy."
"That's pathetic Granger. You couldn't even make Head Girl? Well I suppose Dumbledore had to have some sense in him. Can't possibly have a mudblood as a Head."
She was about to reply but she heard heavy footsteps coming towards her. Two pairs of them actually.
"Leave her alone Malfoy." Harry's deep voice sounded against her ears.
Without turning to them, she knew that her best-friends stood on either side of her, with their wands at the ready.
Malfoy only smirked at the sight, before turning around and walking away quietly.
The three remaining could just stand there and blinking in wonder.
Had Malfoy just walked away without retaliating? Giving a final insult?
Was the world coming to an end?
Harry was the first to snap out of it. Shaking his head he turned to one of his best-friends. The one he hadn't seen since school ended and enveloped her in a tight embrace that lasted quite a while.
Well. It lasted until Ron was able to snap out of his daze as well.
"Hey, mate learn to share!" he exclaimed.
Harry laughed and let go of Hermione, who gave him one of her perfect smiles before turning to Ron and giving him a warm kiss on the cheek and a hug as well.
"Oh come on you guys. It hasn't been that long has it?" Hermione asked grinning at them. Perfectly pleased that she had her two boys beside her once more.
"It's been too long 'Mione." Harry said solemnly.
"Yeah. And we've got loads to tell you!" Ron said excitedly, never having lost the innocence of their earlier years.
" So what's the news?" she asked picking up her bags once more and heading towards the train.
They would have to get a compartment to themselves after all. The boys picked up their luggage as well and followed her. Harry casually taking her bag from her and carrying it with his.
Yes... She was very glad to be back with her boys indeed.
What a hell of a way to start her final year at Hogwarts. She thought.
In the corner of her eyes however she felt eyes burning a hole in her sides, a slight turn and there indeed were steely gray eyes looking at her.
What was Draco Malfoy up to.
End Chapter
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