Chapter 1: Welcome home

It started out as any normal year for her. She was just standing on the platform looking at the scarlet engine that lay before her. She took a deep breath and smiled. She was so happy to be back. To her home, away from her horrible step father, and bitch of a stepsister. Not to mention her stepbrother that needed to understand what sister meant, even if it had step in front of it.

She was also a little nervous. When was she going to tell them?

"Hermione!"

Hermione Granger looked around for the source of the shout. Her smile grew wider when she saw it through the crowd of students. Her best friends, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Ginny Weasley. She walked up to them and gave them each a hug.

"It's been so long. You have all changed so much."

She wasn't lying. All of her friends had changed over the summer. Harry had spent the summer at the Weasley's house, so he had plenty of food, plus he and Ron had spent the summer working out for Quidditch, and it showed. The once scrawny boy was now the 6'1", very muscular teenager, looked more like a man then a boy. He had gotten a new pair of glasses that looked so much better on him then his old circle ones did. And Ron, he had grown to a nice6'3" and he had also filled out from his training. Although, he still had that boyish gleam in his eye that she loved(not in that way). Man, girls are going to be breaking down the portrait hole looking for them. Ginny grew up a little and her brilliant hair had grown out to be in the middle of her back and now was a nice vibrant red like a flame, instead of the shocking red it had been a couple of years ago. It was an attention getter, but in a good way; not in that "Oh my god, look at that hair. Remind us to bring sunglasses next time," way.

"Damn, Hermione. You're not looking too bad yourself."

She had to admit it. She wasn't looking to shabby. She had grown out of the bookworm stage. She still loved to read and she loved books but she was no longer going to be classified as a bookworm. She had gotten curves in all the right places when she grew to about 5'6" from 5'3". Her once busy hair was not shiny , sleek, and perfectly strait. Her face had matured and she definitely looked like a woman. She was a woman.

"Thank you. But let's not talk about looks right now. I don't get to sit with you guys on the train so let's catch up on goings on over the summer."

"Well, me and Harry......wait, why don't you get to sit with us?"

"Well..."

All of the sudden Ginny noticed the shiny metal badge on her robes. "You made head girl!!!!!"

Hermione beamed, "yep."

"Who's head boy?" Asked Harry.

"Don't know, I was hoping it was one of you, but I can see it's not. Guess I'll find out later won't I."