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Chapter One: Summer Ends and a New School Year Begins

"Hermione, get downstairs or you'll miss the flight!"

"Alright, alright!" Hermione yelled downstairs as she gathered last minute belongings for her next year and her last year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.

She raced down the stairs and got into a car with her mother and father and they left for the airport back to London.

Hermione and her family had been living in Paris for a few months now and she assured her parents that she would be fine going to the Hogwarts train without them. They couldn't go into the barrier anyways so what was the point.

Actually, school didn't start for anther two days. She was leaving for London to stay with Harry and Ron and the whole bunch. Today was August 30th, she would arrive in London in a few hours and spend the night at the Leaky Caldron and spend the day with Ron and Harry and then the night again and then leave for Hogwarts.

Once she reached London, she summoned the Knight Bus and went to the Leaky Caldron.

"Hi Mrs.Weasley." Hermione said when she walked into the room.

"Hi, Hermione… how are you?"

"Good and you?"

"Fine, fine. The boys just went shopping and here is your Hogwarts letter too."
"Thank you and I think I am going to put this in my room and then go find them," Hermione said and she took her bags to her and Ginny's room.

After about an hour of shopping, Hermione finally found Harry and Ron at the ice cream shop.

"Harry Potter, Ron Weasley!" She called.

Harry's head spun around to see where the noises came from and he looked behind him and saw Hermione.
"Hey Hermione." Ron said.

"Hey Ron."

"So, which school are you going to?" Harry asked.

"Hogwarts. What other school?"

"You didn't get the exchange student form?"

"No, I did get head girl though."

"WE are going to France for our seventh year."
"You mean you won't be at the same school?"

"We will be their a few weeks out of the last semester but that's it. The last three weeks to be exact."

"Yeah, and Ginny is going to the states," Harry said.

"Ginny is going away to? Who will I talk to?"

"They are sending students there too." Ron said.

"Yeah, maybe you can make a few new friends." Harry said.

"Come on Mione, it won't be that bad." Ron said.

"Yeah, their will only be Malfoy, and all the other Slythrins."

"Oh, thanks Ron." Hermione said.

"Your welcome." Ron said and grinned.

"We better be going back for dinner." Harry said.

"Alright, alright."

"SO, what are we going to do on our last day together?" Ron asked Hermione.

"I was going to take you muggle shopping."

"Muggle shopping? How are we going to pay for that?"

"Don't worry boys… I got it covered." Hermione said with a grin.

After dinner, they headed off to bed after a few games of wizard chess.

"WE have to leave by ten in the morning so, we have to get up early." Hermione told the boys.

"Alright, see you in the morning." Harry said.

Hermione woke the next morning and she dressed in jeans, and a T shirt with sneakers. She put her hair in a braid and she walked down stairs for breakfast.

"Wow, Hermione," Ron said.

"What, you have never seen me like this?"

"No… never." Harry said.

"Well, you better get used to it." Hermione said and she grinned.

"Alright, well, we better get going right Hermione?" Harry said.

"Yeah, sure… I wonder if the car is here yet…" Hermione said.

"The car, I don't know how to drive Hermione and Ron was the one that ran us into the Whomping Willow."

"I never said you where driving so calm down," Hermione said with a smile.