Hermione Granger and An Act of Love

On the train

Hermione awoke with a jolt, as she realised that today, she would be starting her 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She smiled to herself at the thought of seeing Harry and Ron again.

She'd spent most of the holidays away with her parents, so she hadn't really had time to see her two best friends. She got up, crossed the room, and looked around for something to wear. She'd change into her robes on the train, of course, as she always did.

She had packed all of her things the night before, and her room looked kind of empty without it. She took one last look around her room, and dragged her things downstairs.

When she got there, she saw her mother and father sitting around the table, fully clothed, each sipping a cup of coffee silently. As she entered they both looked up. She gave them a warm smile. They had made her breakfast. "Thanks, mum." She said, and took a seat at the table to eat.

Fifteen minuets later, after the third attempt, they had gotten into the car, and managed to set off successfully. (The first and second attempts Hermione has needed to use the toilet, and then remembered something that she had forgotten.) Although Hermione's parents were Muggles, and could not get onto platform nine and three-quarters, they would still accompany her to the station.

When they had gotten all of Hermione's things out of the car and onto a trolley, they turned to say their goodbyes. She gave each of them a hug.

"Have a good year, sweetheart," said her dad, and ruffled her hair. "You'd better get going, or you'll miss your train." It was 10:52 by the big, old clock hanging from the stations roof, so she got a move on. As she was walking towards the wall, her mother called after her, "And be CAREFUL!" She smiled to herself. If only her mother knew what trouble she, Harry and Ron got into every year. She closed her eyes and ran straight through the bricks, separating platforms nine and ten.

Hermione moved down the train, peering into compartments to see if she could spot Harry or Ron. About halfway down the train, she spotted Harry, Ginny, Fred, George and Neville Longbottom chatting away happily. She tapped slightly on the door, and they all jumped. Harry jumped up immediately and opened the door, helping Hermione with her luggage.

"Hermione! How are you?"

"Did you have a nice summer, Hermione?"

"Go anywhere nice with your parents, Hermione?"

They all started talking at once, and Hermione laughed. "I'm fine thank-you. But I do have something I would like to tell – where's Ron?" She had suddenly noticed that he wasn't there.

"Ah well you see, Ron, unbelievably, has got the position of Head Boy! So he's at the front of the train waiting to be given instructions from Professor McGonagal." Said Harry. Fred and George were muttering words of what was apparently disgust under their breath. Clearly they thought the whole thing was an embarrassment. But of course, Hermione already knew this. "Oh, really?" She faked a look of surprise. "Well that just ties in nicely with the fact that I also –" however she was cut off here by Fred.

"You never have? You have, haven't you?" Hermione grinned and nodded. She had been given the position of Head Girl. She and Ron had been writing to each other all summer, discussing the facts. They had both decided not to tell the others until they got to school, but obviously Ron had had no choice but to explain. One thing Hermione didn't know, however, was the fact that they were supposed to be at the front of the train. "Well, I'd better get going then," she said, starting to feel a little strange. "Should I leave my luggage here?"

"Yeah, that'll be fine. Ron did." Said Harry. She gave him a nig hug, mostly because she was scared, but also because she felt sorry for him. He had been asking her out all summer, but she had simply said she would see when they got back to school. She understood it must be hard for him to hear that her and Ron now had an extra excuse to be spending time together, without him. And she set off, back up the train, to find Ron.

Hey, sorry the chapter was short, but it's just to introduce the story and stuff! Im new here so tell me if it's not good (be truthful) and i won't carry on lol. thanx xxx

Lou xxx