Two Faced

Chapter One: 7th and Final Year

Summer break had finally ended, and it was time to head back to school. As per usual, Ron, Harry and Hermione spent the last week of their vacation at Weasely's house. The previous day, the whole lot of them had gone to Diagon Alley to stock up their school supplies, and get all their books for their 7th, and final year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

This year was to be a good year, as well as their last year, they were delighted to hear at the beginning of the summer that Hermione had become head girl! Though, they had yet to know who head boy was.

One the train, while Ron and Harry were busy munching away on candy and goodies from the lunch trolley, Hermione reached into her bag and picked out the book she had oddly found on one of the book shelves.

::Flashback::

Searching for her new book for Muggles studies, Hermione found a book on the shelf that seemed to be.. glowing?! As she went to reach for it, to check it out.. who else but Draco Malfoy bumped into her, purposely of course and she bumped into the bookshelf, sending several books on the floor in a mess.

"Watch where you're going, Granger!" he laughed, walking off with one of his usual sly grins on his face.

Growling, Hermione began to pick up the books and put them back on the shelf, until the very last book, the one she had been looking at previously was there, cover up, still glowing, but not as brightly as it had previously.

" 'Atley's Guide to Personality Perception' " she mumbled the title to herself, confused since she's never heard a book of this type before, but also curious what it could be about. Sitting herself down againest the bookshelf, she flipped open the cover, and as she began to read the first paragraph, the book stopped glowing.

" 'Tired of the same old you? Tired of that horrible reputation you just can't seem to shake? Here's Atley to your rescue with a cure! Start from the very beginning, whether before that horrible incident, or before you were even born! You can replay it all with the new you.. and no one would ever know!' " By this time, Hermione was deeply enthralled.

"Hermione.. first you buy the books, THEN you start reading them!" Ron said laughing, walking over to her.

Quickly shutting the cover, Hermione shoved the book into the basket, got up and joined the rest of the Weasely's and Harry at the checkout. Paying for her books, they left the store.

::End of Flashback::

Hermione curiousity was killing her, and she had to find somewhere private where she could read the book and no one would be there to see.

"I'll see you guys in a bit, ok? I'm going to go check out the head girl/boy quarter's and take a nap.." she waved to them, though they barely noticed, and headed to the end of the train, where she was welcomed with a gold plaque above the door that said 'Head Girl: Hermione Granger Head Boy: Draco Malfoy.'

'Draco Malfoy is head boy?! Oh wait till Harry and Ron hear this.. they're going to go into a tizzy..'

She opened the door to find Malfoy and his two goons Crabbe and Goyle laughing over some pictures. As soon as she walked in, all 3 of their heads glanced her way.

"Oh great.. this rooms going to be tainted now.." Malfoy said with a snarl, while Crabbe and Goyle just started laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world.

"Oh shut it Malfoy, you're going to have to deal with me all year.. so you better start getting used to it!" Hermione said angrily and she pulled the partition through the middle of the room and sat on the seat.

Hermione, Ron, and Harry had never gotten along with Draco and his gang. Ever since their first year, there had always been so much animosity between them all. At times, Hermione believed she always got the butt end of the deal. No one knew, or even cared how much it hurt to be constantly teased and ridiculed about being Muggle born. Though, she tried to tell herself and convince herself that even if she was muggle born, she could beat any of these guys in any sort of magic anyday.

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