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Hermione let out a deep breath and confidently ran through the wall onto platform 9 ¾. "This is it." She thought to herself. It was her 7th year and she was Head Girl. She loaded her luggage onto the train and headed to find her friends, who she had not seen all summer, after the war they had drifted apart, Harry was living with the Weasley's and a lot had happened over the summer which caused them to drift even more apart. During the war Harry and Ron along with Ginny and Lavender form a bond a bond that she wasn't part of. Just after Easter in 6th year the golden trio broke up, Harry and Ron became distant from Hermione, they no longer sat together in classes and at lunch time, it was as if they had all forgotten about each other.

Life had not been good to her this summer. First there was the war at the end of 6th year, despite it being a war, the outcome was good, more people fell from the dark side, and the light side won. A week after she returned home, her parents took her to Miami, she had a wonderful time there but when they returned home, that's when her life ended, in her opinion.

Hermione sighed as she thought of her parents and it brought a tear to her eye. They had been home for a few days and her parents had to go back to work, they left together on the morning on July 26th and that was the last time she saw them again. Her parents had died in a car crash on their way to work.

She walked passed a compartment and saw unruly black hair, Harry she thought, she popped her head round the door and was about to go in and try to make things up with her best friends, she really did miss them and since the war was over she wanted to get things back to the way they were when she saw that he wasn't alone, he was sat with Ginny on his knee, it brought a smile to her face, Harry and Ginny had been dating since the end of their 5th year, over a year now, and Ron was sat with his girlfriend Lavender brown. She decided that she would rather not be the 5th wheel and luckily went unnoticed. She found a spare compartment. 'I guess ill just see them later'.

"Peace at last" she said to herself and opened her book and began to read. She was so engrossed in her book she didn't hear the door open.

"Studying already Granger?" Came a confident, voice from round the door.

"Malfoy." Hermione replied without looking up.

"Thinking of me Granger." Malfoy replied.

"I don't need this Malfoy, what do you want?"

"You know Granger, your Head Girl"

Hermione looked up finally making eye contact. "Its true what they say then"

"And what's that"

"Any seal can clap"

"Huh?" Draco replied confused

"Go away Malfoy, if your not going to tell me what you came for"

"Just telling you McGonagall wants us in the head compartment as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Malfoy." Hermione said in a tired voice 'so he is head boy, great, the worst year of my life just keeps on going' she thought.

Draco looked at her from the corner of his eye. She had most definitely grown over the summer, he almost found her attractive. She nervously bit her lip and kept her head down almost as if she was ashamed.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked

"Nothing" Hermione replied and walked into the Head Compartment.

After the meeting was finished McGonagall dismissed the prefects and told the heads to stay in the compartment for more instructions.

"Now, as you both know, you are at the top of your class and the school, you will be sharing a common room, a bathroom and a study area, you will have separate bedrooms, joining the common room. The pass word to your common room is Unity" she continued on with the lists of duties of what they had to do and turned to leave.

"Oh, Miss Granger before I go, please accept my deepest sympathy and that of all the professors at Hogwarts, Dumdledore as i believe saw you over the holidays about the matter?"

"Yes professor, he did and thank you, please thank the staff for me, im not feeling too well and shall not be at the sorting feast, Headmaster Dumbledore gave me permission to be absent for a few days"

"Yes, i understand miss Granger, again, my deepest sympathy" and she turned and left.

Draco who had sat unusually quite during the little chat that Hermione and McGonagall was having spoke up

"What was that about, sympathy, missing classes?"

"Nothing Malfoy, its just.....nothing. Ok Leave it"

"Granger, tell me!"

"Fuck you Malfoy" and with that she put on her head phones turned the music up and closed her eyes, wanting to forget, forget everything and everyone.

'Some things not right ' Draco wondered before her picked up his own book and started to read him self.

Meanwhile in a compartment further down the train Harry, Ginny, Ron and Lav sat talking. Neither of them realised Hermione was missing.

A/N

Next chapter...... Darco and Hermione chat, The school finds out what happened to Hermione and there is a surprise in store for Harry and Ron.

dmhg