"Well, if it isn't the little filthy Mudblood." Hermione had come to Diagon Alley to pick up her school supplies, and whom should she run into but the Slytherin Prince himself, Draco Malfoy.

"Oh fuck off Malfoy" Hermione had changed over the past few weeks, and was no longer worried about people thought of her; she just couldn't be bothered with the sweet and innocent act anymore.

"Oh, isn't it sweet, the mudblood learned a foul word, pity it only took you 5 years"

"Screw you."

"So, anyway Granger, who are you trying to impress" Malfoy said, looking at Mia's- or rather Destiny's (Mia had been taken shopping by the older girl)- style of clothing. A pair of hip-hugging jeans, and a tight baby blue hater top was Hermione's choice of clothing that day.

"Checking me out Malfoy? I'm surprised you could lower yourself to that level" Hermione said, her voice dripping with venom.

On that note though, Mia thought, he doesn't look to bad himself, there was defiantly a six-pack under all that black clothing, and there was defiantly less gel in his hair.

"Don't flatter yourself Mudblood" Malfoy sneered, although he did look taken aback at Hermione sudden change in attitude- and appearance.

Recovering from his shock at Hermione, Malfoy snapped, "Why don't you run home to your dear little muggle parents, to people that actually care about you?"

Hermione went cold. "You bastered" She whispered, before running into muggle London, tears streaming down her face.

She ran home and into her Aunts arms. "Oh Aunty, I hate him, I hate him so much" Hermione sobbed.

"Hermione, I don't have time for this, I have to work, and you know that, I'll talk to you later"

"Oh, okay"

"Goodbye Mia"

"Bye Aunty" Hermione whispered to her Aunts retreating back.

Hermione went up into her room, and sobbed on her bed, before realizing the one thing that could help take her pain again. And so, starting back on the path of destruction, she grabbed her shaver, and, snapping it open, took out one of the razors it contained.

When she was finished she took a look at her arms. Sheesh she thought it looks like my arms been caught in a fucking meat grinder. Pity I cant use my magic to fix it, oh well, I'll just do it the muggle way. Mia fixed up her arms as best she could with her limited nursing skills, and put on a long sleeved jacket to hide the bandages.

Hermione wandered aimlessly around her childhood home, pausing outside her parent's bedroom. I'm so glad I get to go back to Hogwarts. It's so weird and sad being in the house that I lived in with Mom and Dad, I wish Aunty had a house of her own in London, maybe its something we can look into, if she ever gets time to talk with me about it. Hermione entered the master bedroom, and was hit with a fresh wave of sadness

"Oh god, Mom, Dad, why did you have to leave me, I miss you so much, I just turned 15, and you weren't there to celebrate it with me, it sucks, you hear me, I just want you guys back. I haven't written back to Harry and Ron since the accident, I don't know what to say to them, their worries don't seem all that important anymore. I know it sounds callous and cruel but all they have to worry about it what girls think of them- not me of course; they don't see me like that- but other girls, and of course- Ron especially- what's for dinner. It just seems childish now. I wish you guys were still here so I could talk to you properly, talking to thin air like this makes me feel insane, but I miss you guys so much, and this just helps"

Hermione turned and fled her parent's room, having heard the door downstairs, and not wanting to be caught in her dead parents room.

"Hello Mia dear. Work was slow today so I came home early, have you had a good time?"

"It's not been to bad Aunty, but I was wondering if we could have that talk now?"

"Oh, not right now Mia, work was hectic and I'm much too tired, another time maybe."

"Of course, sorry to bother you then"

Why? Though Mia as she got into bed that night Why can I stand up to the likes of Malfoy, and not to my own Aunty. She wasn't busy at all today, she said so herself. Although, for her sake, it must be hard for her, talking about her dead sister and brother-in-law, but HELLO! Can't she see how fucked up I am over this. Oh well, Aunty can't help the way she is I guess, although it does make me mad.

Before Hermione fell asleep she remembered to check her cell phone for messages, there was one, from Destiny, hoping to catch up with Hermione before she went back to 'boarding' school. Hermione sent a text message back saying. "Cool, shall we meet up this weekend sometime?" Not more then two minutes later Destiny replied, asking Mia to spend the weekend with her in her flat. Hermione quickly typed back "I'd love to, where should we meet and when" It was soon organized that Hermione would be picked up at twelve the next day (Friday) and stay till late Sunday, before spending a further two days with her Aunt then head back to school.

The next morning Mia told her Aunt of her plans, and packed a few items of clothing and essentials into a duffel bag, and waited for Destiny to arrive.

After Destiny arrived the two girls shopped 'til they dropped- literally. Money was no problem for either girl, as Hermione's family was quite well off for muggles, and Destiny had her full time nursing job to pay all her bills.

The two girls stumbled into the flat, arms loaded with bags and bags of clothing, make up and accessories, as Destiny was determined to make Hermione into a 'normal teen'- meaning one who actually knew what mascara was!

When Destiny received a phone call at around 7, Hermione quickly snuck into the bathroom to check that her arms hadn't started bleeding again, and to put some more soothing ointment on them.

"Mia, what the fuck!" Destiny cried

Oh crap Hermione thought I didn't realize she got off the phone, now I'm in for it.

"Its nothing, I fell over the other day and grazed my arm" Hermione lies, trying to cover it back up.

"Bullshit girl, you suck at lying. And by the way, grazes don't look like that. You forget I'm a nurse!"

"Just leave it Destiny okay? It doesn't matter" Hermione said, attempting to leave the bathroom.

"No Mia, your gunna talk to me, and your gunna talk to me now whether you like it or not!"

"Why, what's the point" Hermione asked quietly

"The point is that people care about you and are worried about you. We may have only known each other a few weeks but I still don't want you hurting yourself" Destiny's voice softened, "Is it the same reason as before?"

"No, I saw a boy from school, in London. He was hassling me like he always does and I basically told him to fuck off, and he told me to go home to my mugg- uh- parents, because they were the only ones that cared about me. And I ran home and my Aunt couldn't talk 'cause she had to go to work and I just went upstairs and got my razor and just couldn't stop myself from doing it, But I didn't go to far, so no harm done, right?" Mia asked hopefully not bothering to try and stop her tears.

"Mia, you're a smart girl, you know that lots of harm can be done from this. There are better ways to express yourself then self harming."

"Like what?"

"Well, personally I find music to help a great deal, I find a song that really describes how I'm feeling and play it over and over, and scream out the words, and I feel better afterwards"

"Maybe I should try it"

"Defiantly, its a lot healthier that what your doing at the moment"

"Your not mad with me are you, I really didn't mean to"

"I know you didn't sweetie, trust me, I know. And no, I'm defiantly not mad" Destiny said, pulling Mia into a hug.

"And you'll never guess who just rang either!" Destiny said, wiping away Mia's tears

"Who?"

"The principal of a boarding school on the outskirts of London, he wants me to nurse there! I start Tuesday!"

"Oh wow Dest! I hope it goes well," Hermione said, the news cheering her immensely.

"Same here, but you have to promise to write me all the time and not lose contact, you've become almost like the kid sister I never had, even though we haven't known each other all that long"

"Promise, and thanks, that means a lot to me" Hermione said, hugging Destiny.

"No probs Mia- why did you tell me to call you that anyway, you're real name's Hermione"

"Yeah, but I can't stand the name Hermione, its awful, and my middle name is Amelia, so I tell people to just call me Mia"

"Ah, that explains it, come on, lets go watch a really cheesy movie" Destiny said, pulling Mia up off the bathroom tiles.

"This wasn't the most hygienic place to have a chat was it" Destiny chuckled, "But I'm really glad we did Mia"

"Yeah, me too" Mia said, suddenly feeling as though a weight had been lifted.

By the time Sunday rolled around, Mia had been given a full makeover, taught how to apply make-up tactfully, so as not to over-do it, not to mention the bucket loads of money she had spent! Oh well, she thought why save for 15 years and not enjoy it?

Mia couldn't help but feel a little sad at the thought of not seeing Destiny until next holidays, what the older girl had said about them being like sisters had really touched her deep down, and had helped fill some of the hole in Mia's chest that had appeared after her parents death.

The next two days consisted only of packing her things, checking and re-checking that she hadn't forgotten anything, and of course memorizing her Hogwarts books. Needless to say Mia and her Aunt never got to have that chat, but surprisingly Mia found it didn't really bother her, because she understood that her Aunt couldn't help it, and found Destiny's suggestion of music to work extremely well.

Mia turned on her CD player, and put Stained on. She didn't know the title, but song seven seemed to fit her situation with her Aunt rather well, and after listening to it a lot, Mia found that she could handle it now rather well.

Your words to me still whisper,

Your face is so unclear,

I try to pay attention,

Your words just disappear.

Cause its always raining in my head,

Forget all the things I should have said

So I speak to you in riddles,

'Cause my words get in my way,

I smoke the whole thing to my head,

And feel it wash away.

'Cause I can't take anymore of this,

I want to come apart,

I dig myself a little hole,

Inside your precious heart.

Cause its always raining in my head,

Forget all the things I should have said.

I know nothing more than,

A little girl inside,

That cries out for attention,

Yet I always try to hide.

'Cause I talk top you like children,

Though I don't know how I feel,

But I no I'll do the rite thing,

If the right thing isn't feel.

'Cause it's always raining in my head,

Forget all the things I should have said.

Hermione turned the music down after the song had finished, mindful of disturbing the neighbors. Plus her Aunt would be home soon to take her to Kings Cross and she didn't want to get in trouble.

While she waited for her Aunt, Mia looked at her Prefect badge fondly, remembering the day she got it.

-FLASHBACK-

"Oh Mia honey, we are so proud of you, we knew you could do it, didn't we dear" Charlotte Granger said, nudging her husband.

"Mind you don't let the badge down girlie, you have a reputation as a good student, don't let this go to your head" Dan Granger said, but Mia could see the warmth behind his words, both her parents were extremely proud of her, even if her father was too embarrassed to say it.

"Mia hasn't let us down yet Dan, and I doubt she ever could" Charlotte said, good-naturedly.

"Oh thanks guys, I'm so happy!" Mia cried, pulling them both into a group hug.

-END FLASHBACK-

Now, as time grew closer to 11am, Mia felt worried. Her parents never would have forgotten to take her to the station, but it seemed her Aunt had. When it reached twenty to 11 Mia finally gave up hope on her Aunt, and called a taxi to take her and her luggage to the station.

Mia made it with only minutes to spare; she raced to platform nine and three quarters, and jumped on the train just as the great clock began to chime. Finally she thought as she sat down in the only empty compartment she could find- she wanted to be alone- finally I get to go to the only real home I have left.

Yay! Second chapter out there and ready to be read- and reviewed!

NeoAddctee- Thank you so much! Your review helped calm my nerves that everyone was going to hate this story, and as for your Hermione/Mia question, I explained it in this chappie, but incase you missed it I'm calling her Mia instead of Hermione because her full name in this fic is Hermione Amelia Granger- and because I can't stand the name Hermione!

Lady Red- Thank you, I'll try to update as often as possible!

Thanks for reading guys, much appreciated. And for any new readers, R&R!!!

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