Chapter1

As the bright sun rises and kisses the cheek of a beautiful young girl of 17, she stirs. She opens her eyes fully and smiles. She gets up and skips to her calendar on the other side of her room. She crosses out one more day and dashes to the bathroom. If anyone checks which day she crossed they would be surprised, this day was the day all children went back to school, which was usually dreaded if you were the child, but this girl simply smiled and felt happy. It was the glorious, usually dreaded, day of September first.

She jumped into the shower for a nice long bath. After her bath, she closed the tap and wrapped a towel around her. She walked over to her closet and picked out an outfit. She decided on a white pair of cargo pants that went down only until 6 inches above her ankles, and a pink sleeveless white hooded top.

She quickly snatched her hairbrush and began stroking her hair. Her hair was not the bushy mess as it had been before but was now straight and had soft curls at the near end. She loved her new look. She put on a little blush and lip gloss and headed down to her kitchen.

"Good morning Hermione! I can't believe it's you're last year already! And head girl! Im just so proud of you!" her mother exclaimed.

She just beamed and headed to the car.

After a long drive to king's cross, she walked through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. As she passed through she smiled happily as the familiar scarlet train came into view. She muttered a levitation spell at her luggage and walked over to the train. She was glad she was now of age and could use magic outside school.

She found the heads compartment quickly and laid her things inside as she got out once more, she went to find her three best friends. She checked her watch and saw that it was almost 10:50. She stood by the entrance waiting for them. As she heard a familiar chatting outside, she knew that people were covering the wizard entering the platform. She turned around to see who it was to find Draco Malfoy standing only a couple inches away from her.

"Malfoy..." She whispered and rolled her eyes. She turned away once more but he held her back.

"What?!?" she cried, clearly annoyed.

"Mudblood?!?" he said surprised.

She suddenly understood. He hadn't recognized her. She smirked and walked towards the train.

She soon found Harry, Ron and Ginny running to catch up with the train. Obviously they were late again. She threw the door open and they jumped in. she led them to the compartment she had reserved for them. She sat with them laughing and having a good time, not noticing a certain someone was staring through the glass door, hidden by shadow.

He stared at her with disbelieving eyes. He couldn't believe this was the mudblood that he had known. She seemed so mature and so, grown up. She wasn't the little school girl he knew since 1st year. She had grown into a beautiful young lady.

He walked away and headed for the heads compartment. When he got there he saw that someone had already placed their luggage in and went out. He placed his next to the head girls things and went to do his rounds.

When he had finished he headed back to the heads compartment. Before he reached it he saw the door close. 'Finally I could meet the new head girl.' He told himself.

As he opened the door he was surprised to see slightly curled brown hair facing him. She was reading a book and clearly didn't notice him enter. He cleared his throat but to no avail. She was simply engrossed with her book. She had already changed into her school robes so he wanted to catch her attention so he can change as well. He walked towards her and saw Hermione Granger. He was a little surprised, he never expected her to be the girl sitting down. But suddenly he kicked himself for not expecting it. Who else cold manage the spot against granger he thought.

He finally spoke up.

"Well, hello mudblood. I see your studying for class again huh? What are you? A walking book?!? Oh, wait. Make that a filthy walking textbook." He smirked but she didn't even react. She just kept reading as if he never spoke. If there was one thing he hated more than people who insulted him, it was people who didn't listen when he insulted them.

He got her book and threw it on the floor. She got up quietly, picked it up and sat back down. He was really pissed now. He then started to annoy her more by continuously throwing her book again. She just would just accio her book back. At his 15th try she got her book and apparated out of the compartment.

Hermione POV

"AAAAAHHHHH!" she screamed.

Harry, Ron and Ginny looked at her surprised. They were trading wizard cards. When she had popped in.

"Hermione? You could apparate?"

"Yeah..." she said trying to salvage the rest of her 'good' mood.

"What were you screaming about?"

"Malfoy!?! He's head boy! I just ignored him and every insult he threw at me and he just annoyed me by throwing my book to the floor! He is sooo CHILDISH!"

"Hermione, calm down."

"Yeah, you're better than that."

"I know. Im just so frustrated. I don't know how I would survive the year with him!"

"But look at the bright side. You'll only see him during meetings and patrolling right?" Ron said encouragingly.

Hermione sighed. "I have to share a dorm with him." She said quietly.

Both Harry and Ron stood up and stared at Hermione in horror. Ginny just sat there, speechless. They all started shouting at her and asking her questions and even if they said it all together, she understood.

"Look, I know it's terrible. But either way, I have to."

"We know. That's why were mad. Why did they start this year anyway? They could wait just one more year." Ron said furiously.

"it's because of the war." Harry said quietly. "They want us all in house unity and Gryffindor and slytherin are the most far apart."

Hermione was taken aback. Harry was clearly still mourning a little about Sirius' death in fifth year. He felt better now than during 6th year. Now he just sort of just went quiet if it came up.

The rest of the ride, Harry had been persuaded by Ron to play chess while Hermione and Ginny exchanged gossips. She wasn't a gossip queen but she just wanted to know what was going on. She hated being last to know everything and Ginny was always up-to-date thanks to her 6th year friends.

By the time the train had stopped, Harry had beaten Ron once (Ron let him to take his mind of Sirius), while Ron won 17 times.

Hermione headed to the heads compartment to get another book when she found Draco asleep. She looked at him.

'He looks innocent when he's asleep.' She thought. She looked at him again and his hair was not gelled back like it used to. He let it fall to his eyes. It looked so soft. He wasn't that pale anymore either. He had gotten a tan over the summer. He had also grown a lot. He was a good 6"3 and had the perfect body. He had a good 6 pack going under his shirt and his biceps were to die for. She quickly fell out of her gaze as she heard Hagrid yell outside.

"Firs' years! Firs' years!"

She decided to wake him up. She began shaking him but he just snoozed off. She then decided to try what Harry always complained about dobby. She stared at him really close. He stirred and opened his eyes. He shouted and screamed at her.

"What the hell were you doing hovering me like that?!?"

"I guess that does work." She said and headed out the door.

She joined the others in their carriage and headed towards the castle. As she absorbed the familiar surroundings she just couldn't help but feel at home. She got out of the carriage and headed towards the great hall. She could feel eyes set on her. She looked around and saw at least 5 guys staring open-mouthed at her. She couldn't help but grin.

'This year is going to be a little more interesting.' She thought.

She was heading to the Gryffindor table when she heard a few cat calls after her. She couldn't help but feel special.

Draco POV

He was heading to the great hall when he saw some guys staring at Hermione. They were drooling! He was about to come over and teach them a thing or two but then his mind stopped him.

'Your actually jealous?!? She's just a filthy mudblood!?! Don't fall for it!'

'I'm not!'

'You are too!'

'No im not'

Suddenly he heard a few cat calls and wolf whistles and he saw the same guys directing them at Hermione. That was the last straw!

He was stomping of to them. He reached them and said,

"No one ever does that to her! Got it?!?"