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Chapter 4

The Hogwarts express whistled loudly as the students came running in. The crowd was filled with witches and wizards with different colored robes. It would have been impossible to spot a friend in that crowd.

Hermione walked through the gateway and sighed.

'Another perfect day to my perfect life' she thought sarcastically.

She looked down to what she was wearing and wanted to smack herself. She was wearing fitted jeans and a huge grey sweatshirt with her black sandals. Totally contrasting. She didn't care that she wore big clothes but she didn't like those shoes at all. Why the hell did she buy it anyway? She sighed and went off looking for Harry and Ron.

She looked around and saw them nowhere. She decided to grab a compartment first when she heard screaming behind her.

"Bloody Hell! Its Harry Potter! And Ron Weasley!" the girl screamed.

Hermione turned around to find Harry and Ron surrounded by girls signing autographs and taking pictures. Harry looked like he was only being forced to do it coz he didn't want to upset anyone but Ron had been so full of himself. He flashed smiles at every girl and winked at a few of them as they screamed.

Hermione was confused. She walked up to them and they smiled. They walked away form the crowd and went over to her.

"Hey Hermione!" Harry greeted.

"Hey guys. What's going on?"

"Didn't you hear? The Quidditch Cup! The Chuddly Cannons' seeker and keeper were out! They were knocked out by the bludgers and there were no reserve players for those positions! Since we were at the top box, when the captain went over to announce forfeit, me and Harry told him we could play. He was kind of scared at first but let us play anyway. It was amazing! I only let 1 goal in and Harry was able to snatch the snitch before the other seeker! And the other guy was 'world class'! Ha!" Ron went into a speech about.

Even though Hermione didn't find Quidditch interesting, she smiled. She knew this was a big deal for them. They all walked over to Hermione's compartment and they told her the rest of the story.

"There was this guy on the stands who offered both of us to play for Ireland! After him, a lot of other teams wanted to recruit us! It was awesome!" Harry told her.

Hermione, this time, listened. She actually listened to ravings and shouts of joy from the boys. She was actually getting sucked into their Quidditch phenomenon.

"Bloody Hell! You two had a great time, didn't you?" she smiled.

"Of course Hermione! Haven't you been listening!" Ron smiled.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" a voice suddenly spoke.

Harry got up to buy the sweets and came back with his hands full.

Hermione smiled as she watched Ron swallow half of the sweets whole.

The rest of the train ride was very eventful. Harry and Ron couldn't stop talking about Quidditch and Hermione actually joined the conversation. She was surprised she knew this much about it. Suddenly, the train came to a halt and they realized they hadn't changed into their robes yet. Hermione took her clothes to the bathroom while the boys changed in the compartment.

She ended up being with Ginny in the bathroom.

"Hey Gin. Missed you on the train ride." She smiled.

"Well, I was with Dean in his compartment." She smiled.

"Oh! Are you going out?" Hermione asked as she put her red and yellow tie on.

"Ever since last year. Don't tell Ron though. He will not… I repeat… will not hesitate to kill him." She laughed.

"You're right." Hermione laughed with her.

"Hermione, your robes are way too baggy! I think you got yours at least 3 sizes too big!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Nah. I just like them this way." She lied.

She turned her back on Ginny as she walked over to Harry, Ron and her compartment. Ginny smiled mischievously behind her back and whispered a spell at Hermione's back.

Hermione walked without noticing and a triumph grin appeared on Ginny's lips.

"Hey Harry, Ron. You done?" she knocked on the compartment.

"Yeah. You can open the door." came Harry's voice.

Hermione opened it to find Harry and Ron fiddling with their ties. Obviously, they couldn't tie it properly.

Hermione smiled and went over to help them out. Harry and Ron just stared at her.

"What?" she asked after about 5 minutes in complete silence.

"Uh… Hermione? That you?" they asked.

"Huh?"

She conjured up a full length mirror and gasped.

Her robes were a perfect fit. It showed her curves much better and her skirt was only until a few inches above her knee. Her robe was fitted as well.

"Ginny! She must have cast a spell on my robes!" she told Harry and Ron.

Harry recovered already and smiled. Ron on the other hand, was gaping.

"Um... Ron? We better go before the feast ends. We might miss the food." Harry joked.

Ron got out of his daze alright. He looked horrified and dashed out of the compartment.

Harry and Hermione laughed. They soon followed Ron to the great hall.

When they got there, Hermione had been conscious that all male eyes were on her. She blushed but quickly hid it away.

She sat between Harry and Ron while the sorting was being held.

After the sorting, Dumbledore stood up and made his usual speech.

"Another year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! May I remind all years that the forbidden forest is Forbidden. There will be no using of magic in the corridors and our caretaker, Mr. Filch, has asked me once more to remind you that dungbombs, fizzing whizbees and all Weasleys' products are strictly not allowed. The full list is on Mr. Filch's office if you might want to check." He said.

"And finally, I would like to congratulate this year's heads'! Head boy is Mr. Draco Malfoy!" Dumbledore announced.

Clapping and cheers were heard in the Slytherin side was almost deafening.

"And the head girl, Ms. Hermione Potter!" he announced.