Before the train arrived to Hogwats, Hermione slipped into the bathroom. She wanted to put on some makeup and look presentable since she was now Head Girl. Hermione couldn't have people asking questions about how she looked, because then…….then she would have to kill. She dumped her makeup on the counter and started with her foundation, then conceler (for her dark circles), bronzer (for her paleness), black eyeliner (just a thin line on her bottom lid), and mascara. Finally after she packed her makeup away she put on some pinkish red lip-gloss. When she was done the train had arrived. She started walking towards the compartment where her trunk was (with Harry and Ron).

"Hmm I'm almost hungry", she thought. Since it happened Hermione didn't eat much, she had lost almost 14 pounds, and she wasn't that big in the first place. She hid her sudden weight loss with her two sizes too big robes.

When she got back to the compartment Harry and Ron had all of her trunks waiting for her. This kind action set her in a bad mood.

"I can take care of myself", she thought furiously. Hermione knew that she would never release this anger on Harry or Ron, but she had to be careful. She knew it was a petty thing to get mad about, but she couldn't help it.

"You look a lot better Hermione", Ron said when she walked back in. Hermione almost missed it because she was lost in her thoughts.

"You look like you got some well deserved sleep", Harry continued.

"Yea", she said in a strained voice, "I just put on some makeup that's all."

"Oh", both the boys said. Hermione couldn't believe that they even thought that she had gotten sleep.

"WE WERE IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT THE WHOLE TIME", her thoughts screamed.

"What dumb asses," she whispered under her breath.

"I'm sorry did you say something?" Ron asked while getting his trunk down.

"No Ron I didn't", she answered.

"More lying", she thought, "Easy as a town hooker." She pulled her trunk off of the train (on her own) and hopped into a carriage not even looking at the horses that she could now see. Harry and Ron got in after her and some other boy she didn't know. Ron at once shoved him out.

"Get your ass out of our compartment midget", he said as he shoved him.

"Ron that wasn't cool man", Harry said. Harry looked at Hermione expectantly waiting for her to begin her assault on Ron. When it didn't come Harry continued, "You could have broken his arm or something then you would have been in real trouble."

"Eh that little wanker would never dare tell on me, and toy have to admit the look on his face was hilarious", Ron laughed.

"Yea that was a pretty funny face", Hermione said. Harry glared at her while Ron gave her a high five.

"Well I just don't think that it was something a older student should do to a younger one," Harry said.

"Harry why in the hell do you care?" Hermione asked, "you don't even know the little piss head."

"Oh I don't know," Harry said sarcastically, "maybe because he is an innocent person and was just trying to sit down you ass holes!" And with that Harry jumped out of the carriage and walked away. Harry walked around furious looking for somewhere else to sit. He finally found one with Ginny and her friends. They talked and laughed until Harry was in a good mood again.

Meanwhile Ron and Hermione rode in silence up to the castle. Hermione just closed her eyes and embraced the dark. She couldn't wait until after the feast so she could sneak out into the dark. When they finally arrived to the castle Hermione stepped out of the carriage and walked up to the front doors. She flung them open and strode inside.

Finally when everyone was seated the sorting began. The hat had a very interesting song this year:

This is the year to end all years; many things will come to pass

The house meanings will be mixed up, and innocence will fade fast

Ravenclaw no longer has the brains, but the stupidity

Hufflepuff will abandon all friendships in humility

Proud Slytherin might save the day

And mighty Griffindor will embrace the dark.

Hermione could believe the song. The entire hall sat stunned. She also wondered why the last two verses didn't rhyme.

"Maybe there is more truth to them", she thought, "that's why they stand out?" Hermione dismissed it as her house got another member (John Parks). In all Griffindor got 8 new members, Hufflepuff received 6, Ravenclaw 2, and Slytherin 14.

"Hermione", Ron asked what do you think that song means?"

"I don't know Ron," Hermione answered, "we will just have to wait and find out." Hermione grew more and more pale during the feast. Many people noticed, but no one said anything. She didn't eat hardly anything either. Ron did ask her about that.

"Oh I'm fine Ron I just had a big breakfast," she answered.

"This lying stuff is almost fun", she thought. In time that feast was over and Hermione and Malfoy were led to their new shared common room by Professor Dumbledore. They didn't even look at one another. When they finally arrived they were in front of a painting that had a night scene. It had a moon but the rest of the sky was black. Nothing else was in the picture but some grass to indicate where the ground was.

"Now your password is crepuscular", Dumbledore said. As soon as he said it the painting opened.

When Hermione stepped in she was expecting something spectacular. Which is not what she got. It was just a plain common room with two doors on the other end. It had a fireplace, tables, chairs, bookcases, and many other uninteresting things. The color scheme was a mix of all of the house colors. Hermione walked to the back of the room and inspected the doors, one was on the right and one was on the left. She went to the one on the right first expecting it to be her room. But it had a snake and a HB carved into it.

"That's odd," she thought. As she went to the door on the left it had a moon and a HG carved into it.

"Ok….why isn't there a lion," she thought.

"Now what should my password be," she said out loud to herself.

"How about mother fucking bitch licking whore?" said a voice across the room.

"Good idea Malfuck", she said. The fact that this didn't make her mad made him even angrier. He just stormed into his dorm room. Hermione finally got the idea for her password.

She whispered to the moon on the door, "paroxysm." She opened the door prepared to gasp. She didn't. It was a large room with a fireplace, bed, desk, couch, door to the right, and a wardrobe. She walked into the door to the left and it was a bathroom.

"Everything is so plain," she thought. The color scheme of her bedroom was gold and silver. She changed the gold to black with her wand.

"That's sooo much better", she said to herself. She started to unpack and wait. Wait for the dark to come.

A/N: Hey this chapter is boring and long…..oh well the next will be very very good. So read and review please!