I was awoke by the sound of a door slamming. I opened my bleary eyes and sat up to see Malfoy storming about the room. He didn't look happy at all. I was really annoyed at been woke up in this manner. He hadn't even noticed that he had woke me up. What a prat. I was just about to fall back to sleep when I remembered. It was first day of term today. I almost jumped out of bed and started getting ready. I decided not to start argument with Draco seeing the bad mood he was in. I got dressed and headed downstairs. Lucius and Narcissa were both sitting in the front room. I noticed my trunk was already there and packed. Also Narcissa was clutching two small pieces of paper and two envelopes. She handed me one of the envelopes which had my name written on it. I opened it without a word and took out a small letter.

i Miss Granger,

I am more than pleased to inform you that you have been selected Head Girl for your seventh year at Hogwarts. You may be wondering why you didn't receive a letter before telling you what to get in Diagon Alley. That is because Head Boy and Girl get their things for free.You will be sharing a dormitory with the Head Boy. Also if you could meet me in my office with the Head Boy at 8pm tonight instead of attending the feast I would be more than grateful. Congratulations. Minerva McGonnagal. /i

A small piece of metal appeared magically in my hand. It was my new badge with HG engraved on it. I was rather pleased but I had actually been expecting it. Narcissa then spoke.

"I thought you would forget about your guest list which you were due to give me last night so I took the liberty of summoning it to myself. Here are the invited people which have been sent invitations!" she said handing the small piece of paper to me. I scanned through it. On the list there was Harry, Ron, Ginny (Maid of Honor), Parvati and Lavender (Bridesmaids), Dean, Seamus, Neville and the rest of the Weasleys. It hit me that Lucius did not like anyone on my list so I decided to ask him to be nice.

"Lucius?" I asked slightly nervous.

"Yes?"

"Um...I notice you don't particularly get along with much of my guest list."

"Yes I don't deny that."

"I was just wondering if you could maybe be civilized just for the one night?"

"I'll try but if that scrawny Potter comes to near me along with them Weasleys there is not much I can do."

I was slightly happier. Draco came downstairs and got his letter and guest list. It turned out he was Head Boy unfortunately and he had invited Pansy Parkinson. I was unhappy at first but perked up a bit when a certain thought entered my mind. Pansy is gonna be so jealous when I walk up the aisle. It would be great to watch her expression. I knew perfectly well that she was in love with Draco. Narcissa said we had better get going so I picked up my trunk and started dragging it out of the room.

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"Harry. Ron." I shouted over the crowd at platform nine and three quarters. They turned around and headed straight for me. They greeted me and we headed for an empty compartment on the train. We eventually found one and sat down. I could tell they both had a million and one questions for me and granted them permission to ask.

"Did Malfoy do anything to you Hermione? If he did we'll kill him if you want." Harry said in hope of murdering Malfoy.

"To hell if he touched her. I'm gonna kill him anyway!" Ron exclaimed fiercely.

"NO." I shouted. "That won't help and no Harry he did not hurt me though he is still the same egotistical, arrogant, swollen-headed prat in the world. I doubt that would ever change."

"I guess. Well we all got our invitations this morning. Who else is going?" Ron asked. I told them and they were quite happy with that.

"Ok. Did you meet any other Malfoy's? Are they all evil?" Harry asked almost knowing the answer.

"Yes I met the whole family though I do not know if they all are evil. Narcissa and Lucius are polite enough to me. Oh I nearly forgot. I met a sweet girl called Charmaine. She's Malfoy's cousin. She's really nice. Has nothing against Mudbloods or lower class or anything. She's starting Hogwarts this year in fact!"

Ron and Harry looked like they were gonna faint. I could see what they were thinking. At this time last week I would have been like that if someone told me there was a nice Malfoy out there somewhere. I looked at my watch and realized it was time to go to the Head's compartment. I said my good byes to Harry and Ron and headed down the corridor. I bumped into Ginny who I spoke to for 5 minutes. She was constantly thanking me on given her the role as Maid Of Honor though she gave me sympathy on having to marry 'that slime ball'. By the time I reached the compartment it was 11:30am. Malfoy was already sitting there.

"You're late. Not a good first impression as Head Girl is it Granger?" he said smoothly.

"Ah but you see Malfoy, I was talking to my friends. They didn't want me to come here and stalled me whereas your so-called-friends probably booted you into here. At the first opportunity." I said just as smoothly as he did. I took up a seat across from him and opened my book i Hogwarts a History Grade 7 /i . I could see Malfoy was buzzing with anger but decided to ignore him. After an hour I was so bored of sitting in silence I decided to go and patrol the train. I got up to leave when Malfoy spoke.

"Where do you think you are going, Granger?" he drawled.

"Patrolling!" I said coldly.

"You know we're not allowed to act like this in public Granger don't you?" he said. I froze. I remembered the very first chat I had had with Narcissa. We had to act in love when in public. I felt so cold at the thought I shivered a little.

"We are not in public Malfoy. Are you enjoying torturing me with this marriage or something?"

"Yeah actually. It's amusing!" he said. "It's gonna be fun acting like that with you in front of all the Gryffindorks. I can just see all their faces."

"Yeah well what will the Slytherins say?" I snapped. "You're engaged to a former known Mudblood know-it-all Gryffindor!"

"Well they will understand because you are in fact pure-blood and betrothed. They know I have no choice. Pansy however is furious. I only invited her to the wedding to torment her!" he laughed coldly.

"Your horrid!" I said and stormed out. He left the compartment as well. He had probably decided it was best to patrol for a bit but he went in the opposite direction from me. I was nearing Harry and Ron's compartment when I bumped into Pansy 'Pug-face' Parkinson. She looked furious at me. I wanted to laugh but decided against it.

"You.." she said quavering with anger.

"Yes?" I asked with fake sweetness.

"You stole my future husband!" she rasped.

"Um...No. Believe me it was not through choice. I was betrothed. Bad luck Pug-face. Maybe next time you'll get who you want. I doubt it though. No-one in their right mind would fall for you." I said with ease.

"YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT!" she shouted.

"Really? Pity, I left my galleons in my compartment!" I said sarcastically. She quickly pulled out her wand and before I could react she pointed it at me and shouted 'CRUCIO'. The pain seared through my body. I was screaming in pain. I just wanted to die. Then the pain stopped. I heard her shout another curse but was cut off by someone.

"Avada Ked.."

"STUPEFY!" a masculine voice roared.

She fell to the ground. I didn't even turn to look at my saviour who I could hear rushing up to me. I passed out.

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