Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor am taking right for. I do not own the lyrics for 'New' Written by Gwen Stifani, preformed by No Doubt. I do own Sidelines, My best friend and I wrote the lyrics for this song.
Chapter One. My Life
It was August 31st and Hermione Granger was sitting at the dinner table with her parents.
Don't let it go away,
This Feeling has to stay,
Don't let it go away,
This Feeling has got to stay,
And I can't believe I got this chance now,
Don't let it go away,
(New)
"Hermione, are you sure you want to go?" Her mum asked her.
"Yes, mum, I am sure." She replied.
"But you are leaving all of your friends!" Her mum said.
Sitting by the side lines,
Watching from the sidelines,
Following your every command,
Never living my life,
Always watching your mistakes,
Never making my own,
Sitting by the sidelines,
Watching as things go by,
Pass me by,
Living your life,
Stuck in your dreams,
Never knowing right from wrong
Wrong from right,
(Sidelines)
Hermione thought about Harry and Ron and the friends that she would be leaving, but she knew that their ego could keep them company. Besides, she was only there to help them with homework.
They finished their dinner in silence, and she went to her bedroom. Since the death of her father about a year before, Hermione's mother and new "father" had moved her room, she now had the room that was across the hall from her old room.
She threw assorted items into her trunk as she listened to her No Doubt CD. She sang along with the song 'Running' as she looked over her room to make sure she had everything.
She still looked the same, except her body had filled out in all the right places and her once bushy hair had become more of a curl than bush. She was now more or less 'rocking out loud'. She was still a bookworm, but she also enjoyed many other rock/punk/Goth CDs.
She had started to play the violin, and then guitar, and then moved to the bass, and then started drums.
"Hermione, get down here!" Her mother and step father called.
"What?" She called and ran down the stairs.
"Happy Birthday." Her mother said and handed her a box.
"What's this?" She asks.
"Open it." Her step father said.
She saw a brand new laptop.
"Wow." Hermione said.
"This is your seventeenth birthday present and we thought you might like to have it at school." Her mother said.
Hermione hugged her mother, and then her "father" and she went up to her room and started to tinker away at her computer, before she knew it, it was the next morning.
She went downstairs, and she sat down and ate breakfast and then gathered her belongings. She was dressed in jeans, and a black sweater that on the front said, 'Rocking Out Loud'.
"Hermione, we have to leave!" Her step father called.
Hermione ran to their car and got into the passengers seat and heard the engine roar.
"Where are we going?" Her step father asked.
"Just take me to Kings Cross Station." She replied briskly.