Chapter 2:

As Hermione made her way to the front door, she ran through a mental check of everything that she needed for school.

Robes...Check.

Books...Check.

Trunk...Check.

Backpack...Check.

Crookshanks...Check.

Head Girl Badge...Check. She smiled inwardly and continued on with her assessment.

Hogwarts Letter...Check.

Then she felt her neck for her favorite necklace, expecting it to be there.

Favorite Necklace...NOT check.

Then she raced through her living room and up the stairs to her bedroom. Sure enough there it was, the small, silver, heart-shaped locket that her mum gave her. She opened it and smiled. There was a picture of her, her mum, and dad, smiling. She put it on and glanced at the clock. 7:30..7:30! Oh my GOD I'm going to be late!

She ran back down the stairs and stopped momentarily at the front door to grab her backpack, crookshanks, and trunk. Luckily her mum and dad were already in the car waiting for her. She said one last goodbye to her house, threw her trunk and bag in the trunk of the car, put Crookshanks in the car, and got in.

After almost a half-an-hour of driving she reached the train station at 8:58. She had FINALLY arrived at the train station. Not one to be late, she got out of the car and kissed her mother and father goodbye.

"Bye Mum..Dad." She said as a single tear rolled down her face.

"We'll owl you the next chance we get. Just remember if you have any more questions about what we told you this morning..ask." Her father said, though he sounded quite guilty.

"I'll miss you guys..." She said with one last hug and kiss for each of them. Then she turned and walked through the magical barrier that led her to the Hogwarts Express with trunk and bag in hand.

As soon as she stepped through the barrier she searched for the first sign of any of her friends.

"Hermione! Over here!" She glanced around and found a familiar set of flaming red/orange hair. There they were. Ron and Ginny. They were definitely two of her best friends and she was glad that she had friends like them. She smiled and waved.

As she was walking over to them she suddenly felt her legs being lifted off of the ground. She looked down and saw two VERY strong arms circling her waist in one of the most earth-shattering hugs that she ever felt.

When she felt her feet returning to mother-earth she turned around to be met with the most gorgeous pair of emerald green eyes. Harry...The third, and definitely most famous part, of the so-called "golden trio". And suddenly the most handsome..BAD Hermione, you can't think of Harry in THAT way. She felt a little blush creep up her cheeks and gave Harry one of her most genuine smiles.

"Hermione..Why haven't you kept in touch with us?" said Harry, a little confused. "Usually you always write?" Ron added in as he suddenly showed up.

"I've just been busy..and I forgot. Could you guys forgive me?" She lied but sounded all to apologetic. Hogwarts summer vacations were only one month long anyways. She had just been so relaxed and carefree that she forgot during the summer.

"Of course we forgive you 'Mione!" said Ron and also gave her a hug. It was nothing compared to Harry's "death-grip" but it did it's justice. Ron blushed a little at the contact that he made. Everyone knew that he fancied Hermione. He just never said anything.

"Hermione! You look absolutely fabulous! What did you do to yourself over the summer? Your hair is just gorgeous!" chimed in Ginny. "I'll tell you all about it when we get on the train.." Hermione said in her studious tone, knowing that they wouldn't have a compartment if they didn't hurry up and put their stuff on the train.

After they put all of their trunks and pets on the train, they found themselves a compartment and got settled in. Hermione brought her backpack with her and unzipped it. Everyone was watching her carefully as she pulled out two things. Her Head Girl badge and her Hogwarts letter. As she was pulling the things out she noticed everyone's eyes staring at her. "What?" she said sounding a little annoyed.

All three of her friends said in unison,"You're Head Girl!" She smiled and blushed a little. Happy to see that her friends were well..happy for her.

This is the start of a very good year...she thought.

Authors Note:

Thanks to all of the people that have reviewed for me! I need all the help that I can get...Sorry for not updating for so long..the weekend was horrible for me. I'll try to update wayyy...more often. Thanks again and keep on reviewing (flames are also welcome.)!

-mcsrocksmysox