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Back To Hogwarts

Harry, Ron, Neville and Ginny all sat there on the damp grass near the lake talking amongst themselves about what had happened to them over the summer. Ron and Harry were now in their seventh year along with Hermione and Neville, who was now classed as one of their 'close friends'. Ginny was now in her 6th year. They were all starring at the figure in front of them who was frantically pacing backwards and forwards on the grass, leaving a trail of mud behind her.

Ginny turned to face Hermione,

"Oh, come off it Hermione. Why can't you just except Draco as being our friend now? Everyone else has, even Neville!" Hermione turned to Ginny and frowned.

"I can't come off it." She snarled "because unlike the rest of you I still remember what an evil, vicious, little bas…"

"Okay Hermione, I think we all got your point. Anyway you'd better get used to him because he coming over right now." Harry said enthusiastically.

"Hi guys." Draco said turning to beam at each one of his new friends with an over the top smirk on his face. "What you all up to?"

No one reply but each of them starred at Hermione. " What?" She shouted "will you all stop staring at me?"

" We can't" Draco replied, his smirk growing wider "because you've got the most brilliantly dark mysterious brown eyes that any of us has ever seen"

Everyone was gob smacked. They knew that Draco their friend now but none of them had any idea that he would just come out with a comment like that. Hermione turned away, her face was now flushed pink. Hermione was still embarrassed at Dracos comment and so she said,

"Well if there's nothing else to do here but sit around and be silent, then I think I'll be better off if I was in the library."

And with that Hermione snatched her school bag off the grass next to Ginny, and stomped off in the direction of the main school building, not bothering to look behind her.

"Jesus, what is it with her lately?" Ron said looking at Harry.

"Me" Draco replied softly.

"Oh, don't", Ginny whined, "You knew that it would take a while for her to get used to this. Especially after what happened to her over the holidays" Ginny paused and pointed at each of her fellow friends and then continued " I know that you think its pointless, but you might as well as keep trying. Hadn't he guys? Guys?" Ginny looked furiously round at Ron and Harry, who seemed to be more involved in passing a small round golden ball between themselves.

"What's that? Ginny questioned them.

" As if you didn't already know" Ron replied with a small shrug" Its only a snitch" and he continued to pass the tiny snitch backwards and forwards with Harry.

"where did you get that from?" Ginny questioned Ron and Harry whilst sounding more and more like her mother every day.

At this point Draco had realised that there was no point him being there and he simply got up and wondered off back up to the school. For a moment he considered going to the Slytherin common room, but seeing as he had recently made friends with a group of Gyriffindor's, he was an outcast.

There was only one place where he knew he could go. He turned and walked off, heading for his new destination.

A/N : It took a long time to get this story right, especially with the first chapter, so reviews with helpful comments would be fab!