Everyone was ready to go when the train reached its final destination. It took a little while for Hermonie and her friends to get off the train since the corridors were so crowded. Once they were off the train they made their way over to Hagrid, helping the first years along.
"Hello 'Arry, Ron, Hermonie" Hagrid said as the trio approached.
"Hey, Hagrid!" They said in perfect unison.
"How have you been?" Hagrid asked.
"ARG!" Malfoy shouted before anyone could respond to Hagrid's question.
"Nice, Malfoy! Just scare the first years! As if your face isn't bad enough!" Hermonie shouted back in response.
"What did I do?" Malfoy responded in an innocent tone as he batted his eyelashes. I'm about to puke Hermonie thought.
"Don't try to deny it, you and everyone else getting off the train for that matter know you just screamed, to scare the first years."
"K. Fine, I admit it, I just shouted to scare the first years," Whatever…
The ride in the carriages to Hogwarts was relevantly uneventful. They made it to the sorting session on time and it took a little while longer than usual. The sorting hat had an especially difficult time deciding where to put a scrawny first year with raven hair and blue eyes. At last the sorting was complete and Dumbledore stood signaling he wanted to give his usual announcements before the banquet.
"Welcome to the first years and welcome back to the rest of you…" Dumbledore began. Hermonie didn't hear much else of his speech because she had noticed that the place for the D.A.D.A. teacher was once again vacant. Who could it be this year? I hope it's someone interesting like Lupin. I couldn't take it if it was someone like Umbridge. I don't usually have problems with teachers but she was evil beyond belief! She was worse than Snape and that's saying a lot…I really do want to know who it is. Well, Dumbledore typically has good taste in people and he'll make a good choice.
"…And with that let the feast begin!" Dumbledore finished his speech. OMG! I zoned out during the entire speech. I have no clue what he just said! That's not like me.
"Hermonie? Aren't you hungry?" Harry said with a worried look.
"Huh? Oh yeah…" Hermonie realized that she hadn't even started to eat because she was worried about missing the majority of Dumbledore's speech. At this point she began piling food onto her plate but she didn't eat much of it because her mind was on other things. After half an hour or so Hermonie declared she was tired and headed back to the Gryffindor rooms. "Zerbert" Hermonie said when she reached the fat lady and the portrait swung open. Once in her room Hermonie pulled out an old tattered journal and began writing about the events of the day. Fifteen minutes later Hermonie was finished with her writing so she put her journal and quill back in her trunk.
Hermonie slipped out to the owlery to escape everything, she took a quilt with her and sat down in one of the many "windows". Suddenly something caught her eye, something was flying above the forbidden forest. Is that a dragon that has yet to fully mature? I do believe it is. Suddenly Hermonie turned into a falcon, flying high in the sky above the dragon, screeching at it. The dragon didn't appreciate this so it flew to Hermonie's level and began blowing flames at it. Hermonie found herself on fire and falling from the sky.
Hermonie woke up dripping with sweat and suffered a restless night afterward.
Draco wanted to get off the train as soon as possible, he had made out with Milicent enough for one day. Unfortunately there was a large rush to get off the train so Draco was forced to spend an extra few minutes Milicent, luckily Moon and Nott barged in on their little make out session to avoid the crowd and they were forced to stop the madness. Once off the train, Draco found himself looking at Hermonie. Why is Granger talking to that big OAF (Hagrid)…Wait, why do I care? Because you like her and she's the challenge you're looking for…who told you that? Uh, I mean, who are you? I'm the part of your brain that you refuse to listen to, even if it would help. Why not try checking in with me once in a while?
"ARG!" Draco unintentionally shouted out loud.
"Nice, Malfoy! Just scare the first years! As if your face isn't bad enough!" Granger said in response to the involuntary shot.
"What did I do?" Draco responded in an innocent tone as he batted his eyelashes.
"Don't try to deny it, you and everyone else getting off the train for that matter know you just screamed, to scare the first years."
"K. Fine, I admit it, I just shouted to scare the first years," I don't remember shouting anything but I'll just go along with it…
Pretty soon Draco and his posse was riding in their thressal drawn carriage on their way to Hogwarts. There was idle chit-chat along the way but nothing substantial or out of the ordinary, just chatter to fill the emptiness. Once in the great hall Professor Dumbledore made a few announcements which Draco and Milicent Bulstrode flirted through without a care. Soon the food came but Draco wasn't exactly paying attention, his hand might have been on Milicent's thigh but his eyes and thoughts were on Hermonie as he played with his food while not eating much. He pretended to listen to everyone talking about their summers and such while he avoided the evil stares Pansy continuously shot in his direction. Once dinner was completed Draco and Milicent rushed back to the Common Room to make out before it was lights out and they'd have to go back to regular class schedules with studying every night and such. Around midnight Draco and Milicent went their separate ways into their dorm rooms. Draco went into his room and began stripping off his clothes, he wasn't worried about anyone else seeing him because he had no room mates (Lucius had made sure of that when Draco started school, Snape, Pansy and Blaise were the only ones who knew though.)
"Bloody Hell…Put it back on man!" Blaise said when he looked up from Draco's bed and saw him starting to take his boxers off.
"What the fuck are you doing in here?" Draco replied after quickly pulling his boxers back on.
A/N: Sorry to leave you with yet another cliff-hanger but I had to, I'll try to post CH 4 soon. The more reviews I get the faster I'll post so review now!