An Undiscovered Love
Chapter 3-Changes at Hogwarts
Ginny and I woke up early the next morning. We took turns in the shower and went upstairs to get ready. I had picked out my outfit the night before. I chose my black jeans and an orange shirt along with a pair of boots I bought. I quickly changed into my clothes and dried my hair with the blow dryer. I couldn't wait to get back to Hogwarts so that I could use magic. I put on some eyeliner and clear lip gloss for makeup. I looked over at Ginny to see if she was ready to go. She was. She had picked out almost the same outfit as me. But instead of an orange shirt she had on a baby blue one. We finished some last minute packing and went downstairs with our trunks.
When we arrived in the kitchen everyone was eating breakfast. Harry and Ron were half asleep and not even out of their pajamas yet.
"Morning Ginny," Harry said glancing up sleepily, "Morning Hermi-what happened to you!" he shouted, now fully awake. Mrs. Weasley and Ron looked up at the sudden yelling. Mrs. Weasley smiled while Ron stared with his mouth hanging open.
"I gave her a makeover," Ginny answered for me, "and Ron, please close your mouth. You look like a fish."
"You look very nice dear." Mrs. Weasley said. I smiled at her in thanks. I then turned to Ron and Harry who still hadn't said anything.
"Wow. Y-y-you…amazing…wow." Ron stuttered, not being able to complete a sentence.
"I think what Ron is TRYING to say is that you look amazing 'Mione. You really do" Harry said.
"Thanks guys. It's really all Ginny who did this." I blushed looking at the floor.
"Well dears. Hurry up and eat your breakfast. We need to leave within the hour so we don't miss the train" Mrs. Weasley said, heading upstairs to make sure everyone was packed up. Ginny and I sat down and started eating.
We ate quickly and then brought our trunks out into the back of the car and then piled in and set off towards Kin's Cross Station. We said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley after we got on the platform. Afterwards we headed onto the train to look for an empty compartment. After we found one, we loaded our trunks onto the luggage rack. A few minutes later we were joined by Lavender, Parvati, Dean, Seamus, Luna, and Neville.
"OMG! You look absolutely great 'Mione!" Lavender and Parvati squealed. I got up and hugged everyone telling them thanks whenever they told me how great I looked. We all sat down and talked about our summers. It turned out that Luna had been moved into our year also. I looked down at my watch.
"Guys. I have a meeting with Professor McGonagall in five minutes. It shouldn't take that long. I'll be back soon." I said as I got up and left the compartment. I headed towards the front of the train to meet my head of house. When I got to the first compartment I walked in to see McGonagall sitting on a chair.
"Welcome Miss Granger. Congratulations on making head girl. I'm very proud of you. Now you won't find out who the head boy is until the feast in a few hours. I will just explain to you the duties of being head girl and you will find out the rest later. Firstly, you and the head boy will make a schedule for the times yourselves and the prefects will be patrolling the halls. You will also be planning Hogsmeade visits on weekends, once or twice a month. You, along with the head boy and prefects will be planning major events that happen this year. You are allowed to take points for punishments as long as it fits the crime committed. That seems about all for now. Do you have any questions?" Professor McGonagall asked me after she was done telling me the basic rules of being head girl.
"Um…I can't think of any Professor." I said.
"Very well then. You may leave now." McGonagall said, "Oh! And Miss Granger, note that if you abuse your privileges as head girl you will be stripped of your title"
"You don't have to worry about me Professor." I smiled, walking out the door. I walked back to the compartment filled with my friends. It felt like as soon as I got comfortable the door opened once more revealing our least favorite people.
Draco Malfoy surrounded by his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. 'Wow, Malfoy's gotten pretty damn sexy over the summer…WAIT! What am I thinking! Malfoy? Sexy? Bad Hermione…"I thought as I looked him over. He grew a few inches and was now about 6'1" and very muscular. 'Quidditch does wonders for a guy's body' I thought and almost immediately try to cross the thought out of my mind. His platinum blonde hair fell just below his ears and was surprisingly not slicked back as it usually was. It hung messily around his face, some of it falling in front of his cold, stormy grey eyes.
"Well…look who we have here…Potty, Weasel, Weaselette, Loony, Longbottom, Brown, Patil, Finnegan, and Thomas. No mudblood? I guess she finally realized that she doesn't belong here. But who is this?" Malfoy drawled in his slow, sexy voice, 'STOP thinking about how sexy Malfoy is Hermione!" I saw that he was staring right at me. 'Does he not recognize me?' I thought to myself. 'Well this could prove to be very fun.' I looked at my friends and saw that they were staring at Malfoy crazily. I winked at them all, silently telling them that I had a plan. I looked back at Malfoy to hear him start talking again.
"You know gorgeous, you shouldn't be hanging out with this lot. Why don't you come join me in my compartment?" He said, smiling. 'Eww…don't even wanna know what he meant by that. Wait…is he smiling? I don't think I have ever seen him smile before. He should do it more often' I thought as I got up and slowly started to walk over to him. This was going to be fun…..
Draco's POV
I left my compartment to meet Professor Snape and arrived about 5 minutes late. He told me all of the rules about being head boy and how I wouldn't meet the head girl until the feast tonight and blah blah blah. After he was done talking I left to go find Potty, Weasel and the mudblood. It was so much fun to torture them. As I walked down the train I ran into Crabbe and Goyle. They really were cool guys, not the brightest in the world, but not as dumb as everyone thought them to be. I finally found the compartment I had been searching for but it was fuller than I had anticipated. Oh well, more people to torture. Must be my lucky day. I opened the door and leaned against the frame of the door.
"Well…look who we have here…Potty, Weasel, Weaselette, Loony, Longbottom, Brown, Patil, Finnegan, and Thomas. No mudblood though? I guess she finally realized that she doesn't belong here. But who is this?" I said, well really drawled but same difference. I looked at the gorgeous girl sitting next to the weaselette. 'Why would someone this hot be sitting in a compartment of these losers? She should be sitting with me. We could have some great fun. Maybe she's one of those exchange students that Snape told me about. She just must be confused on who the better wizards are. I better help her there. Time to work my magic' I put on my best smile. The one that all the girls fall for.
"You know gorgeous, you shouldn't be hanging out with this lot. Why don't you come join me in my compartment?" I asked her. She just smiled as she got up and walked over to me. 'Wow. This must really be my lucky day.' I thought as she got closer. Her beautiful, deep, honey colored eyes looked familiar but I just brushed it off.
"Now Malfoy. Tell me why I should join you and leave 'this lot'." She said, walking even closer. 'I wonder how she knew my name…' I thought. 'No matter…I want her. Can't have her hanging out with Potty and Weasel.
"Call me Draco." I said to the mystery woman. As she got closer to me. "And why would you hang out with this group when you and I could be having so much more fun?" She was really affecting me, being this close. I could smell her. She smelled of peaches. No other girl had ever affected me this long.
She pressed up against me as she stood on her tiptoes to whisper in my ear. "Too bad I'm here with them then isn't it? I would hate to be rude though and they don't seem to like you much do they? But I could always squeeze you in later, if you really want. After the feast." She whispered, gently pushing me out of the compartment. All I could do was nod. "See you later." She whispered before nipping my ear and shutting the door in my face. I heard mumbling and then it was silent. I tried to go back in but I guess she put a locking and silencing charm on the compartment. 'Man, she is so bloody hot. No other girl has ever been able to turn me on that quickly.' I thought as I headed back to my compartment with Crabbe and Goyle. 'I can't wait for the feast to be over tonight'
Hermione's POV
'I can't believe I just did that.' I thought as I put a silencing and locking spell on the door. I turned around to see everyone's faces shocked. Except for Ron's. I couldn't really read his expression. I grinned, "That was great!" I laughed, not being able to hold it in any longer. Everyone just looked at me like I grew another head. I stopped laughing and told them what I told Malfoy. Pretty soon they were all laughing, except Ron. I wondered what was up with him. I walked over and sat down next to him while everyone was discussing how great that trick was and how Malfoy was going to flip tonight at the feast tonight.
"Are you okay, Ron?" I asked him quietly so no one else would hear.
"No…You killed me 'Mione. I thought you were serious about everything you were doing. I thought that no one could act that well. I thought that you were fraternizing with the enemy because you actually fancied Malfoy! I thought that she has no idea how she is breaking my heart does she? I've fancied you for years 'Mione. I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend later. Only because Harry gave me enough courage to ask you out, he said you liked me and would say yes. I guess Harry was wrong though. You don't like me. Why would you when you could have Malfoy. I saw how he was looking at you. So just go Hermione. Go." He said sadly, looking away from me.
"You liked me? You…liked…me?" I asked, completely shocked. Ginny said he did but I thought she was just trying to make me feel better about him not liking me.
"Yes. I have. But it doesn't matter 'Mione." He replied quietly.
"Ron. I like you. I have for years. I just thought that you would never like me back so I never tried to show you my feelings." He just looked at me like I was lying. Like he wanted me to prove to him that I had liked him for as long as I say I did. I had enough of it. I couldn't take it any longer. I put my hand behind his neck and pulled him closer to me. I brought his lips to mine. It was what I had wanted for a long time. After a while Ron started to kiss back. He was a good kisser. Better than Krum for sure. After another minute or so we broke apart to the sound of clapping and cheering.
"It's about time!" All of our friends yelled at us, grinning like crazy. I just blushed. I didn't notice that Luna was not joining in on the yelling and cheering because I was too happy. All that mattered was the Ron liked me. My crush of many years actually liked me back! I never thought it would happen. After the excitement calmed down we just sat in silence. When the train stopped we left the compartment and headed towards the carriages. Ginny, Harry, Ron and I got a carriage while everyone else went separate ways. Once we got to the castle we joined up with Neville, Lavender, Dean, Seamus, and Parvati. We all sat down at the Gryffindor table waiting for the sorting to begin.
"I can't wait to see Malfoy's face when he realizes who you are 'Mione!" Harry said.
"I know. He is so going to flip when Dumbledore announces you head girl. It's going to be hilarious." Ginny laughed. I just smiled because Dumbledore had just risen about to announce the sorting. The hall soon quieted down.
"I just have a quick announcement to make before we do the sorting tonight. We have decided to host exchange students from an American wizarding school. These students will be sorted tonight along with the incoming first years. We hope you treat them kindly during their stay here over the year. Now, time for the sorting!" Dumbledore said. He clapped his hands and the giant doors to the great hall opened to reveal Professor Mcgonagall came through carrying the three-legged stool with the sorting hat on top. A line of nervous first years along with older students walked in line behind her. She walked to the front of the hall and set the stool down. She then turned to the students about to be sorted.
"I will call you by name and you will come and sit on the stool. I will then place the hat on your head and it will sort you into one of the four houses. You will be sorted into Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin." Mcgonagall said. "Fryer, Benny" she called. A small first year walked up. He was very shaky as he walked up to the stool. He sat down while Mcgonagall place the hat on his head. After about a minute he was sorted into Hufflepuff. Ten minutes later Lauren Thomas was put into Ravenclaw, Tim Weaver was put into Hufflepuff, Aaron Thorn and Erin Stover was put into Gryffindor, and Kyle Holder was sorted into Slytherin.
Harry's POV
I was sitting there watching the sorting partially. I was also talking to Ron about quidditch quietly. I'm not exactly sure how long of how many students had been sorted. I glanced up every once in a while. I looked up when I heard Carmen McAdams was called. My eyes were frozen to the beauty that was walking up towards the stool. She was absolutely stunning. She looked about my age. She looked to be about 5'5". Her hair was caramel color with dark blonde highlights streaked through her layered hair. She had brown eyes that sparkled in reflection of the millions of candles floating in the air. She was wearing dark hip hugger jeans and a tight sapphire blue halter top. I was mesmerized as she sat on the stool.
"Wow." I whispered.
"What was that mate?" Ron asked me. When I didn't give him and answer he looked up to where I was looking I assume because he then asked me if I fancied the new chick.
"Of course he doesn't Ron. He doesn't even know her. You shouldn't judge someone by their looks." Hermione said, butting into the conversation. I ignored both of them. I just sat and waited for the sorting hat to sort her. I hoped that it would place her into Gryffindor. I wanted to get to know her. I waited with bated breath as the hat was placed on her head. It seemed like forever before the hat shouted its decision.
"Slytherin!" the hat shouted. 'Damn' I thought. 'Now I am never going to have a chance to get to know her. Damn slytherins will corrupt her.' I looked away and waited for the sorting to be over so we could eat.
Hermione's POV
I watched as Harry looked devastated that Carmen McAdams got sorted into Slytherin. 'Maybe he did sort of fancy her' I thought. Finally the sorting was over. Dumbledore stood up, said a few words, and then announced the start of the feast. Sure enough the tables magically filled up with food. After the feast Dumbledore stood up once more.
"Now that we are all stuffed with delicious food we must discuss more important matters. As you all know we have made many changes to school rules at Hogwarts. We have allowed you all to wear muggle clothing to your classes and not just on weekends so that you can be more comfortable in class. We have also moved talented students up a year or two. There is one more big change that must be announced at the moment. As you know we have been trying for many years to create house unity. Especially between Slytherin and Gryffindor. We are trying something new this year. Sixth years and below will still live in their normal common rooms. However, now we have split the seventh years into groups of twenty. These twenty students will share a commons and you will each have your own room. There will be four floors of rooms for you to choose from to sleep in. Each floor will share a bathroom. Since you are all seventh years we decided that you should all be able to decorate your own room. We have four lists up here telling you all where your tower is. You will find your name and pick up a map. Then you are free to do whatever you wish until curfew, as long as it follows school rules. I suggest you all go soon. Oh and I forgot to announce your new head boy and girl. Your head boy this year will be Draco Malfoy from Slytherin!" Dumbledore said. Everyone applauded politely while slytherins cheered. Dumbledore clapped and it quieted down. "And your head girl for the year will be Hermione Granger of Gryffindor!" Almost the whole hall was clapping for me as I stoop up. I looked over at Malfoy to see a shocked look on his face. I could only imagine what he was thinking. "Now off to bed, classes will begin next week so you all have time to adjust to the changes." Dumbledore concluded sitting back down.
Everyone stood up from their tables. First through sixth years went to the normal houses while the seventh years headed to the papers posted in the front.
"I hope we're all together." I said as we were walking up to the signs. We waited a bit for it to clear so we could find our names on one of the lists.
"I found mine!" I yelled. I looked down the list. "Yes! We're all…to…gether." I broke off as I finished reading the names of the other people in our tower. This was gonna be hell.
Tower 1
Gryffindor-Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnegan
Slytherin-Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Carmen McAdams, Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe
Ravenclaw- Luna Lovegood, Terry Boot, Lauren Thomas
Hufflepuff-Hannah Abbot, Tim Weaver, Ernie McMillan
"Bloody hell!" Ron exclaimed when he saw the list. "Why do we get stuck with Malfoy! This is so unfair. How is this going to help promote house unity? So bloody unfair…" Ron said. He continued mumbling the rest of the way to the tower. Our portrait was of the Hogwarts crest with a purple background. We said the password (mert the hedgehog) and one by one entered the room.
My jaw dropped when I looked around. It was a big room. The walls were a creamy white color and the carpet was super fluffy and a dark chocolate brown color. There were four leather couches surrounding a glass coffee table. Along one wall were shelves filled with books. On closer inspection I discovered that there were books by both wizards and muggles. There were an assortment of chairs placed around the fireplace and big wooden tables to do work on. There was a door that led to a kitchen for us. There was a big stair case that spiraled up (I'm assuming) four floors. Me, Ginny, Lavender, Parvati, and Luna ran up to the fourth floor of rooms and picked out which ones we wanted. There were all white and plain I guess that's what Dumbledore meant b decorating our rooms. I ran downstairs and said goodnight to everyone and gave Ron a kiss. I went back upstairs to start decorating my room
I made the walls a deep purple and the border, trim, and all wood was silver. I then put big silver polka dots on the wall. My sheets were silk and silver in color. On top was a fluffy, royal purple duvet on top. The pillows were silver and purple. The floors were deep purple also. I unpacked all my stuff magically and grabbed everything I would need to take a shower.
When I got to the bathroom we were to share I saw that it was all white too. It had a huge Jacuzzi tub that could fit all five of us in it. One wall had five shower stalls lined across it. One wall was covered in mirrors and one had a counter with five sinks. I decided to decorate it and if they didn't like it we would change it later.
I made it a tropical theme. The shower stalls were made of bamboo along with the counter. The walls were painted as if we were on the beach. It showed the ocean and a little bit of sand that the water rolled up onto. It showed many palm trees that blew with an invisible wind. The floor was sand but it was charmed so that it wouldn't stick to your feet or leave the bathroom. There were hibiscus plants everywhere. As soon as I finished everyone walked in.
"Wow 'Mione. This is great." Ginny said looking around.
"Yeah 'Mione. We never would've never come up with this." Lavender said smiling. We were all pretty tired so we all just showered and then got ready for bed. I fell asleep thinking that maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all. I mean it wouldn't be that hard to avoid our company that we had to share with some of the most annoying slytherins every.