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Fantasies, Invitations, and Fights

"Hermione dear! Are you ready to go? Your father's already in the car!"

"I'm coming mom- just finishing up!" Hermione shouted back to her mother. She looked around her bedroom- spotless, yet still colorfully and eclectically decorated with memorable objects from her various travels. Her room wasn't what anybody expected from the girl at the top of her class, but that's what made it so her. Hermione loved being able to surprise people, but as of yet most of her school had only seen the studious, hardworking Hermione. Only a few of her closest friends had witnessed the fun-loving, dance-aholic, carefree side of her, and as it turned out- those close friends lived in none other than London, England! Grinning happily, Hermione saluted her new Viking hat in celebration. It was her newest souvenir, bought recently in Epcot center, Disney world, and had quickly become one of her favorites. Then with a last look around her room, she collected her carry-on bag, and walked happily down the stairs and out the door into the cloudless Friday morning.

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Twenty minutes later, they pulled up at Kings Cross airport. From there, the students would fly to JFK, and then to Heathrow, England. Hermione jumped out of the car, and started pulling out her suitcase from the trunk.

Hermione's mom followed her out of the car, "Now, honey, be careful! And call me as soon as you get there! Make sure to eat properly, and spend your money wisely. Did you print out your ticket? If you need anything just ca-"

"Mom, I'll be fine! Don't worry. I've done this tons of times before! I'll see you in two weeks ok?" Hermione reached forward and gave her mom a quick hug, and then moved to the other side of the car to hug her dad. "Thanks for dropping me off dad. Don't let mom worry too much. I love you guys! Byeee!" With that she picked up her suitcase, and her carry-on and made her way to through the airport's sliding glass doors.

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With a quick look at her ticket, Hermione approached the boarding gate. Groups of students were lounging on the hard, plastic seats, chatting excitedly about the trip. Standing right in front was a tall, young man with honey colored hair falling lightly in his eyes. He saw her looking and flashed her an easy grin drawing to attention his classically chiseled chin, "Hi there! Are you Hermione Granger?"

"Yup, that's me! I'm guessing you're Cedric Diggory, our group 5 leader?"

"You got it! So you're the last one of our group. Do you have the forms and everything filled out?" He looked down at his clipboard and checked off her name as Hermione handed him the completed forms. "Ok, everything seems to be in order, so let me introduce you to the rest of the group."

Cedric walked with her to a cluster of kids sitting near the windows. "Right, everyone, this is the last one. Hermione Granger meet Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, Blaise Zabini, and Draco Malfoy. And you obviously already know your classmates Lavender, Dean, and Neville of course. Oh and this is a new addition to our group- Luna Lovegood, she's just transferred from another school. Ok, so I'll be right back, just have to hand in the final forms. Play nice everyone." Cedric turned and walked away towards McGonagall as Hermione waved a cheery hello to the group.

"Ohhhhh, he's soo gorgeous. I just want to jump his bones right now!" Lavender squealed, and stared hard enough at Cedric's retreating back to burn holes through his shirt.

"Weren't you just saying you have a boyfriend, Lavender?" Luna Lovegood remarked drily to Lavender who just waved her hand in the air in reply. Luna mouthed "Ookayy" and then smiled up at Hermione and shyly patted the seat next to her. "Here, there's an empty seat if you want."

"Thanks. This bag is completely killing my shoulder. Hi, I'm Hermione Granger." Hermione sat down and dropped the bag with a big THUD on the ground.

"You're not going spill the contents of that one too are you? Because if you're planning on it, let me just say I'm definitely not getting down on my hands and knees to help you." A sarcastic voice piped up in front of Hermione causing her to look up.

"Uhh, noo…and even if I did, I wouldn't be asking for your help anyway, so don't worry your pretty little head about it." Hermione gazed at the blonde boy lounging nonchalantly in front of her.

The boy smirked at her and replied, "I wouldn't be worrying about my pretty head, but you might want to worry about your hair exploding from that band much like your purse on Wednesday. If you're the type of girl guys go for at Hogwarts, I'm so relieved I stuck to Beauxbatons. Remind me to thank my parents, yeah?" He turned his head away disgustedly.

Another voice struck up, "Don't mind Draco, he's just sore about something. Instead, let me introduce myself. I'm Blaise Zabini." Blaise stuck out a hand.

Hermione's turned to face him, and seeing his hand stuck out her own. "Hi. It's nice to meet you, I guess. I'm Hermione."

"Yeah, actually I've heard of you. You're number 1 at old Hogwarts right? I've heard that you have amazing test scores." Impressed, Blaise smiled at Hermione.

"Ohhh, you're the one!" Luna said animatedly to Hermione. "I've heard all about you! I heard that you're the president of National Honor Society, AND you got a perfect 2400 on the SAT."

Hermione flushed, and looked down at her hands, "Well, yeah that's me, but it's no big deal. I study a lot, that's all. But don't let that be your first impression of me! I'm nice too! I swear! And it's not like you guys are any less smart- if you were, you wouldn't be here." She shot Luna and Blaise a friendly smile. To Luna she said, "What about you? Which school are you transferring to- Hogwarts or Beauxbatons?"

"Hogwarts! I skipped a grade actually, so I'm a little younger than you all. My dad's in the army, though, so we move around a lot, but when we got here my family heard such good things about both Hogwarts and Beauxbatons that we had a really hard time decided, but in the end we chose Hogwarts, of course, and now—"

"DRRRRACCOOO, dahhhhling, how are you?" Luna's lively chatter was interrupted by a smooth purr of a voice. Everyone looked up at a girl with sleek blonde hair, dressed in tiny, but obviously expensive clothes. "Listen, dahling, don't you think those airplane bathrooms are so nice and cozy? I propose we pay a visit while we're aboard. Would you like that, hmmm?" She sat down lightly in Draco's lap, and placed her hand down his chest.

"Hey Pans. I think that could turn out to be quite an exciting adventure." Draco smirked, and gazed down at Pansy's scantily-clad body.

"Ooh, I was hoping you would say that! See you in a bit lover." Pansy ran a finger up Draco's thigh, stopping at his hip. She kissed him on the cheek, and got up to start walking away. Stopping for a second, she turned and shot Blaise a flirtatious grin over her shoulder, "Oh Blaise, you can come too if you want, if you're not too busy studying that is. I'm sure Millie would enjoy it…" She laughed seductively and walked away with a casual wave of her fingers, and a last, "Bye boys."

After a five second silence, Luna asked in horror, "Who was that?"

Blaise laughed, "The one and only Pansy Parkinson. Her dad's a big shot lawyer with one of the city's best firms so she has quite the superiority complex. I believe she's in group 2 with her best friend Millicent Bulstrode, that girl with the scowl on her face. They're quite a boy-conquering pair, Pans and Millie."

"That's one way to put it!" Hermione grimaced and raised her eyebrows.

"Oh, what, you're too good for guys now Granger? Is that it?" Draco shot at Hermione.

"NO, I just go for the type of guys who don't like SLUTS that go around wearing tight clothes just to attract men, all the while disgracing women everywhere, Malfoy." Hermione shot back leaning forward toward Malfoy.

"Oho, let me tell you one thing, Granger, guys like women who dress well, take care of themselves, and actually put in an effort toward us. What guys definitely don't like are bushy haired, bookwormy NERDS." Draco leaned out so far from his chair that his forehead almost touched Hermione's as he said that last word.

"AHEM, are you fighting already Malfoy?" Cedric was back and had heard Draco's last comment, "I hope you know that we won't hesitate to send you home, if this continues. Let this be your first warning. Now, everyone, listen up. The plane is here, and we should be boarding shortly. I have the seat assignments here. Forget what it says on your tickets. We've decided that in order to foster increased group unity, you shall all be mixed up for the plane rides. These seat assignments are final and cannot be switched; so don't even try. Ok so Lavender, Seamus, and Parvati you are row 27 A,B,C. Blaise, Hermione, and Luna, you're 28 A,B,C, and Neville, Dean, and Draco, you're 29 A,B,C. Alright, there's the boarding call, go ahead and line up."

"Cedric, where will you be sitting?" Lavender smiled coyly at him.

Cedric looked a little taken aback, "Uhh, I'm sitting with the other group leaders near the back, but I'll be close-by in case you need anything." He looked pained saying that last part, but as group leader, it was his job. He shot Lavender an apprehensive look and walked away quickly.

"Ohh, you're right Lav, he's soo gorgeous! Do you think that was an invitation to come see him! He did say he was going to be close by!" Parvati giggled and nudged Lavender. It seemed that they had bonded over their fantasies of Cedric.

"Aww, come on girls, what do you need a prick like Cedric for, when you have a sex-god right here?" Seamus puffed out his chest, and tried to look manly. He put his arms around them both, and ushered them to the boarding line.

Luna let out a snort of laughter and followed after Seamus. Hermione picked up her bag also and with a hard face at Draco stalked off behind Luna.

Blaise stood up and stretched. He clapped a hand to Draco's shoulder and in a low voice said, "Dude, Draco, did you have to jump at her throat like that? I mean, you have to admit that she is right about Pansy."

Draco scoffed at Blaise, "Right or not, she insulted someone from our school. You should have enough loyalty to know that that's out of line."

"Aww, man, I think you're just taking your anger toward your parents out on her. You don't even know her! Look just forget the fight you had with your dad this morning ok? You have two parent-free weeks ahead of you! Weren't you the one telling me to relax? I suggest you do the same." Blaise raised his eyebrows at his longtime friend, and then picked up his bag.

Draco sighed, "Yeahhh, I guess you're right."

Blaise dropped his bag in mock surprise, "What! Did Draco Malfoy just tell me I'm right! THE Draco Malfoy? I think I might faint!"

Draco laughed, and slung his own carry-on over his shoulder, "Haha, don't get used to it, but yeah you're right. I think the perfect thing to cheer me up would be 'a visit' to those 'nice and cozy' airplane bathrooms Pansy was telling me about." He searched for Pansy in the crowd, and gave her a dazzlingly sly wink.

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A/N: Well, I decided to post both chapters on the same day simply because I had them both finished, and I was just really excited to get them on the Internet! Please review! I would love some feedback. I have high hopes for this story, and the plot is all planned out, locked away in the back of my head. I guess that might not be the safest place to keep it, but I don't think I'll be able to forget this story easily.

Thanks a bunch fanficers! See you again soon (hopefully)!