All before finding out I was a witch, before being the "chosen one's" best friend. Before all of that I was just Hermione Granger, and this is my story. I was born November 2 1989 to two dentists. They loved me for the first 10 years of my life. That was when my mother left my father and married his partner at his dentist practice. My mom adopted her new husband's children and ran off without me or telling me where she went. My father was so distraught and turned to alcohol. I remember the first night that he came home drunk I had spent the whole day cleaning and cooking trying to cheer him up and he didn't come home till after midnight. I had fallen asleep on the couch, he came in and woke me and that's when he raped. I tried to stop him but he just wouldn't I was too weak. Every night after that he raped me, I eventually stopped trying to fight and just laid there and tried not to cry then when he would leave I would slit my arms. It made me feel better.

When I got my letter at 11 years old I was thrilled to leave that hell whole. I didn't know if he would have let me go but at that time he was playing with some blonde bimbo so he was whatever about it. That was the best year of my life. I never told anyone of what had happened to me and I still haven't.

Harry defeated Voldmort over what was suppose to be our last year of school, and now we were all invited back to finish our wizard training. Of course I accepted at once. I didn't plan on returning to the abuse after I finished school. I was done being taking advantage of. My last night at my house before I left to the burrow in the morning I told my "father" that. Of course he had something to say. But I fought back I was finally 17 and I could do magic without being in trouble. I cursed the shit out of him and left.

I apperated to the burrow at once and knocked on the door.

"Hermione dear, we weren't expecting you till tomorrow morning"

"I'm sorry Mrs. Weasley I just had to leave my house tonight I got into a fight with my father and I couldn't stay there one minute longer"

"Oh dear you really shouldn't leave your father like this after what your mother did to him he needs you." she told me. Of course he pretended everything was alright between me and him and did that damn sob story when he was around anyone on how the arse of a mother left use, he just tends to leave out how he is an arse and rapes and beats me, which causes me to slit my wrists.

"I just can't, may I please stay here for the night"

"Yes you sure can but do send your father an owl in the morning saying where you are and tell him I said hi."

"Yes Ma'm" I told her and took off up the stairs to find my best friends who like the whole damn world new nothing of what was going on in my life.

"Mione" Ron called as I rounded the corner of the stairs.

"Hey Ron, What's Up?"

"Nothing just can't wait to get back to Hogwarts" he said sarcastically.

"Oh give it up Ron you should be thankful that Minerva is letting us back now we can get decent jobs in the wizarding world."

"I guess your right, lets go find Harry."

We walked up another round of stairs to Ron's small attic room.

"Harry" I smiled.

"Hey Mi, How are you, and how the hell can you wear that long-sleeved shirt in August?" Harry asked.

"I'm good, just got into a fight with my father that's why I am here. And I tell you guys this all the time, I get cold a lot so wear long sleeved shirts a lot." I am tired of lying but I just don't know how to tell them, plus I don't want them to go all ballistic and attack my "father" although I wouldn't mind that but I don't want them to get in trouble because of me.

"Well, guess what guys!"

"What?"

"I got head girl!!!"

" Really that's not obvious but we are happy for you."

" Thanks guys that means a lot to me" I said halfheartedly. I spent the night in Ginny's old room she had went to stay with Charlie for the summer and was getting back in the morning to start her 6th year again.

We woke early that morning so we could get ready and eat before we went to the train station.

" I wonder if there will be any slyterens coming back besides the first years?" Ron asked

"I don't know I'm pretty sure Malfoy will be back, though he wouldn't miss his opportunity to pick on little kids with his prefect duties." Harry answered

"Not on my watch, I will have him expelled if he tries anything like that again" Hermione said

They left at 10:00 right when Ginny showed up by port key.

"How was life in Romania?" I asked her when we got in the car.

"Wonderful I love dragons they are amazing creatures."

"God my Girlfriend sounds like Hagrid" Harry said giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"Aww whatever, but now I want a dragon."

They continued to talk while I looked out the window. I was thinking about the past year. We had lost so many friends that it was unreal, and so much has changed Ginny and Harry were back together. Ron and I well tried but it didn't work. It was to awkward. Life was just getting back to normal, although I was going to miss all the adventures that Harry, Ron and I had every year. Who knows maybe something was going to happen this year. I was pretty sure it was going to be interesting.