Name: The girl next door

Whom I happen to hate…

Rating: M

Summary: Draco Malfoy and his family have to be part of the Death Eater rehabilitation program. To do that, they must give up all their money; give up magic for a year, and move into a muggle neighborhood, guess who his next-door neighbor is? A Funny story!

Author: Chaos

Warning: Does not follow all of the books plot.

A/N: Hope you guys like this chapter. Thanks for all the reviews...

Chaos

DMGH

Chapter 6: The Hogwarts Express

One week later

Hermione could not deny that the last week at number twelve, Grimmauld Place had been the longest and hardest week of her life. She could not get Draco Malfoy from her head, and she didn't dare speak of him aloud.

When the war had been over Harry had chosen to go live at the old Black house. When he had turned seventeen, he had been free by law to go and live there if he wanted to. Though they still couldn't get the portrait of Mrs. Black off the wall, they had been able to shut her up, so they could live in the house.

Mrs. Weasley had helped Harry move in, and made the place suitable for living. Against Hermione's wishes, Harry had gotten a few house elves, and employed Dobby paying him 20 galleons on hour, which everyone insisted was a lot, to help around the house.

Draco on the other hand had seemed to turn back to his old ways or even worse really. He hadn't been very nice to the Grangers, though they seemed to think it was the work of teenage hormones. Then again adults seemed blame hormones for everything.

Draco had snapped at his parents for…going muggle, as he put it. He thought they had been hanging around the Granger's too long and therefore should remind themselves what their family stood for. Of what Voldemort wanted. Of course that almost got him whipped by his father who replied with a strong "The Dark Lord is dead,"

Draco couldn't believe his father said that. Could not believe that he had simply forgotten what only a year ago he would die for. He had then trudged back to his room and laid there for days. Coming down only when the family was asleep for food.

On September first Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny made her way through Platform nine and three-quarters and stood around looking at the platform. This would be the very last year going to Hogwarts.

Hermione tried hard not to think about it, she didn't want to cry. She looked at the large group of Slytherins standing near the train. She strained her ears to hear them, only because Draco Malfoy was standing in the middle.

"This has been the worst month of my life," Pansy Parkinson whined "Stupid Muggles, always trying to be friendly, why I would have stunned them all if I still had my wand," she said. The others around nodded in agreement.

"Personally, I don't see the point in coming back to this dump without wands; we won't be able to anything." Draco Malfoy said. "Plus we had to give up magic for an entire year, so we can't perform wandless magic either."

Pansy, Millicent, and some other Slytherin girls sighed. "At least it's better than being around stupid muggles," Millicent said. Draco and Blaise nodded in agreement. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"What's wrong Mione? Slytherins getting to you already?" Ginny laughed. Hermione smiled slightly. She hadn't told anyone about Draco Malfoy being her new neighbor. However, now that she thought about it, it could be useful for black mail.

"I still can't believe he's made Slytherin Head Boy." Hermione said. It was true; she too had made Gryffindor Head Girl. Then again, all the prefects had made it as heads. Apparently, Dumbledore thought extra help would be needed along the castle as a lot of it was still a bit destroyed.

"Figures doesn't it?" Ron grumbled.

As the warning whistle blew, the friends made their way into the train to look for a compartment.

"Does it seem like the train is unusually full this year?" Harry asked as a couple of first years ran past them and Hermione glared, she would have to get them later.

"Well, figures doesn't it? I mean Voldemort was only defeated a few months ago, people are still scared that it will be like the first time. Now that Dumbledore is back, they want to rush their kids to this school." Hermione explained.

"There are loads of new students in every year. Bet you the sorting is going to take forever this time." Ginny added. Ron nodded in agreement, as they tried to find a place to sit. The only compartment left with enough room for them all to sit was the very last.

Inside stood Luna Lovegood, and another girl, with waist length brown hair. She had tanned skin and her lips were colored a shiny brown. Her closed eyes were covered in maroon eye shadow. She wore a loose green shirt and dark blue jeans. Her hair flowed on one side of her round face, on the other side it was pulled back behind her ear, showing a large piercing on the top of her ear. One long dangling green one in the bottom (which they guessed she had the other on the other ear), and a small black one making the second piercing on her right ear.. She had a copy of the Quibbler laid down on her lap.

Once they sat down she immediately opened her eyes. Their hazel green color was brought out by the dark black eye liner. Ron jumped back slightly as she stared intensively at him.

"Hermione Granger," the girl said as she turned to her side. She had a misty voice that strangely reminded you of a combination between Professor Trewaley and Luna Lovegood. Hermione looked curiously at her. She had never before seen her. "Ginevra Weasley, Ronald Weasley, and Harry Potter," she said looking at each in turn.

"How do you know our names?" Ginny mouthed smartly. The girl fixed her bright hazel eyes on Ginny.

"I tend to know things," she answered. Ginny glared at her. The girl picked up the Quibbler and showed Ginny an article on all of them, with a picture of them all smiling at the camera. They had given an interview for the Quibbler after the war. Ginny felt herself go red in the cheeks of embarrassment.

"The name is Malden. Nikki Malden" the girl introduced.

"Nicole Malden?" Hermione asked. The girl shook her head.

"No Nikki, spelled with two K's and an I." she said. Hermione nodded. Nikki got up suddenly.

"Excuse-me, I have to use the loo," she said and headed off. The friends looked at the compartment door Nikki had just gone through.

"Bit off the rocker, that one isn't she?" Ron asked. Luna Lovegood giggled.

"You'd be to if you'd gotten hit with Cruciatus curse three times in your seventeen years of life," Luna spoke.

"How do you know that?" Harry asked. Luna smiled.

"We're cousins. From mum's side of the family of course." Luna answered. Ron choked on a piece of his chocolate frog.

"You're related?" Ron asked. Luna nodded, Ron looked out the window at the grazing grass that was slowly turning into woods.

"Mum has certain people on her side of the family with a compulsive magic problem," Luna explained "It's called Mayhem Syndrome," Luna continued.

"I heard about that," Hermione said. "In one of the heeling books I bought back in fourth year. It's a health problem certain wizards or witches are born with. They can't help themselves from performing spells, charms, incantations, and curses. Their brain sets off electric shocks that makes them perform any spell at any time for no reason what so ever. They become a bit dangerous." Hermione finished.

"Yeah, that's the one," Luna explained. "Well my uncle, Nikki's father had Mayhem Syndrome, one day it just so happened that the Cruciatus curse was what his brain told him to do. He was taking care of Nikki, poor girl she was only five." Luna said. "Was knocked out in Saint Mungus for three months. Well you can expect a curse that powerful hitting her at such a young age. She was lucky enough not to be killed."

"What happened to her father?" Ginny asked.

"He's in the Saint Mungus long term ward. Chained down, obviously. He's a bit of a danger to himself and others, really." Luna continued.

"What about the other two times?" Harry asked. Luna sighed.

"Death Eaters attacked her home a few months before the war ended. Killed her mother right off. Hit Nikki with the Cruciatus twice before someone showed up and saved her. She came to live with me and dad after that." Luna explained. "She was knocked out again, the last time I mean, though I don't know long,"

"A month and a half," Nikki answered coming back into the compartment, she was already in her Hogwarts robes.

"Did you hear the entire conversation," Ron asked. Nikki shook her head.

"Just enough to realize what you were talking about," she smiled. Her teeth had a bright white shine to them. "I had never forgotten how much it had hurt the first time, but it seemed much more excruciating the second and third."

"Now that pain I shall never forget," she said with her misty voice as she stared out the window. It had began to rain, as the train continued to speed up through the woods and closer to now brightly glowing Castle.