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Somebody that I used to know
-Gotye "Somebody that I used to know"
You treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
Yes, this was scary, standing in front of the whole school with that sodding hat on her head. She wasn't even sure what the meaning was of it.
'Hmm… this is a hard one. I see a great mind, a great mind indeed. You are a smart girl, huh? Yes very smart.' The hat started talking to her! What is this? She wondered if she had gotten mad. The hat started moving for a bit as it continued. 'But I also sense a very brave girl, a good heart at that.'
Uuh, what? She certainly was going mad now.
'Hmmmm.. where to put you young girl? Will it be Ravenclaw?' Hermione raised her eyebrows. She didn't really care as long as it was over soon.
'No, perhaps Ravenclaw is not your place, though you are very bright. Why don't we just go with….' Hermione listened intently as the hat shouted out "Griffyndor!". Ok, that was fine. Now where was the Griffyndor table? It wasn't hard to tell as only one table started to clap and stood up to welcome her. She took the hat off and studied it for a second before handing it to the old woman who had introduced her as Professor McGonagall.
She hopped off of the stage and was greeted by her new housemates. People were already introducing themselves to her, but there were far too many students and she was not going to remember them all now. Luckily she heard someone cough and everybody looked up back at the stage.
"Welcome Students, both old and new…" Professor Dumbledore started. Hermione only listened half to his speech, as she was still in awe with the place she was in. It appeared he started talking about the growing dangers around them and as long as they were at Hogwarts they would be safe. It was also important that they were to work together and befriend each other. As this was a hard time and we would be needing each other soon.
Hermione just paid attention to the place, it was a beautiful building with a long history. She knew this cause she had made sure to read about it before she came here. Hogwarts was supposed to be a great school and Hermione could only hope for the best. Her eyes caught a glimpse of the enchanted ceiling of the great hall and saw a full moon as it resembled the weather outside. It was remarkable what magic could do.
"Hi." She heard someone say to her as she noticed that food had appeared on their table and professor Dumbledore had retreated back to his seat, he had finished his speech.
She looked over to the voice and noticed a red haired girl smiling at her."Hi." She said kindly and gave the girl a warm smile.
"I'm Ginny Weasley, 5th year student."
"Hi Ginny, nice to meet you." Hermione answered and shook the girls hand.
"I'm sorry, what is your name again? I didn't catch it when they announced it." The girl, apparently called Ginny, asked her.
Soon Hermione felt different pair of eyes on her, people were listening into their conversation, everybody apparently interested in the new girl.
"Oh, I'm Hermione Granger." She replied and waved to the other people who were watching them.
"Granger...hmm... Granger..." She heard a boy with red hair say to himself and she saw him in deep thoughts.
"Yes?" Hermione asked him.
"I don't recognize that name. What do your parents do?" He asked her bluntly.
"Oh, they are muggles. They are dentists actually." She answered quickly. "Dentists?" The boy looked clueless, appearing to have grown up in the wizarding world, otherwise he would've known what dentists are.
"Dentists help muggles with their teeth, Ron." She saw a dark haired boy with glasses roll his eyes and extend his hand out to Hermione.
"Hi, I'm Harry Potter. Nice to meet you." He pointed to the red haired boy sitting next to him. "And this is Ron Weasley."
"Hi Harry, I've read about you. Pleasure to meet you." She said in recognition. He just nodded back at her. "And hi Ron, nice to meet you too." Hermione said shyly. She had read about this Harry boy a few times already. He was supposed to be very famous. He even defeated that Voldermort guy. Though she didn't see what was so special about him. He just seemed like any other boy.
"We're both in or 6th year, so we'll probably be seeing each other a lot." The Ron boy said and turned slightly red. Hermione thought it looked cute and just smiled back at him in return.
"Yeah, and if you have any questions or just want to talk… we're here." Harry continued.
She decided she liked them and as it turned out Ron and Ginny were brother and sister and had been friends with Harry ever since their first years. They got caught in a pleasant conversation as they all started eating. Soon they were all full and professor Dumbledore excused them to their common rooms.
She was curious as to what it would look like, she noticed from her now red and gold outfit that those would probably be the house colors, but she just wanted to see her room and wander around the halls for a bit, just checking her new surroundings.
"Come on, we'll show you where the common room is." Ginny said as she took Hermione's arm, helping her up.
"Thanks!" The four of them walked out of the Great Hall. Mingling between the many students, in a desperate attempt to find their common rooms, Hermione soon lost the two boys and girl. Standing on her toes and turning around, trying to find them again she stumbled into someone and she lost her balance, causing her to tumble to the ground.
"Shit." She swore under hear breath as her ass hit the ground. It hurt.
As she looked up to see who bumped into her she was surprised to stare into eyes she knew very well. Her excitement took over as she quickly got back to her feet and wrapped her arms around him into a hug. "Draco." She said happily in a sigh. She couldn't believe what she was seeing here. He was here, he went to the same school, he was a wizard!
However, her happy feeling soon disappeared as Draco just stood there motionless in her arms for a while. He didn't hug her back, just stood there stupidly. After a couple of seconds she felt him shoving her away from him roughly.
"Draco?" Hermione asked him, trying to grasp one of his hands, but he flinched it away.
"Draco, do you know this girl?" Hermione noticed a girl standing next to Draco, looking perplexed at what had occurred between Hermione and Draco.
He didn't say anything however, just stared at Hermione. Maybe lost for words.
"Draco!"The girl said louder, which made him snap out of wherever his mind was.
"Let's go Pansy." He said as he grabbed Pansy's arm, completely ignoring Hermione along the way. It was like their encounter just now hadn't even happened.
Didn't he recognize her? She saw some recognition in his eyes and then he just froze on the spot. Maybe he didn't really believe seeing her here. She wasn't sure what had happened. She did know that the moment of happiness she felt was gone. She started walking in the direction Draco went off to but didn't see him anymore.
You didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
Her night was short. Forget the deal with herself that everything would become different once she would be at Hogwarts, cause the sight of him changed that. It changed everything. She wanted to see him again, shake him and tell him that she was there for real. They could be together, at least that was what she was hoping. It really hadn't just been a summer fling, now had it? It had felt real. At least her feelings for himwere real. She was pretty sure he felt more about her than just a summer lover as well. Not just a girl to have sex with and disregard of once he had her. No, she couldn't believe that. He wasn't like that. Not her Draco.
She couldn't wait to hear him call her Miss Granger again in that sexy voice of his. Or to see him look at her like she was the only one in the room. She needed him to look at her like that.
Hermione got out of bed and before putting on her new Hogwarts robes, she took a quick refreshing shower. She had high hopes to be seeing Draco at breakfast. It had probably sunk in that she was staying at the same school as him and he would probably be already waiting for her downstairs.
She almost flew down the stairs to the Great Hall where breakfast would be served. As she neared the big open doors however, she caught no sight of Draco waiting. Her step haltered for a second before she quickly, with big steps, walked right into the Great Hall and went looking for the boy with the blonde hair.
And she found him.
The smile on her face grew even wider as she approached him and saw him looking at her. She saw his eyes lit up at the sight of her and her heart made a little jump. He had recognized her.
"Ugh, there is that stupid girl from Gryffindor again, Drake." The girl from yesterday said loud enough so Hermione could hear.
"I bet she's a filthy mudblood." She continued on. Hermione's eyes shot from the girl to Draco whom didn't correct her. Which was odd. And why wasn't he standing up to give her a hug or a kiss?
"Granger." She heard him finally mutter as he gave her a curt nod. Not Miss Granger. Just Granger.
Was that really all that she was going to get?
"I was so surprised to see you here, Draco." She started to say and searched for his eyes, but he seemed to desperately trying to avoid hers. "But I'm so happy to know that you're a wizard as well." She finished and waited for a response.
"Yes well..." Was the only thing he said. "What is she saying Draco? I don't get it..." Pansy started. More people from the table started listening in and she suddenly felt very small. Why was he acting so strange, so not like him?
"Maybe it's better you go away, Granger." Draco said and finally looked up at her. His eyes had grown hard and almost spat at her. Did she do anything to upset him?
"Yes, please. We don't like any mudblood filth being spread here at the table." Someone from the table said to her and laughed.
How did they even know she was a muggleborn? And why would they hate her for it? The words mudblood had hurt her. But it didn't hurt as much as Draco pushing her away.
"Look, Draco..." She started. She heard someone laugh loudly which cut her off. "She thinks it's ok to hang out here. Can you imagine? A mudblood at the Slytherin table" Hermione's eyes shot to a boy who was quite big and large sitting opposite of Draco. She had expected him to stand up for her, to tell this boy to shut the hell up. But he just mumbled something under his breath as he stood up and took Hermione's elbow to drag her away from the table towards the hallway.
Once they were outside she went in for a hug again. "Granger, please go. I don't need this." He shoved her away just like he had done the night before and wanted to walk away again.
"What's going on Draco? I thought you would be happy to see me here. I've missed you." She started. Within two seconds he was in front of her face again, just inches from her, a hard look on his face. He was angry.
"I don't care." He spat at her. Then his face softened just a bit. "Listen Granger, I don't know you. You don't know me. Whatever happened between us... It's over. Forget it even. It didn't happen."
She just shook her head. She didn't understand. What was happening?
"Draco...I don't understand" She whispered as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
"It's Malfoy for you, Granger." And that was all he said as he walked away from her. Leaving her alone with her tears.
