Hermione passed the days by pondering her thoughts of becoming Head Girl. She had so many suggestions that could make Hogwarts a much friendlier and homier place. She couldn't wait till school started, although she did feel a little regret when she remembered the Final War which was bound to come up soon and also the fact that this was her last year at Hogwarts.
When Hermione was not daydreaming, she could be found snuggled up in her bedroom with a nice long book. Hermione had read most of the books she had at home as well as the books she often borrowed at her local library. Se decided on getting a few books when she got to Diagon Alley.
The day which Hermione was supposed to go to Diagon alley with the Weasley's and Harry had arrived. Hermione woke up at 9.30 a.m. and had taken a quick shower.
She pulled on a pair of black jeans a green halter top and slipped on a pair of flip flops. She applied clear lip gloss, brown eye shadow and eyeliner and put on a small amount of mascara. She tied up her hair in a high ponytail so that her hair would come flowing down to the middle of her back.
She checked her reflection in the mirror once more before she went downstairs to get some breakfast. She skipped down the stairs and made her way to the kitchen. She got herself some cereal, a banana and a cup of fresh orange juice.
When Hermione had finished her breakfast at 10.00, her parents had woken up and had made their way to the kitchen.
'Good Morning Hermione,' her Dad greeted her with a smile.
'Morning Dad, morning Mum,' Hermione replied with a beautiful smile. Her mum came over and gave her a small hug.
'So Hermione, when did you say school started again?' her Dad asked her as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
'School stars in a week Dad. I'm going to miss it so much next year. I can't believe I'm already in my seventh year…' Hermione said as she remembered her days at Hogwarts.
'Neither can we Hermione, neither can we…' her Mum said as she made herself breakfast.
Hermione broke the comfortable silence, 'Ok Mum and Dad. I better get going. Everyone will be waiting for me at the Burrow,' she stood up and went over to her parents to give them a hug.
Hermione stepped out of the fireplace and walked over to the living room. Everyone was gathered around waiting for her.
Harry was the first to notice her arrival. 'Hermione! There you are. We thought you'd forgotten about our plan today,' he said as he walked over to her and pulled her into a hug.
'How could I forget an outing with my most favourite people?' Hermione questioned with a smile.
'Ok then. Shall we get going?' Mr. Weasley said as he made his way to the front of the house.
Everyone walked out of the house and into the two ministry cars which had been sent for them. Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ginny all climbed into one as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley got into the other one.
'Hey 'Mione where we gonna go first?' asked Ron fully knowing the answer beforehand.
'I think we should go get our books first and get that out of the way,' Hermione replied with a mad glint in her eyes. Everyone laughed.
Finally the car came to a stop. They all hopped out of the car after thanking the driver. They made their way to the book shop to get all the books they needed for school. Hermione got a few more books than what was asked for, but no one took notice of this since she usually done this every time she came across a good book store.
After they had bought all the books they decided on getting drinks. While they were walking to the bar, Ginny looked through her booklist and informed the trio that they would need dress robes.
'I wonder why we need dress robes,' Ron said nervously, obviously recalling the Yule Ball in their fourth year.
'I don't know, but we're gonna find out soon,' Hermione said while laughing.
So the girls decided on parting ways with the boys who obviously had better things to do than go shopping for dresses. The boys ended up searching the streets of Diagon Alley for a Quidditch store while the girls found themselves in front of Madam Malkin's.
The girls looked for a dress that they liked, but found none. Ginny told Hermione that she knew of a good store for dresses which was situated in Hogsmeade. They decided on going there one of their trips to Hogsmeade.
'Mum…come on! We're going to be late!' shouted Draco from the bottom of the stairs. 'I want to get to Diagon Alley as quick as possible!' Draco paced the room. I could be outside flying with Blaise, Draco thought. His mother had to drag him inside and beg him to go to Diagon Alley with her.
'I'm coming Draco!' came the voice of Narcissa. She came down the stairs in blue robes.
'Finally mother!' said Draco dramatically.
'Back to 'mother' are we?' asked Narcissa with a small smirk playing at her lips.
'Humph!' moaned Draco. He wasn't really angry at his mother, he could never be angry at his mother. He loved her too much.
'Ok Draco, stop with the act,' with that she apparated to Diagon Alley. Draco rolled his eyes and also apparated to Diagon Alley, since he had passed the test in sixth year.
'Mother…- ok fine Mum!' Draco said as he ran after his mother, through the streets of Diagon Alley.
She finally came to a stop. She turned around to face him with smile,' I knew you couldn't stand it for too long!' she said now with an evident smirk. Draco was going to answer back, but decided against it.
'Ok Draco,' her voice was now more serious. 'Why don't you go get your school books while I have a look around?'
Draco agreed with her and made his way over to the bookstore. Unfortunately for him, Pansy Parkinson had spotted him.
'Drakey-Poo! How are you? I haven't seen you in forever!' she screeched in a high pitched, girly voice which was very annoying.
'Pansy, it's nice to see you too…but would you mind re-attaching yourself from me. People are starting to stare,' he said in an irritated voice which clearly stated that he rather be anywhere in the world than with her. And he was right, people were staring at them.
'Well, well, well…If it isn't the famous bouncing ferret,' came the voice of Ron. He had obviously seen the 'show'.
Draco sighed. 'Look Weasel, I rather do a million other things than speak with you in public. Not that I get enough of that at school,' said Draco with an air of superiority.
'At least I'm not a Death Eater!' now everyone knew that he had gone too far.
'What did you say?' Draco asked with venom. By now the boys were gathering an audience.
'I said at least-'Ron couldn't finish that sentence because at that moment, Draco's fist had made contact with Ron's cheek.
The girls made their way over to the Quidditch store.
'Hey 'Mione… what's going on there?' Ginny asked Hermione as she pointed towards a large group of people gathered in front of the bookstore. They walked towards the group.
'Oh my god…Ginny! It's Ron… he's fighting!' screamed Hermione. Both girls ran till they reached the fight.
'What are you gonna do Malfoy? Call for your daddy? Oh wait…you can't do that…your dad is in Azkaban!' Ron taunted. Harry was trying to hold him back. After all, Harry had seen Malfoy the night Dumbledore had died. And he knew that Malfoy really was scared and that he would never have killed Dumbledore. Draco Malfoy was not a murderer.
Hermione and Ginny were screaming at both boys to stop. However none of them heard them. They were both punching and kicking any part of the others body which was within reach. The girls just screamed their lungs off...hoping that some adult heard them.
Their screaming had done it. Mr. Weasley came running towards them with Mrs. Weasley wobbling behind him.
'Ok boys. That is enough!' shouted Mr. Weasley. But the boys didn't seem to hear him so they continued fighting. Mr. Weasley then took out his wand and stunned both the boys. 'Ok everyone…nothing to see here. Come along now, move on.'
Finally when the crowd had passed. Mr. Weasley turned around and glared at both the boys. 'Never have I seen such disgusting behaviour. You boys are old and mature enough to understand the consequences of your actions-'He was cut off by a ladies voice.
'Draco…I just heard the most ridi… cul…ous thing…' Narcissa trailed off as she looked at both the boys, her eyes wide with anger. Draco and Ron both had swollen lips, bruised cheeks, black eyes and many small cuts on their arms.
'Draco Black Malfoy! How dare you get yourself into a fight?' Narcissa scolded her voice full of anger.
'Mother, I did not start it. He provoked me!' Draco said timidly. He really was scared of his mother when she was angry.
'I don't care if he kept on poking you with a stick! The mature thing you should've done was to walk away. I thought I brought you up better Draco!' Narcissa said. Ron sniggered at this. Draco looked at him. If looks could kill, Ron would've dropped dead that instant.
'And you! What do you think you were doing?' Mrs. Weasley rounded on Ron. 'Getting yourself into a fight. Your father could've lost his job. And here I thought that you would be mature and responsible adults. I guess I was wrong.' Ron bowed his head in shame. 'I guess that's all we need to do today. You have completely spoiled the day Ronald! You ought to feel ashamed of yourself!'
With that both the families parted ways. Hermione sneaked a glance at Draco. He was badly wounded. I wonder if he's Head Boy… she thought. But she pushed that thought away when she remembered what happened the previous year.
They climbed into the ministry cars and made their way home. Ron had to sit with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Harry, Ginny and Hermione laughed when they thought of what was happening in the other car.
'Probably getting scolded,' laughed Harry. He did not know how right he was. However he wasn't the only one…
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