Bang. Bang. Bang. "Hermione wake up! We've got to go! Hermione!"
Bang. Bang. Bang. "We're late, get up!" Shouted Ron
Hermione didn't normally sleep so late, but she wasn't surprised to have been woken up like this, the three of them hadn't gone to bed 'till the early hours of the morning. She finally got up and sorted out her mane-like hair with just a few taps of her wand. She quickly changed into light blue jeans and a nice baby pink jumper and washed her face and brushed her teeth. She hurried out of her room and met everyone downstairs. They all had to hurry to Kings Cross station for their train, the Hogwarts Express, they only had a few minutes left when they got to the barrier to get on to platform 9¾. With hurried hugs from Mr. and Mrs Weasley Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny ran through the barrier and got on the scarlet steam that was the Hogwarts Express just in time.
As the train started to move out of the station Hermione had to say a quick goodbye to the other three. She had to go to the front carriage; she had been selected as Head Girl for Hogwarts and as for the Head Boy, that was Draco Malfoy, someone who Hermione, Ron and Harry hate most out of everyone at Hogwarts. She got to the carriage and opened the door, she wasn't surprised to the the bright white that was Draco's hair. She sat down on the other side of the carriage not saying anything to him, it was going to be a long journey.
Hours had past and the scarlet steam train had gone past the countryside and the many bright green fields filled with cows and daisies and the big Cities filled with tall building and smoky air. The journey felt strange to Hermione. Not once had she been called 'Mudblood' or been made to do something for Draco, it wasn't normal. Another thing she noticed is that she couldn't help looking over to him and whenever she did she didn't feel repulsed by the sight of him, like she normally did. What had suddenly changed her feelings towards him? Why now? She didn't like the feeling that was deep in her gut.
It was starting to get dark when Hermione finally moved from her chair in the carriage to change into her school robes. She got them out of her trunk and walked out of the quiet carriage looking for a empty compartment she could change in. Eventually she found one and started taking off her jeans to put her skirt on, as she continued getting changed, she caught her reflection in the frosted glass window, she was pretty, more than pretty, she was beautiful, although she didn't think it,she really was. The atmosphere in the empty compartment was strange. She felt like someone was watching her..
She quickly turned round towards the door but no-one was there. It would have been difficult to see anyone through the fogged glass on the door, but out of the corner of her eye she could swear she saw the familiar white hair.
She finished getting changed and went back into the Head boy and girl's carriage, she looked over at Draco and saw that he hadn't moved an inch, or what she thought. As she sat back down in her seat she drifted slowly to sleep for the remainder of the journey. She woke up around 10 minutes before the train reached Hogsmeade. Quickly glancing over to the otherside of the carriage she saw something that shocked her, Draco was staring at her. His eyes filled with awe, curiosity and something she did not expect. Lust. In the moment they're eyes met Hermione felt a spark. Quickly looking out the window, she began to wonder what had caused this and why Draco was looking in that way and why he hadn't been mean the whole journey.
The train stopped and Hermione got off and waited for a cart that was pulled by Thestrals.
Just before the empty cart she had got on pulled away Draco jumped on. She thought it was strange for him to be acting this way, like he wanted to be near her. This was when he spoke to her the first time this year.
'Hello Granger' he said, with a strange politeness in his voice.
'Hey' she replied back, with a hint of curiosity and confusion.
As soon as he spoke she got butterflies, and went weak at the knees. It's a good job she was sat down, she thought.
They didn't say anything else for the rest of the journey to Hogwarts, but Hermione didn't mind, she was feeling happy and had butterflies in her stomach started getting worse,this confused her. They got up to the Hogwarts and walked up to the great hall ready for the start of term feast. The Hall was filled with long tables covered in gold and silver plates and dishes. As Hermione walked over to the Gryffindor table Draco hesitated a bit and stared after her before walking over to his place at the Slytherin table. The hall soon filled up and everyone was waiting for the Sorting to begin. All the first years got ready to be sorted into their house, all of them lined up in front of all the other years. Professor Mcgonagall places a small wooden stool with an old, patched wizards hat on top. Then Mcgonagall called a child out from the line and placed the hat on top of his head, in that moment the hat came alive and began to talk. He spoke his thoughts.
'Very clever, hard working, hmm. Lets see. Better be... HUFFLEPUFF!' the Sorting Hat said, shouting the last word.
A big round of applause came from the Hufflepuff table as the small kid ran over to his new house mates. The Sorting hat continued to shout out the names of houses. Peter Smith, Shannon Evans, Katie Jones, Jackson Breeze and Christopher Austin all became fellow Gryffindors. Hermione was very excited and enthusiastic about doing her first Head Girl duties and wondered whether Draco was aswell, with a small glance over to his place on the Slytherin table she felt the butterflies again. She wondered what it meant, and Hermione not knowing what being in love felt like sat there confused, trying to work out what it meant.