A/N Sorry about the late update guys, I've just been busy with work experience and such. I'm going to try and update once a week on Monday but if I can't sorry.

Chapter 2

Hermione...

She looked up to find out who was calling her but couldn't see anyone familiar. She then saw an oddly familiar boy approaching towards her from a distance staring at her. He had platinum blonde hair pulled back from his face which emphasised his pointed chin.
He seemed to be watching her as if he knew her and it seemed he was the one who had called her. She looked back at him and waited for him to reach her. It took him another 2 minutes before he came and sat next to her.
He greeted her with the biggest smile she'd ever seen on a guy and said.
'So where have you been Hermione? I've missed you.'
Hermione was left with no idea what to say as she had never seen this boy before even though her stomach jumped with joy at having seen him as if he were an old friend.
'I'm sorry, but who are you? Have we ever met before?' she inquired.
'It's me, Draco. What kind of joke are you playing Mione? Why are you pretending you don't know who I am?'
'Mione? Nobody's ever called me that before. I'm sorry, I really can't remember ever having met you before.' she apologised.
'Hmm, never mind. I think you just remind me of one of my best friends. I really miss her and you just look a lot like her, sorry. I'll leave now if you want'
'No wait, who are you? Tell me more about yourself. Are you a wizard? Do you go to Hogwarts?'
'Well actually, I haven't started yet. This is going to be my first year at Hogwarts. Are you starting this year too?' he asked.
'Yeah, it's my first time going to Hogwarts. I didn't even know about witches and wizards until a few weeks ago.'
'Oh, so you're a muggleborn then,' he stated sadly, ' I don't know if I can really talk to you then, my parents and me are pureblood and I'm not allowed to talk to Mugglborns.'
'That's alright, I'll just talk to somebody else,' she replied optimistically.
'No, you don't need to do that. I'll just pretend not to talk. We can still talk as long as my parents don't know. Plus you seem kinda smart for a Muggleborn and I like you'
'Thanks Draco. Anyway, I better be going. I can see my parents coming and they probably need to get back home because they have some patients coming in this afternoon. See you at school.' she said as she skipped off towards them.
'See you then Mione,' Draco whispered, mostly to himself.

It seemed that Hogwarts would be much better than he had initially thought. He would have more than just Blaise to talk to. Hermione seemed nice and smart even if she wasn't his Hermione. He thought they would be great friends. He walked off with a new spring in his step as he went back to his parents. He suddenly couldn't wait for school to start.
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Hermione jumped out of bed. It was her first day of school! And she couldn't wait. It was a chance to start afresh in a completely new place and the excitement was almost too much for her.
She rushed downstairs, rechecked her bags for the fiftieth time to make sure she had everything, ate breakfast and rushed outside, ready to go to the station.
As they arrived to the station 20 minutes later, Hermione ran out and quickly grabbed her bags and ran towards Platform Nine and Three Quarters. The train didn't arrive till 11 but Hermione was here an hour early so that she could get the best seat and could meet some of the other First Years.
She waved goodbye to her parents and pushed her trolley through the gate. She was finally here, ready to go to Hogwarts.
She walked onto an almost empty platform and saw there was nobody there except for a skinny blonde boy sitting by himself on a seat further down. She knew who it was straight away.

'Hey Draco.' She said, 'You're early aren't you.'
'I could say the same to you' he chuckled. 'My parents were busy so they dropped me off early so they could go where they need to go. Why are you so early?'
'I was just too excited. I can't believe I'm finally going to Hogwarts. I've been waiting for this for weeks, it's going to be great!'
'Do you want to go and sit on the train , might as well find a good seat right, until everyone else arrives at least'
Hermione nodded and they both climbed onto the train. She couldn't help but notice how sad he looked.
They sat down in one of the smaller compartments and talked about how the rest of their holidays had been. They discussed everything from what they had for breakfast to the funniest things that had ever happened to them. Time seemed to fly and before they knew it, they could hear everyone else climbing onto the train too.

'Well, I should be going,' said Draco, 'Father wants me to meet with some of his friends children, Crabbe and Goyle, I'll see you at school I guess'
'Yeah sure, I need to go and meet some new people too. Have fun and I'll see you there.'

They both walked off in different directions ready for their first day off school.

The Sorting had begun. After Hannah Abott and a few others had been sorted, the name Hermione Granger was called out. Draco watched eagerly. He knew she wouldn't be in Slytherin because she was a Muggleborn but maybe if she was in Ravenclaw, then he could still talk to her without any difficulties.
'Good luck Mione'
'Thanks Draco'
Hermione was surprised, she hadn't realised that her and Draco shared a telepathic connection. She knew that that would be the first thing she'd find in the library in this school. She was already looking forward to it.
She was jolted out of her daydreams by a shout of
GRYFFINDOR from the hat atop her head. She rushed over to the table cheering like mad and waited for Draco to be sorted. After Neville, a boy she'd met on the train had been sorted, Draco went up and was sorted into Slytherin before the hat had barely touched her head. He looked towards her and gave her a sad smile before walking off to the table on the opposite side of the Great Hall.
'Sorry Mione, I wish we could have been in the same house'
'It's fine Draco, we probably still have lessons'

At the end of the sorting, they both walked off towards their own dormitries excited by the idea of their first magic lessons the next day.

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