AN: I realized after I posted the teaser to this chapter that I didn't type in my edits. Not that much of a biggie, but wanted to let you know. Also, even though I marked this story as romance/humor, I didn't mean for it to be so juvenile…but oh, well…hopefully you are enjoying anyway.

Also forgot a disclaimer: I do not own part of the Harry Potter world, JK Rowling (and others?) do and I am borrowing without permission. However, I am not making any money off this. But Ms. Rowling is free to take my students loans away if she likes.

Chapter 2: The girl at the train station

Ron nearly tripped over his own luggage cart in his effort to make the train on time. Ginny and Harry were already at the station, having stopped earlier at the twins shop to load up on "supplies" for the oncoming year.

Ginny and Ron were both Prefects, and Harry had been the team Quidditch captain since last year. Ron had hoped to get Head Boy, but to his dismay found out Malfoy had beaten him to the job. He only hoped that the Head Girl wasn't Slytherin, and was honestly relieved to have more time to spend on Quidditch rather than Head Boy duties..

After making it to the train platform with only minutes to spare, and quite out of breath, Ron looked around for his friends. His eyes stopped as they noticed a new person his own age…a girl, to be exact. He froze. She was tall and slender, already wearing the Hogwarts school uniform - a gray short skirt that showed off her tan legs, white blouse that was left unbuttoned on top to just miss showing any cleavage. Her hair was slightly bushy and fell into waves midway down her back.

She didn't have a school tie on, and so he was left wondering what house she was in until he looked at her luggage cart. There, on top of her neatly stacked boxes, lay a tie ready to put on. It was gold and red. He also noticed a cage, in it the most hideous orange cat he'd ever seen.

Ron felt someone tap his shoulder. He didn't need to turn around to see who it was. "Bloody hell, Harry…who is that?"

Harry Potter followed the path Ron's eyes were facing and saw the young woman who was now putting on her Gryffindor tie. "Must be a transfer. She looks familiar, don't you think?"

Ron shrugged as they saw their Professor McGonagall approach the young woman, exchanging words before heading on the train together. "Well, we'll find out soon enough. Let's go, mate."

Harry took another look at the girl. He just knew he'd seen her before.

Inside the train Professor McGonagall led Hermione to small compartment to brief her in on her new role at Hogwarts. Hermione listened attentively even though most of the information she already knew. As soon as her parents informed her of their return to England her transfer to Hogwarts, Hermione had purchased a book called Hogwarts: A History, and promptly read it through twice.

Although Hermione had loved her time at Durmstrang, she was still eager and excited to see what life would be like at Hogwarts. She turned her attention back to what her house head was saying.

"For now you'll need to help the Head Boy patrol the corridors for the first and last hour of the train ride, his name is…ah! Here he is now. Draco Malfoy, this is Head Girl Hermione Granger."

Hermione turned to see a tall young man with hair white as snow come into the compartment. He gave her a cocky grin, eyeing her up and down. Hermione rolled her eyes when he raised his eyebrows at her in invitation.

Draco couldn't believe his luck…not only was the Head Girl HOT, but new, too. He could have so much fun with her! However, he did notice the awful Gryffindor tie around her pretty neck, but he wouldn't mind taking it off.

Normally Draco Malfoy didn't go for girls outside of Slytherin, but this girl was an exception. He'd make her his, Pansy and the others be damned! He just hoped that this new girl, Harmony? Or something…didn't find out why he was late.

Little did Draco know she knew who all about his family, and wondered how he was going to react when he found out her muggle-born heritage.

During the train ride Ron briefly wondered about the new girl, but was distracted once he and Harry were joined by Seamus, Dean, and Neville.

"Hey, Weasley…aren't you supposed to be monitoring the train?" Dean asked.

Ron shook his head. "No, sixth-year Prefects and the Heads are patrolling right now. Fifth- and seventh-year Prefects are on duty tonight, helping all the newbies into bed." He suddenly paused, wondering if that meant transfer students. His face turned red.

Dean and Seamus laughed, while Neville and Harry looked at Ron curiously.

Harry, of course, figured who passed through Ron's mind…If only I could remember where I've seen her before… He thought.

As the boys talked about their summers – like how much quidditch they played or watched – Hermione was making her way down the corridor with Draco. The Head Boy had decided to be on good behavior while trying to impress the Head Girl; he could wait for tormenting the first years until AFTER he got her into bed.

Hermione sighed. Not only could she feel Draco's eyes on her, she also felt uncomfortable telling the students what they could or could not do when she hadn't even met them. As they neared the last compartments, she noticed a girl with a Prefect badge on. She turned to Draco. "I'm going to talk to that Prefect…do you mind patrolling the last few compartments?"

Draco smiled. "No, of course not." Great! He thought. Now I can torment Potty and Weasel without her knowing.

Hermione opened the compartment where a girl with red hair sat going over some notes.

"Hi." She said politely.

The girl turned. "Oh! Hi! I'm Ginny Weasley." The two shook hands. "You must be the new Head Girl…there's a rumor already out that you're a transfer. What school did you come from?"

Hermione sat down opposite her. "Durmstrang. I was supposed to come here my first year, but my parents decided to move to Bosnia, and only returned to England earlier this summer. I'm Hermione…Hermione Granger."

Ginny's eyes widened. "Hermione Granger? Victor Krum's girlfriend?"

Hermione's face turned red. "Former girlfriend. We broke up the end of my sixth year, but are still good friends."

"Well, there are plenty of single men here at Hogwarts, but I don't know if any other them will compare to someone of Victor's status!"

Hermione laughed. "You mean his celebrity status? That never meant anything to me…in fact, when we first met I was annoyed with him because all of his 'fans' caused chaos in the library."

Ginny giggled. "They did that here, too…when Victor was here. I was a third year then."

"Well, as far as meeting anyone new I'm really not all that interested. I mean, NEWT's are this year and I really want to do well."

"You should try telling my brother and his friends that…all they care about is Quidditch."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Yes, I'm used to that from my old school. So tell me…are they in Gryffindor House, too? When I arranged this transfer they had me sorted to Gryffindor but I don't know any more than what I read in a book about the school."

"Yes, they are. People pretty much hang out with students in their own house. Especially the Slytherins. I have a couple of friends from Ravenclaw…well, mostly just Luna."

"I've only met the Head Boy, Draco Malfoy. I've heard quite a bit about his father. I thought for sure the son wouldn't fall too far from the tree, if you know what I mean."

Ginny looked at her with a puzzled look on her face. "Fall from a tree?"

"Sorry, muggle expression. I'm muggle born, you know."

"Oh. I didn't know that. But don't worry about that from me…or anyone else in Gryffindor."

"Right then. So this expression, it basically means like-father, like-son."

Ginny laughed. "Well, that used to be true, I suppose…Draco is still an ass and gets around with the girls from his own house. And he's always trying to torment my brother Ron and his best mate Harry."

The two young ladies continued to talk until the door to Ginny's compartment opened. Hermione looked up to see a boy with shaggy red hair and freckles, and another with black hair wearing glasses.

Ron couldn't believe it…he knew his sister was in this compartment but didn't expect to find the new girl there.

"Ron! Harry!" Ginny exclaimed. "Bout time. This is my new friend Hermione. She just transferred here from Durmstrang."

Harry and Ron's eyes widened. "Hermione?" Harry asked. "Hermione Granger?"

Hermione nodded, but didn't like where the conversation might go.

"As in Vicky Krum's girlfriend?" Ron almost shouted out.

Hermione's face turned red. "His name is Victor, and no…I am not his girlfriend."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Hermione, this git here is my brother Ron. The other fellow is Harry Potter."

Hermione stood up, straightened her robes, and then shook Harry's hand. "It's nice to meet you Harry."

Ron reluctantly reached out his hand. Hermione didn't take it, instead she looked directly at him. "You've got food on your face, you know. Chocolate, I believe."

Now it was Ron's turn to go red in the face. He turned and stormed out of the compartment, heading back to where Seamus, Dean, and Neville were.

"Pleasure." Hermione mumbled as he left.

"Er, sorry about that. Ron tends to, well, speak first before thinking." Harry explained. He waited for Hermione to sit down, then did so himself. It was then that he noticed the badge on her uniform. "Head Girl? You're the new Head Girl?"

"Yes. I know it may seem odd, since I'm a transfer and all. I applied late last year when my parents decided to move back to England." Hermione replied.

"You were Victor's date at the Yule Ball, when he came here for the tournament." Hermione nodded while Harry continued. "Victor told me you were really bright."

Hermione blushed. "I like to read…some say I do so a bit too much. And I always do my lessons in advance…"

Just then Ginny broke into the conversation. "Well, just don't let the boys rely on you to do their homework for you. They are always doing things at the last minute." As much as she didn't mind Hermione and Harry becoming friendly, she still held on to the crush she'd had on him since seeing him on the train Ron's first year.

You see, without Hermione there, Ginny never really got close to Harry and her brother. She mostly stuck to friends in her own year, and wasn't the social butterfly we read in the later books. Well, she still dated blokes such as Colin Creevey.

Meanwhile, Ron burst into the other compartment in a fury. To his dismay, he found that Pavarti and Lavender had joined them. Lavender looked up and smiled, batting her eyelashes a couple of times. Ron didn't notice.

"She's a bloody nightmare, I tell you!" He exclaimed to the others.

"Who?" Neville asked.

"That new girl! Hermione Granger!"

"The hot one?" Seamus asked. Dean burst out laughing.

"You mean Victor Krum's girlfriend?" Pavarti asked.

Lavender remained quiet. She didn't like the attention Ron was giving this 'new girl', even if it wasn't nice.

"Pavarti, let's go see what all the fuss is about." Her companion shrugged, then followed the blonde out to the train's corridor.

Ron sighed in relief. He didn't like being around Lavender, especially not since last year. The girl had come on too strong to him, just after Ginny mocked him for not having snogged anyone. In his eagerness to show his sister wrong, he let Lavender kiss him…for months…but then broke up with her. Or rather, he let her finally break up with him. She had become annoying, and he never really liked her anyway. And there was another girl he already liked, but he wasn't ready to admit it. Especially not to Harry.

To be continued…

AN: Don't know how long it will take for the next chapter…I'm half-way done with the next chapter to Hermione's New World and should concentrate on it first. Then again, my muse always tends to surprise me.