Chapter 5:
The alarm clock rang. It was six-thirty in the morning now. This also means that…Today is where the Hogwarts students go to Smeltings! Hermione woke up early that morning; she didn't want to look bad on her first day of school. Well, first day at Smeltings. She scuttled to the bathroom, wanting to take a nice, warm shower. However, what she didn't expect was that someone was already in there.
"I'm using it!" Came a voice.
It was Draco Malfoy. Hermione scowled. The stupid ferret has been in there since five in the morning. Feeling impatient, Hermione banged the door again not caring if she woke anyone up.
"Can you just bloody hurry up?" Hermione hissed.
After what felt like forever, Draco finally opened the door.
"You took one hour to get ready," Hermione growled.
"Where are your manners Granger? No good morning or how are you Malfoy?" Draco teased.
"One hour. You took one bloody hour to get ready!"
Hearing the tone Hermione was speaking in, Draco put his hands up in defense. He didn't want to be murdered by the brightest witch of their age just on the first day.
"In my defense, I have to use that long to look this good."
Hermione crossed her arms and glared at the smirking blonde.
"Well I see no difference," she huffed.
Draco glared at the back of her head as he walked out to the living room and saw the rest of the group.
"Did you have to take so bloody long to get ready? You're worse than Ginny!" Ron snapped.
Draco sneered at the red head and a "HEY!" was heard coming from Ginny who was blushing furiously. After everyone got ready and went to the toilet for at least once, Hermione and Harry made some bacon and eggs for the group. When they got out of the kitchen, they stared at the group of wizards and witches.
"What in the world are you guys wearing?" Hermione asked.
"Uh, clothes? Duh," Pansy said as if it was obvious.
"Muggles don't wear robes," Harry explained.
They stared at the two muggle raised friends blankly. Sighing, Hermione dragged the girls into her room as Harry dragged the boys into his room. After ten minutes, they all came out dressed like what normal muggles would wear. At last, the group got out of their flat and walked to the school. Luckily, Smeltings wasn't that far away, it was just a few blocks away. Buses and cars passed by the road and the purebloods stared at them curiously.
"Granger? What are those weird moving things?" Draco whispered.
"Cars," Hermione answered.
Draco gave her an Are-You-Kidding-Me look but Hermione didn't seem to notice. Ten minutes later, the group finally arrived at what was waiting for them—Smeltings.
"It's now or never," Harry muttered.
The Hogwarts students stepped into the school campus as Hermione led them to the school office.
"Excuse me miss, we're the exchange students form Hogwarts," Hermione said.
The office lady smiled warmly at them.
"May I have your names please?" She asked.
Few minutes later, the gang got their schedules and headed to their lockers. Suddenly, a loud squeal from a female was heard.
"OMG! Mia is that you? I missed you so much!" someone screamed.
Hermione froze. She turned her back and saw her muggle best friend, Olivia waving at her with a huge smile on her face.
"Liv?" Hermione questioned.
Olivia squealed once again and hugged Hermione tightly.
"I can't believe you're here! C'mon! Let me introduce my friends to you!"
Olivia dragged Hermione towards her locker, leaving the other Hogwarts students behind. A group of friends greeted Olivia as they saw her.
"So guys, this was the Mia who I talked about all the time. Mia, these are my friends Maddie, Casey and their boyfriends Piers and Gordon," Olivia introduced.
Hermione smiled weakly at them. She wasn't used to all the attention. Okay maybe she was since she practically saved the wizarding world but not by muggles. Suddenly, another figure appeared and kissed Olivia on the cheek. She giggled.
"And this is my boyfriend, Dudley Dursley."
A/N: Thanks for your reviews! Sorry for the lack of update but my exams are coming and I have many tests to take. I'll try to update at least once a week. Hope you liked this chapter.