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Relating

"Hermione? Hello? Are you listening to me?"

"Huh? Sorry Ginny. What were you saying" asked a dazed Hermione

"I said we need to go through to the platform" replied Ginny

"Oh right" and with that Hermione carefully and discreetly sunk through the barrier.

A few seconds later Ginny joined her on the other side. But of this, Hermione took no notice.

All she could think about was how lonely this year would be.

Sure she had Ginny, but Ginny spent last year sheltered away and wouldn't understand how she felt. Even before last year, Ginny hadn't gone through half the things she, Harry and Ron went through. That was the problem; she always had her two best friends with her. They went through so much that not many students went through but this year it was different.

She was alone.

Hermione and Ginny got onto the train and looked for an empty compartment. As they made their way through the train, they heard gasps and people whispering to each other

"Look its Hermione Granger"

"She helped defeat You-Know-Who"

"She was on the run with Harry Potter"

"I heard she and Ron Weasleybroke up!"

Hermione sighed; this was going to be a tough year.

Finally, she and Ginny found a compartment with only Luna inside

"Hi Luna" Ginny greeted her

"Hello Ginny, hello Hermione. Hermione, are you ok? You look like Nargles have gotten you"

"Eh, I'm fine Luna. I'm just thinking about... Head Girl duties. Speaking of which, I have to go to the Heads carriage"

"Oh and find out who the Head Boy is! You have to tell me Hermione!"

"I will Ginny. I hope it's someone good, after all, I will be sharing a Common Room with them"

And with that Hermione set off to the front of the train.

When Hermione finally reached her destination, she mentally prepared herself.

This was a big deal.

This was the person who she would be living with and working closely with for a whole year.

She opened the door and stepped inside

"Malfoy!" Hermione exclaimed

"Granger" Draco replied calmly

"You're Head Boy?"

"Obviously yes"

"Oh this is great. Why me? What did I do?" Hermione remarked in a bitter tone.

Draco didn't know why, but the last comment sent a pang of sadness through him.

"Well, I, unlike you, knew this would happen" Draco said.

"Why didn't you tell me at Diagon Alley?"

"I thought you would be smart enough to know" Draco judged by the look on Hermione's face that she wasn't smart enough to even figure it out, let alone know.

"McGonagall wants to keep me away from the other students; apparently everyone isn't as forgiving as her and Potter"

"So this is for your safety?" Hermione asked uncertainly

"Yes Granger, my safety. Honestly, how do you get such high marks? The professors don't spend nearly as much time explaining as I am" Malfoy sneered, sounding more like his old self than he had since 5th year

"What is your problem you stupid ferret? I have been through enough and I don't want to deal with you too!"

That was the final straw for Draco

"You think I haven't been through a lot? I had to live with the Dark Lord! Do you know what it's like to be treated as if you don't matter, you are just a puppet? I had to live in constant fear that I would do something wrong and he would kill me. I had to do horrible things, he forced me to do everything, and he threatened to hurt my parents. I can't bear to look in the mirror because of what I have become, a monster like him. I tortured people; I had to carry dead bodies away. Thankfully he didn't have me kill anyone but I'm sure he was getting to that. The Dark Lord would kill Death Eaters for two reasons: when someone was no longer useful or just for entertainment! Anyone could be next! And the most likely candidate was a Malfoy. So don't you pretend that you have been through more than me! We BOTH have been through hell and you parading around like you deserve special treatment is just irritating" Draco finished and started breathing deeply.

Draco had not even realised he had stood up. He sat back down, leaned back and closed his eyes.

All Hermione could think about was the realisation that Draco was probably one of the few people that she could relate to.

She never knew he had been so...tortured.

She thought back to the day in Diagon Alley when they ran into each other. His demeanour was different to how he was before, and now she understood why.

Carefully she assessed Draco. His skin was pale, paler than in 6th year, his hair was messy and he had shadows under his eyes, not unlike the ones she had under her eyes.

With a shock she realised that he would probably have them for the same reason as her

"Ma-Draco?" Hermione asked, her tone filled with caution.

Draco's head snapped up and his eyes shot open when he heard Hermione use his first name

"What did you just call me?"

"I called you Draco"

"Uh, why?"

"Well, I was under the impression that that was your name"

"Uh right." He cleared his throat "yes?"

"I wanted to ask you something"

"Sure thing Granger" just because she was going to use his first name, didn't mean he would use hers

"You have shadows under your eyes-"

"That's not a question"

"I know that, let me finish. I was wondering why"

"I have... trouble sleeping"

"Me too" Hermione replied "Ever since the War, I get nightmares and-"

"relive the worst memories of it?"

"Yes"

They fell into a silence. It was odd, they were supposed to be enemies but both of them did have something in common. They both had been at the very front of the War and both were lonely

"Hermione?"

Hermione jumped at the sound of her name "Yes Draco?"

"What was it like for you?"

And they spent the rest of the journey (4 and a half hours) discussing how it was like for both of them in the War.

For Draco, it was the first time talking about it.

For Hermione, it was different. With Harry and Ron, they went through almost the same things, and with everyone else their age, they just didn't get it.

But with Draco, their experiences were different and but at the same time the same, so he understood her.

When the train finally pulled into Hogsmeade, they had formed a sort of... bond.

They exited the train and went their separate ways, Hermione to find Ginny and Draco to find an empty carriage.

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Btw just so we're all clear, this story is not an incredible piece of writing that is completely new and unknown and that is written amazingly. I wrote this when I was 11 years old and being 16 now, I know it's not very good. But with that being said, I put a lot of work into it all those years ago and I felt I owed it to my younger self not to let that all go to waste. I've read some really amazing fanfiction here that I could not hold a candle to now, and especially not 5 years ago. So please be nice with the reviews. This is just a cliche, fluffy typical Dramione story and I am not going to pretend that it's any better than it is.