As far as Hogwarts is concerned I am excelling. I am the smartest witch of my year. The only professor who doesn't like me is Professor Snape but on that note he doesn't like students from any other house but his own. This by the way is Slytherin the vilest house at Hogwarts. The only kind Slytherin I have ever met is Blaise Zabini. He doesn't seem to fit the typical Slytherin profile. He is kind, generous, funny, and understanding of all other houses. When he had been placed in Slytherin it was because of his family's lineage. I know that isn't how it is supposed to work but the Sorting Hat like always does what it wants. Blaise and I have been friends since our first year at Hogwarts when we met in Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. Enough about me and Blaise's relationship let's get back to the story.
Hermione had an anticipated night's sleep and she was waiting for Mr. Weasley to arrive so they could head to the Burrow. She had traveled by the Floo Network before and knew what to expect. What she didn't expect was Fred and George Weasley popping out of the fireplace instead. "Fred, George what are you two doing here?" Hermione said surprised "We came to get you of course Dad got caught up at the office and Harry and Ron are practicing Quidditch with Ginny so they weren't able to come either. So Mum sent us!" Fred said happily. "Oh okay well my trunk is upstairs let me go get it." Hermione ran up the stairs and she pushed it down to them. They smiled up at her and carried the trunk into the living room. "After you Hermione we will be right behind you." Hermione nodded took a handful of Floo Powder from the bag she saw in his hand threw it into the fireplace yelled "The Burrow" and was off like a shot she held her arms across her chest kept her eyes open and waited for the right fireplace. When she saw Mrs. Weasley standing in her kitchen she prepared for impact. She stepped out or in case fell out just as Mrs. Weasley turned around. Mrs. Weasley smiled and walked over to her. "Hermione dear it is so good to see you. Where are Fred and George?" "Good to see you too Mrs. Weasley and they are right behind me." "Okay good come and sit down and have some breakfast you look half starved." They sat down at the table; Hermione filled her plate eagerly and began to eat.
Just as she was finishing her breakfast Fred and George stepped out of the fireplace Hermione's trunk held between them. They set the trunk down by the stairs and sat across from Hermione at the table. "What took you two so long?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Just as we were about to leave Hermione's parents came down the stairs saw us standing there and wanted to talk. So we sat there a half an hour talking. Hermione we didn't know your parents were so talkative." Hermione blushed at this. "Yea once you get them going they can't seem to stop to save their lives. Especially when you get them talking about their careers and their favorite books and so on and so forth then they can talk for hours on end. You were lucky it was only a half an hour." Hermione said smiling.
Two hours later Hermione headed out to the makeshift Quidditch pitch to see Ron, Ginny, and Harry. As she got closer she saw them hovering about two hundred feet above the ground performing drills. Right then they were helping Harry become more maneuverable by tossing golf balls into air sometimes six at a time and have him catch them before they hit the ground. Harry had become the youngest Seeker in Hogwarts history when he had caught Neville Longbottom's Rememberall in their first year after Draco Malfoy had chucked it. Harry had caught it right in front of Professor McGonagall's office window on the third floor with ease. She was so impressed she had pulled Oliver Wood a fifth year, also from Gryffindor, a Keeper, and the captain of the Gryffindor house team from his D.A.D.A (Defense Against the Dark Arts) lesson with Professor Quirrell. They were thrilled to finally find a Gryffindor Seeker they had been searching since the end of the year before and Oliver was determined to win the Quidditch Cup that year.
Now Harry's time had come he was the captain of the Quidditch team and he was determined to win it for Gryffindor. Hermione had skipped a few years at Hogwarts because they began teaching magic when you were five years old in Ireland. Plus she was the right age to graduate with Ron and Harry. Fred and George were coming back to Hogwarts as well to complete their seventh year. Hermione was looking forward to it because she had always had a slight crush on Fred. Also as a special house treat, this year there would be four pairs of Head Boys and Girls (one for each house) and each pair would have a secret Head Boy and Girl common room and dormitory hidden somewhere in the castle. It just so happened that Fred and Hermione were the Heads of Gryffindor. It was a great honor and Hermione cherished it. Also it was an added bonus that her crush is Head Boy. She did have a crush on Ron for the longest time until the end of their sixth year she realized he either had no intimate feelings for her at all or he was just completely oblivious about her feelings for him. Also she was sick and tired of always having to be the one who made the first move. She had just found out from Dumbledore that they were having another Yule Ball to celebrate the end of Voldemort's terrifying reign on the hearts and minds of the wizarding community. Plus to add to all the excitement Harry had finally confessed his undying love and admiration for Ginny and they were planning to be married in the summer after graduation. Ginny is so excite she is already making the preparations. She has asked Hermione to be her maid of honor and Hermione has graciously accepted. Also another good bit of news is that Draco Malfoy has apologized for all his misleading acts and is paying his debt to society by helping the Order of the Phoenix round up all the remaining Death Eaters. Also she found out last year that Blaise is related to her. They are cousins, their mothers are sisters and they didn't know up until this point because it was concealed and embarrassing information that Hermione's parents are Squibs. Although Hermione doesn't resent them for giving her up because it is quite embarrassing to be a Squib and have children that both manifest extreme magical prowess, nobody else knows that Hermione and Blaise are related not even Harry and Ron know this fact that has changed Hermione's entire world forever. Their parents are the only ones that know the shocking truth about the family history. It was actually quite rare for Squibs to produce magical heirs in this case heiresses.
At one point their family had been very rich. At the start of Voldemort's reign of terror though they lost everything because they refused to give in to the Death Eaters and their persistent following, at one point Hermione had gone to boarding school. The reason for this was to protect her from Voldemort. Although at this particular boarding school everyone had a number just like the Army. It was a devilish boarding school run by a convent of nuns. They were especially nasty if you had the slightest infraction on your record. The entire time she was there she was extremely unhappy. She constantly wished to be home in her warm cozy bed rather then locked up somewhere where everywhere you turned was rows upon rows of identical beds sporting the same boring sheets and the same awful comforters that are folded the same way eight inches down from the top of the bed if not done just right you get a week of detention and a lashing on each hand fifteen times each.