Chapter 2 – Of Hogwarts

The day had finally arrived, the day of the Hogwarts reunion. Hermione was stood in her bedroom in her London flat, turning from side to side in front of the floor length mirror. She wasn't sure if she was pleased with how she looked or not, if only Ginny could be here to help her decide. Alas however Ginny was at work, and was unable to get the time off, even though she had been invited to go by Harry as his plus one. The couple had been dating more seriously now since Hogwarts and had managed to both get jobs and had a small house near Godric's Hollow, Hermione was often invited once a week for dinner and a good catch up. She loved it at that house, it was homey, Ginny having filled it with pictures and various other decorations, which was a stark comparison to her own home. Her flat in London was, yes, incredibly stylish and modern but it didn't have the lived in family feel that she wanted. Everything was plain, clean, almost sterile in appearance, there was very little of herself there. The only place she had was her bedroom, her duvet and pillow cases a soft lavender colour and she had pictures of her family and friends on her chest of drawers.

Turning back to herself in the mirror she gave herself one last look over. Hermione was wearing a deep red dress with a sweetheart neckline, it was tight fitted to her body until her upper tight where it flared out to her feet and into a pool of material. It truly was a beautiful dress and although Hermione had a slender figure she didn't think she could completely pull off the look, which was completed by her hair gathered into an elegant pun on her head with a few smoothly curled tendrils of hair framing her face, and red and gold dangly star earrings with a gold star necklace. Her make-up was light, just enough to blur the flaws she thought she had, her eyes were slightly darker and smokey and her lips tinted a slightly brighter bolder red.

The doorbell rang clear through the silence and startled Hermione out of her reverie. She walked briskly out of her bedroom and through the kitchen lounge area to the door, her red silk covered heels clicking in the tiles. Opening the door she laid eyes on the person behind it, Ron. The pair weren't dating, just still good friends, but he had offered to escort her to the Hogwarts reunion so who was she to say no to one of her best friends? That and Harry said he had been asked to go a little earlier that some, apparently Professor McGonagall wanted to walk to him about something.

"Hey Hermione, urm I brought you these, because I like saw them and thought they were pretty. And you're a girl and you like pretty things and urm yeah..." Ron trailed off, handing Hermione a bunch of large daises.

"Thank you Ron, they are nice, why don't you come in for a moment while I put them in some water before we leave," she smiled at her friend, bless him; he was trying to be nice to her and bring her something pretty.

She turned from the door and walked into the kitchen searching for a vase for the flowers, Ron followed her. Hermione didn't think he looked too bad now, nothing like what he had worn to the Yule Ball, here he was wearing just your traditional black dress robes, with a white shirt and a black tie. He looked rather smart.

"You look lovely Hermione," Ron commented, looking at her.

"Why thank you Ron, you look very smart yourself. Are those new by any chance?" she joked.

"Yeah, well I thought I should buy some more, you know I don't think those ones from fourth year would even fit me now anyway, even if I did want to wear them you know." He joked back, smiling at her. "However I think we should get going you know, we don't want to be late, so my lady?" He held out his arm for her to take.

"Why thank you my knight," Hermione played along curtseying and taking Ron's arm. They walked out of the apartment, Hermione locking the door behind her and tucking her keys into her small bag.

The two apparated to Hogsmead on the spot and arrived outside the gates to Hogwarts. The two of them looked up at the ancient castle. Even though a war had happened and areas of the castle damaged and destroyed they had repaired it to its former glory and it looked the same as ever, as thought nothing had ever happened there. A thestral pulled carriage pulled up in front of them and the door opened for them. Hermione and Ron both patted the animal before getting into the carriage and setting off up the path to the Castle.

Hope you guys like this next chapter. Hopefully much more to come, I have a plan written out and I would quite like to complete it :P Please review and let me know what you think. Also see the links below for the inspiration for the dress and things Hermione is wearing J

Link for Hermione's Dress – .

Link for Hermione's Earrings – . /online_ (except replace the blue with red)

Link for Hermione's Necklace – product/342726