Hermione PoV
I really didn't expect this year to turn out as it did yet here we are
I really should start from the beginning shouldn't I, basically after the war all years were given the chance for a redo year but 7th years were also given a chance to train to be aurors early and guess what both Ron and Harry took it as Ginny, Neville and I along with quite a few others decided to stay at school
Over the summer me and Ron decided that it would too much strain on our relationship to try it long distance so made the consecutive decision to break up at least that was the story we were telling people in reality Ron had cheated on me several times and I found out and ended it, he didn't want to seem like a horrible person infront of his family so soon after the war.
Harry and Ginny stuck to it and have been overly lovey dovey to try and make up for when they won't be able see eachother over the school year.
Things started to not go wrong specifically but not as before when I got on the train, I went to our normal compartment where Ginny, Neville and his new girlfriend Hannah Abbott, Luna, Dean and Seamus who were practically on top of eachother after coming out to us just after the war.
I had to go to the front cabin to speak with professor McGonagall about being head girl surprise surprise the only thing going through my head who the head boy was, it was in fact who I was dreading, Draco malfoy already in his Slytherin robes with his smokey grey eyes and swoopy blond hair and no I don't think he is hot I am just describing his features.
After getting a long talk from professor McGonagall about new rules we were left alone in that compartment to 'socialise' and 'forgive each other'
It was a painly long silence until I spoke up "so are you going to apologize"
"Why should I"
"Oh maybe because you were a ruthless bully, or maybe because you were a death eater and tried to kill my friends"
"Ok fine sorry for bullying you when we were younger but the whole being a death eater thing it was either that or a life long torture so you know picked the slightly easier way out of that"
"Oh I didn't know"
"Well you don't exactly see my shouting it from the rooftops do you now aren't you going to apologize now"
"For what, saving your arse in the room of required, or not testify against you so you aren't in prison the list goes on"
"No for the punch in third year" he said with a that famous malfoy smirk
"Oh my deepest apologies dear sir" matching his smirk, no I will not bond with this heartless being
With another moment of silence we heard the click of the lock unlatching finally it had felt like years
Walking back to the compartment it hit me how bad this year had the potential to be
"Hey guys"
"Hey Hermione"
"Hi"
"Hello"
I go and take an open seat next to Ginny
"Guess who is headboy"
"Don't tell me"
"Draco bloody Malfoy"
"No"
"Yes and I now have to share a blooming dorm with him"
"Oh gosh good luck"
"Anything from the trolley dears"
That was one thing that hasn't changed since the war
"Just a chocolate frog"
"Nothing thanks"
"I'm good"
"We're good here"
"Fizzing whizzbees for me please"
Neville and I grabbed our respective sweets and opened them we came to the realisation that we needed to get into our robes or we would reach the school in our Muggle clothes, shooing the boys out me Ginny, Luna and Hannah got into robes.
No matter how many times i came here I will never not gasp at how beautiful it is, they had redone it spectacularly after the war.
Getting into our carriage after saying hi to the thestrals that pretty everyone could see, Neville began rattling on about something to do with herbology, and Luna perhaps talking about nargles or something of that nature it felt like home again, it was almost as if I could hear Ron and Harry talking about quidditch, a pang of what was still heartbreak rang though my chest, it had been over a month and a half and even at the thought of him I still felt anger, resentment, sadness.
Our carriage pulled up by the enterance as the 7 of us piled out and walked into the great hall and took our seats prepared for a speech from McGonagall.
After a heartwarming speech about rebuilding after the war while tearing down the prejudice of the past and the sorting hat hat had sung its song and all the 1st years had been sorted we finally got to dig in.
After everyone had finished their meals professor McGonagall stood back up and introduce the new perfects and then introduced Malfoy and me and made us come to the front and shake hands to prove how the prejudice was ending. Personally I think that was a jab at Malfoy being so horrible to everyone when we were younger but just my opinion.