The Dark Lady (Blamione)

Back To School

Sorry I've been gone so long. Had school and a reunion:(

Hermione's time at Grimmauld Place gradually got more frustrating as the week progressed and she was immensely relived when it was time to head back to school. After the initial burst of information she received on her first day she soon discovered that the adults barred the younger people in the house from attending meetings. Hermione, Harry and Ron had to watch as people came and went, all the time never knowing what was going on.

By the end of the week the only information Hermione had to pass onto her father was the location of the Order Headquarters and the people she knew were members of the Order. She had no idea what they were planning or even how much they knew about her father. All in all the week had been a big let-down, she hadn't even found anything interesting in the library as Molly had locked the dark books away.

"I'm so pleased to be out of there." Ron grumbled as the trio settled into a compartment on the train. "It was getting so annoying the way they never let us hear anything."

"I know." Harry grumbled in agreement with Ron. "Anyone would think we were five not fifteen."

Hermione settled back in her seat and watched the view from the window as Harry and Ron continued to gripe and moan about being banned from Order meetings. While Hermione shared the duo's frustrations she remained silent, not wanting to encourage even more complaints. Luckily the complaining dwindled off within half an hour and it was just like a normal train ride.

While Harry and Ron ate sweets and played exploding snap, Hermione curled up with her book. All the time she kept an eye on the time and when it was nearly time for the prefect's meeting she put her book away and stood up.

"Come on Ron, we need to go." Hermione said, looking at Harry warily. The prefect situation hadn't been mentioned since she arrived at Grimmauld Place, but Harry seemed okay with things now.

"Hopefully we won't be long." Ron said to Harry as he stood up.

"I'll be okay on my own for a bit." Harry replied. "You two better get going before you're late."

At the mention of being late Hermione frowned and practically dragged Ron from the compartment. Hermione led the way to the Prefect's carriage and when they entered they found the prefects for Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were already present. Shortly after the two Gryffindors had taken their seats the doors opened again and the two Slytherin prefects entered the compartment.

"You've got to be kidding me." Ron grumbled to Hermione. "How did he get to be a prefect?"

The 'he' Ron was referring to was Blaise and in all honesty Hermione was surprised that Ron was shocked by his role. After her Blaise was by far the best student in their year and was a natural leader amongst the Slytherins. What surprised Hermione more was the female prefect for Slytherin, Pansy Parkinson. Pansy was a loud-mouthed, horrid, girl and Hermione failed to see how she was prefect material. In her opinion Daphne Greengrass would have been more suitable, Daphne's grades were better than Pansy's and she didn't look down on everyone outside of Slytherin like Pansy tended to do.

As the two Slytherins settled down in their seats, Hermione watched them and wondered if her opinions on Pansy weren't based slightly on jealously. Pansy was all over Blaise and he had his arm casually draped over her shoulders as she cozied up to him. When Blaise leant down and whispered something in Pansy's ear, causing her to giggle, Hermione looked away in disgust.

"Sickening, isn't it?" Ron whispered, also observing the two Slytherins. "The pug and the ferret, ugh. I suppose they are perfect for each other, but we don't need to see such gross displays of affection."