Elite Ten

Chapter 1

~At Hogsmeade: August 24th~

With the new school year coming up and all the former 7th years having to repeat due to the war, I'm headed to Flourish and Blotts to buy new books for school. The books were modified and updated after the war, so the old books are useless. With the book modification, the curriculum changed as well. Luckily, we didn't learn much last year due to many distractions, otherwise, we would have learned the material for nothing. I'm thinking to myself about what changes may have been made when I bump into someone, causing me to nearly fall. "Can't you see where you're going, mudblood?!" I know that arrogant voice by heart. Why him? Of all the bloody people walking in this damn street, he just had to be the one I ran into. "How are you enjoying your freedom, Malfoy?" I ask with a sarcastic smile on my face. "Why should you care mudblood? Someone of your status has no business in the same vicinity as me." he sneers. "And why is that Malfoy? Last time I checked, this mudblood helped to keep your spoiled ass out of Azkaban." "Whatever. You're not worth my time," he says and walks away from me. Shrugging off the encounter with that prat, I walk into Flourish and Blotts and pull out my school supply list. After getting everything I need, I pay for the books and make my way back home. Malfoy hasn't changed one bit. Harry and I helped him at his trial and he still acts as arrogant as ever. I definitely don't want to deal with him this school year. Maybe he's not allowed back. However, if he's free to roam the streets of Hogsmeade, then he'll more than likely be able to come back to Hogwarts. This is going to be one hell of a year.

~One week later~

Since I'm home and bored, I decided to brush my hair. As I'm sitting at my vanity, trying to brush through my hair, I notice that there are more tangles than usual so I lean forward a bit to get a better look at my hair. "What in the bloody hell. " I whisper. "Since when did my natural waves turn into full curls? And why is my hair so frizzy? How am I supposed to maintain this for school? And my friends? What are they going to say? Oh, who am I kidding? They would never notice even if I made it obvious. I should still find out how to deal with this though. After some research, I should go shopping for what I need to care for it."

(Narrator's POV)

Hermione makes her way to her closet and grabs a black hoodie, putting it on. She sits at her desk, opens her laptop, and pulls out a notebook. After using google to find out how to take care of her new hair, she ends up finding a youtube series called 'Natural hair 101' (Halfrican Beaute) and watches episodes 1, 4, and 5. After learning the basics (terminology, hair type, must-have), she decides to go to the beauty supply store. New shampoos, conditioners, creams, gels, combs, brushes, sleep protection, and more were bought. Gathering everything she needed was heavy so she caught a cab back home. There were up to ten bags of hair products and accessories and let's not dare to even speak about how much money she spent. After damn near breaking her wallet and lugging the heavy bags inside the house, she headed straight to the bathroom to put her newfound knowledge to use. She quickly searches for 'school curly hairstyles' and one of the first pictures she sees has a cute up-down style. Luckily for Hermione, it was a thumbnail for YouTube. She sits down and gets to work as the how-to video plays.

(Hermione's POV)

I completed the hairstyle after spending an hour fighting with my hair. Even though I have a bonnet, I can't sleep in this hairstyle so I pull my hair into a messy bun. I ended up losing two combs in the process of detangling, but at least my hair looked nice; I also figured out that a Denman brush is a lot better for detangling. "I can't understand how people deal with this every day. It's only been a few hours and I want to cut my hair off." I grumble to myself. "Well, at least I know a bit more about how the new texture of hair works. I can figure out what spells would be good to use to help me tame it when I wash it again tomorrow. Now, I have to clean the hair out of my bathroom and put up all these hair products".