An Unexpected Twist of Fate || Dramione

CHAPTER 1 - A New Year

Hermione looked to Ron in disgust as he struggled to hold his food in his mouth.

"Some things never change, do they?" Ginny said, shaking her head in disappointment and taking a seat next to Hermione. It was almost sundown, which meant they should be arriving at Hogwarts soon.

Not long after the war between them and Voldemort had ended, Hermione received her letter saying that she could redo her year should she wish to do so. It was no surprise that she was beyond herself with excitement and wrote to Harry and Ron immediately. She was pleasantly surprised to hear that they, too, would be attending Hogwarts this year. This could be their chance to finally have a somewhat normal year.

Hermione laughed as she thought back to fourth year.

Flashback

"Do you think we'll ever just have a quiet year at Hogwarts?" Ron asked, jumping over the half-wall and landing with a thud on the bricked hallway floor.

"No," Hermione and Harry scoffed in an amused tone. There was no way that was happening.

"I didn't think so," Ron added, "Oh well, at least you got to fight dragons." Harry and Ron turned to walk away, but Hermione stood still, staring out into the distance. Harry and Ron turned back and walked over to her.

"Everything's going to change now, isn't it?" Hermione asked in a strained voice. Harry placed his hand on her shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly.

"Yes." He simply nodded.

End of flashback

"Hermione? Are you okay?" Harry asked while waving is hand in front of her face, "You zoned you for a while."

"I'm fine, don't worry. I was just thinking about that time in fourth year," She said to Harry. Ron, who was sitting next to him and still endlessly munching away, snorted.

"Which one? It wasn't necessarily a quiet year!" Their laughter filled the small compartment.

"Alright, I suggest you two boys go put your robes on, I expect we'll be arriving soon," And with that Harry and Ron left the two girls.

"Do you think this year will be quiet?" Ginny asked her friend with profound and eager hopefulness. Hermione giggled while turning to pack her neatly folded clothes into her trunk.

"The day Hogwarts has a normal school year for its students is the day Draco Malfoy professes his love for Muggleborns." Ginny just rolled her eyes. The next few minutes were quiet as they finished dressing. Hermione pulled a book out of her enchanted bag and settled into the chair closest to the window.

"Do you think they allowed them back? You know, Malfoy and his Slytherin mates," Ginny asked with a slight worry in her tone. Hermione marked her page and closed the book, placing it back into her bag. She faced her friend with a pondering gaze.

Could they do that? They were on the dark side. She questioned in her mind.

"I suppose they could come back, after all, Dumbledore seems to believe that even death eaters deserve a second chance. But knowing them, I highly doubt it," Ginny looked satisfied with her answer.

"Shouldn't the boys be back by now?" Hermione thought aloud, beginning to feel a tinge of worry.

***

"Come on Ron, let's go to the back compartment, I'm sure it'll be open," Harry suggested as the boys walked down the hallway of the Hogwarts Express, checking for an open box. Ron nodded and followed Harry to the back of the train. As expected, the compartments were indeed empty, so they hurried to put on their robes.

"So, Harry, I have this friend, right," Ron gave a quick pause, "and he has this girl he likes, but, you see, he doesn't know how to go about it. D'you have any advice for him?" Ron finished nervously twiddling his thumbs in anticipation.

"I think you should just ask Hermione to go to Hogsmeade with you sometime. I'm sure she'll love to," Harry said with a smirk on his smug face. I knew it! He thought to himself.

"Thanks Harry, I'll let him kn- " Ron paused when he realized what Harry did. A scarlet tint coloured his cheeks. "How'd you know?" he asked sheepishly. Harry simply shrugged and left the compartment, leaving a baffled Ron to find his way back.

While walking down the corridor, Harry heard a loud noise from behind one of the seats in a nearby compartment. He walked over to inspect what made the noise but came face-to-face with a certain "bouncing ferret" instead.

"Malfoy." He said, his voice thick with hatred.

He refused to believe that Dumbledore would be as foolish as to allow ex-death eaters into the school after it had been brought to rubble by the man they followed. That man never seizes to amaze.

"What are you doing here, ferret? You have no right to be here after the stunt you pulled!" Harry growled. Malfoy simply smirked.

"And what's Potty going to do about that? Go cry to his Mummy and Daddy? Oh, that's right, Potter! Mummy and Daddy are dead!" Malfoy spat, pronouncing his surname as 'Pottah' like he always did. Harry felt an untameable fury stir deep inside him. He reached into his pocket and pulled his wand out.

"You're going to regret that..." he said with disdain. Malfoy simply chuckled and slammed the boy-who-lived to the ground with brutal force, kicking his wand out of reach as it slipped from his grasp.

"Not so brave now, are we Potter? Weak without magic, defenceless," Malfoy pointed his wand at the boy beneath him.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

The blonde Slytherin heard shuffling outside and quickly put his wand away. Before leaving, he brought his foot down onto Harry's nose, breaking it for the second time. Malfoy swiftly walked out the compartment door, not bothering to reverse the spell.

***

Where did he disappear to? Ron thought urgently. He had gone to the compartment where the girls were, only to find that Harry had not yet returned after he had left him. Ron made quick work sweeping down the corridor, checking to find his friend. No luck. As he was about to give up, he heard muffled voices in a compartment towards the far end of the train. He rushed over and found his best mate petrified with blood running from his nose, staining his robes. The image sent Ron's mind back to the hundred and one times Harry had already broken his nose.

"When Professor Trelawney said that history will repeat itself she really wasn't joking around," Ron muttered as he realized what had happened.

Malfoy.

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Edited: 25/07/2020

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