Fremione Year One

Chapter 1 | Going to Hogwarts

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"Come on, Draco. You don't want your first day at Hogwarts to start off by being late, now do you?" Narcissa Malfoy was making her way through the train station to platform 9 ¾ with her son in toe, and unknowingly, became the most angelic person in the world, at that moment, to a young Hermione Granger.

Hermione had insisted that her parents drop her off at the station so that she could attempt to find her way to the platform on her own. They were not too keen on the idea, but the knowledge that their daughter wanted to take some responsibility for herself and try to find her own way, struck the feeling of pride in them and they had made a compromise that they'd let Hermione take the lead, today, as long as she promised to write them once every other week.

It didn't occur to Hermione that the Hogwarts Express would be hidden out of sight, amidst the muggle train station, so when she looked down to see the platform number written on her ticket, she wished she had her parents there to help. It took several laps, up and down the row of platforms and mild feelings of anxiety before Hermione thought that her plan of arriving to the station an hour early would be all for nothing if she couldn't even get to the right platform. That's when she heard the angel.

A tall woman with a pointed nose and long white-blonde hair was making her way down the station to platform 9. She said Hogwarts! Hermione thought. She probably knows where the platform is. She can help me. Hermione followed the woman and a boy, who looked like he was her son. Before she had even reached them, the boy ran straight ahead and through the brick wall between platforms nine and ten. Hermione had a brief moment of shock but quickly shook it out of her system and went up to the women before she too disappeared.

"Excuse me," Hermione's voice was full of uncertainty, but she still managed to hold a tone of respect towards the woman whom she was about to ask for help from. "Would you mind helping me get through to the platform? It's my first year and I haven't the slightest idea on how to get to the Express."

"Not at all." The woman smiled warmly at Hermione and facilitated a proper introduction before turning Hermione's attention back at the brick wall. "It's rather simple once you get through your first time. Run straight at the wall and it will lead to the platform on the other side." Narcissa said. "You go on ahead and I'll follow behind to make sure you get through ."

Hermione thanked Narcissa and ran through the platform with much more ease than she had anticipated. Soon Narcissa was behind her. "Not too bad, yes?" Narcissa asked Hermione while ignoring her sons noise of disgust for conversing with a stranger, especially on who dressed as ridiculously as Hermione. Hermione nodded, thanked Narcissa one last time, and made her way to the loading box before heading inside the train with the small luggage that held her robe.

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It had become painfully obvious that most students were appalled by Hermione's muggle clothes when she tried to interact with them. Consistent up-downs at her purple capris and baby blue polo inflicted self consciousness in Hermione. With her head down, she continued along the center path of the train. On her way to find a compartment, she ran into a frantic looking boy who'd lost his toad and decided to help him find it. But with each compartment she opened to inquire about the toad, she would be met with odd looks of disapproval. Half way through searching cabins, Hermione decided to change into her robes; it proved to be much more helpful when students would answer with a no and a promise to keep an eye out for the toad, than when her clothes had been so offensive that students couldn't even be bothered to give a response.

There was a loud shriek that came from a cabin up ahead. Hermione thought it wouldn't be too far off to think a toad would have caused such a reaction. She briskly marched over and threw the cabin door open. She was met with several colorful sparks that circled around her head before going out.