After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 4 Book 1

After a War

The words stung her ears like knives. No. No. No. No, kept repeating through her head. Why? Why couldn't she be put in Gryffindor? She stood up slowly and walked over to her house table. Harry and Ron walked to their table. Her teary eyes met theirs.

"Great. We have a Mudblood in Slytherin." Somebody said from down the table.

"Leave her alone." Draco warned as he sat down next to her. She felt a tinge of pity for him. She had gotten his hopes up about being in another house.

"Oh look, the Death Eater returns." The person shot back. Draco shook his head and turned to Hermione.

"Ignore them, most of them are jerks until you prove yourself to them." He told her.

"Am I able to go to the Gryffindor common room? I don't think being alone with Slytherins is a good idea. Not for me at least." She played with her fingernails. Her voice was quiet, and cracking. She didn't want it to, but she had a fear of the Slytherins, she had fought a war against their parents.

"You'd have to beg McGonagall. If she doesn't, when you have to be there, I'll try and keep them quiet." He smirked. Neither of them ate anything. Hermione watched Ron and Harry. Neither of them ate either. Which was surprising saying that Ron was a pig with a wand.

"I'm going somewhere quiet." Hermione said.

"Library?" He asked. She nodded and stood up. Mudblood was mumbled to her as she walked down the hall. Ron and Harry stood up. She smiled at them and continued to walk. The library was empty. The three sat at a table.

"You ok 'Mione?" Ron asked as she sat in a chair and hugged her knees. She started crying.

"I shouldn't have come back. I shouldn't have taken the risk. Now I'm stuck with the people that hate me the most." She mumbled.

"You've got Draco." Harry said. Ron shot a glare at Harry.

"That doesn't bloody help!" He yelled.

"And why not?" Harry asked Ron.

"He-he," Ron stopped stuttering and sat in a chair angrily.

"Ron?" Hermione asked.

"What?" Ron asked.

"Your jealous aren't you?" Hermione asked. Ron shook his head immediately. Hermione laughed and stood up. She didn't understand why he'd be jealous of Draco, her and him were barely even friends.

"We should sleep." Hermione said. Harry looked at Ron then returned his gaze to Hermione, he smiled and nodded.

"Are you going to be ok with the Slytherins?" Harry asked as he forced Ron stand up.

"If I'm not at breakfast, its because the Slytherin girls killed me and hid my body." Hermione said. It was meant as a joke but all three of them shivered at the thought. "Draco said he'd keep them quiet anyway." Hermione said.

"He cant exactly go in the girl dorm room can he?" Ron asked. Then he smiled to himself. "Good thing too."

"Ron!" Hermione said. She walked out of the library and met a few of the Slytherins at their portrait. Someone said the password and the door opened. They all walked in. It looked nothing like the Gryffindor common room. It was a tiny bit bigger and was obviously silver and green, rather than red and yellow. A few people sat in the chairs while others went to their dorms. Draco wasn't there yet. Hermione went to the girls dorm and sat on a bed that wasn't taken. She looked around at all the girls in the room. They almost all looked like the same year as her but she didn't know any of them.