There it was... the Scarlett Hogwarts Express in all of its glory.
Hermione was glad to see something was at least the same, as, due the war, so much had changed.
However, on close inspection, the train was not all it seemed... The train was brand new; Hermione noticed this due to the number plate
It was new too. Of course, how could she have forgot the  bombing of Hogsmeade station.

Why could nothing be the same?

Hermione was one of the few pupils who had decided to go back, so she had no friends attending save for Ginny, Luna and Nevill.

When they arrived at school, the seventh and eighth years headed straight for the Room Of Requirement. Hermione blushed heading in as she remembered her kiss with Draco. She noticed him standing across the room from her.
No, she refused to think she was in love with him. He didn't like her, and he had been on the other side of the war.

Ron was right.

Ron had to be right.

It was all she ever knew, Ron and Harry being right about stuff like this.

Ugh, her thoughts were so complicated!

McGonagall cleared her throat. It was time to select the new head boy and girl out of the seventh and eighth years. To honour Dumbledore' s death, they were doing a rather unusual ceremony.

She coughed. "Attention, students!" She said in her broad Scottish accent. "As you may know, our last headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, passed away due to the war a short while ago. Today, we are honouring his memory. Here is Dumbledore's painting. Today, he will choose our head boy and girl for the last time."

"Thank you Minerva. Now we shall get on with things, shall we?"

"My choice for head boy and head girl are... Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom!"

Luna and Neville smiled at each other.

'Aww, Neville and Luna are so cute together!' Hermione thought.

At that exact moment, Neville, Luna and Ginny stood up.
"We have an announcement!
As our first act of being head boy and girl, we would like to show that all students of Hogwarts are united and equal, standing as one; whatever side you were on during the war."
Glances fell to Draco.

"Therefore, we would like to resign from the roles we have been appointed, and delegate our duties to Hermione Granger, one of the 'Golden Trio' and Draco Malfoy, a former Death Eater."

The three sat down and the crowd broke into uproar. A former Death Eater was going to be their head boy?

Meanwhile, a figure slipped down the turret unseen. The figure had been watching... As they descended the tower, they threw their head back and laughed.