Hermione has changed over the summer without realising it and keeps running into a certain person who has only just noticed her. Set in her fourth year and this is completely AU (is that right?) because there is no Voldemort OK? So Harry doesn't get entered into the tournament, my story my rules, don't like it read something else. But I hope you like it lol.

OK so I have previously updated this story and removed it, so if you're reading it again thank you I appreciate it. As I said if you read it the first time me and my friends had a really bad month and I just didn't update I'm sorry but hopefully I'll update more.

A/N I don't own anything :( By the way I love reviews :D

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"Mum, dad I'm going to be late!" Hermione rushed through the station in the pouring rain, getting soaked and shoving her luggage trolley in front of her. Her parents were struggling to keep up with her and shared an exasperated look with each other.

Hermione grabbed their hands and together they ran through the barrier. It was five to eleven and she had never been so late.

"Bye mum, dad love you and I'm really going to miss you!" They hugged each other tightly and tried, unsuccessfully, to hide their tears from each other.

"We're gonna miss you too love, we always do." Her dad ruffled her sopping wet hair.

"Love you, bye darling." Her mum gave her another hug.

"Love you." They moved away and because they were muggles were sent back through the barrier. They carried on waving all the way through.

Hermione took a deep breath and pulled her Hogwarts trunk towards the train. Not looking where she was going she accidently bumped into someone.

"Sorry." She muttered not looking up and carried on walking before giving the person a chance to reply.

"Hermione!" She looked up and saw one of her best friends shouting her, from next to his parents. Her face lit up and she made her way over to Harry. (Yes Harry's parents are alive, there's no Voldemort so yey!)

"How are you?" Harry asked.

"I'm great thanks, do you mind helping me with my trunk? We can talk in a minute."

"No problem." He then picked up her trunk all by himself and pushed it onto the train, he placed her cat Crookshanks gently on top.

"So what've you been up to since the World Cup?" They had all went with their other best friends family to the Quidditch World Cup the other week.

"Oh nothing really I got all of my Hogwarts things and read most of the time." Harry snorted, Hermione was always reading. She hit him lightly.

"So are your parents OK?" Lily asked her.

"Yes, they're a bit upset about me going as they normally are but anyway how are you?" Hermione was very polite.

"We're great thank you, I think maybe you should get onto the train now have a good term." Lily gave her a quick hug and she left so that they could have their family goodbye.

A moment later Harry joined her on the train.

"So where are Ron and Ginny?" They said simultaneously. They looked at each and laughed.

"No idea, let's go and look for them." Harry picked up her trunk leaving her to pick up her cat basket.

They walked the length of the train and finally found them in the last compartment.

"There you are! We were staring to get worried." Ron exclaimed. Ginny got up and gave Hermione a hug. "Hermione, you're soaked!"

"Wow, didn't notice that! Thanks Gin." Everyone laughed and Ginny hesitated near Harry before sitting back down. Someone still had a crush.

Hermione and Harry sat in the two remaining seats opposite each other.

Soon the boys and Ginny were involved in talking about Quidditch so Hermione got up to use the bathroom, muttering to Ginny where she was going. She nodded then got absorbed back into the conversation.

Hermione left and made her way to the toilet. Quidditch talk really bored her and she couldn't get how they could talk about it for hours on end.

She closed the door when she finished and immediately walked into a solid chest.

"Oh my God, I am so sorry!" She gushed, looking up.

"It's - oh it's you again!"

"What do you mean again?"

"You bumped into me before as well."

"That was you, I'm sorry about that too then."

"No problem, Cedric Diggory." He put out his callused palm and she put her tiny hand in his and shook.

"Hermione Granger, nice to meet you."

"Same, here's a question why are you soaked?" She rolled her eyes.

"It was raining!" He laughed as she looked frustrated.

"Ok, Ok! Well it was nice talking to you, bye then."

"Speak to you later then Diggory." She turned and started to walk away.

"Bye Granger." She poked out her tongue.

The door to Hermione's left slid open and the last person she wanted to see stepped out.

"My, my how cosy, the Hufflepuff Saint and the Gryffindor Princess." He drawled.

"Aww Malfoy, you think I'm a princess thank you, I'm so touched. I think you're a princess too." She said patronisingly, Diggory smirked and Hermione skipped away leaving Malfoy speechless.

She reached her compartment and pushed open the door. And yep they were still talking about Quidditch.

"Hermione, I've only just realised you look really different." Ginny said, breaking for a moment. Hermione raised her eyebrows.

"I'm serious, you've really grown! Take off your coat a minute." She did as she was told and placed it on her seat.

"Told you!" Hermione looked confused.

"What Ginny?" Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Ron, Harry look at Hermione." They did and their eyes widened.

"When'd you grow up?!" Ron said first, earning him a hit from Ginny.

"What he means is when did you become a fine young woman?" She translated.

"What do you mean?!"

"Girl you've got curves, you're tall and even more gorgeous than last year! You're teeth look different and her hairs light and straighter."

Hermione looked around in shock.

"Seriously?" They all nodded, "But I haven't done anything. I mean I have been wearing some braces, got my hair cut, been in the sun and been eating healthier. But that's it!"

"That's all you needed I think honey, you look great."

"Thanks Ginny. Ugh I hope no one else notices." She had always hated attention.

Eventually they dropped back into the Quidditch conversation and Hermione fell into a book.

Ten minutes later the door opened and three people walked in.

"Seamus, Dean, Neville!" It's great to see you!" Harry said.

"You too, how's everyone been?" Dean asked.

"Great thanks." Harry replied. Before anyone else could say anything the trolley lady came calling.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" Hermione got up and picked up a pumpkin pasty.

"Anybody else want anything?" She asked, Harry had already bought a sweetshop so no one else asked for anything.

"Just this then please." She paid and sat back down.

After a moment Ron burst out angrily.

"You know her face is about six inches north from there and if you don't stop staring your eyes are going to be about six inches north from their sockets! Ok?!" Hermione looked up in shock and saw Dean and Seamus looking round embarrassed.

"Now apologise."

"Sorry Hermione." They muttered.

"What was that didn't quite catch it?"

"Sorry Hermione." They said a little louder. When Ginny smirked she realised what was going on and blushed.

"Erm, it's Ok. Thanks Ron."

He looked around smugly. "No problem Hermione." Cue awkward silence.

"Well I'm just going to get changed." Hermione said loudly pulling her robes from the case.

"Yeah I suppose we better had to." Harry said, getting his robes too.

Hermione and Ginny went to get changed and five minutes later went back to their compartment.

They walked past a gaggle of Hufflepuffs and Diggory poked his tongue out at Hermione, who rolled her eyes.

"What was that all about?" Ginny asked when they were out of hearing distance.

She shrugged, "I walked in to him twice today and he was there when I had a run in with Malfoy."

"What run in with Malfoy?"

"Whoops didn't I tell you about that? Anyway Malfoy heard us speaking and came out saying stuff like isn't it cosy the Hufflepuff Saint and the Gryffindor Princess, so I thanked him for calling me a princess and called him one too." Ginny snorted with laughter. By this time they had arrived back.

Hermione's seat had been taken so she sat on the floor by the window.

"We shall be arriving in Hogsmeade is five minutes, please make sure you are all dressed in your robes and ready to leave." Came the driver's voice.

Hermione put her book away and made sure that Crookshanks was secure, having let him out at the start of the journey.

The train started slowing and suddenly they could see the outline of Hogsmeade station.

Hermione was the last one to leave the compartment and on the station, near the step, Dean and Seamus were waiting to help her down.

"Erm, thanks." She blushed and Ginny stifled a giggle. They made their way to the carriages, smiling at Hagrid's booming voice and luckily for Hermione Seamus and Dean were forced to find another one.

"Looks like you've got a pair of admirers there Hermione." Ginny laughed.

"That's not funny! Their only sniffing round because I apparently look different!" The others laughed at her irritated face.

They pulled up at the castle and made their way into the great hall. The Gryffindor table was on the far right so they had to walk past all of the other houses to get to it. Hermione turned more than one head as she had forgotten to fasten up her robe and her clothes underneath were still wet from the rain.

She threw herself into her seat.

"Ugh! You'd think they'd have better things to do than stare at random people walking!"

"Hermione, they are not-"

"Staring at random people walking-"

"They are staring at you because-"

"You have changed a lot over the summer and-"

"Nice to see you by the way."

"Hey Fred, hey George and I can't believe that many people noticed."

"Don't worry about it, the sorting just started." Fred said sitting next to George on Ginny's left.

"Adams, Grace." A little girl with black plaits walked nervously to the stool. The hat was place on her head and immediately shouted, "Gryffindor!"

The whole table erupted and the girl breathed a sigh of relief and sat next Hermione and Ginny.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, you're going to love it." Ginny said kindly, Grace beamed at her.

The sorting continued and eventually Dumbledore stood up.

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, before we start our meal I have an announcement to make. This year Hogwarts is proudly hosting the TriWizard Tournament." The hall was full of chatter.

"What's that?" Hermione asked. Ginny looked at her in shock and was about to speak before Dumbledore spoke again.

"This, for anyone who doesn't know, is the coming together of three schools to compete in three challenging tasks. It has been banned for some time now but this ban has lifted."

The Weasley twins cheered.

"But unfortunately we are adding an age limit this year to prevent anyone getting hurt. So no one under the age of seventeen may enter!" He had to shout over the boos that he had started getting, mainly from the twins.

"Now you may eat." He said softly as the food appeared. This only made people complain with their mouths full, which was not something Hermione wasted to see while eating.

"Ron can you please close your mouth whilst eating." She chastised. He looked embarrassed and then swallowed his food.

"But it's just not fair, I mean we know enough stuff to get through this, why put an age limit on? It's pathetic."

Harry just shrugged, "People have died in it so I'm not too bothered."

"People have died in it?!" Hermione half shouted, causing a few people to turn round in alarm, "And it's still going ahead?" She carried on more quietly.

"Well yeah, but there's going to be more safety regulations this year. No one will get hurt Hermione." He reassured.

"I still don't like it." She pouted. Harry patted her shoulder comfortingly and went back to his food.

The plates magically cleared after desert, causing a 'those poor house elves' from Hermione, and everyone trudged up to their dormitories.

"Password?" The Fat Lady said.

"Gobbledegook." Ron had overheard a Prefect downstairs.

"Here Hermione, let me help you." Dean rushed forward to help Hermione in to the common room.

"Thanks, but I think I can do this. I mean I've managed the past three years where no one was helping me." Ginny grinned at her answer and they head up the girls stairs.

"Night everyone."

"Night Hermione." She heard Seamus and Dean. Ginny rolled her eyes and left to go into her room.

Opening her door she saw Lavender and Parvati putting up some pictures.

"Hey Hermione, you look great." Lavender smiled.

"Thanks you too." She grabbed her pyjamas and got changed before collapsing onto her bed and fall asleep straight away.

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So what do you think? This is my first Harry Potter one and I decided to use the Cedric and Hermione plot, any good? Just always keep in your head that Voldemort does not exist!

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