A/N: This is my first story, so it's a learning experience. Anyways... here it is! Enjoy!

Prologue

Hermione thought of all of her friends from elementary school; she even thought of her ex-boyfriend from when she was five. She loved them all so much and couldn't imagine starting over at age 9.

"But Mommy! Paris is my whole life! All of my friends are here and I'M NOT MOVING!" Hermione shouted at her parents. This was SO not fair that they'd make her do this.

"Honey, you've still got a whole month before we move to London, you can have good-bye parties and have plenty of time to say 'so long' to everyone! You'll make plenty of new friends at your new school!" Mrs. Granger said soothingly.

"UGH! I'm having sleepovers until we leave, then! And I'm never going to forgive you for this! It's not fair!"

Chapter 1

"Class! We've got a new student today, say hello to Hermione Granger," Mrs. Catch said to the class.

There was silence.

"You've got a funny last name!" a student in the back shouted out.

The rest of the class joined in laughing. Hermione smiled and hid her emotions as much as possible.

"The first day in London and I get made fun of…" Hermione thought to herself as she made a fake smile and went to sit at the desk the Mrs. Catch had pointed to.

Throughout her whole 4th and 5th grade, Hermione was made fun of during every class for: her hair; her teeth; her French accent; her glasses; her brain- she had started sticking her head in books to try and keep away from the school's bullies; and her weight- which had grown because of her being depressed.

In the early summer between her 5th and 6th grade, something amazing happened: she was sitting in her backyard on a patio chair after swimming for a few minutes. A tabby cat appeared at the fence and went over to the patio table next to her, jumped onto it, and lied down, expecting to be groomed. When Hermione had placed her hand on its fur, she felt a very odd jolt go through her body and she jumped out of the patio chair she had been sitting in. "Whoa!" she had shouted. She then looked down at her swim suit because it had stopped tugging against her skin (like it was always doing); her stomach had shrunk! Hermione shouted out: "MUM!" to find that her voice had disappeared. "What the-?" Hermione said to herself.

"Good morning, Miss Granger," came from behind her.

Hermione spun around and stared at the table, where no longer was the cat, but now there was an old woman in an odd black dress- It's a robe, her mind corrected her.

The woman had a strict expression, but looked like she was excited, too. "You can call me Professor McGonagall."

"Professor? That's an odd title, do you work at a college?" Hermione exclaimed after her voice returned, "Are you here to give me a scholarship or something?"

She smiled at me, "You're part right. If you'll remember, I entered here as a cat. I'd like to ask you: have you ever done or seen anything else that's strange or unexplainable?"

"Yes? So?"

"So… I'm here to explain all of the weird happenings in your life, Miss Granger. Could you please take me to your parents so that the four of us can talk?"

Hermione led her into the house and McGonagall explained Hermione's magical abilities to her and her parents.

"Hogwarts has a summer program for first years, not many students go to it, but if you'd like to get used to the school and meet other first years, you're welcome to join; it's free." She added at the end.

"We don't have any big events happening this summer, honey. Would you like to go to the summer camp?" Her mother asked.

Without missing a beat Hermione exclaimed "Yes!" and jumped off her seat. Goodbye Bully Academy! Hermione thought, smiling.

The Professor smiled and waved her wand, making Hermione's luggage appear in the living room next to the door. "Whenever you're ready," she smiled and waited by the door as the three gave each other large hugs, saying their goodbyes and good lucks.

A/N: Did you like it? :D

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