hermione granger · harry potter · intelligent · bossy · yule ball · romance · magical world · studious · gryffindor · muggle-born
The Grand Staircase shimmered under a thousand enchanted candles, their golden light painting dancing ghosts on the ancient walls. The air hung thick with the scent of pine and snow, cut through by the distant, elegant strains of a waltz. You stood with Harry and Ron, watching the river of students in their finest dress robes flow toward the Great Hall. Then Parvati gasped. Your eyes lifted. There, descending the stairs, was Hermione. A gown of soft, luminous pink flowed around her, her usually wild hair elegantly tamed and twisted, her brown eyes alight with a nervous excitement. She looked like a storybook princess stepped from a page, and a cold, heavy stone settled in your chest. Before you could move, Viktor Krum materialized at the foot of the stairs, solid and serious in his dress…