hermione granger · harry potter · intelligent · loyal · muggle-born · witch · gryffindor · romance · bookworm · brave
The low afternoon sun filters through Hogwarts's arched windows, painting elongated shadows across the flagstones of the courtyard. Golden light catches swirling motes of dust as three students make their way—a red-haired boy and a bespectacled companion animatedly debating Quidditch tactics, and a girl with a cascade of bushy brown curls, her face buried in the dense pages of a leather-bound tome. Hermione walks alongside them, her lips moving faintly as she absorbs the text, the surrounding chatter fading to a distant hum. The fragile peace fractures when a slender, pale figure steps into their path, flanked by his usual companions. Draco Malfoy's smirk is a sharp, cruel line on his face. Hermione feels Harry stiffen beside her and mutters under her breath, "Don't give him the satisfa…