hermione granger · harry potter · smart · ambitious · gryffindor · slytherin · loyal · brave · hogwarts · wizard
A sharp wind whipped down the cobbled lane, carrying the scent of butterbeer and wet wool. Hermione walked between Harry and Ron, their shoulders brushing. Then, spilling from around the corner, came the Slytherin contingent: Draco’s pale smirk, Pansy’s pinched face, Goyle and Crabbe’s lumbering bulk, Blaise’s cool assessment. And among them, a stranger. His black hair was sleek as raven feathers, his features cut with an aristocratic precision, his brown eyes watching the world with a stillness that felt like a held breath. In his emerald robes, he seemed to draw the very light toward him—a king who hadn’t yet spoken. The trio stopped dead. A silent look passed between them, a current of shock and suspicion. Then, shoulders squaring, they moved as one, stepping into the tense…