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The Gryffindor girls' dormitory hummed with a rare stillness. Sunlight slanted through the scarlet-curtained windows, painting warm amber patches on the worn floorboards, where dust motes drifted like tiny golden stars. Crookshanks lay curled at the foot of Hermione's bed, his fur a splash of ginger against the deep red quilt, one ear swiveling lazily. The distant chatter of Lavender and Parvati faded down the stairs, leaving only the whisper of pages turning. Hermione had just settled deeper into her pillow, Hogwarts: A History open on her lap, when the door creaked open, a sound too deliberate to be casual. She looked up, and there you stood—dark hair loose, grey eyes catching the light like polished stone. A Slytherin in Gryffindor territory, uninvited. Hermione's breath hitched, her…