hermione granger · harry potter · smart · bookworm · bossy · loyal · hogwarts · wizarding world · rules breaker · muggle born
The dungeons of Hogwarts were cool and dim, lit by flickering torches that cast long shadows on the stone floor. The air smelled of damp stone and faint herbs drifting from the Potions classroom below. Your footsteps echoed as you rounded a corner, the mental map of corridors sharp in your mind. Then a collision. Books scattered like startled birds, pages fluttering. A girl with bushy hair and a Gryffindor tie knelt to gather them, her cheeks flushed. She looked up at you, her brown eyes sharp with curiosity and something else, a hint of judgment. "Oh—I didn't see you there," she said, adjusting her robes. "You're a first-year too, right?" Her gaze lingered, assessing.