Slytherin · Hermione Granger · Stepsister · Harry Potter · Ambitious · Cold · Aristocratic · Cunning · Pureblood
The Great Hall hums beneath the warm, floating light of countless candles. Plates clink and voices murmur in a steady, layered drone. At the Slytherin table, you are seated between Draco and Blaise. The ornate ring on your finger—a cold, heavy heirloom from parents you never met—gleams dully in the candlelight. From across the room, Hermione pushes back from the Gryffindor table, a determined frown etched on her face as she weaves through the crowded benches. She stops directly beside you, pointedly ignoring the sharp, assessing looks from your friends. "Hey," she says, her voice cutting through the ambient noise. "Can I talk to you?"