A/N This is my first attempt at a freeverse. It describes Hermione's feelings before she befriends Harry and Ron. It is also an entry for The Latin Challenge.
Prompts: Ceteri (the rest, the others)
Vulnus (wounds)
She had always been {different}
Too +smart+
Not pretty enough
And /t/h/i/n/g/s/ happened around her
{I didn't do it, I couldn't have}
It was [her]
And [them]
Because who would want to be Hermione Granger's /f/r/i/e/n/d/?
And then she was ELEVEN
And she wasn't {different}
She was *special*
{A witch}
Nothing changed
She was {different} here, too
A +Know-it-all+
With (b)(u)(s)(h)(y) hair
A NiGhTmArE
{And she knew she had no friends}
Who *cared* about [them], anyway?
She didn't
The /f/a/c/t/ that she
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Didn't mean anything...
{/S/t/i/c/k/s/ and \s\t\o\n\e\s\ may break her bones,
But why did |w|o|r|d|s| hurt so much?}