Our first scene is an ordinary suburban house in the outskirts of London, England. There we see a young girl, about four years old, curly brown hair tied in a messy ponytail, running and playing catch with her father.
Our young girl is now in 2nd grade, where she is easily the top of her class. In fact, she is above the rest of the 3rd grade class as well. Books are her constant companions, especially out on the playground, where people tend to laugh at her for not being able to play sports well. So far, her favorite type of books are the ones with magic and mystical creatures in them. Something in those books calls to her, beckoning her to them. Oh, what she would give to be able to be invisible sometimes!!!
The young girl has just graduated from Elementary school and will soon continue on to a Jr. High. However, she soon finds out some extraordinary news. She is not just an ordinary kid. She is in fact a witch, and accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The first thing she does is try and do research. But she finds no information about them. So she decides to go and buy her books in this "Diagon Alley" that was mentioned in the letter. She buys the books on the list plus a few more that look interesting. She actually wished she could just buy the whole store. A bookstore full of magic books, and spells. Her parents are excited for her. On her last day before leaving, they give her a music box, to comfort her if she is homesick and to remind her of her family. She takes the delicate treasure and places it carefully into her trunk.
Hermione Granger opened the music box laying in her hand. The sweet little tinkle is better than any wizard music box, which plays recordings of orchestras. This reminds her of her past. Every time she has ever felt sad or alone, any time she couldn't find solace in her books, in learning more about magic, she opened the box. The tune in the box was the friend she couldn't have in Harry and Ron because they were boys and didn't understand some of her emotions. Why bother them with it when she could comfort herself? The box was also a source of concentration for her, allowing her to focus her incredibly sharp mind on whatever task was at hand.
And this box had been put to use. In first year, when Harry and Ron had been saying mean things to her, before they were friends, she listen to the music and reminded herself of home. In second year when she couldn't figure out what was going on with the Petrified students, the music box helped her to concentrate. In third year, she spent a great deal of time listening to it while she studied… she could, she had that Time Turner. Fourth year, when she was asked out by Viktor Krum, she sat and listened to it while she sorted out her feelings about Ron and convinced herself that she loved only as a brother. Fifth year and that horrible Umbridge woman. Dumbledore's death… yes, this box had been put to great use.
Hermione needed the healing sound from the music box. She needed the reminder of times before the war, the racism, the hate. She wanted to remember her parents, who were just murdered by Death Eaters. She had to find a way to keep their memories alive. So she sat and listened to the music box and looked at some pictures she had taken just two weeks ago before she left for school. She had been so excited because it was her last year and she had been given a wizarding camera to record her memories. She took several pictures of them, which is all she had left of them now. She needed the comfort so she could close her eyes and fall asleep, tears running down her cheeks. Tears of love and loss for her parents. Tears of hate for Voldemort and Death Eaters. Tears that would not dry. Finally, the sound of the sad little music box helped her drift off into a restless slumber.