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Chapter 1: Hobbies
Hermione Jane Granger slammed the third and final tome on the Goblin Riots of 1650-75 close and slid it across the table to join its mates. Glaring at the offending pile she sat back in her favorite wing backed chair with a huff, allowing her feet to dangle. At 5 ft -1 inches she found that her feet wouldn't touch the ground if she scooted all the way back in the chair. A fact that agitated her for the most part, but that comforted her, even if she refused to admit it. Swinging her feet back and forth she considered her next options for research, determined to have all the facts before she began writing her latest essay for History of Magic class. She was so wrapped up in her academic musings that she never heard that little 'click', or saw a shadowy form retreating from her private corner of the library.
Twenty minutes later it was in this same state that she was found by Ginny, who informed her that Harry and Ron had been attempting to find her for quite some time, but had eventually given up and decided to play exploding snap instead. For some reason unknown to her they preferred games to studying for exams and improving their academic records. Once, Ron had even had the audacity to tell her that as a third year student she did not have the right to begin studying for her O.W.L. exams, let alone pester him to do that same. It was after this incident that Hermione realized that her hobbies were just that, her hobbies. They were not meant for anyone else in the same way that they were meant for her.
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Colin Creevy was not the only student at Hogwarts interested in photography, both magical and muggle. He was, however, the only student who made his passion for pictures public. Some students chose to keep their hobbies secret. And besides, no one would ever believe that some students or rather, one in particular, was interested in meaningless, mindless, borderline muggle things like photography, anyway, right?