As We Know It

By LadyTiffany

Chapter One

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Harry Potter and Ron Weasley boarded the Hogwart's express at exactly 10:59 AM, just as they had done for so many years. This year was different, though, because it was their last time taking the red steam engine to the hidden school that lay in the hills of Scotland. Ron's flaming red hair, a Weasley trademark, and Harry's mess mop of black hair could be seen bobbing up and down as they wandered up and down the aisle past full compartments looking for an empty one.

Finally, the two found and empty compartment and stumbled inside just as the kind old witch walked up.

"Anything off the trolley, dears?" Asked the kind old witch as she stopped at their compartment.

Harry and Ron scrambled around for spare bronze Knuts and silver Sickles and purchased a little bit of every type of candy on the cart. They pocketed their change and dumped the massive quantities of sweets on the seat between them. As they dug into the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, gummi wands, sugar quills, mini candy brooms, and other delicious candies, they began to talk about the thing that was bothering them the most.

"Hermione owled me," Harry said as he examined a card from a chocolate frog. "Did she owl you as well?"

"Yeah, I got an owl," Ron told him as he picked through a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. "She said she wouldn't be here, but she didn't say why-here's one! Ah, blue raspberry!"

Harry looked up at Ron, who was savoring the blue raspberry bean, from the card he was studying so intently. "Hey, Ron," He said.

Ron snapped out of his reverie. "Yeah?"

"Take a look at this card, you won't believe it!"

Ron took the proffered card and his eyes got wide. "No bloody way!" He exclaimed. "Harry, its Hermione!"

Hermione Granger is quite possible the brightest student to have ever walked through the halls of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in quite some time and she is definitely the most powerful muggle-born witch. Hermione is famous for the thesis she wrote in her sixth year on restorative drafts and her recent work in potions with renowned Potions Master, Severus Snape. She is Head Girl and in her Seventh Year at Hogwarts where she attends with her best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Hermione Granger is the first muggle- born to ever be on a collectors card.