Three's Company
The Golden Trio
Everybody at school knows them. The famous Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, is the 'leader' of the three. He seems to get into more danger than the other two and gets into far more complicated situations than they as well. The girl with bushy, brown hair, Hermione Granger, is the brains. More than once has she been credited with providing important information to her friends. The youngest Weasley boy—the lanky one with the long nose and large hands and feet—Ron Weasley is the loyal follower. Some see Ron as a useless sack of meat between Hermione and Harry, but those who know the Golden Trio well know that Ron is the sticky stuff of the sandwich that keeps it all together. Without Ron, Harry and Hermione would get on each other's nerves too much.
Everyone in Harry, Ron and Hermione's year know them best, though; the students in years below them only know of what they've heard, and the students in years ahead of them only recognize what they see and wish to see. Fred and George seem to be the only exceptions of this.
Their classmates all have different opinions, though. Hannah Abbott admires the three's loyalty to each other and the Cause, deeming their bond Hufflepuff worthy. Michael Corner and Terry Boot wonder why Ron can stand Hermione, and why Hermione hangs around two dimwits, while Anthony Goldstein muses over the Golden Trio's chemistry with faint respect. Ernie Macmillan wonders why those three ever became friends; they're so different, while his Potions partner, Mandy Brocklehurst, giggles and sighs in fondness of the three's relationship with each other.
But everyone knows that, for whatever reasons, Harry, Ron and Hermione found each other, and have always stuck together. They always will. And, without knowing it, the three have been deemed the 'Golden Trio' by their classmates, and have set the standard for friendships throughout their entire year.
Though the Golden Trio may be a bit blind when it comes to seeing what the views of others are, they certainly are aware of the tightness of their own bonds. It becomes painfully clear that, after Ron leaves them on their quest to search for and destroy the Horcruxes, Hermione and Harry aren't good for each other without Ron's humor and lightness to calm them down. They simply rub on each other the wrong way, and Ron serves as their cushiony buffer.
The Trio knows that, when it comes down to it, their friendship is the best thing in each of their lives, and they wouldn't trade it for the world.
Author's Note: I was struck by the sudden urge to write this and a few others last night about midnight. Obviously this is about Harry, Ron and Hermione's friendship. There will be more one-shots like this about other friendships. They will not neccessarily be cannon. If you have any requests on trios, please PM me about it, or state it in a review!