"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them" (p. 132).


Strange, Hermione reflected, that the best moment in her life was getting attacked by a troll.

She'd been sitting in the corner, sobbing bitterly about the failed hope to finally, finally make friends this year – and then a troll barged into the room and the lock clicked.

But before she could do anything more than scream in terror, they were there, too – two boys, tearing into the room, looking as though they'd rather be anywhere but where they were.

But they were there, and they had saved her, and at that moment, Hermione was happier than she had ever felt.


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