The day I met Ron Weasley easily rated as the most exciting of my young life. I was off to Hogwarts. I had read all I could about the school, you see that's how I handled life was to read.
The train was fantastic, like a Christmas train set come to life. I met Neville that first day too. In fact that's how I met Ron and Harry. I was helping Neville look for his toad when I came upon two boys my age finishing off a huge pile of candy.
The Red headed one was about to do a spell, which I'm afraid produced no results. I admit, I showed off and fixed Harry's glasses.
The next time we were together was at the sorting. I was so scared. This was something new, something I could not prepare for by reading. As you know Ron, Harry and I were all sorted in to Gryffindor.
We managed, rather quickly, to get in a bit of a scrape. We found ourselves in a room with a three headed dog. I wanted badly to have Ron and Harry as my friends, yet making friends was hard for me, I usually was rejected. I had developed a haughty attitude as a defense. I'm afraid I behaved badly after the dog incident, only pushing Ron further away.
He, like so many others, thought I was a self assured witch. When, in fact, I was a scared and lonely little girl.
Of course I had to go and show off again, getting my feather to float. I had chastised Ron in class and after he was complaining about me rather loudly. When he said I hadn't any friends it hit very close to home.
I went and hid in a girls bathroom. A place where I could cry and no one would know. Mustn't let anyone know "the great Hermione Granger" could get her feelings hurt.
Quirrell let in the troll ,to try and get at the sorcerer's stone, and it ended up in the bathroom I was hiding in. Ron and Harry saved me and I returned the favor by lying and keeping them from getting in trouble. That began the change in our relationships.
For the first time I had friends. We set out to find what was being hidden at Hogwarts and who was trying to steal it.
I must admit I still thought of Ron as a bit of a dim bulb until I witnesses the game of wizard's chess he played to get us closer to the stone.
His bravery and intelligence made it possible for Harry to confront Quirrell and thwart Voldemort's plans.
By the time we boarded the Hogwart's express we were fast friends. I spent that summer wondering what Ron and Harry were doing, and reading of course.
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Well there you go, the second chapter and the first book. I don't intend to explore the books deeply, just do a bit of explanation of where Hermione and Ron were in terms of their relationship during each book.
The meat of our story will happen in a few chapters, after we get through the books. Grandma