Nobody expects... Hermione to play an elf in D&D,
4.0, chaotic evil, sometimes plays an orc online.
-Nobody Expects by the Blibbering Humdingers
"What's that?" Ron asked, looking over Hermione's shoulder.
"N... nothing." She said, trying to cover the sketch she had absent mindedly been doodling.
"Why's that person got pointy ears?" Ron asked, peering at it. Hermione felt a blush creep onto her cheeks.
"It's supposed to be an elf." She muttered. Specifically, her elf. Her character.
"An elf? Elves don't look nearly that human, at least no species I've ever heard of." Hermione wanted to bury her head into the ground.
"It's what muggles think they look like." Ron's eyebrows rose.
"They do? Man, muggles think some strange things. Do they think elves are evil, too? Cause that one's grinning all scarily."
"That's because... oh it's just a doodle Ron! It's nothing, just forget it!" She didn't mean to snap but this was precious to her and the way Ron was half laughing made her angry.
"Alright, alright, relax. I was just curious." Hermione sighed as Ron stalked over to Harry. How did you explain this to someone who knew what actual elves looked like? This was why she preferred muggle fiction, much more imagination. After all, when you didn't know what something was like you could make it be anything, with as many or as few rules as you wanted to. But for a wizard magic and magical creatures existed and they just couldn't wrap their heads around them being any different than they were.
Maybe she could explain role playing to Ron, he'd probably understand that. Heck, maybe he'd even understand D&D if she explained it well enough. He'd probably find it funny though, the way muggles imagined magic worked.
Hermione looked at her sketch. The elf did have a scary grin, but that was because she was a rather scary person. Hermione had surprised even herself when she found out how much she liked playing a villainous character. She hadn't even been very excited about playing the first time, it was just something her friend dragged her into. Now it was her favorite thing about summer time, she got to meet with her group and role play.
After a moment Hermione folded up the sketch and put it in her bag, right next to a sketch of her orc character, taking a History of Magic book out instead. She had homework to finish.
A/N: Sorry this one couldn't be better, I've just never played DnD or anything similar (more of a single player rpg person, although I have always wanted to try a tabletop game). But yeah, best I could do, hope you still enjoyed it :)