Though Hermione had disapproved of having her skirt hemmed at first, she
seemed rather welcoming to the idea of shortening the rest of her school
skirts after she had seen the kind of attention she got from random boys
walking around the streets of Paris. The rest of Hermione's summer was
spent sewing, shopping, and chatting with Jules.
Before her return to her parents, she carefully hid all of her abridged school skirts at the bottom of her trunk along with her newly purchased thong underwear.
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"Just a few more days 'till school starts." Hermione's mother reminded her after she had arrived home.
"I know, mum." She responded dismally.
"We should really head down to Diagon Alley, dear. before they run out of supplies."
"Mother, they don't just run out of supplies."
"Well you never know!"
Hermione rolled her eyes. iOh the joys of having Muggle parents/i, she thought to herself. "Well don't worry about getting me there. I plan on going with Harry and Ron." She lied.
"Alright, just make sure you buy bproper/b school clothes."
Hermione's heart dropped into her stomach like lead. iCould she know?!/i Hermione must have had a paranoid expression on her face because her mother shot her a concerned look.
"Something wrong?"
"No. No, everything's fine," Hermione shot out rather quickly as she stood up and hurried out of the room, feeling her face redden with every step.
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"C'mon . please let me find one." Hermione muttered under her breath while searching up and down the Hogwarts Express for an empty compartment to change in. Upon finding a vacant box, she entered hastily and locked the sliding doors behind her. She opened her bag and pulled out her school robes, along with her newly shortened pleated skirt. In the process of pulling her skirt up, there was a knock on the door. Hermione zipped up the skirt as fast as she could and sat down, pulling a jacket over her legs.
She cleared her throat. "Come in."
The door suddenly swung open to reveal Hermione's two best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Hermione let out a sigh of relief and pushed the jacket off of her.
"Hey 'Mione," Harry greeted her without taking notice of her skirt.
"'Lo Harry, Ron." Hermione smiled at them and scooted over on the seat so that they had room to sit.
"Where were you all summer long?" Ron asked curiously as he took a seat.
"In France with my cousin, Julianna. It was simply wonderful!" She replied in a dreamy tone.
"At least your summer was better than mine.." Harry replied and then told the other two about how Uncle Vernon bought Dudley a special baseball bat just to torture Harry with.
After about three stories from Ron and five lectures from Hermione later, they arrived at the Hogsmeade station where they were then transported to the school by a horse drawn carriage. Upon walking through the giant wooden doors, Hermione was confronted my Professor McGonagall who seemed to be in an unpleasant mood. She followed the Professor to her office as she had been instructed and sat, waiting patiently at one of the desks while McGonagall stepped out for a moment to subdue an overly hyperactive Peaves.
Hermione watched McGonagall walk back through the doors in a rush. "There's something important that I needed to speak to you about, Miss Granger." said the Professor in a distasteful tone. Hermione sat with bated breath to hear what the Professor had to say. She just hoped it wasn't about her uniform.
Before her return to her parents, she carefully hid all of her abridged school skirts at the bottom of her trunk along with her newly purchased thong underwear.
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"Just a few more days 'till school starts." Hermione's mother reminded her after she had arrived home.
"I know, mum." She responded dismally.
"We should really head down to Diagon Alley, dear. before they run out of supplies."
"Mother, they don't just run out of supplies."
"Well you never know!"
Hermione rolled her eyes. iOh the joys of having Muggle parents/i, she thought to herself. "Well don't worry about getting me there. I plan on going with Harry and Ron." She lied.
"Alright, just make sure you buy bproper/b school clothes."
Hermione's heart dropped into her stomach like lead. iCould she know?!/i Hermione must have had a paranoid expression on her face because her mother shot her a concerned look.
"Something wrong?"
"No. No, everything's fine," Hermione shot out rather quickly as she stood up and hurried out of the room, feeling her face redden with every step.
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"C'mon . please let me find one." Hermione muttered under her breath while searching up and down the Hogwarts Express for an empty compartment to change in. Upon finding a vacant box, she entered hastily and locked the sliding doors behind her. She opened her bag and pulled out her school robes, along with her newly shortened pleated skirt. In the process of pulling her skirt up, there was a knock on the door. Hermione zipped up the skirt as fast as she could and sat down, pulling a jacket over her legs.
She cleared her throat. "Come in."
The door suddenly swung open to reveal Hermione's two best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Hermione let out a sigh of relief and pushed the jacket off of her.
"Hey 'Mione," Harry greeted her without taking notice of her skirt.
"'Lo Harry, Ron." Hermione smiled at them and scooted over on the seat so that they had room to sit.
"Where were you all summer long?" Ron asked curiously as he took a seat.
"In France with my cousin, Julianna. It was simply wonderful!" She replied in a dreamy tone.
"At least your summer was better than mine.." Harry replied and then told the other two about how Uncle Vernon bought Dudley a special baseball bat just to torture Harry with.
After about three stories from Ron and five lectures from Hermione later, they arrived at the Hogsmeade station where they were then transported to the school by a horse drawn carriage. Upon walking through the giant wooden doors, Hermione was confronted my Professor McGonagall who seemed to be in an unpleasant mood. She followed the Professor to her office as she had been instructed and sat, waiting patiently at one of the desks while McGonagall stepped out for a moment to subdue an overly hyperactive Peaves.
Hermione watched McGonagall walk back through the doors in a rush. "There's something important that I needed to speak to you about, Miss Granger." said the Professor in a distasteful tone. Hermione sat with bated breath to hear what the Professor had to say. She just hoped it wasn't about her uniform.