Harry Potter does not belong to be, legally though the ideals of Harry Potter belong to children of all ages. Thank you JKR for such a wonderment.
He cleared throat with a grin. "Hello you to ickle lovebirds."
"Oh hullo mate. Sorry it's just well how can I resist? Truthfully." Said a smiling shy red faced Ron. Hermione just blushed even harder than before and mumble something like oh Ron stop.
"I won't be long, wouldn't want to stop you two from important prefect duties" He said chuckling.
"Oh Harry thank you but really we aren't that bad of a mushy couple are we? Well what can we do for you our dear, dear friend?"
"Oh well when I left I ran into Colin, who just had to show me his award winning portfolio."
"Oh sorry mate didn't know." Ron said with real concern as he patted his shoulder.
"RON! Colin is not that bad and besides it's not like he still obsesses over Harry is it?"
"Yes dear
whatever you say dear."
"Sounds like someone is learning from
the twins on how to respond to a girl." Harry laughed. "Anyway
his main subject was Gin, he had photos of her from first year til
last year, and even a few snuck from the Yule ball. Ron what marks
does your sister get?"
"Um dunno. Good enough to become a Prefect. But I'm a prefect so I dunno really, do you Mione?"
"You did very well on your OWLS! She's never asked me for help that's all I can say. Why?"
"Well it seems she's Snape's favorite student. And already took her OWLs in potions, Arthimacy and care for magical creatures and DADA. She got the best score ever on her potions OWL. Did you know she invented a new photography potion for moving photos; it's what Colin uses. She came up with it in her second year. Snape gave her 50 house points and had it published. Hermione do you remember any of Potions makers with Ginny's initials?"
"Well yes Harry, there's only one with a G and a W, its GMW. Oh my word, that must Ginny's potion makers name? There are at least a dozen GMW potions added to the advanced expert potions books and curriculum! Snape adds them last minute it seems. I thought Dumbledore had him do it to help train us for his own reasons. Those are all complicated and of Ginny's own design."
Ron sputtered in disbelief. "Bullocks if Gin was inventing potions the family would know about it, she'd tell us. And she'd get paid, what did she do with the money?"
"Ron didn't your Mum say that the vault was fuller than it should have been and the goblins said that there were no mistakes but the person, a Weasely, behind it asked for secrecy. She was whispering about Percy still caring for the family and secretly sending us money. Oh she'll be heart broken if she found out her third son wasn't sending them money. That's probably why Gin didn't say anything, she was there too remember, she probably didn't want to break your Mum's heart."
"And she doesn't want to call too much attention to herself according to Colin. He said that she was offered to be bumped up a year but didn't want to take away from you two."
Ron looked bugged eyed and sad. 'His baby sister that smart, she's that good of a student.'
Hermione gasped. "You mean she thought she'd stop my dream, of being head girl?"
Harry nodded. "According to Colin, that and she'd be thought of as the schools smartest witch, your title which is well deserved Mione but frankly if Gin is that capable…"
"She should be known as smartest witch. Why didn't she go into Ravenclaw then?"
"No Weasley has ever been anything but a Gryffindor, Mum and Dad were so proud she got in, remember. Blimey I never even thought…"
There was a silence in the compartment as the trio took all of this in. Ron still disbelieving Gin, the one younger than him was this good asked the stupid question. "What if it's all because of the Diary and Riddle. What if she's only this smart because she has all of his knowledge from 7 years at Hogwartts? It's possible right, like your parseltongue Harry."
"No Ron I don't think so, Dumbledore wouldn't let her cheat, and however subconsciously she does it. He'd set up special classes or something. Besides I saw one of Colin's photo's from her first year, and she was all sad looking and distracted but from what I could tell by the looks of the Slytherins she was acing the potion, it was one from mid fall, the earlier possessions, so she wouldn't know all he knew yet. Snape actually looked a little worried for her. So no Ron, I genuinely think she was always that good. Maybe Colin was right, she was right for not saying anything, I mean you do seem to not be taking this well. Glad I haven't mentioned the thing about her third year…."
"Harry its not like that, yes I'm jealous a bit, but I'm more hurt that she kept this big a secret, she could be top of our year as well as her own! Hell I wouldn't be surprised at all if she turned out to be an animangus, I mean she was spending a lot of time with Padfoot last year, I thought it was for Buckbeak and well to give him some company, but she could be one. He could have taught her. And what about her third year!"
Harry grinned sheepishly as Hermione giggled at her boyfriend's well being himself. "Well, you know how Ginny wanted to go to the ball and went with Neville. Well she only went with Neville because she promised him so he wouldn't feel like a loser. She had other offers."
"Yeah I know I still can't believe she turned you down mate." Ron shook his head.
"I can he asked her last minute like he didn't care about her Ron!" Hermione elbowed him in the gut hard.
"Hey, easy on him we need him as a keeper-he is our King after all Mione. And she's right what happened was wrong but not what I meant. It seems the majority of the upper years of the school asked her and a good part of the BeauxBotons and Drumstang boys too. If it weren't for the twins Neville might have been beaten for being her date over so many 'better' prospects. That's why he was so nervous dancing with her and stepping on her feet. We were just too caught up with Mione to notice." Hermione blushed prettily and Ron kissed her cheek. "Turns out Colin took muggle photos of her too, to a Muggle competition in London and had over a dozen modeling agency want to higher your sister. At 13."
"Wha? What do you mean?"
"Ron, muggle models make loads of money, their famous and well their treated like goddesses. Why ever did she deny?"
"Voldemort came back that summer, so it was dangerous not to mention she apparently likes to keep her private life private. I mean think of what fame really does to a person. I completely understand her decision to remain hidden while a student from the general public but to hide it from her family…I just don't get so I'm going to find her and ask. You two stay she might not have wanted me to bring it up with you guys seeing how Colin said something along those lines and besides you have important prefect duties."
"I um well I'd rather take a look at those photos of Gin, see what kind of boy this Colin is and his interest in my baby sister. Coming Mione?"
"Might as well we need to alert the new Prefects about the meeting anyway, Harry remind Gin of it, it's in two hours. Thanks."
"Sure Hermione, don't hurt Colin, I think he's Gin's best friend. Bye lovebirds." And with that he headed to find Ginny, the girl who while he was attracted before he found out about her secret accomplishments had now had him hooked. 'I wonder what else she's hiding.
