Hermione's Rival

by Marshmallows rock

When one of the new American students at Hogwarts is just as good at Hermione at everything in class, and better than her at other stuff, Hermione is so fed up with it, that at the school dance, she decides to take drastic action.....

4. Michelle's Background

Hermione's Rival

Chapter 4: Michelle's background.

With some help from Katie Bell, and the Weasly twins, Christian carried Michelle up to the hospital wing. However, Hermione was escorted to McGonagall's office. The other students went back to their common rooms. Hermione was crying. McGonagall came in and sat down.

"What on earth was that about, Miss Granger? You are the last person I expected that from.''

Hermione tried to tell McGonagall, rubbing her eyes and streaked mascara occasionally. " Well with all the subjects I'm taking this year, it was hard to cope as is. Then Michelle comes along and it just seems she is perfect, all the house points were given to her. She's popular, beautiful, everything I'm not. So I tried harder, but it seems to be getting really hard. The worst thing about it is that Michelle is not conceited about it at all.'' sobbed Hermione.

McGonagall thought for a minute. Then she said, "Well I can help you, Miss Granger, but you will need to know Michelle's history.

'Michelle's father left her mother and went to Australia, taking her 3 year old sister, Kayla, with him, before Michelle was born. When Michelle was a baby her mother became ill with leukaemia. She died two months after Michelle's first birthday.

When Michelle joined the club she is in with the other Americans, she was met with hostility. She ended up in hospital, but the hostility melted away, and they all became friends.

Michelle's adoptive mother married a man with two young girls, 6- year old Karen, and 4 year old Louise. After they married, Michelle was treated very harshly. In June they were all killed in a gas explosion. Now, during the summer, she spends time with friends and family, but lives in the clubhouse with the others.

Michelle puts her tragedies behind her, and carries on with life, "finished Professor McGonagall.

"Now, Miss Granger, I think you should hand in your Time Turner, and drop Muggle Studies and Divination.''

The talk finished with Hermione going to wash her face and McGonagall asking Gryffindors not to treat Hermione harshly, saying she tried to do too much work this year. Hermione decided the next day to go and visit Michelle.