A/N: Written for the Rumours Competition.
Hermione sighed as she left the Potions test room with Harry and Ron.
"I think I failed that test."
Ron rolled his eyes at her. "You never fail anything Hermione. I don't see why you're worrying."
"I'm sure you got perfect as usual," Harry smiled at her.
Hermione simply sighed again.
Unbeknownst to them, Parvati had been passing by while they were speaking and only overheard a certain part of the conversation. She turned excited eyes to Lavender, who gaped back at her.
"Did you just hear that? Hermione failed a test!"
"It's impossible though," Lavender whispered back, "She never gets anything less than perfect."
"Yeah… but they just came back from Snape's room. He could've failed her!"
The two girls paused to contemplate the idea. Nodding at each other, they went their separate ways to spread the news.
It wasn't long before everyone in the school knew that Hermione had gotten zero on her last couple tests and was being kicked out of Hogwarts because of it.
Hermione stretched slightly as she entered her dorm room. Immediately, she was bombarded by a horde of teary girls, each one bearing gifts and cards.
"Even if you are an annoying know-it-all, I'll still miss you," Lavender said, sniffing. She shoved a box of Honeydukes in Hermione's arm and ran away crying
That seemed to prompt all the other girls into action as not moments later; she was being hugged by at least a dozen different arms.
"Yeah, I'll miss you!"
"Don't get into any trouble!"
"And don't you ever forget us too!" A sobbing girl cried.
Then as suddenly as the attack came, it was over, and the room was empty once again as they left the girl to pack alone.
A bemused and very confused Hermione shook her head and place the gifts in her trunk. She wondered what that was all about…