Chapter 1

The first time Hermione entered the burrow she finally understood why Harry loved to spend his time here. Besides the obvious reason that the Dursleys were horrible people. She felt at home immediately which wasn’t usual for her.
Ginny had already been waiting for her in front of the house and was now beaming at her as if today was her birthday and Christmas together. As she arrived mid-afternoon no one else seemed to be around.
“The boys are on the field playing some quidditch. Except Percy of course. I don’t know if Ron mentioned it to you but he’s working for the ministry now and takes it very seriously. Mom and Dad are out. I think they are getting some stuff for our trip.” Ginny said excitedly.
Even though the house was in complete silence it didn’t feel empty at all. Something Hermione struggles with at her home as she was an only child, and her parents were working full time. So, she was at home alone often.

“Let me show you the house. You can leave your stuff here for the moment.” Ginny said.

As soon as Hermione put down her suitcase and let Crookshanks out of his cage Ginny grabbed her and started to show her around the house. The tour ended in front of Ginny’s room and as they walked in Ginny said, “You will sleep in my room. I hope that’s okay. As Charlie and Bill are also coming with us the twins had to give up their room and will sleep in Ron’s room.”.

Ginny’s room wasn’t big, but it was nice. It was a sunny room and through the widow they could see the boys playing quidditch.

“Let’s go to the boys. I want to introduce you to Bill and Charlie.” Ginny said already on her way out.

So, they left the house and went to the boys. One of the twins, Hermione thought it was George, but she wasn’t sure as he was up in the air, noticed them first and landed near them. The other four boys quickly followed him.
Hermione and Ron greeted each other, and she got introduced to the two oldest Weasley sons. They looked exactly like Hermione imagined them.

“Do you want to play with us Hermione?” Bill asked her.

“Oh no I would rather go grab a book and read under a tree here. But maybe Ginny can join you so that you are an even number of players.” Hermione quickly replied.

“Yeah sure, will you find the way back to my room on your own Mione?” Ginny asked.

“I think I will, yes.” As Hermione was about to go back to the garden Molly and Arthur arrived back home.

“Oh, dear you have arrived. We’re sorry we weren’t here. Where are the others?” Molly asked her with a big smile on her face.

“They are playing quidditch. I just was grabbing my book. How have you been?” Hermione replied.

“We’ve been well, I’m Happy to have all my boys at home for once. Especially with Harry joining us tomorrow. I’m sure Ron told you about our plan how we want to get Harry to us.”

“Yeah, sure he mentioned it”, Hermione lied and made a mental note to ask Ginny about it as Ron hasn’t really written about how exactly Harry would come to the burrow. Or written her about anything for that matter.

Later that evening Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Fred and George spent time in Rons room. Ron and Ginny were playing a game of wizard chess while Hermione talked with the twins. She finally caved in and asked them since she didn’t had time to talk with Ginny alone yet, “So what’s the plan for tomorrow?”.
“Dad was able to connect the Muggles to the Floo Network.” Fred said.
“We thought it would be the easiest way since the Muggles shouldn’t see us and we don’t want to travel with the Muggle means of transportation.” George added.
“And do you know how we will get to the Quidditch world cup?” Hermione asked curiously.
“Not really, Dad just told us that we will have to get up freaking early on Monday.” George replied.

After Ginny lost once again, the two girls went to bed. Ginny immediately fell asleep whilst Hermione had a harder time to do so. Hermione had read about the Floo Network but she had never seen it in person yet.

The next morning Hermione woke up quite early and Ginny was still asleep. After Hermione checked the time, she had to realise that it was only 5:30 am. It was way too early to wake up Ginny. The whole house was silent. The rest of the family seemed to still be asleep.

Since Molly showed Hermione how she could make a cup of tea in the wizard kitchen yesterday evening, Hermione decided to get up and make herself a cup of tea. She grabbed the book she currently was reading as well as Crookshanks and left the room as quietly as possible. She let Crookshanks down in the Kitchen and he immediately let out a loud meow as if he wanted to tell Hermione that he wanted his food, and that he wanted it now.
“Please be quiet Crookshanks or you will wake up the whole house.” Hermione whispered whilst the cat looked at her as he didn’t care at all. Hermione surrendered and quickly fed the cat. Then she carried on with making herself a cup of tea. Hermione heard some footsteps coming down the stairs and thought it must be Ginny who woke up when Hermione left her room and was now looking for her as she hadn’t returned yet. But she was surprised that she saw George with messy hair leaning in the kitchen doorframe when she turned around.
“Good morning, Hermione” said George, yawning.
“Did I wake you up?” Hermione asked.
“Oh, no you didn’t I like to get up a bit earlier. I like to think about new things Fred, and I could work on in the morning whilst everyone else is still asleep. It helps me to think. And besides Ron is snoring so loud that I couldn’t possibly sleep for any longer.” George replied still yawning and stretching.

Later that day Hermione and Ginny went to the kitchen since they heard the Boys came back with Harry.
Their laughs were clearly hearable from far away. As they arrived and stopped at the kitchen door Fred and George were beaming at Harry and were clearly waiting for an answer from the younger boy.
Hermione didn’t know what the fuzz was about but after Mr. Weasley appeared out of nowhere the laughing stopped, Hermione always thought of Mr. Weasley as the calm one. The boys always said that Mrs. Weasley was the one who scolded them. Yet Mr. Weasley looked furious. It didn’t take long till Mrs. Weasley appeared behind the girls and asked what had happened. Her husband tried to calm her down but Mrs. Weasley carried on scolding the twins.

It was a very uncomfortable situation. So, Hermione asked Ron, “why don’t you show Harry where he will sleep?”.
Ron, who obviously didn’t catch Hermione's intention replied, “He knows where he sleeps.”.
“We could go together" she said with a glance towards the door that would release them from the uncomfortable situation, in hope that Ron would catch the hint now. Luckily Ron got the hint this time and they left the kitchen.

The next morning Hermione got woken up by Mrs. Weasley popping her head into the room and asking if they could wake up the boys. Since Ginny hadn’t moved yet Hermione got up and first took Ginny’s blanket away and changed into the clothes, she prepared the evening before. Then she climbed up the stairs as quietly as possible since the older Weasley boys will come later and are allowed to sleep in. Ron’s room was quite full since the twins had to give up their room for their brothers. George really didn’t exaggerate when he said that Ron’s snoring was loud. She quickly woke all the boys up and told them they should hurry a bit.

When they started their trail to the portkey the only one in a good mood was Mr. Weasley. Ron, Ginny and Harry seemed as if they still were half asleep, and the Twins were mad since Mrs. Weasley once again made them throw away all of their stuff they invented for Weasley’s wheezing wizards. Hermione on the other hand was a bit mad at Crookshanks as he showed his dislike that Hermione leaves him at the burrow by scratching her pretty hard. At the portkey they met the Diggory ‘s who would also travel with them. They had arrived before them and had already found the portkey, which was a shoe.

Throughout the day the mood changed. They were all excited for the Quidditch game. Even Hermione was interested in the game and as the players finally made their entrance, she was filled with the same joy as everyone else. There were many people in the VIP lounge but what surprised Hermione the most, was to see a house elf sitting alone as the seat next to the elf was empty. Hermione had never actually seen a house elf in real life, but Harry described to her how Dobby looked, and she had read a book about them. In which there was a drawing of an elf included. Hermione thought that it must be a female elf, but she couldn’t really tell for sure. Harry then started to chat with the elf as he confused her with Dobby the house elf.

During the day the others talked about all the players and which team they thought would win the game later. So, Hermione knew that Viktor Krum was a young but a great player. During the game Hermione realized that the others were right. Even she could tell that not everyone could fly like him. She had to grab Harry when Krum once again flew straight to the ground, with his still bleeding nose. Only to pull up in the last moment as physically possible. And then he finally caught the snitch. Hermione leaned over the barrier so she could see Krum landing. Since she was so fascinated by him. Which was strange since she usually had zero interest in Quidditch.

They watched the Bulgarian team entering the VIP lounge. Krum was the last one who entered the room. Hermione was surprised as she realized that Krum was looking directly at her. At first she thought she had gone mad, but he definitely looked at her. Even though the moment didn’t last for long as Krum had to turn away to shake the minister’s hand. As the Irish team entered and the applause got even louder. Hermione didn’t expect to enjoy this game as much as she did.

Later when Hermione was about to fall asleep, she thought back to the moment in the VIP lounge, she blushed a little and fell asleep.