Strangers,are we?

4th year

Hermione:

Things couldn’t have gotten worse. Harry had been chosen as a triwizard champion UNDERAGE!And Ron wasn’t talking to Harry. Now Hermione was a messenger owl between the two of them and it was driving her MAD!
“My goodness, Crookshanks if I ever get as mental as them I need you to bite me!” Hermione complained while petting Crookshanks as Crookshanks just meowed and purred.
Hermione sighed and accepted her defeat.
“Hey,Hermione!”Ginny called,
“Huh?Ginny?”
“Yeah, what’s going on between your best mates?”
“Ugh, Ron has gone mad and Harry is being as stubborn as ever!” Hermione yelped.
“Oh, that explains the argument.”Ginny said in haste.
“What.What argument?”Hermione questioned.
“Oh,it-it’s nothing for you to worry about Hermione!”Ginny said stepping back.
“Oh.”
Is all Hermione said before Ginny bolted out of the room. Hermione groaned and went to the common room.
There she saw Seamus and Dean hiding together under the circle table in the corner,Angelina Johnson and Fred Weasley holding hands together while George was bending down behind Angelina hiding.
“Hermione,you’ve ought to get a hold of those two!” Neville begged running up to her while panting, and Ginny behind him.
“Ugh,don’t worry Neville.”Hermione said gently and Neville nodded.

“HARRY JAMES POTTER AND RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY!”She yelled startling the two who were about to go at it with one another.
“Uh-Hermione!”Harry exclaimed.
“This is your fault you twat!”Ron pointed at Harry and Harry scowled.
Hermione stomped forwards and went in the middle of them.
“You will stop this right now!”
“Wai-“
“I mean it!”
“See!Look what you did, Ron!”
“ME?”
“YES!”
“Jeez!I didn’t know my best bud was MENTAL in the head!”
“Well he is!”
“You should’ve told me that you had a plan!”
“I didn’t know it would choose me!Also, I didn’t even put my name in the damn goblet of fire!”
“…it’s no wonder you’re mad!”
“What!”
“Trying to hide stuff,now are we?”
“No!You lying son of a bi-“ Harry stopped at that knowing that if he said that he would also be calling it to his mom, Molly Weasley. And Hermione knew that. Harry grabbed the transfiguration book from the table and threw it at Ron’s foot instead.
“Ow!”Ron said bending down.
“See how it feels to be denied of your best friend!”
Ron threw the book at Harry’s foot(But missed wildly)and scowled.
Hermione had her eyes widen in shock,she quickly pushed Ron and Harry away from each other. She took Ron’s arm and pulled him aside while also signaling Ginny to do the same to Harry.
“There, now if you need to make remarks about each other you can do it from across the room!”Hermione said dismissively. And Ginny nodded alongside her.

Harry scoffed while Ron nodded obediently.
“Jeez, this is even worse than the time me and Forge pranked Aunt Myrtle!” George said.
Hermione left to the library for some cooling time,alone.

At the library

Hermione was reading a very interesting book about hippogriffs and their natural habitat.However,she immediately got distracted when a taller woman walked in. Her hair was longer than before and it was smooth and silky, her face was a pure mess of pale and her freckles were sprinkled on her nose and cheeks. Her eyes were the most admirable, green like a shiny emerald, but green like a sneaky sly snake.
There, stood Pansy Parkinson.
Pansy Parkinson came into the library with her group of slithering Slytherin girls.
“Wonder what’ll happen if I stuff an arse load of snakes in LongBottom’s pants?”Sneered Parkinson glancing over to a brunette girl with blue eyes.
“Oh, Parkinson!Must you think the worst?” The girl responded.
“Fuss up,Daphne!”Millicent Bulstrude teased with cat fur on her uniform and short black hair.
“I don’t know about that Pansy,but you can do worse.”Another girl with Burgundy hair slid in.
“Hmm,well said Penelope KingsHut.”Pansy praised her and the girl Penelope KingsHut, looked obnoxiously proud of herself.
A bunch of other girls looked towards KingsHut with envy or indifference which ticked Hermione because why were people so desperate for Parkinson’s approval?

Pansy:

The girls were getting annoying,and they would follow Pansy everywhere she went so she had no choice but to humor them.in thoughts she rolled her eyes and insulted them,the only people she was glad who were there was Daphne and Astoria Greengrass as well as Millicent.
“I’d appreciate it if you girls would leave me some alone time.To think of pranks of course.”Pansy said in a mock polite voice.
The group of girls agreed and looked high on Pansy for no particular reason. Pansy made a face towards Astoria and Daphne(Millicent had already gone with the girls) that they needed to go as well. Now Pansy was alone in the library with a certain short sized girl who was much taller than her years before. Pansy was adoring her bushy hair tied in a ponytail, her pale face with a pinkish tint and her romantic brown eyes that could shake the wizarding world. However, Granger caught sight of Pansy’s staring and Pansy retreated shamefully away to another table.
Her eyes drifted from the charms book to Hermione Granger. It was so annoying when her mind did that.
“Oh,hey Hannah.”Granger said solemnly.
“Hello, what are you doing here alone?”Hannah Abbott, a lowly hufflepuff girl asked.
“Well, I was reading this rather interesting book.”
“Ahh, no Weasley or Potter today?” Abbott asked annoyingly with a laughing tone in there.
“No,things have been so tiring with their arses around.”
“I bet,all the stuff surrounding the Triwizard Tournament?”
Granger nodded.
“Hannah!Come on!” Stupid Gryffindor Katie Bell yelled, but Pansy was grateful that Abbott went away from Granger.

Granger sighed and continued reading.
Pansy got 45 chapters in(she skimmed the first few,then skipped chapters 20-25) before she got bored and put the book away. She noticed that Granger was still in the library,it had already gotten dark no more than 7:00 or 8:00 Pansy guessed but the library would close soon so she had to get Grangers attention to notice the time.
Pansy yawned obnoxiously and purposefully made herself slightly trip when putting some books away so Granger could notice her.
Granger glanced at her then checked the time her eyes went wide. She quickly put her books away and left the library. To Pansy’s dismay, she liked knowing that she helped Granger notice the time. She quickly shook the feeling and went to the dorms.
“Oh,you’re here, Pansy” Draco said looking up from a boring game of wizards chess.
“Yes, I am. I bet you’re smiling under that scowl Draco.”
“Yeah right.”
“Hey,Draco, eyes on the board.” Said Crabbe who had Goyle right by him.
“Yes,yes I know Crabbe.”
“Well, get on it with it Draco.” Pansy snickered before walking fast to her dorm.

———(The Next few settings take place after the first task and Ron and Harry have already made up)———

She was cuddled up in her bed,the emerald curtains were pulled down so no one could see her and she was in her silk green pajamas, her hair was tied in bun.
The second task was tomorrow and she knew for sure Granger would watch it for Harry Potter was chosen as champion. She contemplated whether or not to interact with her which made no sense why she wanted to talk to her,but she suspected it was because Granger was-well she couldn’t describe it,but it was annoying. A plan.

1: Go to the second task alone with no Greengrasses and no Blaise or Draco.
2: Wear subtle Gryffindor colors,but enough to get Grangers attention.
3:Make a remark about Potter’s safety or his ability.
4: catch Grangers gaze and hold eye contact for a while before waving/smiling.

It was a good plan and Pansy trusted that it would go well.

Hermione:

It was 10:00 and she was snuggled in her bed, a white shirt and long pink pants covering her feet, her hair down and flowy.
She realized the second task was tomorrow and she began worrying for Harry and if he failed…
But her mind quickly drifted to Parkinson. She had overheard(eavesdropped) on Parkinson’s conversation with Draco that they would go to the second task. So, Hermione thought of ways to socialize with Parkinson-or at least make Parkinson notice her. She thought of multiple ways , and she finally came up with the perfect plan to ever exist!

1: Separate from Ron during the task and go under the tall oak tree.
2:wear subtle slytherin colors, but just enough where Parkinson would notice it.
3:be oddly close to Parkinson and glance at her from time to time so hopefully they could make eye contact
4: ask about her day and make a kind remark about her or her group of friends.
5:make conversation and(hopefully) become friends.

It was the perfect plan.

———The second task———

Hermione had gotten dressed in her usual robes,but she wore a necklace with a green snake and silver chain. She wore a green and silver charm bracelet to her it made her look funny.
She tied her hair in a long pony tail with one green and one silver hair ties.
However,things hadn’t gone as planned.
Hermione was somehow stuck underwater. She could still breathe,but it felt overwhelming. She looked around and to her right she saw Ron, her left was Cho Change leaning on Hermione’s shoulders, a pale little girl with long blond hair that couldn’t be older than eight,all were unconscious no doubt.
She became filled with worry that no one would find them!She passed out in shock.
When she awoke she was on land and Viktor Krum had come to her side, her hair was soaking wet and her cheeks were red with coolness.
“Are Vu’ okay, Herminnie?” Viktor Krum asked bending down on his knees to her. She chuckled awkwardly and nodded before purposefully ignoring his hand to help her up. Her plan had been ruined, but she was the first one there. No longer than a minute had passed and Cedric had pulled Cho Chang out of the water. Applause and shouts came from behind. A long bright blonde girl with a pale face and long eyelashes came running down.
“You’ve need to get herr, Dumbledořře must get herr!” Fleur Delacour cried with soaking hair and watery eyes.
Hermione gazed at her with sympathy. An obnoxious cough had distracted Hermione, it came from Pansy Parkinson. She wore her usual robes,but had red and gold earrings, she wore a long red,silver, and gold chained necklace that highlighted her neck in perfect ways. Parkinson left and Hermione followed her.
Parkinson had made her way to the forest, and Hermione had yelled her name.
“Pansy Parkinson!”
To Parkinson’s surprise she turned around in shock and both her and Hermione just stared at each other,admiring each other’s features.
“Hello, Hermione Granger.” Pansy said finally after what felt like years.
“Hi.” Hermione said nervously with a lump in her throat.
“Well, you- you called me over here. Is there something wrong that I perhaps did?” Pansy questioned with a confused look.
“What?Oh no! I just wanted to-“
“Oh, well that makes me relieved.”
Hermione stopped, her face was red and her stomach was fluttering. Parkinson however seemed to not care too much.
“I noticed your earrings. It looks nice.” Hermione said looking down.
“Oh, well don’t tell Draco,but I was rooting for Potter.” Parkinson smirked and winked at Hermione which made Hermione blush.
However, what Parkinson had said intrigued Hermione.
“You want Harry to win the tournament?” She asked quizzically.
Parkinson nodded and walked back to the lake leaving Hermione red with fluster and confusion.

———(After the second task)———

In the common room it was Harry,Ron,and Hermione. Harry and Ron were playing wizards chess while Hermione was sitting on the sofa doing homework.
“Harry, y’know Parkinson is rooting for you?”She said suddenly.
“What?”said Harry confused.
“She said that Pompously Parkinson was rooting for you?”Ron answered surprised at what he just said.
“What?”
“C’mon mate’ I just said it!”
“No,no I heard,” he breathed,
”what do you mean Parkinson is rooting for me?She hates me!”
“Correction!Draco Malfoy hates you. Not Parkinson.”
“Wow,since when do you defend pompously Parkinson?”Ron said
“I-“
“It’s almost like you fancy her!”Ron said before Hermione,
“What!”Hermione blurted.
“Woah, calm down Hermione!” Harry said for Ron giggling.
“I was only joking!”Ron giggled and put his hands up defensively.
Hermione sighed,but slightly smiled and both Ron and Harry saw.
“Anyways, how do you know that Parkinson is rooting for Harry?”Ron asked quizzically.
“Well,Ronald. Me and Parkinson seem to be on rather decent terms.” Hermione huffed.
“Really? I thought you hated her?”Harry said outwardly.
Ron shoved him.

Pansy:

The thought was reckless! Of course she fancied Granger! She was so stupid to not believe it at first.
Her encounter that day with Granger was very different than what she had expected,however it seemed to have gone better than anything else.
What surprised Pansy was how Granger had ran to her first! It was almost like Granger was interested in her as well. And not to mention that Hermione was wearing Slytherins colors and she noticed Pansy’s earrings. It was all so quick and fast that Pansy forgot to breathe.

“Hey Pansy?” Draco said worriedly as he had caught Pansy walking in circles brushing her hair rapidly in the common area.
“Oh, hey Draco!” Pansy said nervously.
“What’s wrong with you?You look mental!” Draco blurted sitting down on the sofa.
“I-I’ve gotten in a bit of a dillydally.” Pansy said sitting next to Draco.
“Dillydally?Whats happened?” Blaise said before Draco towering over them both.
“Oh Blaise,here sit.”Draco said pointing to the spot next to Pansy and Blaise sat.
“Well? Tell us!” Blaise demanded.
“I-I’ve fallen madly in love with a-a”
“Who!” Both Draco and Blaise yelped leaning closer.
“A-a GRYFFINDOR!” Pansy exclaimed loudly.
“Oh.” Draco said.
“So?what does it matter?” Blaise said annoyed that the dilemma was so simple.
“No,no it’s not that.” Draco said.
“Is it one of those weird Weasley’s?”
Draco asked disgusted.
“Ginny Weasley!” Blaise blurted out in vile.
“What!No!it’s not the weasels!” Pansy exclaimed again.
“Right,right her brother is much better.” Blaise said.
“Ew, that Percy Fellow?” Draco icked.
“You are hopeless!” Blaise groaned.
“It’s Ron Weasley! Dumbarse.” Pansy answered for Blaise.
“Yes, thank you!” Blaise thanked.
And Draco made “ohh” sound not establishing his “secret” crush on Harry the saint Potter.
“Well?” Said Blaise to Pansy.
“Well what?” Pansy asked.
“Who’s your admiree?” Draco groaned in frustration.
“Oh, it’s Hermione Granger!” Pansy exclaimed delightfully.
“Ew.” Is all Draco could say as Blaise had already made the face he was thinking. They slowly scooted away from her.
“What?” Pansy asked offended.
“You can do much better than that know-it-all girl.” Blaise said dismissively.and Draco agreed.
“She is much more than the “know-it-all” girl!” Pansy yelled.
“Oh, so you admit that she’s a know-it-all?” Draco teased.