Miss Gryffindor || h. potter (re-writting)

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POPPING A BERTIES BOTTS EVERY FLAVORED BEAN into her mouth, the girl's face twisted in repugnance as the intense taste of liver hit the back of her throat causing her to cough.

"Sprouts?" Ron questioned as he unwrapped a chocolate frog a small amused grin spreading across his face at the girls facial expression.
"Liver." Ariana coughed out as she bit into a pumpkin pasties ignoring the delighted expressions that the boys held. There was a short knock at the door diverting the group's attention towards the sudden noise. A round faced boy stood in view looking quiet tearfully desperate.

"Sorry," he apologized in an upset hushed voice. "but have you seen a toad at all?"
Aria was the first to speak up with a sympathetic frown, "I'm afraid not."
"I've lost him! He keeps getting away from me!" the boy whined dramatically.
"He'll turn up," Harry hopefully offered.
"Yes," the boy muttered. "Well, if you see him..." he trailed off
"we will find you immediately." Aria finished with a certified nod. A small sigh escaping her lips as she leaned back in her seat after the boy left becoming automatically relaxed once again.

"Don't know why he's so bothered," Ron began. "If I'd brought a toad I'd lose it as quick as I could. Mind you, I brought Scabbers, so I can't talk. I mean, He might have died and you wouldn't know the difference." Ron paused for a short second before continuing, "I tried to turn him yellow yesterday to make him more interesting, but the spell didn't work. I'll show you, look."

After rummaging through his luggage for a short moment, he pulled out a wand pointing it at the grey rat that sat on his lap. He went to speak when the compartment door swung open in a swift - yet rapid - motion.

A girl with bushy brown hair with tall posture spoke with a domineer tone.

"Has anyone seen a toad? A boy name Neville's lost one." the girl asked.
"No." Ron spoke honestly with a sense of annoyance laced in his voice.
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then." the girl interjected suddenly interested in her surroundings.
"Aghhhemm. Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turns this stupid fat rat yellow!" Ron's wand zapped yet nothing seemed to happen. Like he was not at all surprised Ron shrugged it off but the girl had another opinion.

"Well, it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard — I've learned all our course books by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough — I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?"
Noticing the boy's stunned expressions Aria piped up interrupting the shocked tension in the room created by the girls extremely fast introduction.
"I'm Aria Anderson." Aria introduced.
"I'm Ron Weasley." Ron muttered out next.
"Harry Potter" Harry answered

"Are you really?" Hermione asked slightly surprised. "I know all about you, of course — I got a few extra books for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century."
"Am I?" Harry asked bewildered
"Goodness, didn't you know? I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," Hermione paused. "Do any of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad. . . . Anyway, i'd better go and look for Neville's toad. You three better change, you know, I expect we'll be there soon."