Y/N POV
The next day, our classes began, but of course, Hermione, Lana and I had to go back in time by five minutes for Divination, Muggle Studies and Ancient Runes for all three of us, and then Arithmancy for Hermione and Magical Training for us.
Dumbledore took it easy on us and just reviewed us on what we learned over the summer, defensive spells, charms, jinxes, all the like. After that, we joined up with Hermione and went a little bit forward in time to meet with Harry and Ron as we appeared without anyone noticing.
"Welcome, my children." Professor Trelawney said whimsically. "In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. In this room... you shall discover the sight. I am Professor Trelawney and together, we shall cast ourselves into the future. This term, we'll focus on Tasseomancy, the art of reading tea leaves. So please, take the cup of the person sitting opposite of you."
Each of us grabbed a cup around us and partnered up. Since I was sitting next to Hermione, she partnered up with me. "What do you see? The truth lies buried like a sentence deep within a book, waiting to be read. But first, you must broaden your minds. First, you must look beyond!"
"What a load of rubbish." Hermione said to me, which got Harry and Ron's attention as they looked at Lana too.
"Where did you three come from?" Ron asked wildly.
"Us?" I said. "We've been here the whole time."
"You, boy." Professor Trelawney said to Neville, who looked with curiosity. "Is your grandmother quite well?"
"I think so?" Neville said.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that." She said to Neville. "Look at your cups! Tell me what you see."
I nodded at Hermione as she gave me her cup. "Okay, so..." I said as I looked in my book. "According to this, you have a sun, so you'd have great happiness in your life. And there's a ring, so you'll be happily married when you're older. Even means you'll be with who you love most and they're closer than you think..."
Hermione blushed madly and smiled. "Here, let me see yours." She said as she reached for my cup. "So, I may or may not get this right, but you also have a ring, too. Actually same as me, same signs and everything. Interesting..." She said. Before we both went into it, Trelawney came over to Ron and Harry. "What do you see?" She asked the boys.
"Oh, yeah, um..." Ron said as he looked in Harry's cup. "Well, Harry's got a wonky cross. There's trials and suffering. And that there could be the sun and that's happiness. So... you're gonna suffer, but you're gonna be...happy about it."
Trelawney wasn't humored by this description at all. "Give me the cup." She said as she took it from Ron. "Oh, my dear boy. My dear... you have the Grim!"
"The Grin?" Harry asked. "What's the Grin?"
"Not the Grin, idiot." I said. "The Grim."
"Taking the form of a giant spectral dog. It's among the darkest omens in our world. It's an omen... of death!" Professor Trelawney said aloud to everyone's fear.
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"You don't think that Grim thing's got anything to do with Sirius Black?" Ron asked as we exited the Astronomy tower and over to Hagrid's lesson.
"Honestly, Ron, despite what we saw in the cups," Hermione said. "Divination is a wooly discipline. Now Ancient Runes, that's a fascinating subject. Right, Y/N, Lana?"
"Yeah, I have to agree." I said. "Even though I liked what I saw in the teacup, Trelawney just had to announce that a Grim could possibly be after Harry." "From how I see it, it seems like she could be making more attention than you could possibly want." Lana added.
"Ancient Runes?" Ron asked once more. "Exactly how many classes are you three taking?"
"A fair few." Lana answered.
"That's not possible!" Ron said. "Ancient Runes is in the same time as Divination. You can't be in two classes at once."
I scoffed and winked at Hermione. "Ron, we just get the work from those classes. We have made notes on it, all we have to do is work later."
"Broaden your mind." Hermione mocked Trelawney. "Use your Inner Eye to see the future."
As we arrived, the other Ravenclaws and Slytherins were already there. And surprisingly enough, Lavender and Daphne were making odd looks at me. They were staring at me so much, which made Lana whisper something in Hermione's ear as her eyes widened and came closer to me, pulling me from their line of sight.
"That's it." Hagrid said as we came closer. "Come on now, you lot. Come closer. Less talking, if you don't mind. I've got a real treat for you today."
Okay, I'm really excited. "I wonder what's he going to show us?" I said excitedly "A Kappa? An Occamy? A Demiguise?"
Hermione giggled and took my hand. "Y/N, I get it. You love these creatures, it's cute to see you like this, all excited."
That caused me to blush now as she giggled even more.
"Right, you lot." Hagrid continued. "Less chattering. Form a group over there and open your books to page 49."
"Exactly how do we do that?" Malfoy beckoned.
"Has no one been able to open their books?" Hagrid said with disappointment to which everyone agreed. "Just stroke the spine, of course. Goodness me."
Just as everyone proceed to do that, one of the books decided to attack Neville to which most of the Slytherins laughed at. "Don't be such a wimp, Longbottom." One of them laughed.
"Aye! You lot!" I yelled at them as my eye glowed blue again. "Piss off!" Most of them ran off in fear as Hermione and I came to Neville. "You alright, Nev?" I asked him.
"I'm okay." Neville said as we got him up. "Okay. Thanks, Y/N."
"No problem, mate."
"I think the books are funny." Hermione said.
"Oh, yeah. Terribly funny." Malfoy said.
"What did I say, Malfoy!?" I said. "PISS. OFF. Do you or do you not understand basic English? Or are you too much of a demented idiot to understand!"
"Witty. God, this place had gone to the dogs." Malfoy ignored me. Guess he doesn't understand Basic English. Explains so much.
"Wait until Father hears Dumbledore's got this oaf teaching classes."
"Je déteste ce petit idiot, je ne sais jamais quand il doit fermer sa putain de bouche sanglante." I said in French. (*Translation: I hate this little idiot, never knows when he needs to shut his damn bloody mouth.)
"Langue! mais je suis d'accord, il ne sait pas quand se taire. Ignorez-le, d'accord?" Hermione said to me in French. (*Language! but I agree, he doesn't know when to be quiet. Just ignore him, okay?) Dang, I forgot she can understand me in French, especially since she went to France too.
"Alright, but only for you, Okay?" I said.
"Isn't he beautiful? Say hello to Buckbeak!" Hagrid said as he brought an animal to us, but it wasn't just any animal. It was a Hippogriff. Everyone backed away from it for their own safety. Hermione reached her hand to my wrist and shyly looked at me. I gave her a kind smile and allowed her fingers to slide into mine.
"First thing you wanna know about Hippogriffs is that they're very proud creatures." Hagrid said. "Very easily offended. You do not want to insult a hippogriff. It may be the last thing you ever do. Now, who'd like to come and say hello? Y/N, Lana? I bet you'd like to."
"Hell yes!" I said as Lana agreed with me. Before I walked toward Buckbeak, Hermione still held on to my hand. "Please be careful, okay? For me?" She asked me.
"Always, 'Mione." I smiled as I gently squeezed her hand. She warmly smiled back as she let go of my hand.
As Lana And I were a couple of feet away from Buckbeak. "Now, you both have to let him make the first move. It's only polite." Hagrid instructed us as Buckbeak made a couple of steps forward to us. "So...step up. Give him a nice bow. Then you wait and see if he bows back. If he does, you can go and touch him."
Lana and I did exactly what we were supposed to do and Buckbeak came closer to us. I felt Buckbeak's head come closer to ours and bowed down.
'I haven't seen the two of you before.' Buckbeak said in our heads. 'Who are you?'
'I'm Lana Lovegood.' Lana said back. 'And this is my twin brother, Y/N.'
'Hello, Buckbeak.' I said politely. "You, are a magnificent Hippogriff.'
'Why thank you.' Buckbeak said back.
"Buckbeak's very nice, Hagrid." Lana said. "Very kind creature."
"Well done, you two." Hagrid said as everyone applauded. "Well done!"
From the corner of my eye, I saw Hermione beaming at me with the biggest smile on her face and clapping the most. Harry and Ron were really surprised.
Hagrid looked at us as we moved back. "How am I doing me first day?" He asked.
"Excellent, Professor Hagrid." Lana and I said.
But again, some idiot (cough, MALFOY, cough) had to ruin it again.
"Yes, you're not dangerous at all, are you!" Malfoy shouted. "You great, ugly brute!"
'WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!' Buckbeak shouted in our heads as he attacked Malfoy, sending him to the ground.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Buckbeak!" Hagrid "Away, you silly creature!"
"It's killed me!" Malfoy moaned in pain. "It's killed me!"
I looked down at him. "Tis just a scratch." I said as I nudged him with my foot. "Besides, if he killed you, we certainly wouldn't hear you complaining so much and that would be a relief."
"Hagrid!" Hermione said as she abandoned her cloak and threw it to me while I dropped it on his arm. "He needs to be taken to the hospital!"
"I'm the teacher. I'll do it. Class dismissed."
"You're gonna regret this!" Malfoy shouted as Hagrid carried him to Madam Pomfrey.
"Your father's going to regret it when I push his head through a damn wall!" I retorted as everyone cleared out of the forest but the five of us. But I didn't pay attention to Draco anymore. My attention was on Hermione. Since she took off her cloak, she loosened her tie and rolled her sleeves to her elbows. Her hair was still curly and had bangs covering her forehead.
But she looked amazing. She saw me looking at her and walked up to me. "Hey, is everything okay?" She asked as she rested her hand on my cheek. "I noticed you kept mentioning Lucius Malfoy since yesterday. What happened?"
Oh, I don't think I've told her. I knew Lana told her about me confronting Lucius when he said he knew we were Grindelwald's grandchildren., but she never told her what I said. "Oh, right. I forgot to tell you." I said as I sighed. "You know when you were petrified? And I didn't talk or do anything? Well, it started with Malfoy saying he was glad the Basilisk got to you... and I overreacted."
Hermione's eyebrows scrunched up as she looked at me with a soft expression. "How do you mean?"
"I removed his mouth and made him look for the countercurse."
"Oh my goodness..."
"Yeah, and the day before we went into the chamber, Lucius told my mother I removed his mouth cause he was expressing his opinion. When Harry and I freed Dobby, I kinda attacked him and threatened him if he or Draco tried to hurt or discriminate against Muggle-borns. Especially you, Hermione."
Hermione continued to look at me with that adorable expression until she took her other hand, placed it on my other cheek, raised herself on her toes and kissed my forehead. She came back down and looked at me. "Y/N, that...was incredible of you to defend me like that. Even if I wasn't there to see it." She smiled at me. "You truly are my hero."
I blushed and pushed her hair out of the way of her eyes. "I'll always be your hero, 'Mione" I whispered in her ear. "I'll always be there to save you." I then kissed her cheek quickly as we left with the others for our other classes.
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Hermione POV
A day later at breakfast, Malfoy seemed to enjoy the attention that he was getting after Hagrid's class.
"Does it hurt terribly, Draco?" Pansy Parkinson asked him as she was the closest to Malfoy.
"It comes and goes." He said. "Still, I consider myself lucky. Madam Pomfrey said another minute and I could've - I could've lost my arm. I can't do homework for weeks."
"Listen to the idiot." Ron said. "He's really laying it on thick, isn't he?"
"At least Hagrid didn't get fired." Harry added.
"I hear Draco's father's furious." I said.
"I hear he's gonna be on the receiving end of a punch to the face." Y/N said, causing us to all look at him. "What? We're all thinking about it."
"Well, Y/N's not wrong." Ron said.
"He's been sighted!" A student said loudly through the Great Hall. "He's been sighted!"
"Who?" I asked.
"Sirius Black!" he said as he gave me an issue of the Daily Prophet.
"Dufftown?" I said as Y/N and I finished reading it. "That's not far from here. You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?"
"With the dementors everywhere?" Lana said. "He's done that at Azkaban, what's to say won't do it again? It would be like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands.
Moments later, we got ready to get to class. Y/N, Lana and I went to our classes with the Time Turners ready at everytime the class ended. Soon enough, it was time for Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin. We popped in with anyone noticing once more. Unfortunately, Lana didn't have DATDA with us, so she joined Luna and the other Ravenclaws.
Professor Lupin stood in not very shabby clothes in front of what seemed to be a broom closet. "Would anyone like to venture a guess..." He said. "As to what's inside?"
"That's a boggart, this is." Dean answered.
"Very good, Mr. Thomas." Professor Lupin said. "Now, can anybody tell me what a boggart looks like?"
"No one knows." Y/N and I answered quickly to Ron and Harry's surprise. "When they'd get here?" Ron asked Harry.
"Boggarts are shape-shifters." Y/N said. "They take the shape of whatever a person fears the most. That's what makes them so..."
"So terrifying, yes, yes, yes." Lupin finished for his godson. "Let's practice now. Without wands, please. After me. Riddikulus!"
"Riddikulus!" The class repeated back.
"This class is ridiculous." Malfoy said from the back corner as Y/N looked back at him with a glare.
"So much for the easy part." Lupin said. "What finishes a boggart is laughter. You need to force it to assume a shape you find truly amazing. Let me explain. Neville, would you join me please?"
Neville made his way to the front of the class in front of Lupin. "Hello, Neville. What frightens you most of all?"
"Professor Snape." Neville said.
"Professor Snape. Yes, frightens all." Lupin said as everyone but the Slytherins laughed. "You live with your grandmother, yes?"
"I don't want it to turn into her, either."
"No... it won't. I want you to picture her clothes." Lupin assured him. "Only her clothes, very clearly, in your mind."
"She carries a red handbag..."
"We don't need to hear. As long as you see it, we'll see it. Now, when I open that wardrobe... Here's what I want you to do. Imagine Professor Snape in you grandmother's clothes."
This made Y/n snicker a little. He must have met Neville's grandmother before to know how ridiculous Snape would look in them.
"Can you do that?" Lupin said. "Yes, wand at the ready." He made his way to the wardrobe and readied himself. "One, two, three!" He opened it and Professor Snape popped out of the closet, staring Neville in the face with scorn and discontent smeared on his face.
"Riddikulus!" Neville shouted at Snape. Suddenly, Snape jerked backward and wasn't wearing his dark robes. Instead, he wore a green dress, carried a red handbag and had a hat with a dead bird on top of it.
Everyone burst with laughter, including Neville and Lupin, who pushed Snape back into the wardrobe. "Incredible!" Lupin said. "Okay, to the back, Neville. Everyone, form a line!" He said as he put on some music, which appeared to be "Don't Stop Me Now." By Queen.
Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out.
I'm floating around in ecstasy so don't. stop. me. Now.
Don't stop me now 'cause I'm having a good time, having a good time!
Ron went first in line as he got his wand ready. Lupin opened the wardrobe to reveal a giant spider staring him in the face.
"Riddikulus!" Ron shouted. Now on each of the spider's legs, a roller skate was attached and the spider could not move properly.
I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gra-vit-y
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva!
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me!
"Marvelous!" Lupins said. "Parvati! You're next."
Parvati's boggart turned from Ron's spider to a mummy coming back at her. As she cast, "Riddikulus!" it had turned from a mummy to a jack-in-the-box, which was a bit more terrifying than the mummy.
Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call!
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all!
I went next in line, ready to face the Boggart, which was Professor McGonagall failing me. It was absolutely dreadful, I hope it never happens. Once I cast, "Riddikulus!" The paper in her hand turned into a better grade.
Don't stop me don't stop me don't stop me
Hey hey hey!
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh ooh (I like it)
Don't stop me have a good time, good time
Don't stop me, don't stop me
Ooh ooh Alright
I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you!
Y/N went next after me. Before he went, I managed to squeeze his hand, smile at him and mouthed, "Good luck." as I went to the back. But I decided to stay there due to what happened.
Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a-
Suddenly, the music distorted as Y/N faced his Boggart with Harry behind him. But the Boggart turned into something else.
It turned into a full size mirror. (A/N: Not the Mirror of Erised.)
As Y/N started into the mirror, he didn't see his reflection. He saw something else.
Someone else.
An older man with white hair raised upward with two different colored eyes. He had a dark blue overcoat, with a chain on his chest. He wore black boots and black trousers. I didn't have to look for a picture to know that it was Y/N's biological grandfather. No-one else seemed to see or even recognize the man in the mirror but Y/N, Lupin and myself.
That was Gellert Grindelwald himself.
Suddenly, as Grindelwald raised his wand, the mirror broke and shattered, causing the shards to fall on the floor. Then the room changed. Instead of Professor Lupin's classroom, the room was very different. Much bigger and with steps everywhere. Where the mirror once stood, a different version of Y/N stood there, wearing the same attire as Grindelwald, but he had his different colored eyes in place of Grindelwald's. As Y/N saw his doppelgänger, it grinned at him as blue fire circled them both.
Y/N didn't do a single thing. He stood still in place, with tears in his eyes. But when he managed to move, he ran out of the circle of fire and out of the classroom.
"Y/N!" Lupin cried out but he couldn't do anything. As Y/N ran out, The boggart changed from Dark Y/N and into a dementor since Harry was in front of it now.
"I'll go find him, Professor!" I said as I dashed out.
"Hermione, please find my godson!" Lupin yelled as he stood in place of Harry as the dementor changed to... the Moon?
It didn't matter right now.
What matters is how Y/N is feeling.
I ran down the hallway and found that Y/N was in the hallway near Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. "Y/N?" I asked quietly.
"Who's there." He said solemnly.
"'Mione."
He raised his head and looked at me. "Hermione? What are you doing here?"
"Checking if you're okay!" I said. "How are you feeling?"
"Scared. Terrified." He said as tears still leaked. "Anything relating to fear! If people really knew, they would hate me! Call me a monster, just like Grindelwald."
I walked in front of him, sat down in front of him and held his hands. "Y/N, you're nothing, and I repeat, nothing like your grandfather." I said. "I told you, I'll never hate you, cause there is no reason to. You're kind, compassionate, handsome, caring, loyal and supportive to all your friends! I'm sticking to that promise I made you. And I'm never breaking it."
I came closer to hug him as he accepted it. I held him tight in my arms as he placed his head in my shoulder while I rubbed his back. "What did I ever do to deserve someone as kind and caring as you?"
I smiled a little. "Nothing. You were there for me and you are just as kind and caring then and you still are now."
He hugged me tighter as I kissed his head. As he let go, he said. "So... you think I'm handsome?" He chuckled as I softly punched him.
"Shut up." I laughed a little. "If it makes you happy, yes, you are handsome."
"Ahh, that explains Daphne and Lavender." Y/N said. "They couldn't keep their eyes off me, I swear."
"They should, next time." I said with a serious expression.
He gasped at me for a moment. "Hermione Granger," He said slowly and smirked. "Are you jealous?"
I looked at him and chuckled. "What, no..." I said. "I'm not jealous. Not jealous at all..."
"Yeah, sure." He laughed a little as did I.
'This is your chance, Hermione!' I thought to myself. "No one is here, just the two of you! Just ask him!'
"Ask me what?" Y/N said as he heard me in my head.
Crap, I forgot he could do that. Well... here goes nothing.
"Oh, um..." I said. "I was wondering if you... wanted to go to Hogsmeade... with me? Just the two of us? I mean if you want to, of course."
He looked at me as I asked him the question. "I would absolutely love to go to Hogsmeade with you, Hermione." Y/N said as he held my hand.
Yes, yes, yes!
"That's great!" I said. "We should probably get back to your godfather's, he sounded worried for you.
"Oh, yes, don't want to worry the man. He's already got enough on his plate." He said as he got up and pulled me up with him.
Harry POV
The day is currently September 9th, Y/N's and Lana's 14th birthday and today, Hermione had laid out a very big plan for them. She had planned a big party for them and invited some of the Gryffindors (Myself, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny, Parvati, Colin, Oliver Wood, Katie Bell, Seamus Finnagan, Dean Thomas and Angelina Johnson) and some of Lana's friends, such as Luna, Padma Patil, Cho Chang ( who was really pretty), Terry Boot, and Penelope Clearwater.
Professor McGonagall allowed for us to use an empty classroom as a surprise party for them, although to Hermione's dismay, Lavender came with Parvati to the party. Hermione said that she knew that Y/N and Lana wake up earlier than the boys, so while she is finishing up the decorations and prepping with the Weasleys, we were to keep them busy at the Great Hall at breakfast. But Professor McGonagall assured her that she will help finish decorating before the party in the afternoon and winked at her.
As the time came for the party, Hermione put a blindfold on both of them and walked them into the classroom, where she took off the blindfold and yelled "SURPRISE!"
The Lovegood twins smiled in glee as they saw the people and the decorations. Everyone brought a present for them. Fred and George got them all sorts of pranks, Ginny got some of their favorite books, Luna got models of Occamys, Ron gave them Sneak-o-scopes, like he did for me, I gave them a quill set and Hermione gave them some gifts she also got for us in France.
She gave Y/N and Lana a black and gold ring that was a Paris Map Ring and she also gave us some macarons she bought. As Y/N put his ring on, it seemed like a perfect fit to him. He looked to Hermione and warmly smiled. "It's beautiful, 'Mione. I love it." He then hugged her as she returned it. "This whole party is amazing."
"I really like the ring too, Hermione." Lana said as Hermione hugged her. "I can't believe you did all this, just for us."
"It's not over yet!" Hermione said. "I asked Colin if he could take some photos of the party, and he said yes, free of charge. And we still need to cut the cake!"
"Oh, yeah," I said. "Hopefully Colin won't go crazy when I'm in it."
We got ready for the photo back by one of the walls. Ron and I stood in the front with Hermione, Y/N, Lana and the Weasleys. Everyone slowly made their way to take the picture as Colin got the camera ready.
"Everybody good?" He asked. 'You alright, Harry?"
"Um, yeah, Colin." I said.
"Actually, I'd like to be-" Lavender said as she was cut off by Hermione. "Yep, we're all good, Colin!"
"Okay then, three, two, one!" Colin said as he got in the picture. As the camera flashed, Hermione, who was standing next to Y/N, hugged him and kissed his cheek to nearly everyone's surprise. (Lavender was very shocked. Guess she didn't know they were very close.)
"Okay, Hermione, I'll have the pictures ready by next week." Colin said to her. "Will that be alright?"
"Of course, Colin." Hermione told him. "Just let me know when they're ready."
Y/N turned to me. "Hey, what do you think if I did something like this for 'Mione's birthday? But with just who we know?"
I raised my eyes. "That would be really nice. What were you going to do?"
Y/N looked at her then back to me and smirked. "It's a secret between Lana and I. You'll see soon."
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Lana POV
The day is now September 19th, Hermione's birthday and Y/N was ready to surprise her. It was a good thing Y/N talked to Hermione so much that he knew the address he sent letters to by heart. Hopefully his plan went swimmingly.
I was in the Gryffindor Common Room (Grandma lent me the password so I could talk and visit them, nearly all the Gryffindors were fine with it, letting a Ravenclaw in.) waiting with Y/N, Harry, Ron and the twins for Hermione to come with Ginny. As we heard her footsteps down the girls dormitory, we all popped from behind the couch and shouted, "SURPRISE!" and Hermione yelped in glee.
"Oh my goodness!" Hermione said. "Who-what-how?"
"Happy Birthday, 'Mione." Y/N said as she smiled and hugged him. "You want to open your presents?" She nodded in excitement. I gave her my present, which was a Public Library Lion Scarf that I got from New York, which suited her perfectly since she loved books and she's a Gryffindor.
"This is from both Y/N and I." I told her. "But I think you'll like his present." I made a small wink.
"I'll just have to wait and see." She said with a smile. "Oh, and I did finally ask him about Hogsmeade."
"Ohh! What did he say?"
"He said yes! I can't wait!" Hermione said excitedly.
Ron got her some books, Harry got her some treats for Crookshanks, the twins also gave her some pranks to, "See if she would want to cause some mischief one day." Ginny gave her a nice jacket and finally it was time for Y/N's present. He brought her over to a rather large box as she said, "I'm really excited to see what your present is. I still have the necklace you gave me from our 1st year, I still wear it." She said with a smile.
"Oh, I'd bet you'd love it." Y/N chuckled. "It took a while to find everything." Hermione looked confused for a moment, but decided to open her present. What she found absolutely surprised her.
Y/N had gotten practically everything she liked, Muggle or Wizarding World. A signed copy of Hogwarts: A History, New ink, parchment and quills, some Muggle candies, her favorite books that she wasn't able to get, Pumpkin Pasties, a bouquet of roses that he brought from New York and kept fresh and a Polaroid Camera.
"Wow, how did you -- how did you know I wanted to get some of these?" Hermione asked. "I wanted to see if I could get them over the summer, but I wasn't able to..."
"It was a bit simple, actually." Y/N said, but slowly he got shy. "I kinda- wrote a letter to your parents to see - if they'd know what you wanted for your birthday. They sounded really nice and let me know what they were. I hope that's alright."
Hermione turned back to him and hugged him tight. "Thank you so much!" She said with a warm smile that made him blush. "This is one of the best birthday parties I've ever had!"
"I'm glad it is, 'Mione." Y/N said he kissed her cheek and placed one of the roses in her hair, causing her to giggle. "Come on, Fred and George managed to sneak another cake out of the kitchen, time for you to cut it."
As Hermione came and cut her cake, we all sang, "Happy Birthday" as I walked to Y/N, who was next to Hermione. 'This was a really great surprise you made for her, Y/N.' I said in his head. 'Maybe if you kissed her...' I teased at him, which made him squint and look at me.
'If you're going to do that and egg it on,' He teased back as his eyes darted to a certain boy. 'I'll tell Ron over there you fancy him!'
'...You wouldn't!' I felt my eye glow.
'I will!'
'... I hate you...'
'Love you too, sis.' He smirked.
"Yeah, you're right, but love you too, bro.'