Pov Hermione,
Everything happened so fast when we came out of the secret passage.
Harry had decided to capture Peter Pettigrew to hand him over to the Dementors and clear Sirius's name. But as we emerged, the full moon appeared, and Professor Lupin, who hadn't taken his potion, became uncontrollable, giving Peter the chance to escape.
Sirius transformed into his Animagus form to stop the professor from attacking us, but he was injured. Fortunately, a noise distracted the werewolf, allowing him to leave Sirius seriously hurt but not fatally wounded.
When we reached Sirius, on the bank of a lake in the Forbidden Forest, he was being attacked by what must have been a hundred Dementors.
The cold crept into me, making me believe I could never be happy again.
"Hermione, do as I do — Expecto Patronum!"
"I know how to cast this charm — Expecto Patronum!"
My training on this charm paid off, as I managed to produce a corporeal Patronus. However, I had never tried it against a Dementor before, so it only formed a protective shield instead of taking the shape of an otter.
I felt my consciousness fade as my strength gave out.
"Watch this — Miss 'I know everything'."
"Why are you even here? Stay home instead of annoying us."
"You never shut up, and stop bossing us around — you're not our mother."
I was born with a great thirst for knowledge and an excellent memory. I only need to read a book once to memorize the essentials, and three times to know it by heart.
I've always been this way since early childhood, but others rejected me, were disgusted by my intelligence, or exploited it to make me do their work.
Even here at Hogwarts, it was the same. They whispered behind my back that I was a nightmare and a 'Miss Know-It-All.'
I thought I had made friends after the Halloween event, but they just took advantage of my intelligence to avoid working.
Even here at Hogwarts, it was the same. They whispered behind my back that I was a nightmare and a 'Miss Know-It-All.'
I thought I had made friends after the Halloween event, but they just took advantage of my intelligence to avoid working.
I have to force them to study for exams before it's too late.
In the end, even if he was kinder than the others, they're all the same. I hate them all equally.
The only people who have never judged me are Evelyn and Marie.
Evelyn is much smarter and doesn't want to take advantage of my knowledge; she even helps me improve it.
When I make a mistake, she doesn't mock me by saying I'm pretending to be her — instead, she advises and guides me.
Her best friend and girlfriend, Marie, is also like her, though less intelligent than Evelyn or me. But her thirst for knowledge is equal to mine, so we have fun testing our knowledge or learning forgotten charms together.
I think I've never felt as good as I do with them — they are truly people I can call real friends.
They would never do anything reckless without being prepared, as the events of the previous year clearly showed.
When I regained consciousness, I was in the hospital wing — someone must have brought me there.
We learned that Sirius Black was being locked up and that a Dementor was going to carry out the Dementor's Kiss on him.
When we tried to defend him, they concluded that we were a little confused by the events of that night and that our testimony was not to be taken seriously.