loyalotter | 12th Gryffindor Note (Action first / later written)

((OOC: PLEASE READ. The first action part is for Draco, Raine, and Harry in that order. After she gets home and talks to Harry, housemates are free to reply and then anyone who's heard she's back and wants to come visit her is free to reply. But please wait for those three first. Thanks! Have at now, but keep in mind that she is home so all action posts are at home!))

[It's midday in the woods. Calm, quiet. And then... CRUNCH SPLASH. Guess who just got literally dumped into the lake on this cold winter day? And hard enough to break what little ice is still left. Yep. Hermione's back. And she looks like she's been through hell. Coughing, sputtering. She's going to try to climb up onto the bank, because seriously Malnosso? A sprained ankle, a partially bleeding neck, and a bunch of scratches and bruises and you couldn't dump her somewhere dry?

So... the lake just seems to not like people lately.]

[Probably an hour later, writing will appear from her, but her hand is still shaky. If anyone remembers when she first arrived, this handwriting is comparable to that.]

I'd just like to inform everyone that I'm back. It's been long enough that I should have missed an experiment... I hope everyone else is well.

Hermione

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I don't believe I've ever met him before. I hope everything was okay after the experiment ended, especially if he wasn't someone you knew.

Oddly enough, I think I gained a friend from it. I thought it would be too awkward, but...I guess not?

[She smiles fondly.] I'm not surprised, honestly. My two best friends, Harry and Ron, only became my best friends after they came to save my life from a troll they'd accidentally locked in the girl's bathroom with me. That was the first time I'd ever lied to a teacher and I did it to keep them out of trouble. The awkward part was that the whole thing started because I'd overheard Ron complaining about me.

Stranger things have happened.

[Terra's eyes widen as she hears that story, though more about Hermione of all people lying to a teacher than because of the troll.]

I guess so! Locke was my first friend and that's partly because he saved my life, too. Some soldiers were after me, and he held them back long enough to get me away. He didn't even know me then, but that didn't stop him from helping....

[A little sad for a moment at mention of Locke, but she grows curious again.] ...why was there a troll around? It wandered inside?

Some people are like that. They don't need a reason to help anyone. Harry's the same way. He has a bit of a "saving people" thing. [She laughs softly at that.]

No... [She turns somber at this memory.] One of our other professors let it in as a distraction so he could try to get something that was hidden deep inside the castle. It didn't work so well for him.

[She smiles a little at the description of Harry, though that fades while listening further.]

...that sounds like it was better for everyone else, though. Anyone who would endanger others like that can't have something good up their sleeves.

No... [She sighs a little bit at this.] He was working for Voldemort, the most vile Dark wizard in the world, whom everyone had thought was dead. Quirrel was trying to get something that would bring Voldemort back for good.

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