Pansy Parkinson had a face that resembled a pug's. Harry noticed this for the first time when he had reached the Great Hall for lunch with Ron and Hermione the following week.
"There they are, there they are!" She had giggled to Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Millicent and their friends, a copy of Witch Weekly magazine in her hand,"You might find something to interest you in there, Granger!" Pansy said loudly, throwing the magazine at Hermione.
When they sat down, Hermione flipped through the first few pages before landing on the article Pansy had been talking about. Ron and Harry read over her shoulder.
HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE
A boy like no other, perhaps - yet a boy suffering all the usual pangs of adolescence, writes Rita Skeeter. Deprived of love since the tragic demise of his parents, fourteen-year-old Harry Potter thought he had found solace in his steady girlfriend at Hogwarts, Muggleborn Hermione Granger. Little did he know that he would shortly be suffering yet another emotional blow in a life already littered with personal loss.
Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since the arrival at Hogwarts of Viktor Krum, Bulgaria Seeker and hero of the last World Quidditch Cup, Miss Granger has been toying with both boys' affections. Krum, who is openly smitten with the devious Miss Granger, has already invited her to visit him over the summer holidays, and insists that he has 'never felt this way about any other girl'. Miss Granger turned him down, for he 'had to get it into his head that she simply didn't like him'.
However, it might not be Miss Granger's doubtful natural charms which have captured these unfortunate boys' interest.
"She's really ugly," says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious fourth-year student,"but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that's how she's doing it."
Love Potions are of course banned at Hogwarts, and no doubt Albus Dumbledore will want to investigate these claims. In the meantime, Harry Potter's well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart upon a worthier candidate.
No one spoke.
"Bloody hell." Ron said after a while.
"I know." Hermione nodded.
"That's not...that's completely unfair!" Harry objected.
Hermione folded up the magazine,"Yes, well, it's Rita Skeeter. I just want to know how she heard Viktor asking me to visit him-"
"When was that?" Harry asked quickly,"What did you say?"
"Rita already told you what I said." Hermione sniffed,"I told him no. But how did she know that?"
The boys shrugged. Hermione turned to the Slytherin table and smiled sarcastically at Pansy. Unfortunately for Hermione, however, the ordeal did not end there.
The following morning at breakfast, Hermione received multiple letters from unknown senders. The first read:
You are a wicked girl. Harry Potter deserves better. Go back where you came from, Muggle.
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It Could Have Gone That Way; A Harmione Fanfiction
FanfictionSometimes, even the Wizarding World makes mistakes. Sometimes, even the greatest wizards and brightest witches can be wrong. Perhaps they knew they were wrong. Perhaps they didn't. Either way, the truth will out, in the end, just as it always does...
