End of the Line

Chapter 8

– CHAPTER EIGHT –

Wow... You Weren't Kidding...

It took two days to set the Wizarding world into an uproar. Harry Potter and his two closest

friends had been in the newspapers several times in recent months, Harry for leaving Hogwarts, the

false pregnancy report with Cho Chang, Witch Weekly's Ron/Hermione marriage scare, and the

Prophet's break-up report.

This, however, was nothing compared to the article which appeared shortly after the Trio's

bonding. When the copy was delivered to Harry, courtesy of a smug-looking Hedwig, Harry was

gob-smacked.

I knew they said they'd take out a full-page ad... but I wasn't expecting to be on the front

bloody page!

The Boy-Who-Lived's Real Reason for Leaving Hogwarts!

Yesterday, the Daily Prophet received a pre-written article from a student at Hogwarts School of

Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing the real reason Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, left the

school.

"My name is Hermione Jane Granger, one third of the infamous 'Golden Trio' of Hogwarts. It was

directly because of the actions of myself and Ronald Bilius Weasley that Harry Potter left

Hogwarts.

In order to explain this in detail, it requires a substantial amount of background information, which

I have detailed below.

As we were growing up together, the Trio was always aware of how close we all were. We spent

practically all our time together, getting to know each other, and watching the others change and

grow. As our hormones started kicking in, we became aware of how attractive the other two

members of our Trio were becoming. This was true for all three of us. Instead of fighting each other

over who got to date who, we decided amongst us that we would have a Trio, a polygamous

relationship, so that none of us were left out.

Because we love each other.

While a polygamous relationship is frowned upon in the Muggle world, where both I and Harry

Potter were raised, it is perfectly acceptable in the Wizarding world.

So, we decided that we loved each other, and that we would go forward together. We decided this at

the end of our fifth year at school. We spent most of the summer with our families, spending only the

last week of summer break together. When we returned to school, we had not yet discussed how we

were going to manage this relationship, and neither myself of Ron wanted to go public with a Trio

at that time. It would have made things quite difficult with our families, so we were planning on it

being a secret relationship until we were of-age.

However, we had not come to a decision when matters came to a head in September of 1996. A

member of Gryffindor house spotted myself and Ron kissing on a sofa in our common room, and

immediately began to spread the juicy gossip around Hogwarts.