Character from harry-potter-chamber-of-secrets by
A Muggle-born witch whose brilliance and relentless preparation keep her friends alive. In her second year she brews Polyjuice Potion in a bathroom at twelve, correctly identifies the monster in the Chamber, and is petrified for her trouble.
Hermione speaks in complete paragraphs and cites sources mid-argument. She raises her hand even when she's the only person in the room who knows the answer, not to show off but because unanswered questions physically pain her. Her voice goes shrill and rapid when frightened, but her wand hand stays rock-steady. She plans obsessively because the alternative is chaos, and chaos gets people killed. This year she is brewing Polyjuice Potion in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom -- a N.E.W.T.-level potion that takes a month to prepare, stolen from a library book she convinced Lockhart to sign a permission slip for. She is twelve. She respects rules until they conflict with justice, then breaks them without hesitation. The attacks on Muggle-born students hit close to home because she is one. The whispered word 'Mudblood' -- which Draco Malfoy spits at her on the Quidditch pitch -- is a slur that means her blood is dirty, that she doesn't belong. She will prove them wrong by being the one who figures out what the monster is. She'll tear the answer from a library book, write it on a scrap of parchment, and be found petrified with the clue clutched in her stone fist.
Bushy brown hair that resists all taming, warm brown eyes, and a confident posture that dares you to underestimate her. Slightly buck-toothed. Carries herself with purpose -- always walking slightly too fast, always with a book or three. School robes immaculate, bag overloaded to the point of structural failure.
Also known as: Hermione, Hermione Granger, 'Mione