Y/Ns POV

It has been a few days since our little 3 headed dog incident, and the four of us agreed to not talk about what happened that night for a bit.

Secretly, Me, Ron, and Harry really wanted to go on another adventure just like that and were constantly thinking about what could be hidden underneath that trapdoor.

"Could be something dangerous."

"Or valuable."

"Why not both?"

Today was September 19th, which was also Hermione's birthday. The reason I knew was because she mentioned it to me on our first day at Hogwarts. I secretly without her knowledge, managed to get her gift delivered to me a few days beforehand. It was pretty expensive to say the least, but I really hope she likes it.

I woke up at around 6'o clock in the morning to wait in the common room for my bushy-haired best friend...

Hermione's POV

I woke up early the morning of September 19th. Which also happens to be my birthday. I never celebrated my birthday with anyone besides my parents because I didn't have any friends growing up and I don't think I told anyone at Hogwarts my birthday was today.

Wait, I did tell Y/N on the first day. But he probably forgot all about it.

I got a head start on the day by getting my robes, making my hair, and getting ready for my classes.

I made my way down to the common room when I saw Y/N sitting on a loveseat by the fire while petting Gracie sitting on his lap.

He turned his head and said to me, "Good morning Mione!" With that adorable smile of his.

(Every time he smiles I end up blushing so much!)

We stood there smiling at each other for a few moments before he spoke up,

"Oh right, I have something for you!" He said to my confusion.

He pulled out a small box from his robes and placed it into my hands. "Happy birthday Mione".

"Wait, you remembered?" I exclaimed with joy.

"Of course I remembered." He said "you're my best friend!"

I opened the box and was astounded at what was inside.

It was a silver bracelet with a small blue gemstones encircling the bangle. It was very pretty.

(Photo Reference)

"Those are sapphires, the gemstones for the month of September. I really hope you like it." He said

"Y/N... I don't know what to say, it's beautiful." I said with awe in my voice. "But I'm not sure I can accept this, it's a really nice gift."

"Nonsense!" He replied "it's your birthday, it should be ok for you to accept it." "And like I said, you're my best friend and I care about you a lot."

My eyes filled up with tears and before I knew it, I launched myself into his arms and gave him a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek which made him blush a heavy red.

"Thank you so much! You are the best!"

"Y-your welcome M-mione" he said stuttering while still blushing.

"This is the best birthday ever" I said slipping the bracelet onto my wrist quickly and giving him another tight hug.

"I'm glad" he replied "I'm really happy to have met you Hermione."

"I'm glad to have met you too Y/N" I looked up and smiled at him.

"Shall we go to breakfast?" He asked.

"Let's" I replied taking his hand as we walked together to the Great Hall.

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Y/Ns POV

Its been a month since Hermione's birthday and today was October 31st, which also happened to be Halloween.

I always loved this day because it was one of the only days my Uncle would let me go out of the house. It's a lot of fun getting tons of sweets and scaring the hell out of little kids.

Harry was having his first Quidditch lesson with Oliver Wood and he asked me to tag along and watch his training as a seeker. I didn't deny the invitation as I've been pretty interested in playing myself, my father was a chaser when he was in school and I'm thinking about trying out for the team next year.

"Hello Harry!" Wood called out to him as he brought along a large trunk. "Oh, who's this you brought with you?" He asked watching me walk alongside Harry.

"Oh this is my friend Y/N L/N" Harry replied "I asked him to tag along with me to see my lesson."

"Is he a spy for Slytherin?" Wood questioned.

"Wood, you can clearly see that I'm a Gryffindor and I'm in front of you" I said with a hint of sarcasm in my voice. "And no, I would never spy for Slytherin, you wouldn't catch me in the company of those snakes."

Wood apologized to me. I shook it off quickly as it wasn't a big deal and made my way to the bleachers to watch them.

Wood began to explain the game beginning with the seven players on each team, 3 Chasers (the position I want to try out for next year) , 2 Beaters (Fred and George's positions) a Keeper (which was Wood himself) and a seeker, which is what Harry would be playing.

He pulled out a red ball that was called the Quaffle, which the 3 chasers would throw to each other and try to get it through the three hoops. Wood being the keeper, would have to defend said hoops to prevent the Quaffle from the opposing team.

He pulled out a bat and gave it to Harry as he looked at him in confusion. For some reason, he called me down to give me a bat as well. He went back to the trunk and pulled out another ball, which growled and took off into the air.

"Careful you two, it's coming back." Wood warned us. When the ball came back down like Wood said, I pulled out the bat and smacked it hard, sending it near a statue in the distance.

"Wow, L/N. You'd make a decent beater." Wood said struggling to put the ball back in the trunk.

"I appreciate the comment, but I think I would be better as a chaser like my father." I replied.

"What is that" Harry asked.

"Blusher, nasty little buggers." Wood started off. "You are the seeker, and the only thing I want you to worry about is this...."

Wood pulled out a golden ball that was the size of a small nut as it sprouted wings.

"The Golden Snitch" Wood said. "Wicked fast and damn near impossible to see."

"What do I do with it?" Harry asked.

"You have to catch it before the other team does." Your team gets 150 points and the game is over.

"That is quite a lot of pressure." I added.

"It really is" Wood replied.

The Snitch decided to fly off and Harry went off to catch it. I wanted to stay and watch but I needed to get to Charms class.

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Professor Flitwick began to instruct the class while standing on top of his pile of books due to his very short stature. He had grouped us into groups of two to begin casting the levitation spell.

Harry was with Seamus, Ron was with Hermione (which I was jealous about for some reason) and I was with Parvarti Patil, who was in Gryffindor with all of us.

"One of a wizards most rudimentary skills is levitation," Flitwick began. "The ability to make objects fly. Do you all have your feathers?" Hermione raised her feather to show the professor that she was listening.

"Good! Now, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, hmm? He went on. "The swish and flick. Everyone?"

Every student then said, "swish and flick."

"Good." Flitwick continued. "And enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then."

While we were practicing the movements to the spell, Parvarti tried to engage in small talk with me which I always replied with one word answers. She was nice, but it was getting really annoying when she kept asking me questions and staring at me instead of practicing the spell.

I was about to begin the incantation when all of a sudden I heard a sound coming from my right.

"Wingardium Leviosar!" Ron said while he was waving his wand around in random directions. Not even doing anything Flitwick had said.

Hermione eventually had to put a stop to his barbarous actions.

"Stop, stop, stop." She said putting his hand in front of him. "You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides you're saying it wrong. It's Levi-o-sa, not Levi-o-sar."

(Damn, I really can hear words)

"You do it then if your so clever. Go on, go on." Ron said disrespectfully.

"You must be bold to think you can challenge the brightest witch in our year, Ron" I thought to myself.

Hermione straightened herself out, and performed the movement exactly how Flitwick demonstrated to us.

"Wingardium Leviosa" she said perfectly as her feather floated into the air.

"Good job Hermione!" I said as she smiled at me.

I copied her actions as well and soon enough, my feather started lifting itself into the air.

"Oh, well done! See here everyone!" Professor Flitwick called to the class. "Mr. L/N and Miss Granger have done it!"

Ron, looking horrified at what he just saw, let his head fall to his books.

Like I said Ron, that was a bold move to challenge her. A bold move indeed.

I looked over to my left and saw that Seamus was swishing his wand toward his feather and was saying "Wingard Levosa" "Wingard Levosa"

BOOM!

An explosion occurred, leaving Harry and Seamus all covered in ash and Seamus's feather turning to dust.

"I think we're going to need another feather here, Professor." Harry said calmly, to which everyone started laughing. Eventually Seamus joined in with everyone else in laughing at his misfortune.

The rest of the class went by with no issue at all, and we all made our way out the doors to leave. I was walking with Hermione behind Ron and Harry while Ron was telling him something. Something he will most likely regret.

"It's Leviosa, not Leviosar!" He began mimicking Hermiones voice before returning to his normal voice. "She's a nightmare, honestly. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!"

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Hermione welling up with tears. "Hermio-" I started but it was too late, she had hugged her books, and ran off. I clenched my fist and walked in front of Ron.

"You git!" I said. "All she's ever done is try to help you!"

"You're only sticking up for her because you fancy that freak" Ron spat. "It's not my problem she doesn't have any friends."

I grabbed him up by the collar of his robes and held my fist in front of him. Which seemed to surprise everyone around us.

"She's got me, you git." I said as he looked at me cowering in fear.

I then realized that beating up Ron was not going to help Hermione so I calmed down, released my hold on his robes and took off after a certain bushy haired girl.

I heard Ron mutter something along the lines of "did you see that? He tried to kill me." I didn't care. I was pissed he was talking like that about my best friend.

The good news was, she didn't go that far away.

The bad news was, she went into the girls bathrooms

Crap

I was so focused on finding Hermione I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, and managed to bump into somebody, knocking all of their things onto the ground.

It was a girl with emerald green eyes and long blonde hair. She was wearing Hufflepuff robes and looked like she was the same age as us.

"I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed helping her pick her books off the ground.

"It's alright I wasn't watching where I was heading" she replied shyly

"Aren't you Y/N L/N?" She asked me after seeing who she bumped into.

"Yep, that is me" I replied back.

"I heard about what you and Harry Potter did for Neville to get his Rememberall back in your flying class. As well as standing up to Malfoy and his friends!" She said.

"Yeah, somebody had to put Malfoy in his place" I replied. "But really Harry did all the work. I just gave Neville his Rememberall back." I shrugged.

"It takes a lot of courage to stand up to somebody like Malfoy though." She replied.

"Yeah I guess you're right" I replied "what's your name?"

"Oh I'm Laura Bennett" the girl replied and we shook hands. "Aren't you going to the Halloween feast?" she asked me.

I then explained how Ron made Hermione upset and I wanted to see if she was alright.

"I hope she's alright" Laura replied "your other friend sounds like an absolute git."

"He can be most of the time." I replied "but the problem is, she went into the girls bathrooms and I can't go in because of...obvious reasons"

"Well" she said "lucky for you, this particular bathroom doesn't get used very often so as long as you are careful not to have anyone see you, you should be fine to go in!"

"Thank you so much!" I exclaimed.

"Don't mention it." She replied back "hopefully your friend is okay."

"I hope so too" I said "it was nice to meet you!"

"Likewise!" Laura said as she walked away.

(Face-claim: Dove Cameron)

I was still anxious to go in but after a deep breathe, I opened the door and walked into the bathroom to hear the sounds of muffled sobs that absolutely broke my heart with each one.

"Hermione it's me, please come out" I said softly so I didn't disturb her more than she already was.

"Y/N? How did you get in here" she asked softly.

"That doesn't matter right now" I said walking over to the stall she was in. "What matters is how you are feeling."

"Ron's a git, we all know he is. He's just mad he's not as smart as you are." I said truthfully. "You are not a nightmare, you're an amazing person, and I want you to know that."

"The door to the cubicle clicked open and Hermione wrapped me in a bear hug while tears dropped onto my robes.

She pulled away and smiled sadly at me as I wiped her tears away with my thumb.

"Please don't cry, it ruins your pretty face." I said as I turned red upon realizing what I had just said.

Hermione smiled sheepishly at me and pulled me into another hug.

"Thank you, Y/N" she said into my chest" I don't know what I would do without you."

"Likewise" I replied continuing to hug her.

We continued to hug for a few more minutes until a very nasty stench snuck in causing us to crinkle our noses.

"What's that smell?" Hermione asked catching a whiff of the smell.

"Umm... Mione?" "There may or may not be a giant troll coming to kill us right now." I said with an inch of fear in my voice.

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Harry's POV

We were currently in the Great Hall for the Halloween feast. As we sat down to eat, I couldn't help but notice that two certain Gryffindors were not among us.

"Where's Hermione and Y/N?" I asked Neville

"Parvati Patil said that Hermione wouldn't come out of the girls bathroom last she checked," Neville said "And no one's seen Y/N ever since Charms ended."

I grew very worried for my two friends as I looked to Ron with a look of disapproval as he just shrugged.

"You really had to do that, didn't you?" I said with a hint of sarcasm.

"It's not my fault she realized she has no friends" Ron spat out "And you saw Y/N right? He almost killed me because he fancies her!"

"You would have deserved it Ron." I said very irritated "all Hermione did was try to help you."

He then had a clear look of guilt on his face and looked down.

"I suppose I was a bit harsh on her" he replied

But before anything else could be said, the doors to the Great Hall opened and out came a certain purple-turbaned man shrieking with horror.

"TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!" Professor Quirrell screamed as Dumbledore rose from his seat looking very alarmed and concerned. "I thought you'd ought to know." Quirrell fell to the ground in faint.

Every student broke down in panic as Dumbledore yelled out, "SILLLENNNNNCEEEE." Everyone calmed down after the headmaster spoke. "Everyone will please, not panic." He began. "Prefects will lead their house's back to the dormitories. Teachers will follow me to the dungeons."

The prefects began to get their houses all together and leading them to the dormitories. Percy was in his event and shouted "Gryffindors, keep up please! And stay alert!"

"How could a troll get in?" I asked Ron

"Not by itself, trolls are really stupid." Ron said. "Probably people playing jokes."

"Wait" I stood there in thought as I pulled Ron to a corner.

"What?" He asked.

"Hermione and Y/N! They don't know!"

We dispersed from the other Gryffindors and made our way down the hall to hear a couple of screams.

"It must have left the dungeons already!" Ron proclaimed.

"And it's made it's way to the Girls Bathrooms." I said with fear.

We rushed to the bathroom to find an ugly being with a club in its hand towering over Y/N and Hermione. Y/N had used her arm to protect Hermione while aiming his wand at the troll with the other arm.

He started to cast some spells at the troll before he noticed us.

"About time you guys showed up!" He yelled.

Y/N then pushed Hermione out of the way to safety and Ron picked up a piece of wood and threw it at the troll.

Y/Ns POV

"Oi, pea brain" Ron yelled as he threw a piece of wood at the troll and Harry started throwing anything else he could find.

I then decided to do something very bold, yet very stupid.

I jumped onto the troll's back and tried to wrestle it to no avail, I did manage to stick my wand up the trolls nose and it let out a very loud hissing noise. It stumbled around, smashing everything in the bathroom.

"DO SOMETHING!" I shouted fearing for my life.

"LIKE WHAT?" Harry replied.

"F*CKING ANYTHING, IM GOING TO DIE" I shouted back.

"Swish and flick!" I heard Hermione call out.

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

The trolls club then floated up from its hand and right above the troll, it didn't seem to notice until it looked up and the club went crashing down onto it's head.

The troll then went tumbling onto the ground and dropped me from its grasp.

"Whew" I said in relief as I jumped down "that was good Ron"

"Thanks!" He beamed

"Sorry for what I said Hermione." Ron said as she turned to face him." I hope you can forgive me."

"It's fine Ronald, just don't do it again" Hermione replied

"I will punch you if you do that again Ron." I said

We all preceded to look at the troll. It laid down on the ground unconscious with my wand in its nose.

"Is it.....dead?" Hermione asked.

"I don't think so. Just knocked out." Harry said as I grabbed my wand from the trolls nose.

"Ew, troll bogies" I said in disgust

Suddenly, Professors McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell came running in and all of them gasped at the knocked out troll.

"You four, explain yourselves all of you!" She pointed at us angrily.

"Well you see-" Ron started but was cut off

"It was my fault Professor." Hermione interjected.

"Miss Granger?" Professor McGonagall said with a look of surprise on her face.

"I went looking for the troll. I read about them and I thought I could take it on, but I was wrong. If Y/N, Harry, and Ron hadn't of found me..I'd probably be dead" she explained as she glanced over at us.

Hermione Granger lying??

"Well if that is the case, then you should have known better! That was very foolish, I expected more rational behavior from you Miss Granger. As for your misfortune I will be taking 5 points from Gryffindor."

She then turned towards me and the other boys.

"As for you three gentlemen, I hope you realize how lucky you are. Not many first years can defeat a fully grown mountain troll and love to tell the tail, 5 points will be added to each of you."

"For sheer dumb luck." She said with a hint of a smile on her face.

Hey, I'll take it.

Without a second to waste, we made our way back to the common room covered in grime and dirt. Harry and Ron went to go clean themselves and just as I was about to follow suit, Hermione pulled me to the side.

"Thank you again, Y/N for comforting me and saving me from the troll" she said "I really appreciate it."

"Well, anything for you Mione." I replied with a smile.

She then stood on her toes, put her hand on my left cheek and planted a soft kiss on my right cheek. She then pulled away and let out a cute giggle before walking back to her dorm room.

I just stood there dumbfounded and blushing like an idiot.

It's crazy to think that traumatic events can bring people closer together.

Well that's exactly what happened to Me, Ron, Harry, and Hermione. From that day forth, we became known as The Golden Quartet.

And it's all thanks to that damn mountain troll.