Hermione

Biodata

Appearance

• Thick hair: Her prolonged investigation into the mysterious phones causes some hair loss, though she still has an enviable amount 9.
• Front teeth: A future profile picture shows her with smaller front teeth and a pretty smile, surprising both Hermione and Fred. This is an image of her older self, not a change she has already undergone 9.

Personality

Hermione is studious, disciplined, and anxious about academic performance even when she is thoroughly prepared. She reads ahead over breakfast, worries about finals almost three months in advance, and continues rehearsing facts and spell movements after completing her revision. Her enthusiasm for examinations is strong enough that she is relieved when the altered second-year events leave finals uncanceled 1 18 20 39.

She expects Harry and Ron to take their responsibilities seriously. When they request tutoring, she confiscates their phones to keep them focused; she also criticizes Harry’s sleepless nights and insists that Ron respect Snape’s position as a professor. Despite her intensive study habits, she explicitly maintains that she needs sleep too 3 6 19.

The fans’ knowledge of her life makes her deeply uncomfortable. Initially, she describes the chat members as strange creeps who seem to know everything. Later, reading her own future raises a different concern: she does not want to stop thinking independently or make choices merely because a book says she will 2 43.

Her respect for rules does not prevent her from deliberately changing events. After discovering Lockhart’s fraud, she supports a plan to remove him rather than accept another year of inadequate teaching, declaring that she must take responsibility for her future 37.

Abilities & Skills

Academic Achievement and Tutoring

• Places first in her year in both of her first two school years 24 42.
• Earns praise from McGonagall for her schoolwork 18.
• Tutors Harry and Ron, monitors their revision, and removes distractions when they ask for help 19 20.
• Initially plans to take every third-year course after learning that her original counterpart receives a Time-Turner; she subsequently drops Divination after reading about its lessons 43 46.

Research and Deduction

• Recognizes the phones as Muggle electronic devices and identifies their operation at Hogwarts as an unexplained contradiction 1 9.
• Determines that time passes at the same rate for the Hogwarts students and the people across the chat 5.
• Remembers Nicolas Flamel’s connection to Dumbledore’s Chocolate Frog card, then takes Harry and Ron to the library to investigate further 16 17.
• Researches Basilisks and privately asks Harry whether he speaks Parseltongue 28 29.
• Checks historical reports after learning that Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew, recognizing that a careless warning could allow him to escape 24.

Practical Magic

• Freezes Lockhart’s escaped pixies with a spell, allowing the trio to return them to their cage 29.
• Reportedly locks away her phone under two Protective Charms to prevent it from distracting her before examinations; Ron relays this to Harry 18.

Phone Use

• Discovers how to take screenshots with a three-finger swipe and demonstrates the feature on Harry’s phone 10.
• Correctly identifies Ron’s unresponsive phone as having an exhausted battery 13.
• Works out how the trio can add one another as friends, giving them immediate communication during the holidays 23.
• Creates a private group chat for herself, Harry, and Ron 44.

Equipment & Companions

• Mobile phone: Arrives in an anonymous owl-delivered package. Its only app initially opens registration for the Hogwarts fans’ chat 1.
• Power bank and cable: Delivered in another mysterious parcel after the students discover that their phones require charging 13.
• Books and reference materials: Uses library books, substantial stacks of reference texts, historical reports, and fan-supplied files for study and investigation 18 24 27.
• Original novels: Obtains books recounting the students’ lives from Cedric’s Underpants. She prefers them to videos because they contain details omitted from the films 33 43.
• Crookshanks: Considers adopting him after reading about the decision in the novels; she is subsequently shown holding him at the Leaky Cauldron 43 44.

Relationships

• Harry Potter — Close friend and fellow investigator. She helps him research threats, maintains contact during the holidays, and warns him about risks revealed in the novels 23 24 45.
• Ron Weasley — Close friend and frequent tutoring charge. She initially withholds Pettigrew’s identity to avoid provoking a disastrous reaction, then sends Ron a carefully worded warning by letter 19 24 25.
• Her parents — Muggles who collect her for the Christmas holiday; she happily tells them about school 15 25.
• Rubeus Hagrid — Friend whom she helps comfort after his dragon leaves Hogwarts. She joins Harry and Ron in making a model of the dragon from their photographs 20.
• Minerva McGonagall — Professor who praises Hermione’s work. Hermione’s second-year results place her ahead of Draco, who finishes one grade behind her in Transfiguration 18 42.
• Gilderoy Lockhart — Former idol. Having read all his books, she is shocked to learn that his adventures were stolen and later supports removing him from teaching 10 37.
• Cedric’s Underpants — Fan contact who supplies information and the original novels. Hermione adds him as a friend, though her muted notifications and infrequent checks initially leave his greeting unanswered 27 31 33.
• Remus Lupin — Defence Against Dark Magic professor whose appointment she welcomes as an opportunity for worthwhile instruction 45 47.
• Draco Malfoy — Academic rival from Draco’s perspective: her first-place results motivate him to study harder and attempt to surpass her 24 40 42.

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Phones and First-Year Investigations

Hermione begins investigating the anonymous phones immediately, but cannot explain who sent them or why electronics function inside Hogwarts. The chat’s intimate knowledge of her academic record makes her wary, and she remains uncertain about its predictions before Harry’s selection as Seeker confirms one of them 1 2 9.

During Halloween, she draws attention to the twins’ live broadcast of Quirrell releasing a Troll. After accompanying Harry and Ron to look for it, she questions why they pursued a creature they could not defeat when the professors were already responding 8.

The linked website gives her a Ravenclaw result, distinct from her actual Gryffindor placement, and exposes Lockhart’s stolen adventures. She subsequently helps advance the Nicolas Flamel investigation while trying to prevent the phones from overwhelming the trio’s schoolwork 9 10 16 17 19.

Pettigrew’s Identity

During the summer, Hermione researches the revelation that Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew and that Sirius Black was falsely accused. She contacts Harry first, fearing that Ron might frighten Pettigrew into escaping, then sends Ron a letter that repeatedly tells him to stay calm before explaining the truth 24 25.

She later encourages Ron to pose with Scabbers for the Weasleys’ Egyptian holiday photograph. The plan depends on Sirius seeing Pettigrew in the Daily Prophet, which ultimately prompts his escape from Azkaban 43.

The Diary, Basilisk, and Lockhart

After Harry forwards fan-supplied Horcrux information, Hermione researches Basilisks and considers obtaining Lockhart’s signature for access to the Restricted Section. The trio ultimately decides that confronting the Basilisk is too dangerous and delivers the diary to Dumbledore, who destroys it with Snape present 27 28 29.

Reading the second novel allows her to compare its events with their altered year. She confirms that none of the students have been petrified, but identifies an unresolved consequence: Lockhart remains their teacher because his original downfall has been prevented 33 36 37.

Hermione supports a plan involving Ron’s broken wand to reproduce Lockhart’s memory-loss outcome. The eventual confrontation instead exposes his stolen stories publicly, with Snape helping turn the students’ accusations into a wider scandal 37 41.

Third-Year Preparations

Hermione uses the novels to assess her course choices, initially intending to take every subject before rejecting Divination. She also considers the account of adopting Crookshanks without wanting it to dictate her decision; by the Leaky Cauldron reunion, the cat is with her 43 44 46.

On the Hogwarts Express, she recognizes the approaching Dementor encounter and warns Harry away from the compartment door. Afterward, she condemns the Ministry’s decision to station Dementors at Hogwarts and welcomes Lupin’s more useful Defence lessons 45 47.

She continues tracking the expected Sirius encounters, reminding Harry and Ron of his anticipated appearance during the Hogsmeade trip. Once Sirius is spending time with Harry, however, she finds his unreliable behavior exhausting 47 50.

Fan Group

• Original name: Following Hermione the Top Student’s Footsteps 43.
• Later name: Has Hermione Come Online Today? — reflecting her fans’ frustration with her infrequent appearances 43.
• Online habits: Mutes notifications, checks messages infrequently, and does not check her phone at night 33 47.
• Fans’ response: Admire her determination to study every subject, but wish she would interact with them or livestream as other students do 43.

Notable Quotes

“Seriously, Ron? We can’t rely on other people for everything, understand? If we ask too much, what if they figure out who we really are?” 16

“I’m sure, Ron. No matter what, I have to take responsibility for my future! Even though I can study on my own, I’d still like a more reliable teacher.” 37

“Thank goodness our final exams won’t be canceled now.” 39