However, she recovered from the petrification under the care of Madam Pomfrey with Professor Sprout's Mandrake Restorative Draught. In her second year, Hermione had a key role in the discovery of the Chamber of Secrets, before falling victim to the Basilisk unleashed upon Hogwarts following the opening of the Chamber. She later played a crucial role in protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort. However, she stepped in to take the blame from the boys after they had saved her from a troll on Hallowe'en in 1991, surprising them in a grateful way, which led to them quickly becoming friends. Hermione first met her future best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley aboard the Hogwarts Express, and initially they found her unfriendly and somewhat of an 'insufferable know-it-all', an impression reinforced by her constant correct answers and eagerness to please the professors. She possessed a brilliant academic mind and proved to be a gifted student in almost every subject that she studied, to the point where she was nearly made a Ravenclaw by the Sorting Hat. Hermione began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House.

At the age of eleven, she learned about her magical nature and was accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

19 September 1979) was an English Muggle-born witch born to Mr and Mrs Granger.

When in doubt, go to the library.' - Hermione's dependency on books Harry Potter: ' But why's she got to go to the library?' Ronald Weasley: ' Because that's what Hermione does.

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